Author Note: Today is my 23rd birthday so yay me. :)

I do not own Young Justice.

Enjoy!

They talked.

Even though the Justice League would freak out if they knew Artemis had a connection to the universe after they confronted them about the parallel world jumping.

They talked about their day, Wally talked about his job, Artemis just liked hearing his voice.

Both of them felt like they had known each other for years.

And boy did the dog spring to the life every time he heard Wally's voice.

The dog already looked years younger and Wally seemed to like the dog as well.

However, they may be able to hide the fact that they were talking, but they couldn't hide the effects talking was having on both of them.

Imagine having somebody cheer you up when your life is awful.

Imagine, knowing there was somebody waiting to talk to you when you get off work.

The positive effect went both ways.

"You seem to be in a good mood lately," said his fellow Businessman and he blinked. "Seeing somebody special?"

Wally rubbed the back of his head and said. "Is it really that obvious? We met by accident, one thing lead to another and now we're talking on the phone every day. I've dated many girls in the past but not a girl like this. There's just something about this girl, that makes my heart skip a beat"

The other looked at him and said. "It looks like you got it bad. But make sure you don't overstep it until you find out if she likes you that much. It's going to be creepy if you suddenly talk to her like a wife"

And he laughed and said. "There's no chance in hell of that. I've known her for a few days. Me, thinking about marriage? I wouldn't be Wally West if I brought a ring, I don't think I'll ever be that serious with a girl"

#Another Reality#

Artemis had come to take care of her mother.

Even though her mother had a caretaker, she still insisted on coming around.

So imagine the woman shock, when she heard her painfully single daughter hum while she prepared dinner.

She hadn't heard her daughter hum in years.

"Did something good happen, lately?" Said the woman suddenly startling her daughter.

"W-Why would you ask that?" Said Artemis, but she couldn't keep the smile from sprouting when the image of Wally appeared in her mind.

"...Artemis, are you blushing?" Said the woman looking shocked to see her adult daughter blush.

"What? No!" she said, trying to cover her face.

One look at her mother made her spill it.

"Okay, it's this guy" she spilled. "We.. kind of...started dating"

She looked at her mother who's mouth was wide.

What?

Did her daughter just say she was dating somebody?

Dating somebody new almost a decade after Wally's death?

Dating somebody after she begged her daughter to try with Will?

The aged woman opened and closed her mouth, unsure what to say before she said. "Artemis...your dating somebody? That's great. So when am I going to meet him?"

"Mom!" She said, with a red face. "I don't even know if we'll work out. Both of us, live in two completely different worlds. We talk on the phone every day because it's so hard for us to visit each other. He's got his responsibilities and I've got mine. I don't think we'll last long at all"

Her mother was silent and said. "Well, even if it doesn't work out, I still want to hear about the man who managed to date my daughter"

"Ur, well," she said. "He's just over 6 foot. He works as a businessman with a good salary." Before she said. "He can be annoying. Like really annoying and childish like you wouldn't believe. But he makes me smile when I'm feeling down, sometimes I don't even have to tell him, he just knows. He also has a really deep side that just comes out of nowhere. He's like really impressive when his deep side takes over. And he knows about me being a superhero, we met when I was fighting"

And her mother said. "I've never heard you describe a guy like that since your previous relationship. You must really like this guy" before the woman teased and said. "So when will I be expecting the grandchildren?"

She went red and said. "Mom. I told you, well never get that far. The distance is too great"

"I don't know, Artemis," said her mother. "Something tells me your going to go all the way with this man. I'm definitely seeing a grandchild in the future." And her daughter rolled her eyes before she said. "Oh, and what's his name?"

Artemis froze and said. "Oh, his name...its...Antonio"

"Antonio?" Said Wally laughing on the other end when she got home. "You told her, my name was Antonio? I have no problem with that name but that sounds hilarious to me."

"Well, I panicked!" said Artemis back in her room. "What was I supposed to say? The name of my dead boyfriend?" Before she said, sadly. "I really loved him. We got a place together, I was really sure that he was going to spring some cheesy proposal on me and I would have loved him for it. We both wanted to start a family but I just could never walk away from the hero life. I had to walk through hell before I realised it wasn't worth it. But when I looked back, he was gone. Even if he tried to forbid me, I would have been a hero behind his back anyway and he knew it. Ever since he died, I've been hating myself ever since. If only I had listened to him or at least forced Dick to change the plan"

"Artemis..." He said. "Nothing good comes from trying to change the past. There are times where I wish I could go back. As a superhero, it's just not possible to save everybody. I'm really sorry about him, but he's a hero, your Earth wouldn't exist without him, right? I wish I could say more, but I just wasn't there. I didn't feel the emotions and I don't want to overstep. But you clearly need a hug, do you want me to come over?"

And she was stunned and said. "What?"

"Do you want me to come over?" He said, "I can move my schedule around a bit, pull a few strings and I can spend a day with you"

Her mouth was open.

"And don't worry about tracking", he said. "My world is like 200 years ahead of yours, I can boom tube right into your home with just an address and nobody but your housemates will know. And besides, my world won't fall apart if I'm not there, there are many superheroes, here. So, want me to come over? I have cake"

And Artemis laughed and told him to bring chocolate.

He then started to childish hum in her ear and she had to beg him to stop even though she was clearly cracking up.

"See you later, babe," he said and then he hung up, not seeing the effect that last word had on her.

And Wally did in fact, try to clear his schedule but then he remembered that a national holiday was coming up, a day where you can spend time with friends and family, it was very convenient that such a thing was so close to him right now and he sent a text to Artemis.

Artemis sent him her address.

He baked cake and packed it up and then he informed the authorities that he would be out of reality for a day.

He then packed a small bag and used the private Boom Tube to get there, it was silent and untraceable.

Walking through he saw a house and pressed the button.

The door opened and he saw Artemis.

"Hey, Babe." He said before he said. "I brought chocolate cake."

Artemis let him in and watched Brucley, the dog stand up slowly at the sight of Wally.

Wally put the cake on the counter as the dog began to slowly make his way to him, once it got a sniff of his natural scent, the dog went crazy with excitement.

Wally was suddenly tackled by the dog but he responded and gave the dog belly rubs.

"And this must be, Brucley," he said, as he showered the dog with love.

"He probably thinks your the other Wally," said Artemis.

"Lucky, guy. He got to come home to this and a beautiful woman. Well, damn," he said, as he enjoyed the dog's attention. "So what are we doing, today? Are we going to stay indoors and enjoy some time together? Or do you plan to have somebody over, other than me?"

"There's nobody coming over," she said. "We have the house to ourselves"

"Great, let's share the cake and watch a cheesy movie," he said. "Of course, I get the biggest slice"

She rolled her eyes and went to find a movie.

When she came back, she saw him tinkering with the tap, he most likely never used a manual tap before in his life.

"Here," she said, helping him.

"Thanks," he said, he washed the knife under the water, at least he managed to use the soap.

He then took two plates and said. "So where are we sitting?"

"The couch,", she said, he went to the couch, and the dog sat near him.

The dog and her watched him struggle and try to turn the tv on.

"You know what? Let me do everything" she said. "I'm thankful that you're trying though"

She gave him a kiss on the cheek before she bent down and put the video into the player.

When she got up, she could have sworn, he had been checking her out just now.

She turned the tv on and sat next to him, and began eating cake.

The distance between them made the air awkward.

He wanted to cuddle her but he respected her feelings.

So imagine his surprise when she moved closer and put her head on his shoulder.

Should he?

He put his arm around her, but she didn't protest.

Instead, they both felt the odd feeling of rightness.

Rightness to be in each other's arms.

"You know, what? This is nice" he said. "No superhero phone call. No work calls. Just us, sitting in front of a tv, watching an old movie with chocolate cake and a dog. We should do this more often"

"You think?" She said. "It is nice" before she said. "It's too bad, I didn't see how nice this was until he was gone."

Suddenly the air between became awkward.

They were both using each other.

He'll, he had stated quiet openly that he was using her because he couldn't date his version but to be constantly reminded that he was six feet under in this universe was just uncomfortable.

Suddenly Artemis said. "I'm sorry"

He was stunned.

"I don't think I'm ready to date yet," she said, moving from him. "Everything about you, just makes me wish you were my Wally. I feel like I'm cheating on him when we snuggle"

There was silence in the room.

"Wow, you really loved this guy, huh," he said, seeing her face. "But it's okay if you don't want to date me. I won't force you to go out with me." Before he suggested. "How about we try to be friends and then we see how we both feel from there?"

Friends?

Before he picked his plate and said. "There is still plenty of friendship cake to go around." Before he said. "Do you know over 50 per cent of all speedster accidents occur when there is a belly fully of cake involved?"

Suddenly Artemis burst out laughing and said. "Well, I better make sure you don't crash then"

Both of them eat a piece.

"Friends?" He said.

"Friends," she said.

"Extremely attractive friend?" he said and she lightly smacked him.

"By the way, what is this movie?" He said, turning to the tv. "A stock motion cyclops fighting stock motion skeletons, what?"

"I don't know. I just took it from the bookcase" said Artemis.

And then a character jumped off a cliff and it just looked so corny and fake.

He burst out laughing.

"Hands down. Best movie of the decade" he said. "This movie is hilarious!"

And Artemis was about to say something when she saw the cheesy 60's fight scene and character's talking as if their robots.

"Okay. This is pretty bad" she admitted.

They ate cake with the dog laying down.

Friends.

They can definitely handle being friends for the time being.