Soo, how many people remember this story?
I haven't given up yet! I know it's been...nearly a month? ! ? Shit, never mind, you guys have permission to yell at me shamelessly for that :/
Anyway! I kept my promise, and tons of laughs [hopefully] are right here! And...cheerleaders...and Artemis? What do you know! I think people will like this one, but maybe I'm being overly optimistic and it'll end up being a failure :/
I was going to start the chapter off at the next day, but I decided to add some Spitifre shipping, since things will change after this one ;)
Hmm, not much more to say, except please review!
Oh yeah, for those of you that haven't seen: I have completed Behind It All! Yep, it's done, so check it out!
And, no new eps...at least until the 24th, but I'm not holding my breath for that one :/
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==Some minutes later
"So are you taking me anywhere, or are we just aimlessly walking around?" Artemis asked after they had arrived by the marina.
"Nah, I just wanted to take your mind off everything." Wally smiled, going to grab her hand. Wally expected Artemis to deny that show of affection, but he smiled widely when, not only Artemis grabbed his hand, but she neared herself to his arm, cuddling.
"And before you ask, I haven't lost my mind, it's just-thanks." Artemis of all people seemed to be at a loss for words.
"Hey, no problem." Wally smiled and, letting go of her hand, he put his arm around her and hugged her close to him. He then thought for a while and asked, "Thanks for what though?"
"For not making me have to kill you Baywatch." Artemis smirked.
"Kill me? How did we get from cuddly date moment to death threats?" Wally questioned.
"For saying that you wanted to see me in a skirt and try to convince me to be a cheerleader. Be thankful that you didn't press on that issue." Artemis' smirk was nearing evil qualities.
Wally chuckled. "Come on, how can you murder such a cool guy?"
Artemis snickered "I can think of a couple."
"Smothering me with kisses would be a good way to go." Wally hinted.
"So it shall be." Artemis replied, turning to him and tackling him with kisses.
==The Next Day
Morning came around, and everyone was feeling like crap. It wasn't as if the day itself was bad, but the tension was so thick, an industrial-powered saw wouldn't be able to cut through it. The reason for that tension was currently serving herself cereal, and had noticed all the looks from her teammates.
Artemis had gone to bed, feeling at least a bit elated after her date with Wally. But now that she saw how the rest of the team was acting, all of that elation was gone to waste. Artemis decided to tackle this before it got out of proportion. "So, did some whack telemarketer keep you guys up? Or are you guys going to try and guilt trip me into going? You can save your efforts, I won't do it."
Robin gritted his teeth together. Superboy voiced what everyone wanted to say. "You could at least try to help the team."
Artemis scoffed. "How? Look, I'm not cheerleader material, got it?"
Megan stepped forward from where she was making omelettes. She wanted everyone to stop glaring at each other from across the room, and tried to think up of a plan that would abate all that."Artemis, could you at least accompany me there? I don't want to go alone."
Everyone's heads turned to face Artemis as she bit her lip. She sighed. "Fine, I'll be there for moral support, everyone happy?"
Megan flew over and hugged Artemis, and Kaldur smiled at her. Wally was too busy stuffing his face, but he was sure to tell her sometime soon. Robin just continued eating, clearly preoccupied about something.
"So, when's the practise?" Artemis asked as Megan let her breathe once again.
"It's before school." Megan grinned. "So we should get going soon."
Artemis groaned. "As if I didn't have enough reasons to hate school."
==At the Gym
Ford was smirking widely. His sirens were once again under his control and were going to help him gain control of these cheerleaders. Of course, these girls would all become part of his plan in order to extract his revenge. While some would question his picking to help supervise a bunch of cheerleaders, he knew that cheerleaders had to be extremely agile, making them perfect for his plan. He saw one girl that wasn't in uniform glaring daggers at another girl, but he ignored them. He could use more for his army, and he wasn't about to deny this.
As all the girls settled, he blew his whistle. He then grabbed his weapon, which was disguised as a blow horn, and activated it.
==Some seconds before
Artemis and Megan had arrived to the gym, and Artemis had been left holding Megan's bag while the older girl changed. Once she had come back out, Megan was talking with Kate, Megan's new friend, and Artemis was left, fuming, holding the Martian girl's bag. As she was walking towards Megan, going to give her a mouthful, a whistle blew, getting her attention, and she saw as Mr. Ford raised his blow horn, and pressed the button on it. Then, everything went black.
==An hour or so later
Wally was sure that Mr. Ausovel was older than Pythagoras himself, the way the man talked. He wouldn't stop speaking in his conspiratorial manner, and it was making Wally fall asleep. It definitely beat a sleeping pill.
Suddenly, Wally was jolted from his dreamlike stupor by some disturbance coming from the door, and to this day, Wally still hasn't figured out whether what awoke him was the door slamming open, or the person that stepped into the classroom.
Wally was sure he was dreaming. Yeah, that would make sense. He was still in the apartment, dreaming away, having some teenage fantasy, anything like that would make sense, because there was no other way to explain how Artemis Crock was wearing a cheerleader's uniform.
Wally blinked once, he pinched himself, and he looked around him, expecting to see something bizarre instead of his classmates. However, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and he had to accept that his girlfriend was actually wearing a skirt.
"Ms. Crock... I don't accept... tardiness." The ancient math teacher spoke.
"Yeah, sorry about that Mr. Ausovel, I was at cheerleading practise. Here's Mr. Ford's note." Wally's face must have appeared comically grotesque. Artemis was being kind, and had this cheery voice that made him want to gag.
"Oh, very...well then. Please...take a seat...Ms. Crock...continuing-" Wally droned out the rest that Mr. Ausovel was saying right then, and focused on Artemis.
She took a seat in her spot, and didn't even glance his way as she started writing, staring intently at the board.
Wally shuddered as he went back to his notebook, and made a mental note to ask Rob to please check Artemis out with everything, because she was seriously beginning to freak him out. As he started to zone out, Artemis looked at him, and Wally dived into the deep blue of Artemis' eyes, never wanting to emerge.
==Geography Class
Kaldur was in hell. He felt for sure that someone somewhere was having a good laugh at him. He had been in geography class with Conner, where Mr. Holmes was showing them a very monotone movie to show them how Pangaea had evolved into how it is today. It had an annoying soundtrack that repeated every couple of minutes, which made it even harder to bear.
Then, a couple of girls had come in late, all giggling, and had explained to the teacher that they had been in cheerleading practise. As they looked around to find a seat, they found some seats by where Conner and Kaldur were seated.
"Hey Kaldur." The girls giggled.
"Hello." Kaldur politely replied to them. He recognized them from yesterday's mob, but thought that politely distancing himself would be a good option.
Meanwhile, Conner was getting his own fair share of attention. As they kept on giggling and trying to near him, he saw Conner grinning sheepishly.
Kaldur's eyes widened as he came to the realization that, like he had mused to himself yesterday, these girls were extremely siren-like.
He groaned. He had enough to deal with concerning Ford, without having to think about a pack of Sirens attacking Happy Harbour.
The rest of the hour was spent in torture. If he tried to pay attention to the movie, he grimaced at the soundtrack and boring narrator. If he glanced towards Conner's way, he got ready to puke at the giggling girls seducing Conner. He didn't even want to think about what would happen if he glanced at the Sirens with him.
==Lunch Time
Wally sped out of his class, well, sped away was a stretch, he had to keep appearances, but he had to find Dick, before he lost his mind.
He completely zoned out in math, and had no idea what happened. He just stared at Artemis the whole time, and that was all he remembered.
==Dick's Locker
Morning was uneventful for Dick, having had nothing more to do than to listen to a teacher explain what he already knew. So, he was surprised when he saw Wally running towards him, seeming like he was running away from something.
"Hey Wally, what's going on?" Dick greeted.
"Dude, did you give something to Artemis?" Wally glared at him.
That was something that Dick really wasn't expecting, and he suppressed a joke, since it seemed that Wally wasn't in a joking mood. "No, why?"
"Because Artemis...was wearing a skirt!" Wally exclaimed, getting nearby students to just stare at him weirdly.
Dick smiled, and said to everyone. "Don't mind him, his tom-boy little sister wore a skirt for the first time."
Everyone shrugged and continued about their business, satisfied with Dick's answer. He grabbed Wally's arm, and dragged him outside, wanting him to explain what the hell was going through Wally's mind, when he saw it. More than it, it was girls, cheerleaders to be precise. And he saw just what Wally was talking about.
There was Artemis, doing back flips with much gusto, and Dick just had his mouth hanging. He also spotted Megan in there, and the red-headed girl he had seen yesterday.
"Ok, start talking." Dick turned to Wally, gesturing to the cheerleaders.
"I have no idea! I thought you had done something to her!" Wally accused him.
Dick shook his head. "I'm as confused as you are." He saw Conner coming up to them. "Hey, there's Conner, let's see if he knows anything."
"Why exactly is Megan flirting with every guy she sees?" Conner growled, not even greeting them. 'I thought the resident flirter was him, not her." Conner added, gesturing to Wally.
"Hey! I don't flirt, I'm just overly-friendly." Wally defended himself.
"Right." Dick rolled his eyes. " So you've been noticing something strange in Megan too?"
"Megan and Artemis. She was wearing a skirt!" Conner exclaimed.
Dick and Wally put on identical annoyed looks as they chorused. "We know."
"Plus, she kept on flirting with this guy...what was his name? James something-" Conner continued, but was interrupted by Wally.
"James Drew? Ok, something is definitely up, she couldn't stand the guy!" Wally exclaimed.
"Yeah, Wally, last I checked, Artemis can date whoever she wants, and plus, if she hears you saying that, she'll deck you." Dick pointed out.
Wally was forced to swallow his answer of Artemis being his girlfriend. There was no point in adding more things now, he just wanted Artemis back to being herself.
"So where's Kaldur?" Dick asked, cutting into Wally's thoughts.
"Last I checked, he was holed up in the guy's washroom running away from his fangirls."
"Oh come on! Why does he get all the girls?" Wally complained.
"Um, because he's got class?" Dick replied. "Let's go for to where Kaldur is, and see if we can't help him out."
"Uh, dude, the word you're looking for is forward." Wally added.
"Nope, if backwards is to go back, then forward is to go for." Dick explained as he walked off.
"Right, and then I'm considered to be the strange one." Wally muttered as he followed his friends back inside to go help Kaldur.
[Clears Throat] Soooo... yeah, Artemis is a cheerleader [wearing a skirt], flirting with James [wearing a skirt]! And she's hypnotized [wearing a skirt]...doesn't that sound like fun! And I kept my promise! Cheerleaders right here!
And yes, more for Rob's vocabulary: For! Come on, it actually makes sense [for once] And plying is a real word! As is Aster! Aster is a flower, and plying is to work hard at something. Don't ever let someone tell you that you don't learn anything from reading fanfiction.
Oh, and as for the annoying soundtrack of the geography movie, that was something that happened to me...except it was in a movie explaining parliament, and the teacher jokingly asked if anyone was interested in seeing if the makers of the movie made it into a soundtrack, I swear, it was the most annoying thing on earth.
Well, yeah, so, it was the best way, I thought, as to how Artemis would become a cheerleader. She goes with Megan, and gets caught in the crossfire, and then: instant cheerleader. Poor Wally, he must be stuck between a rock, hard place, and a sword, just for good measure.
Anyway! Although you guys shouldn't hold your breath for update from me, I promise that I'll update my stories much sooner!
Plus, poor Kaldur doesn't want to stay cornered in the bathroom for so long...poor guy, I'm really abusing him aren't I :/
Well, he'll be sacrificed for the good of comedy.
Please leave me a review!
Oh, and I have some 12 odd stories that I need to review, so I'm getting to them! Slowly but surely I'll review them! :D
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