A/N: Here we are again! Another new chapter for you lovely readers! I hope you enjoy it! There's a bit more jumping around in this chapter but I hope ya'll still enjoy reading it and will let me know what you think!

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SEVEN: FRIENDSHIP

The beach day is amazing. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun. We played volleyball, ate hot dogs, splashed around in the pool and built a freaking awesome sand castle. I feel like a kid, running around in the sunshine and just soaking in the rare chance to throw all my worries away.

Unfortunately, the fun had to come to an end all too soon. Batman was calling us back to the Mountain and I knew we would be meeting Artemis. The thought of the blonde archer immediately had me excited all over again. Artemis was the sassy one on the Team. Robin had his own sass, don't get me wrong, but Artemis was a whole other breed. Her humor was dry and made me laugh every time. I hope we would get along, I could use a close female friend. I loved Robin and Miss Martian was great but the friendships I had with them were different from what I was used to. I hoped with both of us coming into the Team without a real background in the hero business would help us bond a little easier.

When we get back to the Mountain everyone is quick to head to their respective quarters to change. I've been given my own quarters, right next to Robin's, and I already love them. Rock walls, cool earthy ground and another huge bed. They're simple and I feel at home. The manor has become home since I arrived here but sometimes I still feel out of place surrounded by such luxuries. I came from a middle class family, we lived paycheck to paycheck, I had a twin bed until I could afford to buy myself a different one so having a room like this, with nothing but a bed and a dresser was nostalgic.

I change into my civilian clothing, while I know the Team is about to get a mission I've been confined to the Mountain for now. No point wearing a uniform if I'm just going to be sitting around in the Mountain. At least Batman said I could listen to any missions the Team went on. I wouldn't be totally bored. I knew how the mission would go of course, but it would still be pretty cool to hear it all firsthand.

When I walk back into the main atrium most of the Team has already gathered. M'gann is floating happily as she talks with Superboy. Robin is typing madly on his wrist computer, looking completely absorbed in whatever he's doing. Aqualad isn't in the room yet. I walk over to Robin, peering over his shoulder curiously, "What are you doing?"

Robin smirks, "Trying to hack into Batman's files and see what the mission is for tonight."

I snicker, "And how's that working for you?"

He huffs out a breath, "Not as good as I thought it would."

"Dude, it's Batman. You really think he's going to make his files easy to get into?"

"And why would you need to get into my files?" the deep voice makes me jump. Robin and I both whip around, Robin's hand hidden back his back. Batman looks far from amused at our antics, arms crossed and face stern under his cowl. Red Tornado stands just behind him, silent and watching. I haven't actually met him yet, but I already know I like him. If he's how I remember him from the show, he's pretty cool for an android.

Robin chuckles nervously, rubbing at the back of his head, "Um, no reason."

Batman lets out a deep hum and I can tell he already doesn't believe whatever excuses we come up with, "You'll learn about the mission at the same time the rest of the Team does."

Robin sighs and drops his hands to his side, "But that's so boring. One of these days, I'm going to be so good at hacking not even you can keep me out."

At this, I'm pretty sure I see Batman's face twitch ever so slightly, "I don't doubt that. But until then, you'll need to be patient."

"So not feeling the aster," Robin grumbles, clicking off his wrist computer and looking every bit a disgruntled teenager.

Recognized. Green Arrow. 08.

Recognized. Artemis. B08.

All heads turn as the Zeta tube lights up. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) steps into the open with a smirk and more green than I thought possible for one outfit. Right behind him is Artemis. Long blonde hair pulled into a low ponytail, green mask, green mid-drift baring top, and green pants with boots. Strapped to her back is a quiver of arrows and I know there's a compound bow folded up in there as well.

She looks almost defensive as she takes all of us in. At some point Aqualad has joined us as well, standing on Robin's other side with his arms cross over his chest. I can't blame Artemis for being a little hesitant. There's five of us who already know one another plus her dad is a criminal. Granted, no one else here knows that yet, I still can't blame her for being a little uncertain about her place.

"Team, this is Artemis. She's Green Arrow's niece and she'll be joining the Team from today onwards," Batman announces to the stunned faces around him.

"Hi! I'm Sparrow, part-time Team member. Just met everyone yesterday," I step forward almost immediately, holding out a hand toward the blonde archer.

She takes it, quirking an eyebrow, "Part time?"

I shrug with a smile, "I'm still technically 'in training' until Batman says so. Which hopefully won't be much longer."

Robin cackles as I aim the last part toward Batman himself. He doesn't even blink and I huff out a breath. Artemis chuckles, "Thanks for the welcome, part-timer."

Recognized. Kid Flash. B03.

"The Wall-Man is here! Now let's get this party star-" there's a lot of stumbling and falling and then Wally is face-planting in the middle of the room, his beach ball bouncing away, "ted?"

I resist the urge to giggle, knowing he's probably already extremely embarrassed. I mean, he just made a fool of himself in front of not only us, but three members of the Justice League and a complete stranger. Talk about mortifying.

"Wall-Man, huh? I love the uniform. What exactly are your powers?" and there's the Artemis sass I remember.

"Uh, who's this?" Wally almost sounds offended, staring at Artemis with a confused look. The white nose kind of throws off his attempt at being disgusted though. I bite back another giggle.

"Artemis, your new teammate."

"Kid Flash. Never heard of you."

"Um, she's my new protégé," and there's Green Arrow trying to find some way to smooth things over without too many questions. Can't have anyone knowing Aretmis' dad is Sportsmaster after all. I roll my eyes, I really don't get it. Yes, it's not great her dad is evil but she obviously isn't. Batman would never let her within one hundred yards of the Team if she was. But I keep quiet, let the adults do their "protecting" thing.

"What happened to your old one?" Kid Flash is looking thoroughly confused now.

My eyes immediately drift to the zeta tubes. 3..2…1…

Recognized. Speedy. B06.

"Well, for starters, he doesn't go by Speedy anymore. Call me Red Arrow," and there stands Roy Harper decked out in his new gear. I fight the urge to point out he's a traitor and shouldn't be trusted. He does do a lot of good before that final battle but he also helps turn the heavy hitters in the League into criminals on another planet…

Green Arrow looks taken aback by Red Arrow's sudden appearance in the mountain, "Roy, you look-"

"Replaceable," I wince at the word. Green Arrow would never replace Red Arrow. Artemis needed an "in" though and she was an archer with a fondness for green. Kind of made sense he was her mentor.

"It's not like that. You told me you were going solo."

"So why waste time finding a sub?" the hurt is there, in Red Arrow's voice. He acts all tough and like he couldn't care less about his current situation but it's so obvious to anyone actually looking how much it hurts to see his mentor teaching another, "Can she even use that bow?"

"Yes, she can," Artemis isn't one to back down, that much is obvious as she steps up toe to toe with Red Arrow. Her face is set and her eyes are narrowed, not letting Red Arrow intimidate her.

"Who are you?" Wally apparently can't believe anyone would stand up to Red Arrow when he's upset. I honestly can't imagine Artemis doing anything else though. Besides, Red Arrow needed someone to push back. He's kind of a jerk at this point.

"I'm his niece."

"She's my niece."

Yeah, because saying things in perfect unison is never suspicious. I sigh and shake my head, already done with this whole conversation. I know why Red Arrow is here and it would be great if we could just get to the point already.

"Another niece?" Robin sounds like he doesn't believe it for a second. I smirk slightly from next to him, he is the Bat's kid after all. He's no fool.

"But she is not your replacement. We have always wanted you on the Team, and we have no quote on archers," Aqualad, always the mediator. If only he knew how often he would be meditating for Kid Flash and Artemis in the future. He'd probably step down now.

"And if we did, you know who we'd pick," Wally is sounding more like a petulant child the longer this conversation continues. I glance over at him and see the slight anger on his face. Oh good Lord, he actually thinks Artemis will try to replace Red Arrow.

"Whatever, Baywatch. I'm here to stay," Artemis cocks a hip and dares Wally to argue with her more.

I huff out in annoyance, "Oh my goodness, can we just figure out why he's here in the first place?"

Everyone turns to me and I feel my cheeks heat up. Did I just say that out loud?

"Who's she supposed to be? A female Robin?" Red Arrow narrows his eyes at me, "Thought you Bats didn't like outsiders in your city."

"She's not an outsider. She's just new to the superhero side of our lives," Robin says, coming to stand beside me, "This is Sparrow."

Red Arrow stares at me a moment longer, as if deciding whether or not he can trust any of us suddenly before huffing out in annoyance, "I came here because of Dr. Serling Roquette."

Robin perks up next to me, immediately going to his wrist computer, "Nanobiotics genius and claytronics expert at Royal University in Star City – vanished two weeks ago."

Screens appear all around us, one displaying a full body image of the doctor herself along with multiple articles and diagrams about her work.

"Abducted two weeks ago but the League of Shadows," Red Arrow interrupts, his hero face back in place.

Everyone seems to be focused on the mission at hand suddenly and I'm grateful. I was really sick of all the childish bickering.

"Whoa," Robin sounds completely taken aback, "You want us to rescue her from the Shadows?"

"Hard-core," Wally and Robin do a little fist bump thing and I smirk. Too bad their bubble is about to be burst.

"I already rescued her," Pop. I can practically hear their excitement deflating, "only one problem. The Shadows had already coerced her into creating a weapon."

Images of little bug-type things appear now and I recognize them as the Nano bytes capable of taking down entire buildings, "Doc calls it the fog, comprised of millions of microscopic robots, nanotech infiltrators capable of disintegrating anything in their path – concrete, steel, flesh, bone. But it's true purpose isn't mere destruction, it's theft. The infiltrators eat and store raw data from any computer system and deliver the stolen intel to the Shadows providing them access to weapons, strategic defense, cutting-edge science and tech."

"Perfect for extortion, manipulation, power broking. Yeah. Sounds like the Shadows," none of the others know just how informed Artemis is when it comes to things the Shadows do. I feel a little twinge of sympathy for her. That's her family, the people destroying other's lives right now.

"Like you know anything about the Shadows," there's the petulant voice again.

I whack Wally upside the head, "Shut up. You just met her, you have no idea what she knows."

Wally narrows his eyes and rubs the back of his head. Artemis just gives a secretive little shadow and a wink making him throw his hands out, "Who are you?!"

"Roquette's working on a virus to render the fog inert," I have to applaud Red Arrow for his ability to pretend Wally didn't just have a childish outburst in the middle of his speech. Maybe being around him for so long helps make you immune. Or maybe he just doesn't care and is ignoring it completely.

"But if the Shadows know she can do that…" Robin's mind has also managed to somehow stay on track beside his best friend and I can almost hear the gears turning in his brain.

"They'll target her," Red Arrow finishes for him, "Right now, she's off the grid. I stashed her at the local high school's computer lab."

"You left her alone?" Green Arrow, always with the bad timing.

"She's safe enough for now."

"Then let's you and I keep her that way," I really can't blame Green Arrow for trying to rebuild the bridges with Red Arrow but I'm pretty sure everyone can tell it's still too early for that.

"You and I? Don't you wanna take your new protégé?"

If Batman didn't stop him, I'm sure Green Arrow would have started yet another quarrel right in the middle of the Mountain with Red Arrow. Thankfully, he seems about as done with this as I am. One look and Green Arrow is backing down slightly, "You brought this to the Team. It's their mission, which means it's hers now, too."

Red Arrow lets out a soft scoff, "Then my job's done."

Recognized. Speedy –

"That's Red Arrow, B06. Update,," and then Red Arrow is gone.

Artemis and Kid Flash shoot each other glares and I sigh, stepping forward, "So I take it I'm sitting this one out, right?"

Batman nods, "Yes. You can listen in on everything from here and if the Team should need backup, you can call for us. You are not to interfere in any way. Understood?"

I catch the hidden meaning in his words and I'm sure Robin does too, "Understood."

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The mission plays out pretty much how I remember it. Wally didn't almost drown so he was there to help from the beginning and after the first assault Cheshire didn't show up again. They two things weren't huge but they also shouldn't have changed in the first place. I wasn't involved at all but somehow the time line was already in flux. Batman was not going to like this.

The mission goes about as I expected. There's a few differences I wasn't expecting though: Kid Flash doesn't nearly drown, Artemis never fights Cheshire and the Wayne Enterprises attack is stopped before it can really begin. Was the timeline changing? Adjusting now that I was here? I wondered if I should tell Batman before dismissing the idea. Any number of things could have affected the mission and caused it to turn out differently. I would just have to keep an eye on things, if anything changed drastically I would tell Batman about my worries. For now though, I was going to keep it to myself. No reason to freak out over it yet. So I ignore it.

The Team comes back from the mission, all in high spirits after their success. Artemis and Kid Flash are being civil toward one another by the end of the mission, M'gann is excited to have another girl on the Team now and I'm finding I'm pretty excited too. I love M'gann but Artemis doesn't view the world through rose-colored glasses. M'gann knows tragedy, she's been through a war, but that was all on Mars. She has this picture of Earth in her mind, painting it as some perfect place where we all get along. Artemis knows the bad but chooses to try and find the good. It's admirable.

"Sparrow, you missed out on one pretty crazy mission!" Wally is beaming as he flies back into the room. Everyone (except Artemis, who booked it once they all returned) is currently changing into their civvies and of course Wally is done first. He zips into the kitchen and reappears with a plate of cookies and two bags of chips.

"I heard a little bit of it over the comms and Robin gave me a short debrief when you were heading back. Sounds like everything went smoothly," I follow him into the living room and flop on the couch. He sits next to me and I sneak a cookie off the plate before he can scarf them all down.

"Pretty smooth. I mean, there were a few assassins and Star Labs went down but we stopped the Wayne Enterprises attack so that's a major bonus," Wally's mouth is shoved full of cookies and chips right after he finishes talking, the food quickly disappearing only to be replaced by more.

I know he's a speedster and he has to eat a lot but I have never seen anyone eat the way he does, "You got to go toe to toe with some assassins, that's pretty cool."

Wally shrugs, "It was interesting. Kaldur is apparently mostly immune to jellyfish poison, which is really cool."

"That's gotta come in handy."

"It did tonight," Kaldur's voice echoes slightly around the room as he steps into the living room of the Mountain.

Wally jumps near out of his seat and I giggle. I forget the rest of the Team isn't used to Batman-level stealth, "Well, I'm glad you're all okay."

Kaldur gives me a small smile and settles into one of the arm chairs, "The Team worked well tonight, including Artemis. She will make a good addition. Batman says you will be joining us full time at some point as well?"

I nod, "He wants to have me patrol with him in Gotham first, make sure I actually know what I'm doing, before putting me on missions with everyone."

"That is very wise. Although, if you have been trained by both Robin and Batman I do not doubt your abilities," Kaldur says with a smile.

I chuckle, "Well, they can both still kick my butt most of the time but I am beating Robin more often now."

Wally grins wickedly, "I bet he hates that."

I laugh, "He isn't overly fond of it but I think he takes it pretty well."

M'gann and Superboy come into the room next and settle on the other couch in the room, sitting much closer than is probably needed. I smile slightly, looks like that relationship is already starting. No surprise there. Robin is last to rejoin us, flipping over the back of the couch and landing on the cushion to my other side. He folds his hands behind his head, "So, should we watch Sparrow kick Wally's butt in video games again? That's always entertaining."

Wally lets out a disgusted sound, "She does not kick my butt! She beats me sometimes but I win too!"

"Shall we test that theory?" I wink and grab one of the remotes, tossing him the other, "Or are you chicken?"

"Oh, bring it!"

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Hours later, Robin and I wander to the zeta tubes and head back to the Cave. Bruce is nowhere to be found and his uniform is still missing so he must be on patrol still. Alfred isn't in the Cave but he finds us quickly once we're back in the manor. We're both exhausted, feet dragging and eyes drooping, so we forgo any movie watching and head straight for our bedrooms. Alfred looks slightly amused, following us to make sure we actually manage to get to our bedrooms before we collapse. I don't think I've ever been this tired before, and I didn't even go on the mission. The first rays of dawn are starting to spread through my bedroom as I finally slip off to sleep that night. I don't think I've ever been awake this late before. Or is it early? I don't even know.

When I wake up, the sun is high in the sky and my room is almost blindingly bright. I wince and turn my back on the window. Definitely should have shut the curtains before going to sleep. I know I should probably get out of bed or rick completely destroying my sleeping pattern but at the same time, I'm still exhausted. My eyes feel scratchy and my head is heavy and I just want to sleep.

"Addi? You awake yet?" there's a knock at the door followed by Dick's voice. He sounds about as tired as I feel and I sigh. If he's already awake I probably should get up. After all, he's the one who went on a mission last night, not me.

"Come in," I call out groggily.

The door opens a second later and I hear a small chuckle before footsteps approach my bed and another body joins me on the mattress. Dick flops onto the spare pillow and huffs out a small breath, "I'm exhausted."

I turn on my side to face him, "Me too. Which makes no sense, I didn't even go on the mission."

"You also haven't ever stayed up that late before I'm guessing," Dick says with a smirk, "You'll get used to it."

"What time is it anyway?"

"Almost ten. You've been asleep for about four hours."

I groan and roll back over now, "Why am I even awake?"

He chuckles and I can hear him yawn, "You're not used to sleep during the day. I have the same problem. Bruce too. We might stay up all night but we also live entire lives during the day. Welcome to the land of no sleep. You're going to become a permanent resident."

I huff and shove my face into my pillow. We just lay there for a little while, neither one of us saying anything, and I'm pretty sure I doze again briefly. When I roll back over Dick has his eyes closed and he's breathing evenly. Passed out. I let my own eyes fall back closed with a small smile, thankful to have small moments of peace like this. I know once I start actually patrolling Gotham and going on missions with the Team and have school these little moments will become rare. I plan to enjoy them while I can.

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Alfred drags us out of bed about an hour later, saying something about school supplies and uniforms. Gotham Academy goes back to school in five days. I completely forgot Alfred wanted to go supply shopping this week and stop at the school to get my uniform and class schedule. Dick already has everything he needs but Alfred is bringing him along as well to "keep him out of trouble".

Which is why, thirty minutes after Alfred dragged us out of bed, Dick and I are standing in the middle of a huge department store with a cart full of school items. People stare pretty much the whole time, easily recognizing Dick and no doubt recognizing me as well now. Bruce went public about taking me in a little over two weeks ago. There was a flurry of coverage, people vying to get interviews and pictures. It was maddening. Dick seemed completely unruffled though, playing on his phone and cracking jokes and butchering the English language constantly. It helps distract me at least which I'm pretty sure is the point.

At one point though, I can't ignore a particularly annoying onlooker. I've seen him about four times now since we arrived, each time he has his phone up and pointing in our direction. He pretends he's not doing anything every time I look at him but the moment I look away that phone is back up again. I nudge Dick in the ribs when I see him again, "That one's been following us since we got here."

Dick turns, pretending to look at something on a nearby shelf while subtly shooting a look at the man. Our stalker is wearing a shaggy looking plaid shirt and grungy jeans. He has a baseball cap on with stringy brown hair poking out of the bottom and a scruffy beard. Sunglasses are perched on the brim of the hat. Overall, he looks like either a bum or a reporter trying to hide in plain sight. Dick frowns, "If he's a reporter, he isn't one of the usual ones. I've learned what all of their disguises look like. That's not one of them. How many times have you seen him now?"

I shrug and feign nonchalance, "Like four times? Maybe more?"

Dick frowns now and turns to Alfred, "How much more do we need to get?"

Alfred looks down at the small list in his hand, "We only need a few more small items and then we can leave. Is there something wrong, Master Richard?"

Dick shrugs and hikes a thumb in the direction of the man, "We've got a follower. Just don't like having people follow me."

Alfred glances toward the bedraggled looking man and frowns, "I do not like it, either. Wait here."

And then Alfred is marching straight for the man, shoulders back and head up. He exchanges a few words with the man, all of them rather stern, and by the time he's done the man is handing his phone over and hurrying out of the store.

Dick is cackling softly, obviously not surprised at all by Alfred's ability to literally talk someone into handing over a phone and leaving. Me, on the other hand, I'm pretty sure Alfred is his own form of superhero.

"Shall we finish our shopping?"

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Alfred drags us around a few more stores and then up to Gotham Academy. By the time we finish with everything it's late afternoon and I'm starving. We make it back to the manor and Alfred tells us to go put everything away while he starts on dinner. So Dick and I are trudging up the stairs, loaded down with bags, when Bruce finds us. He's still wearing the button-up he had on for work but the jacket and tie are missing now and his feet are covered in only socks. It's probably the most relaxed I've seen him after a day at Wayne Enterprises.

"I see Alfred finally took you shopping for school supplies and picked up your uniforms. He's been wanting to do that for almost two weeks now," Bruce takes a few bags from me and a few from Dick, making it a little more manageable on both of us.

"Yeah, I guess he figured it couldn't wait any longer. School does start on Monday," I shrug, following Bruce down the hall to my room.

We dump all of our bags on the bed and Bruce turns to me, a serious look on his face, "Tonight you're coming with us on patrol."

"Seriously?!" my voice has jumped about ten octaves and I'm resisting the urge to bounce. This is probably the best news I've had all week. Going on patrol and proving myself means I get to go on missions with the Team. I'm one step closer!

Bruce nods, "Yes. Make sure you get some training in before we leave, Dick needs to as well so you can train together."

We both nod. Bruce heads out of the room, saying he has a few more things to do for work, while Dick and I turn our attention to the bags on the bed. I sigh, hands on my hips, "Well, might as well go through everything now. At least then it's done."

Dick nods, already grabbing one of the bags and dumping its content. Pencils, pens, highlighters and mini post-its scatter over the mattress, "You think you have enough?"

I swat his shoulder, "I like to be organized in school. It's how I was able to maintain all A's in school. Not all of us can be gifted like you, okay? I had to work at the school stuff."

"Well, now you have a live-in tutor. Technically, you have three. Alfred and Bruce are wicked smart too. Helped me with some of the harder aspects of the security programming for the League," Dick is absently sorting out the pens and highlighters by color and lining them up on the desk.

I laugh, "While you were struggling with programming the most powerful security system ever, I was sweating over basic algebra and physics. I was always better at English and history. They were my favorites."

Dick makes a gagging sound, "I hate both of those. I actually have to study for them."

I roll my eyes, emptying another bag full of organizers and a pen cup, "God forbid you have to crack a book to be good at something."

Dick grabs the pen cup and places it on the desk, dropping all the highlighters, pens and pencils inside, "Hey, I'm not used to studying. I can usually catch onto things pretty fast. But I have you around now, so you can help explain the less asterous parts of the English language to me."

"Well, for one, you're butchering it," I laugh, dumping out the bag of binders and notebooks, "And two, I doubt you need my help. You understand it enough to mess with it and yet still somehow make sense."

He grins cheekily, "Yeah, I guess I'm pretty good."

We fall into silence for a little while after that. Slowly but surely my desk comes together though. Binders arranged in a neat row on a shelf with the notebooks stacked next to them. A pen cup filled with writing utensils pushed back just enough for the laptop Alfred insisted I needed to fit on the main area of the desk. There's also a new printer, tons of paper and plenty of smaller post-it pads for all my side notes. My textbooks are lined up on the shelf above the binders along with spare notebooks and couple of extra binders in case I need them for projects. The drawers on the desk are filled with extra supplies, an "overstock" as Alfred called it. My uniforms are hanging neatly in the closet, my school bag is packed with daily supplies I'll need and resting against the desk and my bed is cleared away.

I brush off my hands, completely satisfied with the work we've done, "I am definitely ready to start school now. I'm pretty sure I have enough supplies to last me until I graduate."

"You'd be surprised how quickly they run out. But Alfred is really good about noticing those things. He'll replace whatever you're running low on before you even notice you need more. He's like a school supply ninja," Dick is leaning against the dresser, looking just as satisfied as me.

"Speaking of Alfred, you think dinner will be done soon?"

Dick laughs, "Yes. Don't worry, before you know it we'll be running along Gotham rooftops."

I blush slightly, "That obvious, huh?"

"Yeah, but I was the same way before my first patrol too. Except I was bothering Bruce every five minutes and he's not as patient."

"No, I would imagine not."

"Come on, we can go see if Alfie needs help with anything to keep you distracted."

I hope ya'll enjoyed this chapter! I know it jumped around a bit more than usual but I just had a few key things I wanted to hit on before heading into the first Gotham patrol. Plus, I liked a lot of these little scenes to show the growing friendship between Addi and Dick!

Now for the part where I get to respond to your lovely reviews!

Bnemesis: I never can either! I'm definitely the type to force myself to stay awake if I've decided to watch a movie! Yes, I love drive-ins! I wish there were more though! The closest one to me is almost three hours away so I haven't been in a long time unfortunately! Thank you so much for leaving a review, I hope to hear from you again!

Ambiguous Cake:I think catching up is one of my least favorite parts of reading a story because then there's just no more and if it's really, I'm not ready for that! I'm really glad to hear that! I don't want Addi to be a Mary Sue, I'm trying hard to avoid that while also keeping the story moving along a bit. I do plan to touch on that a bit more in the future. I tried to hint at it a bit when she first started training (her body somehow knew how to react) but I'll have more for you later! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a review, and I am so happy to hear you're enjoying the story! I hope to hear from you again!

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