The 7 members had gathered at the specified time at the top of the mountain and had been discussing the proposal given to them by the League.
Aqualad had been the first to say that he would be accepting the proposal to official join the League.
Both Roys (Red Arrow and Arsenal) were going to accept as well, but they both know that there will be some issues they have to deal with first. Arsenal wanted to convince the runaways who were altered by the Reach to join the team because they would be better off than by themselves, he thinks with Red Arrow and himself they will be able to convince the teens its the best way to go.
Wally and Artemis were having a more difficult time deciding, do they accept or not. Before the final battle and all the cloak and dagger with the light they had left this life behind, and neither we're keen to jump head long back into it again, they wanted to finish college and start a life together. In the end the both decided to accept the offer but on the condition that they be considered inactive members unless absolutely needed.
Conner and Dick wanted to join the League but they both have come to see themselves as somewhat as guardians for the younger members of their team and with Black Canary now in charge of the League her time would be spent busy on League business so training the team would have to fall to someone else. The were probably going to accept the offer but request that they be appointed as overall mentors to the Mt. Justice team to oversee their training and take over mission assignments to allow Batman more free time to Gotham and other duties, having someone in-charge full time at Mt. Justice but also available to the League would be a plus.
As the team returns to the confines of the mountain and enters the main briefing room, the holographic communications comes alive and Batman appears.
"Nightwing, Superboy, Wally, since you 3 were the most affected by what M'gann did I wanted to let you know that a judgment has been reached and they will be commencing with the final part of the trial in about 30 minutes, if you 3 wanted to attend please make your way to the Watch Tower, if the others wish to accompany you they are welcome."
"Thank-you Batman, is it ok if Gar comes as well, he asked me earlier if he could be there as he has something he wants to say to M'gann."
"That's fine, please be here early enough to be seated at the table." And with that the screen went off.
"Anybody else coming besides us 4?"
"You know I'm going to be there, I'm not letting Wally out of my site!"
"I will accompany you because as the first leader of this team, I should have noticed something especially when you two weren't together anymore after you were engaged, it still upsets me that she was able to alter our memories so easy, and I have to ask her why?"
"Kaldur its not your fault but I can understand your situation as the leader of this team over the past year, and I didn't see it either."
"I understand Kaldur, I have the same questions, I'm not sure we will get any real answers but I still have to ask them."
Red Arrow and Arsenal decided to stay back and talk, deciding that this was not a matter they needed to be involved in as their minds weren't altered. They wanted to put together a plan for the runaways to figure out how to bring them into the fold.
"Ok I'll meet you all at the Zeta-tubes in 10 minutes, I'll go grab Gar."
Conner walked off to the residence hall towards Gar's room. He knocked quietly not wanting to scare the boy.
"Come in."
"Hey Gar, you doing ok?"
"Yeah just trying to wrap my mind around everything that's happened this last week, its kinda hard not to think about it when you're alone."
"I know how you feel kid but were here to help you get passed it, we all will. Where's Robin, I thought he'd be here with you after training?"
"He's taking a shower, he's a good trainer, I've already learned a few things."
"Good, that's why I asked him to help, but that's not why I came, the judgment came down, are you ready to go."
"Yeah, lets get this over with….ummm Can Robin come with, since he close to my age I kinda feel more comfortable with him around."
"Sure Kid, why don't you run off and let him know, we'll be waiting at the tubes for you both."
"Ok, cool, see you in a few." And with that Gar dashed out of his room heading for Robin's room.
He knew Conner would be there for support as well, but with Robin near his age he felt more comfortable. He was so excited about this that he didn't even bother knocking on his door and ran right into his room not realizing that Robin had just finished his shower and was on clad in a towel around his waist. Gar barreled into the room running right into Robin, causing him to fall to the floor on his back and the towel dropping from around his waist and Gar falling on top of him.
"hmmpf! …Gar what the hell!"
"ops…sorry Robin, I was just excited because they said you could be with me when I confront M'gann here soon, we need to head to the tubes."
"Cool."
It was then that Gar noticed that Robin was completely naked beneath him and his cheeks turned a beat red, realizing that he was on top of a naked Robin, he went to move and his knee rubbed against Robin's groin causing the other teen to blush and moan in pleasure and reach up and grab his should to keep him from moving.
"Ahhhh….Gar!"
"What….what did I do?" Gar then realized that the blood and heat from his face was rushing to another part of his body completely out of his control.
Robin opened his eyes and stared up into Gar's green eyes, and he lost all pretense and moved his hand to Gar' neck and pulled him down into a deep and passionate kiss. Gar was shocked but didn't pull away, he always thought that Robin was handsome but never imagined being with him, it had never crossed his mind. But now in this kiss with Robin it just felt right and he deepened the kiss.
They finally broke need air, just staring at each other.
Gar was the first to speak. "Robin what….?" He didn't know what elese to say.
Robin blushed. "Gar I've wanted to do that for a while now, pretty much since the first day you joined the team, I've had a serious crush on you even when you were Beast Boy I thought you were hot, but now it just felt right."
All of the sudden Gar hears Conner speaking. "Gar I know you can hear me with you super hearing, we need to get going, are you and Robin on your way?'
Gar jumped a bit thinking he was standing at the door, but realized he was at the tubes. "Yeah we'll be there in 5."
"We need to get going." Gar stood up and helped Robin up but before turning to walk out he pulled Robin into another kiss, reciprocating Robin's feelings for him.
"I'll wait outside the door while you get dressed, and by the way I like what I see, hopefully I get a taste in the future." and gave Robin a wink and a smile, and closed the door behind him.
Robin stood there in shock wondering what he meant about what he saw the he felt a cool breeze from the air conditioning on his skin and looked down and his eyes went wide realizing he was naked and that was what Gar was talking about.
Being Robin he quickly got his senses together got dressed and met Gar in the hallway, Gar was just smiling at him when he came out.
"You know Gar, its not fair that you got to peak, and I haven't even seen you without a shirt."
"What, you jealous Robin?" Gar smiled.
"No just stating a fact that all's fair if we are a couple now."
"Really, you want to be my boyfriend?"
"Uh…yeah, I think that kiss and moment we had in my room would have sealed that deal."
"I was hoping but didn't want to hope to much…so we are a couple now, do we keep it a secret or what."
"I don't think we should, everyone is very ok with Conner and Dick so they shouldn't have a problem with us, as long as they know we won't go to far until we're older, even though you did get a look at me naked but we can keep that our secret."
Gar just blushed at remembering the site of a naked Robin in front of him which he really liked.
So the boys walked towards the zeta-tubes hand-in-hand smiling
Dick was the first to turn around and see them approaching and smiled.
"Conner, look" he nodded his head toward Robin and Gar. "Told you so, looks like I won our bet."
Conner just shook his head realizing he had been so far off the radar he didn't see that one coming. Wally, Artemis and Aqualand were just smiling.
"What, you 3 figured it out to?"
"It's hard not to Conner, the way Robin always looked at Gar, even under that mask we could tell he was infatuated with Gar and it looks like something happened just now to let their feelings be known to each other, as long as they take it slow I don't see an issue with it." Kaldur'Ahn said.
"We'll just have to make sure Batman knows we will keep an eye on them, so he doesn't bust a blood vessel." Nightwing said.
Everyone had a laugh at that.
"What's everyone laughing at?" Gar said.
"Oh, nothing. So I see you finally made your move Robin." Wally said.
"Huh…you mean you all knew?" Robin asked his cheeks turning red.
"Yeah all except Conner over here. You were kinda obvious with your stares and always following Gar." Nigthwing said, giving his fiancé a kiss on the cheek.
"Huh?" Robin didn't know what else to say.
"Just as long as you guys take it slow, we don't have a problem with it, getting to serious to fast can cause problems, and we want to ensure Batman doesn't bust a blood vessel like he almost did when he found out about Conner and I at your age. But that's a story for another time, we need to get going."
With that they all entered the zeta-tubes heading for the Watch Tower to witness the transmission from Mars and their final confrontation with M'gann.