so so sorry guys for not uploading earlier. school started back and we have a bit of administration trouble and i was tired from sleeping at school (don't know how it happened either). so here is chapter 8.
i d not own young justice or characters blah blah blah
do you think this is moving to fast? personally i thing i just wanted this chapter out of my head and onto paper (be it electronic or not) so i may have went a little fast. oh and i read up on Black Canary and Green Arrow's love and it ain't pretty. so i have got this at the beginning when all is up there with the clouds and the rainbows.
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ROBIN POV 8:15am
As Dick twisted and bent his body in the air, he emptied his mind and let it soar free like the rest of his body. Or at least he tried to. Every time he closed his eyes since last night all he could think about was Zatanna and that expression she had on her face when they were about to kiss. It was one he wasn't accustomed to and it made him slightly uncomfortable. That and the fact he still had the feel her lips on his. He vaguely heard the door open.
"Hey, it's time for breakfast." Bruce called out. Dick finished his last summersault before landing on the safety pads.
"What time is it?" he asked this out of curiosity. He was usually finished before 8:00 and it was on rare occasions he went pass his scheduled practice time.
"It's 8:15."
"Oh crap!" as he stood there toweling off the sweat, his stomach started rumbling as if to remind him he was hungry.
"So..." Bruce said awkwardly. "What has got you thinking so hard you forgot breakfast?"
"Uh?" Dick said absent mindedly. "Oh it's nothing."
"Okay… I guess" Bruce said trailing off as Dick ran towards the dining room.
BRUCE POV
Bruce watch a little worried as Dick ran towards the dining room. Dick had seemed very occupied and absent minded. He hoped it wasn't anything to serious. Usually if Dick practiced with so much concentration, enough to forget breakfast, it was because something was on his mind.
He hoped it wasn't a distraction and that he remembered where his priorities lay: school and to the team. Well for now Dick looked healthy enough both physically and mentally so it didn't look like it was a serious problem. Shaking his head he headed towards the Bat cave to start the meeting for that morning.
ROBIN POV
Dick didn't seem to notice Bruce's internal struggle as he tried to stop shoveling in waffles and eat slower. He really was hungry. It was weird that he didn't realize it earlier but then again his mind was occupied. And just by thinking about it he blushed.
BRUCE POV
Bruce looked worried as Dick flushed to a light red. Did he have a fever? His worry increased as Dick shook his head as if to empty it of something and the red flush remained. Dick looked worried and thoughtful. Bruce wondered what he was thinking about.
ROBIN POV
Dick kept replaying that scene in his mind. Except in his mind, Zatanna and he had kissed and no one had interrupted them. Then again he had kissed her but that time didn't count; it wasn't a real kiss with true feelings. He blushed again, what the hell was he thinking? Wait maybe that was the problem. He wasn't thinking! Glad now he'd figure out what was wrong with him he began to wonder what hacking exercise Bruce would give him today and somehow he began to wonder how long it would take to hack the Zataras' security system. As soon as he thought that, his thoughts began to wonder about a dark haired girl.
'I wonder what Zatanna's doing…'
ZATANNA POV 8:15am
The dark haired teenage girl was currently sitting on the couch eating cereal and watching her favorite Saturday morning cartoons. Well the taped records of her favorite Saturday morning cartoon shows.
Zatanna laughed at the cartoon's antics, sure they were childish and now she had grown older, impossibly immature but they were a part of her childhood. With the cartoons done with for the day, Zatanna tidied up the dining room and washed the dishes manually. Her dad insisted it built character and even though she didn't like doing the chore, she had to agree. Doing things as normal as often had made her realize how precious her magic was.
9:00am
As Zatanna entered her room she was surprised it wasn't so messy. After she'd gotten home she'd been exhausted and only had strength to brush her teeth, peel her clothes off and drop into bed. As she picked up her dress, something fell out of the folds. It was half of the movie ticket from last night. Seeing it she blushed and had to remind herself it was only a fake date and that it was normal for anyone to get flustered when someone else was about to kiss them. Satisfied her face felt cooler and that her room was tidier, Zatanna turned towards her bag where her homework lay unwanted. Sighing she got to work.
Halfway through her homework a usually, almost easy task Zatanna found she couldn't concentrate. Remembering her father's requirement of good grades in exchange for a possible reconsideration of her joining the team, she focused back on the worksheet. Her phone rang and Zatanna jumped. Her heart beating at what seemed twice it normal rate, she answered the phone.
"Hell- hello?"
"Hey, it's me you okay?" Zatanna smiled at the sound of that voice across the phone.
"Yeah, the phone just jumped me when it rang"
"Sorry about that"
"Sure no problem"
"Sure, okay" an awkward silence followed this phrase.
ROBIN POV
"Soooo…." Dick said this nervously
"Why did you call me?" Zatanna sounded nervous
"Nothing, it's… never mind… what are you doing? Now?"
"Homework, I'm almost finished though, give me five minutes"
"Sure I'll call you back in five"
"Sure bye" click. The line went dead. Smiling and wondering what the hell was wrong with her Zatanna attacked the worksheet with a renewed vigor. She wanted to make sure nothing interrupted her when Dick called back.
9:20am
Dick stared nervously at the clock willing it to go faster. So far the joker or any of his cronies hadn't attacked but he didn't want to get his hopes up in case he jinxed his luck. He couldn't stand this any longer, he had to do something to knock his concentration of the time or else he would get impatient and call back Zatanna and he would have to wait some more and then it would be a whole lot of confusion. Dick headed downstairs and saw Alfred.
"Hey Alfred, got anything time consuming for me to do?"
"Master Richard, how nice a surprise! Something to do… have you tried hacking into the manor's security system?"
"Done"
"How long do you want to be occupied for?"
"A good three minutes should do"
"Hmmm. Need I ask"
"Ha, um I'm supposed to call back someone in three minutes, important call"
"Sigh, how about icing the cakes, it would be a great help"
9:23:35 am
ALFRED POV
Alfred watched Richard or Dick as he so affectionately liked to be called ice the cakes with a newfound passion. Every few seconds or so he would look up at the clock, frown and return to the cake. The boy was wound up tighter than a clockwork toy that had rusted over but excitement also pumped out from him at great quantities. While he worked on icing the cakes, Alfred prepared some sandwiches and other refreshments. Dick noticed this and asked
"Hey Alfred what are all the sandwiches and other stuff for?"
"There is currently a meeting in the Bat cave and Master Bruce asked me to make refreshments as the rest of the justice league came here from early morning."
"Oh I see"
"Oh and Master Richard I think it should be time to make that important phone call now"
"Sure thanks Alfred"
9:38am
ROBIN POV
Dick hurried up the stairs wanting to get to the phone as quick as possible…
ZATANNA POV
Zatanna sat on her bed and stared at the phone as if willing it to work; she had finished her worksheet in record time. Nothing happened.
'It's no good getting all excited over a phone call' she turned away and went towards the window when BRRRRRRRIINGGGGGGG!
Zatanna rushed to the phone
"Hello" she said breathless
"Hey, it's me again"
"Hey"
"Hey"
"Sooo… like before, why'd you call me?"
"I don't know, I guess I just had to see if you got home safe"
"Really? To see if I got home safe? Really?"
"I mean, yeah It doesn't sound like much- I mean not that I would- just. LET'S TALK"
Zatanna giggled she enjoyed teasing him and getting him all flustered." Relax Dick"
"Stop teasing me then"
"You're cute to tease"
"And you're cute to kiss"
ROBIN POV
Silence
"Hey, hello Zee?" He could hear breathing on the other end of the line "I know you're there" he said in a creepy voice. "Just you wait, hold on" Dick put the phone on speaker and started to hack into the Zataras' security system. Assessing blueprints and registers of all the electronics, he proceeded to hack into Zatanna's personal computer in her room.
ZATANNA POV
Zatanna nearly jumped out of her skin as her computer turned on, supposedly by itself. She stared at it, and watched curiously as her desktop came on. The computer then proceeded to log in to her MyFriendz account. She then watched as a friend request popped up but before she could go near the computer, her computer accepted the friend request and the video feature came on. Dick grinning face stared her smack in the middle of the screen; after her date with him she'd forgotten he was also robin who could hack into National Security if given the right tools.
"Hey Zee"
"Don't ever do that again. EVER."
"Sure, my favorite color is I don't know red, I like pizza and maybe we go out for some if you don't kill me, another time?" Zatanna had to admit it was a smooth move and she was enjoying herself
"Hmmmm… no"
"Why not! I didn't do anything wrong did I?" his eyes turned into innocent baby's: soft and pleading.
"Well you hacked into my computer, and you kissed me without my permission" at the mention of the kiss both teenagers, blushed slightly. Looking at each other they laughed.
"At least you admit you were thinking about the kiss"
"No I wasn't, you were."
"Do you want to start an argument over a kiss? Okay let's both admit we were both thinking about the kiss. Good! Fine!"
ROBIN POV
"I like poppy cat!" Dick just stared at her. Where had this sudden, random turn of conversation gone?
"What?"
"I like poppy cat! You know that old cartoon about the cat who always…" she frowned as he stared at her "look never mind
"I prefer Atom Boost"
"No way is that so much crap"
"What no it is the king of Saturday morning cartoons"
"Really what about Jones adventure?"
"Too, easy I guess"
"True"
"Then how about…."
This conversation went on starting with Saturday morning cartoons and ending with the start of friendship between the two teenagers.
10:45am
BATMAN POV
Unbeknownst to the two teenagers, they were being watched by the Justice league. Alfred had already delivered the breakfast items and the meeting had been adjourned. Barry alone had tons of sandwiches and muffins.
"I still don't see what wrong with them starting a relationship" said Dinah eating a chocolate chip muffin.
"You don't see anything wrong with it NOW. What happens a few months or something down the line and that boy is in a relationship with my daughter- when the world ends, and she manages to be allowed on the team and they are all disgustedly gooey eyed at each other and their relationship problems causes cooperation problems in the team and suppose one of them gets hurt, and it's nothing serious, just knocked unconscious and it's a fulfill the job or evil wins and they are to worried about their partner and….
BLACK CANARY POV
"For some reason this argument seems familiar" Dinah said whispering to Oliver (Green Arrow). He smiled remembering the same argument they had when they first began the relationship.
"…what happens then?" Giovanni had finally stopped his rant.
"You know what I think about all of this?" said Barry "I think you should just let kids be kids. Let them go ahead with the prospect of a relationship. Whether they turn out to be boyfriend/girlfriend or the best of friends I think we should let them make their own mistakes and learn from them. In the end it's their lives and I would rather they look back and say "I tried on this opportunity, this experience in life" than to say" I wonder if and what would have?" if you know what I mean."
The Bat cave was silent
"Oh come on! I say smart things all the time besides they have the right to at least try. If positions were reversed and you guys tried to shut down the whole thing before it could even attempt to exist, I'd be pissed and probably turn uncooperative and moody and suspicious all the time. Not that we haven't learnt to be suspicious but we should be able to relax at some point in our daily schedules."
"May I interject Master Bruce," at Bruce's affirmative nod Alfred continued "Master Barry-"
"Ummm," Barry said his mouth full of sandwiches "no Master just Barry" Alfred only raised one eyebrow.
"MASTER Barry," this time Barry didn't interject as Alfred tone was that of a patronizing parent or the headmaster. "Is quite correct. Even though you may only be mentors, you still play an important part in those children's life regardless of whether you are aware of it or not. Every move you make will be scrutinized by those teenagers like teenagers do.
Their first assumption will be that you probably don't trust them or that you keep seeing them as little children instead of teenagers in the adjoining phase between childhood and adulthood that can make their own choices and decisions. While it is true you may want to protect them from getting hurt maybe what they want right is to be hurt to learn that everything in life is a chance you have to take be whether it turns out for the good or the bad."
"Whoa deep" Barry said
"And extremely depressing. Is this a discussion about an overprotective, in your space, sucking out all you oxygen father deciding whether or not to allow his 14yr old
Date or is this about how life is an unforgiving, unfair, take it or leave it lesson you learn every day" Billy mumbled this a little sleepily
"Really Billy, tell us more." Dinah said. Billy heard the slightly amused tone in her voice and smiled at her
"Unlike you ol-"
"You say that word, I shoot you"
"I'm not saying, I have more knowledge in the whole teenage thing 'cause I'm always with you guys but even so I'm still a kid. It'll probably be a long while before I get in any relationship with girls so I'm gonna change the subject a little but the content will be the same. Um, I don't know if this is a good analogy but here goes:
Both Zatanna and Dick have extra talents normal people don't have, Zatanna with her magic and Dick with his gymnastics and money. Trying to stop this relationship thing right now is like homeschooling Zatanna and Dick and pampering them, telling them their skills are important and that's all they're gonna need in life and people will spoil them like you do in this scenario. When they go into the world and they will have to sometime, they are gonna get a culture shock in realizing the world doesn't revolve around them.
So you would need to prepare them by letting Zatanna do things normal so she appreciate her magic more and so she doesn't begin to get a big ego and teach her how things work if for some reason her magic disappears. The same thing with Dick, you would teach him other necessary skills other than Gymnastics and ILLEGAL hacking. Like supposed he got paralyzed, he should know skills so he doesn't suddenly feel life is over because he can't flip about." When he was done the other league members, nodded and everyone looked at Giovanni.
"When he puts it that way. Sigh, fine but if he hurts my little girl they will be hell to pay. Unfortunately relationships can't happen without one person hurting the other over something or the other or another can they."
"So you're warming up to the idea" Barry said enthusiastically
"About as well as letting her join the team because if I realize someone told me "they're good kids Giovanni, don't worry Giovanni" and what happens?"
"They are good kids and fighters for now, but they are also teenagers and teenagers will be teenagers: rebellious, decisive, and unsure about life. But they are not troublemakers, like every teenager, they're just trying someplace to fit in."
"So what do we do now?" this question came from Barry
"We watch, listen, support them as best as we can and we wait" Bruce said quietly.