"Hi Artemis!"

"Zatanna? What are you doing here it's 6 AM it's like the middle of the night!"

"I was in the neighborhood so I thought I'd drop by." Says Zatanna, walking into the apartment, giving a smile and a shoulder nod to Artemis.

"You couldn't wait for it to be like 12?" asks Artemis, running her fingers through her long and messy hair.

"I probably could have but I chose not to." Zatanna sat down at the table in Artemis's dining room and crossed her legs, glancing around the apartment.

Artemis groaned. "Well, you make yourself at home, since I'm awake now I'm gonna go take a shower."

"Think of me." Said Zatanna, winking. Artemis chuckled as she went to the shower. She knew Zatanna was just joking around, but she didn't mind. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Her sense of humor was just a small part of what Artemis loved about her. After she finished showering she put her hair in the usual ponytail and threw on some clothes before going back out and joined Zatanna at the table.

"So what were you doing in Gotham at 6 AM?"

"Robin asked for my help on a case he's been working on, but it was a dead end. When I was done it was already morning so I thought I may as well drop by."

"What was the case you were working on?"

"Something about Killer Croc working with Intergang to smuggle Apokaliptian tech into Gotham using the sewers, but Batman took out Croc just a few days ago and we couldn't find any traces of Intergang in Gotham so that was the end of that."

"That sounds like a pretty serious case, do you guys really think it's such a good idea to just drop it like that?"

"Don't worry, Robin said if anything else pops up he and Batman would be right on top of it."

There was a bit of an awkward silence after that.

"Okay, there was another reason I came here."

"Yeah…?"

"Do you remember when Robin and I kissed on New Year's in 2011?"

Unfortunately. Thought Artemis. "How could I forget?"

"Well, we kissed again."

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuckety fuck fuck. "Oh, really?" said Artemis, pretending to be interested. "What, what happened?"

"Well, after we kissed it was really awkward for like a minute, and then I said I should probably go and when I left I came here."

"So you're not dating?"

"Nope. But I don't know, the kiss it felt right, but it felt so… wrong."

"You lost me there."

"I don't know, it had been a while since I'd been kissed but I felt like, maybe it should have been with someone else."

"Who?"

"That's the problem, I have no idea. Okay, enough about me, what's going on with you?" asked Zatanna, clearly not wanting to dwell on the topic for too much longer.

"Not much, really not anything. I've been dying for a mission, just something to do, you know?"

Zatanna nodded in understanding, and after that they were both silent for a few seconds before Zatanna spoke up. "You and I should hang out today! We never hang out anymore!"

"Aren't we hanging out right now?"

"I mean somewhere like the mall or the beach!"

Artemis was amazed at how Zatanna could be so perky and full of life this early in the morning.

"The mall? That is probably the last place I would ever want to be."

"Great." Said Zatanna, standing up. "Then that's where we're going!"

Zatanna grabbed on to Artemis's arm and yanked her out of her chair. "Wait, what? No!" Artemis tried to complain and protest, but it was useless. Soon the two of them were at the Gotham mall where Zatanna was having a great time and Artemis was just happy to be spending time with her.

"Well, I'm bored let's go to the Cave!" said Artemis, trying to sound enthusiastic.

"No! Everyone on the Team spends way too much time at the Cave! It's especially annoying since I live there! We are spending time together at the mall, just the two of us, no one else, and no interruptions."

Explosion.

The floor just behind Zatanna was blown out of place by unknown attackers, knocking Zatanna into Artemis, sending both of them flying to the ground. Zatanna landed with her hand on one of Artemis's breasts so she jokingly said "At least buy me dinner first."

Zatanna looked at her and chuckled. She then looked at the dust, which was clearing to reveal Tommy and Tuppence Terror.

"I had to open my big mouth."

"Why don't you put your big mouth to use and start doing some magic!"

"Right, right. tuP sU nI ruO semutsoC!" shouted Zatanna, surrounding the two of them in smoke, and when it faded they were in full costume, Artemis armed with her bow and arrows.

"Oh dang nabit, Tuppence, why is it every time we hit a mall some of the super babies is always here?!"

"I don't know, Tommy, but I think it's time we finely crushed 'em!"

"Wow, I feel like just listening to them talk made me lose a few IQ points." Said Artemis, chalantly aiming an arrow and firing it at Tommy. He caught it, and it exploded, sending him flying backwards. Tuppence then launched herself towards Artemis but Zatanna shouted "ecneppuT oG gniylF otnI ymmoT!" Sending Tuppence flying backwards into Tommy, who was just getting up.

Artemis then fired an arrow at the two of them which expanded into a net, capturing both of them.

"ecrofnieR teN."

"See, wasn't that more fun than just hanging out at the mall?"

Zatanna glared at Artemis before chuckling. She lightly punched Artemis in the arm, and Artemis then did the same to Zatanna, but a little harder just to irritate her.

"Ow!" said Zatanna, before laughing and putting her arm around Artemis.

"Fine, fine, yes that was probably the funnest part of today."

"So now can we go back to the Cave?"