Emotions and Feelings Equal Disaster

"What the hell happened to you?" Artemis blurted out as she opened her door revealing a bruised Dick Grayson.

"Nice to see you to Crock" Dick said smiling at her.

"Sorry, but you look like crap" Artemis said as she moved to the side letting Dick into her apartment.

"I had a rough night, morning didn't get much better when some idiots tried to rob a diner my partner and I were at" Dick said as he took off his jacket, following Artemis into the kitchen.

"So who looks worse you or him?" Artemis asked opening the bottle of wine.

"Diffidently him, gotten a broken nose when his face hit the ground after I tackled him" Dick said gratefully taking the glass from her.

"Well I must say, you look pretty sexy with stitches on your face. Is that why you have so many scars on your chest?" Artemis asked finally getting the courage to ask him why he has so many scars.

Dick didn't seem fazed by the question all though he wouldn't look her in the eye "Partly because of my job yes" Dick said "So where's this Chinese food, I haven't eaten since breakfast, I'm starving".

Pushing the urge to question him further to the back of her mind Artemis grabbed the bag of Chinese food out of the microwave "Hope you like sweet and sour chicken, vegetable egg rolls, and pork friend rice".

Dick grinned "I'm a guy I eat pretty much anything. Except meatloaf, meatloaf bad".

Artemis grabbed plates and forks as Dick opened all the containers "Where'd you get this from it smells amazing?" Dick asked.

"It's this tiny little whole in the wall a couple blocks from here. It's amazing" Artemis said as she made her plate.

"So, what exactly did the intern interrupt yesterday?" Dick asked as they sat down on the couch.

"I was in a meeting with all of the CEO's of the company along with Bruce Wayne, I'm training with my boss in order to take over her job while she's on maternity leave, it was completely embarrassing, the intern didn't leave until Bruce practically ordered him out" Artemis said kicking him in the leg "The desert was amazing though. What exactly did you tell him in order to interrupt like that?"

Dick laughed "I told him I was a cop and I could make his life very difficult, as well as the fact that I'm Bruce's son, and could easily get him kicked out of the internship program".

"Oh my god, that's awful, no wonder he was so panicked and pale looking" Artemis said with a laugh.

"I can be very persuasive when I want to be" Dick said with that stupid smirk.

"So, I got the dinner, what's for desert?" Artemis asked.

Moving closer to her Dick pushed a strand of hair out of her face "I've got a few ideas" he said kissing her on the mouth before moving his lips to her neck.

Artemis sighed running her hands through his hair. Dick was slowly moving his hands down her sides when her phone started going off. "You need to get that?" Dick asked as he moved his lips back to hers, his hands finally going where she wanted them to be.

Arching into him Artemis broke the kiss "Ignore it" she said grabbing a fist of his hair and pulling him back to her lips.

Ring….Ring

Dick pulled away to look at her, he went to speak but Artemis cut him off "Don't you dare stop Grayson, just ignore the damn thing".

"Bossy, bossy" Dick said before kissing her again.

Ring….Ring

"I swear to god I'm going to kill whoever's calling" Artemis said shoving Dick off of her, and stomping into the kitchen where her phone sat on the counter "What?" she alsmot yelled into the phone.

Dick couldn't hear who was talking but whoever it was made Artemis' eyes widen and her mouth open in shock "Why are you calling me?" she asked shakily.

Whatever the person had to say Artemis obviously didn't like because her lips turned into a hard line and her eyes filled with anger "I don't really care, I'm not helping. It doesn't matter who I am, I'm not helping you" she said hanging up the phone and slamming it on the counter. Putting both hands on the counter Artemis bowed her head trying to calm her anger.

Not saying anything Dick stood up going behind her setting his hands on her hips he turned her around to face him. Not letting her say anything he firmly pressed his lips onto hers, lifting her up onto the counter Dick moved to her neck "Whatever it is forget about it" he mumbled against her skin.

Running her hands through his hair she spoke "Okay".

Line Break

Dick was soundly sleeping with one arm around Artemis' waist and the other underneath her head. When all of a sudden he heard the sound of a window creaking open, head popping up from the pillow he trained his eyes and ears to focus on what was going on in the apartment. He couldn't see anything but he could hear the window opening all the way, and heavy feet stepping inside. As gently as he could Dick pulled himself away from Artemis slipping on his pants, standing up he grabbed the gun hanging in the holster off the arm chair.

With his gun at the ready Dick quietly stepped into the hallway. Looking around the corner he saw a burly man standing in the middle of the living room, from the lights outside he could tell the man had short blonde hair. Stepping out into the open Dick aimed his gun at the guy.

"Police, put your hands in the air" Dick said deeply turning the safety off of the gun.

The guy put his hands in the air slowly turning around "I'm not a robber, this is my daughters apartment" he said with a smirk on his face "Now put the gun down before I make you put it down boy".

Dick kept the gun aimed at him "First time I've heard that, but that doesn't mean I believe you. I've taken down guys bigger and a lot scarier than you, I won't be putting the gun down, and what kind of father breaks into his daughter's apartment through the window?" Dick said, but before he could actually arrest the guy, someone spoke from behind him.

"My father would be the idiot who breaks into his daughter's apartment through the window" Artemis said from the hallway, her arms crossed and a deadly glare on her face "You can put the gun down Dick, he won't be stupid enough to try anything here".

Dick looked between the two people, he could obviously see the family resemblance, but he could also tell Artemis got her slight Asian features most likely from her mother. Putting the safety back on Dick slipped the gun in the back of his pants. Crossing his arms over his naked chest Dick sat down on one of the bar stools, refusing to leave Artemis in the same room with an obvious psychopath.

"What the hell are you doing here dad? I told you on the phone I wanted nothing to do with whatever the hell is going on" Artemis said.

"What am I doing, what the hell are you doing with a freaking cop?" Her father said angrily pointing at Dick, who just smirked at him.

"What I'm doing with him is none of your business; I've made that pretty clear since I turned eighteen and got the hell away from you" Artemis said her voice raising. Dick knew if they got any louder her neighbors would be calling the cops, which wouldn't end to well for anyone in the room.

"I don't care how old you are little girl, you'll always be my daughter, and you'll always be a Crock. Just because Jade married that stupid Harper doesn't mean I can't control her and you, you're my daughters, and if I want you in the family business you will be" Her farther said.

"I'm twenty four; you have no say in what I do. I like what I do for a living, and as you can see I'm doing pretty well for myself. While you still live in Gotham North, in that shit whole of an apartment" Artemis said her face getting redder.

Her father stepped towards her looking like he was going to hit her, but Dick reacted quickly stepping between the two. "I don't want to get in between family matters but I think it's time for you to leave. Obviously Artemis doesn't want you here, or to be a part of whatever the hell it is you're doing".

"And who the hell do you think you are to step between me and my daughter?" Her father said stepping closer to Dick.

"He's right, I don't want you here, you need to leave" Artemis said from behind Dick.

Her father glared at both of them before finally stomping towards the door "This isn't over little girl" he said before slamming the door shut. The minute the door shut Artemis turned to the wall punching it with every amount of anger she had in her, creating a pretty impressive whole in the wall.

Dick didn't say anything as he moved to her freezer getting the ice trays out to make an ice pack. Gently pushing her onto the bar stool he set the ice pack on her hand "Wanna talk about it?" he asked gently.

Artemis laughed harshly "What's there to say, I had a horrible child hood. Mom got put in prison when I was really young, and I was raised by my psychopath father. He tried to get my sister and I in the family business, my sister did for a little while and then she meet a guy named Roy, and ended up going straight. I was never interested in being a criminal, so when I turned eighteen I ran to California got accepted into Stanford, immediately after graduation I got hired at Wayne Enterprises, I didn't want to return to Gotham, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Ever since I came back he's been showing up every six months trying to talk me into doing something with what he calls the family business. I need a drink" Artemis said standing up and grabbing the unfinished bottle of wine.

"And I thought my childhood sucked. Is he the one who called earlier?" Dick asked.

Artemis nodded her head "He always calls first; I knew he was going to show up at some point tonight. I tried to stay awake but I fell asleep and you heard him brake in first. I have to admit it was probably the best thing I've ever seen, seeing someone hold my dad at gun point and threaten to arrest him. It was pretty sexy, especially without the shirt" Artemis said standing between his legs and running her hand along the scar that went from the middle of his chest around his ribcage and from what she found out to the middle of his back, for some reason she found herself doing that a lot whenever his shirt was off.

Dick shuddered underneath her touch "I was just doing what I was taught. Although it was pretty sexy seeing you punch a hole in the wall" he said resting his hands on her waist and pulling her into him.

"We should go back to your place tomorrow night, just in case he tries showing up again" Artemis said as she continued running her hand along his scar.

"We can do that, I should get off around eight, we can meet there" Dick said looking up into her grey eyes.

"What kind of schedule do you have?" Artemis asked.

"I'm a detective it's very unpredictable, I usually work four twelve hour shifts and then have four days off, but my schedule just got really hectic, we just took up a pretty hefty case, so it's kind of unpredictable right now. I could get called in at any time" Dick said.

Artemis shook her head "I don't envy your life choice. But I think we should make this night a little better by returning to the bedroom" she said with a smirk.

Dick smiled quickly picking Artemis up bridal style and taking her back to the bedroom.