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Bethany's POV

A week later, I lay in my bed, staring up at the ceiling. It was 5 am Monday morning. I was still getting used to the idea of me being in a freaking different world. I guess I handled it well because I wasn't really attached to anything back in my old life. And being in a different world kind of made me happy. My old life was like hell, and this new life seemed so great. I lived in this awesome cave, I was part of a team, superheroes and superpowers exist, and I had many parental figures in the Justice League! Life was actually starting to turn out right!

I had had a nightmare about my father again. After that, I couldn't fall back asleep, so I had been staring at the ceiling fan for the past hour. Last week, M'gann and Artemis had basically dragged me to every department store in Happy Harbor. I had made sure to get my skinny jeans, t-shirts, and solid colored shirts. I got my black Nike running shoes and toiletries. After that, it was all them. They even got me the latest iPhone and a Tory Burch case. Apparently, Batman has a crapload of money to dump on a girl he just met.

Today was supposed to be my first day of sophomore year at Gotham Academy. Two days ago, I got a scholarship from a person called Bruce Wayne. Some billionaire that apparently just gives scholarships to people he doesn't even know. I don't even know how that happened. I didn't even know that people knew of my existence here. I asked Batman about it, but he just said he took care of it. Whatever that means. I had another day full of shopping yesterday. Artemis, who said she also goes to Gotham Academy, came with me to get new tailored uniforms.

My bandages were gone, and I still had scrapes along my legs, but those were nothing compared to the huge bruises covering my back and front torso. Black Canary and Batman decided to give me a couple weeks of rest before going on any missions or training. Missions. That word seemed so foreign to me.

I looked at the clock, 5:30 am. Ugh, fine, I'll get up. I jumped out of bed and did 30 straight push ups and 40 straight squats. It still really hurt to do sit ups, so I skipped those. I really needed to get my strength back up, because I had basically been assigned to bed rest for a couple of days. I went to the bathroom and took a long, hot shower.

When I got out, I dried my hair and put on my new school uniform. Oh god, the skirt was a little shorter than what I was comfortable with. I pulled the skirt down as best I could, but it didn't really do anything.

I thought it would be best to leave my hair down. My hair was straight and reached all the way down to my lower back. I decided not to wear any makeup because I wanted to start fresh and look natural. This year had to be good. No one in this freaking world even knows me, and I don't have my parents to hold me back. It's about time for a fresh start.

"Hi, Bethany! I'm Bette Kane, your student laison. We can start the day off with a tour and miss your first two classes, or I could just take you to each class and tour on the way. Which would you prefer?" This bubbly girl came up to me. She had these beautiful loose blonde curls and fair skin. Gosh, even her skirt was longer than mine. God, I feel like a slut. Unconsciously, I pulled down my skirt.

Before I could reply, a voice rang out across the courtyard.

"Bethany!"

I turned around to see Artemis running at me, her backpack bouncing around on her back. Relief washed over me at seeing a familiar face. It was weird seeing her in a skirt. Okay, so Artemis' skirt was even shorter than mine.

"Hi Artemis! It's good to see a familiar face," I smiled at her when she finally got to us. Without even returning my greeting, she turned on Bette.

"Thanks, Bette, but I can take her from here," Artemis shot Bette a plastic smile before grabbing my arm and dragging me away before Bette could respond.

We entered in through one of the doors to the main building. I was shocked at the architecture of this school. The school really was for rich people. The inside was very classy and had high ceilings made out of stone and everything looked slightly old fashioned. The wide hallway we were walking down was filled with big, clean lockers on either side and students milling around, chatting with friends, or studying in the corner. It was the second week of second semester. All the girls were dressed in the exact same navy skirts, white high socks, black dress shoes, white blouses, ties, and blazers. The boys also wore identical uniforms that just looked like suits. I thought my private school back at home was stuck up and rich, but this just looked 50 times richer.

"What was that about?" I asked. We had slowed to a normal pace and were both walking slowly down the hallway.

"Oh, she's just annoying. She doesn't stop talking in her little high pitched voice. In fact, you should be thanking me. I just saved you from a whole day of torture."

"Are we going to get in trouble?"

"What? Pfft! Please. I get in trouble everyday."

Okay, not comforting. Then a voice popped up behind us.

"Yeah, Artemis. You should really work on that." Both of us whirled around to face a boy my height, with electric blue eyes, and slicked back raven hair.

"Go away, Dick," Artemis rolled her eyes at the boy, but the smile on her face gave away her fake annoyance. She tried to pull me away.

"Artemis!" I stage whispered to her, "You just called that kid a dick! Seriously, you really have to work on your people skills," I said, appalled, as we walked away.

"No, that's, like, actually his real name," She laughed.

"Oh," And then lowered my voice when I saw that Dick was heading our way again, "You're driving off all the cute boys before I can meet them!" We both snickered. We arrived at my and I opened it, shoving a bunch of books into my backpack. Artemis turned around to face Dick who had also come to my locker.

"Well, Artemis. You're in a better mood than usual," Dick said.

"Shut up," Artemis said. I finished piling things into my backpack, so I shut the locker and turned to join the conversation. I got to study Dick's features a little better. He was slightly broad, his face was angular, and his voice wasn't too deep, but it was masculine. He was slim and fit. You could definitely see the outline of muscles underneath the dress shirt and blazer he was wearing.

Dick looked directly into my eyes and said, "Hi, I'm Richard Grayson, but you can call me Dick," His eyes were making me a little dizzy. He smiled, but then quickly added while wiggling his eyebrows, "Or anything you want, really."

"Wow, your flirtation skills continue to amaze me," Artemis groaned.

Ignoring her, I replied, "Hi, I'm Bethany. Bethany…" I paused. I tripped over which last name to use for a second, "Ford," I finished. How could I have even considered using "Norwood."

"Well, Bethany. Can I see your schedule?"

I pulled it out for him, carefully studying his facial expression for any response, but his face remained carefully blank.

"Hmm, I have half of the same classes with you. We have Chemistry Honors, English Honors, Advanced Digital Imaging, and History Honors together." He smiled at me and returned my schedule back to me, "I'm impressed, you're new to the school, but you're in all honors. Nice!" His electric blue eyes were dazzling.

I nervously broke my eye contact with Dick and turned to Artemis and she had her mouth hanging open.

"W-wait! You're in all honors! AND you're elective is advanced?! Who… What are you?!"

"I'll tell you what she is! She's smarter than you, Artemis!" Dick replied. He leaned against my closed locker and crossed his arms over his chest, smirking. Dang, that smirk was cute.

"Shut up!" Artemis smacked his arm really hard, the sound vibrating around us. I flinched because I knew that Artemis' slaps could sometimes leave bruises (take it from Wally), but Dick didn't even flinch. Huh, strange.

"RRRRINGGG"

"Well, there's the first bell, I'll take Bethany to her class, see ya, little Dick," Artemis let out a little snicker.

"Woah there!" Dick grabbed my arm gently, stopping Artemis, "I'll take Bethany because we have the same first period. You can go run along like a good little girl to your little non-advanced classes," He made shooing motions to Artemis, his smile growing wider.

I could practically see the steam rising off of Artemis' head. I could sense another slap from Artemis coming on, so I quickly said, "No, it's okay, Artemis. Dick's right, but definitely find me at lunch." She spun around and marched to the furthest door down the hall, grumbling to herself along the way.

I smiled a sheepish smile at Dick and he grinned back. He let go of my arm and led me up marble stairs to the second floor towards Chemistry.

Yay! Bethany has officially joined Gotham Academy with Dick and Artemis. Just fyi, if you didn't catch on. Bethany knows all the real names of the people on the Team, but not Robin's. That's because, obviously, Batman doesn't allow Dick to tell the Team. So Bethany doesn't know Dick is Robin, but Robin knows Bethany is… well… Bethany. Bethany knows Artemis is Artemis, obviously.

OKAY HELP! I need some ideas for Bethany's superhero name. No, she doesn't have any powers, she's just like Robin. Badass and beautiful. So… Any ideas? Comment your ideas! I need help!