I'm back!
sorry to everyone who was following the story for my time away but i just finished year 12 so i was studying heaps.
I actually wrote this in like may but just finished, sorry for any typos i just really wanted to post this chapter.
hope you like it!
It was another morning in paradise and everyone was looking forward to the complementary buffet at the hotel, everyone except wally. Despite his love of food, he was dreading being bombarded by questions about the time he had spent with Artemis the day before. He had firmly decided that he would forget the whole thing with Artemis ever happened.
Everyone was gathered in front of the huts by the pool, they were only waiting for the young speedster.
"What's keeping Wally?", "I thought he would be dying to get to breakfast", asked Zatanna.
"yeah it is weird, what do you think Artemis", Robin said, about to burst into laughter.
Artemis glared at the boy in shades, "I don't know Robin," she snarled.
Wally had been sitting on his bed preparing for his friends' questions but finally joined them outside.
"Well you took your time", said Robin as the team started walking to the Hotel's restaurant.
"you think I just wake up with hair like this?" joked Wally.
Everyone naturally looked at Artemis, waiting for her usual insult, but there was nothing.
"Huh… hey wally how was your day with Artemis yesterday?", asked M'gann.
"day with Artemis?", "I don't know what you're talking about, I was chatting up girls most of the day", Wally lied.
Zatanna was confused, "then where were you Artemis?"
"Umm… I was... with Billy at the buffet", the archer replied.
"no, you w…", Billy tried to say but was secretly punched by Artemis who was walking next to him.
"oh yeah it was great", winced Billy.
Zatanna and Robin glanced at each other with confused faces.
In a few moments the team was entering the restaurant building where all the hotel's guests were congregating for breakfast, the scent alone was enough to make one drool.
Wally could finally breath after using his elaborate excuse to cover up his day with Artemis. Now he could focus on more important things, breakfast.
After settling on a large table and dropping their belongings, the team approached the food.
In front of them was a smorgasbord full of everything that made a good breakfast.
Wally's eyes lit up "This is it", he said.
"this is what?" asked Robin who was next to wally.
"heaven", he said and Robin started laughing.
Once everyone had returned to the table they discussed their plans for the day.
"us guys were gonna head over to the arcade and laser tag If you're interested?" Robin asked the girls.
M'gann and Zatanna looked at each other, "we were actually thinking about going shopping", Zatanna said.
Robin tried to hide his disappointment, "oh that's cool, we'll just meet up later then."
"sound good Artemis?", asked Zatanna.
"seriously, shopping, isn't there anything else we could do", the archer moaned.
"oh come on Artemis, it'll be fun" encouraged M'gann.
"can't we just play Laser tag with the guys?" Artemis asked.
"how about this Artemis?" "you come shopping with us for the day and later tonight we'll meet the guys at the arcade and play Laser tag", suggested Zatanna.
"good idea!" Robin said suddenly, wally rolled his eyes.
"fine", Artemis accepted.
After their meal the team walked back over the network of bridges which led to their own tropical area. Once they had all their belongings Megan, Zatanna and Artemis headed towards the shopping strip while Robin, Wally, Kaldur, Conner and Billy walked to the center of the amusement park where the arcade was.
The day seemed to go quickly for everyone except Artemis who had been dragged around from store to store by Zatanna and M'gann. She was relieved when the girls got a call from Robin at around 5:00pm suggesting they should come over to the arcade.
After about a 15 minute walk the girls arrived at the arcade and met up with the guys. Robin had already payed and all that had to be decided was the teams, little did the others know that Zatanna and robin had already devised a plan. Zatanna spoke up "how about we do me, Robin, Artemis and Kaldur vs Billy, M'gann, Wally and Connor?"
Kaldur answered her, "that is oddly specific but it sounds fair."
"yeah and how about losers buy dessert", suggested wally.
Everyone else agreed on the idea.
Once everyone had their equipment on, Zatanna's team entered the dark arena first. On the way in Artemis had her gun in hand and grinned at Wally, he looked at M'gann, "okay I'm not sure if I like these teams anymore."
Despite Connor and M'gann being clueless how to play laser tag and Robin and Artemis using their stealth skills to their advantage, the game was actually pretty close. Wally and Billy were flying around the arena like maniacs. Artemis was starting to get frustrated, Wally had shot her multiple times and she couldn't seem to hit him once. She knew he wouldn't let her hear the end of it afterwards.
The game had reached its time limit and everyone came out of the arena. On a screen behind the front desk was the score which showed that Wally and Billy's team had won. Robin looked up at the screen to see the score was 46-58. Robin was puzzled, he was pretty sure neither Connor or M'gann had scored any points. Then he looked at the individual stats and realized Wally had 40 points to his name.
"Hmmm 40 points is pretty impressive Wally, are you sure you didn't have a little help? A little super help maybe?" Said Robin.
"yeah I couldn't even hit you once Wally", added Zatanna.
"sounds like a couple of sore losers to me", responded Wally.
"whatever man, what are we having for dessert?", asked Robin.
"Hey Megalicious you can choose", replied wally.
Artemis simply rolled her eyes.
"yay thanks wally, I've always wanted to try Starbucks?", said M'gann.
"Starbucks it is", confirmed Zatanna.
The sun had already set so the team made a quick detour past Starbucks on the way back to their huts. They went to bed early in preparation for a scenic walk they had planned for the next morning.
Wally couldn't sleep, he hadn't gone for a real run since arriving on the island so he had lots of energy to burn, making him restless. As he lay in his bed staring at the wooden roof, he had an idea. He got out of bed, put on some swimming shorts, grabbed a towel and walked out of he and robin's hut. The pool in front of him was well lit and looked fluorescent among the night sky. Wally placed his towel on a lounge chair, entered the pool quietly to not wake up the others and then started drifting through the water.
"I knew I shouldn't have had that Frappuccino", Artemis thought to herself as she lay in bed wide awake. She weighed up her options, she could either lay there trying to get to sleep for hours or she could enjoy the tropical island she was on. Choosing the latter, she changed into her green bikini, found her towel and left her hut hoping to enjoy a peaceful, late-night swim. Upon exit she immediately noticed the red headed speedster in the pool. Artemis whisper yelled from the side of the pool "wally!"
Wally turned around in the water and saw Artemis "oh hey Artemis."
"what do you think your doing?", Artemis asked.
"what does it look like? I'm swimming", he replied.
"obviously idiot, but why now?", Artemis said.
"why not?", "Besides, it looks like you're doing the same thing", Wally pointed out.
"yeah… but that's different", replied Artemis.
"I think someone's still angry that I beat them in laser tag", said Wally.
"you know what, lets settle this right here right now", suggested Artemis.
"what are you proposing?" Wally asked.
"whoever can hold their breath the longest underwater", suggested Artemis.
"you're on", replied Wally.
Artemis dropped her towel on the ground and slid into the pool where wally was. She ducked under water making sure she could open her eyes. The pair then moved to a deeper section before deciding to go under on the count of 3. They faced each other about six foot away
"1,2,3", they both said and sunk under the water.
Wally pulled the water around him keeping him submerged, Artemis did the same. The Pair's eyes were locked and wally admired Artemis' blonde hair swaying above her head. For a moment it seemed as though the two forgot what they were even doing and just stared into each other's eyes. This was until they both began to run out of air and resurfaced at the same time. They breathed heavily but were still looking at each other, now even closer than before and standing on the ground. They moved even closer together as if in a trance and their faces covered in water were once again only inches apart. This time there was no interference and slowly their lips came together.
Almost on contact reality came flooding back to the teenagers, they quickly backed away from each other. Wally was the first one to say anything "oh no… no no no no no, what did I just do? Your Artemis!" Artemis responded in a similar way straight after the kiss "oh god what is wrong with me! She then turned to get out of the pool but not before turning back and saying "if you tell anyone about this you're dead".
Artemis left the pool and ran back to her hut while wally sat on a lounge chair by the pool, furious at his himself.