Mahri: This is the first chapter of a story i am thinking about starting, I wanted you guys to read it first though. I will update Wally's method soon, I have the chapter, I'm just proofing.

What is happening with Wally and Dick in the last chapter is going on at the same time as the first part of this. The second part of this happens at the same time as the NEXT chapter of Wally's method.

Parts are seperated by staries***

GO!

It was snowing outside and the temperture in the mountain was a bit colder than most of the team could call comfortable, but Conner loved it. He stepped out of the steamy bathroom, his hair still dripping wet, and put on his boxers and a pair of flannel pajama pants before crawling into bed. The soft sheets and heavy comforter against his clean skin was a feeling he always loved, it put him to sleep almost instantly. Unfortunately for him, he did not stay asleep for long.

Conner was stirred from his sleep by the sound of his door creaking open. "Who is it?" He said in an annoyed monotone. Conner was not particularly fond of such visits late at night. "I-I... I didn't meant to... I mean... I'm sorry, I'll leave." Garfield whispered from the doorway as the light from the hallway pooled into the clone's room. Seeing the troubled eyes and teartrailed cheeks of his younger teammate made Conner feel bad for having a bad attitude. He sat up and pat the space in the bed beside him. "No I'm sorry, come here." He said to the little green skinned boy. "I'm sorry, I didnt mean to wake you, I was just...I-I had an episode." The tears threatened to pour again but Gar held them back. "Was it about... what happened, ya'know, w-with your mom?" Conner said trying to be gentle. The tears ran down Garfield's cheek as he nodded his head yes. "Why didnt you go to M'gann?" He said turning to face the teenaged boy who he had lived with since his mothers death. "I was going to, but she is sleeping in la'gaan's room." Conner couldnt help but feel a little anger flare up at this. It wasnt enough that M'gann was being so asdfghjkl; about everything else lately, but now she was fooling around with lagoon boy instead of helping Gar when he needed her. Conner figured if Gar needed someone, he would try his best. It WAS only one night right? "Well, I'm no good at this kind of thing, do you... do you-um do you just want to sleep in here... with me? I mean, i cant make it stop hurting like m'gann, but atleast i could wake you up if it happens again." Gar crawled under the covers awkardly. Conner slid back down and rolled onto his side, after a few minutes it was less awkward. "Kahh...rm" Gar said as sleep began to crawl over him again. "Yea, Gar?" Conner asked. "I wish you where my brother... nhg'gaan sucks pretty bad." Conner smiled, La'gaan really did suck, didn't he?.***********************************************************************************************************

Conner barely slept the rest of the night, he kept worrying about the boy, after all for his age this kind of thing wasn't very appropriate. So when the morning sun began to shine through the window above his bed, sending a stream of light on the other side of the room, Conner could not wait for Gar to wake up. As soon as thick lashes fluttered open for Conner to see Gar's emrald eyes he pulled him out of bed. Conner and Gar where the first ones awake, so Conner even went as far as to make breakfast for the boy. When they finished he sat on the couch and turned on the tv, even though he had gotten used to watching regular T.V. like everyone else, he still found the snowy screen interesting.

Conner had fallen asleep on the couch; Gar was the only one awake when the zeta tube anounced "Captain Marvel" had arrived at the mountain base. Billy came in eating an apple and headed straight for the fridge. "Umm... Hi Billy." Gar said as the leaguer rooted through their fridge. "Oww" He said hitting his head on the freezer door, "You scared me, I didnt know anyone was awake yet. It is normally a lot later before anyone is up." Gar laughed a little awkwardly, taking notice of the word "normally". "Do you really do this often enough to know when we wake up?" Billy paused in his search, then started again. "I've done it ...enough." Gar could tell Billy was upset about something but dropped it and started pulling out the rest of the food Conner had made for breakfast, that didnt get eaten, and setting it on the table. "Conner made us breakfast this morning, but we didnt eat it all. You're welcome to it." He said, arranging Billy a place at the table.

M'gann finally came in with La'gaan in tow. Gar paid more attention to Billy so that he wasn't watching La'gaan and M'gann be all lovey dovey, it always made him feel awkward. All the giggling and stupid talk between the couple must have woken Conner, because he got up off the couch and headed for his room. "Since when is everyone up so early?" M'gann asked turning her attention to the two boys. "I slept in Conners room last night and he got up early and made us some breakfast, then Billy came over to hang out with me and Wolf." Billy sent a quick appreciative glance to Gar. M'gann waved hello to Billy, and threw her bag over her shoulder. Bee and Mal came out of there rooms and headed straight for the zeta tubes. "Wait, where are Nightwing and Jaime and... the others" Billy said. "umm Supergirl, Wondergirl, and Jaime I would imagine are at home, and Batgirl and Robin are taking care of Gotham while Nightwing and Batman are at the big Justice League meeting. If I'm forgetting anyone I dont know where they are. Gar, you be good for Conner, we'll be back later." M'gann said to Gar grabbing her sweater and heading after Mal and Bee. once the two older couples where gone and the only other people in the cave where Billy, Gar, Wolf, and a sleeping conner, Billy pulled out his cellphone .(AN: a gift from batman/I'll explain later)

"Hey Dick," Billy said into the phone. "No, actually, I want to stay at the mountain today... just tell Batman im not going to make it, oh and say hi to Bart... is that Wally? umm... okay bye, see ya later."

Mahri:

I wonder what wally was doin O.o ...I'm serious, I just threw that in, so I'm gonna go add something about that now.

so for some reason, i will offer to beta for you in a heartbeat, but i can't take 10 minutes to proof and correct my own before i get annoyed and just trash it all together.

alright, this will be a totally different story (just called "my brother") but it happens in the same world as Wally's method, so i wanted to post it here first to get opinions. the main point of the story is Conner kind of becoming a big brother (maybe even fatherish) figure to Gar. umm, I havent decided if i wanted Conner to end up back with M'gann or with tim (kon/tim would be really pedo with the timeline i am using/ but Conner really doesnt age so i suppose it would be okay), i definately want to have some Billy/Gar because i read "i want you to want me" and i just loved the pairing idea.

by the way, this is two years after invasion, so...

gar=15

billy=17

dick=20

wally=22

conner= ...the same age he's always been (i'm too lazy to look it up)

i wrote gar to sound really young despite his age so that it might show how traumatizing the event was for him.

i will reference events in Wally's method when writing "My Brother" and vice versa. So birdflash will end up a side pairing.