A/N: I'm so sorry for how long this was out. I wanted to get this out by Christmas but my grandma had died before I got this finished and I was a mess. Again I'm really sorry and hope you enjoy this

Christmas morning meant Wally's mom would make her special chocolate chip pancakes. Wally was up the moment the smell as well as the smell of coffee hit his nose and he barely stopped himself from falling down the stairs as he made his way to the kitchen.

"Easy now, your father hasn't even gotten out of the shower yet so your stack is safe." His mother laughed when Wally skidded inside.

"Hope that stack is extra large," Wally said, eyeing the already finished pancakes and the one his mom was already flipping.

"Knowing how much you eat, of course I would."

Wally couldn't help the smile that spread across his face as he came behind his mom and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He then went to the fridge, hoping to add bacon and eggs to the mix.

"Remember, we're going to the Garrick's for dinner tonight. Joan's making her famous chicken casserole as part of the meal, and I'll be adding my special sugar cookies."

"And this is why I love Christmas." Wally took out the needed ingredients and began helping his mom set everything up.

It was around the time that he was scrambling the eggs did his mom decide to finally say something that he was hoping , "Do you know what Artemis is doing for the Holidays?"

Wally bit back a groan, "Probably going to spend it with her mom or maybe with our friends."

"Such a shame she couldn't be here, last year we had such fun in the kitchen."

Wally pressed his lips together and focused on making sure the eggs wouldn't burn. His dad had at least eased off on the questions when he saw that Wally wasn't changing his answers or giving any further explanation. Of course that didn't stop his mom from pressing, which was giving Wally a headache he didn't need.

"Well, you've got me mom," he finally said, "And when was the last time we joked around in the kitchen."

He looked over his shoulder to see his mom who had a faint smile on her face stare off a bit. Wally could guess she was thinking about the Christmas when he ate all of the chocolate chips before they could be placed in the batter. His mom was freaking out that Wally would get a tummy ache while also making the pancakes blueberry instead. Not only did Wally not get sick but he was able to stuff his mouth with the pancakes and told his mom he wouldn't eat the chocolate chips again because they were better than the blueberries.

"Well, I think you have more self-control than you did as a child so I don't expect those pancakes to disappear."

"Who's to say it won't be the bacon?" Wally picked up the packet of thick slices to emphasize his point.

His mom rolled her eyes, "I'm gonna check and see if your dad didn't fall asleep in the shower."

Wally nodded and went back to focusing on the stove. It didn't take long for him finish the eggs and bacon and have the orange juice out by the time his parents finally did come down. He wanted to ask what took them so long but went against it thinking his dad was sluggish from the amount of egg nog he had last night.

"Good, they're still here," his dad said when he saw the pancakes on the kitchen table.

"Nice to know you have faith in me, dad," Wally took a seat along with his parents.

Breakfast, thankfully, went without any issue although Wally did notice his mom looked a bit more seriously than normal. When breakfast ended, his dad insisted on doing the dishes and his mom shooed to go get into the shower.

Rolling his eyes and fighting the temptation to remind his parents he wasn't a child, Wally went upstairs. The first thing he did was check his phone to see if he got any text messages.

-Merry Christmas. Hope you've had a better breakfast than what my cousin tried to give-

Wally laughed before responding.

-Next year, you'll have to come and have my mom's pancakes-

The thought seeing Hinata's face light up when she took that first bite came to his mind. Kinda like when she reached a breakthrough during one of their sections or when she took that bite into a cinnamon roll that Wally bought for her fresh. The sight was, well, adorable, and Wally hadn't seen it much since she was attacked.

Even more adorable than Artemis when she's happy.

That same voice came back up and Wally shook his head before realizing he had another text message

-Pancakes sound really good right now-

-I'll take you to get some when the semester starts-

Like another date.

"Shut up," Wally mumbled to himself and dropped his phone on the bed before getting in for a much needed shower.

By the time he came back into his room with only a towel, Wally checked his phone again and saw he had several messages. One was from Dick who was wishing him a Merry Christmas and bragging about the new laptop Barbara got for him. Wally rolled his eyes, wondering why the guy was happy about something that he could get without ease considering how much money he was rolling in. Then again, Bruce wasn't exactly the type to let anyone play loose with his cash.

The next one was from Megan who was wishing him a Merry Christmas and saying there was going to be a party at the Cave tonight if he wanted to come. Wally would have gladly said yes if he hadn't realized there was a chance that Artemis could be there. And by could he was pretty sure.

He replied saying he'd have to see, which was mostly true. Wally couldn't tell how long he'd be at the Garricks', and he might have to help his dad when he overdid it with the eggnog again. Gotta play the caring son.

Yeah, you're totally not avoiding her or them.

The last message was from Hinata, which caused a slight smile over his face.

-Looking forward to it-

Putting his phone down, Wally got dressed.

- Line Break-

"Geez, son, put the phone down for a few hours." his dad said when they were on the Garricks' front porch.

Wally rolled his eyes and finished up his latest text to Hinata and then stuffed his phone in his coat pocket. His mom gave him a disapproving look before knocking on the door. It wasn't long before Aunt Iris answered and gave each of them a hug and wishing them a Merry Christmas.

"Nice, you bought the cookies, I've been dying for one of these," she said when she took the plate wrapped in plastic wrap, "Well, not as much as Barry has."

"I'll tell you what my wife told me and Wally, sis, gotta wait until after dinner." His dad said while they followed them into the house.

"What, you don't trust me to have more self control than these two," she motioned to Wally and then the living room where the TV could be heard and Barry laughing.

"Let's see, who tried to sneak a few cookies that one day…"

"That was one time! And let's not forget about the time Wally finished off a whole tub of ice cream in minutes…"

"How did this turn on me?!"

Laughter that came afterwards managed to bring Barry out of the living room with Jay, "Oh nice, cookies. What do I have to do to get one before dinner?"

"Nothing because you're waiting like the rest of us, Uncle Barry."

"Ugh, come on Kid, back me up here."

"I'd really appreciate it if someone backed me here in the kitchen," Joan called out.

"That's my cue," his mom said and her and Iris were already on their way to the kitchen.

Wally took the moment to again check his phone again. He frowned a bit when he saw there was none.

"Hey, Kid, talking with someone?" Barry asked.

Wally's dad shoots him a disapproving look and Wally put away the thing really getting pissed by it. He wasn't a kid damnit!

"Yeah, a lab partner from school."

"So someone besides Dick that shares your nerdiness, huh?" Barry raised up an eyebrow, "Think you can tell me what you both are working on?"

"Oh yeah, I'll talk about with you later! You'll love what she already has!"

"She?" This time Barry's smile dropped and his dad's eyes widened.

Wally pressed his lips together when he realized what he said before shrugging, "Yeah she. There a problem with that?"

"Of course not kid, just thought…" Barry started saying but was stopped when Wally's dad spoke up.

"So that's why you and Artemis broke up?"

"No, it's not!" Wally shouted a bit louder than he intended.

"Wally, I swear if you cheated on her…"

"What the hell?! No! Really dad!" Wally so did not want to talk about this.

"Hey, come on now, that's a little uncalled for and definitely not the time to talk about this!" Barry said while glaring at Wally's dad.

The silence that came afterwards was heavy and Wally looked up to see the women had come in to see what was going on. Feeling his cheeks heat up along with his anger, Wally glared at his dad again.

"I'll be outside," he mumbled and turned onto his heels and went out the door. He heard his parents call out to them but Wally ignores them and kept walking.

He should have just ran to cool his head but Wally had to admit there really wasn't any place for him to run to. He could run to the cave but he remembered the party and possibly seeing Artemis. Campus was closed so he couldn't run back there and he wasn't running back home. Guess this time Wally was stuck walking.

Wally pulled out his phone again and looked at his messages, surprised to see Barry had sent him one.

-Don't stay out too long kid. It'll give Iris another reason to smack your dad-

The laugh couldn't be helped.

-Sorry for just storming out-

-Hey don't worry about it, cool that head of yours. But srsly, you gotta tell me what you and this girl have been working on-

-Sure thing Uncle Barry-

Wally pocketed his phone and kept on down the sidewalk.

A/N: Alright next chapter will be both Wally's and Hinata's POV. Thought it's about time Wally comes out of denial. Please tell me what you feel. I'll also be updating Little Hope next along with this.