Well, there's a lot of drama. Yup. In my life and soon to come in this fic... probably introduced in the next chapter. If you have any ideas of how I should shape this, please put them in a review. I have about eight chapters planned out with brief outlines, and that's about it. Please help.

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POV: Zatanna

I sat and looked out the living room window for Artemis. Dad was off doing one of his magician's acts again at a birthday party two towns over, and I was left alone all Saturday afternoon, again. I was glad for the freedom, but it came at a price, which was that I couldn't stay home the whole time to be reckless. So I had called Artemis and asked if she wanted to hang out or do something, which she always does, so I wondered why I even had to ask.

Artemis' car pulled up into my driveway and I jumped off of the couch and ran out the front door. I didn't bother to lock the door behind me because we didn't have much to get robbed of. And we trusted our neighbors, so I didn't have a lot to worry about.

"We should go to the park today," Artemis said as she got out and slammed her car door. "Go check out some boys."

I got excited. Artemis knew lots of boys, and she owed me from breaking up with her last boyfriend for her. I deserved some pay-back.

The sun was hidden behind the clouds as we walked to the park, arm-in-arm. It was warm and a little muggy, just barely uncomfortable. It smelled like rain was coming, and coming soon. Or maybe a tornado. I didn't know which one I was looking forward to more.

"Oh look," Artemis said and pointed to the playground. "It's Dick!"

"Who is that with him?"

Artemis squinted at the high platform and made a disgusted face. "Ugh, it's Wally. That kid is so annoying."

"And he's coming down, I think he's gonna talk to you!" I nudged her playfully with my elbow.

"Shit! Hide me!"

"Too late, sorry Hun."

Wally had already crossed the sea of wood chips and was making his way straight towards Artemis. I did feel sorry for her, but not a ton. She put herself out there so much; the guys were bound to notice sometime. As he kept walking towards us, though, I got a little worried that I was going to be the third wheel again, like I usually am around Artemis and another guy. So I unlinked our arms and stepped shyly away from her.

Thankfully, Dick saw that I was in mild distress, and came down to accompany me, but that hope was shattered when he started his attempt at swagger. He was gonna try to ask me out, which everyone knew was either going to fail, or epically fail. He was cute, though, so I thought I'd go a little easy on him.

"So, Zatanna, how's it going?" Dick asked. "You're lookin' a little lonely."

I gave him a playful little smile. "Well thank god you came around. I was getting' worried that you weren't attracted to any of the female type anymore."

"Hey, just 'cause I'm not dating anyone right now doesn't mean I don't have my eyes on her."

I raised my eyebrows and shot him an are-you-kidding-me look. I gotta admit, he can be smooth when he really wants to be, but his charm wasn't doing anything for him right now.

"By the way, how was my last gainer on the mats last Friday?" he asked in a hushed tone.

"Good, but you need to keep your legs tucked in more so you can land it better."

"Thanks, Z."

"Zatanna, we need to go," Artemis growled as she stormed away from Wally. She looped her arm through mine and tugged me off back to my house where her car was parked.

"What happened with you and Wally?" I asked once we were both buckled up and she was driving down the street again.

"Asshole tried to ask me out. Can you believe him?"

"Art, I know you have a crush on him."

"Do not."

"I've seen your geometry notebook. And last time I checked, your last name isn't West."

"That doesn't mean anything."

"Just like the little pictures you draw of his face on every little scrap of paper don't mean anything either?"

That last crack got me a fierce glare and the cold shoulder until we got to the mall. She did that a lot. Whenever I pissed her off almost to the breaking point, it lasted for a few minutes, twenty tops. But if I really pissed her off, she'd tell me off right there and then we'd be best friends again. It was like what guys do; they punch each other in the face and go on with their days, except Artemis does it with words.

Artemis got out of the car and slammed the door shut. I knew she was pissed, so I would lie off of the Wally crap until tonight when she was tired and had her guard down.

We sauntered into the mall entrance together and headed off towards out favorite store. Neither of us had any money to spend; we just liked to look around for anything that caught our eye, and then ask our parents for it later.

I came out of a dressing room with a pair of light blue skinny-jeans on and started looking for Artemis, wanting a second opinion on them. I found her staring up at a mannequin with red hair modeling a green and white rugby shirt.

"He sure is cute, isn't he?" she asked, still looking at the fiberglass face.

"The mannequin?" I asked.

"No. Wally."

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