Central City
January 2, 6:22pm
A young redheaded man leaned against a 1993 black Mustang with a grin of triumph on his freckled face. His foot, crossed over his ankle, tapped furiously on the sidewalk as he placed his cell phone into his jacket pocket. He stood up straight and placed his gloved hands into his pockets as a bright light shone through the cracks of a port-o-potty at the end of a suburban street.
A blonde girl, about his age, stepped out of the door and rolled her eyes, "Really Baywatch? That's so gross."
The redhead laughed, "Hey, it's been there since before I became Kid Flash!"
"Sure, sure. Then next thing you'll tell me is you didn't get to pick your own uniform colors," She smiled.
"Aww come on, Arty, you know I did," He smirked and opened his arms in hopes of a hug.
The blonde rolled her eyes and stepped into his embrace, wrapping her arms around his middle, "Don't call me that."
He let go all too fast, for her opinion, "So, you ready?"
"Uh, yeah…where are we going?"
He smiled and opened the passenger door to the Mustang, "You'll see."
Her cheeks tinted pink, he didn't know whether it was from the snow or him, and she gave a small smile and whispered, "Thanks."
Keystone High
January 2, 6:40pm
"So, a high school? Oh god, don't tell me we're going to some school dance thing…" The girl looked terrified.
"Awwe, Artemis, I'm sure you're a great dancer!" Wally laughed and parked.
"Oh my god, please, Wally, I don't do dances," Artemis looked at him like a deer in the headlights.
"Relax, Blondie, It's a winter festival. The rides are set up on the football field in the back," She heard him say in her open passenger door; she didn't even realize he had left the driver's seat.
"Wally!" She exclaimed, "You shouldn't be using your powers out in the open like that."
He laughed, "There's no one around. This thing started at like noon," He extended his hand out to her, "Now come on! I want to do all the rides before they close up for the night!"
"So," Artemis started as Wally locked the car doors, "why do you have a school festival in the middle of winter?"
Wally looked down at their still connected hands, "The kind that's awesome?"
Artemis raised an eyebrow and snorted as they walked through the school's front doors, "So this is the Wallman's school. Very…uh, like TV show-ish."
"I know. I swear they got the idea off of Saved by the Bell or Boy Meets World."
"Wallace Rudolph West!" A wild blur of brown hair attack-hugged the speedster, tearing him from Artemis' hand.
"Pegs!" He laughed.
"Hola! How are you? Who is this? Where in the world have you been? You were supposed to come to the New Year's party at the cabin, but you didn't! I'm angry at you for that," The girl said all in one rush of breath.
Wally smiled, "Hi Peggy, I'm good. This is Artemis," his arm wrapped around Artemis' waist, "I have been busy, I had a science thing to go to and my mom wanted me home this year to ring in the new year. I'm sorry that you're angry, we'll have another party at your cabin."
"Can Artemis come?" Peggy smiled at the archer.
"I don't know, ask her. I'm sure she-"
"Hey there Walls!" A boy with light blonde hair slapped his hand on the redhead's back.
"Oh, hey James. Olivia." He smiled at a girl who stood at James' side holding a camera, her features identical to his, "This is Artemis."
Olivia smiled at the blonde, "Hey, nice to meet you."
"You too," was all Artemis got out before she felt the presence of a person beside her. She didn't have to look to calculate that it was male, about six feet tall, and had muscles; which meant he was probably a football player.
"Hey babe," Peggy walked up to him and kissed his cheek.
"Aww man! Pegs! I was gonna play this girl here!"
"Man I'm sure Wally wouldn't be too happy about you playing his girl," a low voice said behind Artemis. She instantly saw Olivia blush at the sound of his voice, "Hey, I'm Dalton and this idiot is Erik."
Artemis turned around to see what she expected was right, but it was two boys. They both had dark brown hair and bright gray eyes, "My god, is this place full of twins or something?"
Everyone laughed and Wally grabbed her hand, "No, just my friends."
"This is so strange," Artemis looked up at him.
"What?" Wally smiled.
"That you have friends."
Everyone laughed again, "Yup. I like her," Peggy linked her arm through Artemis' and started walking, "So, Wally tells us you're from Gotham. That's true?"
"Uh, yeah…" She looked at Wally confused; usually you wouldn't tell people you were from a completely different state just to go to a school function.
"They know a lot about me and a little about you," he squeezed her hand.
Artemis nodded, "Oh…okay. Yeah I live in Gotham."
"Wow! Is it really that bad?"
"Oh my god, Peggy!" Olivia whispered, "Why would you ask that?"
Artemis laughed. "No, it's fine. Gotham is bad. Don't go there. You all would probably be mugged in like 2 hours, especially you," she pointed to Olivia, "no offence. You're like the tiniest thing in the world."
"She's like a scared cat most of the time," Peggy laughed and slapped Olivia's butt.
Olivia squeaked and snapped a picture of the ride lights as they walked through the school's back doors and into a field.
"I think Dalton would fare a little better than these guys here," Wally pointed to the brunette behind him.
"And why's that?" The archer moved closer to Wally for warmth.
"He's got a black belt in Karate."
"Really…" Artemis' eyebrow rose.
"Oh gosh, Wally, what did you do?" Dalton laughed and looked at Artemis, "Please, don't challenge me or something."
"I just might have to," Artemis laughed at Dalton's weary expression, "Dalton, are you scared of me?"
"Not of you…just what you can probably do," He smiled.
"Good. You better be," Artemis stuck her tongue out at him and everyone laughed.
So, this is a little longer. It's kinda like the first part of 2 or 3...? I don't know how long I'll make this date...It depends on how I feel. But I've been creating how Wally's friends would be and I don't think they'd be all dorks like some people have been writing them...I really think they'd be "normal" because Wally seems like a really sociable guy. =) Peggy and Erik are dating, so before people start hating on her for disrupting the Spitfire don't. Because I like my OC. =) I have also kinda based Wally's friends after some of my friends...so yeah...they're pretty chill people! And even one of them has a Tumblr! The first one to guess gets to have their URL mentioned in the next chapter!
