A/N: Sorry it has been a minute since I have updated. I meant to last week actually, but with finals and everything else going on, I didn't have time. Now that I am back though, I wanted to let everyone know that I went back and changed some things around throughout this story because it wasn't adding up with the latest chapters I have been writing down on paper (I have up until chapter 10 written BTW, they just need to be typed. I actually have my lovely beta Bramblerose4, Tina, working on editing as we speak). Nothing major with the changes, just grammar and there is more detail added in some parts, but you don't have to go back and re read from chapter 1 till now if you don't want to.
Chapter 6: Of Redheads and Cinnabons
When the team arrived back at the mountain they all went to the medical bay to get patched up. Because the League hadn't returned yet, those who were least injured, Miss Martian, Superboy, and Aqualad, went back to their rooms to relax and get some rest. Kid Flash and Robin, though not majorly injured, stayed behind to help Supergirl and Artemis.
Robin helped Supergirl over to one of the many medical tables that littered the Med Bay, while Kid Flash did the same for Artemis.
"Rob, I'm fine," Supergirl sighed. "A couple scrapes and bruises that's all. I just need to go back to my room, take some painkillers and I'll be straight."
Robin looked at her impassively for a moment before turning to get some supplies from the medical cabinet, followed by Kid Flash.
"Rob?"
He continued to rummage through the supplies until he found what he needed and returned to Supergirl's side. He began to tend to the wound on her arm, where Joker cut her, causing her to wince slightly.
"KF, you know I'm fine, right?" Supergirl gasped when Robin added antiseptic and began to tightly wrap gauze around her arm.
The speedster opened his mouth to say something, but closed it upon receiving a nasty glare from his boyfriend. He sent a glance towards Supergirl that wasn't hostile like the look he received from his boyfriend, but showed a lot of, what Supergirl deciphered, as pity and, caused the Girl of Steel to flinch before he returned his attention to a smugly smirking Artemis.
"Oh, come on, Boy Wonder. Don't you think you're overreacting over nothing?"
Robin gave an uncharacteristically cold glare at the dirty blond before returning to his work on her arm, causing her to wince again at the pressure given to, yet another, bandage being applied to her leg. "I'm done."
"You're really not going to say anything else?" Supergirl exclaimed to Robin's retreating back. "Robin!"
He sent a look to Kid Flash, who nodded before walking out.
The remaining three sat in silence until Kid Flash finished patching Artemis up. "You're good, Artie."
"Thanks. I'm gonna go change and take a nap. I'm exhausted." Artemis winked at Kid Flash and with a final smirk in Supergirl's direction she walked out, leaving the two Metas alone.
"What was his problem, KF? What did I do to piss him off so bad?" Supergirl asked after a few more moments of contemplative silence.
"Do you really not know?" The redhead walked over to lean against the table Supergirl was sitting on. "I don't know what's worse, the fact that you can't figure it out, or that I did before you."
The dirty blond looked up at her friend, waiting for him to elaborate.
Kid Flash looked away with a sigh. "Jason."
Supergirl's eyes grew hard as she glared at the speedster at the mention of his name, it was the same expression all the Bats did when he was brought up by name. It was not a memory anyone liked to revisit.
"You know what happened to him, why it happened to him, but you almost ended up just like him, though for a different reason. You could have been in his place. None of us were supposed to go anywhere by ourselves for that exact reason, yet you completely disregarded it. And for what? Because you couldn't be around Artemis for a little while longer? Dick is mad because you freaked him out. You need to go talk to him. Apologize."
"Wally- I didn't know. I didn't mean to freak him out or you for that matter." Halfway through the redhead's explanation Supergirl began to vibrate in place, biting her lip in shame.
Wally pulled her off the table and into a hug, matching her vibrations with his own. "I'm fine, but please go talk to him."
The two stood there for a while, more concerned about their raven than anything.
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Rose knocked three times on his door, biting her lip in anticipation. Her hair was damp from the shower she took to clean off the grim and smell of smoke; along with the hair dye she applied in order to be Supergirl. She knew Dick preferred her brown hair as appose to the dirty blond she used to play as Supergirl so a shower before coming to see him seemed like a good idea.
"I don't really want to talk right now, Walls." A muffled voice called from the other side of the door.
"A-actually it's me. Can I come in? I need to talk to you." She stuttered, unsure as to if he was going to let her in or not, depending on how mad he was at her.
It was silent and for a moment the brunette thought he wouldn't let her in. Then the door swished open and Robin was standing before her in his casual clothes and designer shades. He didn't say a word as he simply turned and headed back into his room; the door left open for her to follow through.
Supergirl took a deep breath before entering the room, the door closing shut behind her once she was inside.
The two stood in silence, neither wanting to speak first. Supergirl removed her sunglasses before she found the words she wanted to say.
"Thanks," was the first thought she had. "For patching me up. I needed it more than I thought."
Robin removed his sunglasses, nodding a simple reply.
"Are you gonna talk to me?" Rose was desperate now, her voice rising in order to show just how desperate. "Yell at me. Scream at me. Hit me if it makes you feel better. Just do something."
Dick flinched at her words, a pained expression growing on his face, but he still said nothing.
Rose took a step forward, but not enough to invade the raven's personal space. Past experience told her that wasn't a good idea when he was like this.
"D, you know how much it bothers me when you don't talk to me. It does neither of us any good and we promised to always tell each other everything." Rose sighed when Dick still didn't meet her gaze. "I'm sorry."
Dick froze for a moment. Rose was unsure of how he was feeling. She didn't move as she waited for him to scream at her. What he did, though, was unexpected.
"Why did you go alone?" A sob escaped his throat, causing him to choke at the end. "You should have called one of us to go with you. When M'gann said it was Joker– I was so scared, Rose."
His tears combined with his words causing an unrelenting surge of guilt to consume her; breaking her. She never wanted to scare Dick. She knew she scared both him and Wally, with what they went through with Jason… and she knew how he felt because she was right there with him when Bruce told them. She remembered the pain she and Dick felt when they heard about the second Robin; she never wanted to be the cause of that much pain for anyone, especially not her boys. Not Dick.
It broke her heart to see him like this and to know that it's her fault makes it a million times more painful.
Knowing that she's the cause for his pain, Rose couldn't take that extra step to comfort her friend the way she knew he needed.
"Richard, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to-"
She couldn't even finish her sentence as a sob broke past her lips and burning tears blurred her vision as they rolled down her cheeks.
At the sound of her voice Dick looked up at his friend and her image broke his heart. He didn't mean to make her feel bad to the point of tears. He knew she got emotional at times; especially when other people cried around her. Her empathy towards others was so strong. Her uncontrollable urge to keep people happy made it worse on her when they were sad and in pain. He knew all of this, but he was just so scared to lose her, too caught up in showing her how he felt, he didn't think about what his actions might cause for her.
He pulled her into a tight hug, which caused the dam within to break, and she began to let out heart wrenching sobs into his shoulder. She was crying to the point of shaking; violent, vibrating.
Dick moved her to the bed to lie down. She curled up into his chest and continued to cry. He wrapped his arms tightly around her, whispering soothing words into her ear.
"Richard, I didn't mean-"
"Shh, it's okay." He stopped her because he knew how bad she felt. She only ever called him by his full name when she was upset. "I forgive you, Angel."
Rose buried her face deeper into his chest and continued to cry, though for a different reason this time and Dick continued to comfort her both physically and verbally.
After a while, Rose's tears began to subside and the two fall into a comfortable silence.
"Can you promise me something?" Dick asked, breaking the silence.
Rose lifted her head from its position on his chest to look at him through red rimmed baby blues. "Anything."
"Have one of us there with you next time. Me or Wally. Or anyone on the tea as back-up."
Rose stared at him with a thoughtful expression before she replied. "D, you know things happen. What if I have to go undercover or on a solo mission? I can't risk the mission for anything. You know that, even if it means giving my life."
Hurt and anger flashed through Dick's cerulean orbs when he replied, squeezing her tighter to his chest. "I just don't want to lose you." He whispered his voice heartbroken again and it made Rose want to do everything in her power to get back the Dick Grayson she has known for years.
"I promise never to scare you like that again or unnecessarily risk my life. I won't needlessly go off on my own, and if you want, I'll make sure you or Wally are the first ones I call for back-up."
Almost as if he heard his name, the redhead walks through the door. "We better be. How would we possibly survive without you?"
Using some of the skills Dick taught him a while back, the speedster tapped into Rose's comm. link in order to eavesdrop on their conversation.
Wally lie behind Rose, wrapping his arms around her waist. It felt right. All three of them. Together. Having countless sleepovers with them falling asleep might have something to do with it, but the three of them like this…it felt natural. Like it should always be that way. Though each of them wanted more; though they thought it was different with each person.
Dick stroked Rose's sides while Wally vibrated lightly from behind her, burying his face into her long, deliciously soft chocolate brown curls. Having washed out the hair dye brought out the natural scent of vanilla and cinnamon both boys adored.
Rose let out a mix between a peaceful sigh and a pleasured moan. She was a physical person and being a very physical person meant she will take any form of physical contact she could get, so she didn't really notice when the boys' ministrations became a bit more suggestive.
Their actions are so lulling and peaceful; Rose became more and more relaxed. Her eyes close and she just absorbed the feelings and sensations happening to her physical being, putting her in a trance like state.
Dick and Wally exchanged glances, coming to a silent agreement. As Dick's hands move from Rose's thigh, up to her hip and squeeze lightly, inducing another moan from the brunette, Wally's slipped under her shirt to rub feather light circles over her stomach; each stroke eliciting more and more moans from the girl's throat.
Slowly, each of the boys' hands move closer and closer to their intended targets. Wally's moved higher up, past her ribcage towards her chest; while Dick's moved lower, closer to Rose's center.
"Supergirl, Robin, Kid Flash, we're going to head out to Cinnabon in ten minutes and we really want you guys to come if you're up for it." M'gann's voice suddenly appears in their heads.
The female Kryptonian began to stir and Dick and Wally's hands immediately move back to their original positions on the girl's body.
"Okay," Wally answered through the link.
"We'll be there," Dick finished as he and Wally continued to stare at the awakening sixteen year old.
'So close.' They think simultaneously.
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"These are delicious." M'gann praised as she took another bite of her Cinnabon.
"And you can make these?" Conner asked as he looks at his Cinnabon in awe.
"Mine don't taste exactly the same as these, but yeah. Pretty much. My grams showed me how to make them recently and my dad made me swear not to tell anyone, but my grams insisted more people know. Grandpa said she should open her own store, and he and my dad fought over the whole thing." Rose confirmed, before taking another bite of her own sticky treat.
The team went to a Cinnabon in Metropolis, well-known for adding ample cinnamon and icing than most other locations. Rose, Dick, and Wally had all been there numerous times in the past, so when the team asked which one they should go to, they recommended that one.
"Best dessert ever if you ask me." Wally praised with his mouth full.
"Do you know how many times you have said that when it comes to food?" Dick asked from the redhead's left.
"I don't really think anyone could take a recommendation from him when it comes to food." A voice adds from behind the group. They all turn around in surprise, Artemis rolling her eyes and Rose smiled widely, at the newcomer standing directly behind Wally and Dick. "With all the things we've ever seen him consume, together, angel."
"Hey, Red," Rose exclaimed with a wave at the, normally red and black clad, archer.
The male archer pulled out the seat next to her and snagged her shake, taking a long drink.
"Because we need another hero with red in their outfit sitting at this table," Artemis exclaimed with an exasperated flail of her arms.
"Don't hate because you're not a part of the 'red' club." Roy snorted back at his fellow archer.
A chorus of laughter and giggles spread around the table and the blond glared at the elder redhead, taking another bite of her own Cinnabon.
"I feel kinda bad Kaldur couldn't be here with the gang all here." Rose announced, taking her smoothie back from Roy and taking a sip.
"We should bring him a Cinnabon when he comes back." M'gann suggested.
"I'll go get it." Roy offered, getting up from his seat. "I wanted to grab one of my own anyway."
"I'll go with you." Rose said after wiping her mouth with a napkin she got up to follow him.
"You don't have to go with me, angel. I'll be right back." He told the Kryptonian girl flashing her a light smile.
The brunette merely shook her head at his reply, picking up her now empty smoothie cup. "I could use a refill anyway." She shook the cup, the straw hitting the insides, emphasizing her point. "You're buying."
The redhead chuckled, taking the item from girl and started back towards the shop's entrance, but paused when he heard the brunette speak again.
"M'gann, do you want me to get you another one too?" Rose asked when she noticed the Martian's cup was empty as well.
"No, I'm good. Could you actually throw it away for me?"
Rose took the cup from the table in front of the Martian without hesitation. "Yeah."
When she turned around to throw the cup away, Roy was there to take it away from her, much like her own, and was about to toss it in the trash bin near the group's table before Rose called out.
"That's plastic, Red."
He turned to find the brunette with her arms crossed loosely at her chest, her posture radiating annoyance. Roy also assumed she was glaring because the skin beneath her shades was pulled up tightly.
Without taking his eyes off her, he walked over to the designated recycling bins between the Cinnabon and Yogly Mogly, dropping the cup in the plastic bin with a small snort.
Rose visibly relaxed and turned to the rest of the group with a satisfied grin. "Does anyone want anything?"
Conner and M'gann shook their heads; Artemis took another bite of the second Cinnabon she had yet to finish, giving her obvious answer. Dick also declined and Wally opened his mouth like he wanted to add something but closed it when, what Rose assumed happened, Dick kicked him under the table.
With that, the archer and Kryptonian walked back through the shop's entrance. Roy opened the door and stepped aside for Rose to go through first. She gave him a quizzical look, which the redhead ignored, and gestured for the brunette to go ahead. Rose shrugged and stepped back into the shop, immediately getting back in line, with Roy right at her heel.
None of the team missed the small gesture between the archer and their teammate. Though most thought nothing of it and chose to ignore it, two pairs of emerald green and deep ocean blue eyes narrowed.
"Since when were you such a gentleman?" Rose asked as she and Roy stepped forward as the line drew closer to the register. "Dinah finally whipping you into shape?"
"Rose, you know I'm always on my best behavior around company." The sarcasm in his voice was unavoidable and caused the Girl of Steel to bark out a laugh.
"That's funny, 'cause I remember when you were fourteen-fifteen, you thought it would be fun to sabotage a charity dinner Ollie threw by making all the dishes a little past well done."
"Yeah, that was pretty fun. The sprinklers went off and all the women looked like freak show clowns." Roy laughed at the memory of Dinah's face.
"Funny?" Rose asked incredulously. "I flew all the way back to Gotham and hid in the B- Bruce's 'special car' 'cause I was so scared he was gonna skin one of us alive." She almost slipped, remembering she couldn't say Batmobile in civvies.
"Oh, he'd never hurt his precious 'angel'. You and Dick mean the world to him. I'm still kinda surprised he let Wally date him."
It was like they knew whenever someone said their names because the couple chose that exact moment to enter the shop.
"What brings you two in?" Roy asked when the two joined them in line.
"Walls wanted another Cinnabon and I wanted a drink. Last minute, sorry." Dick replied with a calm smile.
"I also thought it was kind of random for us to see you here," Wally turned to the older redhead. "Not that it's not okay or anyone of my business, just curiosity."
"Yeah, what are you doing in Metropolis Red? I'm sure they have some pretty decent Cinnabons in Star City, or even San Francisco seeing as it is closer to Star City than Metropolis by far. West coast just not up to par, huh?" Rose crossed her arms over her chest in a casual gesture that said, 'please, enlighten me'. The three teammates looked on at their former teammate curious as to what his answer might be.
The eldest of the four chuckled at the brunette's snarky comment. "Well, if you must know,"
"We must." Rose interjected.
The older redhead smirked at her before continuing. "I was visiting a friend of mine who lives here, for a few days. A cop friend who had Intel on a case I'm working. I was heading back to Star City. He said I should check this place out before I left because they have some of the best Cinnabons in the country so I decided to take him up on it."
"That makes sense and your friend is so right." Wally nodded. "Once you have a Cinnabon from here you won't want it from anywhere else."
"He'd love to hear that someone agrees with him so strong heartedly. Especially you, 'cause like I said earlier, I don't really think anyone could take a recommendation from him when it comes to food."
Rose tried to hold back her laughter, but failed and received a playful glare from the speedster in retaliation.
"What's the case about? Maybe I can help." Dick was in 'Robin mode' as Rose called it whenever he used his 'slightly deeper than normal' voice.
"Sorry D, working alone on this one, but I'll look up next time." Roy was polite about his rejection to the Boy Wonder's help, which was different for him, seeing as though when anyone else offers him help he got aggressive. Ever since that day he quit being Green Arrow's partner the only people who he has worked with has either been because they asked him to work with them or because they wouldn't take no for an answer, i.e. Dinah and Rose. It bugged Dick, Wally, and Oliver, but they all knew how…persuasive the two women could be when they wanted to be.
"Do I know this 'guy'? You said he's a cop, right? Maybe I know him, seeing as though my dad and I check up on the MPD periodically. Me more than him, but that's not the point." Rose insisted he answer her question, failing to keep the bite out of her tone.
"Joe Anderson and he's just a friend, angel. Don't think I didn't catch the jealous edge to your voice." Roy smirked as he took a step forward in the line.
Dick and Wally looked bewildered by Roy's assessment of the situation. Surely Rose couldn't be jealous of Roy over a guy she may have never met. Unless Roy's not the one she's jealous of. They pray it's the former and not the latter.
"Jealous of Joe?" The brunette barked out a laugh. "Red, what do I have to be jealous of?"
The smirk on Roy's face progressed to a shit eating level which would have made Rose nervous, if she wasn't so confused by its purpose.
Roy leaned down so his lips were level with Rose's ear. Moving the hair covering her ear behind it, he whispered in a tone that sent shivers down Rose's spine. "I never said you were jealous of him."
Baby blue eyes widened behind dark tinted shades at the realization; Roy was right. He had never said who she was jealous of, simply that she was jealous. She was frozen in place by her little slip of the tongue. Roy smirked when he felt her stiffen before chuckling softly, the action causing her to shiver as his breath lightly ghosted over the skin just beneath her neck.
"I always knew you were the jealous type."
"Next!" The cashier called before Rose could say another word, not like she could even if she wanted to, speechless by her blunder and whatnot.
Roy pulled away as Rose stepped up to the cashier, the two unaware of the two fuming boys behind them.
It took Rose a second to find her voice, and when she finally did it was barely a whisper.
"I didn't catch a word of that." The blond behind the counter rolled her eyes. "Could you speak up?"
Roy snorted at Rose's sudden shyness and stepped up to the counter, removing his shades as he went. "Sorry about my friend, she's a bit off right now." He gave a small smile and the blond immediately lost her attitude. "Can I get three large Cinnabons, a strawberry splash, and a strawberry banana smoothie? Both medium, please."
He emphasized the 'e' in please and gave the girl a panty dropping smile that made the girl blush, biting her lip to suppress a giggle. That seemed to bring Rose out of her stupor because she began to give the blond (her nametag read Annie) a death glare, which she didn't notice with being so caught up in Roy.
"Sure thing. That'll be $15.87." Annie said with lustful hazel eyes.
Roy took out his wallet and pulled out a twenty, winking when she took it. "Keep the change."
The blond's expression brightened dramatically and she went back to personally complete his order.
"I'm not trying to be all stereotypical," Rose ground out, glaring at Annie's back. "But that girl, paired with Artemis, is starting to make me believe that all blondes are bitches." (A/N: No offense to all the blondes reading this.)
"I'm pretty sure that if you weren't wearing that necklace, she would have to hole in the back of her skull right about now." Roy gestured to the blue Kryptonite at the end of the chain around her neck.
Rose grew a faint pink glow to her cheeks at the smirk–it had lowered to a smile–on his face.
Dick and Wally continued to assess the scene before them without doing much more than glaring, because how would it look if they did or said what they were thinking? So they both simply chose to observe for now, though both were beginning to lose their patience.
Annie returned with their order, her shirt miraculously showing a lot more cleavage than before, and handed Roy a stack of napkins with her phone number written in eyeliner on the top one.
Dick took his drink while Wally grabbed his and Kaldur's Cinnabons. The two walked back out the store without another word or glance at either Rose or Roy.
"They sure were in a hurry." Roy commented as he watched the door close after his two friends. He returned his gaze to the Kryptonian when he felt her grab the napkin from him and ball it up, throwing it into the trash like a snot-rag.
"And what if I plan on calling her?" Roy asked with false skepticism.
The brunette turned back to face him with a look of relief.
"You live on the other side of the country and were planning on heading back around now. She lives here and you two would not likely meet again because you would have most likely lost that skank's number either between here or on the zeta back or somewhere in your apartment, because I know how you keep that place. You know I do because I have helped you clean it before. I'm doing you a favor."
"I could have been about to put it in my phone. I have before." Roy replied with more than a touch of snark.
Rose scuffed. "Too late now. And don't you prefer dick over cunt anyway?"
"I do like Richard. And for your information I happen to like both the male and female anatomy. The cute ones anyway."
"Whatever, Red."
Roy placed his glasses back over his eyes with a snort. "See ya around Ro, and call me more. I'd love to finish this conversation sometime. Obviously we need to dig further into my sexuality." Before Rose could comment, he kissed her cheek and was gone.
Rose rolled her eyes at the gesture. He was always doing random shit like that when they were together. She put her hand up to her cheek, wondering why she felt a little upset they only got to spend so little time together.
Roy was right. They needed to hang out more. She doesn't get to see him as much as they used to with the whole solo vigilante thing. She'll have to put that one on her to do list. Right below family night.
Maybe she should switch those two, because seeing Roy sounded way more likely than getting her parents to sit down long enough to have a civil conversation, let alone the three of them spending an entire evening together.
She really wished her life could be more organized and just the slightest bit easier.
A/N: If you noticed, throughout this chapter that I kept writing Supergirl and Rose instead of just one, it was because in my head I have her as Supergirl while in the mask or shades, and as Rose when she isn't in either, if that makes any sense.
THIS NEXT PART IS FOR THE MONEY DOESN'T BUY DIGNIGY FANS.
I have recently been informed that I cannot do a chapter with solely author's note, so I took down the last 2 chapters and added them down below. Sorry for the inconvenience.
CHAPTER 3 AUTHOR'S NOTE:
A/N: Hey guys. I know it has been a while since I have updated for this story, but that is because I have been in and out of plot bunnies to continue it. A part of me wants to continue on the thought that originally got me wanting to continue this story, but another thought is keeping me on the fence. So… I need you guy's help. I am going to let you decide how the rest of the story goes, because if I think about it anymore I just might drop the story for good and I know that would crush those who have gotten attached to the story.
Here's how this is gonna go, you can choose one of the following story plots and leave a comment below or PM me on either archive or on whichever you choose. If anyone has any other ideas as to what they want to see, feel free to share. Thanks guys.
Version 1:Simply the original story. How I planned to originally write it and I can't give you any details because it would ruin the story for you.
Version 2:Instead of Wally being a prince or monarch, he is a pirate who stumbles across a gypsy named Richard while in some foreign land. The same things that occur in the original story happen, except with a pirate's twist. (BTW: Roy and Dick don't have to be together unless that is something you as an audience want, which I would later set up some kind of voting.)
Version 3:Wally is the king and not a prince and Kaldur and Conner are merely friends of his, but they are kings of their own lands. The original first two chapters happen differently, but they happen all the same. The only difference between this version and version 1 is that Wally's restrictions are taken off because he is king and not prince.
Version 4:Make your own plot. (Tell me what you want to see and if you choose one of the others and want to give me ideas on what you want to see, that's fine too. Just let me know that's what you are doing.)
(BTW: IF YOU CHOOSE A VERSION THAT IS NOT THE FIRST, I WILL REWRITE THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS TO AVOID CONFUSION.)
If you have any thoughts on pairings you want to see here and there, let me know as well because I really want you guys' input.
Like I said before, leave your ideas in the comments section or PM me. If you have any questions, same thing. Looking forward to seeing your ideas.
I meant to say this before, I will tell you what I am going to do with the story on JUNE 19.
CHAPTER 4 AUTHOR'S NOTE:
A/N: In order to make the voting process go smoother, I have put a poll up on my page. Even if you have already put your input in on what you what to see, go ahead and vote because I am most likely going to go off the results of the poll.
REMINDER: VOTING ENDS ON JUNE 19. I decided to change the time because I just put up the poll today.
Thanks again guys!