Zatanna pushed herself up into a sitting position and threw the comforter off of herself. She stretched and pushed herself up and off the mattress and walked over to her bathroom. She walked past the sink and over to the shower, turning the knob all the way to the left, for a hot shower.

Zatanna pulled her clothes off and hopped in. After a quick wash she was out and wrapped in a towel heading to her closet. She picked out her skirt and white dress shirt followed by her tie. Today she opted for the little blazer instead of the sweater vest. She hung everything up on the back of the closet door before walking out into her main room still covered in a towel. When she reached her dresser she pulled out a bra and a pair of panties then walked back into her bathroom and slipped them on. She then proceeded to brush her teeth, blow dry and straighten her hair, and apply just a little bit of makeup.

When she was finally done she walked to the closet and grabbed the clothes pulling the skirt on first. As she did she reflected on her last week at her new school. She had started Monday and it was now Friday and she had learned a lot about everyone at GA, or she thought she had anyway.

Zatanna secured the clip of her short uniform skirt and moved to get the button up shirt from the back of the door too.

Zatanna had made fast friends with Barbara and Bette. She had Penny in a few classes too so they were getting closer. Artemis had been in a few classes with her too. They talked every once in a while but she could tell it put Artemis on edge.

Zatanna finished with her shirt and slipped the tie on, moving to the mirror so she could tie it more easily. She was glad Dick had showed her how to do it.

Zatanna had also met some unpleasant people. As best as Zatanna could tell there were two major cliques, then Dick's group of people, then there were a few floaters in the grade too. The "leader" of one clique was Flora Joseph, she was a year above them and she was an absolute bratt. Sure she was pretty enough with her blond hair and pretty smile but that would only get you so far. In her little group was Tina Jean, another sophomore who liked to pretend she was French, and Callie Livingston, a freshmen who was already labeled as one of Gotham Academy's most notorious gold-digging sluts. Zatanna could tell she had the hots for Dick even if the poor kid couldn't see it himself.

Finally done with the dumb tie, Zatanna pulled on her blazer and walked out of the bathroom. She went back to her dresser and pulled out her thigh high socks, she had asked Alfred to get her some from the school website where they sold all of their apparel. And last she slipped her on her cute little black loafers. She looked at the clock, ten minutes until she needed to be down for breakfast. She sat on her bed and let her thoughts drift back to school.

The second, and more popular, clique was lead by Blair Michael. Blair was also known to be a gold digger but not as well as Callie, she could also be called slutty since Zatanna had heard she had already hooked up with two seniors this year, and she was only a sophomore. Sophia Williams is what Zatanna would describe as second in command of Blair's group. She snapped at the other two girls as much as Blair did but she never said a word against Blair. Sophia was not known to be a gold digger though, in fact it was pretty common knowledge that she had a thing for Dylan Claytley. Then there was Julia Alister who was basically the same as Callie, which was probably why they hated each other so much. The last girl was Ava Hayes she was the nicest of the bunch and the smartest. She didn't seem to feel the need to throw herself at boys, but she still hung out with Blair. All four of these girls liked Zatanna but honestly she prefered Barbara and Penny to them, so she kept her distance for the most part.

There were also boy groups but they mingled with both cliques. So, your typical high school experience on steroids because, after all, this is Gotham.

Dylan Claytely and his friends were nice enough, at least from what she had seen. And then there was Marcus Jackson and his friends, who were not. Andrew Phillips was someone who hung out a lot with Dylan Claytley, and Zatanna had him in a few classes. He was nice and he was pretty cute. Zatanna actually enjoyed talking to him.

Zatanna stood and grabbed her backpack from the foot of her bed and her phone from her night table. She crossed the floor and opened the door before walking out into the hallway and down the stairs. She was pretty used to the manor's downstairs layout, but she hadn't really explored much more than that. She made it to the kitchen and sat in her usual seat, and as usual she was the last to the counter.

"Good morning." Zatanna offered.

"Morning." Dick replied.

Bruce just nodded.

"Morning Miss Zatanna." Alfred said, proper as ever.

Zatanna looked around the kitchen as Alfred made breakfast. Selina still wasn't here. Zatanna knew that Bruce and Selina weren't married but she did think that Selina lived here. Then again Selina had mentioned something about not always being around. Maybe she just had to go to work early.

"Where's Selina?"

Dick looked up from his phone to answer her, "She's probably at her penthouse."

Zatanna raised her eyebrows, "Oh, I kinda thought she lived here."

Dick chuckled, "No, she stays the night a lot but she doesn't live here."

"Hm." Zatanna nodded.

This was the last day Dick was walking with Zatanna to school from the zeta tube, so tonight she would be taking her first self defence class. She had to admit she was excited, but also really, really nervous. Batman was a perfectionist and she was anything but perfect. What is Dick was helping with the lesson too? The thought of that made her a little more nervous.

Alfred cleaned up their dishes and wished them a good day, Bruce told them to be careful and the two teens left the kitchen. Zatanna ran up to her room to retrieve her coat then they were off. Heading to the cave first, they pushed in the right coordinates and were whisked away. They arrived in the alley and it was freezing!

"Oh my God." Zatanna chattered.

"Glad you brought a coat?" Dick laughed.

"Yes!" Zatanna gasped.

Dick smiled over at her before leading the way out of the alley.

"Hey, question." She started.

"Hey, answer, maybe." Dick mocked and she rolled her eyes.

"So, how is my little self defense class going to go?" Zatanna asked hesitantly. Dick laughed again and it surprised her.

"I was wondering if you would ask about that."

Zatanna raised one perfect eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

Dick's voice dropped,"Well, you can't have wanted Bruce to be teaching you. I mean he's...Bruce."

Zatanna laughed because, yeah, that pretty much summed it up.

"Selina is coming by tonight to teach you some basics and she will work you up to some more advanced stuff. Then I think once she knows you've got it she was gonna let you decide if you wanted to keep learning." Dick explained and Zatanna relaxed.

"Okay, not that I don't like Bruce or anything, he's just kind of...intimidating I guess." Zatanna mumbled.

"Yeah, I get it." Dick nodded, "I think I'll be helping with you lessons a bit but not much. Like just if she wants to see if you're getting it, I would pretend to attack you and she would give you pointers."

Zatanna nodded, "Okay, sounds good."

And she was nervous again. Why was that? It's just Dick. She was getting to know him pretty well, she definitely trusted him. She loved hanging out with him, he was smart, kind, funny, considerate, and talented. She could probably learn a lot from him. So why was she nervous?

They reached the gates of GA and scaled the steps heading for the commons inside the building. Zatanna was in a hurry to get inside and out of the cold. When they were inside they were greeted by their friends. Zatanna went straight to Barbara.

"Hey Babs." She smiled.

They leaned in for a quick hug, "Hey Zee." Barbara smiled back,"Get the Biology project done?"

Zatanna sighed "Yes of course, it took forever."

They chatted until the bell rang then Zatanna gave Dick a quick goodbye and headed to geometry with Barbara.

The first part of the day went by slowly as always, lunch was fun, and now to English. Zatanna walked with Dick and Barbara to Mrs. Knight's class and they took a seat in the back. They were chatting quietly before the bell rang when the seat next to her was pulled out and someone sat down. She glanced over and was surprised to find Andrew Phillips in the seat next to her. He smiled at her and leaned back in his seat.

Mrs. Knight walked to the front of the room addressing the class and writing something on the whiteboard. Andrew slid his phone over to her and she saw that it was open to his contact list. He smiled at her again and inclined his head to his phone. Zatanna rolled her eyes and laughed quietly before picking up his phone up and entering her number. When she was finished he looked at her expectantly and she pulled out her phone and handed it to him. He typed his number and handed her back her phone before turning his attention to the teacher.

Zatanna did the same but not before glancing over at Dick and Babs. Barbara gave her a sly smile and a laugh. But when she looked at Dick she noticed he was looking past her over at Andrew with an odd expression. Then, without sparing her a glance he looked back up at the board and continued to take notes. Zatanna looked back at Barbara who simply shrugged.

The rest of the day went by quickly and without any odd behavior from Dick. And at the end of the day they said goodbye to their friends and headed to the zeta tube. Dick was talking to her normally and acting like he always did so she brushed off his odd behavior from earlier that day.

They arrived at the cave and Dick literally disappeared. She turned to tell him something and he was just gone. She sighed, sometimes she hated it when he did that.

Zatanna walked up to her room and got started on her homework, she was hoping to finish it before dinner so that she could focus on her lesson with Selina tonight. She pulled out her computer from her desk drawer, this English paper wouldn't write itself.