It was a quiet day for the team. No villains seemed to be at work. Megan was watching TV with her boyfriend Conner who had his arm wrapped around her. Robin sat on the floor at the edge of the couch with his laptop. Kaldur was sitting on an armchair reading a book and Wally was raiding the fridge and cabinets in search for snacks. Just as Wally was finishing a bag of chips the blonde archer came in with the male archer behind her.
"Roy, Artemis!" exclaimed Wally with his mouth full as he waved at his two friends.
Roy stared at his redheaded friend and gave him a nod. Artemis walked straight into the kitchen and towards the fridge. She grabbed two water bottles and tossed one to Roy who caught it as if he was already expecting it.
"Where have you guys been?" asked Megan from the couch.
"Green Arrow's place. He said he had some sort of special training for us." he grinned as he answered and then Artemis plopped down on the couch next to Megan.
"Fun as hell" she smirked; they were still in their hero uniforms and sweating a bit.
"Yeah well, I won this time. Killed more dummies than you." Roy said in a cocky way. Artemis shook her head and smiled at the boy. They had become closer and learned to see each other as teammates. Green Arrow had played a big role in helping their feud disappear.
Wally had tried to keep his jaw from hanging and fall to the floor, so instead he kept his expression serious and his jaw was clenched tight.
'Since when are they so friendly?', he thought, not that he cared about Artemis but he did care about Roy. They still didn't know anything about Artemis and he still didn't get along with her! Even if he did have strange feelings for her but they were definitely not caring feelings or friendship or did he dare to say love. The mere thought made him shudder unconsciously.
"So" he started a little too awkwardly "what was the training about?" Wally said approaching to the coach where Artemis, Megan and Conner were sitting. Artemis glanced towards Red Arrow and they shared one silent moment smiling knowingly. "The usual." she responded casually. Red arrow only lifted his brow and smirked at her playfully. She returned the smile with a grin standing up to tap his shoulder while she walked at the back of his couch. He immediately stood up and trotted next to her.
Megan stared at the retreating archers with a spark in her eyes as she realized that Artemis probably had a crush on Roy. She had been looking forward to this since the moment she came to Earth! Being able to talk about boys and relationships with other girls. Sure, she and Artemis talked but maybe know that Artemis had a crush on someone she would stop being so dead serious while they talked about crushes and guys.
Conner turned to look at Wally's reaction knowing all to well that the young speedster had developed strong feelings for Artemis even though Wally refused to acknowledge his feelings. Wally couldn't stand it anymore, his jaw unclenched and dropped. Kaldur looked up from his book and took notice of the situation. He gave Wally a pitiful look understanding how it felt to watch the one you love loving someone else.
Wally was about to follow Roy and Artemis but Robin appeared in front of him. He grabbed Wally by the shoulder and dragged him over to the training area.
"What were you doing?" Robin said as he kept dragging Wally to the training room. They were now at the entrance of the gym. " I have... Uh… important uh... and an explanation" he gave the smaller kid a pleading look that somehow he couldn't understand which was weird since Robin always knew what was wrong with Wally. The Boy Wonder let go of his friend and turned to look away from him "I have a bigger problem right now!" The dark haired boy yelled irritated.
"Wow calm down" Wally said backing away a little. They were now near the practice dummies Artemis used the most. Wally was freaked out trying to figure out what Robin was trying to say. He seemed worried, anxious and was shuffling nervously on the training carpet. This behavior was totally not a way to describe Batman's prodigy. He wasn't taught to panic at simple problems, not even at big problems! This worried the young speedster. "Umm ... Is it dangerous?" Wally tried not to look scared as he spoke. This made Robin stop panicking. He stared at his best friend with an unreadable expression and looked away from the speedster's gaze "I need to ask you a favor" he muttered softly as he gained his cool again. "It is dangerous" he spoke darkly.