A/N: I know it's been a while since I've updated, and I am really sorry about that. I've had a huge case of writers block along with a lot of school work. Thank you to all of my reviewers. Anyway here's the next chapter. I am a horrible author for making you guys wait so long for this chapter. I feel so bad, I think I have the next few chapters planed out so I hope it won't take as long.
Chapter 4: Recovery
A week has passed since Devin poisoned himself. A through a sweep of the tower was done, and the only thing they found was a transmitter with Devin's fingerprints all over it. But when they tried to figure out where the transmissions were sent, the machined exploded destroying any chance they may have had of finding out who gave Devin his orders.
Devin's relatives were notified of his betrayal and after they had taken a sample of his blood to test the poison, his body was returned to them for a proper burial.
Shayera was almost completely healed from her ordeal. The hallucinogen was completely gone now though still had not been identified. She had gained all the weight she had lost during the week she was under the effect of the hallucinogen.
Of course word got around about what had happened when Devin died. Surprisingly the tower was very supportive and some even came to visit her. But out of everyone who came, John was the most frequent visitor. The league decided not to give him any missions for now, so he could stay with Shayera, and also because his present mind set might affect his missions. But he came everyday and always brought her food from the cafeteria because everyone knows hospital food is the worst. Some nights he even stayed with her.
But on this particular day Shayera was to be released.
"Well Shayera, how do you feel?" J̀onn asked her.
"Actually, I feel better than I've felt in a while." She replied.
"That's good because you may go. You're all healed."
"Really? That's great." Shayera replied.
She got off of the bed and stretched. Her muscles were sore form lack of use. She was about to walk out when J'onn stopped her.
"What shall I tell John when he comes to see you and you're not here?"
She had a mischievous glint in her eyes. It was about nine in the morning now, and John usually visited her around twelve. So that gave her three hours to take a shower and get something to eat.
"Tell him... I'll be around." She said walking out the door.
The first thing Shayera did was go to her room and get a change of clothes. Then she headed to the bathroom for a long deserved shower.
Five minutes later, after she had throughly washed, especially her hair, she stepped out and turned off the water, and dried off.
She slipped on her clothes and dried her hair. She then slipped quietly out of the bathroom and made her way to the cafeteria. She ordered a cinnamon bun and a mug of hot coffee for breakfast. She sat in the corner of the room and silently ate her breakfast. The hot coffee and cinnamon bun tasted heavenly to her and the hot coffee instantly warmed her up and also made her more alert.
After she ate breakfast, she made her way to John's room. She already knew the excess code. It was the date his favorite movie, Old Yeller, came out.
He wasn't in his room so she decided to wait there for a while to see if he would show up, and he did, after about five minutes. She quietly pressed herself against the wall, completely hidden in shadows and hoped that John wouldn't notice, and thankfully he didn't.
When the door shut, she stepped out into the shadows.
"Hello Mr. Stewart. I believe that you have some explaining to do." She said.
"What the..?" He said turning around and pointing his ring at the person in his room. "Oh jeez, it's just your Shayera. Don't do that." He said to lower his ring.
"What do you mean it's just me?" She said with one eyebrow raised.
"What,.. I uh.. Never mind. So when did you get out?" He asked.
"This morning. Did I surprise you?" She asked.
"Yea, you did. Why didn't you tell me you were getting out?" He asked.
"I didn't know until this morning." She replied.
"Oh. So what's this about me needing to do some explaining?" He asked.
"Did you forget so quickly? You're supposed to explain why you didn't tell me that you saw our future, remember?" Shayera told him wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Oh that. Well let's see, for one I was shocked, two I was confused because I was still with Vixen, and three I wanted to wait and see how things would play out on their own." He told her, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"Oh? Is that so? Well, I guess I can forgive you." She replied.
"Oh, that's a relief." He joked, leaning his head closer to hers.
"Are you mocking me, Mr. Stewart?" She asked leaning her head closer to his.
"Never." He said closing the gap.
Shayera wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his arms around her waist while gently guiding her to the wall. He had her pressed up against the wall as he deepened the kiss.
Shayera was a little shocked at John's boldness, when he pressed her against the wall and when she felt his tongue enter her mouth. She just merely smiled to herself. That's half the reason why she loved him so much, he always continued to surprise her. She kissed him back the best she knew how, and to him, that was pretty damn good.
After a few minutes they broke apart, both of them breathing heavily.
"You have no idea how much I missed doing that." John said.
" I have a pretty good idea." She replied
They both smiled at each other and Shayera rested her head against his chest as his arms remained around her waist.
"Hey Shayera, I have an idea." John said.
"Oh yea? What is it?"
"Why don't spend the day on Earth? You know to get away from the tower for a while."
"Sounds good to me." She replied.
So they walked to the main chamber of the tower, hand in hand, and spotted J'onn.
"Hey J'onn, do you think you can beam us down to Earth for the day?" John asked.
"Sure, just make sure to be back by 10, otherwise you'll be stuck on Earth overnight, that's the last beam back up." The Martian replied.
They walked up to the platform and took their spots. A few seconds later they found themselves in an alley near John's apartment.
"So what did you have in mind?" Shayera asked him.
"Well I just wanted to stop by my apartment first." John replied
"Ok."
So they walked the block to his apartment, and when they got there he opened the door. John threw his keys on a nearby table and turned toward Shayera.
"Just make yourself at home. I'm just going to change out of Green Lantern uniform. Hmm I should also probably recharge my ring while we're here." He said
"All right" Shayera replied as she sat down on the couch and turned on the fighting channel and started watching the boxing tournament that was going on.
John chuckled to himself. 'She hasn't really changed all that much.' He thought to himself as he walked into his room. John changed into plain jeans and a tight black T-shirt, all the while thinking about Shayera, and how much he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He walked out of his room to see Shayera sitting on the edge of the chair eagerly watching the match. John sat down next to her and together they watched the rest of the match.
After a very long match, it was finally over and Shayera turned off the T.V.
"Really you humans still amaze me. You guys fight for entertainment. Well we fight for entertainment to but it mainly serves a practice and training." She said afterwards.
"Well Shayera, as I'm sure you now know, Earth isn't constantly at war, and sometimes fighting for entertainment is the only way people make money." John replied.
"That's true." She replied falling silent.
"So, are you getting hungry?" He asked looking at his watch and noticing that it was going on 6. (A/N: it was a very long match.)
"Yea" was her reply as she realized that she hadn't eaten since breakfast.
"Do you want to eat here, or go out somewhere?"
"Let's stay here. I want to see how good of a cook you are." She said smiling.
"Ooooo, that could be dangerous?"
"That bad?"
"Nope, that good." He said with a mischievous smirk.
"Oh Really?"
"Really, really." (Sorry Shrek reference, couldn't help it. And no I don't own Shrek either.)
Shayera just merely laughed at his antics.
"So shall we see what I have that I could make?" He asked.
"So long as you let me help."
They rummaged through John's cupboards, refrigerator, and freezer, and about an hour or so later they had made steak, with John's favorite marinade, mash potatoes with gravy, and mixed vegetables. John took out a bottle of red wine as Shayera helped set the table.
Shayera took a bite of the steak.
"Hmm, not bad Mr. Stewart. I think you're a keeper." She said teasingly.
"Well that's good to know." he teased back.
They chatted through the rest o dinner and through most of desert, when John excused himself to go to the bathroom. Shayera continued eating her cheesecake in silence.
He came back a few minutes later and yet Shayera didn't recall hearing him close the door to the bathroom or even flush, his apartment's not that big.
"Huh, uh Shayera, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure, what is it?" she asked turning around in her chair to face him.
He got on one knee before her. Shayera was slightly confused, since she still wasn't sure of all of Earth's customs.
"You know how you said before, that I was a keeper?"
"Yea."
"Well I think you're a keeper too. Shayera Hol, will you marry me?"
A/N: Yes I know cliffie. You probably think that's unfair but I'm sorry I wanted to end it that way, and I promise that it won't take me as long to update again. So thank you to all who stuck with me, and for being so patient with me. So please review.