Young Justice Prom Stories

Wally and I walked into the prom hand-in-hand. Both of us were smiling ear-to-ear and we couldn't get ourselves to stop. We were happy; truly happy. But now here comes the hard part...Can I actually handle the prom?

We walked into what was known as the "Ballroom" at Gotham Academy. To me, it was a gym with ugly carpet...But oh well, to each their own I guess. I wish we were like other schools and how our proms in another place like the ballroom at a hotel or at a country club. But we're too "classy" for a country club and the school refuses to pay for the hotel's ballroom. So we are stuck with what we have in our own building.

The large room was filled with students and faculty members. I didn't know a lot of the people I went to school with, though I'd been here for a couple of years now...so there wasn't really anyone I'd recognized. I looked around for a sign of Bette or Dick..But I didn't see either one. Dick. That's who I need to talk too. I'm about to pull a Robin; a.k.a. have a conversation with someone purely for information. There is just something about Dick that makes me feel like I've known him for quite some time. He reminded me so much of Robin, that it was ridiculous. I feel like they are the same person, but I will never know for sure until I talk to Dick again...

I didn't realize how deep in thought I actually was about the whole thing until Wally whispered in my ear;

"You look nervous. Are you sure that you want to be here?" He asked, sincere.

"Yes, I'm sure. I promised my mom that I would stay for at least an hour. But don't be surprised if I ask to bail when it's an hour on the dot." I answered, snarky.

"You're call, babe." Wally said to me with a large smile. "Ready to dance?"

"I'm not really good at it," I said honestly, blushing a bright shade of red.

"Don't worry, I'm going to be right there with you. Remember, I'm here for you."

Wally always knew how to make me feel better in just about any situation. I don't know how, but he did. I guess it's just him being, Wally. But however he does it works for me, after all, he's my speedster. I let him slowly take me to the dance floor, by the time we actually got out there the song had changed and the mood was slower and more intimate. Wally had a sweet but mischievous smile on his face when I looked over at him...

"Perfect," he said in a low whisper.

"What do you mean?" I whispered back to him, confused.

"Now I don't have a reason to not hold onto you," he said, simply.

"Oh, okay," I said with a giggle to my voice.

Wally took my by the waist and I wrapped my hands around his neck. We slowly started moving to the loud but soft melody in the background. Even with over 200 people in the room with us, it felt like there was only me and my speedster; and the more I focused on him, I felt like I was floating. I kept staring into his shining emerald eyes and I just couldn't help but have a smile on my face. Wally may not be perfect, but he is perfect for me and I love him. That's all that I needed from tonight. As we continued to dance to the sweet music in the background, Wally bent down and whispered in my ear...

"You're a liar," he said.

"Huh?" I asked, jerking back to look at his face.

"You said you were no good at dancing," he said with a laugh. "You seem to be doing fine to me."

"Oh," I said, blushing again. "I haven't really been paying attention. I-"

"What?" He asked in a sweet but sexy voice.

"I've been focusing on you..." I mumbled.

Wally stopped then and lifted my chin with his fingers. He looked at me with his sparkling eyes and then took my hand and led me off the dance floor and out into the hallway where it was quiet and where we were alone for the moment. He turned back around to me, smiling. At that moment, he took me by the waist again but pulled me close to him. I had my hands laying gently against his chest and I looked up into his eyes. We were so close that our foreheads were touching.

He then pulled me closer to him and hugged me tightly. I wrapped my arms around him, then and hugged him with all my might. I didn't care what else happened tonight...not as long as I could have more moments like these with my speedster boyfriend. He then pulled back slightly and looked at me. He looked like he was studying me, like something was wrong. He then moved his hands up my back and to my face. I hadn't noticed then, but I had tears rolling down my face and they were coming down like waterfalls. He gently wiped the water works from my face and looked at me...

"Artemis, what's wrong?" He asked, concerned.

"Nothing," I said.

"Artemis..."

Of course. Wally knows better than that. He could always tell when I had something on my mind that was bothering me. He never let me go without talking about it. I would always ask him why he had to know and he said it's because he didn't want any sadness between us. He kept telling me that if I was upset about anything that I needed to come to him right away and talk to him because he didn't like seeing me sad. Just like the day that when Red Arrow joined the team and he tried to convince me that I had nothing to prove, not to him anyway. It was another one of those cases where he always knew what to say and when to say it.

"I'm just scared that-. That one day I won't have you anymore. That you'll be tired of dealing with me and you'll leave. I don't know how I could live without you. You've always been there for me, even when I didn't want you to be. But you knew that I needed someone, so you volunteered. I need you, Wally." I whispered.

"Artemis..." He said in a tone just as soft. "I could never be tired of you. I don't mind helping you out. As a matter of fact, I love helping you. I feel like you give my life a purpose. You've been there for me, just like I have for you -Even though you may not see it that way. I'm always going to need you. I love you, Artemis. You complete me."

And at that moment, he wrapped one hand around my waist and put the other. Before I even had a chance to say a work, he pulled his face to mine and kissed me tenderly but passionately. I kissed him back, wrapping my arms around his neck. This was a side of Wally that I had never seen before. Granted I've seen him be serious, sweet, and romantic before. But, this, this was completely different. The only other thing I had seen him have this much passion for, was food. But now, that same passion was being directed at me and I felt like queen of the world.

He pulled back, slowly, but gently - still holding onto my face. He kept us close, foreheads touching again. He was smiling and his emerald eyes were lit up like fireworks...

"Now do you understand?" He asked me.

"Yes, I do." I answered, giving him a quick kiss.

We went back into the ballroom with all of the random people that I still didn't know and I didn't really care. We decided to go and take a seat to just relax for a bit...But mostly because I was afraid to get back out on the dance floor and I didn't want to let go of Wally's hand at that point. And then, here he comes. It was Dick coming over to our table.

"Hey there, Artemis. You look great. Having fun?" He asked, seeming excited.

"Hey and, um, thanks. I don't know if I am or not. But judging by how out of breath you are, I'd say you were having some fun." I answered.

"Ha! Yeah, you could say that."

"Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked him, remembering my earlier quest.

"Sure, I don't mind if your date doesn't." He answered, nicely.

My eyes wandered over to Wally and I waited to see if I had his approval.

"Is he any competition?" Wally asked me, smiling.

"No, not a chance." I said, laughing.

"Hey! Come on, give me some credit." Dick said, joining in the fun.

"Then, no, I don't mind." Wally said, still smiling. "Come back soon, though."

"Of course," I said to him with a wink.

Dick and I walked out into another hallway that was connected to the ballroom. I led him down a little ways that so that we wouldn't be close to the door leading to the room of screaming people.

"I know who you are," I told him, plainly. Not wanting to do the drawn out version that I had originally planned.

"Of course you do," he said. "We go to the same school and this isn't the first conversation we've had."

"You know that's not what I mean."

"Um, I'm sorry. But I don't know what you're talking about."

"You don't play it off very well, ya know. You really don't."

"Artemis, what are you talking-"

"I know that you're Robin." I said, flatly. "Don't try denying it, either. I've been through enough hell in one night trying to get my hair to stay like this."

"How'd you know?" Was all that he could manage to say to me.

"The way you always leave after you get the information you want. The way you seemed to know so much about me. How quickly you can move from one side of a room to the other. How overly nice you were to me on my first day of school at the Academy. I finally added all up and became sure." I answered, firmly.

"I thought I was the detective on the team...?" He asked, laughing.

"Well, I guess we have another one." I replied with a smile.

"Well done, Artemis. Well done." He said to me, clapping.

"Wally already knew, didn't he? That's how he could joke around with you being his competition so lightly."

"Again, well done. I've got my work cut out for me, now." He said. "So, now that you know my secret, can I have one dance with my friend? Oh! And you can't tell anybody. Not even any of the other members of the team. Wally has always known, practically since I met him as Kid Flash...but the others don't."

"Okay, okay, I won't tell them. And why do you want to dance with me?" I asked him.

"Because I want to dance with someone who doesn't completely think that I am a freaky nerd." He said, laughing at himself.

"I always thought that you were a nerd, both sides of you. But I never thought that you were freaky."

"One of the reasons that I didn't mind you joining the team from the start. You don't judge quickly...except for Wally."

"And look where that got me!" I said with a laugh. "No, but really, I'm good with what I have now. I'm happy when I'm with him."

"Believe me, I know. I see it." He said. "So. Do I get a dance or not?"

"I don't know," I said. "You'll have to ask your best friend for that."

"Then let's go find him."

We went back into the ballroom and my speedster was sitting right where we left him. But I knew that he hadn't been there the entire time. I could fell the light breezes and hear him wisp through the hallway the entire time I was talking to Dick. I know my boyfriend better than he thinks I do.

"You guys took forever, you know that?" He asked, jokingly.

"I guess we would compared to your speed, huh?" I said. "I heard you go by about 6 times, Wally."

"You know me better than you probably should," he said with a laugh. "But I really don't mind that at all. And yes, Dick, you can have ONE dance with her. But when that one dance is over, I want my girlfriend back. It's not my fault you were too chicken to ask Zatanna."

Dick's face grew red as he grabbed my hand and led me to the dance floor for our dance. Even though Wally said that he could only have one, he actually ended up having many more than that. I kept switching out between my boyfriend and my best guy friend for dances all night. I actually stayed the entire prom and had absolutely had no problem with it. Like Green Arrow said to me last week, PROM IS FUN.

Wally and I said goodbye to our friend as he got picked up in a nice black car and Wally and I walked over to his red one in the parking lot. We got in and quickly backed out before a large stream of people came through to block the way and headed towards my apartment. We talked the entire ride home and laughed at some of the memories that we knew would stay with us forever. I had a great time and I never expected that I would. But it was definitely a night to remember. We pulled onto the side of the street in front of my apartment building and Wally turned off the car. I unbuckled my seat belt and turned to look at my boyfriend.

"So did you have fun, Artemis?" He asked me, leaning in closer.

"I actually did. Thanks to you." I answered, truthfully.

"Me?"

"Yes, you. If you wouldn't have come, I would have backed out on my mom and said that I wasn't going. I refused to go without out you."

"And why wouldn't you have gone without me?"

"Because the night wouldn't have anywhere near as much meaning to it." I said, in a soft whisper.

He tucked my curled strands of hair behind my ears and pulled me to him for another one of the passionate kisses that I knew I would never take for granted. I loved him, even more now than I did before...which I didn't think was possible. But it was true. I loved him with every bone in my body and I knew that nothing would ever change that.

"Remember Artemis, I love you. I love you just the way you are." He said to me before pulling me into another kiss that filled me with every happy feeling possible.