Young Justice: College AU | Complete

Chapter 67

The phone calls from Mar'i were becoming more spaced out, by the end of April she only called once a week. Mostly her stories were about her adventures with Antonia or Toni as she called her now. Zatanna made sure to keep an open mind when it came to Mar'i and her new friend. The two of them were in the washroom getting ready for the day when the phone rang. Both of them turned their heads to look at each other before dashing to get to the phone.

There was pushing and shoving, Dick ended up wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her back. "Hey no fair!" she yelled as he smirked and picked up the phone. Sure enough it was Mar'i on the other end of the line.
"Hey sunshine, how are you?" he asked, arm holding Zatanna back as he stuck his tongue out at her. The two adults could be such children sometimes. "Fun! Toni, Colette and I played in the garden and they showed me around the entire school. It was so cool!" she sounded so excited, the kind of excitement where you expect the person to be bouncing up and down.

Apparently there was a new trinity that ran the school and that was Antonia Tabitha Huxley, Colette Elaine Kincaid, and his daughter, Mar'i Grayson. A part of him was worried that the two were bad influences on her. Even though he had yet receive a call from the head master about her 'bad behaviour'. The phone was abruptly tugged out of his hand, Zatanna scrambling to the washroom. In the distance he could hear the door slam shut and a faint giggle. "How are you?" Zatanna asked holding the phone close to her ear.

"I'm great, this school looks just like the one in Harry Potter!" Mar'i exclaimed.

Zatanna forgot that she had packed the Harry Potter series in her bag before she left. The line was silence for a moment, she was actually beginning to worry. "Has Damian, has he called at all?" she asked, she sounded so sad and bothered. Zatanna knew how close the two of them were and for him to break of their friendship was heartbreaking. "No baby he hasn't" Zatanna said, although she couldn't see her she knew the girl was frowning.

The bubbly and peppy attitude could only be held for so long. She knew personally how painful it was to move away from everything you ever knew. That's exactly what happened to her after her father died, that's when her years of absolute hell began. "Okay, if he does can you tell him that I'm sorry for whatever I did and that he can call me anytime?" Mar'i asked.

"You know I will" she replied with a small smile.

Their conversation picked up after that, she asked her plenty of questions about her school. At some point Dick managed to pick the washroom doors lock. Zatanna was sat on the counter, him stood between her legs as they spoke to Mar'i over the speaker of the phone. "Can I go to Toni's house this weekend?" Mar'i asked near the end of the conversation.

Everything inside of Dick screamed no to the highest degree but he couldn't do that to her. Before he could even respond Zatanna answered for him. "Sure you can, be safe okay?" she said smiling. It was nice to know that their daughter was being sociable and making friends. Even if one of her new friends was the daughter of one of the largest and most dangerous organizations to date. "Okay bye!" they could hear the smile in her voice as she bid her goodbye before hanging up.

His hands were on either side of her hips, fingers pressing into the counter as he hung his head in worry. During that time she brought her arms up around his neck and pulled him close so that his forehead was pressed against her shoulder. "She'll be fine Dick, she always has been" she said, her fingers toying with the ends of his hair. They stayed in a comfortable silence for mere minutes before a few warm kisses were pressed sweetly against her neck.

A sigh escaped her lips as she smiled softly, he was always one for being sweet. She giggled when his hands sneakily began to tickle her sides. "Stop it, oh my god Dick stop it!" she yelled trying to contain the fit of giggles pouring out of her. He loved hearing her laugh, the laugh of hope and happiness. Just hearing it made him feel as if the world was going to be okay, that they were going to be okay. One of her hands slid along his back under his sweater, he froze when he felt her icy fingers sweep across his spine.