Chapter 10: Telling the Team; Robin's POV

Mount Justice, Two Days Later… Post Ep. 11 (Terrors)

Conner was sitting on the couch, watching as M'gann continued to fly (literally) around the kitchen. I sat down on the chair and he seemed fairly focused, but I knew heard me. "So, you and M'gann?" I questioned.

He brought his attention towards me, surprise muted on his features, but there. He waited for it to fade before he nodded.

I smiled. "Good, it took you long enough."

His dark eyebrow raised slightly. I only smirked back. "I guess you're probably right." he conceded.

"What happened?" I questioned. We were pretty much blind, and honestly I was curious.

Conner's eyes darkened. "Killer Frost must've figured out our secret, somehow, then she froze M'gann."

My eyes flittered to the smiling martian. She's lucky to be alive.

"My first instinct was to punch it, then Junior said that… I'd shatter her, if she wasn't dead already." Conner said, his pain almost seemed physical moreso than emotional.

"It made you realize how short and unpredictable our lives can be." I finished, Conner spared me a small glance then nodded. "I get it." I admitted, he looked at me briefly with confusion, but didn't verbally question it.

"How long do you think I have before this streak stops showing?" Conner questioned.

I looked at the currently completely noticeable streak, then to the hair surrounding it. Finally I shrugged. "You have dark hair, give it until it grows out enough to not look like a buzz cut and it'll be really hard to tell. I'm not sure when that'll be, mainly because it's all based on how fast your hair grows." The exact reason why I had to buy extensions for so long, my hair took forever to grow out. When I had chopped it all off, it had been growing since… that day.

Something told me that Conner wouldn't have that problem.

"How do you know about that?" M'gann questioned, still in the kitchen.

I wasn't sure how to respond to that, afterall, none of them knew who I was under the mask.

Recognize: Artemis; B-0-7

Sure enough the blonde archer walked through the hall, she wasn't in uniform, but it was after school on a Tuesday. We were allowed to be hopeful.

"Hey guys." she greeted Conner and I. "Hey M'gann." she continued as she went into the kitchen with M'gann.

"Hi Artemis!" M'gann said happily.

"Nice streak." Artemis teased, but we could all tell she had good intentions and was merely attempting to lighten the air.

"Just promise you're not keeping it." M'gann spoke up, now looking right to Conner.

"No-" he began, but I cut him off.

"In fact he was just asking how long it would take for it to stop showing." I said smugly.

"'Sup." Wally said, leaving his room and zipping past both Conner and I, cutting it rather close to Artemis and weaving around M'gann.

"Must you do that?" Artemis growls annoyedly.

"What?" he questions, half a bite of food in his mouth.

"Ugh, gross." Artemis groans, walking to the armchair in this room before plopping down on it.

He casts a confused and curious glance my way, I merely shrug my shoulders. I know why she said it, but she's getting mad at him for something he can't control. It's because of his speed that he has to eat a lot, plus he's a teenaged boy. What did she expect? He's a speedster, we eat 1800 calories a day he eats like… eight times that, at least.

"So, what's the plan for tonight?" M'gann asked brightly.

"Movie night?" Wally offered, but his voice was muffled, I turned and saw him going through the cupboards.

I knew exactly what he was looking for. "Wally, up by two and left by three."

He paused, then quickly followed the directions I gave him. Finding the high-calorie bars that I knew STAR Labs made for him and Barry. Grabbing at least two before using his speed to end up right beside me on the couch. "Thank you, Boy Wonderful."

I could feel my face changing colors, turning closer and closer to the same color as Wally's hair. "Shut up, Kid Mouth." I grumbled, elbowing him in the ribs none too nicely. In addition I could feel the team looking at us curiously. It made me really uncomfortable.

Wally seemed to pick up on that and thankfully dialed it back some. It wasn't that I was ashamed of the fact I was dating Wally, but flirting with him in front of the Team wasn't something I wanted to do until they knew.

"What do you want to watch?" M'gann asked, startling the both of us with how she was now practically right next to us.

"Artemis?" I asked, ping-ponging it over to the archer.

She looked up from her arrow with surprise. "Sure, let me take a look." she set the arrow down and walked to the cabinet with the movies. Looking through the titles. Then grabbing one with a bright green color. I didn't recognize it. "Perks of Being a Wallflower?" she asked, showing us the DVD case.

Wally shrugged. "It's okay."

She looked to me. "I haven't seen it." I admitted.

Artemis smiled. "I read the book, I want to see how it compares."

M'gann looked to Artemis. "What's it about? And what's a Wallflower?"

"An introverted freshman being taken under the wing of two seniors who show him the world from a whole new view." Artemis said with a smile. "And a wallflower is what they call someone who doesn't really interact or fit in with any of the social groups, but rather just observes them."

M'gann smiled brightly. "I want to see it." she nearly squealed.

Conner and Kaldur didn't object, so Artemis slipped it in.

because I haven't seen this movie and I don't have the time to watch it yet

"So… what'd you think?" Artemis asked M'gann expectantly. It was a nice change to see her this invested in something. To see this positive side of her personality.

"I loved it." she gushed. "Do you have the book?"

Artemis shook her head. "I borrowed it from the library when I read it. I would love to have a copy of it though, I'd never stop reading it."

Kaldur glanced at both Wally and I, though I had been looking at the Atlantean prior to him glancing at us. There was a questioning look on his face, but what his question was I had no idea.

"Kaldur?… Everything… okay?" I asked worried.

"Do people on the surface truly treat people like that?" he asked, he had this fear to his voice that I never would've expected to hear from him.

Wally nodded shakily beside me. I could hear my heartbeat in my ears. "It's awful, but yeah, some people do."

M'gann frowned. "I don't understand, how could that have that effect? Why should the person you're attracted to change the way people see you?"

Thankfully Artemis took that one. "It shouldn't and nowadays it really doesn't, but some people think it's wrong and disgusting."

Conner grunted slightly. "The G-gnomes made sure to go over that, which I'm glad they did. It seems like something they don't cover in the school curriculum."

We all nodded, none of us willing to say why.

"So, none of you think that, do you?" Wally asked, his right hand gripped my left one, but the sight of it was blocked from everyone else.

He wants to tell them… should we? I breathed deeply. "No." I told him, but squeezed his hand back. Telling him that my vocal response was the exact opposite of what I wanted to do.

"Absolutely not." Artemis and Conner stated with strong conviction at the same time.

M'gann shook her head and Kaldur did the same. Though M'gann's was far more expressive than Kaldur's but that was alright. It still held the same power and conviction in the words.

"Good." was Wally's only response, his hand leaving mine. Before I could muster a single word his hands were on both sides of my face and he was kissing me.

My eyes flew wide in shock, but Wally didn't let go, so I let my eyes slide shut and began to respond to the kiss. Wally smirked before releasing my face, and both of us both pulled back.

"I…" turning to the source we saw Artemis unable to manage a sentence. "Baywatch…" I chuckled at the nickname that now was completely obsolete.

M'gann squealed, something that caught our attention, but also made me want to cringe. "Oh, that's so cute!"

Great. I thought sarcastically to myself. She's fangirling.

"Kid, you and Robin are…?" Kaldur questioned, trailing for what I originally thought was for his inability to say it, but then I realized he actually didn't know the translation from Atlantean. Or if his culture lined up properly with ours.

"Dating." Wally said, sounding both smug and happy as he threw his arm over my shoulder.

"Does that mean, before the movie, you two were actually flirting?" Artemis asked, getting over her shock.

I laughed fully at that. Even letting a small bit of my cackle come through. "He was trying to."

Artemis smirked and shook her head. "You flirted back."

I looked at her, not offended, but annoyed. "I did not!" I replied, because really, I didn't… "Did I?"

Wally laughed. "You did." he said smugly.

I rolled my eyes, which I knew only he could see, and let it drop.

My communicator went off and I groaned.

"What?" Wally asked.

"I've got to go, Penguin got out." I grumbled annoyed, standing up. Looking at the clock that said it was only 8 o'clock at night. "And something tells me, it's going to be a long night."

"Bye!" M'gann called happily.

As I came to the Zeta Tube I nearly walked in only for a blur to cut me off. To my left was Wally, his arms crossed and I knew he was the one who cut me off. "I really have to go Wally."

He smiled. "I know." then brought his face down to mine, kissing me so quickly that by the time I registered it he had pulled away. "Just be careful."

I nodded, kissing him quickly too before stepping into the Zeta Tube.

Recognize: Robin; B-0-1

With that I was transported from Happy Harbor Rhode Island to the Batcave, Gotham City.

(Which state is Gotham again? There is no definite answer on the Net… what the heck?!)

So, I'm sorry this took so long... I am also very sorry that this is short in comparison to the other chapters. I have hit a massive level of writer's block for this book. I am so sorry.

Still, I hope it was worth the wait, and I hope to get out of this writer's block sooner rather than later.

See ya later!

BVDG1

-please review, and if you have something you want to see I'll take it into consideration, plus seeing those can really spark the creativity.