A:N- S-Bumblebee is awesome!

"I think we both know how the story is supposed to end."

In 10 minutes, Carter was knocking in her door. She greeted him with a smile and told him to come in. "Thank you for coming Carter."

He smiled. "It's no problem. Now…"he said sitting down. "What did John do?"

She sat down beside him and frowned at the floor. "He asked me to come over again. I told him that he should spend the night with Mari. Not me. And then he said that it was a night to spend with you." Shayera took a deep breath before continuing.

"I told him that you are a friend. Someone I can lean on. I told him that he should be happy with her. And that I would be happy alone."

He rubbed her shoulders. "Shayera," said softly.

"We even sparred today." She interrupted him. "We sparred as we argued and it wasn't even private! There were people there. Listening!"

He waited for her to stop. "Shayera" he said again. "You deserve happiness too. And don't say being alone is what you want. No one truly wants that. Both of you are miserable." He leaned back. "If it wasn't for Mari, do you think that the two of you would be together?" He asked.

Shayera finally looked up at him and met his deep brown eyes. He had taken his mask off the moment her door closed. She looked down again as she answered. "Yes." She whispered as tears came. "Yes." And she buried her face into his cheat and cried as he held her.

In his apartment John decided to call Rex. He knew that Shayera wasn't going to come. He paced as he waited. He was so angry. 'What did I do to deserve this?' He asked himself. 'Why is life hard?' John decided to have a few beers while he waited. He was on his 4th beer when Rex finally came.

"Rex!" John greeted him. "Come on in."

Rex came in and took a seat on the couch. "John I can only be here for a while. Saph wants me home soon." John went to his kitchen and grabbed Rex a beer. Then he sat down by his friend.

"It's ok. I just wanted someone to talk to. Rex, I screwed up. Big time." He then told his friend of his mistake that he was happy that happened.

Shayera had stopped crying soon, then she and Carter moved into her bed. He sat up with his back against the headboard and Shayera's head was in his lap. To calm her down, he ran his hand through her hair.

"Shayera. I want you to hear me out." He said cautiously.

She sat up And looked at him with dry but red eyes. "I want you to talk to John. Get everything straightened out. No fighting. Get it all out in the open. Tell him to choose. You've waited long enough." He cupped her cheek. "Tonight you'll get your answers. If you want, I'll come with you. Or I could wait here. Hell, I might as well go home."

She looked at him. "Maybe I will. You're right. I deserve to know. I've waited long enough." She stood up. "Carter, go home. I can handle this." She grabbed her com-link.

"J'onn, send me to Detroit." With a flash of blue, she was gone.