Thank you to everyone who is reading my story. There may be a FlashxTorrent pairing, you'll just have to wait and see. And now here is Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Dinner Dates and ConfessionsFor two days Michelle had kept herself locked up in her room, trying to figure out what exactly happened when she went berserk. John was increasingly worried about her behaviour. He decided to pay her a visit and try to figure out what was wrong with her. He knocked lightly on her bedroom door. "Michelle, may I come in? It's John."
There was a muffled answer and footsteps approaching the door. The door slowly opened to reveal a haggard looking Michelle. Her face was drawn and the colour gone. Her hair was dishevelled and dark circles surrounded her eyes, which showed her sleepless nights. John was taken aback.
"Hello John." She said faintly. "What brings you here?"
"I came to check on you and I'm glad I've come. You haven't been out of your room in two days and everyone is really worried about you. I'm worried about you."
"Really John I'm fine there's no need to worry."
"That's not what it looks like from where I'm standing."
Michelle gave a little huff. "If you've come to lecture me then I suggest you go away."
"No I haven't, in fact I was thinking. I was wondering if you want to come to dinner with us?"
"Err who's us?"
"Me, Shayera and Flash."
Michelle was rooted to the spot.
"I dunno,"
"Oh come on" encouraged John, "You'll enjoy it. Besides it's a kind of fancy restaurant so you can get to wear a fancy frock and I know that when you was little you loved to dress up, so here's your chance."
Michelle thought for a moment. 'Well I guess going to dinner won't be such a bad idea and it would be a laugh.'
"Alright then I'll come."
"Great! I promise you it will be fun"
Michelle was about to go back into her room when she felt a tap on shoulder. She turned around and saw Diana and disgruntled Shayera.
"Hi Michelle. John told us that he was going to ask you about dinner tonight."
"Yeah he did. I'm going."
"Really? That's great. Well actually I was hoping you would say that because I'm taking the both of you shopping."
Michelle turned to Shayera. "No offence, but you don't look like the shopping type."
"I'm not." Shayera said through gritted teeth. "But the princess here made me come so I could get a dress." She shuddered at the thought.
"Oh come on Shayera. You can't go to a fancy restaurant in a t-shirt and jeans can you?"
"Not if I can help it." She mumbled back.
"Why aren't you going Diana?"
"Well I've planned a bit of a night in with Batman." She winked mischievously.
"Right…" Michelle a bit unsure of what to say to that.
"Well come on, we can't waste anymore time now."
Diana dragged them both across the corridor towards the landing bay.
"Hey John, mind if I come in?" Before John could answer Flash zoomed into his room.
"Of course I don't mind, just waltz right into my room why don't ya." He mumbled.
John was currently trying to adjust his black bow tie. "Stupid thing. Why couldn't I just bought a clip on one?"
"Here let me do it." In a second Flash adjusted John's tie to perfection.
John looked at Flash for a moment.
"Aren't you getting ready? We have 10 minutes left."
"I am ready." He was wearing Flash costume.
John signed. "You can't just go into a restaurant looking like that."
"Why not? I think I look exceptional." He ran over to a mirror and started to do some cheesy poses.
"Because we are not going as 'The Justice League', we are going as our normal selves"
"But I don't wanna go as my normal self." Whined Flash.
"Well your gonna have to besides we don't want any unnecessary attention."
"What? You mean from the ladies." Flash grinned slyly
"Yes I mean that. So I suggest you get changed properly."
Flash just stood there looking blankly at him.
"Now!"
"Ok ok, don't have a cow, sheesh, back in a second." He zoomed out the room and 2 seconds later he came back in. He was wearing a black tuxedo like John and holding a bunch of roses.
"Who are those for? No wait I know they're for Michelle right?"
"Who else would they be for?" He grinned.
"Now listen, I don't want you acting stupid in front of her ok?"
"Scouts honour John." He did a mock salute to him.
"So did you get Shayera anything?"
"As a matter of fact I did."
John opened a draw in his cabinet and produced a sparkling silver necklace.
"Wow, that must of cost a lot."
"It did but she is worth it."
"OUCH! Will you watch it with those tongs! You almost burnt me!" Diana was trying to do Shayera's hair but she kept fidgeting about in the chair.
"Well if you keep still then you wouldn't get burnt would you?"
Shayera huffed and folded her arms crossly over her chest.
"You almost finished in the bathroom Michelle, 'cause I need to go in there soon and you need to get your hair done."
"I'm coming now."
Michelle emerged from the bathroom. "Are you sure that this dress is alright? It shows a bit too much flesh for my liking."
She was wearing a beautiful plum satin corset dress. She wore silver sandals where the straps wrapped around her ankles. "And I can't hardly walk in these." And to demonstrate she stumbled over to where Diana and Shayera were. "Just remember to keep your head up and it's heel, toe, heel, toe. The dress looks absolutely fabulous and we also got the matching stole to go with it so you can wrap it around your shoulders so you don't feel so bare."
Michelle wrapped the satin stole around her shoulders and sat down opposite Shayera.
"You hair looks fantastic."
Shayera blushed faintly. "Thank you very much." Her red hair was in ringlets, which framed her face. "I'm gonna put on this dress. I don't know why you didn't let me buy that trouser suit."
"Because the dress looked way better on you and it will and John will have heart failure when he sees you in that dress." Countered Diana
"Whatever." She then disappeared into the bathroom.
"Now it's your turn." Said Diana armed with hair straighteners.
"What is taking them so long? We have to be at the restaurant soon." John was pacing up and down in the lounge.
"Relax will you. They're just making themselves look good. They are women after all." Flash said stretched out on a couch.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" The two men turned around to be met with a breathtaking sight. John and Wally's hearts stopped beating. Their mouths were agape.
The two women were staring at the John and Wally in puzzlement. "Well come on say something, we haven't got all day." Said Shayera.
"Shayera you look…you look amazing." She was wearing a long golden satin dress, identical to Michelle's and she was wearing the same shoes but in gold. "Why thank you John."
"Michelle you look… wow!" Her hair was flicked at the edges, her prominent silver streaks stood out and she wore a plum coloured flower chocker.
"Ermm thank you?" She was unsure of who it was because Flash was out of costume.
Wally picked up on this. "You don't recognise me do you?" he said with a grin. "Its your favourite speedster." Michelle's face turned to utter surprise. "Flash?"
"The one and only but you may call me Wally and here's a little present for Madame." From behind his back he presented her with a bunch of red roses. Michelle held them up to her nose and sniffed them.
"Their beautiful." She whispered
"Just like you." He smiled.
Michelle turned away so he wouldn't see her blush.
"Shayera turn around." Said John
"Why?" she asked suspiciously
"Just turn around."
"Alright." She turned around and closed her eyes. When she opened them she found a silver necklace on her neck.
"John, you shouldn't have."
"Believe me your worth it."
"Hate to interrupt this special moment but there's a pile of food with my name written all over it so let's move people." The group headed off to the restaurant.
The Fleur de Lys Restaurant was a very exclusive restaurant. It had a dining area, bar, dance floor and a relaxation area. The group entered and admired it.
"Wow. Classy." Admired Wally.
"Hello sir welcome to the Fleur de Lys Restaurant, have you made a reservation?" The blonde waitress asked. She was wearing a waistcoat with a red shirt underneath and a black knee length skirt.
"Yes I have. Its under the name Stewart."
The girl looked through her list. "Here we go, table 30, just follow this lady here."
They were being lead to a very sophisticated table, lined with red cloth.
Wally and John both helped their respected 'dates' into a chair.
"Are you all ready to order?"
Shayera was peering over the menu. "I can't read what it says. It's written in a strange way."
"That's because it's French. Do you know what you want yet?"
"Don't rush me." She growled. "Ermm can I have the liver paytee?"
"Do you mean the liver pate madam?"
"Yes that."
"What drink would you all like?"
"We'll have your most finest bottle of red please."
"Hang on a minute." Interrupted Wally. "Has it come to your attention that I may not like red wine? hmmm?"
John sighed, "Well ok then what do you want to drink? White wine?"
"No I don't want white wine, I like red wine."
"That's what I was about to order." Growled John
"Well you should ask next time if we all want it because someone could be allergic to it or something and…"
John was getting slightly frustrated. "Red wine please."
"Yes sir." Said the waitress, clearly amused.
"So what would you like then, Michelle?" asked Wally.
"Ermm, do you have anything with prawns?"
"Yes we do, we have prawn pasta, prawns in a lemon sauce…"
"I'll have the prawns in the lemon sauce."
"Certainly madam."
"Well I would like everything on this menu."
The waitress was taken aback. John kicked Wally in the knee.
"Oww, what was that for?" Wally began rubbing his knee.
"We are in a public place. You have to control how much you eat. Besides it might repulse people especially your table manners."
"Well they should mind their own business then. Alright I'll have the steak please."
"How do you like your steak?"
"Well done." Wally gave a wink to the waitress. The waitress blushed a deep shade of red. John was giving Wally a deadly death glare from across the table.
"And what would you like sir?"
John looked over at his menu. "I would like the seafood pasta please."
"Certainly sir. Your meals should be ready in about 45 minutes." The waitress collected up their menus and walked off.
"Sooo…Michelle are you enjoying it here?" asked Wally.
"Yes I am thank you. By the way who is paying for all of this because the food here is pretty expensive?"
"Don't worry, it's on me. My way of making up for lost time." John smiled.
"Really John, you don't have to do that."
"No no no, I insist."
"Very well then." An awkward silence came upon them. Everyone was too busy thinking.
'Shayera looks very nice tonight.' Thought John, looking over at Shayera, who was looking around at the decoration. 'Maybe just maybe something good might happen to us. Just maybe.'
'It's nice of John to take us out for dinner but I think this was just a cover up for something more personal.' Thought Shayera. She held on to her silver necklace thinking wistfully.
'Food looks nice here, waitresses looking nice too but Michelle is looking, well she just looks stunning. There's something about her. She's not like the other girls but all the other girls aren't related to John. What should I do?' Wally thought whilst admiring Michelle.
'Well I never been to such a beautiful place. I'm glad I came now. Wally keeps staring at me. Do I have something on my face or something? I dunno. He seems like a nice guy but he is pretty forward. Oh well.' Thought Michelle.
The dinner had arrived and they started to eat.
"This liver what you call it is nice." Said Shayera, shovelling a forkful of the stuff.
"These prawns are the best." Said Michelle who was quickly eating out the prawns.
The two men were staring at them in absolute shock. They have never seen anything like it.
"What?" said Michelle and Shayera in unison.
John and Wally just shook their heads and mumbled a "nothing." And went back to eating their own dinners.
"Wow, that was delicious." Said Shayera patting her stomach.
"It sure was." Agreed Michelle.
"I'm not surprised, you both finished your dinners and still took some off our own plates." Complained John.
"So?" questioned Shayera
"So… never mind." John gave up.
"Are you guys up for a bit of dancing, cuz I sure am." Wally was started to move to the music.
"I'm just going to the bar. I need a drink." Said John
"I'll come too." Shayera and John sloped off towards the bar.
Wally turned to face Michelle and gave her a smirk. "So I guess it's just you and me then." He leaned in a bit closer. Michelle gave a nervous laugh. "Yeah I guess so."
"Come on lets' dance." Wally dragged her onto the dance floor.
"Ermm I really don't think…"
"Oh come on, ok we'll have one dance if you want."
Michelle sighed, "Ok just one dance."
10 minutes later and Michelle dragged herself off the dance floor and sat down heavily on a plush chair. "I never. knew. he was. so energetic." gasped Michelle. "I think I'll sit here for a while." Wally, on the other hand was having a great time. 'Wow this is great and oooo I see someone looking at me.' He walked over towards two girls who were dancing away. The two girls never noticed Wally coming up from behind them. "Hello ladies. I couldn't help but notice that you were looking at me and now that I'm here would you like to dance?" Any other girl would have sent him packing but since these girls were partially drunk they accepted. He led them over to the middle of the dance floor and started to dance. The two girls started to move closer and closer towards him and then started grinding up against him. Wally was thoroughly enjoying himself. Michelle was watching everything from the far side of the dance floor and when she saw Wally with the two girls she got up and left, trying to hold back the tears, which were threatening to escape.
"Wow that was great, girls. I'm gonna have a sit down now, nice meeting you both." Wally said.
"It was nice to meet you too Wally." Said one of the girls.
"Come back when your ready for some more." Said the other slyly
Wally laughed. "Don't worry I will." Wally walked back over to where Michelle was sitting previously, not noticing that she had gone. "Wow Michelle, why didn't you stay and dance with me, it was…Michelle?" Wally finally looked at the seat and noticed that Michelle wasn't sitting there. "Michelle?" Wally quickly walked over to the bar to where John and Shayera were sitting having a good laugh and were both a bit tipsy. "Hey guys, have you seen Michelle?"
"Yeah I saw her, she went outside but we just figured she needed a bit of fresh air. Hey John, air rhymes with hair don't it?"
"It sure does, so does stare."
"Oooo and arm."
"Arm? Arm doesn't rhyme with stare silly." They both started to laugh.
"OK, I'm officially freaked out now. Anyway I have to find Michelle. Later guys." Wally quickly walked towards the door.
Michelle was sitting outside on a wooden bench, holding a rose. Tears started to drop gently on the rose petal. She suddenly ripped off the rose head with all her might and threw it to the ground. 'How could he do that to me? Right in front of my face, knowing full well I was there watching? What am I saying? I don't care, he can dance with whoever he wants, it's not as if I like the guy. Or do I?'
"MICHELLE!" she heard Wally's voice calling for her.
'Oh great, just who I wanted to see. Please don't let him find me. Please don't let him find me."
"Michelle?"
'Great he found me.'
Michelle quickly wiped away her tears as Wally sat down beside her.
"Michelle, I've been looking all over for you. Are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine just needed a bit of fresh air that's all."
Wally looked down at his feet and saw the crumpled up rose head. "Are you sure that's all it is?"
"I'm sure."
"Listen I've been thinking and I really need to get this off my chest because it has been taunted me for quite a while now. Ever since you came here, ever since I laid eyes on you, I can't stop thinking about you. It's something about you, which makes me go all funny inside. I've never felt that way about a girl before."
Michelle looked up into his sparkling eyes. 'What is he trying to say? Oh no I think he likes me. What I'm I going to do? My head is so messed up.'
"Michelle I really like you, heck I may even love you."
'Love me? This is getting way out of hand.'
"Really? Well…"
He gently put a finger to her lips to silence her. "Just don't say anything."
He leaned in closer and closer…
"I don't think I can do this. I am so sorry Wally but my head isn't where it should be. I'm sorry." She ran inside leaving a heartbroken Wally alone on the bench. Tears streaming down his face as he watches the only girl he will ever care for slip away.
Awwww poor Wally. Thank you everyone for taking the time to read it. Please review much appreciated. Next Chapter: What will become of Michelle and Wally? What happened to Shayera and John? And how did Diana's night in with the Batman go? All will be revealed as the Justice League women have a little Girls Night In.