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Wally's POV

As Barbara instructed I avoided any and all contact with Artemis, Dick, and Zatanna so that they would not find out the truth behind our facade. Between the fact that I had multiple classes with the three of them and Dick calling me phone multiple times a day it was very hard to keep up my end of the deal. Somehow I made it through the week without talking to any of them and just as Barbara expected the rumors kept growing about our relationship which kept bothering three people in particular.

Our date was today afterschool so once I finished class I hurried home showered and changed into my best clothes. This was also something that Barbara had planned. We met up at a fancy restaurant and she was wearing a low cut sparkling red dress that matched her hair. Her face had some makeup on it too which made her even more stunning and to top it all of she had red lipstick on. If she wanted to she tried to dress up even a little at school she could definitely be a contender for the prettiest girl in school. I only ever saw her as a friend so seeing her in this attire was a surprise and I couldn't think of a proper comment to make about how she looked. She smirked at me while laughing and said, "That good huh?"

My cheeks started to flush in embarrassment because not only was I just checking out one of my closest friends but they noticed me do it and called me out on it. I coughed to clear my throat before replying, "Yes, you look very elegant today. I was just caught off guard because you usually wear bland clothes."

"Don't worry about it, that was just the response I was looking for from you," She started. "I knew that the trio would be following us so I wanted to make sure that we looked the part. The trio is spying on us behind the bushes near that park bench, so I wanted to make sure they saw how good I looked and how you would react. Now we just have to keep this thing going and I am sure that we will win over our crushes before too long."

She was right, the whole point of this was to win Artemis back so I need to try and make her extremely jealous so that she ends up asking me to take her back. The rest of the date the two of us acted lovey dovey as much as we could be holding hands, laughing, flirting, etc. We ate a couples desert at the restaurant to top it all off. Then we went to the movies and saw a romantic comedy together to pour salt into the wound. At the end of the night I walked her to the front door and as we were saying goodbye she kissed me on the cheek and then pulled me into a hug. I was at a lost for words yet again when she whispered, "They are still watching it was just for show don't worry. From now on pick me up and take me to school it will improve the credibility of our "relationship" substantially." I nodded my head before making my way back to my car and driving home.

The next day things were even more out of control I walked over to the commotion to find out what was going on when I saw pictures of my date last night. Apparently someone from school saw us and took photos of the whole date. Well this will definitely further our plan and cause a reaction. I was on my way to class when a hand grabbed my shoulder preventing me from walking away. I turned around to see who it was and it was none other than Artemis. Crap! There's no way I will be able to lie to her without her seeing through it! "We need to talk," Was all she said as she pulled me along with her into an empty classroom before shutting the door behind us. "Okay talk, what is going on with you and her?"

Right of the gates huh? I guess she was always like that though. I decided to play dumb for now, "Huh, what girl are you talking about?"

"Do not play dumb with me! What the hell are you doing with Barbara? Are you trying to piss us off or something?" Artemis yelled at me.

"What am I doing with her you ask. That should be obvious, the two of us are dating," I bluff hoping she will believe me.

"That is a lie, you two have no romantic feelings for each other. Have you even kissed yet?" She questioned.

"A man never kisses and tells," I utter with a smile on my face. Before I can react Artemis swings her hand and makes contact with my cheek. She? She slapped me? Maybe I went too far, I just wanted to make her jealous not torture her. The hurt look in her eyes is killing me right now.

Before I can say anything else she states, "Tomorrow meet at the mansion with her and the five of us are going to have a little chat where you will prove the two of you are dating. I still do not believe for a second that you would be dating her. She is just a friend, right?"

Not wanting to give away my true feelings I quickly reply, "Tomorrow is fine, see you then." After that I walk out the door and start looking for Barbara. What did she mean we need to prove our relationship? We already went on a date what else do we need to do? I ran through the halls until I came across Barbara and I told her that we needed to talk once school got out. The rest I was on edge and unable to focus on my classes. If they found out we were dating for pretend then they would think we were pathetic and there is no way either of us could be with who we want. How am I going to figure this out?

Once the last bell rang I made a break for the rooftop where I was supposed to meet Barbara. By the time I arrived she was already sitting on one of the benches reading a book. "You sure came here quickly," I pointed out.

"Well, you did tell me that there was an emergency," Barbara countered putting me in my place. "So what was the problem anyway? Did you already let someone find out the truth?" She started before seeing my guilty face. "So I am right then? Who knows the truth? Seriously you are so hopeless Wally."

"No one knows, it is just that Artemis came to talk to me and she is very suspicious," I told her.

"So you cleared up everything with her and now there is no problem," Barbara guessed.

"Well, no exactly. You see she told me that we need to meet up at the mansion tomorrow. All five of us and that we would need to prove that we were dating," I explained.

"Interesting. What you are telling me would definitely make this an emergency then. This means that we will need to figure out a way to prove we are actually dating," She reasoned with me. The two of us pondered how we would fool the others for a while before ultimately deciding to just go with the flow tomorrow.

Needless to say it was hard to fall asleep with everything that was going on in my mind. This whole fake dating was really starting to stress me out and we had only recently started doing it too. How will I be able to keep this up? Why can't Artemis just tell me that she still has feelings for me already? If she did that then we could end this whole charade and I could actually be happy. All I knew for sure was that tomorrow was going to be a pain in my ass. No matter what plays out I can tell that it will turn out badly for me.