"Idiot!" Artemis yelled as she stomped into the kitchen.

Wally quickly sped off in front of her. "Oh yeah? Well next time I'll just let you get hit by the blast!"

"I had it completely under control!" the blond exclaimed as she slapped the back of his head. "You had no reason to swoop in and mess everything up!"

"Mess it up!? I saved your butt!" the speedster yelled back.

"First of all, no. Second of all, do you know how long it takes to make a bow as good as the one I had? I can't believe you broke it," Artemis practically screamed.

"Yeah? Well I'm sorry for simply trying to help you" Wally retaliated.

"Enough," Kaldur exclaimed in his steely calm voice.

Wally and Artemis both opened their mouth to say something, before just glaring at each other. Wally then galloped onto the fridge, as Artemis dropped onto the couch, exhausted after a tiring mission. Wally looked over at her as he chewed (at an unusual normal speed for Wally) on a sandwich, smiling.

"What are you smiling about Baywatch?" she questioned.

"Not much, just thinking about you," he smiled, clearly with a plan behind his cocky green eyes. "You love to argue and get mad at me don't chya arty?"

Artemis felt heat rise to her cheeks. "As if!" she yelled. His grin only got larger "You can't be serious Kid Idiot!"

"Oh I am," he replied. "I'm just surprised you've managed to resist me for so long. You're even blushing!" he laughed.

Artemis suddenly realized the truth behind his words. "Think what you want Wally, I don't care, and you obviously can't prove or verify anything. In fact, I think that you would be unable to resist me if it came down to that."

"I guess you'll we'll find out on this beach camping trip," he began. "Just how much you truly do adore me."

Artemis slapped the sandwich right out of Wally's hand before shoving him hard onto the couch. "Geek!" She exclaimed.

"See?" Wally laughed. " You already can't keep your hands off me!" He quickly sped off before Artemis could hit him again.


"I know the real reason you wanted to go to the beach" Robin casually smirked at Wally. "You just want to check out Artemis in a bikini."

While that wasn't the primary reason, it was definitely an added bonus of his decision. "Yea, and I don't suppose you want to check out Zatanna or anything like that," Wally quickly responded.

They then heard a bit of laughing behind them. Kaldur had already swam to the depths of the ocean, while M'gann and Connor were currently playing together in the shallow water. Robin and Wally made eye contact as they realized who approached. They turned around and saw the two girls, side by side by side, laughing about something. Robin immediately noticed Zatanna was dressed in a red, almost crimson lifeguard looking bikini set.

"Artemis is not that hot" Wally thought "and she's probably just in some ugly dark green swimsuit that doesn't even look good." Gulping, he looked back only to find her approaching in a strapless black bikini set, with her hair down, and lots of skin exposed. Wally tried to conceal his admiration, but Artemis would not be fooled.

"Hey there Wally," She confidently smirked. "Is your face always as red as your hair, or is it the sun?"

"Um, you look quite nice today Artemis," Wally stuttered. Artemis was surprised, even she thought that she would never see the day that the Kid Flash struggled for words.

"You don't look too bad yourself baywatch." She replied pleasantly. She wasn't lying. When she first met Wally after he stumbled in shirtless, he perhaps looked athletic and toned, but now thanks to so much exercise through missions and training, the muscles were very evident in his back, chest and abs.

Wally noticed her checking her him out, and combined with her compliment, he regained his typical swagger right away. "You don't need to gawk babe, I'll be here all day" he said in his typical fashion.

Artemis just rolled her eyes, unamused by another typical Wally remark. "Come on Zatanna, let's swim."

"Give me a minute, Robin and I are putting on sunscreen," the sorceress remarked.

Artemis turned to find Wally smiling holding a sunscreen bottle. "Care to get my back Arty?" he asked cheerfully.

Robin and Zatanna were occupied with each other and Kaldur, M'gann and Connor were already in the water. She was the only other one with him, allowing her to come to the realization that there was no way out of this. "Ok fine" she groaned. Wally laid down on her beach bench right in front of her as she squirted a large glob of sunscreen onto her hand. She started on his shoulders. As she made contact, a shiver went through her body.

"Wow, his shoulders are so broad, so strong," she thought. "Let's take this a bit slower," she smiled, enjoying the feeling of his back in her hands. She stopped rushing and began to slowly rub his muscular back. She could see Wally grin with his eyes closed. She imagined him walking around shirtless all the time, "that's a sight I would like to see" she thought. Unfortunately for Artemis, she eventually finished.

"Didn't know ya liked my back that much Arty," Wally smiled, knowing that Artemis enjoyed rubbing his back. Wally began to get up and head to the water.

"Uh not so fast Baywatch," she stopped him. "It's your turn," she said as she handed him the sunscreen bottle. She laid down right on his lap, knowing it was her turn to tease him.

Wally looked down at her toned and tan back. He began rubbing, enjoying the feel of her soft smooth skin. His nervousness got the better of him, as that energy fueled into his hands, causing them to vibrate. The vibrating ripples on her back elicited a soft moan to escape her lips. Artemis did concede that it felt good, but she could have easily held in the moan. She smiled, thinking of what could possibly be going through Wally's head.

Wally made sure to quickly finish up, before anything else could happen. As Wally again tried to leave, he was again stopped. "I know you're quick and all, but that doesn't mean you just skip my legs," Artemis interjected. Artemis typically didn't put sunscreen on her legs, but this time she was fine to let Kid Flash do it for her.

Wally started at her calves, which like the rest of her, was smooth, tan, and hot. He massaged slowly, him enjoying the feel of her skin in his hands, while she enjoyed the sensations his hands gave her. Multiple more small moans ensued. He stopped at the middle of her thigh.

"Gosh Wally you left so much skin unattended, finish up," Artemis said, stopping him. Wally nervously placed his hands on her upper thigh, rubbing as his hands slowly went up and up. Artemis planned to let him get one feel of her ass, before she would then immediately stop him, knowing the effect it would have on the teenage boy.

Wally eventually gave up, and moved to the bottom of her butt, squeezing and rubbing the sunscreen in. As soon as he got a feel Artemis immediately stood up. Smirking at the clearly dumbfounded hero, she pulled his hand to help him up "Thanks Wally, I enjoyed that."

"Um yeah, me too," he nervously responded. They slowly walked to the beach together, heading towards Robin and Zatanna who were already in the water. Once they entered the water, Wally traveled to the deeper parts, where waves were breaking while Artemis casually swam in the shallower waters, enjoying the feeling of the water and lighter waves. Wally was an experienced swimmer and his superspeed didn't hurt either, yet today he was struggling with the rougher waves. As he caught one, he collided with a body on his way in.

"Watch where you're going Baywatch!" Artemis laughed.

"Right, I'm sure that you couldn't just have moved out of the way," Wally quickly responded. "Besides, the waves are really rough today, it's hard to control where I go."

Artemis smirked, "yea, I'm sure that you just happened to collide right into me on accident. Just be careful, ok Kid Clumsy?"

As soon as Wally was about to respond a massive wave crashed into them. Wally was able to stay afloat after the initial knock and confusion, but he couldn't locate Artemis. She struggled, and as soon as she was able to get a gasp for air, another wave sent her sprawling. Artemis realized she had never been this far out in the ocean as the waves pulled her deeper and she struggled for air amidst the rough current.

"Artemis!" Wally yelled in concern as he realized how much trouble the archer was truly in. His instincts kicked in as he rushed to save her. He did something he had never done, something he had never even attempted before. He ran on water. He wasn't going nearly as fast as he would on land, but it was still something. He sprinted over to a weary looking semi submerged Artemis and picked her up bridal style, before trying to rush them both back to safety. His inexperience with running on water, combined with Artemis' additional weight made him slip up whilst still in the water, but he had carried them to a shallower and calmer area.

"Are you okay?" Wally quickly asked, as he picked her back up. Artemis was in no position to answer, she coughed up water and could not speak.

"Um yeah, thanks Wally," she replied groggily "You, you saved me. And was it just me or were you running on water?"

Wally just realized that he had actually ran on water. "Oh yea I guess I did" a happy smile opened up on his face. "I just, my instincts kicked in and I knew I needed to get to you fast."

Artemis' face suddenly turned soft. "Wally you shouldn't trouble yourself for me. If I get myself in trouble, you can't risk your health. I, I couldn't imagine if something were to happen to you if I was the cause of it," maybe she was still groggy, or maybe it was the sun but she had no idea why she was opening up to him right now. "When I got mad at you earlier, it wasn't for breaking my bow during the mission, I was just mad that I almost caused you to get hurt." she was almost crying at this point. "Wally please don't do this for me, don't get hurt for my sake," she finished as her hands were still around him.

"Artemis," Wally started. Artemis looked up, expecting to see usual the cocky and teasing sparkling green eyes of the speedster. Instead she saw eyes that she had only seen once in the Kid Flash: when he had told her how she had truly made her spot on the team, and nothing else could change that to him. These eyes were honest, true and kind. "Of course I'll risk myself for you," Wally earnestly stated. "We're teammates, friends, maybe, maybe we could be even more than that if you trust me. Even if we argue, that doesn't mean I don't like you Artemis, you mean so much to me, and I couldn't imagine you gone." Wally felt Artemis grab his shoulders tighter and he hugged her harder. She looked up and saw Wally earnestly looking down at her.

Wally wanted to kiss her bad, and he could figure Artemis probably wanted to do the same. Wally stared into her eyes, and decided to go for it. They both started to lean in. Right as there lips were about to connect a wave hit them, sending them right into Zatanna and Robin.

"Oh my gosh, Artemis are you alright, I saw what happened" Zatanna worriedly asked her friend. Robin too went over to make sure she was alright.

Wally sighed internally, realizing the moment was over. "You better take the next chance you get West," he scolded himself.

After the team vacated the water, they set up their tents and campsite along the edge of the where the sand meets the grass. Connor dragged some tree trunks to use as benches, while the rest of them began to bring out supplies and set up a campfire.

Artemis kept thinking about the moment she shared on the beach with Wally. She had wanted to kiss him so bad. She wondered if they would ever have a chance like that again. She was ever so close to actually kissing him. In the past, Artemis would always have small moments of wondering whether she might actually like Wally in that way, but now she was sure of it.

"Hey Arty, betcha I can set up my tent before you can," Wally enthusiastically challenged, interrupting Artemis' thought.

She raised an eyebrow. "You may be the fastest kid alive, but you have no chance this time," she calmly snorted.

"Oh you're on," Wally smiled as he begun. Wally may be fast, but Artemis has had practice setting up all different types of shelters thanks to practice from her Dad and Green Arrow. Just as she was half way finished, she heard Wally shout "Done!"

She turned in disbelief to see Wally's yellow tent set up in one of the most unsturdy and unstable looking ways she thought imaginable. "Don't be surprised," Wally began "After all, I am a man of many talents-" as he leaned against the tent, it collapsed right on him.

Artemis smirked. "This race isn't over yet Wall-man." She only heard a groan from inside Wally's collapsed tent.

Just as Wally had finally untangled himself, he turned to see Artemis smiling over a properly set up tent. "All too easy," she confidently stated, glad that they were back to normality without awkwardness after their near kiss.

Expecting a typical comeback from Wally, she was surprised to hear "Would you, um, mind help setting mine up with me then Artemis?"

"Well if you need the help of an expert, I guess I can," she replied as she strolled over. They worked in almost silence, but enjoyed each other's company and the few times they would brush each other.

Wally suddenly heard a laugh from Artemis. He turned, expecting Artemis to make a mean remark about how much an idiot he was, instead he was surprised to hear her pleasantly ask "Wally why would you chose to have a peg go on the hardened mud-rock here?" she began. "I'm going to need your additional strength if we're going to be able to push this in."

"Um right, sorry Arty," he responded. He bounced over to her, prepared to help.

"Put your hands around it here, where mine are" she said. Wally could have chose to go from the other side, but he went behind her to place her arms around her. A small shiver went through her as his arms graced hers. "Focus Artemis" she thought. "Um right," she said, as she felt Wally's warm breath along her neck. "I'll twist and you push it down," she explained, trying to stay calm and cool.

Wally enjoyed the feel of Artemis in his arms, and purposely didn't push as hard, so the moment would last longer.

"Right," he heard Artemis start, "I think that we finished."

"Oh, good," he replied, sounding somewhat disappointed. He got off of her, and checked out his newly set up tent. "Thanks Artemis, I definitely couldn't have done it without you," he concluded.

"No problem Wally," she confidently remarked. "Good thing you inquired, I'm glad you're never nervous to ask," she finished as she headed back into her tent. Like the others they would be getting a nap in before dinner and smores around the campfire.

Wally turned and retreated to his tent, pondering what she meant by never nervous to ask.