"So," M'gann paused, fork in midair, "Are you guys dating now?"
E shook her head, swallowing her food before responding as M'gann took another bite of the cake in-between them. "No, we are just friends."
"You guys would be cute together," She shrugged, turning her head back to the television across the kitchen. Wally leaned up against the back of the couch, furiously eating his slice of cake, "Don't you think they would be cute together?"
Wally was obviously not ready for the question, mainly because he had cake practically smeared all over his face. He didn't seem to care. With a mouth still of food, he answered, "I dunno, do you like each other?"
E rolled her eyes a tossed a few of her long braids over her shoulder, "No, I told you. We are just friends."
M'gann shook her head, "He totally likes you. You have to make your move, or someone else will."
"Why? Is there someone else around?" E asked, a little too interested now. Wally raised an eyebrow and took another bite of cake. E dropped her fork down and bit off another piece before she could say anything else embarrassing.
"That new girl, Cassie. She's supposed to show up any day now," She turned back to Wally and pointed a fork at him aggressively, "And you have to be nice to her."
"Me?" He feigned surprise, "What am I going to do?"
M'gann shook her head and turned back to E, "You'll scare her off somehow."
E laughed and shook her head.
"How are you an Artemis lately anyway?" M'gann asked, mouth still full of cake.
"She is fine, just struggling with classes and team stuff," Wally shook his head, "I think we should take some time off, just be normal people for a bit. She doesn't like the idea though."
E walked off as M'gann responded at him. She started to head out back to the gym. She didn't need to work out necessarily, she just had gotten into the habit of blowing off steam. By now, she was fairly accustomed to everyone on the team. They were nice, and more welcoming now that she was sticking with a human form and wasn't radiating black light all of the time. She and M'gann had gotten close, but E more figured it was because she liked having more people around who agreed with her. Since they had many of the same powers, she had been teaching E how to control more things. Although she didn't much agree with some of her psychic techniques, she kept her mouth shut. Especially since she knew it was a soft spot between her and Conner.
"I thought I'd find you here," She said as she walked into the rec room. It wasn't much of a gym either, just a few rows of machines and weights in one corner. Mostly it was for training or for basketball, stuff like that. Her steps made clacking noises on the hard wood floor as she made her way over to Robin.
"Hey," He sat up and wiped the sweat from his brow with a towel he slung over his shoulder, "What's up?"
"M'gann made cake," She paused, leaning on the weight machine, "In case you wanted any."
"Probably all gone by now," He smiled, looking up at her. "Wally has a big appetite."
She laughed, "That he does."
It was silent for a few seconds. All E could think of was M'gann's words about someone else making a move. She wasn't sure of her feelings at all. Did she want to get into a relationship with someone? Someone she cared so deeply for already? She didn't want to ruin their friendship, he was so important to her already.
"Hey do you want to go on patrol tonight?" He shrugged, "Could be fun, Bats is busy with the League so I was just going to do some rounds. You should come. Keep me company."
She smiled, nodding, "Only if you take me back to that diner you took me to last time. They had weirdly good waffles."
"Hole-in-the-wall diners always have the best waffles," He smiled, standing up. "I'll meet you at the docks? Where we met?"
She nodded, "You know I haven't been back there since that night?"
"I can't imagine it would really be high on the list of places you want to hang out in Gotham," He brushed past her and walked backwards to the door.
"I gotta shower. Meet at 9?"
"I'll be there," E smiled.
He cracked into a big grin before turning around and walking out.