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Artemis and Dinah were walking down the street of the nearby shopping center with at least 10 different bags in tow. They had been to so many high end clothing stores, Artemis had lost count. To be honest the whole trip had been a blur of trying stuff on and Dinah telling her how, "absolutely adorable", she looked. Artemis wasn't all that into clothes so she just kind of went with it, she was really just enjoying spending time with Dinah, who seemed to be having a blast picking out all of the clothes.
Dinah was chit chatting away about how green was "such a pretty color on Artemis", when she turned her attention to a man that looked to be in his mid 30's and a young girl that looked about Artemis' age that were walking by.
Dinah immediately walked up to them and introduced Artemis, "Artemis this is my good friend John and his niece Megan, John and Megan, this is Oliver's niece Artemis".
John smiled, "It is nice to finally meet you Artemis, I have heard many good things about you".
Artemis nodded, "Nice to meet you too". John and dinah began talking about something she didn't really care to hear, so Artemis turned her attention to Megan.
The girl had brownish-redish hair held back my a red headband and light freckles dusted over her nose. She was wearing a long sleeved cream colored blouse with a paisley pattern and puffy sleeves that was tucked into a maroon colored pencil skirt that came up above her waist. she paired it with white knee socks and red flats. She was extremely pretty and Artemis couldn't help but feel jealous, Artemis had never really thought of herself as pretty.
Megan was beaming at Artemis, "So are you going to be attending the local high school?"
Artemis took a second to process this, "Uh-yeah I guess".
"Oh really me too!", Megan said as if it was the greatest news she had ever heard, "I'm so glad to have a familiar face going there, I just moved here a month ago and I don't really know anybody, so I was hoping maybe we could be friends ya know if you want..." Megan blushed and looked down at her shoes, hoping she hadn't just embarrassed herself.
Originally Artemis assumed she wouldn't like Megan considering how pretty she was and assuming she was rich as well based off of how close Dinah and her Uncle seemed to be, she thought for sure Megan would be snotty and stuck up. But after just a brief moment of talking to her, Artemis could tell that she was really sweet and even though she was rich, they would be good friends, "Yeah sure I would like that", Artemis smiled.
Megan looked up from her shoes beaming and pulled Artemis into the tightest hug she had ever felt.
Artemis wasn't the hugging type, but after a moment she gave Megan a light pat on the back. After Megan had pulled away, her Uncle John called her over, "We must be returning home now Megan, it was nice meeting you Artemis, and a pleasure seeing you as well Dinah".
Artemis and Dinah waved goodbye as John and Megan left, "Well you two seemed to hit it off".
"I don't think there's anybody that couldn't get along with her".
Dinah smiled, proud of her kind-of niece for making a friend, "c'mon let's go home". She linked her arm with Artemis and towed her along to the car.
Home, Artemis thought, now that's gonna take some getting used to.
Artemis had been heading upstairs after her and Dinah's shopping trip when she noticed a certain red head coming down, along with the dark-haired boy from the other day. "Hey carrot-top are ya still pushin' down random girls at public events?".
He stopped walking and glared at her, "Okay first of all you ran into me and second of all, who even are you?!".
She rolled her eyes, "You should already know who I am by now, I'm Oliver's niece".
"I know that, I meant like where did you come from or I don't know maybe why are you here?"
Artemis smirked, "That's my business". With a swish of her ponytail, she continued up the stairs, as if he wasn't even there.
The dark haired boy called after her, "I'm Dick by the way".
Artemis stopped to glance back at the younger boy, "Nice to meet you Dick, I'm Artemis".
Dick smiled deviously, "Oh I know who you are Wally told me all about how-".
Wally had grabbed Dicks mouth, shushing him before he gave anything away. Artemis laughed, and continued up the stairs.
Wally stood there for a moment, staring after the infuriating girl with the long hair, until he finally followed Dick down the stairs.
Artemis entered her room to find a girl with raven-black hair and clear-blue eyes, sitting on her bed, reading a book.
Artemis stepped towards the girl, skeptical of what she was seeing, "Zatanna?"
A month ago, Artemis had been cold and alone. Jade had left just a few days before, and Artemis had been hitchhiking on a highway for hours.
After one of the guys in the last group she had been with, got a little too friendly Artemis had immediately demanded they let her out of the car. Once they did, Artemis had started walking, having no idea where she was, she immediately regretted her decision. She could have at the very least stayed until they had gotten into the next town, but no Artemis just had to prove a point on a highway in the middle of nowhere.
Around the 3rd hour into desperately trying to find a ride, a bright yellow volkswagen van began slowing down in the lane beside her.
As it slowed she could hear a voice from within it, "C'mon Troy she's all alone, we have room for one more".
"Fine, but she better not be a weirdo".
The van came to a stop next to her, a pretty girl with raven-black hair and clear-blue eyes was leaning through the passenger window from the back seat. The girl smiled, "Hey where ya headed?"
Artemis smirked, "Anywhere but here".
After that Artemis and Zatanna had been inseparable. They went everywhere together, almost like what Artemis and Jade had, the difference being Zatanna never left. Zatanna was a year younger than Artemis, but was way more mature than could be expected. Zatanna had also been traveling for the summer, she told Artemis how much she loved her dad but how overprotective he was and how often he was working and never had time for her. Artemis had nodded her head in understanding, but in reality, she had no idea what having a loving father was like.
Zatanna told her dad that she was going to stay with her grandmother for the summer, but traveled instead. She planned on heading home after a month, but after experiencing what life could offer without being cooped up in the house waiting for her dad to come home all the time, she never looked back. Zatanna often called her dad, pretending she was with her grandmother. Zatanna had no idea what she was going to tell her dad once summer was over, all she knew for sure was that she wasn't going back to him after she had tasted freedom for the first time.
The day Artemis left to go live with her Uncle, was a tough one. Zatanna and Artemis had both been on the verge of tears as they hugged each other goodbye. Artemis gave Zatanna a copy of her new address and told her that if she ever needed anything to go there, and that was it. Artemis hadn't seen Zatanna since, until now.
I'm not sure when the next chapter will be out, but I'm hoping that it will be soon!
In the meantime you can check out my other stories (I Remember & The Art of Denial), which are both spitfire as well.
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