A few years back
"Mmm…Dick?"
The couple was walking down the streets looking for an address.
"What is it, Zee?"
Dick squeezes her hand.
"Are we sure that we want to live in a neighborhood like this?"
A 17 years old couple were looking for a place to live. Zatanna wasn't sure if she liked the place, there was a lot of garbage on the streets, junkies, graffiti on the walls and park without kids playing and death trees.
"Hey! Rome wasn't built in one day besides this is way nicer that most of the stuff back in Gotham but if you are not comfortable we can always look for another city…"
She clings to his arm.
"I just want to live with you"
He kisses the top of her head.
"Same here"
"Hey hot stuff! Why don't you come over here and have some fun with a real man"
Some guy tries to hit on Zatanna.
"Gip!"
"Oink?"
The guy turns into a pig and starts panicking and running wild.
"Zee…"
The girl looks at her boyfriend.
"What? He looks way better like this, I just did him a favor"
The boy glares at her.
"Don't worry. He is going back to his ugly self in a couple of hours"
Finally, the couple reaches their destination. It was a very simple apartment complex, they had an appointment with the owner of the building.
"Hello, kids. Are you lost? It's not safe for so nice kids like you to get lost…"
The woman was worry for them.
"No. Are you Sherl? We talk over the phone, I'm Dick and she's my girlfriend, Zatanna. We are here to see the apartment"
The woman steps to the side to let the teenagers in.
"My goodness. I thought you were older…tell me how long?"
The couple looks confused at the woman.
"How long are we planning to live here?"
Dick asks.
"Or how long have we been dating?"
Zatanna continues.
"No! How long have you been pregnant?"
The couple blushed.
"I-I-I'm not"
The magician stutters.
"Are you sure?"
Sherl wasn't buying it.
"100%"
"Well, sorry then. It's just that couples around your age come often looking for an apartment because they got pregnant and I thought you were the same. My apologies"
"Don't worry. Can we see the place?"
Sherl nods at them before leading them to the first apartment on the third floor.
"This place has all the services included, it has its own stove, refrigerator, 1 and half baths, fire exit, one bedroom, living room"
The couple steps in and looks the place. The structure was in perfect condition, the wooden floor was nice and it has a nice space.
"It's a very nice place. How's the neighborhood?"
The young boy asks as Zatanna starts checking the stove.
"As you see there are a lot of problems in Blüdhaven. The system is corrupted and there is a lot of crime, the city hall doesn't take care of our parks and the drug dealers doesn't care anymore and sell drugs in the open. There are a lot of people coming and going, all the persons in this building are nice one and look after each other but there's so much we can do"
"Sorry to hear that"
Zee comes closer to her boyfriend.
"Don't worry, the police and government just care about the casinos and gambling area of our city…they barely pay attention to us but tell me from where do you come from?"
Sherl wasn't sure if she wanted such a nice and young couple getting exposed to this environment.
"Gotham City, ma'am"
"My goodness. That place is even worse than here. I see why you want to move to this city"
"I mean we lived in the outskirts of Gotham so it wasn't that bad but in fact there are a lot of psychos out there"
Zatanna responds.
"Yeah but at least you have Batman and Robin. God knows that we could use our very own hero"
The couple smiles at that.
"But tell me, what do you guys think of this place?"
"I think is great but don't you have something bigger? My girlfriend has a lot of clothes and other stuff and I don't believe it's going to fit in here…it's either her closet or me"
She elbows him.
"I do have a bigger apartment on the top floor. I can show it to you if you want"
"Please"
Richard tells the woman.
"Follow me then"
They follow the woman as they walk through the stairs, noticing that the lift was out of service.
"Dick, what are you doing? How are we going to afford a bigger place? You know that neither of us have a job and we are doing this to be more independent and asking for Bruce's money or my dad's isn't very independent at all"
Zatanna whispers at him.
"Here we are"
Sherl opens the door and the couple realizes the upgrade in space. This flat was more like an adapted studio.
"It has 2 and a half bathrooms, the master bedroom, a guest bedroom, kitchen fully equipped, living room, mini balcony on the master bedroom, a bathtub, the fire exit"
Zatanna was loving the place and her mind was starting to put furniture in it.
"Is it pet friendly? We have a pet bunny"
"Sure. I don't have a problem with that and there is also something a young couple like you are going to love"
Sherl goes to the wall and knock on it.
"Thick walls"
Chalant flusters.
"But the rent does increase the double…can you afford it?"
Zee gets bump down a little hearing that the rent is way higher.
"And if we want to buy it?"
"It can be arrange but I going to need someone to vouch for you if you are going to do multiple payments"
"No, I-We are paying in full"
Both women were taken by surprise.
"Aren't you in any shady business, kid?"
Dick raises his hands up.
"No. I swear, clean and good money"
Dick smiles but Zatanna walks to him.
"What are you doing? Are we really asking for money even before we start?"
He cups her face.
"We are not. I'm going to use my parents trust fund to pay for this. Between that and our savings…we are going make it work"
"Wait! You can't use that money on us, that's what your parents left for you and-"
"They would want me to use it in my happiness and that's you. And don't try to play me, you loved this place, I saw your face"
Zatanna hugs him tightly.
"I'm going to get the paperwork"
Present
"I can't believe that we are leaving this place…we have so many memories in here. Good and bad"
Zee gets sensible remembering when they first found this place and move in together. With Dick carrying her over 7 floors because the elevator wasn't working and he wanted to start with the right foot.
"Hey! We need more space and a new address. We both agreed to this"
Richard places the box he was carrying on the floor and hugs her.
"I know and our new place is amazing and all but so many memories…we have a lot of fights, laughs, tears, good news, bad news, I practice for my show in here…"
"And we are going to create so many more"
They lean into each other's foreheads.
"Hey, Lovebirds! We put everything on Bio-Ship. We are ready to go"
Raquel informs the couple.
"On our way"
Dick takes his wife's hand and they see Sherl on their way out.
"It was so nice to meet you, Sherl and thanks for everything"
The couples embrace the woman in a hug.
"I'm the one who should be thanking you…you guys change this place for the better, just look around"
The streets were clean as ever, couples were walking without fear through the streets, the park was greener than ever and the kids were playing outside.
"We did this as a community and we will come to visit you. We promise"
"Also, I'm going to remove my glamour charm. There's no need to keep hiding this place now that we are moving out. And you are going to have more people wanting to move in"
After Zatanna debuted as a leaguer and stage magician, her popularity sky rocket and she was often attacked by the paparazzi and fans and to help herself and the neighbors, she put a glamour charm making the outsiders unable to find the building unless they were invited by any of the residents.
"Don't worry about that. It was nice to have some peace but you aren't selling your apartment, are you?"
"We don't know yet. My wifey here gets all teary every time that we discuss that"
Zatanna elbows him and Sherl couldn't hold her smile as the memories fly back when she meet them a few years back.
"You were the one that cried first!"
"C'mon guys! I'm starving! Ouch"
They heard the redhead complaining, likely the archer hit her husband.
"We better leave. Take care, Sherl and call us if you need anything"
"And you two. Take care of Pocus"
The couple jumps into Bioship that was a moving truck.
"Dude! Why can't we use powers to do this? I'm sure that with Miss M. telepathy, Zatanna's mojo and my spee-"
"Because we want to spend more time together with you guys and be somewhat normal"
"And I think is a good idea and we are honored to help you with this"
Kaldur and Wyynde were carrying boxes ad they walk past Wally and Dick.
"My god, Zatanna. How did you put all these in that apartment?! You have more shoes that the entire Arrow family has arrows…"
"Magic, duh"
"And why did you guys decide to move?"
The Martian asks as she rest on the couch that Corner just put down.
"We wanted to move into a bigger place for some time now and this just seemed like the perfect opportunity. It took us a while to find a place that it was bigger and nice but also close to Nightwing's HQ. We are still Blüdhaven's people"
"Yeah but now you live in the suburbs. I hope that Dick doesn't grow a belly like Will did"
Artemis mocks Red Arrow.
"Hey! This is pure muscle resting"
The Team laughs.
"Guys, you really have a nice backyard. Just look at Pocus going wild"
Raquel points the bunny happily jumping around.
"And the rooms are really great. You guys have like 3 spare bedrooms"
Conner comments.
"I guess that one is for Zatanna's shoes, another for dresses and another for her posters and merchandise"
The blonde teases her friend once again.
"Or maybe for their kids…"
Megan didn't process her words until she said. The whole Team froze for a moment.
"Mmm…Dick, are you and Zatanna?"
Kaldur didn't know how to approach the subject. He didn't want to pry on them.
"We just started trying…"
Zatanna shyly answers.
"Oh my god!"
The martians squeals making everyone flinch.
"For how long?"
Will was happy for the news. He knows first hand the joy of being a parent.
"Since Dick got back from the Court…"
Their friend starts doing the math.
"And? Any luck?"
Wyynde asks.
"We don't know. I haven't taken the test…I'm nervous but we decided to take it during our 31st date"
All of them were aware of the couple's date marathon.
"That explains how did you get this sweet place! You guys stopped buying condoms and pills and you were able to afford this baby"
"Wall! And it's not like that stuff is that expensive…"
"Duh! But you guys are freaks…now that i think of it. How much did you spend on that stuff?"
Zee glares at Artemis and Raquel that were next to Wally and both smacked the redhead on the head.
"Oww! I'm just asking the real questions here! I know that you all guys thought about that!"
Their friends exchange looks. They were indeed curious about the number and Chalant blush with all the eyes on them.
"C'mon. You must have a rough number, you are good at math. I know that you can track down how much"
"We actually haven't spend a lot of money on that. We haven't bought a single condom ever and we bought pills like 3 or 4 times…"
Everyone's jaw hit the floor.
"You are messing with us. C'mon, we are all friends and know how freaky you two are"
Raquel insist.
"We should leave them along if they don't feel comfortable sharing that PERSONAL information"
Kaldur scolds the rest.
"We have never used a condom…I use a spell and well, I'm not using it anymore"
"Do you have any preference for the kid?"
Conner decides to change the subject after knowing that information about the couple. The rest of them were still in shock
"Dick says it's a girl and I say it's a boy if I'm pregnant…"
"With how freaky you are I'm sure that you are pregnant, Zatanna. You don't have to worry about that"
Artemis senses her friend's emotions.
"Anyway, how is the wedding going?"
Dick decided to chance the topic. Zatanna can really freak out if she overthinks if she's pregnant or not and if she freaks out, he does it as well.
"Amazing. We are going to Mars in a few months to have a wedding there and to see how the Zeta's project is going and then we are heading back for our earthly wedding"
The Team keeps joking and fooling around. They play truth and dare, eat pizza, sing, dance, they did a lot of the stuff that they used to do when they were younger and living in the Cave. They enjoyed so much their time together that everyone stayed to sleepover. Every guy scooped one girl to move it from the floor to a comfy place. Wally took Artemis to one of the spare bedrooms, Conner lift Megan to another room, Wyynde carried Kaldur to the coach, Will placed Raquel on another coach and then move himself to the remaining room, and finally Dick took Zatanna to their bedroom.
"Way to warm the house, don't you think?"
The magician was more asleep than awake. She curls into a ball on top of him.
"Hmmm…"
He places the covers over them and hugs her tightly.
"Good night, my love"
He whispers to her ear before joining her in dreamland.