December 16

I thought that I could never hold a solid relationship, but I never knew people were that willing... It still feels so real in my head, even though we've parted ways a few minutes ago!

I waited at the Javelin Bay at the time Wally stated in the note. I never liked the area over there... The gas makes everything smell utterly nauseous! He then soon arrived, looking a bit... cross? Anyhow, his expression was sour, that I thought my misdoings did much more than devastate his well-being! After our brief salutations (which was pretty much a smile from me and a nod from him), we lingered on for a few minutes. The silence was murdering me. I would've done anything to get out of there, but I kept away from him far too many times... I had no choice but to stay with him. Finally, he broke the quiet, and told me to flow him. We walked around the Watchtower, saying our greetings to people who passed by us. Later on, we were at the teleporter. Wally then punched in the coordinates he wanted, and soon we were somewhere on the shores of Panama.

We were walking around the docks. Around me, I noticed that we were drawing attention to ourselves. We were having no privacy at all, so Wally picked me up, and I soon found myself looking at the view of the ocean. From my surroundings, I could tell that we were on a small, untamed island. While we walked around the beach, Wally skipped a few rocks across the water. The island looked so beautiful... The water, the wind, the sunset, everything! I had the urge to spread my wings and fly, but when I did, Wally said, "Don't leave..." I looked at him for a moment, but I drew back my wings anyways. He then apologized for not letting me fly, but then I said that it was alright. We were acting like babbling idiots with our simpleminded responses!

"Th-there pretty...!" he said. "Your wings! I mean..."

"Um... thanks!" I said.

From there on, I felt pretty uneasy. The quiet only made it worst. For a moment I thought I was going to throw up, but thankfully I didn't.

Wally then said, "They told me..."

Confused, I asked, "Told you what?"

"That you got angry when you saw that girl kiss me on the news."

"Wh-what?! Who... who said that?!"

Getting angry was no use. Whenever I got even madder, he would smile at me more. Still, the image of him with that trollop burned into my brain on the day it was broadcast.

"Who told you? Dinah? Tora? Zatanna? Kara? Courtney? Don't... Everything they say isn't true so don't-"

"Why didn't you tell me that you were upset in the first place?" he asked. "That you were afraid?"

There was a very long pause.

"I... don't think relationships should kill people," he continued. "If everything goes on like what you were doing before, then time will just eat away and... we're never getting anywhere! ... If we hold on to those happy memories we've spent together, and put out the bad ones, we might be able make it out in one piece. ... Maybe we could give this another shot? I think that if we try, maybe things will work out. ... Man, I'm bad at pep talks! Still, um... so, waddaya say?"

I then did the most stupidest thing of all. I cried. I could feel him holding me in his arms, asking if I was okay.

I then said, "I thought that... you were going to reject me if I... I told you all the things that I said in the letter, but... you're holding on...! You're holding on... to me! Thank you for risking everything on me."

I then felt his hands on my face, wiping away the tears. His eyes looked so beautiful in the sunlight.

"Elly... Ella, how could I get hurt by you?"

"Ella, I love you," he kept on repeating.

We then embraced for a long time. I cried a little, but I soon got a hold of myself. I don't know if I should regret this day for crying, but... I love him so much! I then looked at him. From the way my face felt, I think that I looked kind of dumbfounded.

"What?" he asked.

"We've only kissed once."

Out of all the things to say to him, it had to be that unintelligent remark! I could then feel his face drawing closer to mine, his fingers on my chin.

"Shall I change that?"

I kind of forgot everything that happened after that, but then something woke us up. It was our comm-links. When I opened my eyes, me and Wally were on the ground side by side. His arms were around me.

"Wake up, you two," said J'onn. "You both have long days ahead of you tomorrow."

"You... you were listening?!" Wally and I slurred out in imperfect unison, getting up from tiredness.

"Mr. Terrific and I heard your entire conversation through your comm-links..."

"Is anyone else listening?" I asked.

"Um... yes," said Mr. Terrific.

"How many?" I asked.

"This is better than cable..." I caught in the background.

"Make that a lot of manys!" baffled Mr. Terrific.

"You better not be eating popcorn, because this is not a picture!" I shouted out to them. "Are you recording this?" (Luckily, no one did.)

It was pretty embarrassing, and everyone's going to hound me with questions, but I might as well go with it... It's going to be painful and engrossing, but, hey! At least Wally and I are going out on another rendezvous soon before break. I can't wait!

Thank you, Wally... Thank you so much for understanding...