AN: Chapter two is already up! I'm rolling through this! Hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 2

The water was cold, but it felt good. I was lying on my back, propped up on my elbows. My girl-cut trunks were soaked from the tide that came up to my waist. I had successfully saved my bikini top and red-brown hair from the water. Just the way I liked it.

"You sneak off too much."

I smiled, "I need another skill to add to my list besides 'amazingly talented hacker.'"

Roy slid up behind me. I sat up and leaned against him. He, too, had changed into his swim trunks.

"How come you haven't gone swimming yet?" Roy asked.

I simply said, "My hair."

Roy gave me his mischievous smile and stood up. Then he scooped me up by my waist and ran straight into an oncoming wave.

"I'm going to kill you!" I yelled as I rang out my hair.

"No, you won't," he laughed.

I narrowed my eyes at him, and then broke into a run. I slammed into him and struggled to pull him under. Roy just laughed at my feeble attempt.

"You need to gain muscle mass, Shortie," he teased.

"How did you get so big? I've never seen you lift a single weight."

"It builds muscle to shoot arrow after arrow."

"Fine, then. Teach me to shoot."

Roy gave me a wary look.

"Come on. It would be fun," I pleaded.

Roy shook his head. "No. There's no reason to."

"Fine," I stormed out of the water, laid out the towel, stretched out, closed my eyes, and pretended to tan.

After a minute or two, I heard splashing and the light leaking through my eyelids lowered drastically.

"You're blocking my sun," I growled.

"Erin."

I opened my eyes and sat up, pulling my knees to me. Roy knelt down in front of me.

"I'm sorry if I upset you," he said.

"I just want to learn," I said. "I thought it might be something fun, just you and me. Jeez, I mean, it's not like I'm going to grab a bow and fight alongside you guys. After my experience with Cheshire, I am perfectly fine with being the computer geek hidden safely away in the Cave. You've taught me hand-to-hand combat, how is this any different?"

Roy ran his fingers through his hair, making it stand up.

"You're right," he sighed. "That was a dumb reaction on my part. Artemis keeps telling me that I need to be more open-minded."

I grabbed his hand with both of mine, rubbing my thumb across his knuckles and looked him in the eye.

"Thank you. Abby doesn't believe me when I say you're overprotective. You've trusted me with your secret; it's time to trust me with your skill."

Roy studied my face and then laughed loudly. "You read a book didn't you?"

"What?" I couldn't believe he was on my trail.

"You read a book where a boy showed a girl how to shoot something and it turned romantic. Am I right?"

I scoffed. "Nooo. That is– I mean– come on. That is absurd."

Roy gave me his knowing look and I broke.

"Fine! Yes, I read a book. There was already tension between them. The girl insisted on being shown how to shoot a pistol and the guy agreed to show her. After the girl showed her talent, they admitted their feelings and had a romantic make out session."

Roy brought his face to mine and said mischievously, "We already have our own little make out session."

"Yes, we do, but a certain speedster always interrupts."

Flashes of different times where Wally had interrupted us went through my head. In Roy's room, my room, the gym, and even here on the beach. It was ridiculous.

The others had caught us as well, but were kind enough to just leave. Wally, on the other hand, always had a comment, as if he and Artemis never did the same thing.

"Okay," Roy said. "Oliver is going out of town soon so we'll do it then, at the mansion."

I tried to keep a straight face, but I failed epically. I pulled my face away and landed on my back, holding my gut and laughing uncontrollably.

"I'm sorry," I said between laughs, "it just sounded so wrong."

"You know," Roy said seriously, "I'm starting to rethink some things."

I stopped laughing.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, at first I wasn't going to throw you back into the water, but now…"

When I figured out what he meant, I said, "Don't you dare!" and started running away from the water.

Roy caught me right away and carried me to the water while I screamed and kicked.