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Wednesday The Cave 20:30 p.m.
Artemis
I can't believe mom let me stay at a sleepover with two guys and on a school day. I even specified the terms. Freaking mom. I kept scrubbing off the peach scent of Wally's loud body wash and the musky sandalwood smell of Robin's cologne. Fucking idiots were trying to involve me in their drama.
I didn't want to be the rain on their parade. Why was I here disrupting their alone time? Oh yeah... I messed up and tried to cheer up Kid dork ending up in a toddler wrestle with Dick, (obviously he was trying to separate me from Wally again so I wouldn't hog his best friend) and having to shower with two morons out in the living room probably laughing behind my back with plans of how they would prank me was no fun. I checked my shampoo twice just in case.
'I hate them so much'
When I got out I realized my hair was still too wet, heavy and I remembered I had no dryer in mount justice. I would have to put up with frizzy hair for the night. I had to borrow one of Megan's girly pink pajamas with hearts all over it. It felt and probably looked ridiculous on me.
In the living room Robin was already cuddling on the couch beside Wally and they were waiting to put play on the movie. To my surprise Conner was sitting on one end of the couch with Megan sitting in his lap. Talk about cheesy pajamas, queen sheer adorable herself.
"We were waiting for you 'Mis!" Dick said lifting his head from Wally's shoulder to look at me. "Love the pj, by the way. The color suits you." He winked teasingly. Of course Robin had to say that.
"We kind of invited ourselves too!" Megan chirped grabbing a few blankets and distributing them. That made me feel bad for being so bitchy with her, she was honestly sweet by nature. I sat beside Robin and he quickly hugged me into his makeshift blanket burrito. I gave up on pushing him away and merely lifted my knees to tuck them inside the cuddly warmth. I didn't think much about his actions since I had seen him cuddle like this with Wally, Roy and Babs. That's his personality I guess. Even if he acted jealous for Wally he kept being my pesky younger teammate and for him not changing that I was glad.
I saw Megan resting her head on Conner's chest and couldn't help but wonder if she was ready for tonight. "Megan how much do demons scare you?" I said smiling mischievously towards her.
Wally
Wednesday Mount Justice 22:40 p.m.
Dick's pointy elbows were digging into my ribs. He and Artemis were sharing a blanket huddling together like a big sushi roll of limbs. I don't know if my face showed it but I was getting more and more annoyed with the way Dick acted with her. I mean, Artemis probably thought he was just being cute and brotherly like. Dick is probably going through a phase and I felt as if he was being an attention whore.
Whatever, I don't even know why my mind cares about it. From this point on I will purposely avoid looking at them. I will actually watch the movie, which will be the hardest task of my day considering horror and gore are hard for me to tolerate, not that I would admit it to Rob. Still, it wasn't as bad as watching Megan feed Cheetos to Conner or Artemis cuddle with Dick. She's not even Babs so what is it with her.
"I love watching the Japanese high school uniforms." Rob said failing to focus on the screen and instead on Artemis's cleavage. Why was I even noticing what he looked at, I'm irritating myself now.
"You are just a pervert." Artemis said grabbing a cushion and pressing it to her mouth. She always did that when watching horror. It was as if it helped muffle her little gasps. She shouldn't do it anyways with Megan here we would probably lose our hearing.
"I don't think I should watch this, the cover says mature audiences, and technically I'm still two years old." Conner said shifting Megan in his lap to get a better view at the screen.
I had to laugh before anything because the look Artemis gave him was priceless. It was a mix between mock and disbelief.
"Supes, we all know you are not affected by ghosts." Robin said smirking and using the distraction of everybody to place Artemis's legs on his lap. And now I'm not laughing. I didn't even know if it was just me being annoyed by how Rob acted like he was allowed to touch her so casually or because she was actually letting him.
And freaking Conner was here too which was even more stressing. I started ruffling my hair angrily trying to stop my mind before I voiced everything. Moments ago I was fine, relaxed even but now… Why now?
"You are affected already? I mean we barely got introduced to the characters." I heard a husky amused voice.
Artemis was looking at me with her large cat eyes. People like her were the worst, always trying to feel better than everyone by being controlling and arrogant. Robin turned to look at me grinning and started poking my ribs. "You can hug me if you're scared" He said taking off his shades and doing his classic 'I get whatever I want with my cuteness' face.
"No. I'm good." I said trying not to sound too bitter. "Hey, Wally if you think you can't handle it we can put My little pony or something." Artemis said very unaware of how much I wanted to stand up and punch her right now. Or kiss her, whichever made her as frustrated as I felt. Wait, No, bad Wally, erase that last thought.
"I don't want to watch kid shows." Megan said smiling trying her best to avoid tension.
"Don't worry sweet cheeks; I only get scared with real life witches. Woah! Sorry Arty, your face almost killed me." I said pointedly softening my voice when I felt a jump scare coming up on the movie. Artemis's insult was drowned by Megan who fell off of Conner's legs successfully frightened. Robin yelled too which was weird since he usually teased people in horror movies.
"Was it really scary?" Artemis asked raising an eyebrow. I know Dick; he probably sensed I wasn't up for fighting and decided it was time to distract. He liked helping me when he knew I could blow up. Robin just pouted and shrugged.
After that no one spoke. I could feel the silence raising the hairs on my arms. The movie was actually creepy and the cave's darkness was really playing a part in the mood. It was like watching American horror story with friends, awkward didn't begin to describe it. By the end of the film I finally noticed how hard my fingers had been clutching the couch leaving nail dents. My hands felt numb as if I had submerged them in iced water for two hours.
Megan and Conner had left in the middle when she couldn't take it anymore. At that point I had merely shifted my gaze to realize Conner was picking up a trembling girl and taking her away. Not long before Robin and Artemis were asleep, with his head on my arm and hers on his shoulder. They were really the best at watching this kind of things. How could they sleep with all the tension and music though?
With the black TV screen blinking and the two people purring beside me I tried to relax and forget about the fact that I would not get any sleep this entire week. My day had been too chaotic, first with Linda Park at school flirting with our biology teacher, Conner using me as a punching bag; Artemis's pep talk, and Dick pawing her like a dog.
I couldn't decide what made me more upset. Robin started to drool on my shirt and I took it as cue to take the bird boy to his bed. He was light considering how much muscle he had. I carried him on my back and when I finally left him on bed I remembered how I had roughly pushed Artemis off Dick's shoulder and left her alone on the couch not caring if she woke up.
Maybe I was venting my frustrations on her even though she was one of the reasons I was so furious. I clenched my teeth knowing it wasn't her fault I was angry. Not entirely. No matter how much she made my blood boil me I could still compensate her by carrying her to bed. Surprisingly, when I got back she was still asleep.
The kitchen had the light on and faced the couch where Artemis was, casting her body with a transparent yellow halo. She slept in a blanket of her own hair, hugging a cushion to her chest. If I picked her, the hair would probably hang like a curtain and get tangled in my watch. Stupid long hair. She never wore it free like today and it made her look harmless and peaceful, even made me want to find out if it was true that long haired girls have soft hair. I was about to lift her up when she stirred, so I waited for her breath to even and her limbs to settle down and took the opportunity to watch her. My own sleep deprived brain could dare call her beautiful right now, resting so quietly, her body strong and unmoving, with only the gentle sway of her chest.
Her usual frown was replaced by soft patches of gold framing her forehead making me want to touch her again. This time I moved my thumb across one particularly long strand falling on her rosy mouth. It was as I imagined, ethereal and thin, as if I was touching waterfalls. Her lower lip fell open shutting my brain off until I couldn't even think to stop myself. My legs twitched and sped to her room where it was dark and I wouldn't be tempted to do anything else. I placed her on the bed as fast as I could. It was scary to even think she could be called beautiful.
TBC
