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A to Z, an Anthology
Bounce

Founders' meetings always told Wally a lot. Not just in the subjects they discussed – the latest trouble in Kasnia, an upcoming meeting with King Faraday, and so on – but just how his friends and co-Founders were doing physically and sometimes even emotionally.

Clark was doing great, if the small, but persistent, smile on his face was anything to go by. He may have been the strongest man alive, but when it came to hiding his moods and emotions, Clark was even more hopeless than Wally was. Ever since the man had finally confessed to Lois Lane that her super-powered boyfriend and her partner from Smallville, Kansas were one and the same, he'd been on cloud nine. Of course, that might have had something to do with the fact that Lois had already figured it out and had just been waiting for him to tell her. She'd apparently made him sweat a bit on how angry she was at him for not being honest with her, but after that, things seemed to be okay, and the Man of Steel couldn't stop grinning.

J'onn was… at peace. That was the best Wally could describe it, and it was quite a comfort. Diana and the others weren't the only ones who had worried about J'onn over the years when he'd begun to isolate himself on the Watchtower after the League's expansion. Wally had tried to help in his own way, tried to show him the fun a guy could have on Earth, as well as remind him that preserving the big picture didn't give people the right to exclude the needs of the individual. Wally was the first to admit that some League members tended to forget that, and thus did his best to keep it from going too far. Still, ever since J'onn had taken a leave of absence from the League to explore Earth and ended up married in those months away, he had become far more comfortable, with both himself, as well as the people and world around him.

So J'onn and Clark seemed to have things going good in their lives, and Wally was thrilled for them. Still, for others, things weren't going so well. John and Shayera, to be specific. The dark clouds that hung between them had been there for years, really. Since the Thanagarian invasion. They'd begun to clear up when Shayera returned to the League, letting them work together as teammates and friends, but then, just a month or two before Darkseid's invasion, something had happened that made things go bad again. Then just a few months ago, John and Mari, who'd been dating for quite a while, broke up. Wally wasn't sure on the details, but he did know that Mari had been the one to end the relationship. He also knew that John had been watching Shayera pretty closely the past few weeks. The problem with that, though, was that Shayera wasn't available, as she was dating some British guy. Wally didn't think he could help them with their current issues, and he was pretty hesitant to try, lest they beat the crap out of him for being nosy or something.

Wally leaned back in his chair and glanced around. Clark was still going over the League mission reports, which Wally had already read before the meeting. The others might not believe it, but he wasn't lazy when it came to his League duties. He kept up with what happened with the other members.

Leaving Clark to continue, Wally noticed Diana shift in her seat out of the corner of his eye, and he turned his head slightly in her direction. The princess had an impatient look on her face, like she wanted to leave sooner rather than later. In short, she looked like Wally usually did when he was bored, practically bouncing in the chair with barely-controlled energy.

Frowning slightly, he focused his gaze on her. Diana was usually much more patient than that. Usually she sat with that special poise of hers, next to the dark and silent form of Bruce, hardly moving except when to offer an opinion. Now it was like she was on the verge of squirming in her seat like a restless kid! Her hands were folded in front of her, but Wally could see the white knuckles and the sparkle on her left hand…

Wally blinked and stared more closely at the sparkle. Shit on a brick, is that…?

It was – a diamond ring on her left ring finger. An engagement ring.

OhmygodohmygodohmygodDiana'sengagedholyshitwho –

He froze. Just who was she engaged to? He knew Diana had dated King Faraday for a little while, but that hadn't lasted more than a couple months. As far as Wally knew, the princess hadn't dated anyone since.

He glanced at Bruce, who sat next to Diana, as always. The man showed nothing of what he was thinking, as always. Still, Wally knew that when Bats was pissed or upset about something, it was tangible. Even if he didn't say a word, people could still sense that he was just a hair away from unleashing apocalyptic badness.

So, fact: Diana was engaged. Fact: Bats wasn't drowning in a pool of angst and misery because of it. Probable conclusion: Bats knew and was happy about it. Therefore, Bats was probably the one who gave Diana the rock.

Wally bit his lip to keep from grinning. Now he understood why Diana was so edgy. He felt the same way, now. Now he couldn't wait to for the damn meeting to end so he could grill both her and Bats. Pretty soon, he was going to be bouncing in his seat too.

Woohoo! He cheered silently. Good times ahead!

Bounce: v. spring away from surface; jump up and down; move up and down on spot.