AN: So I saw The Lucky One the other night and it gave me this idea for a fanfic. This will be a three-chapter fanfic and nothing more! So please don't say "Please continue this" after the third chapter. But you will see some lines from The Lucky One that you might recognize (if you've seen the movie, that is) Yes, I am continueing my other fic, Inside Your Mind. But this one here is a quick short one that I had a huge craving to write! You know the ones that just pester you until you're like, "Fine! I'll write it, sheesh!"
Summary: What if Wally haden't kissed Artemis on New Years? It's on a beautiful Summer's day when Artemis notices something that's missing in her life. When Wally tries to make her feel better, the two young heroes share something that makes both of their minds go crazy; Artemis' especially. Now it's as though she can't keep her mind or eyes off of the speedster!
Warning: There are just a few little suggestive talking scenes and thoughts that may be questionable for younger readers below the age of maybe 13 or 14. And as an early warning for later chapters: some later on may be rated M. Just a heads-up!
ENJOY.
All I Want And More
I
The sun was blazing down on the ocean water, making glistening patterns on the surface and the sand was almost too hot for bare feet to touch. Peach legs ran through the water clumsily as another pair of legs followed. M'gaan, who was in her student form, giggled wildly as Conner finally caught up to her and wrapped his muscular arms around her. His face was buried in the crook of her neck as he laughed along with her. A strong wave then came by and the couple lost their footing and fell into the water.
Kaldur and Raquel stood far out in the ocean where the water came all the way up to their shoulders. The aquaboy kept going underwater and calling different forms of sea creatures to them; when he came back up this time, he turned to Raquel with a grin on his face as he knew what her expression was soon to read. She looked at him questioningly but then her expression turned from great surprise to pure joy as two dolphins popped up right beside them. Raquel's face lit up as she stroked their smooth snouts; they yipped at her playfully.
Dick and Zatanna walked along the beach picking up sea shells. The boy wonder ran ahead of her and picked up a large one that appeared to be a full conch; this was, of course, rare to find. He handed it to her and she grasped it and looked at it with amazement. She admired the sandy color to it and how the inside was a mix of pink and white. The magician then began complimenting him on his find and his face blushed into bashfullness.
Of course, the only ones that were really together was M'gaan and Conner, but still; Artemis looked at them with a blank stare as she sat on the hot sand. There was then giggling behind her and she turned around and automatically started glaring.
Wally stood talking to a pair of young girls around his age - maybe even a year younger; they were giggling into their hands as Wally spoke to them with the usual flirtatious expression on his face. The two must have come from the public beach and were walking to the car lot that was a mile away. They then said something to him noncoherent to Artemis' ears and Wally gestured to the team out on the beach; the girls must have asked who he was there with.
Artemis hoped pleadingly and angrily in her head that he wouldn't invite them to join. If he did, she wasn't sure whether she could stop herself from snapping and shouting at them - possibly making them cry in the process.
Wally turned his head again to his teammates as he considered asking the girls to join in their beach fun, but he then caught sight of the blonde archer sitting alone on the sand. His expression turned to a frown and he turned back to the girls, his lopsided grin back on his face.
"Ah, look, I gotta go," Wally said as he rubbed the back of his neck. Artemis heard turned back around at this and tipped her head; what was he doing?
"Aww," they both whined with obvious disappointment.
"I know, I know," he said as he put up surrendering hands; Artemis rolled her eyes. "I'll see you around though, alright?"
"Okay!" the two girls said happily and then began walking away when he turned away from them.
Artemis saw the two girls looking back at him with adoring faces. She had seen that look before; plenty of girls gave Wally that look and she hated it. She knew that they were looking at his hair that was an unusual and rare red color; his tan, muscular body in his swimming trunk; even the fact that he was a tan-red head was rare. Wally was just a rare kid, you couldn't find anything like him anywhere else no matter where in the world you looked.
As he walked back down to the beach and onto the sand, he looked as though he were an Abercrombie & Fitch model that had jumped right out of his posing picture. But it was then that Artemis saw the direction in which he was walking. Straight toward her.
Immediately she whipped around and faced the ocean again. Crap, he probably saw her sitting alone like a loser. She fiddled with her surf shorts that went half-way down her thighs; she wasn't even wearing a bikini for goodness sake! All of the other girls on their team were, why didn't she? Sure she had on a bikini top but still, it wasn't the same. It wasn't attractive enough, it was so typically tomboy of her.
Hold it. Since when did she care about looking tomboy?
Wally then dropped beside her in the sand, interrupting her thoughts. Artemis stopped fiddling with her shorts and looked back out at the ocean, trying to put a hard look on her face.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he rested his arms casually on his brought-up knees.
"Nothing," she snapped.
Wally raised his eyebrows in a 'well damn!' way and looked out at the ocean as well. He then caught sight of M'gaan and Conner now making a sand castle, Kaldur and Raquel playing with dolphins - secretly so anyone that passed didn't freak out, and Dick and Zatanna picking up sea shells on the beach.
"Feeling lonely or something?" he asked. It wasn't a smart-alic remark, it was honest.
Artemis' eyes widened and she looked at him. "Wh-what?"
"You have a crush on Conner. I get it, I get it," Wally said as though he had figured out her problem.
"That is not what is bothering me! And I don't have a crush on-"
"A-ha!" Wally said triumphantely. "So there is something bothering you."
Artemis tried to put on a glare but she couldn't manage it. Instead she let a smile break loose on her face and a laugh - which she immediately tried to hide.
Wally's grin then disappeared. "But seriously though, what is bothering you?"
Artemis hated whenever he was like this. Why couldn't he just pester her constantly so she could be mean to him easier?
"Um...just that..." she began fiddling with her surf shorts again and he waited patiently for her to continue. Artemis looked behind her for a moment, but all she saw was trees and a road, which had no cars at the moment. They were all in a secluded area of the beach; down the road for another half a mile was the busy part of the beach that everyone else went to. Since there was no one else listening in on their conversation, Artemis continued, "I'm not like normal girls, Wally."
"What do you mean?" he couldn't hide the small laughter in his voice as he asked this.
"I mean, I don't function like normal girls do," she told him.
Wally's eyes then grew wide in discomfort. "Y-you-are you-?" he stammered. "Is this a conversation about periods and like vaginal problems because I don't contribute well to these kinds of conversations-"
Artemis laughed out loud at this as she said, "No! Not that!"
He let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, good."
Artemis' expression then became sullen again. "I mean I don't think and act like normal girls. M'gaan, Zatanna, and Raquel are all giggly and frolicy and I'm just...eh." Wally opened his mouth to protest but she continued talking, "And they all wear bikinis and I just look like...this." she indicated down at herself.
Wally looked at her and wondered where this suddenly came from. Had it been bothering her for a long time or did it just start today?
"Artemis," he said seriously as he grasped her hand. "You are beautiful - gorgeous actually. It doesn't matter what you wear or what you do."
She looked at him and searched his eyes so she could see if what he spoke was the truth. His brilliantly green eyes looked into her own with pure honesty and kindness.
Wally remembered everyone kissing on New Year's. Whether it was on the cheek or lips, everyone still got a kiss; other than Red Arrow of course. Wally remembered going back to Mouth Justice and stepping into his room; upon closing the door he immediatly let out a growl of frustration as he collapsed on his bed. He regretted, still to this day, not kissing her. Especially since that was the perfect time, but he blew it.
He then let go of her hand and stood up in front of her; he brought down a hand to help her up. "Come on."
"What?" she asked, surprised by his sudden action.
"Just come on!" he said.
Artemis grasped his hand and he pulled her up with ease.
"Hey," Zatanna said, getting Dick's attention. "Where are Wally and Artemis going?"
Dick snickered as he watched the two go into the woods together. "Probably to make out."
Wally and Artemis had walked past their secret camp site, which was where the team would the sleeping that night. The trees were blocking most of the sun and sticks were snapping under the hero's feet as they continued trekking through the woods.
Wally had put on a shirt at the camp site and then continued dragging Artemis along.
"Where are we going?" she asked for what seemed like the billionth time to Wally.
"I'm going to shove a whole tree in your mouth if you ask me that one more time," he said in response.
Artemis didn't have time to respond as they came to a small clearing in the trees and stepped out into the sunlight. Artemis' mouth fell agape when she saw the view.
They were up on a high cliff, just high enough to do some cliff jumping, and the view of the ocean was magnificent. The glittering ocean expanded out as far as the eye could see. Artemis could hear the lapping of the waves against the cliff's side and she could smell the salty air. This place felt so isolated from public; it was so peaceful.
"How-how did you find this place?" Artemis asked.
Wally sat down in the grass and answered, "I just stumbled upon it once."
"Stumbled upon it when you felt like traveling through the woods?" she asked with a smirk as she sat down next to him.
He shrugged. "Actually, yeah."
Artemis shook her head. "You are something."
"Yeah, well, so are you."
The archer looked at him after he made this comment but he was just looking out at the ever-expanding ocean. "Why did you come to this place, really?"
"I just needed somewhere to clear my head, to get away."
"Get away from what?" Artemis snorted. What could Wally possibly have to get away from?
"Just what anyone wants to get away from. Stresses, anxiety, all that jazz," he answered honestly.
"I didn't even think those words were in your vocabulary," Artemis answered.
This comment bothered Wally but he let it go. The two of them said nothing for a moment until Artemis broke the silence.
"Why did you decide to bring me here then?"
Wally looked down at the grass and then off to the side, not facing her. She then began to wonder what the meaning of this really was. Especially since he wasn't answering her right away.
"I-I just wanted to-" he said, fumbling for words.
Artemis furrowed her eyebrows as she watched him stumble with his words. What was wrong with him?
"There's-there's something I've been meaning to tell you but I just-I can't-" he sighed in frustration at himself and he shook his head. "I-I'm sorry, I can't find the right words..."
Artemis' expression softened at this. She watched his frustration and how his brows were furrowed in his stress and she couldn't help but bring up a hand to his forehead. Her touch seemed to flatten out his forhead again and he looked at her with surprise. Her eyes widened and she brought her hand back quickly and looked at the ground in front of her.
Dammit. Why was she so freaking awkward?
Artemis could feel Wally's eyes on her still and she felt uncomfortable. She shuffled her feet in the grass and curled her toes.
"I'm sorry you were left without a kiss on New Year's," Wally said suddenly.
Artemis lifted her head and looked at him briefly before looking out at the ocean. "It-it's fine," she said as though the situation really hadn't bothered her at all. "It's not like I expected one or anything." Lie. "I actually haden't really thought about that night for like two months." Lies.
"Artemis, you-" Wally started but she interrupted him.
"I-I mean, it's not like I get kissed that often anyway!" she said frantically as though she had been dying to get this off of her chest for a while. "I've already accepted the fact that I'm not the kind of girl that guys want. As a friend, yeah, to like maybe go boxing with or something. But I'm not girlfriend material! I'm not! But that's okay because-"
Wally's lips connected with her's, cutting her rant off short. Her eyes widened for a moment but then felt herself melt into his kiss. She leaned more into his lips as her eyes closed. His hand came up behind her head and cupped it gently. Artemis brought her arms up behind his neck and pressed even more into his mouth, totally disappearing mentally from the world and going instead to a world unlike any other she had ever been.
Their tongues danced along each other slowly and she felt as though she were in a candy shop. Was his superpower not just running? Did he have the ability to turn his tongue into sugar? Artemis never knew that someone else's mouth could taste and feel so good. And so right.
They finally broke apart and Artemis opened her eyes slightly to look into Wally's. He ran his hands along her face and she felt his warm breath on her skin as he spoke in just above a whisper, "You should be kissed everyday, every hour, every minute."
Artemis felt the butterflies in her stomach grow in quantity and she could've sworn that her heart was aflame. But aflame with what? Because it certainly didn't hurt. Perhaps her heart was sitting in a hottub that had somehow gotten in her chest. That could explain the extreme soothing sensation that she had.
"Wally! Artemis!" they jumped at the sound of M'gaan's voice calling them. "It's time for dinner! Where are you guys?"
"Stop eating each other's tongues and eat some hot dogs and s'mores!" Dick then called and a smack was heard - probably Zatanna's hand connected with his head.
Wally then smirked and Artemis let out a shaky breath-type-laugh. She then looked at him and said, "I guess it's time to go."
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AN: Hmmm, spicy!
