Chalant Candlelight

Chapter 50

(Robin's POV)

I finally felt like I could take a full breath while smoking on the balcony. I was being crazy for feeling panicked around Zatanna. She would never hurt me. I laughed at myself for thinking she would.

 I wasn't scared if she was stronger than me or if her magic outway my skill. All of that didn't matter in the slightest because no matter what, I would never hurt her- I could never hurt her. Even if she became the darkest villain or tried to destroy the whole world I still could never hurt her, that was the price to pay for falling in love. So if she decided to smite me into the ground, I'd simply let her,

Seeing her in the library just made me think of Klarion, that was all.

I trust her

Completly

(Zatanna's POV)

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"Robin?" I close my sweater around myself stepping out into the cold spring night the only light was the moon reflecting off the marble, the star-filled sky, and the flame from his lighter as he lit a fresh cigarette.

"Hmm?" He turned his head to the side to look at me,

"You've been out here for a while I was just making sure you were okay," I say approaching the boy as he pulls out his phone to check the time, 

"I guess I have," He nods turning fully towards me and leaning back on the railing, he left his phone on the railing, "Sorry about that...did you finish the movie?" He asked, so much calmer than before. Whatever had been bothering him had stopped bothering him and he was back to his normal self,

"I dozed off a little," I rub my neck shyly, "Let's go back in, it's too cold to be outside. I don't want to risk a cold right before my birthday next week,"  

"Well we can't have that, can we?" Robin lifted my chin giving me a soft peck on the lips. I smiled letting him kiss the tip of my nose too.

His phone buzzed taking us both out of the sweet moment, I looked to the side to see an incoming call from some Babs<3<3<3

He looks down at the phone and then back up to me,

"What's with the hearts?" I ask taking a step back leaving the warmth of him. I was feeling that awful jealousy once more, "Is that Barbara Gordan?"

"Relax Zatanna," Robin rolled his eyes at my behavior, "it's not that big of a deal, she's my friend,"

"Robin, are you serious right now?" I question if he was just trying just brush this under the rug. I take a few deep breathes before his phone buzzes with a text

BobzE>E>E> : I miss you <3 When will you be done at her house?

"Oh, so she's waiting for you to be done with me first, before you screw her, huh? how considerate of her," I yell at him. Robin is silent just staring at me, the phone buzzing with another incoming call from none other than Budz^w^w^w "I should have never trusted you!"

"Zatanna," he attempted to calm me down, 

"No, you're just a playboy like everyone says, You hook up with everyone and I'm sick of you," I scream and shout at him feeling my eyes start to glow. All the porch items around me began to glow as well,

"No Zatanna, it's not like that, let me explain," Robin put his hands out in front of himself defensively, panic on his features, the same panic I had witnessed earlier in the study only more noticeable since my anger was directed at him,

"I don't want to hear it, you jerk!" I yell. As I do I see the hedge clippers the gardener had left next to the door shoot themself right into Robins's chest. Everything stopped as he and I both paused, his and my eyes on the hedge clippers stabbed directly into his heart and sticking out his back. We lifted our eyes to each other, and I once again saw that delicate, fragile look in his eyes before they faded and he hit the ground, lifeless. 

Yet I was still angry.

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I scream shooting straight up from the couch that I had dozed off on. My heart beat rapidly and my breathing was irregular,

"It was a dream?" I gasp, talking to myself. Once I found out it was a dream I no longer felt any anger, rather I felt scared at how real my anger had felt. Scared of how I was out of control and killed Robin in my dream- my nightmare-

You'll lose control on him.

You'll hurt him again.

He would never hurt you so why do you hurt him?

My brain was screaming at me.

What is wrong with me?

(Robin's POV)

I lean on the railing before feeling two hands sneak around my waist, Zatanna's chest pressing against my back as she holds me. I feel at ease under her touch now that I had some time to process. I turn around in her arms to put my own around her, leaning my back against the railing. I lift her chin to me, seeing her messy hair and messy makeup,

"Someone had quite the nap, huh?" I laugh at her tired appearance,

"Mhm," She moved her head back to my chest as I stroked her hair,

"what time is it?" I questioned reaching my hand in my pocket when her hand took mine before I could,

"Don't look at your phone," She warned, her voice muffled in my shirt,

"Okay," I nervously chuckle as I do I feel my phone start ringing in my pocket. She tenses up in my hold, gripping my wrist even tighter, "Don't answer," She says again,

"Zatanna, you are starting to freak me out." I chuckle again, wondering what was happening. I was starting to get creeped out. She loosens her grip on me as I grab my phone we both look at the caller ID, Babs Gordan,

"What does she want this late?" I roll my eyes answering her call. Zatanna took a cautious step back from me,

"Dick, what's the answer to number thirty-three?" She says in panic,

"8.0006783?" I answered wondering why she was just now doing the exam review when the final exams were tomorrow, also wondered why I knew the answer to her college exam review when I had just graduated high school two weeks ago. The short answer was because of Wally, he was also a freshman in college with Barbara so I had helped him study the exam reviews last week,

"No, for English lit," She asked,

"Oh, Plath," I answered as she gasped on the other side of the phone, 

"Ugh, thank you!" She said before hanging up abruptly as we always did with one another. I turn back to Zatanna,

"Okay, what were you saying about my phone?"