Artemis couldn't handle being in their apartment right now, everywhere she looked she just saw Wally and broke down. She was going to her mothers, but last time she never got any sleep from Paula constantly wanting to talk to her about it.
So here she was, a bag swung over her shoulder and hilding Brucely by the leash. The blonde entered the cave. M'gann had happily allowed her to stay there, and went out of her way to make sure that she would have the cave to herself.
Artemis sighed and set down her bag and unleashed Brucely. The dog didn't leave her side for a moment, until he started to sniff around. Artemis looked around, she was probably just going to sleep on the couch.
Unless, of course, no one had moved into her old room. Curious, the archer made her way to her old bedroom. There was a keypad at each one, only the owner of the room knew it. It was either finger print or a code.
Dick knew her code, she had given it to him when she retired so another member of the team could have her room. Artemis slowly put her thumb on the pad, and the door quickly slid open.
She walked in and flicked the light on, nothing changed. The bed was bare, and there was a closet on the other side of the room.
Her lips thinned and nodded, hands on her hips. She walked over to the closet and opened it, noticing some old outfits she must have forgotten.
Once she went to close it one of the hangers fell, bending down to pick it up she noticed something. A book?
Grabbing the book, Artemis wiped her hand on it to get rid of the dust. It read 'Spitfire'. Wally used to call her that.
The blonde sat on the bed, with the book in her lap and she opened it. The pages were filled with pictures of her and Wally. Her mind was screaming at her to close it, but her heart was begging for her to keep going through.
Most of them had captions. 'Beach Day!' Wally had put the lotion on her back on as a smiley face, she tried to be mad but couldn't resist laughing.
A smile crossed Artemis' face and she flipped the page. 'Prom!' the two were dressed up for Wallys school dance. There were a few more prom pictures, one had Wally and Artemis throwing foods at each other. Another was them dancing.
She turned the page. 'Road Trip!' the couple were in a car, Wally behind the wheel and Artemis with her feet kicked up. They both had large smiles across their faces.
She turned the page. 'Sorry?' Wally was laughing uncontrollably and Artemis had a scrunched up, mad face, her hand up and about to smack him. The photo next to that was taken on the same night, they were kissing.
Artemis flipped through more and more pages, when suddenly, a tear fell on one of them, her hands left the book and retreated to her face.
Her shoulders shook and hands viciously wiped her eyes. After a moment, she stood up, and screamed. The book had a tight grip in her hands, and then she threw it.
A loud bang before it just fell to the ground, pictures flying out of it. She just stood there, staring at it, while tears helplessly flowed down her face.
Artemis dropped to her knees and crawled toward the book, and cried harder. She picked up some of the pictures that fell out, but she could barely see them from the tears in her eyes.
Opening the book she flipped quickly through the pages to try and put them back. "I'm sorry." she kept saying, over and over. Wally made this, and she just threw it.
Artemis stopped at one page, there was a necklace. Still sniffling, she hesitantly picked it up. It was all black, and a heart. Engraved into the heart was 'WA' a smile graced her lips and she opened it.
A picture of the two of them, Their cheeks pressed against one anothers and smiles across their faces. Without a second thought she put it on and closed the book.
Artemis held the book close to her chest, like if she let go, everyone she loved would be gone. Her grip tightened and loosened the more violent her cries got. Except, instead of them being from sadness, they were happy cries.
For even though she had lost him, he would always be in her heart, no matter what, no matter where. She will always love and remember him.
