Part 1

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Artemis had problems. Typical teenage girl problems, and they were called Richard 'Dick' Grayson and Robin, the Boy Wonder.

Dick Grayson, ward of Gotham billionaire, Bruce Wayne, was Artemis best friend at school.

She had been a bit... weirded out by him when they first met. He came up to her on her first day at Gotham Academy and taken a selfie of the two of them, saying, "We'll laugh about this someday," which she still didn't understand. She had confronted him about it, engaging in a conversation that soon had the pair becoming firm friends

Robin was a bit different. She had heard of him, of course she had, being a Gothamite and all. But she only met him once she joined the team. The resident 'troll' was easy to underestimate, probably due to his childish sense of humor, although Artemis was well aware that he had been in the hero gig far longer than any of the other protégés and some heroes, even though he was younger than all of them, he had more experience and had dealt with far more trauma than any of them combined. The little bird had hidden depths, and they also became good friends.

It wasn't her friendship with the two that caused problems for Artemis, but rather her own feelings towards them.

Recently, she had begun to feel a pull towards each boy and often found herself staring at the Boy Wonder during leasure time at the cave. Robin caught her sometimes, giving her a small smirk and a wink, causing Artemis to blush furiously.

The strangest thing was that her mind seemed to combine the two together, blending and fuzing them into one person. She often compared their traits and personalities. It was true that none of the team's members (although she had her suspicions about Wally) knew Robin's secret identity, but the longer she thought about it, the more she was sure that they were the same person. She was almost certain that Robin's secret identity was Dick Grayson, but she didn't dare to think about what that would mean for Batman's.

It was a few weeks after she worked it out that she gathered the courage to confront Robin about it.

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