"Okay, twinies. Let's end the year in a high note with one of my favorite videos"
The twins barely moved since they were more sleep than awake.
"You are going to love it. You are going to s-"
"Richard. Good day, what are you doing?"
Zatara comes closer to the twins and kiss them both before taking a sit in one of the living room coaches in front of the TV.
"Hey, sir. Right back at you…I'm just putting one of my favorite videos for the little birds. How did it go with Khalid and Fate?"
Zatara takes a deep breath.
"Khalid is such an amazing and strong young man. It gets clearer and cleared that I'm way pass my prime"
"Don't say that, Sir. It hasn't been a year since you were release from the helmet on daily basis and you look way better, stronger…you'll get your second wind in no time"
"Although that might be true-"
"It is, Sir. Do you think that Zee and I haven't notice how you now endure longer walks with Pocus or the energy boost you got with the twins?"
"That is true. Pocus, John and Mary are a huge boost and obviously you and my little Zebra welcoming in your home"
"OUR home"
"Thank you, Richard. Where is Zatanna?"
"I draw her a bath with some candles so she could relax. Either way, since we decided not doing something big for New Year's with most of our friends and Bats occupied; it's the best time to relax"
"You spoil her a lot"
"Just giving her what she deserves…"
"And I don't know what I did to deserve you"
The magician approaches both men, she kisses her husband on the lips before sitting on his lap and keep pestering with kisses all over his face. Zatara could only smile with that scene, he was happy to see that the couple was more at ease with his presence.
"I take that you enjoyed your bath…"
The woman gets closer to the man's ear to whisper to him.
"I'd have enjoyed more if you and your big friend had joined me"
The man blushes with the comment and looks over his father in law only to find him distracted with Mary and John.
"Anyway…what were you two scheming?"
The magician's smiles grows bigger when her father picked up the twins and started playing with them, making faces.
"I was about to play one of the best videos ever, one of my favorites"
"Which is…"
"The video of your first performance as stage magician"
"Dick! You watch that video a lot. Like way to much"
"I don't get tired of it besides, our kids haven't seen it yet"
"They are more sleep than awake…"
As of cue, the kids' giggles started echoing through the house.
"You were saying? They already love the light shows that you put for them, time to see the showtime their mother is"
"Following the contract to the letter…I see"
"Contract? What do you mean by that, Piccola?"
"A little joke between Dick and me"
"Joke? I've been following that for years and it's only a joke?"
Dick playfully responds.
"When we first started dating…we set a couple of rules but as a joke, y'know? Some were really bizarre like: I get to choose the movie we are watching but if I fall asleep, he chooses the movie and stuff like that"
"Or that I'm just allowed to use my jacket for a period of 1-3 business days, just enough time to leave my scent on it and then give it back to her…"
"Our jackets, sweetie, our jackets"
Zatanna gets off his lap to grab her baby girl while Zatara keeps John.
"How can be OUR jackets when I didn't get to use yours?"
"It was not my fault that you grow like redwood. I swear dad, when Dick hit puberty I got a lot of clothes in those moments, he won't stop getting bigger and bigger"
"And yet, that didn't stop you from buying more clothes"
"I need to dress for every occasion and everyday is a different occasion"
As much as Zatara was enjoying hearing the couple bickering and flirting. He wanted to know more.
"And what does the contract has to do with the video of your first performance?"
"Your beautiful daughter here present…"
Dick got up and asked his father in law for his son.
"…told me that we can only date if I promise her that she would be my main obsession because she can't be with someone that it's more obsessed with work or other things…"
"Piccola…is that true?"
"Mary, you are so beautiful. You are so gorgeous"
Zee evades her father's question.
"Piccolaaaa"
"I was joking dad! I never thought that he'd accomplish that"
"How can I not with someone like you"
"But the funny thing is that I just got as obsessed for him"
Grayson plays the video while they keep discussing.
"So I watch the video because I'm his fan number 2 and I love how adorable she looks"
"Yeah. I remember that. You dazzled the audience at such young age"
"I'm embarrassed of that video. I look like a baby, I don't know how I was allowed to perform with such a baby face"m
Zatanna giggles watching her first show and how she started with some basics like pulling Pocus out of her hat and card tricks before using real magic.
"Because you are amazing. Look Johnny, that beauty is your mommy"
Dick moves so Johnny could see his mom on the TV and the baby smiles.
"Dude, Zatara is here, now it's your chance of singing to her…"
"Shut it, Wally. He might heard you and your voice is getting in the video"
"Shoot. Sorry"
"What was that?"
Zatanna asks. Usually, when she watches the video with Dick, they never get pass of the first minutes before getting busy with each other.
"I keep forgetting to edit that part"
Grayson tries to play it cool while kissing Johnny.
"Dick, honey, sweetie…"
"Zee. I think John is hungry"
"That's okay. Give him to me so I can feed them both but answer me"
The acrobat exhales.
"As you both know…I feel hard for you when I first saw you performing with your dad and then I went even deeper when I see you up close in the Cave"
"Hmph. Go on"
"After visiting you in your place after kidnapping you with the whole Red's debacle…I got obsessed with this song that I wanted to sing to you but never got the nerve and then Fate happened and well…it didn't feel right"
"Why? What's the song about?"
"It isn't like it's a bad song or something weird sir but-"
"Why don't you sing it to us now? If it has to do slightly with me, besides, Zatanna has told me that you are good singer and I have yet to hear you"
"I don't like to sing in public that much. I was afraid that Alfred would put me in the choir group or something…besides Bruce, and Zatanna, and well Wally since he didn't know boundaries when he visited me in the Manor"
"Please. I'm sure that our babies would love to heard their papa sing"
"Fine but just a small part and it's a Mexican song because around that time Bruce was teaching me Spanish"
"Don't worry. Italian isn't that far from Spanish, I might understand most of it"
"You taught me Spanish so…"
Realizing that there was no way out, Grayson clears his throat.
Dile ya a tus papás (Tell your parents)
Que nos vas a regresar (That you won't comeback)
Te vas con un loco que (You're leaving with a crazy man)
No te para de amar (who doesn't stop loving you)
A vivir salvajes, libres (to live wild and free)
Libres allá en San Lucas (free there in San Lucas)
Tus ojos brillan más (Your eyes shine brighter than)
Que la Luna, Sol y Mar (The Moon, the Sun and the Sea)
"And that's some of the song… I haven't heard it in a while if I'm being honest and-"
"Why this song Richard?"
"Because I thought that you would never accept me as your daughter's boyfriend and I don't know, I was kinda planning in running away with her…hehehe"
The man scratches the back of his head.
"Maybe join the circus, her magic, my acrobatics although you and Batman would likely look for us and killing me afterwards"
"Yeah. Maybe I would back in the day. Or maybe just turning you into a bird and keeping you in my shows"
Zatara jokes with the boy.
"Why didn't you tell me about the song?"
"I wasn't going to sing you a song about telling you to tell your parents that I was kidnapping you after your father got trapped. It doesn't sound ideal"
"Richard John Grayson. You better come here and kiss me that I'm feeding our kids and I can't move"
The man did as told and got rewarded with the softness of her lips.
"You are going to sing me…sing us the full song. You got that?"
"Yes, ma'am"
"That was so good. I don't think I can eat anymore"
"Thanks for the food, dad. You and Alfred are god send"
"It was mostly Alfred although I'm still not quite sure how he manage to do all this while keeping an eye on the other bats"
"That's his superpower. I'm just glad that Bruce took the day off to spend some quality time with Talia"
"Yeah but their quality time was to stop Freeze from freezing Gotham. Barbara call me earlier to see if everything was good with the twins and slip that little piece of information"
"Figures. Although, it must be weird to see Bruce, Talia and Damian fighting side by side"
"And isn't Talia exposing their identity?"
"Nah. Bruce and Damian convinced her to wear a mask and she opted for a Jackal like one"
Zatara looks at his watch and realized that it was almost midnight.
"Let's go outside. It almost time"
The family got up from the table. Zatanna was holding John and Dick was holding Mary.
"Thgil Wohs!"
The Zataras use their magic to create a magical light show for the babies. The twins watched in awe as their parents close the distance between them and kiss each other, following the tradition.
"Happy New Year's Zee"
"Yppah Wen S'raey Yob Rednow"