True to his word, Wally arrived at four p.m. three days later to pick up Jaiyden.

"Hi Daddy!" The toddler cried, running towards his Dad.

"Hey buddy! Miss me?" Wally grinned, scooping his son up and putting him on his hip bone.

"Yes!" Jai told him, hugging him.

"I missed you too. Did you say bye to your Mom?" Wally asked.

"Yeah. She's in the showah." Jaiyden informed his Dad. Wally frowned, put his son didn't notice.

Although he wanted to see Artemis, it would be better if he didn't. At least, not right now.

Things were so bad between them, that they needed to avoid each other as much as possible.

In fact, the only contact that they'd had with each other, was a text Artemis sent him two days ago, asking when he was coming over to pick up Jaiyden.

Wally picked up the bag full of Jai's stuff by the door, hollered a goodbye to Artemis, and left the apartment, locking the door behind him.

Neither of them knew that Artemis was in the bathroom, crying.


"Daddy? When are you coming home?" Jaiyden asked.

"Honestly? I have no idea. Things are really bad between me and your Mom right now. So it'll be awhile." Wally sighed, trying his best to explain it to his son.

"Okay..." Jai sighed, as they entered Dick and Zatanna's apartment.

"Aunt Zee!" Jaiyden cried, rushing towards the homo-magi, wrapping his arms around her legs.

"Hi Jai!" She cooed, picking him up, and kissing his cheek.

"Hey Zee. How's the baby doing?" Wally asked, placing the bag on the floor by the couch.

Zatanna smiled, blushing, her hand on her stomach.

She was almost five months pregnant with her and Dick's first born child, a little boy that they were naming Jonathan, after Dick's Father.

"Doing great, Wally. Eighteen more weeks." Zatanna smirked, placing Jai down on the couch.

"Hey, so have you seen Artemis at all these past few days?" Dick muttered, walking up to Wally.

"No. She sent me a text asking when I was coming to get Jaiyden a few days ago, but that's it." He sighed.

"Maybe you should go talk to her?" Dick suggested.

"Believe me- I do. But right now isn't a good time." Wally mumbled.

"Dude! Things can't be that bad between you two."

"I'm here, aren't I?" He hissed.

Dick didn't say anything after that.


"Hey Artemis." M'gann said, walking into the archer's apartment. She put an eighteen-month-old Lisa down, who ran straight for Jai.

"Jai!" She squealed, throwing her tiny arms around her friend.

M'gann and Artemis smirked, knowing that, eventually, their children would go from friends to lovers.

"So how's everything?" Artemis asked, as M'gann sat down beside her on the couch.

"I'm pregnant again."

"Holy-! Wow! Uh, when are you due?" Artemis asked, her eyes wide.

M'gann grimaced. "Er... November 11th; Wally's birthday..." She frowned.

Artemis frowned, but nodded in understanding. It had been almost two months since Wally moved out, and it had been hard for the both of them.

They both loved and missed each other, but they needed some time apart.

Wally wanted to come back home, and Artemis wanted him home, but they were too scared to ask the other.

"Congrats M'gann. How's Conner taking it?" Artemis asked, hugging her "Earth sister".

"He's... In denial..."

"How so?"

M'gann sighed, before she started explaining. "He doesn't believe that I'm pregnant, even though Dinah's already given me a sonogram..." She groaned.

"He's being weird." Artemis scoffed.

"Yeah, pretty much." M'gann huffed, rolling her eyes.

Before anything else could be said, the phone rang. Artemis got up and grabbed the phone, placing it to her ear.

"Hello?... Hey Raquel, what's up?... Are you serious?... Oh, my God!... Does Kal know?... How'd he handle it?... Ohh... I'm sorry he's not... Yeah, that's the word... You want me to put you on speaker phone? M'gann's here too?... No? Okay... See you later Raquel. Congrats, by the way!... Bye." Artemis said, hanging up, and going back to the couch.

"What was that about?" M'gann smirked.

"Raquel is pregnant, she is due on Halloween. And Kaldur isn't really... Excited about it." Artemis told her.

M'gann's jaw dropped. "She is? Why didn't you tell her I was?" She cried. "I figured you would want to tell her!" Artemis yelped.

M'gann rolled her eyes.


It didn't matter how many villains they fought on a weekly basis, nothing was scarier then three, pregnant, hormonal women- all of which had super powers.

Dick, Conner, and Kaldur, were scared shitless.

"They're going to neuter us!" Conner hissed, as they all hid in the Watch Tower's dining room from the Mother's of their unborn (or in Conner's case, born) children.

"Nah really, Supey!?" Dick hissed.

"You guys are really weird!" Lian said, walking up to her "Uncles". Dick stuck his tongue out at the four-year-old, and she did the same thing.

"Hi Daddy!" Lisa squealed, wrapping herself around his leg. "Crud. Now M'gann's gonna know where we are." Conner groaned, picking her up.

"Hey Lisa? I'll give you a lollipop if you keep your Mom, Aunt Raquel, and Aunt Zee away from where we are right now. And Lian? I'll give you one two if you help her out- if it's okay with your Dad, of course." Dick offered.

"It's fine with me." Roy said.

"Awesome! C'mon Lisa!" Lian cried, taking the toddler's hand in her own, and ran out of the room.

"... Are you really going to give them candy...?" Kaldur asked.

"Sugar-free candy." Dick corrected.

"Good! The last time you gave Lisa sugar, she didn't sleep for two damn days." Conner groaned.


M'gann, Raquel, and Zatanna did eventually find their respective others, but Lisa and Lian manages to keep them away from the boys for nearly five hours.

So Dick gave them the lollipops, anyway.

"We should get Artemis and Wally back together. It's weird, them not being together." Zatanna said, her head on Dick's shoulder

"I say we lock them in a windowless, doorless room, with a bottle of wine, a box of condoms, and a mattress." Dick grinned.

Smack!

"Ow!" He whined, rubbing his head where Zatanna smacked him.

"... It's not a bad idea..." M'gann commented.

"Wait- are we really going to do exactly what he just suggested?" Raquel cried.

"Sure. Why not?" Conner shrugged.

"We could watch Jai for a few days, while they're gone." Kaldur said.

"Then it's settled; operation 'Get-Artemis-and-Wally-back-together' is a go!"