Brothers

Chapter 5

Dick's POV

"So how's your Junior Justice League coming along," Babs asks me as I walk in with popcorn.

I throw a piece of popcorn into my mouth, plop down on the couch and say, "It's going well. We got a new girl on the team".

"Is she pretty?" Babs makes googly eyes at me and pokes me in my thigh.

"I guess," I say as I avoid the question by stuffing a handful of popcorn in my mouth.

Truthfully I didn't want to talk about it because I still have a "tiny" crush on Babs still and I don't even know what to do about it. I mean Zatanna's cute but not beautiful like Babs is. It's not like I could ask my older brother for advice. Junior would probably blow me off and then go make out with some girl he doesn't even know the name of. And the media calls my dad the player.

"Tell me about her," She persists.

"She's our age and a magician," I say. "But you know what I would really like to talk about right now," I pause. "Which move we're going to watch before Wally gets here and makes us watch something stupider than what we're going to choose already."

She rolls her eyes at me. "Okay fine but we'll finish this later." Babs gets up and begins to look through my family's innumerable amount of movies we have in our collection.

"Would you be interested in a romance movie?" I give her a look that basically says 'Hell no' and she says "Okay then" and begins to look again. "What about a disney movie," Babs says exited. She waits ten seconds before she says "Never mind." I take out my phone and begin to play games. Both of us know that this is going to take forever.

After losing all my hearts in Panda Pop I get a text from Wally.

Wally: Hey Bro. Can't make it. #grounded.

Dick: Okay. What 4?

Wally: Skipped school

Dick: That's it. U do that everyday.

Wally:I may also have a D in gym.

Dick: Dude😑

Wally: Dude😓

Dick: Okay Walls. I catch u l8r

Wally: See u later. Maybe a week cuz my uncle's about to take away everything✌

It's been about twenty minutes and when I look up I see Babs is surrounded by a pile of movies. She holds one up and asks me," What about a hero slash villain slash anti-hero movie?" 

"Like?" I ask her.

"Deadpool," She says confidently.

I begin to think why we have the dvd for that movie when it's still in theaters and then I remember that my dad's a billionaire and can get my brother and I whatever we want before it's even known to the public.

"Sure," I tell her. "It's cool."

She turns on the dvd player and puts the movie in. She comes back plops down beside me and takes some popcorn and eats it herself.

"Wally's not coming anymore."

"Awww. Why not," She asks looking at me sadly.

"He's grounded."

"What for this time?"

"Skipping school and getting a D in gym."

"So," She says. "Nothing new."

"Nope," I say grabbing another handful of popcorn.

The trailers for the movies come on and she says, "Do you ever do this with your family?"