I slow down coming near to the back door, my mom hates it when I run in at top speed. Something about damaging the hinges. I believe that that really won't make the hinges any worse, they're already damaged from when I used to swing on the door as a kid.
"Mom, I'm home!" I call as I slam the door open, well kinda, I opened the door and it got flung open by the cold morning air that had the bite of the frost. It's now officially too cold for snow.
"Mom?" she was just standing there broken mug of coffee on the floor, "Whose the strange guy in the kitchen, and why does he look like he doesn't own a razor?"
Seriously they were just staring at each other, what was going on. I step forward and wave my hand in front her face, "Mamí?"
I turn to the man with the absurd hair," Okay, who the hell are you? Why are you in my kitchen? And why is my mom standing there in shock like somebody just pulled a gun on her?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't get very much of that, I think some of it was in French?"
"Sorry." I say making a conscious effort to speak just English rather than my usual blur of the two. "I asked who you were. I asked why you are in my kitchen and why my mother is just standing there like you pulled a gun on her. Better, you understand all that, or do you want me to translate into pig Latin."
"I mean you're obviously her kid, you look like her, behave similarly to her and live with her. Unless you're Lian, wait Roy's not dead is he?"
"I don't know who either of those people are. Mom left America before I was born and the only people from before then are my godparents, and I haven't seen them since I was like, eight. They have their own family and it's just harder for them to visit so I just video chat with them."
"So if you aren't Lian, what's your name, kid?"
"I'm Blair.
"Wally! Whatever you're doing stop! We haven't run any tests on you to see if you are actually you and Artemis does not need to explain all of this to Bl- Hey Blair, how life treating you?" A raven-haired man ran into the house screaming like a lunatic. This lunatic is otherwise known as my godfather Dick.
"Hey Uncle Dick, get lost in the snow again?" I say as I gesture to the man who was covered in snow.
"Cute, it's Saturday, shouldn't you be sleeping or at work?"
"I'm meant to have a day off, but duty calls, I apparently have training." Remembering everyone around in this house or had anything to do with my mom thought I was a recruit.
"Surrre training."
"I'm sorry, do you know something I don't?" I say in a cold voice.
"Well, she's definitely Artemis's daughter, Question is, is she mine?" mutters the wildly bearded man
"I'm sorry, what did you say?" I say in a shocked voice
"Wally, can I talk to you, in the lounge. Alone. Blair go to work and can you stay at Ric's tonight? I need to sort a few things out." My mother finally came out of her shocked goldfish interpretation.
"Um probably, look I'll figure something out, and you'll stop being so…. Weird. When will that happen, exactly? Because I think I can stay out of the way for a couple of days, if you need to like check into a nut barn or something."
"No Blair, one night will be fine, thank you."
"Alright well I'm going to go and get some clothes. Oh and Mom, find that poor man a razor." I say.
"Get out of here, just because you're friends with Nik doesn't mean he's going to let you off if you're late."
Right, 'friends' god how clueless can my mother get? I think as I climb up the ladder to my room, I wasn't planning on going back downstairs, I'm just going to snowboard out the window like I always do. I shoved some clothes in a bag, and chucked in some fancy but casual clothes for dinner tonight, wasn't exactly going to go in shorts and a t-shirt. I grabbed a dark green mini skirt and dark purple t-shirt, I grabbed my brown combat boots combat boots and a skinny belt.
"Morning Red." Greets the guard at the front of the base, we had falcons patrolling all the time, the base was our space, obviously the royals are allowed on but not normal people, it's unsafe, you never know when a stupid recruit might drop their gun on someone's foot and shoot a bystander, yes that has actually happened before, damned recruits.
"Morning Tony." I say swiping my id card.
"You helping Nik?"
"Yeah, the recruits need some ass kicking."
"Jesus, they must really be bad if they're bringing you in."
"Oh you haven't seen the training sessions."
"Have a good day." He says sarcastically
"Alright recruits, pair up, doesn't have to be a friend you're going to switch anyway because we've got odd numbers, meaning you're going to end up sparring with me." My group of recruits groaned. We'd split the group up, Nik had half I had the other, I was sparring on the right side of the compound Nik was doing evasion games on the left half of the compound.
"Alright recruits, good job today. You worked hard, you deserve a rest, go hit the showers." I was tired, I needed coffee and a shower, I stopped back at the falcon house, I had a room there along with the rest of the people I'd graduated from the falcon academy with, when necessary they were my patrol group and my team when the mission required it. I trusted them and they were like my family.
"Hey Simba."
"Kate, I thought you were on a long term mission?"
"I got back last night." She answers with an ever-changing smile.
"Oh, it's good to see you." I hug her.
"Ew, you're all sweaty!" the brunette complains.
"Oh yeah, sorry, I was helping Nik train the recruits."
"Riiight?"
"Okay, everyone is doing that and I don't know why."
"Everyone?"
"You and Uncle Dick."
"Well you know why I'm doing that, but I always said your uncle was a smart man, he's probably figured out that there's something going on with you and Nik."
"Don't even joke about that. And ew, you know he's married with kids' right."
Artemis's POV
"Do want coffee or anything?" I ask my recently restored boyfriend and his best friend.
No, was the unanimous response. I sat next to Wally on the overstuffed couch. I heard a the thunk of the porch room, I guess Blair wouldn't be using the stairs to get out of the house, obviously normal has never occurred to her.
"Well this is awkward." Dick remarks after a few minutes of the silence that had settled between us.
"Thanks, dick, without the capital letter, we kinda already figured that out."
"Wally." I say trying to calm him down, I put my hand on his but he shrugged it off.
"No, Artemis, okay, I have questions, I'm betting you do too."
"I have a million questions, but we don't know if this is permanent, I'm still getting over the fact you're alive."
"Babe, I've been alive all this time, I was just in a pocket dimension, I think?"
"A pocket dimension?"
"Uncle Barry calls it the speed force. On the plus side I'm faster now."
"Always, looking at the positives." I say dryly
"Come home, move in with me again, we can get married."
"Wally, it's more complicated now, I have to put Blair first in all of this, and I need to talk her before making any kind of decision."
"About that, is she mine? Is the girl I met earlier my kid? If she isn't I totally get I get it, you thought I was dead, you moved o-"
I cut him off by kissing him, God I missed him so much.
"Mmm, I should ramble more often."
"Yes, she's your's did you honestly think I could move on after you. I love you always have, always will."
"I love you too, Blair can come with us, I want to know her, and she is my kid."
"Wally, think for a second, your kid, doesn't know you, and your girlfriend and kid don't live in the same country, and you've just back from some pocket dimension and you don't have a job." He pauses, " I'm sorry for being the bad guy." Dick the voice of reason finally stepped in.
"No you're right, but we need to make some kind of plan, I want you to know her and I want to be with you." I say looking at Dick then Wally
Wally nods so enthusiastically, he looks like a bobble head.
DC universe is not owned by me or anyone I know, seriously if I did I would legit be on like Young Justice season 4 and The original Teen Titans series would never of been canceled and there would've been a lot more Flinx and Argent and now I'm ranting about a whole other fandom. Night lovelies xoxox