Artemis had never so pissed in her life, she just knew that that Barbara Gordon girl liked Robin. She was completely shocked though, when the girl came out and told Robin that she liked him straight up. That had taken some courage which she would usually admire, but not in this situation. She ran to the nearest zeta tube, which happened to be in an old phone booth. Before stepping in, she thought about how she was going to break the news to Zatanna. She knew that this was a delicate situation, if she under exaggerated what she knew Zatanna wouldn't care. Although, if she did the opposite Zatanna would probably breakup with Robin and severely injure Gordon. Once she figured out what to say, she walked through the phone booth.
Artemis entered the cave and almost instantly encountered Zatanna who hugged her. Once the hug was over, she could see the expression on Artemis's face and knew something was wrong, "What's wrong? Did Wally do something?" Artemis gave Zatanna the look of a kicked puppy and said, "No, things are fine with Wally, this has to deal with Robin." Zatanna's smile dropped as she asked, "What did he do?" Artemis replied with a sigh, "Well, it wasn't really anything he did, it was actually something a girl did." "What," Zatanna questioned, "Did she do?" "Well, you know that Barbara Gordon chick that is his best friend," she asked. "Yeah," Zatanna quickly responded, "What about her?" "Well, she basically told Robin that she liked him. She said that she really, really, liked him as in more than friends." Zatanna's heart sunk, she started to tear up and then thought to herself, why am I crying? Then, rage was present in her eyes, she said a spell and was gone. Artemis looked around, but realised it was too late and that she was already gone.
Zatanna used a spell to transport her to Grayson Manor, she was going to talk to Robin about this directly. She knocked on the door a few times before Alfred answered. He recognized her and let her in to go to Robin's room to wait for him until he got home. After half an hour or so, the door to Robin's room opened and he walked in. He was shocked to see Zatanna, and cursed Alfred in his head for not letting him know she was here. "What, are you doing here?" He asked her with a hint of fear. She looked at him with sad eyes, and began, "We need to talk." Robin knew she knew, and sat in silence for a while. After a few minutes Zatanna continued, "I know that your best friend likes you as more than a best friend and maybe even loves you." Robin tried to say something but she stopped him, "Look, all I need to know is whether or not you feel the same for her." Robin's facial features relaxed as he said, "I have no feelings for her other than platonic ones, I swear." Zatanna looked into his eyes to see whether or not he was lying. She was reassured by his eyes and smiled, with that she kissed him on the cheek and left.
(Gotham Academy)
The next day, Robin went to talk to Babs at lunch. He let her know that nothing could happen between the two of them, and that he was happy with his girlfriend. Barbara, seemed to understand as she nodded her head and told him to just drop the subject. Whenever lunch was over she kissed him on the cheek, like she did everyday and left. Artemis who had been watching what was happening from the shadows, confronted Robin. "I can see it in your eyes," she stated, "You love her, whether or not you know it doesn't matter. Deep down you know, and there is only one way this is going to go. You are going to cheat on Zatanna with Barbara and you're going to break her heart. One day, it will happen and if you really care about Zatanna you'll break up with her." Before he could respond, she walked away to find one of her friends. Robin thought to himself, Artemis is wrong, there is no way I could cheat on Zatanna and especially not with my best friend.
