Welcome to the end. That's all folks.

Artemis

Gotham Academy 22:00 p.m

Maybe we were rushing it, maybe this was the craziest, most stupid thing I had done. But his hot lips on my neck felt good, perfect, just what I needed and his hands were gripping my hips with too much force that I had to whimper for him to stop, or maybe go faster. I used to hate when couples acted this way in public places and now here I was in the school's empty hallway, being the horny couple that couldn't make it to a room.

I was angry at Kyle for ditching me, angry at Dick for kissing me and leaving like that. I was angry at this ginger idiot currently sucking the skin at my collarbone. I had to grab his jaw and direct his lips on my mouth to control the anger. I bit on his lower lip in punishment but he seemed to enjoy it. His stiff white shirt was doing nothing to cover just how fit his runner body was. I just wanted to beat him up and maybe find some release.

"Artemis…" He moaned but it felt more like a question than pleasure. I responded with a growl and an attack on his perfectly soft mouth. The stupid tiny freckles on his cheek were just begging to be kissed again. I was attacking the warm freckles dusting his shoulders when he stopped me with his palm cupping my cheek. The tender action made me pause and realize how I had almost torn his white shirt off. His leg was already between my thighs pushing against my inner thighs and his pants felt very tight and hot against my hipbones. I bet I looked as ruffled as him right now.

"I'm all in for rushed prom sex but…" He said taking a break to pant. "I can't if this will make things more awkward."

"What?" I said wanting to keep doing what we were in silence. His body was more eloquent anyways. I tried kissing his cheek to get to his earlobe but he grabbed my face with both hands. He looked too good right now, swollen lips and darkened eyes that had me gaping.

"I can't if you don't even know what you're doing." He said frowning; still clutching my cheeks, his eyes clenched shut, almost as if it pained him to look at me right now. Why was he doing this to me right now?

"Wally, you're an idiot." I yelled and pushed him off before running away. If only he had shut up. He could try and pretend it was just passionate moment and nothing else. Why was he acting so fucking corny like a girl? I wasn't the love of his life for fucks sakes.

Wally

22:10 p.m. Kansas City

I'm an idiot. I had the girl of my dreams in my hands, begging, kissing, and almost desperately pleading for me to touch her, have her, love her. We danced one song and then I had used my super speed to pin her to one of the empty hallways. I thought she would snap my neck for ruffling her skirt but she ignited, became almost feral with kisses. My hands couldn't control the strength they used to grip the smooth surface of her dress. She didn't even complain, almost as if she wanted me to be forceful. It was easy to lose it with how she was dressed, like a duchess in red, thick lips and wolfish eyes.

I was surprised Kyle hadn't pinned her like I did. And then I stopped. Why, I still asked myself that. The true question was why I was now at the back of a pickup truck with Dick, staring at the stars on the empty cornfields in Kansas. I remember escaping prom with him after being with Artemis and sipping too much punch and maybe other illegal alcohol to forget how she just fled and I couldn't catch her. Sadly alcohol did nothing to make me forget.

"I don't want to know the details but I do." Rob said turning to look at me. We were resting on our backs beside each other, the rusty metal smell of the truck helping me erase the lavender scent of Artemis's skin.

"Nothing happened." I said looking at the three kings that appeared on a row at the sky, they looked like nearby stars but were separated by billions of miles. Their closeness was just an illusion like everything in life was for me.

"And I am a parrot disguised as a human." He said sarcastically. "You have red lipstick smudged on your lips, it betrays you." He finished finally moving his persistent blue eyes away from me and to the dark sparkly sky. "I need to know" He said.

I tried cleaning my mouth, angrily wiping the red with my sleeve only to watch the white fabric stained with her lips. "Why?" I said.

"It's my closure, I need it."

"That's what I'm saying Rob, I want closure too. I felt what Conner's punching bag feels, like a release tool. What I want is to know if she feels something more."

"That's it? That's why you stopped?" He asked crossing his arms behind his head. Maybe I had been more than an idiot tonight, not only I ruined the only time I had to kiss Artemis but I also burden Rob with it.

"Yeah…" I sighed and watched the gray fog from my exhale disappear in seconds. A soft wind blew the short strands of hair that fell on my forehead and I watched Dick shiver in response.

"I wouldn't have stopped…" He said almost regretting his words. I guess we were both guilty of the same sin. "But that doesn't mean she didn't tell you how she feels." He finished turning his body so that it faced me. I turned to him too and felt transported to the time when we were ten and escaped from Barry and Bruce to buy chicken whizzies and talked about villains for hours under a glittering Gotham City night. We were the rookies back then.

"I will take your advice." I said because we both knew the unspoken words we had for each other even without Megan's help.

Nightwing

The Cave Monday 7:00a.m.

"This has been the best guys, I was really glad I could share it." I said giving hugs and handshakes to everyone at the cave. I was leaving the team today. Not for any petty problem but because times changed and it was time I looked for something different. Seriously after two months of being somewhat the third wheel and putting up with banter it was getting annoying.

Wally was no longer someone keeping me from leaving and I wanted to leave before Artemis arrived to the cave hoping she wouldn't follow me and kick me for it later.

"I will miss you." Megan said shedding tears. I wanted to hug her but Conner scared me and they were going through a rough patch in their relationship right now. Kaldur hugged me tight and asked if I would ever be back. I couldn't really give an answer. Wally was at the back of the room and had his arms crossed not getting near any time soon. He wasn't having hard feelings or anything; he was throwing a tantrum at me for not letting him join the Titans. Batman knew about this already, and honestly I couldn't give a rat's ass what he thought right now. He was the second number one reason for leaving right now.

After my goodbyes I left and hoped to see them after I figured it all out.

~~~~~~o~~~~~~

Palo Alto

Her eyes were puffy, surely from crying herself to sleep. She slept like a baby now, nothing could disturb her peaceful sleep these days. In front of her the Alice in Wonderland poster hanged, the same one she had at her Gotham apartment and around her a warm human pillow named Wally spooned her. He looked like he had just scooted into the bed at dawn. Maybe she cries for things I know or for things I don't. I still can't help but notice the stupid little things about her. Like how she kisses people with hard, tentative draws like she's scared of letting it end or how she blinks before cursing and teases Wally for lame reasons. They are going out now and it's perfect that way. "We'll laugh about this someday" I whispered and left without goodbye or anything of the kind. You don't need to say goodbye to someone you will meet soon.

I left a note for her on the window pane knowing she would kill me when she read it. . Or kiss me who knew. I also drew the words I'd been dying to say on the fogged glass of the window knowing they would disappear soon. She didn't need them anymore.

Artemis

I woke up to the smell of rain and mud. Wally was a nice heater that made it hard for me to leave the bed. He also made me forgive him for making me cry last night because he hid the fact that Dick left the team probably forever, saying goodbye to everyone but me. I looked at the window to see a wet inky paper tucked between it. It was hard to decipher the chicken scrawl writing, but after taking time and a few careful dries with my hair dryer I could only laugh at the message.

"You're up for a threesome?" It said with an address to a Bludhaven apartment.

The End