Young Justice Prom Stories

Recognized. Zatanna Zatara. A-0-3.

I heard the computer announce my arrival and the next thing I heard was Megan giggling. I looked over to see her talking to Artemis, who did not look to amused. I walked over to my best friends with a smile...

"Hey guys, what's up?" I asked.

"Stop it M'Gann, I'm not going." Artemis said, obviously not hearing me.

"You're no fun, Artemis. I'm going to go to mine, you should go to yours, too! I can help you get ready!" Megan said, happily.

"No way! Forget it!" Artemis said, getting up to leave the conversation.

"Um, what were you two talking about that got her so mad?" I asked Megan, confused.

"Oh, hey, Zatanna! I was trying to get Artemis to go to her high school prom, but as you could see...she wasn't thrilled by the idea..."

"Oh no! The prom! I totally forgot about that! Mine is next weekend!" I said, slightly wigging out.

I can't believe that I had forgotten all about my prom! What am I going to do?! Can I really get all of my prom prep done in a week? And what about a date? What am I going to do about a freaking date?! Originally...I was going to ask Robin to go with me. He would be a great date, I'm sure. He's fun and kind of lives in the moment. He doesn't let much get him down, either. But I don't know if he would go or not. Ugh...

"Zatanna! It's okay! We'll figure it out!" Megan said, trying to calm me down some.

"I don't know what I'm going to do," I said to her. "I have absolutely NOTHING done for my prom prep. NOTHING."

"Then we have a lot of work to do!" Megan said, enthusiastically.

She grabbed hold of my wrist and dragged me down the hall. We walk in to what I believe to be Megan's room. It looked like the rest of the cave: metal, dark, and dreary. I figured with Megan living in here that there would be some more life or color to the place. As I stood in front of the door staring, she grabs hold of me again and pulls me over to a pile of magazines on her bed. I sit down on her bed, across from her with the pile of magazines between us.

"Look! They're all prom books! And they have all of the best ideas in them for this year!" Megan said, excitedly.

"That's great, Megan. But I can't pull this stuff off. I don't have access to any of this kind of stuff. I don't think I am going to be able to go anyway...I don't have a dress...and with my father gone..." It took everything I had not let the tears pour down my face.

"It's okay, Zatanna. Everything will work out. Let's see if Black Canary is here, maybe she can give us a hand."

I nod at her, trying to smile. She motions me to get up and follow her out of the room. I get up and go and meet her by the door and walk out with her. Megan and I walk down the hallway, heading toward the kitchen. We walk into the living room/kitchen area and find Conner and Robin sitting on the couch. Conner was watching static again and Robin was messing with something on his new laptop that he hasn't stopped talking about for about a week. He is so adorable when he has his technology. It makes him so happy and his smile is just contagious.

I hadn't noticed myself, but I guess that I had been staring in his direction...

"Do ya need something, Z?" He asked me, politely.

"Huh?! Um, no. Thanks, though." I said.

I feel really stupid about now. That could have been the opportune time to ask him to be my date to the prom next weekend! Who knows when another opportunity will come up like that! Ugh...Maybe I should be like Artemis this year and not go...It would be much easier, I think. But then again I would be wishing that I tried to go the entire night rather than sit here in the cave and try to entertain myself.

"Have either of you seen Black Canary?" Megan asked, now on a mission.

"Yeah, she was in the training area giving KF a good butt-kicking!" Robin said with his classic cackle.

"Did he open his mouth again?" I asked, joining the conversation.

"Nah. Ever since he has been with Artemis, he has had less of a problem with that. Black Canary is just picking members of the team at random right now."

"Great...Do we have to go look for her now?" I asked, looking at Megan.

"Hey, you might get yours over with quicker if you go to her. And it might even be a bit easier." Robin said, answering.

"Maybe. But I doubt it." I replied, honestly.

"Yeah, you're probably right." He said.

Robin and Megan went into a conversation about training, then. The entire time that they were talking I was kicking myself for not just coming out and asking him if he would be my date to my school prom. How hard could it be, really? I've known him for a while now and we get along great. We don't even fight! How hard could this be?! Finally, I just talked myself into it...

"Hey Robin," I said, sternly.

"Yeah, Z?" He asked, looking over at me.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked him. "Alone..."

"Um. Yeah, sure." He answered, getting up from his seat to follow me out of the room.

We walk down the hallway into the weight room and I shut the door behind us. I motion for him to follow me to the other side of the room toward the bench. I did this so that Megan couldn't try to hear us through the door (and since we told her not to get into our heads except to establish links on missions, she couldn't use her abilities to hear us either) and just so we can sit down to talk.

He looked at me with a confused look on his face. Even though I couldn't see his eyes through his dark glasses, I could always tell what his facial expressions were and what they meant. I don't know how, I guess it's just because we have gotten so close over all this time and it's just become second nature to me. But either way...I knew that, for once, he had absolutely NO IDEA what was going on. And I'm pretty sure that little fact was bothering him like crazy.

"What did you wanna talk about, Zatanna?" He asked me, curious.

"First, please do me a favor and not laugh." I said, plainly.

"Okay..." He said, getting more confused.

"I was wondering..." I said, watching his face for a reaction.

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering if you would my date to my school prom." I said, almost in a rush.

I couldn't look at his face. I wanted to hear his answer before I saw whatever look he was going to give me. I didn't know what to expect of the Boy Wonder. No one ever did. You didn't know anything unless he told you, that's just how it was. So I took his silence as a bad sign...Which made me really uncomfortable.

"Z." He said in a whisper. "Z, look at me."

I struggled to lift my face to look at his. He had a smile and it was spread wide across his entire face. All I could manage was a blank expression and nothing else.

"I would love too, Z." He said, still smiling.

"Thanks." Was all I could manage to say without turning completely red in the face.

Normally I was calm, cool, and collected around Robin. But for some reason, I just couldn't help but be nervous a little bit about this. But the good news...He said YES! There was one thing that I could check off the list for all my prom prep. I had a date! And in my opinion...I had the perfect one.

He looked at me, still smiling. A smile finally forming on my face, now. Just then, I felt pressure on my hand. I looked down to see his hand on mine. As I looked down, I saw him twist his fingers into mine. I looked up at him, with what I know was confusion on my face. The smile was still there, but it looked nervous and his face was growing more and more red. Even though I still couldn't see his eyes, I could tell that he wasn't looking at me directly. What in the world was going on here?

I then felt my face grow extremely warm and knew that a red tint was also coming to my face. I didn't know what to do or what to say. I just knew that I couldn't fight these feelings that were quickly growing inside of my being. I didn't want to let go of his hand...Even though I was more nervous than I have ever been in my entire life...The idea of letting go was painful to me.

I looked back over to his face. He was looking at me directly now, still with a nervous look. I knew I had one on my face, too. I saw him slowly moving toward me and my heart started pounding rapidly. I couldn't resist moving closer to him, as well. It was like magnets attracting. One moves, so does the other. I began to grow even more nervous...What was happening? Why was I so nervous and excited at the same time? It was a major adrenaline rush.

We continued to slowly move closer to each other. Our hands were still entwined and I was refusing to let go of him. Then, I could feel his other hand brush my face and tuck my hair behind my ear. He then held on to the side of my face, gently, as he pulled our faces together for a kiss that sent fireworks through my entire body.

The last time we had kissed was on New Year's a couple of years ago. I remember pulling him into a kiss, following the New Year's tradition. I also that he was a little surprised at first, but then went along with it pretty happily. ...If I remember correctly, we were the second longest kiss that night - Following Wally and Artemis, of course. Even though I didn't really kiss Robin out of emotion that night, I remember being happy about it. For what I'm sure was his first kiss, he wasn't bad at it at all...And it certainly gave us something to laugh about for a while.

But this time was different. I had an emotional attachment to this kiss. It made me giddy with excitement and I could feel the adrenaline rush moving quicker and quicker throughout my entire being. I didn't want the wonderful feeling to end. But then, I felt him pull back from me...As he did, I began to feel unwanted and abandoned...Like when my father turned to Dr. Fate...

Robin was still holding onto my face. I couldn't look at him, but this time for a different reason. I didn't want to see the face that had just rejected me. That gave me something wonderful and then ripped away from me. My emotions were flooding and I didn't know how to stop them, or even if I really wanted too.

"Zatanna..." Robin said in a whisper. "Zatanna, please look at me."

I look up at him, trying to keep a blank expression...but I was sure that I was failing.

"Are you mad that I kissed you, Z?" He asked, worried.

"No," I said, honestly.

"Good," he said. "Because you have no idea how long that I have wanted to do that or how badly that I want to, again."

A let a smile grow on my face. THAT, was music to my ears...