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Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to all of you who are still reading this story even though I haven't updated since Thursday.
A/N: I'm so sorry that I haven't updated for a while. I was busy blah blah blah. Anyway here's chapter four. Enjoy :)
Chapter 4: The Reaction
Mount Justice (The Cave's briefing room)
January 24th, 2012
11:05 a.m.
"Wallace West! I thought your father and I talked to you about the importance of condoms!" The Flash shouted, he was starting to vibrate from his anger. "How could you just go and get Artemis pregnant like that! You're both fifteen! Both of you shouldn't even be having sex in the first!" The Flash was now clenching and unclenching his fists to try and calm himself down.
"I know, I know," Wally said backing away from his uncle, scared for his life.
"I thought you were a responsible girl, Artemis. How could you just go and get yourself into this kind of predicament?" Green Arrow said disappointment evidence in his voice. Artemis didn't answer, she just looked away, tears threatening to escape her eyes, she considered Green Arrow to be her real uncle and to see how disappointed he was made her sad.
"Now, now, everyone settle down," Black Canary said, putting her hands on both Green Arrow's and The Flash's shoulder, "They don't need us to put any more pressure on them," she finished. The Flash grunted and crossed his arms while Green Arrow sighed.
"So, what do you guys plan to do?" Batman spoke up, walking towards them.
"We're going to keep the baby and raise him/her together." Artemis said interlocking her fingers with Wally's.
"Hmmn, Have you told your parents yet?" Batman asked.
"Not yet," they both answered together.
"Ok, here's what you two are going to do. First, go and tell your parents about your…situation and Second, learn all you need to know about child care," Batman said, his face as stoic as ever. He turns to leave but ends up turning back around to add, "Oh and the both of you are suspended from the team until further notice," and with that he turned and lefted a shocked Artemis behind.
"You can't do that!" Artemis began to protest but Black Canary put a hand on her shoulder saying, "It's for the best Artemis. We don't want you getting hurt in your current situation." Wally had accepted being suspended from the team for awhile since he needed all the time he can get to learn about child care.
"Urrgg!" Artemis screamed as she stormed out of the room with Wally right behind her then he stopped, turned and told everyone thanks for coming then continued to follow Artemis into her room. The league members started to leave the room, all saying that Artemis and Wally had a tough future ahead of them.
"Guys, what can we do to help them," Megan asked worry evident in her voice. Conner wrapped his arm around her, bringing her close, as if trying to assure her that everything will be fine.
"I don't know Miss M, I don't know," Robin said shaking his head.
"Right now, all we can do is give them our full support," Kaldur said, while Conner nodded, agreeing with him.
Back in Artemis's room
"How can he just suspend us from the team like that, I can handle myself perfectly well!" Artemis shouted, throwing random stuff around her room.
"Calm down Artemis. This is what's best for the baby," Wally said, dodging the stuff Artemis was throwing and trying to calm her down at the same time. Artemis groaned because she knew Wally was right, she just didn't want to accept it since she like kicking the bad guy's asses. She sighed then flopped down on her bed, face first. Wally kicked off his shoes then went to lie on the bed next to her. Artemis snuggled up to Wally, resting her head on his chest. She listened to his heartbeat; it was like a lullaby to her, slowly making her drift off to sleep.
"Arty?" Wally whispered.
"Hmmn," She answered still half asleep.
"When are we going to tell our parents," Wally whispered again.
"Tomorrow," Artemis whispered before she drifted back to her state of unconsciousness. Wally could hear her shallow breaths which indicated to him that she was sleeping. He slowly drifted off to sleep as well listening to her shallow breaths.
Mount Justice (The Cave - Artemis's room)
January 25th, 2012
9:38 a.m.
"Hey, hey Artemis, Wake up!" Wally said shaking Artemis, trying to wake her up.
"Hmmmn, five more minutes," She answered drowsily, turning and placing her pillow over her head.
"No, get up now. We have to get ready and go tell our parents about the baby," Wally said shaking Artemis some more.
"Urrg! Fine, I'm up," Artemis said sitting up and rubbing her eyes.
"Good, now go take a bath. When you're finished meet me in the kitchen for some breakfast," and with that Wally was gone. Sighing, Artemis got up and went to take a shower. When she was finished she got dressed and dried her hair then put it into a ponytail as she headed to the kitchen. As she got closer to the kitchen she started to smell something delicious. She thought that Megan was baking cookies again but when she entered the kitchen she saw Wally making pancakes and scrambled eggs.
"Wow! I didn't know you could cook," Artemis said as she sat down at the counter.
"Of course I can cook," Wally said as if it was obvious.
"Well, I've never seen you do anything other than stuff your face so I thought you couldn't cook, my bad," Artemis said as Wally brought two plates of pancakes and eggs over to her, one was for her and the other for him. Artemis took a bite of her pancakes and it was like angels were dancing on her tongue, they were the best pancakes she had ever tasted. She turned to tell Wally that he was an awesome cook but stopped when she saw that he had already finished his breakfast and was now licking the plate clean. Artemis giggled, something she rarely does, as Wally turned towards her to see why she giggled. Artemis just leaned forward and licked some egg off of the corner of Wally's mouth and then before you know it, they were kissing. Artemis moaned because she thought that in side of Wally's mouth tasted heavenly. A gasped was heard behind them then a loud thud. They turned to see that is was Megan.
"I-I'm s-sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt," Megan said as she picked up the books she had dropped.
"Don't worry about it Megan," Artemis said, turning back around to finished her breakfast.
"So what do you have there, Megs?" Wally asked pointing to the books in her hands.
"Oh, these are for the two of you. There about child care, child birth and picking baby names, etc. I thought you might need them," Megan said, blushing a little. She had went to many book stores after Artemis told them she was pregnant and bought the books.
"Thanks Megan! Those are going to come in handy since I know little to nothing about child care and those other stuff," Artemis said turning around to give Megan a small smile and a hug.
"It's my pleasure to be of help to you guys," Megan said handing the books to Wally then she lefted telling them Goodbye and Good luck telling their parents they're going to have a baby.
Artemis finished her breakfast while Wally went to put the books in her room then they left the cave. They both knew they were in for a long day.
Central City (Wally's House)
January 25th, 2012
10:34 a.m.
Artemis and Wally had just arrived at Wally's house and rang the door bell since Wally forgot his house key at the cave.
"Coming!" they heard someone say just seconds before the door was opened.
"Wally!" his mother screamed as she tackled him into a bear hug. "It's been so long since you came home. Were you on a mission?" his mother asked, releasing Wally from her bear hug.
"No umm…I've been busy," Wally said glancing to his left. His mother followed his gaze then gasped. She hadn't realized that Artemis was standing there. Wally's mother grabbed Artemis's hand and pulled her into the house with Wally following right behind them.
"Honey, Wally brought a girl home with him!" his mother shouted towards the kitchen as they made their way into the living room. Wally's father emerged from the kitchen a few seconds later and sat in the living room next to his wife. Artemis and Wally sat on a couch opposite of them.
"So you've finally brought home a girl with you, huh son?" Wally's father asked smiling at his son.
"…Yea," Wally said lowering his head in embarrassment.
"So what's your name darling?" Wally's mother asked Artemis.
"My name's Artemis," she answered.
"Artemis, goddess of the hunt, I like it!" Wally's mother said smiling brightly. Artemis couldn't help but smile as well.
"Are you two boyfriend and girlfriend?" Wally's father asked eyeing the both of them. Artemis and Wally both blushed then lowered their heads saying, "Yes."
"That's wonderful! So is that why you brought her here Wally, to introduce her to us?" Wally's mother asked failing to contain her excitement but little did she know that she was in for a big surprise.
"No, that's not why I brought her here. I have to tell you guys something very important," Wally said looking straight at his parents.
"What? She's not pregnant is she?" Wally's father asked, hoping that's not what his son came to tell them.
"Well umm… she's pregnant," Wally said still looking at his parents.
"W-What?" his mother asked not quite understanding the words that just came out of her sons mouth.
"I'm pregnant," Artemis said. Wally's mother fainted from shock, her husband catching her before she fell to the ground. Wally's father looked at him, disappointment evident in his eyes.
"I'll talk to your mother when she comes to," Wally's father said lifting up his wife, "Will you two be keeping the baby?" he asked as he stood up.
"Yes," they both answered.
"Well, the only thing me and your mother can do is give the two of you our support and help in any way we can but the hard part will fall on the both of you," Wally's father said before leaving the room, leaving Artemis and Wally alone.
"That went better than expected," Artemis said as they existed Wally's house.
"Let's hope its goes just as well with your mother," Wally said as they headed to Gotham City.
It went fairly well with Artemis's mother. She had fainted but after coming to she said she'd support them in any way she can. Afterwards she offered to make them some lunch to eat.
Back at the cave (In the living room)
"Sigh. Today was such a long day," Artemis said resting her head on Wally's shoulder as he flipped through the TV channels trying to find something to watch.
"Yeah," Wally said after finding a funny show to watch. The both of them watched the show, laughing when a character did or said something funny, before they drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.
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