Pardon me while I cry tears of joy. *sobs happily*
I love you all (you make me feel like I'm actually good at writing =p) and I hope you enjoy this next chapter =D Please R&R
Disclaimer: If I owned Young Justice I would make sure Wally and Artemis got married and had fast, red haired babies that loved to shoot arrows.
That's how Artemis found herself in the food court of the Central City Mall, waiting in line for her half of the bargain. What? Sue her for having a weakness for free ice cream!
She glanced over to see Kid Flash waiting beside her, now wearing civvies like her instead of their superhero attire. She could also see the obvious smirk plastered on his face. Oh what she'd give to smack that look of satisfaction off of him.
He turned his head towards her and Artemis looked away. He chuckled, "Aw, c'mon Arty," Wally put his arm around her skinny shoulders. The girl sneered at it as if it was a cockroach."This won't be so bad. Think of it as a team bonding excercise."
She scoffed, "It can't be considered team bonding if the TEAM isn't actually here." The Archer violently grabbed his arm and removed it from her shoulders, making sure to dig her nails into his pale skin. He winced and grabbed his arm in pain.
"OW!" He exclaimed, "That hurt!"
The blonde only rolled her eyes at his idiocy. "Don't be such a baby!" she spat and looked away again, glaring at hallmark store that was placed right next to the ice cream store. It was decorated with pink and red banners in preperation for Valentine's Day which was approaching soon. Men and Women wandered in and out, looking aimlessly to find a gift, be it a card, chocolates, or a pair of puppies who sing 'I Got You Babe' for that special someone.
Artemis hated Valentine's Day. No, it was not because she was single! (although that certainly didn't help) It was because it was such a useless holiday. Most holidays made her happy surprisingly enough; Thanksgiving gave her a reason to see Uncle Ollie outiside of work, even though she had to share him with that slut Black Canary, and Christmas she got presents. Even St. Patricks Day was fun because everyone thought her unlce was a leprechaun and he got so drunk that even he would start to believe it!
The memory made her smile unknowingly and caused a certain speedster to laugh.
"AHA! So I can make you laugh!" Artemis had been ignoring Wally while brooding over her hatred for Valentine's Day and didn't notice that he'd been making a joke about something Superboy had done earlier.
He continues to gloat, "I was talking about yesterday when I tried to teach Supey how to drive? You know, when he through a mega tantrum just 'cause he broke the rearview mirror and then threw the car off of a cliff? Then I said, 'Supey in that car was like watching a bird swallow a lion' and then you smiled!"
'Oh crap, he thinks I think he's funny,' Artemis thought to herself. 'Gotta think of an excuse before...'
But it was too late, Wally had proceeded to do his...victory dance.
It wasn't too obvious, unless you were the reason for his gloating in which case it was humiliating to have been out smarted by the moron doing a dance in a public place. All he did was an awkward version of the hula and repeatedly sang, "I made you smile, I made you smile I made you smile..." over and over and over!
Artemis groaned and slapped her hand to her forehead. Ugh, she felt like an exhauted mother whose child was acting like he just drank ten cans of Red Bull. Right now, she wished she was a mother, at least if she had a kid she would be able to promise him candy or something so that he would just...
"SHUT UP!"
As soon as the words blew out of her mouth Kid fell silent. So did some of the other people in the line. Some citizens turned towards the two teens and saw that the blonde girl was quite obviously not very happy with the scarlet haired boy, whose face was turning as red as his hair.
Artemis grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him close. Their noses were almost touching and they were dafinitly in the kissing range. Wally would've made some kind of sexual joke right about now had she not scared the living crap out of him.
Feeling herself lose control, Artemis took a deep breathe and let it out slowly. It was an exercise she'd seen Black Canary teach Supey to help him control his temper. The archer did not want to cause a huge scene in front of all these people, she didn't need her uncle to read the paper tomorow and see 'Annoying Red Head Murdered by unapologetic Teen' on the front page.
Once she felt calm again, she let go of Wally and tried to express what she was feeling in the sweetest voice sh could manage, "Wally," He got very nervous after that, she usually only called him Kid. She continues, "If you don't stop being so freaking smug...I'm going to make sure that you are not able to dance, run, or go to the bathroom without feeling excrutiating pain for the rest of your life."
Artemis had said these words in a voice very different from her usual raspy tone, it was like listening to one of those living dolls form the horror movies Wally and Robin watched to make fun of. That sickly sweet voice was so not funny coming from Artemis.
Her lips were pressed together firmly, she looked like she wanted to scream, "do I make myself clear?"
Wally only gulped and nodded. He did not trust himself enough to open his mouth, afraid he'd only say something that would really set her off.
Artemis didn't say anything, she just sighed and resumed standing with her arms crossed and a bored expresion on her face. Wally stuffed his hands in his pockets, trying to ignore the slight glances they were both getting from the couple ahead of them. He mumbled something lightly under his breathe.
The blonde looked up sharply, "What did you just say?" She asked.
Wally sighed angrily, He didn't usually get mad but she did a good job at brining out sides of him that even he didn't understand. Straighting himself up, and thanking the lord he was taller than her, he face her and replied, "I said, that YOU are just as smug as ME!"
to be continued...
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Oh shit, Wally's gonna get his ass kicked XD. So, I'm sorry if this seemed rushed but I wanted to get this chapter up tonight and my Mom said I need to be off the computer like twenty minutes ago so...
I know right now it's kind of the same as chapter one where Artemis gets mad at Wally and ends up yelling at him only for him to say something dramatic at the end of the chapter, but I promise new and hopefully interesting things are on the way in the future. Provided I can force myself to stick with it =p
Again please R&R and DFTBA =DD I know you won't
