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It was Monday morning and Dick was woken up by the sound of knocking on his door.

"Master Richard," Alfred said from the other side of the door, "It is time to prepare yourself for school."

Dick groaned but sat up anyway, "I'll be right there Alfred." He rubbed his eyes and got out of bed then he crossed over to his desk which was littered with papers. Some of the papers were worksheets for school, others were new designs for birdarangs and other hero related stuff, but the majority was Zatanna related. There were pictures, ideas for future dates and even poems; he just couldn't get her out of his head and he liked that. He liked that when he closed his eyes he could see her in front of him, smiling. He liked that when it was quiet he could hear her laughing. In fact that's what he heard right now, until Alfred knocked on the door again.

"One second Alfred." He said. He organized his papers a little, stuffing the ones he needed for school into his backpack, and putting the others in a drawer that he then locked. He unplugged his custom-made Wayne Tech phone that he himself had designed and checked the time, it was seven o'clock. He quickly left the room to go to the kitchen for breakfast. They would eat lunch and dinner in the dining room but never breakfast, breakfast was always in the kitchen. Alfred had made waffles, he always did, and Dick always ate them. The truth was he hated them, they tasted like paste, but he could never tell the faithful butler that, so he ate them.

"Ah Alfred," Dick said, "Smells good."

"Thank you Master Richard," Alfred said, "The waffles are ready." Dick grabbed a plate and sat down at the counter in the kitchen as Alfred brought over the waffles and maple syrup. Dick put two waffles on his plate and drowned them with syrup, his way of saving his stomach from the waffles. He ate the waffles slowly because they were so hard to chew and when he tried to swallow it clung to his throat but he managed to force it down. It was Dick's morning ritual.

"Master Richard," Alfred said, "I must go attend to Master Bruce. If you will excuse me." Dick nodded as Alfred left the room. Dick quickly put his plate as well as his fork and knife in the sink before grabbing some Pop-Tarts before rushing back to his room. Dick hastily ate the Pop-Tarts so that Alfred wouldn't see him. When he finished he popped into the shower.

It was seven forty-five when Alfred drove Dick to school. As per usual the car ride was silent, Dick would usually fix up any homework he hadn't already done but since it was the first day back to school Dick had finished all his homework. He took out his phone to play a game but when he saw his wallpaper, him and Zatanna on the blanket at New Year's, he remembered that it was Zatanna's first day and so he texted her.

Good luck today. Remember stay traught. He sent, smiling. He waited patiently for Zatanna to reply. He didn't have to wait long.

Thanks. Can't wait to meet up after school. He had forgotten about that and he had no idea what to do but he was confident he would come up with something. He didn't know if Zatanna was in class or anything so he decided not to text her back, instead he pulled out his personalized Wayne Tech earphones, plugged them into his phone and put on some music.

Dick was in class, sitting next to Barbara, not really paying attention to the teacher. He was daydreaming about Zatanna, about how her beautiful eyes would twinkle when she smiled, about how her lips always felt like so soft when they kissed. He was snapped back to reality when Barbara nudged him. He turned to her and saw that she was pointing at a folded piece of paper on his desk. He opened and could read the message she had sent him.

Wanna hang out after school? We could go ice skating or something?

Normally he would have loved to but he couldn't bail on Zatanna, even if Barbara was his closest friend in Gotham.

Sorry can't already hanging out with someone else. He wrote underneath her note and passed it back to her.

A few moments later she slipped the note to him. Really? Who?

Dick realized he had forgotten to tell Barbara about Zatanna. Then again he couldn't tell Barbara how he had met Zatanna without lying, and he hated lying to Barbara. Actually he had no good lies to tell anyway. He couldn't tell her that she lived in another city because he didn't have an excuse to go to that city regularly and if he said she was from a different school in Gotham, Barbara would try to track her down. He decided that he would just rip off the band-aid quickly and get it over with.

My girlfriend. He wrote before passing it to her. He watched as she opened and read what he had written. The expression on her face was a shock to him, not because he could see the hurt in her eyes, which he had expected, but he saw something else as well. He saw jealousy and that he had not anticipated.

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