"This isn't going to be easy."
'This shouldn't have happened.' Shayera thought as she woke up. Right now she was lying on her back, it was a little uncomfortable but she got used to it, and John was lying beside her. He was on his stomach with his face on her stomach. They were both nude under the sheets.
"Oh no." She groaned covering her face with her hands.
"What's wrong?" The only other person in the room asked.
With her eyes closed and her hands still in front of her face she replied. "We slept together." He pulled himself up closer to her face.
"Hey." He said softly. "It's alright."
He was now close enough that he could cup her face and kiss her. Shayera dropped her arms and wrapped them around his neck and gave in.
"I love you Shayera" he said as he pulled away for air.
"I know." Shayera replied looking down towards the ex-marine.
After a while John left to go home and Shayera went back to the watchtower. Seeing that it was lunch time, she went to the cafeteria. She sat at her usual table. She sat with her elbows on the table, shoulders slumped and hands over her face. "How'd it go?" Carter asked as he approached.
"It didn't go as planned." She replied not moving.
As he sat down he asked "Well what happened?" Shayera looked up and told him the whole story.
When John got home, all he could do was think. 'I slept with Shayera.' 'I love Shayera.' 'When can I see her again?' He hardly thought of Mari, he didn't think of her at all. When she finally came to his mind, it was hours later when she called him.
"Hey Boo. I was thinking we could go for Chinese tonight. And I don't mean the place by your apartment." He barely managed not to groan. That little Chinese place was like a second home. She never liked that place. 'Shayera did.' He thought.
"Look Mari. Tonight I just want to stay in. We could do something tomorrow if you'd like." He heard her sigh.
"That's fine John. It sounds like you have things to think about. I'll talk to you later." Then she hung up.
John went over to his table and picked up his com-link. "Shayera? Would you like to come over to my apartment?"
Shayera was inside her room sitting on her bed with her feet being rubbed by Hawkman when she heard her com-link go off. "Shayera here."
"Shayera? Would you like to come over to my apartment?" She froze.
"Who is it?" Carter asked.
"It's John!''
He looked at her. "Well answer him!"
"Uh, sure John." She answered.
"Great! I'll get us some Chinese. See you soon." He got off.
She looked at Carter. "I'm going to his place. Tonight."
Carter only smiled. He left to give her tine to get ready. She dressed in civilian clothes. Black skinny jeans and a white shirt with wings on the back, well they did until she cut them out for her own wings. Right as she slid out her door, she bumped into some one.
"Going on a date?" Shayera heard her ask.
"Mari!" She yelled out in shock. "I, um, am going out." Mari only smiled before saying,
"Have fun. Say hi to Hawkman for me. Everyone knows you've been spending so much time with him."
Then she left. Shayera let out the breath she wasn't aware she was holding. This was horrible; Shayera was going to a man's house, and not just any man. It was her friend's boyfriend. Taking a deep breath, Shayera continued on to the hangar. She went to J'onn and asked him to beam her down. Before the flash of blue, she could've sworn she saw the Martian smile.