She sighed, pulled up her sleeves and removed the bandage, revealing all her scars.
Artemis was embarrassed but also relieved to let someone know her secret. She didn't make eye contact with Dick and he didn't speak while he looked at the scars that covered her arms. He looked at the part of her arm the bandage was covering and saw fresh cuts that were bleeding a little and they looked pretty deep. Dick had no idea what to say, he couldn't focus with all the questions running through his mind and all the emotions he was feeling were overwhelming, which was weird for Dick since he usually tried to stay 'whelmed'. But something that caused him to feel so much pain was impossible to stay 'whelmed about.
"I-I don't know what to say." Dick barely managed to say. He felt tears burning in his eyes but he refused to let them spill. Artemis let out a sob and then broke down in tears. Dick and Artemis sat there in her apartment for the next half hour with Artemis crying and Dick hugging her and telling her everything will be ok. After Artemis started to settle down and stop crying, Dick's phone rang.
"Hello?" Dick answered unsure of who was calling him since he forgot to check the caller ID.
"Master Dick I have been waiting for half an hour down here, shall I inform Master Bruce that you are moving into this apartment building or are you coming out soon so I can take you home?" Alfred said. Dick sighed and said, 'Alright Alfred i'll be down in a minute. You can inform Bruce that I will be bringing a guest home to stay for a little while and I'll be down in 10 minutes." Dick said before hanging up on the butler so he didn't hear his protests. Dick stood up and said, "Alright, here's what you're going to do. You're going to go pack whatever you need for the rest of the week and you will bring it to the manor because that's where you'll be staying for the next week or however long you want to stay. Bruce will be fine with it and I really want you to come so please don't force me to drag you to the manor, because if worst comes to worst that's exactly what i'll do." Dick said giving a small smile to his best friend. Artemis sighed and nodded. She knew when Dick had made up his mind, and she was way too tired to argue with the persistent bird. Artemis stood up and without saying a word to Dick, she left the room and went into her bedroom to start packing.
It took her only 10 minutes to pack everything she would need for a week and then she was out of her apartment and stepping into Dicks car. "Hello Miss Crock, it's very nice to see you again." Alfred says when Artemis gets in the car. "Hey Alfred it's good to see you too. But please call me Artemis." She said and Alfred smiled and said "Of course, my apologies Artemis." A few seconds later Alfred started the car and they were driving through the streets of Gotham, heading towards Wayne Manor.