Really short dramatic chapter, but don't worry, it gets better

Chapter 3
 Vegetable Stir Fry

The words hung in the atmosphere for an extensive amount of time. Wally just stood, looking straight ahead with his mouth wide open. Shay stood idol, looking towards the ground. She didn't know what was going to happen now.

She tilted her head upwards to face his; he was still in complete shock. She put her hand carefully on his shoulder in hopes of some reaction. He looked down and his eyes once again met hers.

"Wally," she spoke cautiously, "I know that..." At that point she was cut off by him; apparently he had found his voice.

"Not now Shay," he spoke harshly, her face portrayed that his words had hurt her. He took note of this and quickly added, "Not here I mean, come on," he grabbed her hand, "We've done enough damage here and I'm pretty sure we're both starving."

They walked out of the store, many people noticed them, but never heard the words of the conversation. Wally led her to the food court, where they found a table.

"You stay here," he said gesturing towards the table, "I'll go get us some chow. What do you want for lunch, I guess?" he said taking a quick glance at his watch.

"It doesn't matter," she responded desolately.

"Okay then," answered Wally and was off to get some food.

She sat at the table, slouching over a bit. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She wasn't even going to tell him. It was an accident. A horrible accident, hell her whole life had been a horrible accident. Wally was never supposed to now about the baby. Well he was going to have to figure it out eventually, maybe when she put on weight, or when she came home one night with a winged infant. The fact the he knew didn't bother her, but was he going to tell John? They used to be best friends after all. John would definitely hate this child. He would hate everything it symbolized, all the love they once had for each other, the love she still had for him.

He was standing in line, thinking about the news he had just received. It had shocked him, but what hit him worse was the fact that Shay hadn't told him before. She really didn't need to go through this alone. After being kicked out of the League there was no way she could handle a child alone. Then the next thought made him angry. If that baby was John's, THAT was the last thing she needed. She might hate John for the child, even worse she might hate the child.

"Can I help you sir?"

"Huh?" he asked popping out of his thought stream.

"Can I take your order?" said the cashier at the Tai fast food restaurant.

"Oh yeah, can I have two vegetable stir fries and three number 5's?"

The sound of Wally placing the food on the table surprised her. It pulled her out of her self loathing vicious circle. She looked up at him with startled eyes.

"Sorry," he responded when he saw her reaction.

"It's okay, what is this?"

"Oh I got you two vegetable stir fries because I know you're a vegetarian, and that you were super hungry."

She smiled but she didn't look up, she didn't feel like talking about the mess she'd gotten herself into with anybody at the moment. The silence between them lingered in the food court. There were many conversations happening, children crying and screaming, the slow music played out of the intercom, but there was no talking between them.

Finally Wally broke the silence with a question, "When did you know?"
Shay looked up at him, her eyes were empty. There was no trace of feeling inside of them, "I kind of guessed it when I started getting sick in the morning. I just kept blaming it on the medicine I was taking to recover from Katar's attack, but I basically knew that was just a scapegoat.

Wally looked at her caringly. He wanted to help her, but there was really nothing he could do. He could only be a friend to her, someone to go to, a shoulder to cry on. He asked only one more question. One of which he regretted as soon as the words left his mouth.

"Do you know whose it is?" remorse hit him in the stomach like a brick.

She was moving her food around on the plate with her fork. Still hanging her head she replied, "I've only been with one person since I've arrived on Earth."

"Shay, are you sure you can handle this baby? I mean, you're not going to hate it are you?"

When she heard this she looked up at him, "Why would I hate my own baby? It was an accident, understandable, but sometimes the best things in life are accidents."

He smiled at her, this was the Hawkgirl he remembered, "And what does John think about all this?"

"John doesn't know and you can't tell him." She answered quickly.

"What?" he asked shocked.

"You can't let him know. He might hate this baby as much as he hates me now. I don't want him coming back and doing something stupid."

"John would never do anything to hurt you," Flash retorted.

"The old John that loved me never would have. He doesn't care for me now; you weren't with him in the interrogation room."

"So your kid isn't going to have a dad?"

"I guess so."

She kept playing with her food a bit more. Suddenly she put the fork down and wiped a tear from her eye, "My baby's not going to have a father," she whispered

Wally moved his hand across the table and took her hand in his, "You're kid may not have a father, but it will have the best mom, and 'Uncle Wally' in the world.

She smiled at him, and he returned it.

"Wally, you have something in your teeth," she giggled.

"Oh sure, ruin the sentimental moment."

Had to end it on a funny moment. There was way too much crying. Chapter four is being written, and should be posted soon.