Author's Note: I don't think Give and Take will be a very long story. Maybe five chapters at the most with around one thousand words per chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Justice League.
After only a month of dating, Madison started asking about other activities they could do. Private, intimate activities. This made Wally a little nervous because he never slept with a girl in the first few months of dating.
"If we can't do anything now, then when can we?" Madison asked, annoyance lacing her tone.
"Look, I'm just not ready for that yet," Wally answered.
"How about you just let me look. I won't touch," Madison persisted.
"No, I don't want that right now," Wally said.
"It won't hurt anything. I just want to look at it," Madison insisted.
"I already said no. Can't you respect that?" Wally said.
He felt like screaming. Madison had brought up the idea every day for a week now and it always ended the same way. She would get mad, leave, and ignore his attempts to contact her for a few hours. Then she would call him and apologize, promise not to do it again, and they would make up. It was a vicious cycle.
"I'm hungry. Let's go get something to eat," Madison suggested, finally dropping the topic.
They went to Denny's. The food was cheap, but it was pretty good. Wally always got the same burger meal while Madison got something different every time.
"So, do you want to go shopping later?" Madison asked.
"Um, okay, but I can't buy anything," Wally answered.
"That's okay, I'll buy it and you can pay me back when you get the money," Madison said cheerfully.
Wally didn't see anything wrong with this. He was always good at paying back his debts. It never took him that long to find the money to buy some used shirt at the thrift store. Since almost all of his money went to food, Wally had taken to shopping at thrift stores and flea markets to find street clothes and other necessities. He was always surprised at the cheap prices in places like that.
Once they finished their meal, Wally and Madison headed to her car. Madison drove around for a while so they could just talk before pulling into the parking lot of the biggest mega mall Wally had ever seen.
Walking into the mall, Wally noticed that the prices were insanely high just for a shirt. It wasn't even a fancy shirt. Heck, it wasn't even a designer shirt. It was just a shirt. A shirt that Wally suspected he bought from a flea market over a year ago for five bucks. "How can they possibly justify charging fifty dollars for just a regular shirt?" Wally thought.
"Oh, do you like that?" Madison said with a smile. "Here, I'll get it for you. Just pay me back whenever."
Over the course of their shopping trip, Madison bought hundreds of dollars worth of make up and clothes, but Wally was more interested in the books at a high price bookstore.
"Do you want this book?" Madison asked.
Yes, he really did. But Wally was more than a little put off by the almost triple digit price. There was no way he could afford to pay back both the shirt and the book. Madison took his silence as a yes and added it to the shopping cart.
"You can pay me back," she said.
"No, I can't afford it," Wally said, "I can't go over budget."
"So?" Madison said, "Just pay me back. It doesn't matter how long it takes. Besides, I'll buy this for you as a gift."
Wally wondered how the book could be a gift if he had to pay her back.
As they were leaving the mega mall, Wally saw a new video game that had just come out for the PlayStation 4. He had been waiting for this game for a long time. He just wanted to look at the game and maybe fantasize a little when Madison pulled him roughly by the arm. Startled, he pulled his arm away.
"What was that for?" He demanded.
"I hate Sony," Madison said fiercely, "I hope they go out of business."
"But you never had a problem with me playing on my PlayStation before," Wally said.
"No, I hated that, too. I think you should set your PS4 on fire. Hey, we could do that and post it online. Like that one YouTube star!" Madison said.
"What? No, I'm not doing that. I spent a lot of money on my PS4," Wally said, not believing what he was hearing.
"Well, you should have gotten an Xbox instead," Madison declared, "Besides, I was just joking about setting it on fire."
Wally wasn't sure if he believed that Madison was actually joking, but he decided to give her the benefit of doubt.
They were silent the rest of the way home. As Wally walked into his apartment, he noticed that Madison was following him.
"Hey, I have work tomorrow, so I can't hang out with you anymore today," Wally explained.
"I want to see it," Madison said simply.
"I thought we went over this already. I don't want to," Wally said.
"But I like it, so you just have to get used to it. Now show it to me," Madison demanded.
Wally hesitated. He really wasn't ready for this. Madison started to cry.
"All I ever do is hurt people," Madison sobbed, "My own boyfriend won't even let me look at him."
Wally wasn't sure what to do. Madison was crying in his doorway and he didn't want the neighbors to see this exchange, especially with the topic she was currently crying about.
"Okay, I'll show you. Just come inside and close the door," Wally said uncertainly.
Madison immediately stopped crying and he led her to his bedroom. He then proceeded to show her what she wanted to see. She reached out to touch with a fascinated look on her face.
"No, you promised you would just look," Wally said as he covered himself up again.
Madison headed for the door.
"See you tomorrow," She said.
"Yeah, see you tomorrow," Wally answered mechanically.
Later, as Wally lay in his bed trying to get to sleep, he couldn't help but feel disgusted with himself for giving in. He considered breaking up with Madison, but he owed her almost one hundred and fifty dollars and it wouldn't be right to break up with someone he owed money to. Right?
Author's Note: I'm not sure if I should up the rating. Let me know if I should in a review!