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Nathan finished putting the waterproof make up on his last scar on his upper arm. He did a quick glance in the mirror making sure he had covered all the noticeable scars before slipping on a tank top.
It might have been the end of September but it was still hot enough to go swimming. Which is why his parents had given him and his sister permission to throw a mini pool party before it got too cold to go swimming for a while.
He heard the doorbell ring and ran out of his room sliding down the banister
He opened the door expecting to see his friends but instead was met with Grace and Macy
"Oh, hey girls, Leah's in her room." He said pointing up the stairs
The two girls let out a bashful giggle and quickly ran past him and up stairs
Nathan shut the door and decided to stay downstairs knowing his friends would be there soon.
While he waited he decided to occupy his time by doing a handstand. He walked on his hands for a while before lifting one hand off the ground and sticking it straight up in the air. He moved one leg straight out to one side. Then moved the other so it was bent in the other direction and bent that leg so his foot was flat on the ground.
"All these years and I never realized how flexible you were "a voice said catching him off guard. Quickly Nathan got out of the formation and stood up to see April, Melanie and Mark standing in front of him
"Oh, hey guys I didn't hear you come in" he smiled
April shook her head "Seriously who can bend like that?" She repeated
Nathan smiled in response "It's hereditary"
He looked at the three "Where's Andrew?" He asked
"He'll be here later, his cousin from Georgia is visiting" Melanie explained
Nathan shrugged "Tell him to bring her" he said
Melanie looked at him "You sure?"
Nathan nodded and watched her text on her phone
"Oh, dude I got to show you the rope my parents added to the gym" Nathan said waving toward Mark
"Oh yeah! Let me see it" Mark jumped
They followed Nathan up the stairs and toward the manors gym
He opened the door with a smile that soon turned to disgust when he found his dad on the mat doing a handstand with his mom in an upside-down position kissing
"Gah! Mom! Dad! I have friends over!" Nathan said in disgust causing them to quickly pull apart
"Sorry sweetie!" Barbara quickly apologized
Dick shook his head "I'm not." He said with a cheeky grin earning a light shove from Barbara
"I wanted to show Mark the new rope ladder " Nathan waved toward the new edition
Dick stood up
"Oh yeah you got to check this thing out" he said excitedly as he walked over to a small control panel "Alright Nate why don't you demonstrate"
Nathan nodded and put a foot on the rope ladder hanging from the tall ceiling
"Alright and go!" Dick said after pressing a button that caused the ladder to spin in the air
Everyone watched as Nathan made his way up the tall moving ladder
"Why do they have so much workout equipment?" April whispered in Melanie's ear as she looked around the room
Melanie bit her lip "Well for one they can afford it, and for another...his whole family is kinda workout buffs" she said thinking it sounded like a believable story
"Oh, that makes sense" April said watching Mark who was now also trying to climb the ladder.
Once they all had a chance to climb they had worked up a sweat "Well I don't know about you guys but I'm heading to the pool." Mark said running out of the room
Nathan nodded "I'm right behind ya!" He yelled after him
April pushed her short brunette hair back behind her ear "I can wait with you till Andrew and his cousin get here." She offered
Melanie looked like she was debating before shaking her head "It's okay we can swim for a while. He can just meet us at the pool" she said walking forward
"You sure?" April asked following after her while they walked toward the pool.
Melanie nodded "Yeah he'll be fine with it." She pushed open the French doors to the pool where Leah and her friends where already swimming
Mark and Nathan where standing on the deck
"We were wondering if you girls were coming" Mark grinned slipping off his shirt. Doing a cannonball into the pool splashing the younger girls that were already in the pool. He and Melanie had done the same thing that Nathan had done and covered their scars with waterproof make up
Nathan slipped his tank top off as well and tossed it on the chair before diving into the pool behind his best friend
Melanie and April slipped off their cover ups and took the stairs into the pool.
The two teenage girls were relaxing against the jets making small talk while Mark and Nathan had a swimming race
Suddenly though Melanie felt something brush her thighs that felt like hair. Before she could even react, she was being pushed up out of the water sitting on someone's shoulders. She looked down to see it was Nathan. "Chicken Fight!" He chanted holding onto Melanie's calves
"I'm game!" Mark grinned swimming across the pool "Hop on April!" He said bending down so she could get on his shoulders
The two girls pushed back and forth
"Your nothing against us. April and I are a good team" Mark grunted
"Oh yeah we'll see about that cause Mel and I are a perfect team" Nathan bantered back
There was splash and Mark looked over to see April had been pushed off
"Ha told ya! Victory!" Nathan cheered reaching up and clasping his hands with Melanie's spinning in the water before flipping her back off him.
"Nate!" Melanie said spitting out water when resurfaced
He laughed and swam closer to her "You feelin the aster Mels?" He smirked
She rolled her eyes and shoved him
Leah, Grace and Macy watched them from across the pool
"You are so lucky to have an older brother" Grace Sighed
Leah turned to look at her "Whys that?"
She smiled "Cause he's so cool!"
"Not to mention he has friends too, Mark is so cute!" Macy Gushed
Leah shook her head "If you lived with them you'd think otherwise"
The two girls looked at her "Well Miss. full off secrets, we both know you have a crush but you still refuse to tell us who he is" Macy Smiled
Grace Nodded her head "Yeah Lee just tell us!" She encouraged shaking Leah's shoulder
Leah shrugged it off "First I don't like him and second I told you he's just someone whose parents are old friends of my parents" she explained
"Like Melanie and Nate?" Macy Asked
Leah shook her head "Not exactly, my parents lost contact with his for a little while so I just met him. But we've known the Wests our entire lives our parents never stopped being friends." She explained
Andrew stepped out onto the patio with a teenaged blonde-haired girl around the same age as him
"Looks like y'all are having a good ole time" Andrew grinned his brown hair brushed to the side he already was shirtless and ready to get in the pool
"This is Susie my cousin, she is also 15. Susie this is Melanie, Nathan and Mark" he gestured
"Hey guys" she waved nervously but smiled brightly when her eyes contacted Mark
"We just got done with a game of chicken" Melanie said swimming to the side of the pool
Andrew grinned and bent down to be at eye contact with her "Oh yeah? Who won?" He asked
Melanie smiled "Nate and I of course"
Andrew looked over at Nathan who had been watching the two he quickly looked away
"That's great sweetie" Andrew smiled pecking Melanie's lips
Andrew and Susie got in the pool, after a few minutes Susie swam over to Mark cornering him in the pool
"Hi there!" She grinned
"Ugh Hi" Mark said awkwardly looking for a way to get out
"Your mighty cute" she said getting closer
Mark flashed her an awkward smile "Um thank you"
She nodded "No need to thank me"
Mark attempted to move away but she quickly grabbed his arm "Wow your muscular" she said giving his arm a light squeeze "Ya know what would be cute if you and I went out! We could go on a double date with my cousin. Heck if it goes well enough we could date. Cousins dating siblings, twins for that matter. " she said
Mark looked around until he saw Nathan getting out of the pool
"I'm going to the restroom" he excused
"Me too!" Mark said rather loudly causing everyone to look at him
Mark shrugged as he walked out of the pool "There's more than one-bathroom guys, in case you haven't noticed it's a large house"
He followed Nathan into the manor and once out of eyesight pulled him aside
"You have to talk to Susie golden locks!" Mark whispered
Nathan looked at him oddly "Why?" He asked
"Cause she's hitting on me" mark said through gritted teeth
Nathan shrugged "I don't see why that's a problem"
Mark shook his head "I don't want her to"
"Why not? She's pretty" Nathan rebutted with a grin
Mark took a deep breath "Because I like April"
Nathan's grin dropped and was replaced with a shocked one "You like April!" He said eagerly
Marks eyes widened and he put his hand over his best friend's mouth "Shhh she might hear you"
Nathan licked Marks hand forcing him to move it from his mouth
"That's adorable!" Nathan teased
Mark eyed him "So will you help me or not?"
Nathan shrugged "I suppose I can turn on the Ole Grayson charm" he smirked
Mark let out a breath of relief "Thank you so much"
Nathan nodded "So you gonna flirt with April?"
Mark shook his head "Eventually but not now it's not a good time" he said
Nathan nodded in agreement
After going to the bathroom both boys made their way back out to the pool
"Mark! Can you teach us how to do an Olympic dive?" Macy Asked
Mark smiled "Of course girls!" He said walking to where they were, his heart filled with glee when he walked past April and noticed her smiling at him.
Nathan strutted over to Susie
"Hey there, I like your bathing suit" he said jumping into the water and getting next to her
She smiled "Well thank you, when you said it was okay for me to come over I had to buy it. I'll tell ya I had a heck of a time finding a bathing suit it was one of the last ones at the store"
Nathan laughed "Well if I didn't know any better I'd say it was made just for you"
She laughed and swatted his chest "You are about as sweet as a cherry"
He shot her the famous Grayson smirk "Well I could say the same to you."
She smiled at his comment and let out another laugh
Later that night Nathan texted Melanie
BOLD: Robin Italics:Bullet
What's up
On patrol wbu
Same
Oh, better watch out Grandpa bats or daddy will be mad if they catch you texting on patrol :p
What can I say I'm a rebel ;)?
In your dreams wonder boy, so what's up?
Well you know how Susie suggested her and I and you and Andrew go on a double date tomorrow night
Yeah
Why don't we make it a triple date?
With who
Mark and April
Mark and April? That'd be a little awkward don't you think
Not as weird as you might think
What do you mean
Let's just say one of them likes the other
Are you serious
Yeah
Ewww
Awe come on I know you're not into that girly stuff but it's kinda cute you gotta admit
If you say so, I'll text April when I get home and suggest it
Alright, I better get back to work before I get caught. See ya tomorrow night
Melanie rolled her eyes and slid her phone back into her pocket
"Who was that" Flash asked looking toward his daughter
"Robin, he wants to make our double date a triple one with Bullseye" she said in code name form
Wally smiled "That should be fun"
"If you say so" she sighed then spotted what looked like a robbery about to take place "Come on let's go!" She waved dashing off.
The next night….
April and Melanie walked ahead of the boys toward the restaurant.
"Dude thanks for setting up this date!" Mark grinned
Nathan nodded "No problem although by the way April was talking it seems like she thinks it's just everyone hanging out"
Mark shrugged "You'll be sitting with Susie and Mel with Andrew so I'll take it" he grinned
Nathan smiled he grabbed the door and held it open for Melanie and April. The girls were both dressed in flowy dresses that reached just past their knees
The boys were dressed in button up shirts and dress pants
" Andrew said him and Susie are already here" Melanie said as they all followed her through the restaurant to where he told her they where they slid into the rounded corner booth Andrew and Melanie on one side, Nathan and Susie on the other with Mark and April in the middle
Susie smiled at Nathan "You look about as sexy as socks on a rooster!" She said swatting his back, the unexpected forcefulness causing Nathan to fall forward a little.
Andrew let out a chuckle while the other 3 teens who had grown up in the Gotham area scrunched up their eyebrows in confusion "Umm thanks" Nathan smiled unsure if she was complimenting him or not "Your about as pretty as...mittens on a butterfly?" He said awkwardly trying to give her a similar compliment
Susie laughed "Careful their fancy boy, keep up a sweetness like that and you might just get your first smooch tonight" she said rather loudly
Nathan was slightly embarrassed since she was catching everyone in the restraints attention but didn't want to make Susie feel bad
"He's already had his first kiss. A while ago if you want to be specific" Melanie suddenly spoke up earning a glance from everyone at the table
Sensing that his twin didn't mean to say what she said out loud Mark spoke up "My first kiss was Jamie"
April looked toward him "Really? That rude prune who only used you to get Nathan to date Teresa?" She asked
Mark nodded in disappointment
"I'm sorry to hear that, if it helps I haven't even had mine yet" she said resting a hand on his shoulder Mark shot her a small smile
Melanie sighed hoping the topic of conversation was ending at that, unfortunately it didn't
"Mine was this boy in school, when I was in 6th grade. I liked him so I chased him down tackled em and kissed him. What about you cuz?" Susie asked Andrew
He smiled "Mel bell" he grinned looked down at Melanie
Nathan mentally rolled his eyes 'Whys this guy's so perfect there's gotta be something wrong with him' he thought
Andrew threw an arm around Melanie's shoulder "What about you Mel Bell?" He asked looking down at her
Melanie bit her lip, this was going to be awkward "Ugh it was, well.-"
"My first kiss was pretty good." Nathan cut in Melanie looked at him a little panicked not knowing what he was going to say
"It was when I was 14 with a girl who was a really good friend." He explained hoping it would be good enough
"Well that's not fair we've all gave details, so do you missy." Susie chimed in pecking Nathan's cheek and pointing at Melanie
She bit the inside of her cheek "Well like you I initiated the kiss, it was honestly just to make another girl jealous" she said her eyes meeting Nates for a second before looking away she quickly kissing Andrew
"Why don't we talk about something else, how about school?" April suggested sensing the awkwardness
"Good idea, I'll start. Anyone else ready for the Presidents physical fitness challenge on Monday?" Mark asked
"Oh, they have that at my school too, I'm not very good at it though" Susie admitted
Andrew smiled "How bout that school beauty pageant that Mel is entered in!"
Susie smiled "Oh yeah, how'd you get entered in that?" she asked taking a bite of her food
Melanie shrugged "The school puts it on every year, each teacher picks a student that fits the criteria of good character. It's not exactly a beauty pageant as much as it is a way to show the people of Gotham that there are still proper adolescents in Gotham" she explained
Nathan nodded "I forgot to tell you guys, they asked me to be the student judge this year"
"Really?" Mark asked with his mouth full of food
He nodded "Yeah, but don't worry I won't be playing favorites" he grinned at Melanie
A little bit later they finished their dinner and were walking out of the restaurant "It was nice getting to know you Susie" Nathan said as they approached Andrews truck
Mark nodded "Yeah it was,"
April and Melanie gave the girl a hug
"Have a safe trip home" Melanie told her
Susie nodded "Thank y'all for making me feel so welcomed, especially you fellas" she giggled grabbing Mark and kissing him before doing the same to Nathan leaving both boys shocked by her quick boldness.