A/N: Fifty chapters holy cow! And just because I can't believe it I will repeat myself: FIFTY CHAPTERS. I had originally planned on doing a team fic to commemorate this occasion, but I have had next to no time to write anything, much less this. So have some Spitfire, because that's what I started with. Fear not, more chapters will come...eventually. This chapter is dedicated to all you readers who have been faithfully following and reviewing this story. Words cannot describe how awesome you are and how blessed I am to have such a fantabulous audience.

Disclaimer: Still do not own YJ. Or Genesis.


Follow You-Follow Me

Stay with me.
My love, I hope you'll always be
Right here by my side if ever I need you.

It was the worst fight the team had ever witnessed between them. Granted, they tended to bicker a lot that first year, but they had only officially broken up once. The breakup lasted approximately forty two hours, twenty seven minutes, and three seconds give or take a few. Not that either of them had kept track. Nope. Not at all. Despite their combined hardheadedness, both teens were surprisingly reasonable when recognizing their own faults and eventually coming around to apologize. Their ability to work through petty disagreements tended to curb the likelihood that any serious arguments would pop up.

Until now.

The team was vaguely reminded of the second straight year Wally had forgotten Valentine's day, at which point Artemis, though seething at the time, had quietly resolved to herself that this was probably going to happen again and that her idiot boyfriend didn't mean anything hurtful by it. Except that crisis had blown over within a few days. The tension from this disagreement had been simmering for three straight weeks. And the team might not have even broached the topic had it not resulted in several close calls including half a building exploding and a severely sprained ankle for Rocket.

Kaldur grabbed each one by the crook of their arm and led them to the sparring ring after dismissing the rest of the team. Robin had been tight-lipped about whatever was on Wally's mind and none of the girls had been successful in prying the cause of the dissension from Artemis.

"I don't want to see either of you back at the Cave until this gets resolved," the Atlantian told them in his best parental voice. "The team can't afford any more close calls. You two get your problem resolved now before I put you both on extended leave of absence." And with that, their leader walked towards the zeta tubes.

The computer announcement faded into the background, leaving the two teens facing off in the middle of the rink. Kaldur was smart enough to know how they liked to blow off steam, but this wasn't an issue they could resolve by physicality.

Artemis narrowed her eyes as the speedster shifted from foot to foot, the inherent need to always be moving showing through his nervous tick.

"Well?" she demanded, arms folded in front, fingertips digging into the denim sleeves of her jacket.

"Well what, Artemis?" he riposted, his voice holding more exhaustion than anything. It was the voice of a weathered veteran that was tired of fighting. The archer was surprised to find the lack of anger behind those words.

"You know damn well what this is about," she shot back, hoping to get a rise out of him. If anything, Wally looked even more weary.

"Of course," he rolled his eyes, his voice carrying a bit more of its old sarcasm. "But it doesn't matter does it? Because you're just gonna go on about how I'm not taking into account what you want to do with your life-"

"You were practically demanding that I apply to Central-"

"I only suggested that we should go to college together!" His voice was increasing in volume to match hers.

"I'm not gonna be some pushover girlfriend that has to follow her boyfriend to the same college because she can't function on her own!"

"I WASN'T IMPLYING THAT AT ALL!"

"WELL WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING THEN?" She was practically screaming now, arms swinging wildly as she furiously gesticulated.

"I WAS THINKING THAT I'M ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH YOU AND THAT I'M GONNA MARRY YOU SOME DAY AND I JUST WANT TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TOGETHER BUILDING OUR FUTURE!" His breathing was coming in deep inhales and exhales now, and his shoulders stood a little straighter as though a weight had been pushed off.

Artemis stood there gaping at him, mouth opening and closing with no words coming out. "I...but...huh?" came her intelligent response.

Wally took a deep breath. "I was thinking that this thing we have...I kinda thought it might be...well...forever. And I just thought, maybe, if we went to college together...maybe we wouldn't have to wait so long to start a future-OUR future," he replied, running a hand through the back of his hair and looking so adorably sheepish that Artemis's angry demeanor couldn't help but melt a little.

"And what if I wanted to go someplace you didn't," she queried, arms folding themselves back across her chest, putting up a barrier between her and the ridiculous boyfriend she was pretty sure was on his way to becoming the father to all her children.

The redhead had the nerve to shrug and form a lazy grin. "I'd have figured out a program at the school I could have majored in. Or i'd have figured out the closest school to yours offering what I needed and commuted every day.'

"Every day?" She raised an eyebrow in challenge.

"Every. Single. Day." Each word was punctuated by a step closer to the blonde. His hands came to rest on her shoulders. "Unless you tell me now that isn't what you want, and you never planned for us to be together past graduation in May," he whispered, voice laced with the barest hint of heartbreak.

Artemis sighed and unfolded her arms, allowing herself to be pulled into his embrace and wrapping her hands at the base of his neck. "Wally, I would love nothing more than to be with you throughout college. But I'm not going to ask you to give up your dreams just so we can go to the same place. And I don't wanna feel guilty for following my dreams if it means going to a different university than you."

"Maybe you're my dream," Wally murmured into the top of her head.

Artemis snorted. "Getting a little cheesy there, babe." She pulled back so he could meet her gaze. "Tell you what, we'll compromise. We'll make lists of all the places we're looking at applying, figure out which ones offer majors for both our interests, and cross our fingers and hope we get in. And if not, we'll do the long distance thing until we graduate. Deal?"

He looked like he wanted to argue, but her gray eyes hardened slightly and he thought better.

"Deal," he agreed, sealing the contract with a kiss.


I will follow you, will you follow me?
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you, will you stay with me?