Chapter 2: "You Want Me To Do WHAT?"
"You want me to do WHAT?" you said as you heard Dick's ridiculous request. Dick let out a small chuckle as he watched your reaction. "I want you to be my girlfriend," Dick said repeating himself as he stood there with his arm crossed watching you. His usual smile remained on his face.
"Are you high on chemical fumes?" you asked raising your voice slightly. You started to think that locking him in the closet had messed with his head. "Relax, [Name]. I only want you to be pretend to be my girlfriend. I'm getting sick of turning down all the girls who want me to be their boyfriend. If I had a girlfriend, fewer girls would confess their feelings for me then I don't have to listen to so many girls cry when I turn them down," Dick said explaining his ridiculous request to you. It made sense in theory. However, why did it have to be you?
"But why me? Can't you have one of those girls who wants to go out with you be your girlfriend? I'm sure anyone of them would be a much better girlfriend than I would ever be," you said to Dick hoping that he reconsidered involving you in his crazy plan. You saw Dick as your rival not as potential boyfriend material. It would just be awkward if you had to spend the whole school year pretending to be your rival's girlfriend.
"I suppose it would be better if I found a pretty girl," Dick said in a playful manner as you gave him the most intensely glare you could hoping that he would start on fire or something. "I'm just joking, [Name]. Relax," Dick said as he brought his hands up in front of him in a defensive manner. "I think you are the perfect person to be my girlfriend. I already know you are not going to be super clingy towards me. You are one of the top students in school. You're pretty and most of the guys here want to date you," Dick said as he started to list off all the reason why you would be perfect as his girlfriend. You could feel yourself starting to blush as Dick mentioned how most of the guys here wanted to date you. Even though you felt flatter by what Dick had said, you still were not so keen on being his girlfriend until he reminded you why he had even brought up his plan in the first place.
"And the most important reason why you should do this is that I know your big secret and if you don't want me to share it with the rest of the school, you will agree to be my girlfriend," Dick said as his smug smile appeared back on his face. How you hated seeing that smug smile on Dick's face? You would probably volunteer yourself for watch duty for a whole month if it meant you could wipe that smug smile off his face with no consequences just once.
You stood in the middle of the empty science classes unsure what to say to Dick. A part of you wanted to just agree to his terms and get this over with. Another part of you was debating if there was a way you could erase his memory so the last few hours never happen. Soon the sounds of police sirens filled the air. A look of disappointment appeared on Dick's face for a moment before covering up with another smile.
"Well I don't feel like getting caught by police and being questioned for the rest of the night. You can think over my proposal tonight and give me your answer tomorrow, [Name]," Dick said as he started to head out the room. He gave you a small waved before leaving the room. The moment that Dick had left the room, you collapsed down into the closest chair you could find. You let out a sigh as you brought a hand up to your temple to try to massage the headache that was starting to form. Your eyes were closed until you heard someone call your name. You look towards the door to see the source of your headache.
"[Name], you should probably go grab your school uniform from the supply closet before the night janitor finds it. Unless you want to have fun explaining to the principal why your school uniform was found in the supply closet," Dick said to you before disappearing again. Your face turned a bright red color as you start to imagine what the janitor and principal would think if they did find your school uniform in a supply closet. As you hurried out of the science room to the supply closet where you had changed, you noticed that Dick had mysterious disappeared. However, you had more importantly things to worry about then Dick's ability to disappear.
After changing back into your school uniform, you headed to the closest zeta tube so you could return to Mount Justice like Aqualad wanted. During your walk, you debated on whether you should tell the team about your little situation. Maybe one of them had a solution to your problem so you wouldn't have to be Dick's girlfriend for him to keep your secret. Then again you knew as soon as you told the group that one of your fellow students had discovered your true identity, Wally would probably not let you live it down for who knows how long. Your thoughts then traveled to another one of your teammates, Robin. You worried about what his reaction would be to your problem. Robin was one of the members of the team you looked up to.
Robin also had been the one who had recruited you to the Young Justice team. About a year ago, you created the superhero, Midnight. Without a mentor, you worked alone stopping any small crimes that happened in Gotham City. A few months ago, you had been tracking this low level Kobra venom dealer to stop him from selling venom on the streets. As you were tracking him, the dealer led you to one of the main warehouses in the city that Kobra used. Needless to say, you ended up getting discovered at the warehouse. You were completely out number at the warehouse. However, Batman and Robin appeared out of nowhere to help take down the Kobra gang. After all the fighting was done, Robin told you about the Young Justice team they had formed. Batman thought it was a good idea for you to join the team. He would also help find you a mentor among the Justice League members. You gladly accepted the two superheroes' offer. You became the fifth member of the Young Justice team and shortly after that Artemis joined the team as well.
"[Name], are you going to use the zeta tube or just stare at it all night?" a voice said with a laugh. You turned your head to look over your shoulder to see Robin standing behind you. "Sorry, I was kind of lost in thought for a moment," you explained to him as a nervous laugh escaped your lips. "Ah, I see. Is there something you need to talk about since you looked a bit overwhelmed instead of just whelmed?" Robin asked as he walked a bit closer to you. You could feel your heart rate increase slightly as your eyes followed Robin's movements. You quickly shook your head 'no'. "Everything is fine. I was just worried about my algebra class. We were taking an exam before the Joker attacked so we probably are going to have to retake the exam tomorrow so it's nothing to worry about," you said to Robin hoping he did not see right through your lie. You did not want to lie to Robin, but the situation between you and Dick were between you two and not the rest of the team. You figured it would be best to handle the whole pretend to be Dick's girlfriend thing on your own.
"If you say so, [Name]," Robin said as he shrugged his shoulders. You knew your lie didn't completely fool Robin. After all, his mentor was Batman, the greatest detective ever. He was trained to detect lies. "We should probably get to Mount Justice before others start to wonder where we are," Robin said to you. He waited for a moment or two almost like he was giving you a chance to tell him the truth. After saying nothing to Robin, he went and activated the zeta tubes to bring you two to Mount Justice. "Ladies first," Robin said as he stepped out of the way to let you go first. You took a deep breath before stepping inside of the broken down phone that was used to hide the zeta tube. Traveling by zeta tube was not your most favorite way to travel. Usually when you made it to your destination, your stomach felt like there were hundreds of butterflies flying around in there.
Within a matter of seconds, you arrived at Mount Justice with Robin close behind you. As the two of you entered the main control, the rest of the team was already there waiting in normal clothes. "What took you so long, [Name]? We were beginning to wonder if you had walked here," Wally said as he leaned towards you and wrapped an arm around your shoulder. "Sorry, I had to take care of something first before I could come," you answered as you approached the group. Wally raised his eyebrow a bit at your answer, but didn't say anything else. You started to play with the hem of your school skirt since you were growing uncomfortable with everyone's eyes on you.
"So did you ever figure out why the Joker attacked the High School?" Artemis asked getting everyone to focus back on the mission and not on your whereabouts. You were glad that Artemis noticed your discomfort and redirected everyone's attention to something else. Outside of Mount Justice, Artemis was easily one of your best friends from school. You two had met in Middle School when some girls were picking on you. Artemis had come to your rescue and made sure those girls never bullied you again.
"We believe the Joker was supposed to be a distraction for the police and us. Around the same time Joker's first explosion went off, an alarm in Star Labs was activated, but quickly silence. Batman wants me to send a team to Star Labs to see if something was indeed stolen or not," Aqualad said as he used the computer to show pictures of Gotham High School, the Joker, and Star Labs.
"Great so who is going to Star Labs," Wally said excitingly since he was eager for some action. "You, Robin, Artemis, and Midnight will be going to Star Labs while Superboy, M'gann, and I go check out a warehouse where the Kobra gang could be storing a new venom," Aqualad said as he gave the team members their assignments for the night. Everyone seemed to nod their head before leaving the main control room to get ready for theirs mission. You followed Artemis to the locker room so you could change before going off on your mission.
"So do you want to share with me the real reason why you were late?" Artemis asked as you entered the girl's locker room with her. You bit you lip for a moment as you debated if you wanted to at least tell Artemis the truth. After all she was your best friend. Artemis had even shared the truth about her family with you. You knew you shouldn't keep secrets from your best friend and it would be nice to have someone to talk to about your situation between you and Dick.