Today was the first day of September, and the air started to get cooler. This was my favorite time of the year, whenever it started to get colder it meant my birthday was getting closer. One of the only things that Linda and I didn't have in common was our love of seasons. My favorite seasons had always been Fall and Winter while hers were Spring and Summer. Her favorite place to go was the beach, so it's understandable that she appreciated the warmer months. We hadn't ever vacationed together yet though, (so I had to take her word that she liked beaches) because we thought it was best to wait to do that for a special occasion or something like that.
Dick and I started playing this new rpg game, and it was so addicting that we talked about it at school constantly. One of the days that we were talking though, the most unusual thing happened. Artemis overheard us, or was eavesdroppings either way I didn't really care.
"Hold up!" She yelled excitedly. "Are the two of you talking about the game Smite?"
Robin and I looked at each other in complete confusion, because of the fact that Artemis was a full on jock who hated nerds and she was talking about an rpg.
"You play Smite?" I questioned.
"Yeah, and by that she probably means that she plays Neith like a noob and presses random buttons." At that he laughed at his own joke, which I figured was pretty close to what she actually did.
"FYI," she replied, "I own every skin, have every god, and I log in every day so I wouldn't stereotype me."
Throughout the rest of the school day, the trio talked about all about Smite and how they would play Joust later on. After I found out about Artemis playing Smite I started to think about all of the things that we had in common. We both played video games, enjoyed being in the sun, did well in school, etc. I figured that if Artemis really wanted to, she could be my friend one day.
Halloween came around and we had a costume party at one of the richer kids houses. Linda and I went as Scooby and Velma which was a unanimous decision. When we got to the party, I was completely surprised. The house was a mansion, which wasn't the surprising part, the surprising part was that it was Dick's house. When Linda said we were going to a costume party I never asked where, but I didn't expect it to be at Dick's house. Sure, he had the biggest house in Gotham, but he wasn't the party type. Dick liked small gatherings, so I figured this had to be his adopted father's doing, Bruce Wayne.
Bruce never seemed to understand that Dick wasn't interested in being a socialite like he is. Once we reached the front steps Dick gave me a help me look so I pulled Linda along and walked with him to his room. There was only the four of us in there, Barabara had been inside waiting for us when we got there. We talked for an hour or so away from everyone else when someone swung open the door. It was none other than Artemis, she winked at me and said something about playing seven minutes in heaven downstairs, I was a little distracted by the fact that she was dressed as a sexy angel and barely wearing anything. Linda caught me staring and huffed, I looked away, but I knew it was too late Artemis had seen me checking her out and so had Linda. I knew that I was going to be in trouble for that later. We all groaned but knew that we had better go down with the rest of the guests. When we got down there, most of the people were gone there were only a hundred or so left.
Artemis picked who was playing, which wasn't to anyone's surprise. The players were; Artemis, Linda, Dick, Barbara, Zatanna, Megan, Conner, Kaldur, and I. There was only one thing that stood out about this game, Artemis said we would spin a bottle to see who would be paired together which I had never heard of before. Zatanna spun first, and it landed on Dick. I could see the hurt in Barbara's eyes, they hadn't been dating for long so I understood why she was upset. Dick looked nervous, but not as nervous as Zatanna. I knew her name and I recognized her, but barely. She was Artemis's best friend, but she wasn't like her. She was never mean or caused anyone problems. All I knew was that this game was going to screw up all of the players love life.