"OH MY GOD!"
Zatanna screams getting Dick out of his concentration.
"What? What happened? Are you alright?"
The man sprints from his spot to her. Zee was reading a book (or pretending) while her shirtless husband was doing some pull ups.
"No, this is not right. How did I forget something so important?"
The magician was freaking out.
"Zee, if this is about the mission I already tell you that your Sentinels already handle that part and that you should rest more before going to the Watchtower, you just got out 2 days ago…"
Grayson holds her.
"Huh? I'm not worry about that! Milan's fashion's show is next week and we didn't respond that we were attending and I told Aly that I'd do it and I didn't. We don't have a place to stay and I don't know what to wear…"
Dick smiles softly.
"And it's your fault…"
She acuses him.
"How is this my fault?"
He was genuine confused.
"You distracted me with your cute and dumb face o-or working out o-or-"
The man pecks his wife's lips.
"Are you done? I confirm that we were attending AND booked a place for us to stay, I opted for something more personal and romantic…we are staying in a nice and cozy house that I rented for 5 days"
The sorceress relax for a split second before frowning again.
"What?"
"Why are you so amazing? A-and what didn't I see or got a memo from our bank account? Don't tell me that you pay for that with your savings again"
He takes her hands.
"Yeah, I did. You know that I don't have problem with that"
"I know but you know that I hate when you spend YOUR money on me when we have OUR money…you know that what I earn from the shows are for the both of us"
"The same applies from what I got from the detective work and the classes. I don't see the problem"
"The problem is that our first home we got it with YOUR parents trust fund, we lived a couple of years with that money and YOU overworking yourself while I prep myself for my solo debut and until my show hit it off you were still the one bringing the food to the table and spoiling me"
"So what? We are a team since day one and you know that I'm good at math. I handle most of our financials beside, YOU got me this training equipment so I can do some trapeze, YOU take me to the circus and pay for the dates you ask me out and we could afford this house because of you"
Dick cups her face.
"I just want you to worry less about how much I spend to spoil you and more about enjoying it. In any case, this is for us, we are going on a romantic escaped to Milan"
Lovingly she takes her lips.
"Fine but I'm buying you so many clothes, we are getting matching stuff and I'm getting tons of pretty clothes"
"Yes, ma'am"
They stay frozen on their place just looking at each other.
"Now, chop-chop. Get back to your workout, so I can get back to my reading"
He smirks at her.
"You haven't turn one single page since I started working out…"
Red was all over the woman's face.
"I have to make sure that you are doing it right. I can let my Greek like figure of a man hurt himself or anything…I gotta take care of what I own"
The tone of her voice send shivers down his spine.
"You own me? Since when?"
"I'd say that since signed as husband and wife but there was the magical ring and the time that you shove-"
"Are you guys ever let that go?! I apologize to Megan for that"
Richard exclaims.
"Never. You were way too cute, all eager to see a pretty girl"
"Good morning. Am I interrupting something?"
Zatara comes out from the house.
"Good morning. No, we are just talking about the time you took me to the Cave"
"And Richard shoved that poor girl?"
The Princess of prestidigitations couldn't hold back her snort as Dick just walk defeated back to the working out area.
"I take that you rest, Dad. It was weird to not see you when we came down"
"Yeah. I don't why or how I overslept but I'm glad that I did. What did you guys had for breakfast?"
"We haven't yet. We were waiting for you"
The woman tells her father.
"You shouldn't have"
"Not biggie but I better head to the shower before joining the table"
Grayson stated but stops his tracks as he walk pass the homo-magi.
"That reminds me that I talk with Alfred and the bats are coming around 5 so we can tell them the news"
Dick makes his way once again to the bathroom.
"Excuse me one second dad. I just remember that I have to tell him something"
"No problem, I will set the table"
"Thank you"
Zatanna makes her way to the bedroom and as soon as she opens the door. She spots him getting out of his clothes.
"What is it, babe?"
"Nothing. I'm just thinking about your audacity"
The raven haired woman sways her hips towards her prey.
"Huh?"
"Yeah. How dare you to think that you can take a shower after working out in front of me shirtless. That's not right, baby. And you know that one of the rules of this house is that we don't get to shower without the other"
With that, the magician push him towards their bathroom.
After breakfast, the family were on the living room. Dick and Zatara were seated on opposite couches while Zatanna was levitating and reading over the couch where Dick was.
"Richard, you said earlier about them coming over"
"Yeah, around 5"
"I thought we were going out for dinner to celebrate…"
"Oh that. We can do that later but they haven't been here yet, bar Damian and Alfred and I don't know? It's just felt like the perfect opportunity to have the whole family together"
Zatara nods at that notion.
"Khalid told me that he was coming as well. Are all the bats are coming? We need to know to see what we are getting"
Zee puts her book to the side and stops levitating.
"Mmm…Bruce, Talia, Alfred, Jay, Artemis, Tim, Cassie, Cass and Damian"
"What about Barbara and Steph?"
"I thought about telling Barbara and the rest of the Team later besides she has her own family day with the comish and Steph had some training session with Tigress"
Dick explains.
"Wait? Then which Artemis is coming?"
Zatara was confused.
"The redhead one. Y'know, the Amazon"
"Are they official already?"
Zatanna asks.
"I don't know but they are too obvious"
"Ha! You are going to talk, hon"
After a couple of hours of talking and each doing their own thing. They finally start with the food preparations.
"Alright. Let put some love to this food"
Dick claps his hands as he puts an apron on just like the Zataras.
"What are we cooking?"
Zee inquires.
"I was thinking about making everyone's favorite but it would take us so much time so I say that we should do Lasgnas for the veggies and others for the meat lovers"
"Sounds like a good idea"
Zatara agrees with his son in law.
"Alright. Zee you and you dad handle the veggie ones and I do the others and meet you halfway for the dessert"
Giovanni smiles watching the couple working in sync even in the kitchen by passing all the tools to the other but was confused about one detail.
"Aren't you going to use your magic, Piccola?"
The woman smiles warmly as she keeps working on the recipe.
"No. I stop that a long time ago unless we are in a hurry. Hubby here, convinced me that food taste better if make it with love even if it's a little bit salty, sourer or whatever…"
"And even if I ended I hospitalized a couple times when she tried new dishes…it was so worthy"
She smacks him. The trio keeps cooking until they got short on ingredients and Zatara offered himself to buy some more leaving the couple alone.
"Are we cooking for our family or for the whole city?"
Zatanna asks as she starts another batch.
"Big family that trains way too much and consumes alarming levels of energy, 3 homo magis and 2 amazons"
While trying to reach for something, Zatanna accidentally spills flour over Dick.
"Sorry, sorry. It was an-"
She stops once her man throws at her flour back.
"This was an accident as well. My hand just slipped…"
They lock eyes into the other before engaging in a food fight.
"I got everything we need and some more just in case….What in the World happened here?!"
Giovanni was entering the kitchen only to find a mess and the couple covered in flour, eggs, seasoning and wet.
"He/She started"
The couple points at the other and Zatara couldn't hold back his laugher and spill some tears on how funny and cute they looked.
"Go and clean yourselves. I'd fix this mess and see what can I salvage from this"
Luckily, the lasagnas were safe and Giovanni resumes with the cooking after magically cleaning the place.
"Wait! Dick, stop tickling me! You are going to make me pee myself!"
"It doesn't matter. You are a mess already and we are showering either way"
"W-w-wait. HAHAHAHA!"
Zatara smiles hearing the couple bickering on their way to their room.
"Hey, Khalid. Nice of you to join us"
Dick hugs the young man and the Zee repeats the action.
"I'm honored to be here"
"You are like a cousin to me. You are family. Of course we love to have you here"
Khalid tenderly smiles at the couple.
"I assume that you already know…"
The couples gets shocked.
"You knew? How? We haven't tell anyone besides my dad"
"When we were at the library, I stumble into your book and took a quick glaze to see how we can beat Merlin or his whereabouts but instead I found out that you were pregnant"
Zatanna puts her hands on her face in worry.
"Don't tell that this was the reason for you to don the helmet?"
Zatanna's voice cracked a little and Dick brought her closer to him.
"I won't say that it didn't affect my choice but I didn't do it because of that…I told you about my dreams and visions and somehow it felt like the right thing to do and now I'm glad that I did it. Nabu has been telling hundreds of stories about my Uncle and so much more stuff that I feel closer to him that I've been in years"
Zatanna hugs her ex-protégée once again. After Khalid, the rest of the Bats arrived at the same time except for Jason that arrived a little bit later with Artemis. Everyone decided that the day was nice enough to move the dinner to Chalant's backyard.
"I hope you all like this. The three of us made them"
Zatanna, Zatara, Dick and Alfred starts putting the food in the table.
"This looks amazing, Dick, Zatanna and Zatara"
The family starts eating while engaging in small talk.
"So, tell me Jay bird. Are you and Artemis official or what?"
The Amazon was unfazed by the comment but Jason almost choke.
"What makes you say that? And it's none of your business"
Red Hood states after recovering.
"C'mon, Jason. We talk about this the other day and there's nothing wrong with it"
Tim answers.
"Shut up, replacement"
Damian laughs and Tim glares at him.
"Yes, we are a couple and now if we can continue with our meal"
The redhead states like it was nothing leaving almost everyone but Talia and Cass shocked.
"Congratulations sister!"
The blonde was happy for her. After some teasing and felicitations, the conversation moved on. Zatanna notices how Cass won't stop looking at her from time to time.
"Cass, sweety. Is everything alright? Are you not liking your lasagna? I can get you something else"
The mistress of Magic's question makes Orphan stand up quickly and denying with the hands.
"The food is amazing, thank you so much…"
Cass says through sign language. Everyone there for one reason or another knew the language. Zatanna learned it to communicate with her fans after an encounter with a little girl that couldn't speak.
"I'm glad that you like it. Do you want something else?"
Orphan shakes her head no but keeps looking and Zatanna and starts making signals with her hands.
"Dick? Zatanna? Is that true? Are you guys…"
The blonde Amazon jumps from her seat.
"Yeah. We are pregnant"
The couple slowly stands as they take hands to confirm the news.
"Omg! That's amazing!"
Wonder Girl speeds to the couple before abruptly stopping herself.
"What is it?"
"I don't want to hurt her and your baby, Dick"
Chalant exchanges looks. They know how Cassie can get while excited and using too much force.
"But what if we want a hug from you?"
The blonde looks at the couple happily before hugging them with caution. The others soon followed her lead and share their happiness with the couple.
"Congratulations on this amazing news, do we know how long?"
Bruce asks the couple.
"Leslie told us that about a month a few daws ago when we were on the hospital…so I'd say that I might be in week 5"
"You are getting older, B"
Bruce smiles at his oldest comment.
"This is why you beat us in the fight, right? You started trying around those day or am I wrong"
Tim was quick with his math.
"Then that's cheating! How are we supposed to beat that kind of motivation"
Jason gets closer to the couple.
"Don't be a sore loser Todd"
"What are you talking about? You couldn't even get pass Green Arrow!"
"I beat that guy!"
"I didn't see on the finals against Dickward"
"Master Todd, Master Damian. Are you behaving? Or shall I tell Master Bruce of your whereabouts? Or even perhaps Miss Artemis?"
Jason and Damian got back to their seats after Alfred's comment.
"I can't believe that the young boy that used to sneak out of the Batcave and Patrol and going to New York at midnight just to have at least 5 minutes of talking with a young magician is having a baby with said girl"
"Indeed. I still remember my Piccola's clones"
Zatara added.
"Wait! You knew that we were seeing each other?!"
Bruce and Zatara look at each other before smiling.
"Of course we did"
"Zatanna, you change of attitude from one day to the other even after I grounded you for life. You started to complain less about school, you get to your room too many snacks and you know that I can detect your magic…you were quite inexperienced back then so I didn't took me more than a day to figure that out"
"And why didn't you say anything? Or keep preventing me from going to the Cave?"
"I didn't say anything because one day I was about to turn that boy into a real bird and lock your window but I heard you laugh and joking around…I decided to check on you a couple of hours later and found you sleeping with the biggest smile. I haven't seen you so alive in so long that I couldn't bring myself to do it"
"And you Dick. You trained way harder than before, you were more serious during our fights and you cackle a lot less and start laughing. The icing on the cake was hearing you singing all those love songs around the Manor and in even Batcave…"
"And it didn't help that you ask me for that many snacks at night, Young Master or for advice in perfume…"
Alfred was aware of Dick's whereabouts even before Batman.
"Bottom line, we realized that you were made for each other since day one and we are happy that you overcome all those obstacles from us, to Fate, work, move in together, hero life…"
Zatara, Bruce, Alfred Zatanna, Dick, Jason and Cassie tear up a little after the former's words.
"Let's make a toast for Dick and Zatanna. Two of the most outstanding individuals with a very unique light, heroes outside of the cape…
Bruce starts the toast with everyone grabbing their drinks.
"And for Zatanna and Richard as a couple that keep showing us that true love exists and it worth to fight for the person you love the most"
Zatara continues.
"And for the upcoming member of this family that I pray that it's really healthy and doesn't come as problematic as the rest of my boys"
Alfred ends the speech.
Knock* Knock*
Zatanna wakes up confused hearing a knock on her window. She puts her robe before spotting that goofy smile.
"Why are you knocking at the window? And don't say that you forgot your keys, you don't need them to enter anywhere"
"Shh. We have to be quiet. Your father is sleeping in the other room and I'd prefer to stay in my human form as much as I love Robins"
Zatanna was confused by her husband's words.
"Are you alright? Did someone hit you on the h-"
The worry on her words disappears once she caught a up with his game as he pulls a bag of her favorite candy.
"What do you say beautiful? Are you up for a kidnapping?"
"But Dick…if my father finds out. I don't know what he might do"
"You are worth the risk"
She slowly pulls him into their room.
"In that case. I'm peckish for action, what about we go and put handcuffs in bad guys and then you can put ones on me…"
He starts a heated kiss until she push him away.
"Na-ah. No until we do some patrolling. Teg-"
Dick stops her spell.
"Not so fast. Nightwing needs a sidekick and my last protégée is back in Gotham…if my memory serves me right, certain someone owns me a week as my sidekick"
The sorceress turns beet red before putting a mischievous smile.
"Gniwthgin em pu!"
A puff smoke surrounds her before showing her new outfit. It was the same as her husband but the bird was thinner. The suit fitted her like a glove and looked almost painted in her body. She does a spin to killing the remaining brain cells of the man in front of her.
"Can you keep it after we are done patrolling?"
He shows his eagerness in his voice. In the other hand, Zatanna runs her finger on his chest, takes his bottom lip with her own and gently sucks the she grabs his lip with her teeth and pulls slowly and teasingly.
"I'm going to make you beg for it"
She whispers to his ear before jumping from the window.
"Are you coming, boss?"
Dick smiles as he chase after her.