Author's Note: Chapter 4 :) I am soo excited about this story. I mean, I love writing Remy's story in No Risk, No Reward but… Artemis and Roy are just so much fun to write :) Oh and just FYI, this story will most likely switch POV's between Roy and Artemis each chapter. Just so that's clear if it seems like the story line is moving a bit slowly. I've gotta cover both sides of the coin, if that makes sense. Oh by the way the song is "Stay in My Heart" by Charlotte Sometimes. She is a super talented musician and this song is free if you go to her website :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Young Justice.

Chapter Four: Stay in My Heart

Not much to do, but I do anyway

There's not much to breathe, but I breathe anyway

The way that you hold me will always control me

And I don't want that feeling to fade

So keep on pretending, oh, this isn't ending

This isn't how a fairytale ends

Roy stared at his wrist-watch, silently pleading with whatever deity there was in the heavens to make the time go by faster.

One of the down-sides to working at Queen Industries was exactly that. Work.

Oliver Queen had given his adopted son a wonderful, well-paying job despite the fact that Roy had dropped out of school after his freshman year of college. The two had long since reconciled over the partner/sidekick debacle when the Young Justice team had first been formed. And Roy knew the only reason he was given a job was Ollie's nepotism.

Roy was still doing hero work on his own now, and that was perfectly fine. Artemis and Ollie made a much better duo than he and Ollie had made anyway.

Roy swallowed.

Artemis.

If Roy was being completely honest, he had expected her to call him and ask him to come back. Instead it'd already been three days and she hadn't so much as sent him a text. He still needed to go back to the apartment for all of his stuff.

Clearly he'd underestimated her resolve. And the amount of pain he'd caused her.

Roy shook his head and turned his attention back to his laptop. Ollie's new personal assistant Jenna had sent him an email asking him out for lunch today.

There was winky face attached to her name at the end of the flirtatious note.

"Forward to Oliver Queen," Roy muttered, completely apathetic to the fact that Jenna would probably be fired for that.

Normally, he could put up with Jenna's flirtations by politely ignoring them, but today he was just not in the mood. He pressed send without a second thought.

Not thirty seconds later, his phone rang. He stood up from his desk, pressing the ignore button on his desk phone right away.

"You've reached the desk of Roy Harper, Chief Financial Officer of Queen Industries," his voice mail rang out as Roy journeyed to the fruit bowl adorning the table by his window. "I'm not able to come to the phone right now, but if you leave a message I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you."

Roy bit into an apple, secretly wondering how he had managed to record that voicemail greeting without bursting out into laughter right in the middle. It sounded so business-like and well, it definitely didn't sound like him.

"Roy it's Dinah. I know you're in the office right now, so pick up your phone."

Roy spit out his apple and tossed it into the trash, picking up the phone.

"Hey Dinah," he said. "Sorry. I was, uh, busy. With work things."

"Work things?" Roy could hear the smirk in her voice. "Sure you were, big boy."

Roy rolled his eyes. "Was there, uh, something you wanted?"

"Just to talk," she answered. "What do you say we meet for lunch at that Chinese restaurant on 4th and Hartling?"

Roy rubbed his eyes. Dinah definitely knew something was up. And even if she didn't and he was being paranoid—which he probably wasn't—skipping out on lunch with his pseudo-mom would definitely tip her off.

"Sounds good," he answered. "Twelve-thirty?"

"See you then."

"Tell me."

Roy stared at Dinah from across their table and slowly sipped his diet coke. "I'm fine thanks. How've you been?"

Dinah gave him a look, disbelief plainly written on her features. "Don't bullshit me Roy. I am PMSing hardcore right now—" she ignored Roy's look of horror, "—and the only reason I'm even hanging around in the daylight instead sleeping it off is because Megan called. She said Artemis hasn't answered any of the team's phone calls. She also has—"

Roy tugged on the collar of his business suit nervously as the waiter approached their table.

Dinah paused in her tirade and ordered. "Kung Pow chicken special."

The waiter glanced at Roy expectantly. "Same thing," he waved the waiter off.

"And she didn't show up for training the last three days," Dinah added. "Wally called the landlord to ask if she was still alive, and he said he saw Artemis for the first time in three days this morning. Also said you hadn't been home in three days."

Roy shrugged. "We're just working out some issues."

Dinah looked at him knowingly. "She kicked you out didn't she?"

Roy nodded bleakly. "I've been staying at the Hilton down the street from our apartment."

Dinah blew out a long sigh and reached forward taking Roy's hands in her own. "Roy, I love you like a son. But what on earth did you do?"

"You automatically assume I did something?" Roy scoffed.

"Did you?"

"Well, yeah," Roy said uncomfortably.

"I knew it," Dinah said smugly. "Now tell me what you did so I can fix it."

"Seriously Dinah? I'm twenty one. I can fix my problems, on my own."

"Well you obviously can't since you're still kicked out. What exactly is the problem?"

"None of your business!" Roy looked away, annoyed. "We haven't had a chance to talk yet. I'm giving her some space."

"You're such an idiot," Dinah said, shaking her head. She smiled at him fondly.

Before promptly smacking him on the arm.

"Ow!" he complained, rubbing the red mark.

"This little issue between the two of you is ruining my team's dynamic," Dinah informed him. "I won't have it."

Roy shook his head. This problem couldn't' be fixed. Physically. It was physically impossible. Jade was having his baby and there was nothing that could be done about that now.

Of course he couldn't tell Dinah that. And he sincerely hoped that Artemis would keep it quiet as well. Roy knew that if Ollie and Dinah were to find out they'd be ashamed. They wouldn't look at him the same way.

And everyone would think he was a complete and total ass for doing something like that to Artemis. Which, to be honest, he was.

"Besides, when a girl asks for space, you're not supposed to actually listen," Dinah told him. "They don't mean it, trust me."

"And you're telling me this from experience?" Roy raised an eyebrow. "You and Artemis are different people."

Dinah shook her head. "Doesn't matter. Whatever this problem is, you're going to fix it. That girl is the best thing that's ever happened to you—" Roy swore under his breath, "—am I wrong?"

"No," Roy said, looking down.

Dinah nodded approvingly. "Now what you're going to do is pick up her favorite flowers from the florist and a box of that Japanese ice cream she loves and you're going to go apologize and work things out."

"But she's taking a class right now!" Roy protested.

"So interrupt," Dinah shrugged.

"She could be busy!"

"No more excuses Roy," Dinah snapped.

Roy groaned in frustration. "She doesn't want to see me. I'm a jackass, end of story."

Dinah smirked. "That's why you're doing this, you dolt. Its step one to being forgiven."

Roy breathed out evenly as the waiter brought their food to the table. If he was being completely honest, Roy Harper was scared shitless of his girlfriend.

Scared that she might really be done with him.