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Chapter 2

Roy rolled around the oh so familiar streets before he pulled to a stop, parking his motorcycle in the almost desolate area. Many know that Roy is a fan of peace and quiet but not that many knew he was also a fan of the outdoors. He shared this love with his girlfriend and was surprised that she had her own special spot in the outskirts of Central City where she would like to hang out. A fact known by almost no one, the speedster used to be able to sit for hours each day just to think and stare into nothingness. The ability to do this faded once she lost her former fine tuned patience and the time.

Time. Sometimes even the fastest people alive didn't have enough time. The necessary 6-8 hours of sleep on a normal day, 9 hours doing stuff for school, spending at least an hour in the cave for training or more for the occasional mission and patrol with Flash( albeit patrol doesn't take that long 10 minutes if nothing is going on; an hour if something is), then the few times she's free trying to maintain her social life with her school friends. That routine leaves little room for much relaxing. Time goes so slow yet so fast at the same time.

But there were those times where nothing had come up and all was calm, when she would come to her ( well their) special spot. The fresh green grass that lightly swayed with the breeze, the old yet strong tree that stands up high promising protection and the sun that never seemed to stop shining on the place.

Now clad in her civvies, the fastest girl alive was just sitting under the tree staring out into space thinking. But given the situation, it was most likely not the calming, relaxing kind of thinking, instead the self deprecating thoughts.

After a short inner debate, the archer decided to approach his girlfriend and lay down on the grass beside her. The first few minutes they both said nothing but Roy knew that Wally knew he was there; she was more observant than people gave her credit for.

The peaceful silence ended when Wally broke it. When they were around company, speedsters had the urge to just talk.

"Hey."

"You okay?" Roy asked, looking at her from the corner of his eye, frowning when he saw the whites of her eyes slightly tinged red.

"Can I lie?"

"No."

"Then no I don't feel fine. I'd say I'm embarrassed and hurt that these people I spend so much time with didn't recognize me as a female until I had to spell it out to them. My best friend of 5 years didn't know I was a girl. It just feels so…so…I can't even find a word to describe it." Wally furrowed her eyebrows and then sighed.

"Anger?" Roy suggested.

"No... I'm not angry. I mean I don't know how I'm supposed to feel? How would you feel if someone legitimately thought you were the opposite gender?"

"Angry." Roy replied with no hesitation.

Wally let out a short laugh. "Of course."

Roy's upper lip twitched at hearing her sweet laugh. But almost immediately she sobered up again.

"I mean I thought it was pretty obvious. And I spend a good amount of time with these people. I've known some of them for years like Hal and GA. Okay, so I guess I'm a bit angry. Their extreme disbelief was what got to me. Our team consists of aliens, Atlanteans, a clone and super powered or extremely athletic humans. Why was me being a girl that much of a deal? Ugh the League sucks."

Before Roy could open his mouth, Wally sighed and immediately shut it down.

"Roy, I can't."

"I didn't even say anything yet."

"But I knew what you were going to say." Wally shot back. Roy couldn't argue with that. Sometimes, it was almost like they knew each other too well.

"You know I can't go solo even if I wanted to. You can say that you have gotten all the training you needed and are on the same level as Green Arrow. I can't even dare say I'm as good as the Flash. I can't vibrate my molecules through solid objects and I can't just suddenly start and stop like my uncle can. I'm not as great at hand to hand combat as I could be. Oh gosh and my stealth. As much as I don't like to say it, I'm still just a little sidekick and I'm not ready."

Roy flinched at the ending. "Babe, you know I'm sorry right? I was just angry and when you, Robin and Aqualad didn't come with me, I felt a little left down." Wally gave him a look. "Alright a lot left down. I didn't take any of that into consideration."

Tears gathered in Wally's eyes once again when she looked at the other redhead. "Roy, you disappeared for almost month. No phone calls, no texts or anything. I was worried about you and I missed you. Then you came back but you weren't staying with the team and then Artemis showed up and…just fuck life." Wally ranted almost hysterically before just slumping, a frustrated tear escaping her eyes.

The 18 year old leaned over and gave the speedster a chaste kiss on her lips.

When he pulled away he gently intertwined their fingers, a sight that would have people who knew him gawking at the tenderness and care he displayed.

"Babe, I'm really sorry. I know I left you and Robin hanging there."

"But you wouldn't take it back because that's the path you had to go because you felt like you needed to prove yourself. I get it… And I'm sorry for not getting it in the first place."

They kissed and it was just completely wonderful and sweet at the same time; no more secretly hidden grudges or anger. Just complete and utter content.

When they reluctantly pulled away, Roy glanced at the setting sun.

"It's getting late. Barry and Aunt Iris are probably worried."

Wally giggled. "I remember the day she demanded you call her that. You were so awkward about it."

Roy scowled. "How was I supposed to be? My girlfriend's aunt told me to address her as if she was my aunt. It was weird."

Wally lightly tapped Roy's cheek with two fingers. "and the fact that were both superheroes isn't weird at all."

"Whatever."

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