It felt like I'd been sleeping for hours.

My head felt warm and fuzzy, but oddly enough I was quite well-rested.

I push myself up off my bed and begin to make sense of my surroundings.

Phone.

I realized I hadn't had access to my phone for at least 12 hours and I could feel the withdrawal symptoms begin to kick in.

I tried to rummage around my bed but I soon discovered my phone lying on my bedside table.

Dick must've left it there seeing as most of my possessions had been with him.

I yank it open and begin to scroll through my notifications.

50 missed calls from Kal and 3 texts from Dick.

From the looks of them, Dick had been texting me before he realised my phone was with him and gave up.

I went on social media but quickly logged off because the toxicity on there was too much for me to deal with this morning.

"How much longer do we have to wait?"

My head wipes around as I heard Connors voice coming from my living room.

"As long as you need to." I swiftly hear Dick's voice reply.

I dropped my phone and bolted for my room door. I heard a little notification sound from my phone, alerting me that I still had one unread message left, but I ignored it and went out.

I open my room door so see the living room packed with people.

Zatanna, Wally, Artemis and M'gann sat on the couch. Connor, Kaldur and Jimmy took up the wall on the other end of the room. Tucked close to my room door you had Barbara and Dick idly standing by.

As if this whole situation was taking place in a sitcom, all their heads snap down and looked at my legs.

I was still wearing my oversized T-shirts with no pants.

In an act of mild frustration, I just rolled my eyes and waved my hands at my present appearance and situation.

"I do not even care," I say as I turn and walk towards the kitchen.

"Where are you going?" Connor heatedly asked.

"Food." I replied with just as much hostile energy. "If you guys want to yell at me some more you can do so while I try to make a meal. I'm starving"

"She can cook?" I hear Kaldur and Barbara both wonder aloud.

"Surprising, I know, I'm not that much of an airhead," I say to sate their curiosity.

I see them visibly winch as they probably just remembered I had super hearing and they allowed their inner voices to leak out.

"Someone's being a bit snappy today" Artemis commented as she walked into the kitchen and sat at the island in the middle of it.

"I learnt from the best," I said, pointing a finger at her. "Don't act like you're not proud."

Artemis gave a defeated shrug as she continues to smirk at my newfound sassy behaviour.

Dick all of a sudden elbowed both Wally and Connor hard in their midsections, as if signalling them to begin something.

He was standing between them as Barbara, Zatanna and Kaldur were bringing up the rear, Jimmy and Barbara were sitting next to Artemis and M'gann was making her way towards me.

I said absolutely nothing as all I do is lift an eyebrow at them.

I see multiple people begin to squirm and my curiosity just keeps building and building as I wonder what it was that they were possibly trying to get out or say to me.

All of a sudden, Wally and Kaldur locked eyes, then nodded at each other. Zatanna bit her bottom lip as she sat down as well, Jimmy was scratching the back of his head and Connor just looked bored, angry and miserable.

"We're Sorry" I hear them say in unison.

I freeze from the sheer unexpected shock of their words.

I repress the urge to say "what?" because I fully well heard them but I just couldn't believe it.

So instead I just stood there with my mouth hanging open, silently staring at the scene before me as my eyes darted back and forth.

"Really sorry," Jimmy then adds.

"Incredibly so," Zatanna groans as she covers her head with her hands and hides her face against the table.

I feel M'gann lock her arms around my right arm and gives me a warm smile.

"We heard what happened..." She whispered softly to me.

"After we had some time to...cool off," Wally began, "we came to the realization that we maaaaay have gone just a tiiiiiny bit overboard....."

I lift my eyebrow at him again but it was Barbara who spoke.

"'May have'!? 'Tiny'!?" She cried out, "you all but gave our girl a mental breakdown with your psychological bullying!!!"

"Don't act like you wouldn't have been pissed too in the moment" Connor shot at her.

The look Barb fired back at him immediately shut him up.

"Long story short, the assholes overreacted and we dragged their sorry butts over here to apologize" Artemis chimes in, to try and keep the conversation in focus.

I feel my bottom lip quiver and I slap my hand over it to hold myself back from breaking down, again.

"I....I-I..." I couldn't get the words out and in a bit of frustration I slam my head against M'gann's shoulder.

She lets out a little affectionate huff at me and begins to soothingly pat my head.

"Do you want me to telekinetically link us so you can get your words out?"

I nodded.

I only wanted the link up for a moment, so to get the words out, the feelings.

As soon as I feel the link go up and the swarm of everyone else's collective thoughts, I focus my mind back to that horrible moment yesterday and let my feelings play out.

Hurt, guilt, anger, confusion, dread.

Everything sickeningly played out as I feel bile rise through my throat and everyone else falls into collective silence.

I let them see more up until the point where I ran into Lex, at which I pulled back from M'gann saying, "That's enough."

And she immediately severs the links.

"Oh wait, keep going! I wanna see what happens next!!!" Artemis demands with a scandalous smirk on her face.

"Indeed, please continue," Dick adds in darkly from the back of the kitchen.

"Foocuuus." Barbara playfully scolds everyone. "One scandal at a time please."

"So what now?" I chime in, making everyone else look at me. "Where do we...I...go from here?"

"'We.'" Dick quickly cuts in. "Talk this shit out and resolve it like adults..."

"For the few of us that are adults, anyway..." Artemis injects with a devilish smirk.

"Shut uuuuuuup!!!" Connor whines from the other end of the kitchen.

Everyone begins to snicker and chuckle, even Jimmy!

The swell of loneliness and being left out of the loop was beginning to suffocate me. Why couldn't I just be among? Why couldn't I just get it? What piece am I missing? What is wrong with me.

"I don't get it..." I meekly whisper, cutting off a few peoples laughter.

Wally opens his mouth to explain but gets it quickly slapped shut by Kaldur, who then inconspicuously tilts his head in Jimmy's direction.

I was just about to feel hurt at the thought of purposefully being let out of the loop but M'gann quickly leans forward and whisper in my ear.

"It's a joke about Connor being a clone and so legally and age-wise speaking, he's still a minor."

"Pfft!!!" I couldn't help but burst out.

I look over the kitchen as I try to hold back my laughter and I see everyone look at me with warmth and affection, which caught me completely off guard. It seemed like by joyful burst of laughter had eased some invisible tension in the room and had created an air of fond growing. Like my happiness was truly and genuinely important to these people...

"Okay, since everyone's in a more upbeat mood, thanks to Kara's sheer angelic laugh" Barbara lightly teases me as I blush and look away.

"It wasn't that great..." Connor grumbled to himself.

"We'll have everyone," Barbs quickly cut in, "involved with that day speak up and say what was going through their heads, so you can understand their mindset, you choose where or not you want to respond or not. But after that, you ultimately get the final word on this whole situation. Sound fair?"

I nodded.

"Everyone else in agreement?" She turns and asks the room.

She got 3 head nods, an aggravated head tilt and a thumbs up. The head tilt belonging to Connor and the thumbs up to Jimmy.

"Alright, who will go fi-"

"ME!!!" Wally shrieks, cutting off Barbara.

She simply rolls her eyes and gestures for him to take the floor.

Wally dramatically puffs out his chest and coughs audible to make sure he had the attention of everyone in the room.

He makes his way around the table and walks to me as I hurriedly get the now boiling pot of hot water off the stove and into the sink. The pot was scolding hot but I decided to use my powers and suppress the pain instead of going to get a towel. I caught Dick's glare at me but I shrug meekly in response.

When Wally reached me I turn to face him, expecting him to make some grand, slightly egotistical, speech.

But he hugs me.