Homplot Wake Up Post

[thethirdwonder]

Normally, Cassie wasn't one to spend a lot of time in bed. But lately, or really the last two days, it had taken everything she had to get out of bed in the morning. Someone people might have been excited to find out the king of the Greek gods was their father but for Cassie, it just made her miserable. The powers she'd felt she'd earned for her bravery now felt cheapened. It just...it just wasn't fair.

And because she'd spent more time in bed, she knew instantly when she woke up that she wasn't on the island. After the events in the Fire Nation the month before, Cassie woke up quickly and sat up at the ready, wanting to be prepared for wherever she'd found herself. It was with a small sigh of relief when she realized that she was asleep on the couch of Young Justice headquarters. She took a deep breath and made herself float for the first time in years. Even through her depression, she couldn't help a small smile.

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[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"I was taking astronomy at college," Sam said, watching her point out the different places she's been.

"I can't really imagine going to any of them, back and forth to more than one."

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

"Astronomy? Really?" Cassie thought for a moment then asked a bit bashfully, "It occurs to me that I don't know what you were going to school for in the first place."

Then she looked back up at the stars. "I don't know. it was a bit out there, even for me. Nothing compares to going to another planet, except maybe flying."

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"I think Astrophysics," Sam said. The things that the Autobots had told him about space made him that much more curious about it. Besides, ever since having all that information from the Primes in his head, he'd realized just how much there was to know about reality, still.

"Maybe someday I'll get to visit another planet. You know, one that's in my own reality."

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

"Astrophysics. Wow, you really must be smart." It was said with pure awe. Cassie wasn't dumb, but she knew her strengths were laid elsewhere, even excluding her super powers. And she greatly respected those people who genuinely were, like Tim, Chekov and now Sam. To be honest, it was a very attractive quality to her in a guy.

Then she just smiled. "Hopefully, someday you will. In the meantime, you could always become an astronaut. Flying the space shuttle would be pretty neat."

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"I think I more just like space," Sam said with a laugh. He knew he was probably smarter than average, but mostly he worked hard. School was a lot easier when you actually did the work instead of thinking of ways to get out of it.

"And I don't know, it would be really cool to spend some time on the Space Station."

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

That was the truth. Cassie had often just thought of school as what she did when she wasn't being Wonder Girl, never taking it very seriously.

"That would be cool. Even for me."

Then she turned and looked at him. "So, these things usually last a day or so. Anything you might want to do tomorrow?"

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"Just hanging out would be nice," Sam said. "You know, Cissie, Bart, you and I. Maybe we can call it a date and see if we can nudge those two toward being more than friends.

Alright, and Sam wanted to spend time with Cassie without making it too obvious, but he really did think Cissie and Bart should get on toward admitting how they felt.

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

"That's...not a bad idea actually." Cassie said after considering it for a moment. Because really, where was a better place for those two to get a clue then at home? "I know a great burger joint that is a few blocks from a movie theater. It would be casual enough for us to get away with it, I think."

She'd never admit it, but she was thinking along the same lines as Sam. This would be the perfect way to hang out and relax for them, as well as Cissie and Bart.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"I can be pretty devious when I have to be," Sam told her, grinning as he said so. He wasn't actually all the devious, but there was no reason he couldn't fake it.

"Burgers and a movie sounds pretty awesome though, I'd like that a lot."

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

"It's a date then." Cassie paused before grinning and adding, "For Cissie and Bart."

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"Right, but we shouldn't call it that," Sam added quickly in an attempt to ignore all the weird feelings that were threatening to surface.

"Because they will freak if we call it that."

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

"Friendly teen hang out day?" Cassie suggested with a joking grin, mostly to cover her own feelings on the subject.

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"Platonic friendly teen hang out day," Sam suggested. He felt the platonic was important to mention.

"And we'll know the platonic part is really ironic. For them. Ironic for them."

[thethirdwonder.livejournal.com]

"For them. Of course." Cassie stressed. For Sam of course. To show she got it.

"So...."

[not-so-smooth.livejournal.com]

"So do you guys really live here part of the time?" Sam asked, not so smoothly shifting the conversation away from the "platonic" date.