Info: I know I said I was on a break and that I wouldn't work on this story for a while, but it was on my mind so I just decided to put this chapter in, I may go back and add things later on. This chapter is a quite chapter where Zatanna deals with Father's Day.
Happy Father's Day
4 months later…
Zatanna was going through her father's spell book, interested to find out a way, anyway to save her father, she may have lost her mother, but she wasn't going to lose her father forever.
"This is useless." Zatanna chucked the book aside and sighed heavily, she knew what day tomorrow was, father's day.
She hadn't been at Mount Justice in a few months, Connor and her took time off the superhero business, enjoying themselves together. In four months many things have changed, Aqualad left the team in anger, Megan was getting close to Lagoon Boy, new members joined, such as Blue Beetle, a new Robin and Beastboy.
Zatanna shook her head, "Who am I kidding, I can't ever lead a new and happy life, I enjoyed the time I spent with Connor but he was different when compared to other guys, like Nightwing and Kid Flash for example, he is always unsure, but he makes me happy and I don't want to lose him like I lost my mother and father."
A figure stood behind Zatanna, it took the young magician a few seconds to recognize it was her dear old friend Nightwing. Her eyes opened in shock, "Is that you…Nightwing?"
It's been a good four months since she had seen Nightwing, and during that time he had changed substantially, taller, slightly taller than Connor, broader shoulders, bigger and more masculine to sum it all up.
"Yeah, Zee it's me…I uh had a growth spurt." his voice also slightly deepened.
Zatanna looked at Nightwing from head to toe and gave a warm smile, "Yes you did." She wrapped her arms around him and embraced him happily.
"Z-Zee", Nightwing blushed at the embrace but soon let go of struggling and returned the hug. "It's great to see you too Zee."
Dick also took a good hard look at Zatanna and noticed she had changed somewhat, not as substantially as him but enough to make him sweat, she was now relatively taller, even to him, a more curvaceous figure and more beautiful than ever.
Nightwing suddenly remembered something important, "Oh that's right, it's your birthday tomorrow, isn't Zee?"
Zatanna's face suddenly saddened and lowered, "So is father's day."
Nightwing gasped slightly, feeling the urge to face palm himself, "Oh god, I'm so sorry Zee, I forgot momentarily."
A smile returned to Zatanna's face, holding back the tears and pain inside, "It's okay...so what did you get me, huh?"
"You will find out tomorrow." he teased her with a smile.
"Guess I will." she replied with one eyebrow lowering.
Zatanna and Nightwing heard footsteps from behind and turned to see Superboy and Batgirl, walking and having a conversation, "Ba- I mean Batgirl, Superboy!"
"Are we interrupting anything Nightwing?" Batgirl put her hand n her hips.
"No", Nightwing chuckled and walked towards Connor, Zatanna was worried there would be confrontation, but was surprised to the two give each other a friendly hug.
"Hey Superboy, still wearing the S shirt I see, how you been?" he happily and friendly mocked his close friend.
Connor looked down at his shirt and looked back at a much more confident Nightwing, "Fine, I suppose, you boss?"
"Boss? I like the sound of that, keep calling me that from now on." Nightwing's smile widened and he chuckled happily
Zatanna gave wink to Connor and giggled as the young men ventured off together, she on the other hand went on a separate path, to the graveyard, to her long, fallen mother.
"Connor, what are you going to get Zee for her birthday?" Nightwing was clearly interested and wanted to know.
"I dunno, I'm not good with these kind of things." Connor replied with a look.
"That's original...how about I help you find something Zee would like?" Nightwing offered with a smile on his face.
"Oh and if you ever hurt Zee, I'll...", Dick clenched his fists and was head to head with the Superboy.
"You will do what, Nightwing?" Connor gave a smirk at his friend
"I'll...totally get Batman on your tail", he added laughing.
Connor laughed with him and the two joked around, "It must be in our blood, Batman and Superman don't really get along either."
"Agreed, now let's go find something for you to give to Zee." Dick clapped Connor on the shoulder.
Several hours later Zatanna returned from her visit to the graveyard, "Oh, I don't think my birthday and fathers day will ever be the same."
As Zatanna entered Mount Justice, the tired and grief stricken magician was shocked at what she saw, "SURPRISE!".
Zatanna was indeed surprised, all her friends, new and old were here, Artemis was the first to arrive to her old friend, giving her a warm sisterly embrace, "Happy Birthday Zee."
The rest of the team excluding Aqualad were there, who disappeared a few months back, Nightwing was the second to give his regards to Zatanna.
"Did you organise this Nightwing?" she questioned him.
"Nah Zee, not just me, Connor did that as well", he pointed back to the Superboy who was standing behind everyone.
"Happy Birthday beautiful", Connor grabbed a decorated box out of his pocket and handed it over to Zatanna, "Here, I hope you like it."
Zatanna bit her bottom lip and gleefully opened the box, as she opened it, she was saw a beautiful white gold necklace in the shape of an angel wing, "This...my mother had a necklace similar to this one."
"Do you like it?" Connor gave an unsure look, giving her puppy dog eyes.
"Like it? No, I love it, thank you Connor." she happily ran up to Connor and hugged him.
"I'm glad, Nightwing also helped, so I guess you should be thanking him too", Zatanna turned to Nightwing and mouthed thank you to him.
Zatanna placed the necklace in Connor's hand and urged him to put place it around her neck, Connor moved her long ebony hair away and placed the winged necklace around her neck.
"How does it look?" she asked Connor.
"Beautiful, just like you Zee", he gave a wide smile, Zatanna was happy that Connor was able to express his true feelings when around her, but was afraid of losing him.
Near the end of the party, Connor and Nightwing realised Zatanna wasn't in the room, Connor nodded to his friend and went on to search for Zatanna.
Conner finally found Zatanna in the next room, she was sitting on the floor, her face placed on her legs, blinking in the dark, sobbing quietly, she swallowed hard and found her voice, "I-I'm okay Connor, really."
Connor came up from behind and wrapped his arms around Zatanna kissing her head, "I'll take care of you I promise."
"It's not that Connor, I'm not worried about me, I'm worried about you, about Nightwing and all of our friends." She turned to the Superboy with tears rolling down and covering her face.
Connor just raised an eyebrow and looked at Zatanna questionably, she already knew what his face meant, "Everyone I love Connor suffers in one way, my mother died when I was young, I lost my father and now I'm going to lose you."
Connor caressed Zatanna's face with the back of his hand, and wiped her tears, "Wipe away the teardrops from your eyes, I promise you Zee, I am not going anywhere, I promise."
Zatanna sighed in relieve and said it, said those three words, "I evol uoy."
Connor played dumb and questioned Zatanna, "What was that Zee? Didn't quite get that, say it again."
Zee shook her head in frustration, she had hoped Connor cracked what she was trying to tell him, "I love you."
"Really Zee, how much?" Connor teased Zatanna, with a curved smile.
"This much, my Superboy." She pulled him to herself and kissed him passionately, her giggles could be heard through the kiss.
"Never cry again Zee, promise me that, I am not going anywhere, I promise." Connor raised her hand and kissed it.
Zatanna cuddled up with Connor, wrapping her arms around Connor tightly, closing her eyes, finding comfort and warmth with him, "Thank you for the present Connor, I really do love it."
"You're welcome, Zee." Connor gently stoke her hair, embracing her closely.
In the distance, Dick was watching what had occurred, and gave a small smile, walking away, as he left the room he suddenly bumped into childhood friend Barbara Gordon or her secret identity Batgirl.
Batgirl placed her hand into Dicks and gave a serious face, "Dick, let's leave the two alone in peace."
Nightwing nodded and walked alongside Batgirl, leaving Connor and Zatanna for some alone time, Dick was happy for them, but still clearly had feelings for Zatanna.
Chapter 5 is all done and complete, hopefully I'll be able to focus on my other stories now, but there is always a chance a I might continue with this story, I also have plans to fix up my first chapter. I already have ideas on a Nightwing and Zatanna story and how it will connect with this story, but I'll work on this and finish it before I start working on any other Young Justice stories (sorry for any spelling mistakes).
