It had been a week and a half since the mission at the Tower. Robin, Wally, Tula, and M'Gann haven't mentioned it to anyone, and Zatanna has decided not to dwell on the fact that she can't remember the mission, believing that it would only make her sad. She was lying on her bad, smiling at a picture of her and Zatara, which she had enchanted to move like the pictures from Harry Potter. She stuffed it under her pillow when she heard knocking on the door.
"Come in."
She was disappointed when she saw Robin open the door.
"Hey."
"Hi."
"Do you mind if I sit?" he asked, pointing towards the bed. She sat up and smiled.
"We haven't talked about what happened in Gotham."
She looked away. "What is there to talk about?"
"Well clearly you don't want to be together, or else you would have said something about it. Correct me if I'm wrong here."
She looked him in the eye. "Robin, I'm sorry, but I can't do this. That kiss, it just didn't feel right. I felt like I wasn't even myself, and I can't explain how wrong it made me feel. I've never felt that way about a kiss before, but this one…"
"Wow, it was that bad?" Zatanna chuckled. If there was one thing she admired about Robin, it was how he could make fun out of any situation. She looked at him and grinned. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be. If it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be. It's all good." He said, touching her shoulder, giving her a meaningful look. He then got up and walked towards the door, but he stopped when he reached it and took a step back.
"Can I just ask one thing?"
"Yeah, go for it."
"Is it because of Artemis?" he didn't know for sure, but he was fairly certain Artemis was in love with Zatanna. He didn't really blame her.
The question took Zatanna by surprise, because instead of answering she just blushed and started stuttering meaningless words. "What? How would you, I mean, what the what? I'm not, she's not, no, what? No. No. It is not because of, no. Not Artemis. What? No." She was still very flustered as she looked at him and shrugged, smiling.
"Uh huh." He said, completely unconvinced. "Just wondering." He chuckled as he walked out.
Zatanna was confused as to why Robin would even think that, Artemis wasn't a lesbian, she wasn't a lesbian! But girls can like girls when they're not lesbians… can't they? But was Zatanna one of those girls? She had never thought of Artemis that way before, but now that the idea was in her mind, all she could picture was her and Artemis doing couple stuff. She thought she was imagining it ironically, but she still wasn't very sure.