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Nathan thanked the lunch lady and turned carrying his tray out of the cafeteria and heading to the outdoor seating area where he usually ate lunch with his friends.
As he approached their usual spot he saw only Mark at the table
"Hey Nate. Where's Mel?" He asked as Nathan slid into the seat across from him
Nathan shrugged "Last time I saw her was in gym" he said
They started eating but after a few minutes of her not joining they got curious
"Where could she be?" Nathan said looking around
Mark saw April walking by and quickly waved her down "Hey have you seen Melanie?" He asked
She smiled at the boys "She's with Greg"
Nathan and Mark looked at each other "Greg?" They said in unison then looked back at the girl
She nodded "Yeah you know Greg Turnbin he's her biology partner. They're over there" she said pointing to the far end of the field.
The boys looked and saw Melanie sitting under a tree with a red headed boy
"What's she doing talking to him?" Nathan asked looking back at April
April shrugged "I don't know, she's lucky though. He's cute. Listen I gotta go lunch is going to be over and I haven't even started eating yet" she said walking away
Nathan and Mark stared at Melanie trying to figure out what was happening
"Come on" Nathan waved
"Where are we going?" Mark asked following after him
"We're going to spy on her" he said simply
Mark nodded "Good idea"
They put their vigilant skills to work and remained silent as they crept up on the backside of a tree nearby the one that Melanie and Greg were at, Nathan quickly jumped up onto a high branch and began climbing
"You coming?" He asked raising an eyebrow and looking down at Mark who was still on the ground
"The first branch is like 9 feet off the ground" he pointed
Nathan rolled his eyes "Don't be a baby"
Mark glared up at him "Sorry my parents aren't a gymnast and an acrobat"
Nathan let out a cackle he hooked his legs onto a branch and hung upside down reaching his hands out toward his friend "Grab on" he sighed
Mark grabbed onto his hands and Nathan swung back up pulling Mark onto the branch with him. They slowly crept up the tree so that they could spy on Melanie. Once they were at a good view the listened in
"So how do you think you did on that test?" Melanie asked
Greg shrugged "I think I did good, but can we talk about something other than class? That's not exactly why I asked you to eat lunch with me"
She looked at him "Why did you want to eat lunch?" She asked
He grinned and threw an arm around her shoulder "Well homecoming is in 2 weeks and I was wondering if you'd be interested in going with me?" He asked
Melanie brought her finger to her lip and giggled "Well I'll have to check my calendar I'm a very busy girl" she teased
"I'll have to check my calendar" Nathan mimicked in a mocking tone "What's that about?" He groaned he looked over at Mark who had his phone out "What are you doing?" He asked
"I'm getting pictures, I'm going to show my dad" Mark grinned
Nathan smirked "Good idea, Uncle Wally will hate that" they put their focus back in on Melanie and Greg
"Will you excuse me for a moment? I'll be right back" Melanie told the red headed boy
"I'll be waiting" Greg smiled
"Where is she going?" Mark asked
Nathan shrugged
Suddenly they saw a streak of light followed by a gust of wind then they hit the ground Melanie had a hand on both boy's chests holding them on the ground
"What do you two idiots think you're doing?" She growled
"Question is what do you think you're doing using your powers in public out of your suit?" Nathan said grinning at her
Melanie rolled her eyes "Nobody saw me, unlike me who saw you guys in the tree spying on me"
Mark looked up at his twin "Yeah about that what's with the dude?"
Melanie looked back to see if Greg had noticed her, he hadn't, he was throwing acorns across the field as far as he could
She bit her lip "I've been talking to him and I kind of like him. But that's none of your business " she said putting more pressure on their chests
"Oh, come on Mel. Him seriously" Nathan chuckled
She sat up "Yes him he's nice"
Mark chuckled "And dumber then a bucket of rocks I'm sure"
Nathan nodded enthusiastically in agreement
Melanie sat up "You don't even know him. Just get out of here and don't spy on me anymore or I'm telling mom and Aunt Barbara" she said knowing she needed to get back to Greg before he started wondering where she went
The boys stood "Fine " they groaned
As they walked away Nathan leaned in toward Mark "You got pictures, right?" He whispered
Mark nodded "You bet I did" he said showing him the photos of Melanie leaning up against Greg
The two-high fived each other
2 weeks later
Nathan and Mark found themselves sitting on the couch at the West household dressed in a dress shirt, slacks and a tie
"Are you almost done?" Nathan grumbled
Mark nodded "Yeah you've taken like a million pictures" he said throwing his hands up in frustration
"Oh, will you two quit complaining, okay one last picture Greg put your arm around Melanie" Artemis ordered before stepping back and snapping a photo "Next year you both might have dates and we will be doing the same thing to you" she said with her hand on her hip while looking at the boys
There was a horn heard outside "That's my dad" Nathan said jumping up Mark joined him both happy that they could be done watching the torturous photo shoot
"Alright you two have fun" Artemis waved Melanie and Greg out the door
"And boys" Wally said placing a hand on their shoulders holding them back for a second
Mark and Nathan turned to look at him
"Remember" he said motioning with two of his fingers indicating for them to keep their eyes on Melanie and her date
"You got it Uncle Wally" Nathan grinned
Mark nodded "We definitely will dad" he said before they both walked out the door
Artemis stepped forward and stood next to Wally "He seems like a nice boy" she commented
Wally shook his head "I don't like him"
She scrunched up her eyebrows "Really? I figured you would"
Wally looked at her "Why because he's a red head?"
Artemis smiled and gave a small nod
Wally shook his head "He's too nice, a guy like that is up to no good." He said walking away
"Where are you going?" Artemis yelled after him
"To stress eat" Wally yelled from the kitchen
Artemis shook her head and let out a small laugh.
At the homecoming dance Mark and Nathan tried their best to keep an eye on Melanie and Greg. She was on to them though and would occasionally disappear in crowd for a little bit. They would never go more than 15 minutes without seeing her though. An hour into the dance though that changed they scanned the crowd from their seats after 30 minutes they still hadn't seen her again
"I'm going to check outside, you look in here" Nathan said after they decided to look for her
Mark nodded they both stood up and went their separate ways in search of the 'missing' girl
After searching outside for a 10 minutes Nathan finally spotted her alone sitting on a bench
He quickly went over to her and sat down
"Mel?" he said softly
She turned her head so he couldn't see her "Go away Nathan" she sniffled
Nathan shook his head "What wrong?" he asked hypothetically
She didn't answer
"Come on Melanie, you can tell me" he said resting a hand on her shoulder
She quickly turned her head toward him "Greg ditched me okay"
"What?" Nathan asked confused
Melanie nodded "Turned out the whole reason he asked me to the dance was to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. It worked because they made up and left" she said whipping her eyes
Nathan was at loss for words
"Go on, make fun of me you and Mark have been ever since I made this stupid date with him" she said
"I'm not going to make fun of you, I am going to say that we were right though" he said resting a hand on her back
Melanie looked up at him with puffy eyes confused
"He is dumber than a bucket of rocks. Your awesome and he was dumb enough to ditch you, heck a rock must have more brain cells then him" he said making her laugh lightly
"You know what you need" Nathan said leaning forward
"A tub of ice cream and a chick flick" she sniffled
Nathan chuckled "If you were an average girl yes but no. A night on patrol, that always clears my mind" he said
She shook her head "We can't our parents gave us the night off, besides if I go home now my dad would ask questions and I'm not in the mood to explain things to him now"
Nathan stood up and shrugged "Who said anything about patrolling with our parents. Come on let's go grab Mark and do a few hours of patrol together, see what kind of trouble makers we can stop" he grinned. Melanie nodded and stood up, they headed back to the school gym to retrieve Mark so Melanie could begin putting this night behind her.
But that didn't mean it was over for Mark and Nathan, they now had something that they would take care of Monday at school.