Ok, here's another Paula story for you. It's short though. Hope you enjoy!
Just as a note, I've gotten more requests for pranking. Unfortunately, I've run out of ideas for pranking, so no more pranking. :( I'm going to try to come up with more ideas for this story during camp, but for the time being, if you guys want me to post more, I need ideas!
Oh, and this is now the only story I'm working on, so I may end up posting two chapters tomorrow as a gift before I disappear. Again, this depends if I can come up with any ideas.
DISCLAIMER: Yeah, no.
Paula and Will
Artemis walked into the training room, grabbed Will by the ear, and walked back out. Jaime, Cassie, and Tim, who had also been in the room, exchanged looks. They shrugged and continued sparring. No one wanted to temp their fate with a possibly-angry Artemis. Honestly, they'd rather face an alien invasion than that. Oh wait…
They heard the Zeta beam go off, announcing the departure of Artemis and Will. Silently, they wished Will luck. He would need it.
"OWOWOWOWOWOW!"
"Quit being a baby. I'm not even pulling that hard."
"YES YOU ARE!"
Artemis stopped an released Will. She turned to look at him. Will backed up a few steps.
Artemis sighed. "Look, you're not in trouble and I'm not angry at you for whatever reason you think I might be. My mom wanted to meet you, so I came to get you." Will blinked. "Why does your mom want to meet me?" Artemis started walking again, tossing her answer over her shoulder. "Your clone married my sister. Since he's family, she now views you as family, and so she wanted to meet you. Hurry up." Startled, Will realized that she was almost to the end of the block. He hurried to catch up with her. "So, we're in Gotham." Artemis gave him a no duh, genius look. Will looked away. "You don't have to be mean about it." he muttered.
Finally, they reached the apartment building and entered the apartment. "We're here mom!" Artemis called, tossing her jacket onto the couch. She disappeared for a moment, and then reappeared with a bag. "See you Will." Will looked at her with alarm. "Aren't you staying?" She shook her head. "Big test tomorrow, got to go study. Bye mom!" She hollered. Will was left alone in the living room, feeling a bit awkward. He turned towards the doorway to the rest of the apartment when he heard a small comotion.
A black haired vietnamese woman rolled out, seated in a wheelchair. She smiled at Will. "You must be Will. It's so nice to meet you." Will tried a smile. "It's nice to meet you too. Um… sorry if I seem rude, but who are you?" "Paula Crock. Artemis and Jade's mom." "Oh."
There was a pregnant silence before Paula rolled forward and pulled Will towards the couch. "Lets talk a little. I want to get to know you."
Artemis, Jade, and Roy walked in to the sound of chatter and laughter. When they entered the kitchen, they found Will helping Paula cook dinner, talking the whole time. They exchanged grins. "I knew this was a good idea." Artemis whispered, then moved fully into the kitchen. "What are you making?" "Lasagna." Will answered. "Want some?" "I'd love some."
Once everything was done cooking, they all sat down at the table and ate together.
A family.
Finally, though, it was time for Will to return to the cave. Paula embraced him warmly before making him promise to visit often and making him take some of the leftover lasagna. Will left with a huge smile on his face. As the time passed, he visited at least once a week. He confided in Paula, told her about his problems and his growing despair over not being able to be an archer anymore. Eventually, as he was becoming Arsenal, she helped train him with some long range weapons that she used to use. Once day, Will found himself thinking:
Guess I found a mother figure after all.
And he had.
Now he just had to work on a father figure, as Ollie wasn't exactly filling the gap. Oh well. One problem at a time