Two weeks after the suppose death of Wally West alias Kid Flash; Artemis has become depressed and sought comfort from her friends and teammates. In one such time she was visiting Dick Grayson alias Nightwing together they spend hours talking about Wally.
When Artemis woke up she felt disgusted. Glancing over she rolled her eyes. "Shit" she murmured as she attempted to get out of the bed without disturbing the man that she had just screwed a few hours ago. Walking naked into the bathroom with her clothes she stared into the mirror and felt ashamed. Wally had only been gone in such a short time and she basically jumped into bed with another man. At first, she thought that it was to share her grief with Dick Grayson in some type of way to elevate their shared heartbreak. Dressing she crept out of the bathroom hoping not to wake him not wanting to actual face what she had done. But to her dismay he was sitting on the end of the bed waiting for her. A sheet covered his lower half and he looked at her.
"I'm sorry. This should not have happened." Dick said as Artemis tried not to actual make eye contact. "But it was nice".
"It did happen and it will not happen again!" Artemis declared angrily as she picked up her knee boots. "I don't think we should see each other again". Then she left walking out of Dick's apartment building. She immediately started to cry as she made her way. Hoping that they had the presence of mind during to use condoms. But just in case she decided to take a Morning After pill. She did not need to be pregnant at a time like this. Disgusted with herself she slowly walked home.
Almost an hour later she stepped into her and once Wally's apartment. She pulled off her boots and stepped into the bathroom. She undressed then took a Morning After pill while turning the shower on. As the hot water pelted her she scrubbed vigorously trying to remove Dick's smell off her. The problem she had was that she enjoyed the sex with him. Every moment of him inside her or when she was riding him. It disgusted her that she did not stop herself even when she felt him slowly pull her shirt off or when he undressed put a condom on and entered her. She had thought that he would have stopped when she moaned Wally's name during but he did not even pause. Getting out of the shower she picked up her clothes and underwear tossing them into the trash. Walking into the kitchen she sat at the kitchen table not bothering to get dressed. She went over what had happened. She and Dick were sitting talking about Wally as she started to cry he hugged her offering her some comfort. But the hug soon turned into a kiss then in moments they were removing clothing and then she slept with him. No not slept she thought angrily she let him fuck her and not just once but several times.
Dick sat on his bed watching Artemis leave saying they would never do that again and that they should not see each other again. The problem was Dick wanted to see her again. In those moments of passion, he found that he fell for her. He had been wanting to be with her ever since she came back and he got to do fake CPR on her. Touching those soft and perfect breasts, kissing her to give her mouth to mouth. He felt terrible that he was attracted to his friend's girlfriend. But he was gone and life had to go on. Standing he picked up the four condoms and flushed them down the toilet. Deciding in a few days to contact Artemis to apologize again and hope that she in some way decide that they can get together again. Then maybe seek comfort together again. This made him smile. He had thoroughly enjoyed having sex with her; as she moaned and groaned as he fucked her. The first time was fast and over in a few moments, but the later times were a lot better and he could tell that Artemis was into it. Moving back to the bed he laid down and tried not to think about her and slowly dozed off.
Artemis woke up her head on the kitchen table and felt physically ill. She had first hoped that what they had done was some type of nightmare or bad dream. But she knew it wasn't. Getting up seeing the sun rising she decided that she needed to talk to someone. Considering calling her mother she picked up her phone then stopped. No, she could not talk to her mother and not her sister either. They both would not understand that her daughter or her sister was a slut. That is what she felt like. Instead she dialed Green Arrow's number, but she really wanted to talk to Black Canary.
As she spoke to Black Canary she felt better. Canary listened but did not look like she was judging what Artemis had done. Telling her that it had started as just two friends talking about Wally but then turned into her deeming herself and having sex.
"Artemis, it is not your fault." Canary stated as she tried to smile. "You have had a traumatic and devastating loss and needed to release that in some way to seek comfort".
As Canary spoke Artemis started to feel better and listened to her as she realized that what had happened was not entirely her fault or that she was betraying Wally's memory. But she still felt ashamed that she would allow someone to prey on her need for physical contact. After an hour Canary asked that they speak again in the next couple of days then hugged Artemis.
Black Canary watched Artemis leave then she kicked a nearby chair angrily. Tapping her communicator, she called Batman. "Batman we need to talk. I think you need to have a few works with Nightwing". Then she told Batman about what had happened and it would be best if Nightwing not attempt to contact Artemis until she had a chance to heal and move on. Batman agreed.