Our favorite Chalant couple was enjoying a quiet evening; Zatara, wanted to spend the whole day with his grandchildren and pick them up, alongside Pocus, early in the morning, leaving Dick and Zee a so much needed alone time. It the past few week, Z has been extra clingy with her kids, not allowing them out of her side, it took some convincing from Dick and Zatara to let the latter take the twins away. Finally, the couple was resting in their house, on their bed with the magician resting on the chest of the acrobat.
"Dick…"
"Yeah?"
"What is 6.9?"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"It's easy. What is 6.9?"
"I dunno know, a number?…what is it?"
"A good thing ruined by a period…" Dick blinked a couple times while Zatanna was biting her bottom lip, waiting for the man's reaction.
"HA-HA-HA-HA…" Grayson erupted in laughter and Zee smiled. "I c-can't believe t-that you just…God! You are just perfect Zee"
"I do what I can…just don't get use to the jokes, I don't want to take your place as the funny one"
"Why you! You are good, I give you that much but you cannot take the king, baby"
"Is that a challenge, Yob Rednow?"
"Are you ready to bet your Queen of Sass crown for mine as the King of Laughs?"
"Do your worst, honey"
"I'm sorry, did I roll my eyes out loud?" The couple lost track of the time they've spent in their staring contest with Zee telling jokes and Dick sassin'.
"I don't want to sleep like a baby, I want to sleep like my husband" The couple were reaching a breaking point. With tears forming in their eyes, they were trying to hold back their laughter.
"I like my coffee how I like myself: Dark, bitter and too hot for you" Zee took a deep breath to compose herself after Dick's last attack.
"I have at least two problems with that statement"
"Hey! You are up, or are you ready to give up?"
"Not a chance, babe" Zee was ready to deliver the finishing blow, she knew that she couldn't keep any longer. "What did one hat day to the other?"
"I don't know. What?"
"Stay here. I'm going ahead!" Grayson covers his mouth, he was on the verge of losing.
"I used to be vegetarian, but then I had too much beef with the other moms" Just a little bit longer and she will make her man crack. "If I child refuses to nap, are they guilty of resisting a rest?"
"HA-HA-HA. I j-just…HA-HA" Dick couldn't hold back himself anymore and erupted in laughter. Zatanna follow his suit soon enough.
"Thank you very much. You can beat mama Grayson" Z does her victory dance, moving her arms in the air.
"Can I marry you?"
"You already did"
"Will you marry me… again?"
"I'm going to say yes to you every time, Richard 'The Love of my Life' Grayson" Dick pecked her lips before taking off his imaginary crown and placed it in Zee's head, the magician did a quick bow. "Thank you. Such a classy loser"
"Shall we celebrate your victory?" Dick crawls towards Zatanna and makes her fall on her back in the bed. Grayson gets awfully close to her, they could hear each other's heart going crazy; the man leans closer and ghost her lips and goes for her earlobe.
"I'm loving the introduction so far…" Zee's breath hitches as Dick plays with her earlobe.
"I asked Alfred for some cookies and muffins and have them in a secret stash waiting for us"
"And what about the tea?"
"I programmed a pot with hot water when your dad came for the kids and it should be perfect by now"
"Richard John Grayson, you definitely are the best husband ever…race you there!" Zatanna pushed DIck out of her way, making him fall from the bed to the ground while Z make a run for it to the kitchen.
"Hey! Cheater!" With a smile, Dick sprinted to catch his wife.
"Alright. This suppose to gooooo….mmmm…right here! Got it! I'm a genious…" Zee could hear Dick congratulating himself, she barely could make the words coming out of the man as she was just waking up.
"Dick…what are you doing that it's so important that it make me wake up without you cuddling me?" Zatanna sits on the bed, rubbing her eyes still trying to wake up from one of the best naps of her life.
"Sorry gorgeous, but the delivery company finally arrived with these bad boys for Mary and Johnny while you were asleep and I open the door and wanted to get them ready before Mary and Johnny came back…" Zatanna blinked a couple of times and finally pays attention to the stuff next to Grayson. There was a fairly big blue toy truck, that it was just like the one they drive, and Dick was currently working in another one but in purple.
"So you started building and playing with our kids toys while I'm still all sweaty and light headed?" She glares at him.
"Sorry. Do you want a towel?" Clearly, he was way to into his task at hand that didn't pay much attention to her.
"No. I'm okay but I could use a shower"
"Go ahead, I already showered…"
"You did what?!"
"He-he. I'm joking, I just put these shorts and go to work" Dick, finally, let go of the instructions manual and move closer to her.
"Good. I was about to divorce you…when did you buy all these?" Dick sits in front of her while she covers herself with a blanket.
"Like a month or so ago. I saw them in the store but they didn't have them so I had to place an order but look!" Zee smiles seeing the child-like behavior of her man as he goes to his night table and pulls a package out a drawer. "I got some Nightwing stickers, there's also ones from your shows, top hats, you…I got carrots and bunny ones to represent Pocus, doves, robins…" Zee couldn't hold it anymore and cups his face.
"One minute you are rearranging my insides and the next you are all excited with toys that seems to be more for you than for our kids" Dick smiles, that was clearly a compliment. "I'm really a lucky one. My man can do them all"
"And I'm almost done. We are letting Mary and John picking the stickers for their trucks and they are big enough for one of us ride with one of them and they work with these controls" Dick couldn't hide his excitement.
"Alright, no more sugar for you, Mr." Zatanna snaked her arms around his neck. "What about you put this project to the side and take a shower with me?" Without second thoughts, Dick picks her up and makes their way to the bathroom.
"NO! NO! Please, hold on!" Dick starts moving around the bed and sweating like crazy.
"Dick, baby. Wake up. You are alright…baby…" Zee tries to wake him up. "Dick…"
"Please. Please! PLEASE!"
"DICK!"
"HUH?! Zee? Are you alright?" Finally, Dick wakes up, still scare and out this world. He first spots Zatanna and takes a quick look on her for any injury and hugs her tightly. "Are you okay? The baby is okay?" His breathing was uneven and there was worry and fear in his voice.
"It's okay…I'm okay, we are okay" Zatanna tries to calm him down as she brings him closer to her chest as she plays with his hair. "You had a nightmare but we are okay. You are okay, the twins are okay, our baby is okay, I'm okay" Dick buries himself deeper in her.
"I'm sorry…" With his face on her chest, she barely made out the words coming out his mouth.
"Don't worry. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No. It's okay, sorry for waking you up and…worr-"
"Don't apologize for that. I'm here for you. We don't have to talk put we shouldn't pretend that nothing happened…"
"It was a trapeze nightmare again. I wasn't able to catch you…and-and…"
"Hey! Don't think like that. It was just a dream. I know that you will always catch me besides…this Grayson can actually fly, remember?" Dick smiles with her remark. Zatanna calling herself a Grayson, because she was one, was music to his ears.
"I know…I just want to protect our family from everything and anything" Zatanna lift his face from her breast to meet him eye to eye.
"I know and you have done an impeccable job so far. We couldn't be any safer. You are the best dad/husband. We are a team. I take care of you and you take care of me, okay?" It has been some time since Dick's last nightmare and Zee assumed that it had to do with her new pregnancy since he did the same when she got pregnant with the twins.
"Roger that ma'am. Sorry for waking you up" Zatanna shakes her head.
"Don't worry. Come here and let me spoil you" Once again, Dick rested his head on her chest as she played with his hair. Hearing her heart was relaxing to him and feeling his loving touch was calming him down.
"This feels nice"
"I'm glad. Wanna talk about something else before you fall asleep?"
"Sure. Any subjects? I'm pretty sure that I took out the trash and…I forgot the laundry"
"Don't worry. I did it" As individuals they might not be perfect but they were a dream team.
"Great…"
"This might be a good time to talk about our baby…you haven't told me the name you have for her or him"
"Didn't I?"
"Noup. You just tease me like the cruel man you are"
"You shouldn't talk about the father of your babies like that…she can hear you"
"So is a she…I see"
"Yup and I have the most perfect name"
"I'm all ears"
"Alright. We are going to name her Ella…"
"Ella? It's a beautiful name but why would we-?"
"She's going to be Sindella Grayson. Our baby Ella" Dick move his face to see the reaction of Zatanna. Her face was full of shock, happiness and a few tears forming in her eyes.
"Did you just did our word thing with my mom's and our baby's name?"
"Yeah. Do you like it?"
"I love it. It's amazing…it is…but are you sure?"
"There's not better name for our daughter. Our first got my mom's, so it's only fair that our second gets your mothers besides I know how much it's mean to you. The name of the mother that raised the best woman it's fitting for our baby, don't you think?"
"Yeah…yeah. You are right. It's perfect…I cannot wait to tell my dad. He's going to love it"
"Okay. You win. These are way more fun than I initially thought and way cooler than the stroller" The next day, the Grayson family was taking a stroll through Bludhaven's parks. John was driving his blue truck and Mary was driving the purple one with Pocus as her passenger. Zatanna was controlling John's while Dick was controlling Mary's.
"See? They look so happy and cool" If John and Mary didn't look as copies of their parents enough, Zee decided to dress them exactly as them with Z & Mary wearing a wine colored dress, and Dick & John wearing blue jeans and t shirt. The four of them wearing a hat and sunglasses.
"Although, soon we might be needing another one for the new baby…do you think they are going to get along well? I mean…you've seen how they behave when there's other baby around" It was no secret that the Grayson twins didn't like to share their parents attention with anyone and the magician was worried about their reaction to their sibling.
"It might be hard at first but they are going to love her. I guarantee you that"
"I'm going to trust you…what about we go and grab some ice cream?" The family keep on walking and enjoying their own world while ignoring the flyers that were slowly starting to pop up.
"Let's make Blüdhaven a true Heaven.
Vote Roland Desmond for Blüdhaven's Mayor"
