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~Laces
"She needs a friend who's a girl." Conner stated. Batman looked at the clone, and questioned,
"Why is that?"
Conner thought back to that afternoon when he came to pick Athena up from Ramon's house.
Indira, Ramon's mom, answered the door and she showed him where Ramon and Athena were sleeping on the couch.
Athena was holding the kid as if he were a teddy bear since he was so small, but the little boy didn't seem to mind.
While it was cute, it slightly unnerved Conner at the same time. He didn't know exactly how to explain it, but he was still unnerved by the way they held each other.
Conner carried Athena back to the mansion. Apparently she was teaching Ramon how to play basketball and was running around a lot.
For a small guy, Ramon could run.
"I think she'd benefit from having a friend who's a girl. You know a friend who could do girl… things with." Conner explained. He didn't want his reasoning to be that he was paranoid about a little boy.
"Well, I have been looking around for a girl playmate for her." Batman nodded. He wouldn't admit it, but he noticed how close Athena was with the boy Ramon and, as a father, it made him nervous.
"Have you found anyone?" Conner inquired with hope.
"Wally has a younger cousin who lives in Gotham. Her name is Paige West, and she knows about the rest of her family and their abilities. So, I believe that it makes her a good candidate to be friends with Athena. Not to mention she's about Athena's age." Batman explained, and Conner smiled.
"Sounds great."
"I've already contacted the girl's mother. Athena will be visiting them tomorrow." Conner was surprised how Batman had everything planned so quickly, but he was Batman.
~*~*~*~*~*~The Next Day~*~*~*~*~*~
Athena looked at the girl in front of her shyly.
"Hi." The girl smiled. She had longer curly strawberry blond hair, and pale skin that was covered in freckles. Athena couldn't see the color of the girl's eyes because they were hidden behind a large pair of aviator glasses.
She was taller than Ramon, but still shorter than Athena. Athena was most likely the tallest eight year old alive.
"My name is Paige." The girl informed.
"My name is Athena."
There was a long pause between the two.
"I like your sun glasses." Athena whispered and Paige smiled happily.
"Thanks! I got 'em from my cousin Wally. I think you heard of him as Kid Flash. At least he used to be Kid Flash. I wish I could run really fast." She informed. "I heard that you have super powers." Athena mutely nodded, worried about the girl's reaction.
"That's so cool!" Paige exclaimed. "D'you think you could throw me in the air, and then catch me, and then throw me up in the air again and then juggle me with a bowling ball and car!"
Athena looked at the girl in some shock.
"Um… I dunno if I could do that safely… but maybe I could fly a bit with you on my back." Athena informed slowly.
"Really? That'd be so cool! I'd be able to fly like a pilot. I love airplanes. I want to fly one someday! And I want to be a writer too. D'you know I read a book once with Peter Pan in it? He can fly. Isn't that cool? So can we fly?"
Athena chuckled, and let Paige hold onto her shoulders and Athena hovered in the air, lifting Paige up and flying a little throughout the girl's room. She then let Paige climb off her back, and she landed on the ground.
"THAT WAS SO COOL!" Paige exclaimed. "Are you gonna be a Superhero? Of course you're gonna be a superhero. I bet you will be soooo cool! Do you like pickles? I like pickles. Do you want some pickles?"
Athena was trying to keep up with the girl, and then nodded.
"Alright. Thank you."
"No problem." Paige shrugged as she led Athena to the kitchen. "Y'know, I'm reading this book. And it's really cool and it's about this little mouse who wants to be like humans instead of like mice, and he has really big ears, and he loves this Princess and there is a Rat who loves sun light, and…"
Athena smiled as she listened to Paige talk. Yes… she liked Paige. She was happy that Bruce had them meet.