A/N: Thank you for all of the feedback from the last chapter! It seems that there are less reviews for ch. 3 than 1 or 2 but I just figured that that was because this is a sequel and not everyone sticks around for a sequel. So thanks to everyone who's still reading! Also, if you're not reviewing because you have a complaint, please feel free to voice it. I love to get criticism as well. It always helps.
I was going to update tomorrow buuut its 3 AM. That's close enough.
Many of you guessed what was coming...for those of you who still haven't please don't kill me.
Disclaimer: Do I own Young Justice? No (That's Spanish for 'no'. Is it sad that I had to Google that?).
Day 1: Confessions
"What's with you and Dick?" Wally said just as soon as he and Artemis were far enough away from the group.
"What's with you and Megan?" she countered.
"Nothing," he growled, "Answer the question."
"Nothing," she said calmly.
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Fine," he enunciated before walking just a little faster, fast enough that she had to jog to keep up.
"Slow down, Kid Idiot. Are you trying to lose me in this crowd?" Artemis yelled as she maneuvered in between cosplayers.
Wally slowed down at her request. He was still walking inhumanly fast but his pace was slow enough that she could easily follow him. After another few minutes of tense silence between the two Artemis was becoming vaguely annoyed.
"You going to say something, or what?" Artemis challenged, watching as he turned and glanced at her.
"Nope."
"Fine then, go back. I can handle this on my own," she said, angrily pushing past him.
"Artemis, wait!" Wally shouted after her but she was already running down the hall. Wally was fast but he wasn't fast enough to keep up with her, especially when he had to dodge cosplayers and props and small children, "Artemis!"
Artemis heard him calling her but she kept running. Stupidly, she glanced behind her just to see if he was following, and ended up crashing in to something hard.
"Sorry!" she exclaimed, backing away from the wall of muscle that she had collided with, but before she could get very far two strong hands grabbed her arms and held her in place.
"Artemis?" a voice said in astonishment.
Artemis' head jerked upward. She knew that voice.
"Artem-" Wally started as he finally caught up with her. He looked from Artemis to the older boy that held her arms in confusion until recognition sparked in his eyes, "You."
Artemis pulled away from the boy but he wouldn't let go so Wally stepped forward and angrily pushed the boy until his hands fell away from Artemis' arms.
"Stay away from her," Wally spat.
"Wall-" Artemis began but when Wally turned to look at her all she could see was anger in his eyes, "Wally, calm down."
"Calm down? You do remember what this bastard did to you, right?"
"Almost did to me," she said, crossing her arms.
"Um," the boy before them said awkwardly, "Would it help at all if I said I was sorry?"
"No," Wally growled.
"Calm down, Fido," Artemis said, pushing Wally out of her way in order to talk to the older boy more clearly, "What do you want, Cameron?"
Cameron twisted his hands together awkwardly. He was dressed in his old Icicle Jr. costume, a fact that slightly disturbed her, "I came to see you," he admitted, "To say that I'm sorry about last year."
Artemis raised an eyebrow skeptically but Wally just looked angry. He grabbed Artemis' arm and pulled her away from Cameron.
"Come on," he said, "Let's get out of here."
"Wait, Wally," Artemis said, pulling away from him. Wally looked back at her incredulously, "In case you've forgotten you're not my boyfriend anymore. You have no say in who I talk to, and I want to hear what Cam has to say."
"But he's-"
"Cam," Artemis said to the older boy, "Why are you really here?"
"Honestly? I missed you and I really regret what happened last year. I was stupid. You're probably still mad but I'm just glad that you're actually here. I heard about the movie and everything, I wasn't sure if you'd come," Cameron said sincerely.
Artemis stared at the boy for a moment weighing the options of brushing him off and acknowledging his apology before grudgingly saying, "I forgive you."
"You what?" Wally yelled.
"It's none of your business, Wally. Stay out of it."
Wally watched in seething anger as Artemis gestured for Cameron to follow them.
"Come on," she said, "We're going to get food. You hungry?"
Cameron nodded enthusiastically and followed after her like a puppy on a sexy blonde leash.
Wally rolled his eyes, crossed his arms and followed after the two, an uncharacteristic glower on his usually carefree face.
"Thirty-five minutes for food?" Dick said grouchily when they returned, "You guys better have a good excuse."
"We do," Wally said, gesturing to the older boy that was still following Artemis, "Can you believe that-"
"Sweet!" Dick exclaimed, coming to stand in front of Cameron, "Do you want to be in my movie?"
"What?" Wally shouted.
"What?" Cameron asked in confusion.
"My movie," Dick said, motioning towards the older boy's costume, "As Icicle Jr. You'd be perfect."
"Really?" Cameron said, "I'd love to."
"Great," Artemis said honestly, taking a sip of her milkshake.
"Great," Wally said sarcastically.
"Great!" Dick said, "Come over here a minute so that I can write down your contact info."
As Cameron followed Dick in to the Studio Wally turned to Artemis with his mouth already opening to yell at her.
She held up a hand, "Save it."
"Save what? The fact that Cameron's an ass? That you shouldn't trust him? That you're just being stubborn?"
"Stubborn?"
"Yes, stubborn. You're just doing this to make me jealous."
Artemis looked at the boy sourly, "You're probably a good judge of my character, Wally, or at least you should be considering that we dated long enough; but if you think for one second that I am doing this to make you jealous you're much more of an idiot than I previously assumed."
"Then why are you-" Wally started, but he was interrupted by Zatanna who ran over to them and grabbed Artemis' arm, pulling her towards the Studio.
"Come on!" the girl said, "The panel is starting in like five minutes!"
"A panel already?" Artemis groaned, throwing her milkshake in to a trashcan.
"Already," Zatanna said with a sigh.
"Why don't you just convince your boyfriend to postpone it a bit so that we can eat?" Artemis prodded Zatanna.
The other girl blushed, her hands fumbling at her sides, "Dick's not my boyfriend!"
"Of course not," Artemis smirked, "Come on then, let's go see your not boyfriend."
Wally followed the girls inside. He wasn't sure why Artemis was suddenly being nice to the ex-boyfriend that had tried to force a kiss on her when she'd had a concussion last year, or even why she was acting so nonchalant about their entire break-up, but one thing was sure. Wally was ending this little game Artemis was playing right now.
"Welcome to the Wayne Convention Center's Annual Comic Convention!" the announcer said excitedly from his mount on the stage, "Now, let's start with the questions, shall we?"
Artemis rolled her eyes and resumed her trademark position with her feet up on the table and her arms crossed.
The announcer was a little kid, and not even a kid her age. He couldn't have been any older than ten and he was wearing the most ridiculous red and gold spandex suit that she had ever seen. If the kid wasn't so damn cute she would have been berating him verbally but since he was she was reduced to doing it inside her head.
"Who's the kid?" Artemis asked Dick, from where he sat on her left. As she leaned closer to Dick, Wally, who was sitting on her right, seemed to notice this movement and leaned over himself, in order to hear what they were talking about.
"He's Captain Marvel," Dick said helpfully as he typed on his Blackberry under the table.
Artemis frowned, she may not know much about comics but she had seen pictures of Captain Marvel from all of the time she put in working on the movie, "But isn't Captain Marvel, like, really old and buff and tall?"
"Don't you know anything about comics? Seriously," Wally interjected, "Captain Marvel is just the powered-up version of a little kid. That's Billy Batson, his civilian form."
Artemis ignored Wally's jab at her intelligence and instead asked, "But if that kid is supposed to be Captain Marvel's secret identity then why is he wearing the costume?"
Wally opened his mouth to say something smart but instead his mouth flopped closed without an answer. Artemis smirked, so much for knowing so much about comics.
"It's because the fans need to know who he's playing in the movie. They wouldn't understand that he's Captain Marvel if he was walking around in his civvies now would they?" Dick said, without even looking up at the two.
Wally looked too smug at this revelation so Artemis took the opportunity to elbow him in the side.
The panel was even busier than last years. Of course, it would be with the movie being filmed soon. Poor Studio C was packed to the absolute brim with fans of all ages. It was a disaster.
That and the fact that it wasn't just the Young Justice team on the stage but some members of the Justice League as well made it so that Dick had been reduced to selling tickets to come to the event. Tickets. Artemis almost cringed at the thought of buying a ticket to see a Comic Book panel. It was a horrifying predicament.
At least she wasn't the only one who felt that way, she thought smugly as she glanced over at Bruce who was reluctantly dressed as Batman and sitting beside Superman with a deep glower on his face. Not that the glower was anything new, it was just amusing because of the cape and cowl he had been forced to wear.
"Artemis," Billy Batson's voice announced, cutting through her reverie and dragging her back to her spot on the stage, "How does it feel to be finally dating Kid Flash?"
Artemis almost smiled, not because of the question but because of the look of disgust on Billy's face.
He probably still thinks girls have cooties, she thought nostalgically.
"Well, Captain Marvel, I don't know if that's an entirely appropriate question seeing as Kid Flash and I are no longer together," Artemis answered.
The audience was on their feet before she had even finished her sentence. Cries from raging fangirls met her ears and she felt the strange need to cover them in order to prevent the noise from imploding her cranium.
After the worst of the yelling had died down Billy yelled in to the microphone just loud enough to be heard, "Is this true, Kid Flash?"
Wally looked up at the kid with something akin to callousness in his cool green eyes. Artemis felt slightly disconcerted at his lack of emotion until his eyes flashed and suddenly he was angry.
"No, it's not," Wally spat and the crowd was yelling. The noise was so loud that Artemis was surprised that she heard him at all when he turned to her and whispered, "It's not."
Her arms came uncrossed in surprise as Wally stood up beside her and turned to the crowd. He raised his left arm and pointed her accusingly, "This girl right here is Artemis Crock and she can be a total bitch sometimes."
Artemis' jaw fell open, "What?"
"Just shut up and listen, Arty," Wally said as the crowd fell silent for the first time since Artemis had made her announcement, "She can be a total bitch and cocky and arrogant and rude and confusing and annoying as hell but...I love her."
The crowd was quiet. So quiet that Artemis could hear her own heart beating furiously in her chest as Wally stared down at her.
After a moment of silence Billy Batson raised the microphone to his lips and said, "Panel adjourned."
Wow, it seems as though everyone has bad timing in this fic. Even me!
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