Authors note: This is my first fanfic please be nice to me! I know Wally seems a little off but it's for a reason.
This will only be two chapters. I really hope you like it.
Also of course do not own these characters.
They finished their explanation of what happened. Everyone was silent. I looked over to where Artemis sat, staring down at the ground with a blank expression. She slipped from her spot on top of the table, her feet silently hitting the ground and taking her away from me, us. I hung my head, hearing announce her departure.
She seemed to have broken the still. The others started to move, footsteps receded. I brought my eyes up a little to see Megan, tears in her eyes, run to Conner, he held her. Megan sobbed in to the black material, her whole body shaking. Conner didn't move though. Arms wrapped around her. Face still, unreadable, staring off at the back wall. I had dreamed many times of holding Megan like that. Being her Hero. That's what I always wanted to be. A hero. But Connor was hers and as I watched I felt no jealousy, no longing just the need to be able to protect someone. Who was I fooling though, I couldn't protect anyone, I couldn't even save her. I shook my head. I will not think of that. She doesn't need me. I don't need her!
"Oh sweetie there you are! How was your little training thing?"
"Fine." I couldn't say anymore. What was I suppose to tell them. I couldn't understand half of it myself.
"I saved some dinner for you. Roast, potatoes, carrots, corn and got a brand new tub of chocolate ice cream."
My mother was calling from the kitchen. Water sloshed about, dishes clanked. The living room beside me was glowing from the football game. My father was watching with intensity in his favorite green armchair. He never looked up when I came in. Everything was normal. But then again it always had been, it was my mind that had gone.
"Nah thanks mum I'm not hungry, I'm just going to head to bed." That got my dads attention. His head snapped up faster then I ever would have thought possible for him. A dish fell into the water. My mother came running to the doorway, eyes wide. She came to me, taking my face in her hands and looking hard into my eyes, then scanning my face with scrutiny.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." I tried to get away.
"Don't lie to me, you're not acting like yourself."
"Because I don't want to eat?" I responded to harshly. Anger was building.
"Yes."
I pulled myself away from her. "I'm just not hungry right now, Okay? All I want to do is sleep so will you please let me do that?" I snapped.
My mother just nodded, fear in her eyes. I run upstairs, fast. I usually try to act as normal as possible at home, no running, vibrating, but I couldn't take the slow walk knowing that my parents would be watching me the whole time. I slammed my door and fell against it. I slid to the ground and held my head in my hands.
My mother was right I wasn't myself. Every emotion in me seemed to be amplified. I was ashamed of the way I talked downstairs, ashamed that I left the cave without seeing how any of my team were doing. All of us thought we died, we were sure of it. I was sure of it. Standing at the hall with Robin I thought about how I would never see my family again, never grow up. Never see Artemis again. But we all thought that, that she and the others were dead. But they weren't. We weren't.
I was exhaustion. Nothing was making sense. Reality was becoming warped. I raised my head and looked around my room. Clothes and energy bar wrappers scattered the floor, my stash of uneaten bars taking up a shelf above my bed for easy access during the night. Everything was how it should be. But then everything felt like that before.
I got up and made my way to my bed. I took off my shirt and added it to the derbies. I collapsed on the soft sheets with out bothering to remove my pants. I tried not to think. If I didn't then I couldn't get lost in the twisted events that had taken place. One thing kept overriding my mind though. The gut retching pain, fear and disbelief that had consumed me as I saw Artemis killed. It was normal though to feel that way. She was part of my team, I may not have wanted her at first but I'd long since changed my mind. I didn't feel the same about the others though. But that was because I thought they were alive. Robin and Manhunter made me believe that they had just been transported. So of course I wouldn't have gotten as upset. Artemis was just as teammate that's all.
I rolled over. Eyes closed tight I tried to get to sleep. Telling myself that I overreacted, Artemis was just a teammate. Just a friend. My fear for her was not real.
A knock on my window grasped my attention. I sat up seeing a dark figure with a long blond ponytail on the other side. I lifted the glass quickly. She moved through the opening with ease.
"What are you doing here." The whisper seemed louder then I meant as I tried to seem calm about the fact that she was in my room, on my bed, getting to this place by climbing through my window.
"I can't wait anymore," she breathed softly.
"Art…" I was cut off as her lips meet mine with force. My eyes were wide with shock. This is not what I expected. But I realized fast that it was what I wanted. The kiss was rough and passionate. Her hands were tangled tightly in my hair, pulling me as close to her as possible. She had repositioned herself on my lap grinding herself hard against me. Everything seemed like it was happening so fast. Her lips, her tongue, her skin. Her handed roamed my chest. She then tugged the zipped of her black sweatshirt down and let it heap beneath us. She wasn't wearing a bra and I groaned loudly at the sight of her.
She leaned forward and bit the lobe of my ear gently. Running her wet tongue along it after. "Do you want me?" she huskily whispered.
"Yes," I managed.
"Do you want to take me right here?"
"Yes."
"Hear me scream your name?"
"Yes."
"Will you care for me after?"
"Yes."
"Will you protect me?"
"Yes."
"Will you want me when you wake up?"
"Ye…WHAT!"
I awoke with a start. I was covered in sweat. My window was closed and empty. The sky outside had the first signs of morning. I was completely alone. And more confused then ever.