Artemis P.O.V

You know what, I didn't care. I had just been in a coma for two years, my mother was dead and I had no idea where my sister and father were, so why should I have cared what he thinks?

I wasn't even angry at the fact he had called me stupid names, it was the fact he was treating me the way he always used to treat me. I wasn't the same person, even if it had been only a couple of days. They said I was suffering depression and my body was frail so some serious work outs were in order, but first things first I was going to see my mum.

I picked up my coat and pulled on a pair of boots walking out the door. Everyone was in the lunge having yet another telepathic conversation that I wasn't involved in, I was already angry but that made it even worse. I stormed up to them

"Are you serious?" I asked a little more harshly then I intended

"What?" M'Gann asked calmly

"Stop not including me in conversations! God I was in a coma for two years and now my best friends aren't even including me in conversations! I'm not some frail little girl, oh you know what this isn't even worth it I'm going" I spat

"Artemis wait-"Robin said, I turned around to him trying to swallow back my tears

"Just leave me alone" I said weakly, they all gave me a look of sympathy, damn it. I spun around walking towards the teleporter. I typed in Gotham and off I went.

It was dark in Gotham, I liked it. The stars wee gleaming in the velvet sky, the buildings lit up around me. I knew where the cemetery was, I had to walk past it most nights for school, it was cute but in a depressing way, well taken care of and stuff like that. I was grateful that they had buried my mother there.

Once I had arrived I didn't want to step in, cemeteries were automatically scarier at night. I slowly walked in making sure to stay on the gravel path; I looked on each stone to see my mother's name. When I finally found it I was surprised to see flowers sitting on the small grassy area in front.

I sat down running her fingers over the surface of the petals then looking back at the grave, it finally felt real, it finally sunk in that she was never coming back. Some nights I would go to sleep thinking this was all a dream I was having in the coma, but then I would wake back up and not hear the wheelchair, or see her laughing while she cooked me pancakes, she was gone.

The weird thing is that the more I sat there looking at the stone, the coma didn't seem so bad. It was me not being there that was worse. Waking up from a coma feels like waking up from a night sleep, it feels like you were awake just yesterday but a little fuzzier. I still remember everything about my mother, the way her hair would stick up when she didn't brush it. Or when she would put my hair in a ponytail for me.

Tears were falling from my face now, falling into the grass, I knew my mother would not want me to cry but I couldn't help it.

"I'm so sorry mum, I'm so, so sorry" I cried clutching my stomach, choking on my sobs. I couldn't imagine how hard it would have been for her, seeing me in a coma. It would have destroyed her.

I heard something break behind me I quickly spun around to see Wally standing behind me huffing; I quickly wiped the tears away from my face

"I thought you had a date with your girlfriend" I sniffed, he was still huffing

"I did, but I had to apologise first" I was shocked when he said that

"Look Artemis, I'm sorry for what I said, I am a stupid, idiot and you didn't deserve any of it" His green eyes were filled with pain, I did not know why but the word spitfire came into my mind, I had no idea what it meant but when I looked into his eyes it was the word I thought of.

He came and sat down next to me and studied my mother's grave

"Do you know who put the flowers here?" He cocked and eye brow

"Yeah, I think your sister does it every two weeks, that's what Red said anyway" I stared shocked that Jade would do that, I guess you never know what you have until it's gone. I nodded because I really couldn't think of anything to say, change the subject

"So who is this Kristin girl?" He tensed up next to me, I didn't try to make the conversation awkward, I just didn't want to talk about my mother

"We went to school together; we met while you were um"

"While I was in a coma, you can say it Bay watch" I said in a calm voice, he nodded

"Yeah, she is great, you would like her…" He said trailing off, I smiled

"I'm sure I would" Trying to sound sincere was hard, because she probably was great, but she was sith Wally so I automatically had a problem with her. We sat there for a little while longer in silence until I broke it

"You're going to be late if you don't go, I will um go get one of my stuff while I'm here" I said

"Are you sure you're going to be OK in there by yourself?" He knew how to read me like an open book

"Yeah, I think life has hurt me enough for a couple of years" He gave me a sad smile and walked off to turn around, I went to walk the other direction towards my house, which reminded me I needed to check if my mother had left a will. What a horrible thing to be thinking?

I put one foot in front of the other until Wally called out my name

"Artemis?"

"Yeah?"

"If it means anything, I think you have proven life wrong…" I nodded and continued walking towards my once called home. I was a fighter, I always had been, and it's how I had to live my life. So in many ways I had proven life wrong, I stood up from the ashes, dusted myself off and moved on. But this time I wasn't so sure I could.