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The Daughter's Diary
Chapter 6: Paper Lining
Dick puts his hand on Maris's shoulder, "Hey Mar, you might want to finish eating dinner first."
She saw the smile he gave her and she nodded, "Okay."
Zatanna lets go of her, even though her heart told her not to. Maris kept having glances when she was heading back to her seat. They finally had a little alone time, but Zatanna still had her eyes fixed on the girl that just went to the kitchen. Richard cleared his throat and it instantly got Zatanna's attention, "I wasn't lying about her."
Her heartbeats felt like it was about to explode, "I-I..."
He could tell from her stammers that she was completely and utterly speechless, "Do you want to stay for lunch?"
She was still in shock, but she gave him the most sincere smile she's ever given anyone, "I'd like that."
Dick leads her to the kitchen, even though she knows the way. Zatanna already took off her jacket and put it in the coat closet. So far, everything still looked the same. Maris smiled at Zatanna when she saw them walk in. In her eyes, they look perfectly happy together. The acrobat prepared Zatanna's spaghetti, "I know it's your favorite."
She smiles at him, while she took a seat next to Maris, "Yeah, I love spaghetti."
Zatanna looks down to the 10 year old girl next to her. She noticed how much they looked alike, but she was younger. Zatanna noticed how her blue eyes were sort of like Dick's, and it's just how she remembered her. The magician laughed when she saw Maris's plate, "Woah Dick how much are you feeding her? Her plate's like a big mountain."
They all lightly laughed. Richard puts Zatanna's plate in front of her, "We kind of went overboard on the pasta."
She smiled and laughed, which was something she barely did. Zatanna looked at her side and saw the family photograph from a long time ago. He still kept it. They all started to eat and smile at each other for no apparent reason. Dick wanted to ask more questions, even though Zatanna was there, "So what else did Cadmus not let you see? I'm pretty sure we can cross it out."
Zatanna didn't know what he was talking about, but she knows that he'll fill her with all the details later. Maris wiped her mouth with the paper towel, "I guess, I never met any other kids that're my age."
Dick smiled, "Don't worry, we already have that planned."
The three of them smiled. Zatanna asked, "So what else do you like, Mary?"
Richard and Maris both pivoted their head to glance at her. The magician felt like she said something wrong, "What?"
"My name's not Mary Ella," the young girl said, "it's Maris."
"Oh."
The blue eyed man spun his fork, "Maris is still a pretty name."
"Thanks," she breathes, "it means stars."
Zatanna started smiling at her, "It fits you."
She moved a little piece of hair from Maris's side. Zatanna noticed a little scar on the side of her neck, "Did you get hurt?"
"Oh umm," Maris started to hide it, "not anymore, it was one of their experiments."
The homo magi felt speechless. Dick looked into Zatanna's eyes and then they both started eating again.
...
They finished eating their spaghettis. Maris asked, "Can I go play with the games again?"
"Yeah," Dick said, "sure. I'll just be right here to talk to Zatanna about something."
"Okay."
She was about to go down the basement again, but she was stopped. Zatanna called for her, "Oh Maris, I forgot. I was suppose to give you this."
Zatanna went to her black and white leather handbag. She gets out the familiar object and puts it on Maris's hand with a smile, "It was your last birthday gift. I thought you might want it back."
She skims her hands through the leather cover as the baby blue color of the book catches her attention, "A diary?"'
Zatanna nods, "Yeah, I've been holding it ever since."
She holds it tight to her chest, "Thank you."
Maris scurried down to the basement. When Dick heard the sound effects downstairs he gave Zatanna champagne, "She deserved a better childhood."
She played around with her glass, "She really does, but I'm happy that you found her."
"No," he sat next to her and looked into her eyes, "she found me."
She could smell the grapes from the champagne, "I'm sorry I doubted you."
"It's okay," he understood why she would do that, "I deserved it after I went crazy, too."
"I hate how I was like that," she clenched her free hand.
Dick slowly touched her hand and held it tight, "Then we'll just have to make sure it never happens again."
They both looked into their blue orbs again and sealed their promise from the CLANK of their glass of champagne. The couple drank lightly from their glass while they gave each other a smile. The vigilantes knew that they couldn't drink that much since they're back into parenthood, so Dick took them up soon after. Zatanna asked, "Do you think we can do this right?"
"Which one?"
"With Maris," she swallowed, "I feel like I'm going to fail."
"You're not," he smiled at her, "I know you'll not."
She hugged him. And in return he hugged her more than ever before. She didn't feel like letting go because this moment reminded her of how everything felt at place, "I really love you."
"You don't know how much I missed you saying that."
"I think I do."
He kissed the temple of her head, "I love you too Zee."
The tingles in their hearts were thumping loudly again. Their heads were inching closer and closer. It only took one blink for their soft and delicate lips to touch one another. Their kiss was cut short when they heard someone clear their throat. Both of them slowly parted when they saw Maris having a smirk with a phone in her hand, "The phone was ringing."
Dick had a content smile as he got the phone, "Thanks Mar."
Zatanna smiled towards her, "Were the games fun?"
"Yeah, I went up two levels."
The magician saw how she still had the diary in her clutches, "That's great! I'm pretty sure you'll get all the high scores on the games soon."
Maris giggled. Zatanna suggested, "Do you want to put your diary up stairs somewhere?"
The 10 year old shrugged, "Sure."
She walked straight up stairs to the room that she woke up earlier. She still thinks it's strange that this house is actually her home, but she's not really complaining. The desk with the book shelves in front of it and the laptop sitting on the desk was the first view her eyes saw. Maris felt the leather cover of the book again and began opening it to the first page.
This diary belongs to: Mary Ella Grayson
The name was written in kindergarten handwriting from different colored crayons. A typical thing actually. She closes it and hesitantly puts it on the shelf. She didn't look back at it or anything. She doesn't know if she would even want to write on it.
Maris got back down the stairs and Dick was already done with the phone call. Zatanna took her jacket out of the coat closet and puts it on. Maris queried, "Where are you going?"
"WE are going to take you to meet friends."
...
Maris felt a little uneasy, but her gut told her that she trusted them. Well, it's not just her gut, but other parts of her body have those feelings too. The ride wasn't long, and soon they were at someone else's house. She assumes the last names of the family is "West" because it says it on their mailbox. The car finally stopped at the driveway. She takes off the seat belt, and gets out the car like what Dick and Zatanna were doing. Zatanna motions for her to be by her side. They were about to open the gates for the backyard, but it swung open.
One boy with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes with freckles around his nose and another girl with gingered hair with gray eyes and also freckles around her nose were both running in abnormal speed. And then she saw the Flash, but without his costume trying to tell them to get back inside the backyard. The two chaotic kids went straight back inside the gates, right after they heard laughter.
Wally came by Dick's side, "Hey, haven't seen you since last night."
Maris just smiled, "Who were they?"
"The chaotic twins."
"Really?"
Wally laughed, "Just kidding they're just my messy kids."
Maris giggled. The blue bird hero said, "There's more inside. C'mon."
She followed them inside, and he was amazingly true. Maris always thought that she was a freak because of the magical abilities she has, but she never thought that there were other kids like her. She didn't feel different anymore. And that was self satisfying.
I hope you like this chapter! I feel like going all chalant around this time! I made this chapter really chalant and I made a one shot called "Under Your Embrace" and it's really chalant, too. I hope you can check it out! (I'll be super happy) Also the next chapter will have the descriptions of the kids, so stay tooned!
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