"A-a-are you sure? Am I…Are we?"
Zee's eyes starts to get wet.
"100%. I run analysis and you are around 1 month in the pregnancy"
The couple blinks for a couple of times before tears forms their eyes and embrace each other in a tight hug.
"I'm going to leave you guys alone. Congratulations"
Leslie exits the room.
"What did I tell you, Zee?"
They take a good sniff of each other's scent.
"I know, I know. You were right"
They don't break their embrace.
"I'm always right, you should listen to me more often"
They wipe each other's tears with their hands.
"If I listen to you and all of your ideas we would be living on the streets…Mr. I can fix the sink and ended up flooding the apartment or Mr. I can survive a mission in Atlantis with a damaged suit…."
"Fine. Fine. I get it but most of my ideas are good"
"If It were up to you we would be living in a beach on Mexico as Raul and Consuelo"
Dick smirks at his wife.
"That was your idea, Zee. You wanted to stay in Cancun after our trip there"
The magician bites her cheek.
"In any case, we are having a baby"
They embrace each other into a kiss
"Have I ever tell you that I love you?"
The couple were on their bed with their legs intertwined and their chest as close as possible. They were just waking up after the best sleep of their lives after getting the news of becoming parents.
"Just every time that you get the chance and I will never get tired of it"
Zatanna kisses his adam's apple.
"I love you, Zee"
The magician can't hold her smile as she holds him closer.
"And tell me my handsome husband, have I ever tell you that I love you?"
"No, I don't think so"
"Are you sure? Didn't I say that in our wedding? Or when we wake up?"
"I don't recall that. Because if someone as intelligent…"
Dick kisses her forehead.
"Brave…"
He kisses her cheek.
"Mischievous…"
And repeats the action on her other cheek.
"Beautiful…"
Then her nose.
"Hot…"
He pecks her lips.
"Sexy…"
They embrace in a heated kiss until they have to break to breath again. The couple starts panting.
"As you had said to me that she loves me…that'd turn into my core memory"
"Then let me fix that mistake. I love you with all my heart, Richard Grayson"
Dick starts to move himself and gets on top of her as their start a make out session, the man moves his right hand from her face towards her breast and caress it getting a moan out of her.
"Dick…"
She moans the name of her lover as he starts working on her neck with his other hand grabbing her leg.
"That's it, baby…"
Grayson kiss the valley between her breast before he suddenly stops.
"C'mon, Zee. Get change while I prepare some breakfast for us and your dad, he can wake up at any moment"
Dick gets off the bed leaving a stunned magician.
"We can do that after you DO ME!"
Dick turns his gaze towards the woman who was looking at him with lust and a sexy smile. He goes back to bed and continues where he left, slowly he goes down from her breasts to the space between her belly bottom and her sex. Once again, he stops and goes back up and leans closer to her ear.
"I'm going to make you beg for it…I have a surprise for you later this night"
Zee's brain couldn't fully process what was happening and she just watches how Dick put on a tight white tank top and grey sweatpants. She doesn't think that is fair for him to look that good with those clothes.
"See you downstairs, honey"
He smirks at her before getting out of the room.
"Good morning, Sir. Did you sleep well?"
Zatara comes down from the guest room to the kitchen where Richard was making some French toast with fruit and coffee.
"I did, thank you very much. Can I help you with something?"
The man gets closer to the kitchen counter.
"No, just sit and relax. Breakfast will be ready in no time"
Zatara sits on his daughter's dinning room.
"Where's Zatanna?"
"You know her…she loves to sleep"
Giovanni smiles, he was happy to know that some things don't change.
"Daddy!"
After a couple of minutes, the magician comes down and hugs her father from behind while he was still seated.
"Piccola. I see that you sleep as much as always. How are you feeling?"
"As good as new"
Zee pecks her father's cheek before making her way towards her husband.
"Need help with anything, baby?"
Zatanna was still flustered after Dick's game earlier.
"No, go a talk with your dad…excuse me hotness, I need to grab something"
Dick grabs her by the waist and sits her on the kitchen counter, that action would normally lead to a more fun activity that Zatanna desires so much but she knew that he was just teasing her.
"The coffee is ready! Sir, do you want some?"
"Please"
"Excuse me once again beautiful"
Dick reaches for the mug cabinet that was behind the magician and leans closer to her and kisses the corner of her lips. The magician leaves the kitchen frustrated and turned on. She serves coffee for the 3 of them before taking a sit in front of her dad.
"How are you feeling, Zatanna?"
"Great daddy. Never better"
She stretches herself.
"What about you? Are you feeling better already?"
Dick sets the table.
"Indeed. That bed is really comfortable and the showers feel amazing"
Zee reaches for her father's hand.
"And just wait until I take you to the Spa and you get a massage, Aly's hands are magical"
"Breakfast is ready. Let's dig in"
Dick announced to his family as he place the bowl of fruit on the table.
"So, are you back with us full time, sir?"
Grayson takes a sip of his coffee.
"More or less…there's a new agreement with Nabu. Both Khalid and I are going to work as the agents of Order and both work with Nabu but there's no need to don the helmet 24/7. Meaning that I'm stealing your student, Piccola"
"No sense. I'd love to train and spend more time with you"
"That's the thing. There's nothing else that I can teach you, you have surpassed me, my little girl but we can spend more time together"
Zatara squeezes her hand.
"That's amazing. We need to celebrate. As soon as you feel ready sir, we are throwing a party for you"
"Thank you, Richard. But first I need to find a place to st-"
"No, none of that. We are family. This is your home as much as ours"
"That's right, daddy. You can live with us for as long as you want and in that way we can spend more time together"
"But I don't want to get in their way. You are a young couple and your marriage is still fresh, you need some time alone"
"True but we will find a way. We can always take a trip just Zee and I besides, Zatanna and I still have a lot of dates. You don't have to worry about that"
"Fine but the moment you feel like I'm getting in the way…"
"That won't happen but we promise"
The family keep eating and talking until they run out of coffee.
"Let me refill-"
Dick was about to do it but Zatara beat him to it.
"Please, allow me"
While Zatara goes to the coffee pot, Dick looks at Zee.
"What?"
"You have something on your face"
In a teasingly way, Dick wipes some jam from the corner of her lips with his thumb before taking it into his mouth.
"Tasty"
Zatara gets back and sees his red faced daughter.
"Are you feeling alright, Zatanna? Your face is red"
"I-I-I…I was thinking in something that we need to tell you"
Dick smiles and takes Zatanna's hand. Zatara arches his eyebrow in expectation.
"I pass out after using my magic not because I'm sick but for something else"
Giovanni sweats as Zatanna and Richard stands up.
"We are having a baby"
The raven beauty places her hands on her belly. It took Zatara a couple of moments to digest the news.
"Are you saying that I'm going to be-be-be a…"
"That's right. You are becoming a grandfather, sir"
Tears run down the old man's faces as he slowly walks to his daughter and hugs her.
"That's the best news an old man like me can hear…"
Father and daughter embrace each other tightly while Dick stands to their side.
"C'mon, Richard. Join the hug"
The trio hugs celebrating the news.
"Do you now how long?"
"About a month. Leslie just told us and said that everything is going amazing. This baby is feeling the aster"
"This is truly a cause for celebration! Let's go and have a nice dinner tonight"
"Sorry, sir. I have something already planned for Zee and I. What about we go tomorrow night and we take the opportunity to tell Bruce, Alfred and the others?"
Zatara nods.
"Sounds perfect. Let me clean the kitchen and everything is the least I can do"
The couple were about to protest but Gio uses his magic and puts everything in place.
"What?! I use my magic for this sort of things from time to time"
"What about you guys talk while I water my plants and play with Pocus?"
She leaves them in the living room while going to the garden and Pocus jumping behind her.
"So…"
"So…"
Both men stared at each other before going to the coach.
"You got a really nice place"
"Yeah. We bought the land and got an architect to do this for us. It's a nice change of pace and the neighborhood is really chill"
"Did you pick it up with schools in mind?"
"Yes and no. Like we did it unconsciously, y'know? It wasn't in our check list but it was important even if we didn't talk about kids when we got the place"
Zatara nods, that sounded logical.
"And how are you feeling as a new League member?"
"There's not much change in my schedule if we are honest. I work a lot with the League and I keep protecting Blüdhaven but being in the open is the hard part. It's weird to be recognized for that but Zee keeps helping me to find things about myself that I didn't know that they were buried"
"And I can tell that you have the same effect on her, Richard. Every time that I see my daughter, I think that there's no way that she can be any happier but then she tells me what you do for her, her shows, the people she helps…"
"I'm lucky to have her in my life and all thanks to you. I don't know where I'd be if you didn't brought her with you to the Cave all those years back"
Gio smiles with nostalgia.
"Back then I thought that it was a bad idea and more by the way you acted the moment you saw her but now…there's no one on this planet that could make my Piccola happy like you do and you are the only person that I trust with the most important thing in my life"
They turn their gazes to the garden where said magician was watering her plants. Dick stayed longer watching his wife and Zatara chuckles.
"What?"
"You are as dazzle watching her as the first time"
"That's not true…I get worse every passing day"
"Dick, you spun me around, make me walk around the house five times, two laps around the park and I still know that we are going to the rooftop of our home"
Zee was blindfolded taking the stairs with the help of her love.
"C'mon, Zee. Can you play along?"
"I'm playing along. I could have taken the fold like an hour ago and I'm still wearing it besides am I presentable enough? I don't know if there's going to be a surprise party, a helicopter or a telescope waiting for us…I want to dress accordingly"
"You always look amazing"
"I'm not saying that I don't look amazing, what I am saying is that I want to dress for the part"
The magician was wearing a lilac sundress.
"No matter what you have on, you always nail this part"
They finally reach their destination.
"And what part that would be?"
She asks with mischief in her voice.
"Easy. The love of my life"
He removes the cloth and Zatanna sees a modest set up for them to have a nice dinner at candle light under the stars.
"It's so beautiful. You are the best"
She pecks his lips.
"I know it and this is not it"
She arches her eyebrow.
"After this amazing dinner made by one of the top chefs in the world…"
"You?"
"What? No! Alfred. You know that his dishes are to die for"
"That's true but what else should I expect?"
"We are taking a long bubble bath together and then…"
"And then I'm going to make you pay for the stunt you pulled this morning and through the day. I can't believe that you did that with my dad around"
If it weren't because she loved Alfred's food. Zatanna would have taken him right there and then.
"Me? I did nothing. You were the one that took like 3 cold showers today but enough of that. Dinner is getting cold"
He takes her hand and leads her to their date.