A/N: Just letting you guys know, I'm going to be doing little time skips so we can get to the important stuff faster :)

-thegirlwhoisstillwaiting

Sylvia Wayne "Wildcat"

July 4th, 2016

Mt. Justice

We were all spending the day at the cave, celebrating the anniversary of us not only finding Superboy, but the first time the sidekicks all teamed up. Everyone was even going to spend the night in the cave since it's a two day event. Today is the celebration and the team-up, tomorrow is celebrating the declaration of the Team. Tori was going to be here, but she decided she was going to spend the Fourth of July with her family. She told me Lenny had begged her, and no one can say know to those big, icy eyes. Currently, she wasn't speaking to her mother, so she was living with her father in Coast City. She wanted to spend as much time with him and her siblings as she can before she comes to stay at the Manor during her treatment to correct her biochemistry. Since we know what to do in terms of home care during the treatment, she was going to be staying in the bedroom across the hall from mine.

So I was in the bathroom, staring into the mirror. I knew everyone wanted to be spending time in the water, so I was highly uncomfortable in my swimsuit. The nanobots were removed from my system only yesterday, so I was still extremely thin. To try and cover my ribs, I wore a white, halter one piece. You could still see my ribs, but it was better than wearing a two piece, letting everyone see the bones protruding from my skin. I tried to hide it more by pulling the wrap out of my bag, taking the two corners, crossing them in front of me and securely tying the corners together behind my neck. I still didn't move from my spot, messing with my long black hair. I thought about stalling more by putting it into two french braids, or doing a five piece braid, or fishtailing. I just didn't want to leave the bathroom.

"You know, you can't hide in here forever." I heard Artemis say as she came into the bathroom. I just sighed and faced her. She was wearing a blue bikini with a white button down that sat open, but was long enough to almost look like a dress.

"I bet I can hide in here long enough for everyone to go outside so I can zeta home." I told her, rubbing my hands. I looked down and accidentally reminded myself that my wrists were bony and tiny.

"But then everyone would miss you." She reminded me before coming closer. "You know, Wally told me to come and get you and tell you that this whole thing wouldn't be the same if one of the founding members didn't attend." She smiled, grabbing my bag. "So why don't you come with me to the beach, and then you can cuddle up with Wally on this oversized towel that I can see in your bag." She smiled and I couldn't help but hug the blonde.

"Thank you." I told her before I followed her out of the bathroom. She let me the secluded beach just outside the mountain, where I found teammates laughing and playing with Justice Leaguers. The mentors with proteges on the team were here along with Captain Marvel, Black Canary, and Wonder Woman. There were a few faces I didn't recognize, but there was a man and a woman on either side of Captain Marvel, talking to Kaldur. The three of them wore the same sigil of a golden lightning bolt and white, greek styled capes with golden embroidery. The girl had a skirt instead of pants, and her uniform was white with gold accents. Her hair was a warm, dark brown with sky blue eyes, and olive colored skin. The guy had the same uniform as Captain Marvel, but blue instead of red. On either side of Aquaman, who was talking to Wonder Woman, was a teenage guy with long, raven black hair, and a girl with short, red hair. The two of them wore atlantean garb, the girl's reminding me of something you would see on a native hawaiian or other pacific islands. There was a girl next to Wonder Woman who could've passed as her twin, but she was slightly shorter. The girl had the same body type we've seen from all amazons, the same silver cuffs on her wrists that are usually used to deflect bullets. But she also had a silver cuff high on her bicep, and a black, haltered uniform. Unlike the star spangled briefs of Wonder Woman, this girl wore pants and silver boots. The black fabric moved with magic, like the cosmos were moving across the black.

"Hey, babe." Wally said, coming up to me in his swimsuit. It was forest green, like his eyes. I smiled and gave him a kiss.

"Who are the newbies?" I asked him as he received my bag from Artemis. He started walking me to the spot where he laid his towel that was roughly the large size of my towel.

"New proteges that the Leaguers want on the team to learn communication skills and coordinated missions and battles. Wonder Woman said it would be detrimental to teaching future Justice Leaguers." He said to me as I laid my towel next to his, not leaving a gap of sand between the two. I sat down on the towel and pulled out my phone to tell Alfred I was staying.

"So, new teammates means we don't all have to go on missions…" I told Wally, smiling and I gave him another kiss. But he stood up.

"I would say that's more date nights, but Bat's would just put you on patrol more often." He laughed, walking away. At first I thought I said something wrong, but he went and got us two large, heaping plates of burgers and hot dogs, fries and fruit. I also noticed that he had two sodas tucked between his arm and his side.

"Yes, more patrol, but that implied I'm in Gotham. As the team grows, maybe there's less of a need for us to be on it. We could take a break while we're in college…" I told him, pulling my sunglasses out of my bag.

"That's two years away. We don't have to worry about any of that for at least one of those years." He set down the plates and the drinks and pulled me into him, engulfing me in his large biceps as he kissed the side of my head. I couldn't help but giggle as he kissed my jawline before letting me go. He handed me my plate before he started eating. I just grabbed a burger and went to town. It had been so long since I had eaten something for fun, and not to keep myself from passing out. It tasted so good. I felt like the food tasted so much better, now that I was free from my own self destructing biology. I felt the need to close my eyes as I slowed down on my third burger, feeling the need to enjoy the taste more than the lasting feeling of food filling my stomach. I opened my eyes and Wally was laughing at me.

"I love you." He smiled, trying to stifle his laughter. I gained an embarrassed grin as I grabbed a grape of my plate and threw it at him.

"Don't laugh at me." I said, starting to laugh myself. He put his hands up in defeat and starting wolfing down what was probably his fifth burger. "You know, when you're done, you could introduce me to the new meat."

"Yeah, I could." He smile suspiciously, finishing his burger. "Or I could do this!" He scooped me up in a wicked fast manner, throwing me over his shoulder. It forced me to drop the burger in my hand as he ran, laughing excitedly as he ran. All the while, I was squealing and hitting his back and kicking in the air.

"Wally! Put me down!" I laughed, flailing as I did so. I could hear the others laughing as I fought Wally not wanting to get wet just yet.

"Never!" He laughed as he brought me towards the water, jumping far enough to land us in a four foot wave. I did my best to wriggle away from his and stand up in the water, feeling my wet wrap clinging to me.

"You suck." I told him, trying not to smile, as I started walking to shore, untying the wrap from behind my head so I could lay in out to dry on a rock. I felt slightly uncomfortable in just the swimsuit, but I took a deep breath as my eyes filled with mischief. "KAMIKAZE!" I screamed as I sprinted for the water, jumping further than Wally had done before. Finding him in twelve foot water and landing right next to him, reaching out to dunk him under. I heard his laughter reverberate beneath the surface. Waves rolling above us I grabbed him and gave him a little underwater kiss before swimming up to breathe. The two of us both emerged, laughing. He grabbed my arm and pulled me closer to shore to we could just barely stand. He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close, kissing me in a fashion than we usually reserved for when I wasn't near my father. He may have been in swim trunks and dark sunglasses, but my father was still Batman, and he still didn't necessarily like me showing PDA with my boyfriend. He still saw me as daddy's little girl and such, therefore when we pulled apart, I noticed my father glaring at Wally.

"I think you're dad is secretly plotting to murder me." Wally laughed, also noticing my father's staring.

"More like secretly plotting to lock me away forever so his little girl never grows up." I joked, giving him a kiss on the cheek before swimming back to shore, walking out of the water to get something to drink from the cooler. I looked back and Wally was tailing me, getting a drink as well.

"I highly doubt your dad could ever keep me from you." He smiled, slipping my hand into his. I felt my face get warm, which made it get even warmer as I realized I was blushing. He started laughing.

"I may be Batman's daughter, but I suck at hiding my emotions from you." I told him, taking a sip from my bottle of water.

"Well, you used to be really good at it." He sighed. "But now I think you just really trust me, so when you lie to me, I know it's for a good reason. Like when you went off the grid to find Victoria." He told me, and I just looked at him.

"I know that wasn't the right thing to do, hiding that from you, but my father would have stopped me and told me that I'm not strong enough on my own to do something like that. He would have kept me out of the search." I assured him, beginning to lead him over to the others to start being social.

"I know, and honestly, even if you did tell me, I wouldn't have stopped you. I would have helped you." He smiled and gave me a kiss on the top of my head. He started to switch the roles, leading me to the new people. I ended up talking to Aquaman, Captain Marvel, and Wonder Woman, where they introduced the new additions to the Team. Aquaman had brought Tempest and Aquagirl to the table. Two more atlanteans that have advanced in sorcery even further than Aqualad, back when he decided to be a protege. Captain Marvel had brought Sergeant and Lieutenant Marvels. They were actually Billy Batson's school friends. I wasn't clear on the how or why, but his classmates Mary Bromfield and Freddy Freeman were imbued with the same power as he was from the wizard Shazam. Wonder Woman had brought along Troia, introducing her as Donna Troy. It was explained that Troia was created with a magic mirror, making a perfect and living reflection of Wonder Woman. It was disorienting to look at the two of them side by side. It was like seeing double, and not in a fun way.

After all the introductions were made, the sun had begun to set. I had run out to the water to swim with the girls while Wally went off to hang out with Conner and Dick. Kaldur seemed to only want to talk to Tula and Garth, probably because he doesn't see them often, being the leader of a surface dwelling Team of heroes and such. The girls and I had splashed, dunked, tackled, and thrown each other in the water, having such a fun time. Especially while we played a little bit of chicken. When it was finally dark outside, I returned to my towel, and sat out with Wally, drying off and leaning into him as we sat in the sand, watching intently as my father signaled Alfred, who came in on a boat, far out in the water. Everyone was sitting and watching, as the fireworks began to go off, one by one. Glittering across the sky, the colors flashed and changed while the sound rattled in our ears. I could hear Tula and Garth, telling Aqualad how beautiful the display was. I could see Rocket and Artemis sitting together, talking about their favorite kinds of fireworks. I could hear M'gann tell Conner she loved him, causing the clone to blush before kissing her and telling her the same. I could feel Wally hold me tighter.

"I never want this to end." I whispered to Wally, and he just kissed my ear, intently watching the fireworks.