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"I'm away from a console right now, but leave me a message and
I'll return it as soon as I can! Prank callers will be snowballed-- kidding!"

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[ Jack frowned at the revelation of a fight with their roommate, regardless of what it had been about. ]

Well, sure, but he didn't understand how the toaster worked at first either. Lots of things are different between his world and ones like ours. As for "wrong", obviously we don't think so, and since neither of us are dating Wan, it's just a difference of opinion.

[ Not that he seemed especially happy to have heard that -- the Avatar seemed pretty chill when it came to most things -- but Jack was trying to keep an open mind. Still, he could understand why hearing those things might have prompted Zatanna to call him in the way that she had. ]

Maybe someone just needs to explain it better to him.

[The corners of her lips twitched upward. A little. Though her lips were tightly pressed together, as if she were trying to fight the oncoming smile.]

Does that mean you've never...you know...though about...

[Pretty much all of the above.]

[ Jack shrugged carefully. ]

I have before, yeah. But that's different than you and I.

[She could accept that. Sure. The fact that he was separating their relationship from notions and ideals of a different time...a barely audible sigh of relief escaped her. Back straightening, her smile brightened, and she leaned forward to give him a peck on the cheek.]

I tried to tell him that, too.

I just want to be with you. Like we are now. All that talk about getting married and having kids...I mean, I'm sixteen. Even if I was the type of person who wanted that sort of thing? I'm way too young.

[ Jack didn't miss the little expression of relief and smiled, hoping to reassure her. ]

Maybe it's just going to take some repeating for it to sink in for him.

... this really had you upset, huh?

[He was succeeding.]

A little, yeah. [More than a little, but with Jack reacting so nonchalantly to it, she was almost starting to feel silly about the way she'd reacted.] I don't know. It probably shouldn't, but...

[Her eyes lowered.]

...when he said those things about you and me being wrong...it hurt.

[ Jack reached over and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. He was similarly hurt, but the sting was lessened being heard secondhand. And he didn't want to be upset for Zatanna, either. ]

We're complicated. [ it's said unironically ] But we're not wrong.

[The squeeze helped. But you know what helped even more? Pulling him into a hug instead. Everything he said...it was just what she needed to hear.]

I can live with 'complicated'

"Me too," he agreed, even as she pulled him into a hug that he returned strongly, tucking her head into the curve of his shoulder. "Don't think this doesn't mean I'm going to talk to him about it though."

I'm okay with that.

[She almost laughed. Like she was going to stop him. Heck, she almost wished she could be there to witness that conversation.]

[ Hey, she was the one with the invisibility powers just like him. She could always lurk if she really wanted to. ]

So should I pretend you're still upset so I can ask what I can do to make you feel better?

[Is that supposed to be a hint?]

I can if you want me to.

You do tend to come up with some pretty good ideas.

[ He would never suggest something like that ~~aloud~~. ]

This is me waiting an appropriate amount of time. Okay, how can I make it up to you?

Surprise me.

[She might come to regret those two words later.]

[ Regret in only the best ways though, Zatanna. ]

((ooc: good to end here?))

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