So, I figured I'd upload this when I didn't have six hours worth of homework..I'm not kidding about the six hours worth of homework. Enjoy the chapter! See you at the bottom of the page! =D
Wally ran around the manor for nearly a half hour before he found any trace of life. He wondered how anyone can even live in a place like this…it's just so lonely. The speedster managed to catch Alfred walking out of a room with a piece of rolled up paper under his arm, which must have been the sketch that Dick was looking for.
Wally ran into the room. It took a few seconds for the speedster to realize that he was in fact in an art room. He looked to the far wall and found Dick closing a sketch pad and putting it on a bookshelf. "Find your sketch?" the speedster questioned his friend with a raised eyebrow. The acrobat nodded in reply.
"Alfred is going to see if he can make the costume. I'm going to go down to the cave if you want to join me," Dick said inviting Wally downstairs like nothing had happened between them only a half hour before.
"Dick, we need to talk," Wally told his friend grabbing his hand and giving it a tight squeeze. Dick wasn't facing the speedster, mostly for the fact he didn't want to look him in the eyes. If Dick was being honest with himself he'd know why he didn't want to look his friend in the eyes, it was because he was flustered.
"Alright, what do you want to talk about?" Dick asked quietly refusing to turn around.
"Why did you kiss me?" Wally replied bluntly and he could feel his friend tense up under his hand. The speedster thought that his friend was going to make a run for it, but luckily he was wrong.
The acrobat spun around and gave Wally a shy look, something that the speedster hadn't seen on his friends face in a while. "I wasn't asleep last night when you were talking with me…I heard you say that you liked me and then you kissed my forehead. I wasn't sure what to think of it. Was it just because I look like a girl now? Or had you had feelings for me before then…I just-" Dick's rambling was cut off by a swift pair of lips cover his in a quick kiss.
"Dude, I've had a crush on you for months. I was going to confess to you the night you got kidnapped. It doesn't matter whether you're a boy or a girl. You're still the same little acrobatic troll I've come to know and love," Wally whispered hugging his shocked friend close to him.
"So, it really doesn't matter to you that I'm a girl now?" Dick asked still slightly dazed that his best friend liked him more than a friend, even after he was changed into a girl.
"Well, duh, you're the same person you were before the accident and you will remain the same. Just because you look different doesn't make you a new person," Wally answered and he was rewarded when the collar of his shirt was yanked forcefully downward so that Dick could kiss him.
They continued kissing each other slowly and sweetly for a good five minutes before Wally pulled away. He didn't want to take it too far with Dick since his friend was just changed into a girl a few days ago and he knew that neither of them were ready for anything more than kissing. "Is something wrong?" the acrobat asked slightly breathless from their little make-out session.
"No, I think we should take things slow. Why don't we head down to the cave? Bruce is probably looking for you," the speedster replied with a slight blush.
"Did you just admit to wanting to take something slow?" Dick questioned with a smirk. Wally's blush now matched the color of his hair. A light laugh filled the room, something that Wally had been hearing more of today then yesterday. Actually, he hadn't heard Dick laugh this much in months…
"What are we now?" the Dick asked staring up at Wally with curious blue eyes.
Wally swallowed hard. He wasn't exactly sure what to call them, friends with benefits wasn't right and he wasn't sure if they fit the title of 'couple' either. "I'm not sure, any ideas? You're the protégé to the world's greatest detective," Wally answered honestly and with a smile that made Dick's heart beat just a little bit faster.
"We can just be us, until we come up with something better," Dick replied and kissed Wally on the cheek.
To say that Wally was surprised on how well this conversation went would be an understatement. He was beyond shocked. He figured that Dick would never speak to him again, not have him in his arms and being kissed on the cheek…and the lips.
Suddenly, Dick pushed the speedster and grabbed the sketch pad once more and flipped it open. Wally ended up sprawled on the floor from the force of the push and was looking at his friend in disbelief.
A few seconds later Bruce came walking in the door with a slight frown on his face and a pair of sunglasses in his hand. "I heard someone fall, is everything alright?" Bruce asked in his worried father voice that he only used when he was around Dick. He then looked down and noticed Wally on the ground.
"Sorry, Wally tripped over something. Are we going to the Mount Justice?" the acrobat replied bouncing up and down excitedly like a five year old wanting a cookie.
"Yes, I've already notified the team of your issue. Go ahead and have…fun," Bruce told his ward with a slight, very slight, but visible smile.
Dick grabbed the sunglasses, pulled Wally off the ground and ran them over to the zeta-tubes in the Batcave.
The two heroes arrived at Mount Justice to the zeta-tubes announcing their arrival and nothing else. "Where's the team?" Wally asked to no one in particular as they wandered into the kitchen and saw the team staring at them from behind the counter.
"Robin?" M'gann said unsure of the identity of the young girl next to Wally. She looked a little bit like Robin, but she couldn't be sure.
"Yea, it's me," Dick replied and waved to his freaked out team members. Conner just looked confused, Artemis seemed livid, Kaldur was speechless, and Zatanna looked almost…disappointed.
Kaldur was the first to recover from the shock that their longtime friend and teammate was now a girl. He walked over to Dick and put a hand on his shoulder. "My friend, it is good to see that you came back to us mostly unharmed," the Atlantian greeted with a tight smile.
Wally sighed. This was going to take some serious getting used to. He could tell that the team wasn't comfortable around Dick like they used to be.
"You guys realize that this is the same person you've been talking to and hanging out with for years right? Just because he looks different it doesn't make him a new person," Wally told the team, hoping to guilt them into accepting Dick for who he was.
"Robin, I'm just glad that you aren't hurt. Gotham is a nasty place to get kidnapped," Artemis commented patting her friend on the head and ruffling his hair.
The team began to slowly accept Robin as a girl and eventually they played a game of would you rather. Within two and half hours it was as if nothing had happened. Artemis, Zatanna and M'gann picked out the Princess Diaries for the team to watch. Dick and Wally snuggled up together on the floor where no one from the team could see them and made jokes about the acting.
It was about six-o-clock when the question everyone on the team wanted to know the answer to was asked.
"Are you going to be joining us for missions anytime soon?" Conner asked speaking for the first time since their game of would you rather.
Dick wasn't entirely sure how to answer…he wanted to, but he still needed to get his new hero persona figured out and on top of that he wasn't sure if he was going to tell the team his new identity. He really wished Batman were here to clear things up…
"Robin won't be fighting until I get a cure for him. I've already issued a replacement. She'll be arriving tomorrow. Robin, it's time to report home. Wally, your uncle needs you to get back to school. You'll see Robin some other day," Batman explained coming out of the shadows and making everyone in the room experience a heart attack, except Dick who was really happy that his mentor had shown up.
"What do you mean a replacement? We're not a team without Robin!" Conner shouted back at Batman.
"Well, it would be strange for me to fight as a girl. It's only right that I get replaced for time being. Who knows, this new girl might actually be good," Dick answered Conner as nicely as possible. The poor kid was going to blow a gasket at the rate he was going.
"He'll still be helping from the sidelines. It's not like he's never being let out of the Batcave again," Wally added making everyone clam down.
Batman began to leave and Dick knew he had to follow. Alfred would have his head if he stayed at the cave for too long. On top of that he needed to get his new weapons and gadgets ready for tomorrow.
"I'll see you all soon," Dick told them with a wave as he followed Batman out of the Mountain and off to the Batcave we he'd take on his new identity…as a thief turned to the right side of the law. He'd become Red X.
Batman could read Dick's mind in this one! Always coming in when he's needed...=D
Wow, this was a long chapter. Nearly 2,000 words! No one guessed who Dick's new hero persona was...so, no one won the virtual prize...too bad! XD Thanks for reading! I'm so happy for all the positive feedback I've been getting for this story! I was honestly surprised. I just started writing this because a plot bunny grew into a monster and needed to be written.
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