Wow, chapter 9... Thanks for all the reviews, they are amazing!
NOBODY'S POV
"Happy birthday Lydia!" Bella, Astrid, Quanta, Anna and Grace chorused as said girl walked into the kitchen on December the 14th.
"It's my birthday? Since when?" Lydia asked, confused.
"Since 19 years ago," replied Astrid flatly.
"7:54am if you want to be precise," Bella shrugged.
"Why didn't you tell us it's your birthday?" M'Gann asked looking up from her batch of cookies.
"Didn't seem like that big of a deal... plus I forgot..." Lydia wandered over to her sister, and gave her a hug as she squirmed.
"I'll make the cake!" Megan grinned, since coming to earth she had gotten extremely good at cooking and baking.
"It's your birthday?" Came Nightwings voice.
"Ohh, even Nightwing doesn't know!" Lydia said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. Nightwing smirked, and pulled her in for a hug.
"Happy birthday," he said as he pulled away, making the hug look friendly.
"We have to have a girl's night in!" Cassie cheered, floating slightly into the air.
"Oh yes! I have Just Dance 12!" Karen grinned.
"Yeah, kick the guys out and be done with it," Batgirl started scheming.
"Fine, the guys will leave, Connor can go to Supermans and L'Gann back to Atlantis," Nightwing agreed, before calling the guys to let them know the arrangements.
BELLA AND IMPULSES POV
"What's that noise?" Bella asked, walking towards the wardrobe in the hall. No one knew why it was there, it just was. Bart opened the door, finding Lydia and Nightwing kissing.
"What are you guys doing?" Bella asked, clueless as ever.
"We, er, we just got back from Narnia?" It was more of a question then answer coming from Lydia.
"You. Went. To. Narnia. Without me?" The last part Bella said came out high and squeaky.
"You just had to mention Narnia, that's worse than unicorns!" Bart face palmed. Bella was steaming, literally, her body was evaporating from her anger.
"C'mon Bella," Bart laid a calming hand on he shoulder, and slowly her body condensed into visibility. Bella nodded, still glaring at her sister and Nightwing, and as Bella and Bart walked away, she laid her head on his shoulder, unknowingly putting a huge smile on his face.
GIRLS POV
"Left right twirl and again!" The game shouted out at the two girls dancing. Anna and Cassie were bobbing along to the latest songs, including 'Your Smile' and 'Me Or Her'. The song ended, and Astrid and Bella stepped up, ready to fail. They were dancing to a song with a fast beat, if you could call it dancing instead of hulk stomping. After a couple more songs, it switched to a group dance. But because of the volume of the music, none of them heard the boys entering. All 10 girls spun around the room, narrowly avoiding crashing into one another. The boys watched, Robin, Nightwing, Connor, Jaime, Gar, L'Gann, Mal, and Bart, grinning as their friends (girlfriend in Nightwing, Jaime and L'Ganns case) danced around the room making a fool out of themselves. During a particularly difficult spin, Astrid lost her balance, face planting into the couch. The guys, unable to contain their laughter, let it burst out of them, and Astrid soon joined them. Lydia started fuming, especially when they started laughing at the over sized lenses on her face. Furious, she turned on her heel and stormed out. Nightwing quickly followed.
"Idiots," Bella hissed.
LYDIA AND NIGHTWINGS POV
"Leave me alone!" Was Lydia's reply when Nightwing knocked on her door. Nightwing rolled his eyes, and typing in her code opened the door. Lydia stood, looking homicidal, twirling a batarang between her fingers. Nightwing barely had time to wonder where she got it before he was dodging out the way of the projectile.
"Leave. Me. Alone," Lydia growled, glaring.
"I came to see if you were OK!" Nightwing cried, trying to calm the angry girl.
"I'm fine," the sudden emotional change took Nightwing by surprise, but after checking the door was closed, removed his mask.
"Ok, how about you help me tidy my room? Then we don't have to keep using cupboards where Bella and Bart will find us," Dick chuckled. Lydia laughed along with him, he never ceased to make her moods change for the better.
"Sure, let's go," Lydia nodded.
TIME SKIP 90 MINUTES OR 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
"I can't believe it took that long to tidy my room!" Nightwing exclaimed.
"It would of taken less time but you kept on... interrupting us," Lydia chuckled, remembering the kisses he stole whenever she paused. They walked into the common area, just in time to see the movie credits end, and everyone fall asleep on the floor or couch. Lydia and Nightwing shared a look, and quickly took blackmail images of their sleeping teammates.
Astrid had fallen asleep on the couch with her head on Robins chest, who in turn was resting his head on hers. Quanta had fallen asleep with her head in Jaime's lap, on the floor. L'Gann and M'Gann had curled up together in the corner, and Grace and Gar had the crowns of their heads touching, curling in on themselves on the floor. Anna had her legs draped over Connors thighs, Cassie and Batgirl had gone home, and Mal and Karen had curled up like the Martian and Atlantean, but the funniest sight of all was Bart and Bella. Bella was koala-ing him on the floor, limbs wrapped around him as her held her close in his sleep.
"I always knew Bella had a cuddling problem," Lydia grinned, as she and Nightwing simultaneously brought out those loud fog horn type things with the red squeegee. The noise startled everybody awake, except for Bella who could sleep like the dead. Astrid and Robin leaped away from each other, blushing furiously, Anna slowly pulled her legs back closer to her body, avoiding eye contact with Connor, with everybody else just sat up yawning.
"Super hearing over here! Did you want me to go deaf?" Connor grumbled. Everyone except Anna ignored him.
"OK Bart, now we free you," Lydia turned to the speedster, looking for any cracks in her sisters grip.
"No no, perfectly happy here!" Bart shook his head vigorously, bringing Bella closer to him.
"Just wait for the strangulation stage," Lydia warned.
"Get her off me now!" Bart freaked, but not wanting to vibrate his molecules out in case it hurt her. The team laughed, but pryed the sleeping koala off of him. Bella yawned sleepily, making Bart's heart skip a beat. Connor looked at him knowingly, before going back to chatting with Mal. Slowly, everyone dispersed back to their own rooms, but only after having to wake Bella up.
