Character: Zatanna<br/>Location: Room #4<br/>Tag: Aqualad<br/>Time: Sunday night<br/><br/>Zatanna laughed and let out a snort at how funny it would be to see Kal tangled up in a cape underwater. She had to hold her side and remember to breathe for a second and resumed rubbing his shoulders. “Ill make sure your man card stays intact and tell everyone you were eaten by Jaws or something.” A smile was wide on her face, “You strip underwater? Dude you should work for Ship and Dlaes then with that kinda super power…” She pinched him playfully to let him know she was joking.<br/><br/>She watched him remove the top part of his suit and her eyes grew at how much he had grown into himself since she last saw him. She could see the ripples of muscles and the fine lines of strength in the undertones of his body. If this was what swimming did to him, she would have to take up the sport to look this good. She laid her hands on his warm skin and began to move her fingers till she found the stubborn knot in his shoulder and smoothed it away. He had grown. Just like her, but instead of womanly curves like her, he had grown in brawns. She had remembered the many times they swam together back in the day, but he was a lean string bean back then and he still kinda was but with a whole lot of new power in him. She swallowed and took a slow breath, she thought of Dick and wondered if he had changed any since they had parted like Kal had. In a way he had and she didn’t know if it was for the better. She didn’t know if him letting her go was okay with her or if the separation had killed the romance with her or strengthened it. She was full of questions but knew none of the answers.<br/><br/>His joke pulled her from her thoughts and she giggled, “I don’t have to offer you willing stripped for me, you sure your side job isnt at Chip and Dales? Maybe a Magic Mike's kinda deal instead? And you dont think a little age will stop me from drinking, od uoy?” A spark of violet hummed over her hands as she moved them over his skin slowly drawing little stars. She enjoyed spending time with Kal he made her relax and easy to speak her mind. They joked a lot and she really valued their friendship, when she was younger she looked up to him as an older brother and she still in a way did now. Even over the years they stayed in contact and told each other everything. She could honestly say Kal knew her in and outs like she did for him. Zatanna moved her thumps between the area of his neck and spine; tiled his head down to better message it without killing him. She traced some of his tattoo eels and smiled to herself, she had gotten a couple herself, but kept them well hidden under her shirt. The a ray of blue, black and purple stars surrounding a script of letters on her abdomen was something she had gotten when she felt so low that she need something to lift her back up. No one had seen them and she didnt know ho w everyone would react to them.<br/><br/>She rolled her eyes at him accusing her of cheating, “Here we go again….” She smiled and shook her head. “It was poker and you’re the one who was like ‘All or nothing!’ I mean who throws a straight when there’s almost a full house on the table? And it wasn’t a lot of money and most of it was well spent,” She giggled at that knowing some of her new wardrobe was paid for by her team mate. “And I wouldn’t leave you with nothing… Ill make sure to hand you a cape to cover yourself with.” She bit back a laugh and focused on his back.<br/><br/>Zatanna could hear the change in Kal breathing as her eyes grew wide a bit. Was she, was she turning him on? An instant shock went through her, ‘Oh God…’ her first reaction would have to remove her hands but she didn’t want to alarm him or make it weird so she continued to let her hands roam his back without a hitch. She listened to him explain what he had been doing and tried to suppress the urge to run from the situation. If something happened between them and Dick, oh boy, if Dick found out. Her actions tonight were starting to weigh in on her. Kal wasnt bad looking in fact he was just her type, strong handsome and charming, though a bit of a flirt which she could handle just fine. But Dick had a permanent place in her heart, and no matter what happened between them five years ago, she couldnt forget him or the way he made her feel. She was always an action first ask questions later type, and now she was seeing what Dick would see as inappropriate behavior for team members. “Well if we get a chance in the pool you should show me…” Her voice had dropped a few decimals but she kept a cheerful beat to it. She mentally kicked herself, ‘You really want to make any harder for you and Nightwing to get together? The Pool Zat?  Why don’t you just do a strip tease for him now and invite Dick to watch...’ She bit her bottom lip and rang it back and forth. A smile crept up on her at the thought of all the birthday cards and shells she had gotten while in Vegas. The show girls had teased her and would ask who the weird gifts were from. She explained that it was a very old friend. She loved the shell especial a deep purple one that had shots of cream and cloudy black in it. She would hold it and let her fingers stoke the smooth surface when she was having a bad day or was nervous before show time. She didn’t know where Kal had found it or what type of shell it was, but it was her favorite gift. “It was enough…” was all she said, a little saddened that Kal was really the only other person who kept up on her. But she understood the others had their own thing going on and couldn’t find time.<br/><br/>Her hands dropped as she yawned and saw Kal turn to her, she gave a soft smile, but when he volunteered to rub her back she was torn. She didn’t think she could last a back rub without something turning into something else. She looked down and saw a deck of cards on the bed and smiled. She picked up the pack and broke the seal. “How about a game, instead?” She was shuffling the cards perfectly as she asked. She really liked Kal, but she loved Dick. She didn’t want her feeling for either of them to cross a inappropriate line were they couldn’t work together. One of her dark brows raised as she waited for Kal to answer, “I promise not to cheat you out of your suit…” She scooted back to give them some room and titled her head to the side.<br/>