Getting Traught
Chapter 1
Artemis' POV
I was sitting on an inflatable mattress, that was temporally my bed, looking at a picture of me and Wally in my hands. It was during our three year anniversary, Wally had found a clearing in a forest, we had a picnic there and laid under the stars when day turned to night. I couldn't believe he was gone, it still didn't seem real two months later. During the hours I'm Huntress, I put on a brave face making everyone think I'm alright. But during the day, when I'm alone, I couldn't help but think of how it use to be and what could have been. After the battle, we would have gone back to California to finish college, gotten us a house that over looked the ocean, got married and maybe even had a kid or two. I could see it now, a little boy with my blonde hair and Wally's green eyes running at the speed of light right next to his dad. "But that future died with Wally", I thought as a silent tear slid down my cheek.
Wiping the tear away with the back of my hand, I looked up from the picture and around the dingy one bedroom apartment I was currently renting. Besides the mattress in the corner, there wasn't a lot to see, my clothes were hung in the closet, I had a few pictures hung on the faded green walls, a couple of boxes stacked in the corner that I haven't gotten to unpack yet and a dresser on the far wall. There wasn't much furniture in the living room/ Kitchen either, there was a sofa with an old t.v in front of it and a small table and chairs near the stove, it wasn't a lot but it was all I could afford right now. After the battle I dropped out of the college back in California, sold our apartment along with the furniture and moved back to Gotham.
I now go to a community college that is near where I live going to morning classes, in the afternoon I go to work as a waitress at a dinner, it wasn't the best job but it paid the rent so I stuck with it. Night time was the time I looked forward to the most, getting to patrol as Huntress I was able to forget all my problems even for just a couple of hours. I still go on missions with the team when Kaldur needs me to, but for the most parts I fought crime alone in Gotham.
Nightwing had officially left the team, last I heard he was in Bludhaven, though I have yet to run into him. I'm not even sure if I wanted to see him, Wally's death had hit close to home with Nightwing to, with them being best friends even before the team got together. I'm not sure where me and Nightwing stand any more, when I was younger I had some feelings for the boy wonder, but just passed them of as what a sister would feel for her younger brother, but now I'm not so sure.
First chapter is short, but they will get longer which is normal for me. I got the inspiration to right a traught story while reading "Big Surprise" by davis32, if you haven't read that yet you should, it's really good and one of my favorite traught fanfics.