OK Quick AN before i start, this story though new does not mean im giving up on the other stories. I am going to finish them in time but decided that i couldn't get this out of my head so i wrote it down. Thanks for the support. Also i would like to ask any artists out there whether you can make me an icon with Wally and bette holding hands or something romantic. For now it will just be a picture of her but i want something original. Thanks for the support and without further ado, the story. ( I will try and update regularly). Also in this story wally is not going to eat like a pig, he is too awesome for that. Yes he eats a lot, but in the presence of others, holds back.

"Wally! Wake up! It's the first day of school and you don't want to be late!" called his aunt's voice from downstairs. Wally groaned and covered his ears with his pillow muffling out any sounds around him. Everything seemed calm for a few seconds and Wally was ready to go back to sleep when the curtains in his room were opened bathing his room with blinding light. Wally shot out of bed complaining loudly until he saw his aunt with her hands on her hips grinning affectionately at him. "Be downstairs in ten seconds or you don't get any breakfast." She playfully threatened as the red haired teen was at the kitchen table even before she had even finished her sentence.

Shaking her head Iris descended the stairs to see her husband and nephew fighting over the final pancake. This playful banter usually ended up with the kitchen messy as well as all the occupants. Oftentimes she didn't know who was the older of the two because neither acted like it but she wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. For now she was content to watch her boys to run around swatting at each other and arguing at speeds she couldn't comprehend.

Now most families would easily get by on half of what the two speedsters ate. Nay, even a quarter would keep the average family nourished, but they were no average family. Iris tried her best to be a good wife to Barry as well as filling the gap of Wally's parents who had both died in a car crash when he was younger. They were by all means far from a perfect family, but they were all happy together and were all involved in each other's lives one way or another. With Barry it was superheroing and science, while Iris kept in touch with their social lives and was always willing to lend an ear when someone needed to get something off their chest.

But today was the first day of school and Wally was getting ready to go to the eleventh grade. Barry had pulled a few strings and got Wally eligible for the academic and athletic scholarship at Gotham Academy. Even though Gotham's elite socialite Bruce Wayne had offered to pay it in full, Wally felt the need to earn it by himself and became the second person that year to win the scholarship at the elite school. Iris knew about Bruce Wayne's alter ego due to the unlikely friendship Wally shared with Robin, who like Wally saw her as a mother figure due to lacking one of his own. Likewise Iris saw Robin or Dick his identity which he had trusted her with, as a second son who claimed her brownies surpassed that of his butlers.

Wally this year unlike any other was allowed to participate in sports. No one would suspect the athletic teen in Gotham to be the smiling speedster of Central City. People would never suspect it. The other years Wally was banned from such activities because it would take a simpleton to put the two and two together. But now as there was much less of a risk, Wally could do as he pleased.

Wally slung his backpack over his shoulder and hollered goodbye as he walked out the front door towards the nearest zeta tube. From there he would enter the Bat-cave and meet up with Dick for school. At one point Batman had been very untrusting of the young speedster, but once he saw how well he and his protégé bonded, Wally became as much a part of their lives at the mansion as Dick was in the Allen's.

"Recognized Kid Flash B03" came the mechanical voice followed by the strange sensation of having your molecules disassembled, then rearranged a moment later. The Bat-cave was empty so Wally followed the stairs that led to the mansion. He already knew better than to touch things around him no matter how appealing they looked. He let the camera scan him and heard the soft unlocking of the door.

Emerging from the grandfather clock Wally followed his nose to the kitchen where he saw the entire Batclan seated at the kitchen table. After politely saying hello to the adults he snagged a piece of bacon off Dick's plate.

"Hey dude, what's up?"

Dick smiled and bro-fisted Wally. "Nothing much, though I hear you made the double scholarship congrats."

Wally grinned. "Thanks, but I think there was a wee bit of bias on the committee."

Dick shook his head. "Actually no; I promise that you were the prime choice to receive it. You had a 98% average for goodness sake!"

"Ya, but-"

"No buts, you earned it man."

Wally smiled at the encouragement. "Thanks. You know you're pretty cool when you're not a dick."

"Ha Ha Wally sure like I haven't heard that joke about my name before, and really? How old are you?" Dick deadpanned.

He snorted. "Older than you."

"Well that's a surprise."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?"

Before they knew it, they pulled up at the school. Wally gripped the leather seat of the limo tightly. "Dude, I had no clue we were in a car at all! One second we are talking in the kitchen, and the next we are in front of our school. Are you sure that butler of yours isn't magic?"

Dick snickered "Going back on your beliefs so fast? What happened to science being the only option?"

Wally threw his hands into the air. "I'm just saying. If anyone could be a wizard it would totally be Alfred. Whatever, we're here." He opened the door to the limo. "Thanks Alfred."

"You are very welcome young sirs; just call me when you need me to pick you up again."

"Will do Alfie." Dick said also exiting the car. "See ya!"

The car drove away from the school to go back to the manor and Wally wiped away a fake tear. "I miss him already." He was awarded with a slap to the back of his head but also a grin.

All of a sudden a blur of red hair tackled Dick and embraced him into a hug. Once Dick detangled himself he introduced Wally to the girl beside him. "Wally this is Babs, full name Barbara Gordon and this is Wally, full name Wallace Rudolph West." Wally socked him on the shoulder, "Not cool man, not cool." All the while Dick grinned cheekily, the little troll.

Barbara gave him a once over and extended her hand which he shook. "Any friend of Dickie's is a friend of mine." Recognition then flooded her face. "Oh you're the new scholarship kid right? People have been talking about how you completely won the thing hands down. Are you going to try out for any teams this year?"

Wally shuffled his feet "Ya, but I'm not exactly sure what sports are available and where to sign up. Heck, I don't even know where any of my classes are."

Babs smiled "Just find Bette Kane, the student liaison; she's probably looking for you right now."

"Ok, thanks. Nice to meet you Babs. See you in Math Dick." Dick waved to his retreating figure in the mass of students.

Barbara watched his figure disappear from sight. Once she was confident he was gone she turned to Dick. "He has our math? He'll die." She stated bluntly.

Dick just shrugged. "Nah, he's a certified genius. He'll pull through."

/## 0 ##\\

Wally walked through the maze of students until he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to see a beautiful blonde girl with dazzling blue eyes.

"Hi you must be Wally West right?"

Wally nodded. "You were looking a little lost. I'm Bette, your student liaison."

"How did you know it was me?"

Bette blushed. "You tied Richard Grayson for highest entering marks to the school year, plus the student body has been talking about you as well."

A smile came on to his face "I hope you haven't heard anything bad about me."

She shook her head "I don't care for gossip much, but are there teams you are interested in trying out for?"

Wally nodded "Track or soccer. Either one is good."

Bette smiled "Great, can I see your schedule?" Wally wordlessly handed his time table to her.

"Wow didn't expect having all but one class together, but stranger things have happened I guess. We have advanced math in room 2023, probably with the double G's."

"Double G's?"

She slapped her forehead "Sorry forgot for a second that you're new here. Double G is just a term we use to describe Grayson and Gordon. They're totally into each other but totally won't admit it."

"Dick and that red-haired chick who's name I can't remember at this moment?"

She looked at him quizzically "Yes, Dick and Babs. Do you know them?"

Wally shrugged nonchalantly "I've known Dick since he was 9 years old. As for Babs, I just met her today."

"You'll get time to meet everyone today, but we really have to get to our class. Teachers hate it when you are late."

After following Bette through a maze of corridors, they finally stepped into the class just as the bell sounded.

Dick waved to him from the back of the classroom and patted the empty desk beside him which he happily took. The teacher introduced himself as a Mr. Girdler and then launched into an intense review on everything that was learned in Math in the previous years. After the review was finished he allowed the class to mingle a bit as he marked them. The class immediately buzzed with noise of talk about clothes, summers and school.

Before they knew it the class had ended and the teacher assured them that workloads would get harder as the year progressed. The bell sounded and the halls were turned into havoc once more.

Wally heard his name being called and turned to find himself nose to nose with a blushing Bette. "Wally I know this may seem sudden, but since we both have 2nd lunch would you like to go to the schools café to - um" she stammered out.

He wasn't expecting things to go so fast. The first day of school and already was at the café with a beautiful girl.

"It would be my pleasure."He said cutting her off once he understood what she was getting at. He started walking but then turned with a sheepish grin. "On second thought, I think I'll follow you."

Bette laughed and led Wally to the café.

/## 0 ##\\

They arrived at the café and ordered their drinks. To pass the time they started up a game of twenty questions. Wally opted to ask first

"Favourite subject"

"Math"

"Favourite sport"

"Track."

"Craziest thing you have done that could seriously anger your parents if they knew"

"Last year, snuck out to a high school party and got drunk. Managed to make it to my bed just in time before they checked up on me." Wally whistled "So the angel is not without her fall." Bette blushed furiously at the compliment and was about to ask the same question back at him when a waitress came with their drinks.

Bette smiled as she took a sip of her hot beverage. "What about you? What would your parents freak out at?" Wally's smile faltered. "They passed away when I was 7 years old, my aunt and uncle took me in and legally adopted me." Seeing the sorry look on her face Wally sighed. "It's been a while but I'm over it. But as for the question it would be the time I mixed up some chemicals that turned out to be slightly more acidic than I thought it would be. I accidentally spilled the bowl off the table splashing his favourite chair. It weakened the legs so that the next time he sat down on it, it broke."

The conversation then took a lighter tone and they avoided the subject completely. The playful questions continued for some time till it was time to go to the next class.

/## 0 ##\\

The rest of the day went off without a hitch and the pair was made lab partners for science as well as for history. The teachers varied from very strict, to more laid back ones but at the end of the day they both had a sizable amount of homework.

The bell rang out once again signalling the end of the day and the halls once again were plunged into chaos. Walking side by side Wally kept wondering at the feeling that he got every time he looked at the beautiful blond that walked beside him. "Hey Bette, I was wondering if you would like to go the café again with me tomorrow same time same place?"

Bette looked up at him and smiled. "Yes. I'd enjoy that."

"I'll meet you there then." He whipped out his iphone. "What's your number?" She recited it to him and he added the number to his contact list. "See you tomorrow" he promised and then headed to the main entrance of the school to meet up with Dick.

After about five minutes of searching he found Dick talking with Barbara in the crowd he patiently waited until they said their goodbyes and approached his best friend.

"Dude call up Alfred to pick us up. I don't know about you, but I'm just about starved to death."

Dick rolled his eyes at his best friend's drama queen attitude and phoned for Alfred to pick them up. After the butler assured them he was on his way, he flipped open his phone to show Wally the photo that he had taken earlier with Artemis.

Wally's eyes widened "Since when does the harpy go to this school, and for how long has she known your secret identity?" This earned him a smack followed by a sinister giggle (If a giggle could be described as such) "First of all her name is Artemis, not harpy. Second of all she has no idea that I and my alter ego am the same person."

Wally grinned. "That is both evil and awesome. I swear you could perfect trolling into an art."

"Who said it isn't already?"

The limo had pulled up in front of them and Wally and Dick clambered in. The voice of Alfred came on over the speaker system. "I trust that your first days of school were alright?"

"Yes" came from both the boys.

"Well I am glad. Master Wallace I have made the snicker doodles you requested of me and they await you at the mansion before you go to your 'extracurricular activities' "

"Thanks Alfred."Thanked the voice of the energetic speedster in the back seat.

"You are very welcome Master Wallace."

The rest of the drive went by in comfortable silence. When they arrived at the manor, both boys sped to the kitchen and began snacking on the cookies Alfred had left out for them with vigour.

Alfred walked into the kitchen and watched as the cookie population began decreasing at an alarming rate. Occasionally he wondered where they managed to fit it all, but the two boy's praises of his cooking always put a smile on his aging face.

After they were both full, Alfred cleaned the dishes as the boys ran up the stairs to do their homework. They had finished it all a good hour before they were needed at Mount Justice so they settled on playing video games until they were needed for training.

"Yo dude, what's the deal with Barbara?" Wally asked as he skewered a zombie on screen. "What do you mean?" replied the younger boy as his character shot a zombie rising out of his grave. Wally paused the game completely. "What I meant to say is why haven't you ever told me about her before?" Dick just smiled "'Cause you never asked."

Wally smiled "Ri-ight" drawing the sound out showing his disbelief. "Are you sure that's why? Or are you scared that Batman will find out you have a crush on her?" He was rewarded to hear Robin sputtering; his mouth open like a fish, while his entire face had deepened into a reddish hue resembling that of a tomato.

"How long have you liked her?" Robin gaped at him. "I don't like Babs; we're friends, nothing more." Wally grinned "Sounds like you are trying to convince yourself."

"We're friends!" Wally chuckled "Whatever helps you sleep at night... Dickie"

"That's it!" Dick yelled and leapt at Wally who nimbly dodged to the side. "For friends, you sure have a lot of physical contact" He stopped an idea coming to him. "Oh you mean you guys are friends with benefits, I see how it -" He didn't get to finish his sentence when Robin flipped him over his back and sat on his chest. "Take it back."

"I'll withdraw the thing I said about you being friends with benefits, but you have to come clean to me about everything else. Deal?" Dick held his gaze for a moment then sighed. "Deal."

"Ok... Get off my chest?"

"No"

"So you are going to just sit there?"

"Yes."

Wally sighed but then Dick started talking. "I first met Babs as Robin, seeing she was the commissioner's daughter, she found out where we were meeting with her father. She tried to sneak onto the roof we were talking on. Only after we caught her eavesdropping did we find out she had a major crush on me, I mean Robin." Robin took a deep breath and continued. "Bruce makes a lot of donations to the Gotham police force, and as Babs grew a bit older he took her along on the annual police balls. Since we were the only kids there, we became really fast friends. She still liked Robin so one night, about a few months ago in the summer I visited her window while she was there. Then we kind of... you know—"

"Kissed?" guessed Wally.

"Ya that." said Robin running his hand through his ebony hair. "Now every time I look at her or am near her, I remember that kiss and get too embarrassed to do anything else. So I've kinda avoided her today after the hugging incident before school."

"Dude! You never ever do that to a girl trust me. If something happens between you and her as Dick Grayson, so be it. But it's no use to ruin a friendship that you have had for years over something that she doesn't even know about. She has no idea Robin and her best friend are the same person. If you start avoiding her now, she'll be hurt."

Robin flipped off Wally and smiled at him. "Thanks dude, I needed that."

Wally shrugged. "Eh what are best friends for? Oh my gosh, we are going to be late for training!"

Rushing down to the cave, the teens quickly changed into their costumes, Kid Flash obviously finishing first. Robin went in first and faded away followed by Kid Flash moments later.

Kid Flash zoomed into the cave's kitchen and opened the fridge immediately scanning for anything that would catch his fancy. He finally grabbed some salsa and nachos and sat down chomping. Slowly the rest of the team filtered into the kitchen as they waited for Black Canary to arrive for Training.

"Recognized Black Canary B-17" the voice pronounced. Black Canary walked in with a duffle bag slung over her shoulder. Wally zipped over. "Hey BC, what's in the bag?" She set it down and simply said. "Training."

She took five identical pairs of bows with quivers and utility belts. She passed them around to the teens. She demonstrated the proper way to put on all the equipment "Put the quivers on like this and just clip the belts around your waist." Wally just stared at the equipment in his hands. "What are we going to do with these?" he asked with confusion in his voice.

"In the case that one of your teammates being absent or injured, sometimes having an archer or someone who knows his or her way around Robin's utility belt is essential to the mission. You would do well to train yourself the best you can with this equipment to be prepared for any situation. Artemis, would you like to show everyone the basics of shooting an arrow straight?"

/## 0 ##\\

The class went pretty well, with Robin being the best non-archer and Kaldur surprisingly being the worst. "I am not used to shooting a bow on land." He admitted. "The ones that were shot underwater were fuelled by magic that greatly improved power as well as accuracy."

Though Wally was not the worst, he was far from the best archer. Much to Artemis's amusement, he managed to smack himself with the bow string about five times until Black Canary showed him the correct way to shoot an arrow. Robin however was a natural and began shooting bulls eye after bulls eye until he emptied his quiver.

Wally drew closer to him and hissed in frustration. "Dude. How are you so good at this?" Robin whispered back "Batman trained me with every weapon for any situation. I've had time to get good."

The utility belts however were more in Wally's favour. Having spent lots of time with Robin, he already knew his way in and out of the utility belt. Having finished naming all the components in order, he started flicking Batarangs at the target with great speed and accuracy.

Megan was having a blast as she could manipulate the Batarangs and arrows as they flew to the target while Conner remained average for both of them. Not quite missing yet not quite hitting the targets dead-on.

"And time." Said Black Canary and retrieved the bows and arrows from each of them. "If you want to get better with these, they are here for you to practice with. No combat today, class dismissed."

Wally made a quick stop for the kitchen to get his energy back up and took the Zeta tube back to the mansion with Robin. From there he took his homework from the room, politely said his goodbyes and made his way over to Central City.

Finding his mentor Flash fighting off Captain Cold, he rushed into the fray and hit the ice villain on the head. The man made no more resistance. After the hit to the head, he let out a groan and crumpled into a heap at their feet. After literally dropping off the villain at the police station they stopped a few muggings and petty thefts around the city.

"So Kid, how was your day?" asked his uncle ruffling his hair which he promptly combed back with his fingers. "It was pretty great. I trained with BC, got my courses... met a few people." after saying the last part, he involuntarily blushed which didn't go unnoticed by Flash. "Judging on how your face is trying to blend in with your hair, this was more than just meeting a few people." He paused. "So what's her name?"

"I'm not answering that." Barry sighed dramatically. "I could always ask the Bat to find out if you'd like? The way I see it is you have the easy way by telling me right now or the hard way... likely by interrogation and or stalking."

Wally grumbled "You're evil."

Flash laughed. "I try... So who is she?"

Wally if possible blushed even harder. "Her name is Bette and evidently her marks rival mine."

"Is she pretty?"

"Gorgeous."

Flash wiped an imaginary tear off his face "Little Wally's all grown up." Then he ruffled his nephew's hair and sped off into the distance making kissy noises with Wally running after him playfully trying to catch him.

/## 0 ##\\

An hour later both came home exhausted, they walked the remaining distance to their porch and tiredly knocked on the door. The door swung open to reveal Iris as well as the Garrick family. Dinner had already been set out and only lacked its two greatest consumers to join them. After a quick prayer of thanks for the food, the entire family dug into the feast set before them and the rest of the night held laughter and pleasantries.

Wally stumbled to his bed after the quick shower he had taken and sank into his bed. Life had been good to him as he had a loving family, friends and maybe the chance at being something more than friends with Bette.

Wally felt content with what he had in his life and like his aunt Iris; he wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.

TBC