Sorry for taking ages to update! Thank you for being so patient. And thank you for all you're feedback! So this chapter just continues on from after the wedding, so when Artemis and Wally are older. Please review!
Tradition Number 11: When pregnant, one must wear Grandma Wests' lucky charm necklace.
It really shouldn't have come up as such a surprise.
Honestly, Artemis should have been able to see the signs. For like, three mornings in a row, she had been feeling pretty nauseas, but she had just put it down to food poisoning. And then she had received horrible headaches and stomach cramping. She has just put it down to being sick.
It seriously should not have taken a trip to the League's infirmary to realise it.
Artemis was with Nightwing, on a scouting mission on Bludhaven. It was a pretty simple job, and taking down the henchmen should have been relatively easy. In fact, at the start, it was super easy. The goons were falling like sacks and Artemis had barely broken a sweat. Until she got this random bout of dizziness. The world seemed to complete swing around her, and she barely heard Nightwing calling out her name before she blacked out.
When she woke up, Artemis found herself in the Justice League's infirmary in the Watch Tower (she was a little disappointed that she could recognize the infirmary almost immediately. Maybe she should stop getting knocked out.) A kind faced nursed entered with a clipboard.
"Artemis, good to see you're up. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine, doc. Can I go now?" Artemis whined.
She hated hospitals, but she would hate it even more if Wally found out that she was here. He would probably fuss around her for days. Especially since they were married now. He seemed to be even more scared about her than usual. Artemis couldn't really blame him, though. She felt the same way about him.
"In a minute. I just have something to tell you. I'm afraid to say that you won't be able to go on League missions anymore."
"What!?" Artemis yelled, jumping up.
What the hell did she do to herself? There was no way she could have taken such a bad hit. And all her bones seemed fine. Nothing seemed broken. She really wasn't injured at all.
The nurse, the stupid, idiotic nurse laughed, and Artemis was seriously about to punch her in the face, "Artemis. Relax. It's not because you're injured. It's just that, well… congratulations, you're pregnant!"
There was an awkward silence as Artemis tried to process that.
She squinted at the nurse, her hands fluttering towards her stomach.
"I'm… pregnant?" Artemis echoed, not quite believing it.
The nurse smiled again, "Yep. And don't worry, the baby is just fine. You're only about three weeks pregnant, so there's nothing to worry about."
Artemis didn't move, her mind was still trying to catch up on what the doctor said.
After another awkward pause, the nurse spoke again, "I'll just leave you to get… adjusted. You're welcome to leave at any time. I suppose you're going to want to tell the father!"
Artemis nodded, and after a hasty pat on the back, the nurse left.
Cautiously, Artemis got up, her hands still resting on her belly. She looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't look any different. Though she guessed being pregnant would explain the nausea and headaches. And she was pretty sure she was meant to have her period this week.
Holy shit… she was pregnant.
Artemis walked out of the infirmary, and Dick got up to greet her.
"How are you? The nurse didn't say much, but are you okay now?" he asked worriedly.
"I'm pregnant," Artemis said, still in a daze. The words felt completely foreign in her mouth.
There was a slight choking sound as Dick tried to comprehend that, "Wait, what? Oh, God Artemis, congratulations!"
Dick wrapped her in a big bear hug, and then quickly backed away as if he was afraid he would break her.
"Come on," he said, grabbing her hand, "we have to tell the others! Zee's going to be so excited!"
Artemis nodded dully, not bothering to speak. She let Dick pull her along, and smiled slightly at the thought of how Wally would react.
Okay, right now, Wally was seriously pissed off.
He had come back from a two day trip into another planet, and all he wanted to do was go home, see Artemis and then just go to sleep.
But no, instead, he had to do stupid monitor duty. And then Dick would keep calling and telling him stupid baby jokes; that were seriously not funny. Like, who cared why the baby crossed the road? Babies can't even walk!
When he was finally, finally done with monitor duty, he had to pass practically the whole League, all of whom gave Wally a pat on the back and a 'congratulations.' They wouldn't tell Wally why, instead, they just smirked at him. So naturally, Wally was feeling a little paranoid.
Wally had just come close to the zeta tube when Green Arrow appeared out of nowhere and dragged him to the corner. He glared at Wally so fiercely that Wally was actually considering calling for back-up.
"You're a stupid idiot, and I swear to God West, you should have just kept it in your pants," Arrow growled at him.
"Um… What?" Wally asked, seriously creeped out now.
Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say, because Arrow absolutely lost his shit, "Ever heard of protection, idiot? All you had to do was just wear a goddamn condom! And how dare you defile my niece? I don't care if you're married, you should not be doing those kinds of things to her!"
Wally had absolutely no idea about what was going on, so he just ran past Arrow and went to the zeta beam. He got a message from Artemis saying that she was at his parent's house, so he just zipped over there.
Wally rushed inside his house, only to find Barry, Rudolph, and… Sportsmaster? In his kitchen? Yeah, that was weird. He gave them a quizzical glance, but only received a death glare from Sportsmaster. Wally had a feeling that if Sportsmaster still had his weapons on him, Wally would probably have been dead meat.
"They're in the lounge," Barry told him, giving Sportsmaster a fierce look.
Wally walked to the lounge, and he saw his mom, Aunt Iris, Paula and Jade crowded around Artemis. They were all chattering rather excitedly, while Artemis looked kind of bemused. She was wearing this silver necklace with a blue pendant hanging off it that looked supremely familiar.
"Artemis, babe, what's going on? Why are you wearing Grandma Wests' lucky charm necklace? Don't you only wear that if you're-" Wally broke off, realisation starting to dawn on him.
Artemis beamed at him, giving him a radiant smile, "Wally, I'm pregnant!"
And that was the point where Wally fainted.
So, I hope you liked this chapter! I just have a question to ask I'm planning to write another fun story, but I just want to know what pairing is more popular - Zatanna/Dick or Artemis/Dick. If you guys could tell me, that would be great! Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
