Hey guys, so the time has come

My favorite chapter yet, and it's a long one!

By the way i know the formality is a bit different but i thought it was the most reasonable way for Artemis and Wally to 'come together' (no spoilers).

Also sorry about the punctuation and grammar, it was a bit rushed because i just really wanted to write and share this chapter with you guys!

thanks, hope you enjoy!

The team all sat in a van which was at the mountain's entrance, everyone was there except wally who was frantically getting last minute things. He ran out to the van almost out of breath, "I think I've got everything now."

"great, now lets just hope we make the plane", Robin joked.

"hey, wait for me", Captain Marvel yelled as he also ran over to the van

"hold on, Captain Marvel's coming as well?" Superboy asked.

"I sure am, strictly for league purposes of course", he replied.

Superboy rolled his eyes.

M'gann spoke to the others, "great I think that's everyone, I'm so excited about visiting one of earth's famous amusement parks." Dinah started driving, she was taking the team to Ivy Town Airport where they would fly to Tivoli island.

The drive only took an hour so they arrived at 9:00 AM, Dinah dropped them off at the terminal where they all got their bags out of the trunk and went inside. The flight was boarding at 9:20 AM so they hurried through bag drop and the security check.

Once at the gate, Robin and Zatanna shared a look and then Robin started handing everyone their plane tickets, "okay: Megan D2, Kaldur D3, Wally E1, Zatanna D4, Artemis E2, Connor D1 and Billy E3 and I'm D5

No one really knew where their seats were from the numbers so everyone boarded the plane unaware of Robin and Zatanna's meddling.

Wally was the first to find his seat which was next to a window. Artemis looked at the seat number on her ticket and realized that it was next to wally, "of course", she thought to herself. Wally immediately noticed Artemis sit down next to him but he tried to act casually by looking over her and at where everyone else was sitting, interestingly Robin had seated himself next to Zatanna.

The plane had just taken off and Zatanna spoke to Robin, "do you think anything's gonna happen between them?" She asked.

Robin replied, "not on the plane but as long as we keep making them spend time together something's bound to happen eventually."

"So, we get to do this for the whole holiday?" Zatanna asked.

"Yep, and I've got a few tricks up my sleeve if they need any extra incentive", Robin said.

"Yay!" Zatanna squealed.

The team had been flying for 4 hours and their destination was now in view, Wally looked out the window to see a tropical island full of roller-coasters and water-slides. "Someone pinch me", he said.

Artemis pinched his arm. "Owww", Wally complained.

"Hey, you insisted", Artemis smiled.

Wally had been trying to ignore Artemis the whole flight, but now he was forced to look at her. There she sat, hair down, legs crossed and reading a magazine. Wally couldn't take his eyes off of her, at least until she asked "what are you looking at dork?" He quickly turned his attention back to the sight out the window.

Once the plane landed on the island everyone collected their bags and exited the Terminal. Dinah had told them they would be driving from the airport to their resort but there were no cars in sight.

"So… what now?" Wally asked.

"That's what", Robin pointed at a convoy of golf carts coming down the road.

"No way! Dibs driving one!" Wally exclaimed

"Dude the employees here drive them", Robin replied.

"Yeah and I wouldn't trust your driving anyway", Zatanna joked.

Everyone laughed. "someone's been spending too much time with Robin", Wally muttered.

Once the Golf carts pulled up, the Team were designated three by the manager.

Wally threw his bags onto the back of one and got in the front next to the driver. "Come on Rob get in this one and we'll go."

Robin replied "Alright we'll take Artemis as well, I'll just help Kaldur sign off for these and be back in a second."

Artemis put her bags on the back of the golf cart and sat in the back, once again she found herself in Wally's company.

Robin was walking back to the Cart. "Hey, where's your bags?" Yelled wally. Robin had a huge grin on his face, once there he hit the back of the cart twice, "See you later guys."

"Wait, what?" Wally yelled at Robin but it was too late, the Golf cart had already taken off.

Wally and Artemis' cart drove on small roads among all the palm trees and amusements. There was an awkward silence, partly because of what had happened between them recently but also because Wally was in utter astonishment of what was around him.

It was no surprise that when they arrived at the Resort Wally's jaw dropped, there were dozens of pools each surrounded with 5 or 6 bungalows.

The other carts pulled up alongside Wally and Artemis' and the bell boy took everyone's luggage to their own personal pool area.

Kaldur went to the front desk to check in while the others stood in the main building discussing what they were going to do first.

Wally couldn't contain himself "I'm thinking water slides today and rollercoasters tomorrow, but what about all the food, when will I fit that in? and we have to go to the that massive pool in the middle of the island, but I also need at least 2 hours at the buffet each morning, and what about shopping, when will I do that?"

"Slow down Wally", Zatanna said "why don't we just focus on what we're doing right now?"

Robin agreed, "Yeah let's just unpack first."

Once Kaldur had all the bungalow keys everyone walked along a series of bridges which went over other pools until they reached their own. Their circular pool had five bungalows around it, each with two beds. The bungalow situation was: Conner and Kaldur, Wally and Robin, M'gann and Zatanna while Artemis and Billy got their own.

Once the team had unpacked they made a group decision to go to the beach.

Everything was in walking distance from the resort so it only took minutes for the team to arrive. Along the back of the beach were dozens of lounge chairs which the team took the time to relax on, except Wally, Robin and Billy who were already in line for something called the black hole.

After around 20 minutes of sun bathing Artemis spoke to Zatanna, "Hey Zee I'm gonna head to the change rooms and put on my swim suit".

Zatanna smiled, "okay I'll be there in a bit."

Zatanna watched Artemis walk over to the change rooms which were further up the beach. Once she was certain Artemis couldn't see her she got up and ran over to the bottom of a slide that Wally, Robin and Billy were endlessly riding. Wally shot out the bottom of the steep slide and was about to line up again until Zatanna caught him, "Oh hey Wally, that's funny Artemis was just saying that she could go down those slides into the ocean way faster than you." She pointed at two slides which went off one of the small cliffs and into the ocean.

"oh yeah, we'll see about that. Where is she?" Wally asked.

Zatanna replied "Um I think she's outside the change rooms."

Wally walked over to the change rooms and saw Artemis coming out in a green bikini.

He walked up to her "okay, you versus me on the Twin Ocean Racer now."

"Wha…", but before Artemis could respond Wally had taken her by the arm and was pulling her over to the slide.

Zatanna waited for Robin and Billy to come down the same slide, as they came out she yelled to Robin, "Rob, I think it worked." Robin smiled and ran over to Zatanna, "come on we've gotta get the others." They ran back to the beach leaving Billy confused when he came out of the slide.

They found M'gann, Connor and Kaldur still laying on the lounge chairs on the beach. Robin spoke to them with a huge grin on his face, "Guys Artemis and Wally are about to race down those slides over there", Robin pointed at the cliff where the slides' exits were.

Zatanna continued, "yeah were going over to the cliff to watch what happens, wanna come?"

M'gann looked super excited, "yes, lets go!", Connor and Kaldur didn't look as thrilled but agreed anyway.

The team stood at the bottom of the slide where the ladder was to climb back up the cliff and out of the ocean.

They watched as Artemis and wally disappeared into the parallel slides, each with several loops. A few seconds later both of them shot out the bottom of the slides and into the ocean at exactly the same time. They both came up out of the water at the same time wondering who had won.

Everyone agreed that it was a dead heat. As both Artemis and wally climbed up the ladder, Robin spoke to Zatanna, "This is perfect, we can tell them to go again now." Zatanna nodded and met them as they got out of the water. "guys you're gonna have to race on a different slide now", Zatanna told them.

"fine, I'll beat her on any of them", Wally replied.

"Oh please, you have super speed and I'm still going to beat you", Artemis responded.

"okay, let's go then, you can even pick the slide", said Wally

Artemis glared him, "Sure, just makes it easier for me".

The Pair walked off towards the rest of the water slides. Robin spoke to Zatanna once again, "this could not have gone any better."

"I know", replied Zatanna, "I give it 3 days." They both laughed.

Artemis and Wally were competing on every Water slide they possibly could, but they came out at the same time on every single one. However Not one of them wanted to give up. Therefore, this went on all day until the sun started to set. After another dead heat on a slide called the Aqua racer they both seemed to be at the point of exhaustion, so rather than trying again they decided to call it even.

They returned to the beach that everyone was lounged on earlier that day to find the others, but there were barely any island guests left on the beach. The archer and speedster were still out of breath so rather than looking for the others they just decided to lie on the beach and watch the sunset. The sky turned a bright orange and Wally decided it was time to break the silence, "you know, Although I couldn't beat you on any of the slides, I actually had a pretty good time today Artemis."

"me too", Artemis smiled.

Wally continued "But I think there may be one way to decide who's better"

"oh yeah, and what's that?" Artemis asked.

Wally pointed to the 10m diving board which was at the end of a pier out in front of them in the ocean.

"you're on", Artemis got up off the sand and ran down onto the pier.

"hey wait up", Wally yelled as he pretended to try and catch up.

They both ran down to the stairs at the end, Wally caught up with her right at the top of stairs and they jumped off the 10m platform together.

They both came up for air, "I didn't think you would do it", said Artemis.

"Well I couldn't let you beat me", wally replied laughing.

The pair swam back to the pier and walked back to the beach, it was starting to get dark.

Under the stars, they walked over the series of bridges to get back to their own area.

They assumed that the rest of the team were already back because it was pretty late. Wally and Robin's bungalow was next to Artemis' so the pair stopped in between.

They were now face to face beside the pool, "we may be even on the waterslides but tomorrow on the rollercoasters you're going down." They moved closer together until they were only inches apart. "oh yeah, we'll see."

Suddenly Billy came out of nowhere, "oh hey guys, man I am so full, I definitely got my moneys worth on the buffet."

Artemis and Wally separated as soon as they saw him, "oh hey Billy…", said Wally.

"Man, you guys are still in your swimsuits? You must have been on the waterslides all day", Commented Billy.

Before they could answer Robin came out of the bungalow behind them, "oh you guys are back, and how was your day?" he said with a cheeky grin.

"It was fine", Artemis said stubbornly, "and now I'm going to bed".

Billy was confused, "is there something I'm missing here?"

"No!", Wally defended, "and I'm going to bed as well."