Yay! I finally got it re-done. (I may have had to read through the entire story again to get me motivated, but I did it! (Sorry if it's a little short...)

So now that I got you all excited for a new chapter, let me get you mad at me.

This is pretty much the same as the last chapter, it's my version of what Roy may have been doing while the League and the Team were trying to fix everything.

The reason I named it "True Feelings" is revealed in the chapter. But I assume you smart people already have a couple guesses. (Let's see if their correct, shall we?)

FIRST though, I noticed there were a few questions from the last chapter, so I figured I'd briefly answer them (Since I may not cover the story questions it in the actual story, and because I found them a little funny and entertaining.)

I leave cliffy's because I find it a little fun. (Don't worry, I'll try not to make a habit of it. I know I hate cliff hangers myself.)

Gab's uncle is in his early 50's. Roy's 18, and, yes, Nat's 3. The fact she talks like a five year old will be covered in a later chapter (Maybe the next one)

Anyway, I am sincerely sorry for the long wait, and I hope you enjoy this chapter. I'll get started on the next ASAP. (And Sorry if Roy seems a little out of character, it's been a while since I've seen the old YJ episodes with him in them.)

(We know the Disclaimer by now right?)

Chapter Seventeen: True Feelings

Happy Harbor

September 5, 19:38 EDT (7:38 PM)

Roy stared at Gabrielle as she sat on the couch with her feet propped on the coffee table, flipping through channels on the TV.

Roy stared at Natalia who sat in a chair next to him. "So, any advice on how to stay on her good side?"

Natalia picked up her sandwich Roy had made her. "Maybe you should start by telling her that you like her." Natalia took a bite of the sandwich as Roy's eyes went wide.

"I-I don't." He stared at the toddler as she stared at him blankly. "Is it that obvious?"

Natalia nodded. "I think I'm the only one who picked up on it, though."

Roy sighed and stared at Gabrielle. "I'm afraid she'd punch me if I told her."

"That is likely."

"Whose side are you on?"

"No one's. I'm stating a fact."

Roy stared at the toddler with a blank expression as she ate some more of her sandwich. "She doesn't like me does she?"

"Do you mean like? Or like-like?"

"At this point, I'm curious about both, but..." Roy paused and stared at Natalia curiously. "You know if she like-likes me?"

Natalia stared at Roy as she took another bite of her sandwich. Both stared at Gabrielle as the phone went off.

Gabrielle muted the TV and answered the phone. "Anderson apartment, who the heck are you?"

After a moment she spoke again with furrowed brows, now standing. "Who's this?"

After another moment she muttered 'Ethan' before walking over to the dining table and swiftly picking up the notebook she had left there.

"Who's Ethan?" Roy questioned Natalia.

"He's one of our older brothers. I haven't met him."

Both stared at Gabrielle after she whistled, quite loudly. She waited a moment for speaking. "Alright boys, if you're done kicking the snot out of each other, is one of you going to say 'hi Gab, miss you, how've you been'? Or do I just hang up now?"

Roy glanced at Natalia. "I take it they don't get along well?" Natalia shrugged.

"I've been good, and so has Nat, not that you really asked about her, Brandon."

Natalia gasped dramatically. "They forgot about me?"

"Apparently Nat, should I hang up?"

"Yes!"

Roy chuckled as Gabrielle listened to whoever was on the other end of the phone; she then shrugged as she stared at Natalia. "Well, that's true. Alright Nat, he gets a pass."

Natalia sighed and stared at Roy who stared at the toddler curiously. "Sometimes I swear you have an evil side."

Natalia just smiled as she took another bite of her sandwich.

Roy glanced back at Gabrielle as she gave a quick laugh. "She's laughing, that's something that hasn't happened in a while."

"Well you two keep getting into arguments." Roy glanced back at Natalia as she took another bite of her sandwich.

"You're three, how do you know all this stuff?"

Natalia just innocently took another bite of her sandwich.

Roy glanced at Gabrielle curiously when she made a comment about her uncle being awesome.

She of course didn't acknowledge that he was even in the room.

A few minutes later, Natalia and Roy found themselves glancing at each other when Gabrielle's mouth dropped. She turned to face them.

Roy raised an eyebrow when she mentioned StarCity, and listened more intently as Gabrielle discussed a visit to said city.

Natalia grinned when Gabrielle mentioned possibly being in StarCity by tomorrow. Roy just glanced at the two Anderson's before staring at Gabrielle.

"You know you're going to need-"

Before he could finish a bright flash momentarily blinded him. When his vision returned he saw that Natalia and Gabrielle were no where in sight.

The phone Gabrielle had been holding lay on the floor. Roy picked it up and listened for a moment before the person on the other end hung up.

Roy hung the phone up and placed it on the table before staring at Gabrielle's notebook.

He took out the page with the address on it before leaving the apartment.

It's time to pay a visit to Star City.

Star City

November 5, 19:58 CDT (7:58 PM)

As Roy attempted to find the address, he noticed adults frantically searching for their lost children.

Everyone under eighteen seems to be gone.

He glanced at the address on the building he stopped in front of, and sighed. "Finally"

He knocked on the door and after a minute a black haired male answered, but was staring at someone in the room behind him.

"Ethan, will you shut up? Abigail's already hysterical." The male turned and stared at Roy curiously. "Uh… Can I help you?"

"Is this the Anderson residence?"

"It is…" The male answered with his arms crossed. "You are?"

"I'm a friend of Gabrielle."

"Little Gaby?" An older male questioned as he walked over, the black haired left, leaving the older blonde haired male with Roy.

Roy stared at the male blankly, as he seemed to smile. "What can I do for you?"

"I was wondering if you had heard from Gabrielle."

"Not since earlier, no we haven't."

Roy sighed. "Well if you see her, tell her I'm at the apartment."

With that said Roy turned and left.

Might as well go on a patrol, maybe I'll run into her.

Star City

November 5, 22:29 CDT (10:06 PM)

Roy sighed as he sat in his apartment clothed in his Red Arrow attire.

He had patrolled the entire city, stopped some minor disturbances as the police were too occupied to handle them.

Not once did he run into Gabrielle, he re-visited the Anderson house a few times. He didn't dare knock on the door.

He stared at the door curiously when he heard rushed footsteps.

He shrugged it off, until a moment later he heard the distinct 'click' of the lock.

He quickly loaded his bow and aimed it at the door as it opened and someone peered into the room.

Gabrielle walked into the room, slightly hesitant, and shut the door behind her.

Roy stared at her for a moment before lowering his bow. "Gabrielle."

She weakly smiled. After a minute the smile faded as she pointed toward the door. "Oh, if you hear any complaints about a brunette nearly running into some people, I'd like to state that said people wouldn't move out of the way."

Roy stared at her blankly for a moment.

Gabrielle bit her lower lip and walked closer to him. "Are you mad at me?"

Gabrielle gasped when Roy released his bow, allowing it to fall to the floor, and wrapped his arms around her, holding her close. "You're alright."

She just stood there for a minute in shock, not knowing what to do or what to make out of the situation.

Roy finally let go of her, and stared at her with a smile. "I was worried something had happened to you."

Gabrielle's cheeks turned a light shade of pink. "You were?" She bit her lip for a minute. "I was worried about you."

"You were?"

Gabrielle nodded, and Roy smiled. "So that means you don't hate me."

"Oh let's not jump to conclusions. I still hate you."

"Then why are you blushing?"

"Oh shut up and get changed. I left Natalia at my uncles."

Roy just smiled as he went to get changed.

Gabrielle crossed her arms for a minute before going to look in a mirror.

I really hope he was joking about me blushing.

So what'd you think? Originally I had planned on having them kiss... Maybe next time.

Anyway, like I said earlier, I'll work on the next chapter ASAP.

Thanks so much for reading guys, you don't know how much it means to me.