At Gotham Academy, the Next Day
"Class, we have a new student today," June looked up as her teacher introduced the boy standing in front of the class.
She noticed he had red hair that flashed everywhere, like Wally's. His blue eyes popped out brightly. He wore a yellow sweatshirt, jeans, and red sneakers. The boy wore a calm face, though June detected slight cockiness in his eyes.
"This is Hunter Zolomon. Hunter, you can take a seat next to Miss Wayne." the teacher pointed at her.
While passing her, Hunter sent a flirty smile at her. June rolled her eyes. Not ANOTHER flirt...
That was the last thing she needed. ANOTHER flirt in her life. She had just started to get over Bart just a little bit and then this hunter kid shows up!
"Hi I'm hunter. What's your name?" He asked as he turned his head as the teacher started to play a educational movie.
"June." Hunter flashed another flirty smile.
"Cute name. It really suits you." He said. He was obviously flirting with her. It was such a great idea to have Caitlin tell her how she can tell if guys flirt with her. And boy wa this kid doing a lot of it.
"So do you want to hang out at the park today, after school?" He asked. June looked at him.
"No I get driven home." She said in a firm voice.
Hunter looked truly disappointed. "Well, if you get the chance..."
June, feeling a bit guilty, said, "I can show you around the school, if you'd like."
Hunter smiled at her. "That'd be great.
June suddenly lowered her voice, "Look, I'm going to warn you now. I just got out of a relationship with a guy, and I'm really not looking for someone
"Of course! I totally understand." He said with a now friendly smile. Once class was over, June began to give him a your of the school. She showed him the cafeteria, the gym, the art class, the office, the guidance and the rest of the classes that was on his schedule. When they got done, it was time for lunch. They both walked towards the cafeteria and got in line for their food. After they got their lunches, they waded towards an empty table and sat down.
"So where are you from Hunter?" June asked as she took a bite of her pizza.
"Central City. My dad got a job transfer." Hunter said. "What about you? Born a Gothamite, or someplace else and was unfortunate enough to end up in this city?"
June paused, "I'm not to sure where I was born... But I was born in a circus. I was adopted by Bruce Wayne when I was nine, after my parents died." June looked down.
"Oh, I'm sorry for asking."
June rubbed her eyes, "No, it's fine. But anyways, I got a father figure, a grandfather, two brothers, and a sister."
"I heard Bruce Wayne took in more kids."
June groaned. "Don't remind me. Me, Tim, Cay, Jay, and Dick were bad enough. Jesus, we now have chatter-box Steph, silent and mute Cass, and scary and always grumpy Damian. Not to mention the fact that ever since Steph started dating Matthew, and Caitlin is en-dating Jaime." she quickly corrected herself
"Who's Jaime?"
"Her boyfriend." June said nonchalantly as she took a sip of her drink. Hunter nodded and smiled at her.
"So how old are you?" He asked.
"I just turned 14. And you?"
"Same. I just turned 14 like a month ago."
"Oh happy late birthday."
"Haha thanks." June finally managed to smile at him. He was kinda cute and kinda nice. But she felt like she has heard his last name before. June quickly pushed the thought out of her mind.
"So does anything exciting happen in Gotham?" Hunter asked as he took a bite of his meatloaf.
"Batman and robin beat up bad guys every night," June said as if it wasn't a big deal.
"Oh yeah, I read up a bit about that. He's also got Nightwing, Phoenix, and Shadow." Hunter nodded.
"Nightwing's in Bludhaven, but he occasionally patrols Gotham." June corrected automatically. Hunter chuckled lightly.
"Bit of a fangirl, aren't you?"
June blushed. "Well, when you're a Gothamite for this long, rumors start to fly around and you eventually learn."
"Oh really? And who's shadow? I don't think I have ever heard that name." Hunter said as he looked at June with a questioning look.
"I heard that she's an assassin or something." June said as if wasn't a big deal.
"This is one messed up city." Hunter said, bewildered.
"You have no idea..." June mumbled, before they walked to their History class.
Their teacher assigned partners for their projects on their President, Lincoln. June was paired up with Hunter.
"So I guess we are partners huh?" Hunter said with a smile. June gave him a smile back.
"Yeah I guess we are." Then they began to work on their project. Once the bell rang to go home, June and Hunter managed to get most of the project done.
"So you want to hang out sometime?" Hunter asked as he smiled at June.
June hesitated, but smiled. "Sure, ice cream at the mall? Maybe a movie on Saturday?" she asked.
Hunter grinned. "Sure. We can watch Man of Steel?"
June tried not to laugh. She bit her lip, hiding a grin, "Sure. See you tomorrow."
"See ya." Hunter said as he turned and waved. June waved and walked off. When she got out of the school she walked over to the limo and got in. Alfred turned his head and smiled.
"Good afternoon miss June. How was your day?"
"It was good." June replied as she gave Alfred a smile. He then began to drive her home.
"Master Bruce said that you should be at the mountain with Miss Caitlin." Alfred said as they pulled in the driveway.
"Alright." June smiled. Alfred raised an eyebrow through the mirror.
"Miss June, if you don't mind me asking, why so cheerful?"
"I'm going to see a movie this weekend with a friend." June replied honestly.
Alfred hid a smile, "And this friend would be male?"
June blushed. "...perhaps..."
"Well I hope you have a wonderful time miss June." Alfred said as he opened the door and helped June out.
"Thanks Alfred." June said as she got out and walked into the house. Once June got inside and went to the hallway and opened the clock. Once the clock opened, she walked into the elevator and went down to the batcave. She then walked to the changing rooms and changed into her Phoenix costume. Then she walked into the zeta tubes and walked into the mountains living room. When she got there, she saw Caitlin sitting on the couch looking at a wedding catalog along with a pencil and notepad.
"Hey, Cay." June said cheerfully.
Caitlin looked up and raised her eyebrows. "What's got you in a good mood?"
"Nothing..." she practically sang, face beaming as she giggled.
It took Caitlin a couple seconds to figure it out until it clicked.
"No way!" June nodded with excitement as she joined we cousin on the couch.
"Yep!"
"When?!"
"Tomorrow at the movies."
"What's his name?! I have to know his name."
"Hunter."
"Oh now that's a cute name. When did you meet him?"
"He transferred to my school and he's in a couple of my classes." June explained. Caitlin gave her a smile and nugded her with a playful punch in the arm.
"You dog!" June couldn't help but smile. This was probably going to be her first date with a guy after awhile. She was sorta excited. June then looked at the wedding catalog on Caitlin's lap, after she got it together.
"Why are you looking at this?" June asked as she looked at her cousin. Caitlin shrugged.
"I thought you and Jaime were going to hold off all planning until AFTER the babies are born." June said.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to look." Caitlin shrugged, looking uncomfortable. "Stop changing the subject. Now, what does this Hunter guy look like."
June sighed dreamily, "He-he has messy red hair, bluish greenish eyes, a slightly cocky smile..." she trailed off, "He's sweet, too."
Little did they know, Bart heard every word of their conversation.
Bart sped to Jaime's room, seeking advice.
"Blue!" Bart said as he vibrated through Jamie's door. Jaime took his friend by surprise and threw his magazine up in the air.
"Whoa blue calm down." Bart said as he walked over to his friend as picked up his magazine and handed it to his friend.
"Sorry man I've just been a little jumpy. Cay has me going crazy with all these cravings and mood swings. And not to mention she wants to start looking at stuff for the wedding." Jaime said as he took his magazine from his friend and put his head in his hands.
"Oh sorry man but I need advice right now."
"What is it ese?"
"June is going on a date tomorrow with this new kid from her class." Bart explained as Jaime looked at him paying attention.
"Okay and?"
"What do I do?!"
Jaime seemed to consider for a second, before he sighed. "Look, Bart, you guys broke up, right?"
"Well, technically, she dumped me... Not that I blame her," Bart sighed.
"Look, you love her still, right?"
"Of course!" Bart snapped, affronted that he even dare suggest otherwise.
"Then you want her to be happy. If this date makes her happy, then you should let her. If you two were really meant to be together, then this guy won't matter to her in the end." Jaime said.
"But what if me and her weren't meant to be? What if she chooses that Hunter kid and I'm here stuck still in love with her?!" Bart asked in a panicky manor. Jaime sighed and grabbed his bag of chicken wizzies. He then threw them at Bart.
"Eat and leave. I don't need to be more stressed out." Jaime said as he sighed once more.
"You alright man?" Bart asked with a bit of concern.
"I think I'm going to have gray hairs by the time I'm 20." Jaime said.
Bart sympathetically pat Jaime's back. Bart then ran out of the room and into his room, sitting on the bed while eating chicken whizzies and pouting.
Nightwing knocked on the door. "Bart?"
Bart sulkily opened the door, "Yes?"
"I saw you talking to Jaime..." Nightwing said.
"Okay?"
"What were you talking to him about?" Nightwing asked. Bart sighed.
"June is going on a date with some new kid from her class tomorrow and I guess I got a little jealous..." Bart said. Nightwing smiled and ruffled his hair.
"So Jaime told me to just leave it be." Bart continued.
"Maybe you should. June looked really happy as she talked about it with Cay." Nightwing said as he gave Bart a smile.
Bart groaned, lying down on his bed. Nightwing smiled at him. "Relax, Bart. If I know my little sister, which I do, this date is just a friendly thing."
"Hmph."
"She's probably just going to hang out with the guy. So relax." He continued. Bart couldn't help but sigh. Why was he making a big deal out of this? It wasn't like him at all.
"I guess your right..." Bart said as he stared at the ceiling.
"I'm always right." Nightwing added before he disappeared. Nightwing then walked back to the living room and saw that June was helping Caitlin look at stuff from a wedding catalog.
"What are you guys doing?"
"What does it look like?" Caitlin said. She rolled her eyes and went back to looking.
"Hey June, Bart is kinda depressed that your going on a 'date' with another guy tomorrow." Nightwing said as he sat next to his younger sister.
"And I care why?"
June raised her eyes at her brother. Nightwing raised his arms in a defensive position.
"Okay, okay, I just thought you wanted to know."
June simply rolled her eyes, and stood up. "I'm going to room-"
"Bart was headed there."
"-in the Batcave." June finished, changing directions and heading to the Zeta Tubes.
Once June walked through the zeta tubes, Caitlin turned to her brother and chuckled.
"That child." She said as she wrote something down.
"Yeah she's an odd one but yet somehow normal." Nightwing said.
"So why do you have that magazine?"
"Because I'm looking at stuff for the wedding. I feel like I should start planning it, like the stuff that's needed." Caitlin said as she continued to flip through it.
"But wasn't the wedding postponed?"
"Dick it never hurts to look."
Nightwing just shook his head. His life was messed up.
