Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice animated, Dc, or any of their characters.
-A/N: Hi there everyone. I don't expect this sequel to take too long. I actually have an entire plot figured out so all I need is the dedication to sit and type… HNNNNG Also sorry that the last chapter had so many spelling errors. I was just trying hard to focus on what I imagined many times that I didn't realize how fail I got with literacy. DDDx -
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Thursday. 3:15PM. Schools out and the rest of the day was free for the speedster. Homework was finished during study hall and he had an entire week to finish his science project. In his room he sits on his computer chair facing the door. Should he go to Mount Justice, and chill with whoever is there today? Nah. Artemis would be there. And the last thing Wally wanted was to hear her and Megan talk about her date.
His nose wrinkled at the thought of Artemis going on a date with some high class dork. He'd always thought they had something… They've been kissing every chance they got for crying out loud! He let out a smooth sigh remembering the last kiss they shared.
They had finished a mission, a very difficult mission. Sure, guarding precious ship cargo sounded easy for a bunch of gifted teenagers but there was always bad people sneaking around ready to steal or sabotage. 45% of the cargo was lost in the fight, 45% of PRECIOUS cargo. Not only did the Young Justice team blame themselves, two particulars were blaming each other.
"You shouldn't have been such an idiot! Why can't you just control your speed like a normal person, you ran off the boat into the water like a moron!" She hisses at the ginger.
"You were right at the edge too; you could have at least stopped me like a GOOD TEAMATE!" He shouts back.
"It's not my job to take care of you! What are you five!"
After being scolded by batman the two took their argument to a more personal area. Artemis tugs the boy by his neck and drags him into a closet were she smothers him with his mouth. He returns it; both could agree nothing made them more heated then an argument. Of course after a few moments of battling tongue the blonde pulls away and snarls, "Next time I'm pushing you off the boat." She grins, shoves him and leaves the closet. The speedster stands there scratching his head with red cheeks.
There was no denying Wally felt something was there. Through all the tension they actually liked arguing. But Wally wanted more than that. So much more than the Archer was even hinting to give. He liked her. He wouldn't say it out loud but it was true. She was so tough and independent and she always kept him in his place. He runs his hand over his forehead and groans. But instead of taking a guy she's been making out with for two months as a boyfriend she accepts a date from a snobby rich kid.
And there it came again. That feeling of wanting to do something. Something stupid. Wally couldn't stand being made a fool of by her. And like he always ends up doing, he sets out to go catch her attention. By force.
….
Once everyone hears the computer acknowledge Wally's arrival Robin is the first one to skip to the entrance. The red head side glares at the thirteen year old before walking ahead. "Dude… You're not going to be happy when you hear that Artemis has-"
"A date? I know." He smiles over at the younger hero. "I'm totally okay with it. In fact, I'm happy for her." He speeds away leaving Robin confused.
"Uh-Oh."
In the kitchen the entire team is gathered. Aqualad glares over at the speedster. "We were going to call you, when did you-"
Wally walks right past him.
Megan is conversating with Artemis while she helps her make something to eat, grinning the whole way. "I'm excited for you; can I come with you to pick out what you will wear?"
Artemis is chopping tomatoes with a rather distant look. "I haven't put much thought into what I'm wearing." She shrugs. "SS—Ow!" she hisses as she accidently cuts her finger.
"Are you alright?" Megan asks.
"Yeah… I wasn't paying attention is all… Damn it burns." Artemis examines the wound.
"Oho, so the queen of mean does feel."
Everyone turns to see Wally right behind Artemis. She glares at Megan and Superboy, who are in front of her, then spins around to see Wally staring her in the face.
"Wally." She says blinking a bit. "What the hell do you think you're doing parading in here with a comment like that?" She raises a brow.
"It's our headquarters." He steps closer, "Not yours."
She rolls her eyes and turns her back to him. "Whatever your problem is, I'm not in the mood." She takes a napkin and wipes the bit off blood off her finger.
"Really? Because my problem is with you."
Superboy and Megan take the que to start backing away. Aqualad stops Superboy and mentions he may need him here.
"A problem with me? I didn't do anything wrong to you, this time, Gingerface." She stares him down, trying to take a brave role.
Robin dashes in only to skid to a stop as he sees Wally and Artemis staring each other down. "Oh no…" He facepalms.
"Oh I think you did. You know you got a lot of nerve, using me like you have these past months. What, you run to me, get your kicks off of making out for a bit then run off and go pursue guys you actually want?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about that dork you agreed to go on a date with!" Wally bursts. Robin hisses a bit. "He's not a dork and he was just being nice. It's none of your business, loser." She narrows her dark eyes at him, he narrows his emeralds right back at her.
"I think it is my business! You are just a heartless little witch! I mean you kiss me left and right and lead me on, then when I bring up the subject of dating you laugh at my face! How do you expect me to react, woman! I'm human! A TEEN human at that! You don't just kiss a guy and have it mean nothing… Oh wait… Guess you can. There are people who do that and they're hmm.. What's the word? Whores!"
He catches glimpse of the girls pupils dilate before she lunges at him; she punches him right in the nose leaving a stream of blood to skim the air. Then she roundhouse kicks him sending him straight into the wall and falling face first into the floor. The wind was surely knocked out of him, and fasted kid out there or not he didn't see any of that coming. Shakily he looks up to see Aqualad, Superboy and Robin holding the girl back. While he expects to see a tough girl spitting curse words at him and snarling the dirtiest look she could muster, he finds a different face to meet. Her face is red, her teeth are gritting and she keeps swallowing. One feature he cannot overlook however is those piercing dark eyes, glossed with tears. Wally experienced an odd moment of dejavu, remembering spreading all those lies about her two months ago. Only she didn't react so much last time. With an ache in his chest and a lump in his throat he sits up, wipes his nose and superspeeds his ass out of the room.
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"Where's Artemis?" Megan says, reentering the kitchen. Kaldur, who is seated at the table with a hand over his head, replies, "She left shortly after Wally…"
Megan looks down frowning. The day was officially ruined. "Those two are causing a lot of trouble with each other… I thought… When we saw them kissing they'd finally be together."
"I agree… How am I supposed to keep this team in place when the worst battles are being fought within?"
"I'd go talk to KF but I don't think much needs to be said. I know he's definitely going to regret this." Robin says furrowing his brows.
The Martian rests against the wall staring at the floor. "I feel like it was my fault… I kept saying how exciting it was for Artemis to be on a date… And Wally got so mad…"
"It's not your fault… In fact it's no ones fault. Those two need to merely sort out their problems." The Atlantian reassures.
"Yeah, before they cause problems for all of us." Conner adds.
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It's morning. Friday morning. Wally is in bed and hasn't slept a bit. For such a long time, the ginger had wanted some sort of reaction out of Artemis… Something to just prove she was human. He knew he pushed her buttons but she always sassed him like her words are better over his. But the reaction he got out of her in that last fight was tears. They were building anyway and Wally knew it was wrong of him to go at her like that…
"But she was being such a jerk to me! What did she expect me to say… 'I'… 'You'… augh I can't think of anything!" He shoves a pillow over his face and groans. A blue shade falls through his window, the sun is rising. It's school time and he hasn't got a minute of shut eye. He realizes this is one of those 'be careful what you wish for' moments.
…
"Hey, Supey. Hey beautiful." He winks at Black Canary who is standing beside Superboy. She merely smiles.
"I don't think it's a good idea for you to be here… Right now…"Superboy furrows his grows a bit and Wally rubs the back of his neck.
"I know… I caused a lot of problems yesterday… I'm tryin' to fix it…"
"Now isn't the best time…." Superboy scratches his cheek.
"Why not?"
"Artemis you look beautiful!" Megan squeels, leaping back to view Artemis from a distance. She's wearing a black dress, knee length. Her hair is pulled into a side pony tail that has been curled into perfect locks down her shoulder. With the right amount of beige eye shadow on her eyes and clean lip gloss she looked naturally beautiful. The half-Vietnamese glances at the bracelet and watch on her wrist. "I got thirty minutes to spare." She says, dully.
"I hope you enjoy yourself." Megan smiles sweetly at her. Artemis does her best to reflect the smile.
"Me too."
The two ladies exit the door to be startled by a nervous speedster, who is standing awkwardly with his hands stuffed in his pockets. His mouth gapes when he sees Artemis all dressed up. Of course even her angry look doesn't do much to ruin her beautiful appearance.
Without a word she stalks past Wally, chin raised and attention elsewhere.
"Wait, Artemis, wee need to talk…" He grabs her wrist and she responds by gripping his wrist with enough force to snap it. He cries out, lets her go and stumbles back nursing his abused wrist.
"I have somewhere to be right now." She hisses.
"You said you have like thirty minutes to spare." M'Gaan blurts. Artemis shoots her a dirty glare and the Martian embarrassingly dashes away from the two.
"Look I promise it will be worth it, kay? Just hear me out for a moment…" He bites his bottom lip and glares at her desperately. She rolls her eyes, groans, and glances back at him.
"You've got thirty minutes to convince me not to snap your neck."
….
Wally leads the furious archer out of the cave to the shore of the island. She protests for a bit but he begs her to just deal with it. "I'm going to get my heels stuck in the dirt!" She complains.
"Stop whining for a moment and just listen to me, okay!" He huffs and returns his now clammy hands back in his pockets. She folds her arms and raises a defiant brow at the other.
"I'm listening, asshole."
The redhead takes a breath, shakes his arms, and rolls his neck. He looks like he's getting prepared to run a marathon, the archer takes note of. "Okay… Yesterday, I effed up. I don't know what came over me I just… Flipped! And it was wrong… very wrong. You were obviously offended by it and I wasn't trying to do that… Well… I kinda was… But I didn't know it'd work!"
He glances at her and her glare is already away from him. She looks unamused. "For whatever reason I was jealous, Arty." Now she looks at him. Clearly curious she stares him down. "What, that I accepted some rich kid's date offer?"
"Yeah…"
"Why?"
"I don't know. Well maybe I do… Look it's just… when I brought up us dating you wrote me off like I was nothing. And some stranger comes up to you and invites you to a scene you'd much rather not like to be at you accept. And I thought… since we've been like… kissing and stuff that you'd have some sort of connection with me… Or something! I don't know okay I just got so mad at you for treating me like filth that I wanted to hurt you as bad as I was hur- Pissed off." He edits at the end glancing away embarrassed.
She stares at him for a moment, and eventually her glare softens. She lets out a small sigh. "Wally, just because I'm accompanying this dork to a party doesn't mean I'm going to be his girlfriend or whatever. I'm not girlfriend material. My life doesn't work with that sort of thing, and as flirtatious as I can be it doesn't mean I'm ready to settle with a guy." She flips her hair and looks away. Wally watches her.
"Why not? Part of being a teenager is getting boyfriends and girlfriends…" He feels a bit concerned now. She stares down at the sand getting caught in her heels. Least concerned about that she continues, "It gets in the way. Getting too attached to someone can get in the way of my… uhm… superhero life."
Now he gets it. "You're pushing me away to avoid getting attached?" He sounded almost hopeful, that's because he was. Her cheeks flush and she looks away in a flash. "N-No! Why would I ever get attached t-to someone like you?" She scoffs. "If I'm leading you on maybe we should stop kissing all together." Wally breaks into a smile. He reaches his hand out for hers and holds onto it for dear life, he knows to because she hisses in protest.
"Okay, okay. You don't need to kiss me anymore. That's cool. You don't' want to mislead me… And I don't want to mislead you either." He looks away and feels his cheeks heat up. "I know when I wanna' kiss a girl, Arty. I want to kiss a girl because I like her… And if I'm lucky… Maybe she'll like me too." He stares over at her and she can't help but to stare back. Their eyes are locked.
Briefly she wonders if he's admitting to liking her. Briefly is short though, you know. Because that thought escapes her mind once she sees him moving closer to her. His hand is still warm holding hers and for some reason she doesn't move. She knows he's not aiming for the kisses they usually share because he gives her the adoring look… Something she's only seen him do to Megan. And it frightens her.
Unable to react properly to the situation Artemis retreats, stepping back and high kicking the doe eyed redhead right in the face. He falls back into the dirt and she stands there biting her lip.
"Aha-howww!" He whines holding his face. He sits up and looks at her. "What the heck!"
"I... Don't know! What the heck you! Y-You you you were… Going to kiss me!"
"No duh!" He hisses as he wipes the sand out of his hair and stands up. He inches to her and she steps back.
"Don't come near me, Wally!" She points at him menacingly.
"Artemis, please…." He holds an arm out to her and she slaps it away. He frowns. "So what, you're going to go with that jerk who's obviously super into you!"
"Yes I will!" She retorts.
"What if he asks you out! What if you end up liking him!"
"Then it's none of your business!" She looks away. "I'm leaving, Wally… Just… Get your head straight!" She runs to the cave entrance and leaves the speedster standing there with a bruise on his cheek.
She was there, the emotions were there… He let it all out on the table for her to embrace and what did she do? Crumble it and throw it at him. He lets out a yell and slams his fist into a shore rock. Panting he rests his palms against the boulder and he presses his forehead against the cold material. "What am I doing wrong?"
~Again sorry if there are any typos I miss. Yes I spell check, it's just sometimes I type WRONG words as a typos. X'D I fail. I never said I was a good writer, I'm just a good story teller. /3 I'm doing my best to finish as fast as I can, chapter three will be the last part (I think). Review please u ~
