Artemis was still giggling at the thought of the handsome, tall, athletic, red headed archer. He was very tough and was unsure of her when he first met her but they realized that they shared too much things in common. The thought that he knew her sister but as her assassin identity humored her. It was ironic and obvious that he had a crush on her. She didn't resent him for that at all but she did feel awkward with him at times. They had spent a nice afternoon after leaving the dumbfounded team behind yesterday. She was resting in the bed of her room at the cave with her legs crossed and her head dangling outside the mattress with her arms spread over the cold sheets of the bed. She was still consumed by her thoughts with her eyes closed. When she opened them she was very aware of her surroundings so she did notice a small wrinkled piece of paper against the door. 'Probably the wind brought in some trash' she thought turning her head so she had an upside down view. She lifted her head and felt a little dizzy from being so much time with her head hanging. Reaching the note she unfolded it several times until she could read clearly. It was written in a very neat calligraphy. Her eyes opened wide and she opened her mouth forming an 'o'. Her first reaction was shock. Then her eyes narrowed and her lips tightened 'What if it is a joke from an idiot!' She thought 'and if it is, I know the idiot. Wally.' She folded the piece of paper harshly and stuffed it in her pocket. She was going to find out. In her mind she could see the question written in the note.

Do you like me?

-Yes -no

"WALLY" bellowed the blonde archer. She marched right over to the living room only to find Kaldur, Conner and Megan. She searched for the redheaded teen all over the place. The kitchen, the outside of the cave, the training room. She checked everywhere...except his room. Now she stood right outside Wally's bedroom door. She has never been inside his room before and could only prepare herself as she expected the usual teenage boy room.

When she opened the door though she was surprised. The room wasn't messy or dirty, it was actually clean. It even smelled nice. It smelled like him. His bed was vacant and there were no traces that the boy was there so she turned around and began to search again. She walked down the hall thinking of the possible locations where the speedster could be when suddenly she froze. She backed up a little bit and turned to look at the door of the young hero's room. She smiled triumphantly; she just knew that he was in Robin's room.

She didn't even bother knocking on the door; she just turned the doorknob and opened the door. The two boys looked up in surprise at her. She walked in and pointed a finger at Wally. He was sitting on a chair and Robin was watching the whole thing from his bed. "You sent it didn't you?" she asked in a calm yet scary tone.

"Sent what?" he asked as he raised his hands up as if to prove his innocence.

"That note! The one asking me to check yes or no to answer if a have a crush on you"

Wally's face turned white as a ghost and then he was out of the room in a second.

As he left her long ponytail wiped wildly with the wind from his run. She had her arms crossed and her face was painted with a frown. Robin looked like a kicked puppy on the bed. He was scared. Batman's prodigy was scared. He couldn't make eye contact and was starting to sneak out from the awkward scene when she cut him short with a loud voice.

"Oh no! Now you Boy Wonder have some pending business with me." He gulped and his lips felt dry, his hands were sweaty and he couldn't even talk. He parted his lips but nothing came out so Artemis took the opportunity to yank him from the collar of his shirt until they were nose to nose. " You Mr. Genius have little task to do for me." She hissed so only he could hear what she said which made him try to back away but they were too close to do so.

"I know you know what Wally hides" she paused to study his reaction then continued "and you are going to find out some details for me" she finished with a smirk as she dropped him to the ground with a loud thud. 'Oh boy the irony' he thought as he lifted himself quickly to find Wally and ask why was he even nervous at all. When he was leaving she called from inside the room.

"And don't think I won't be checking on you. You're not the only ninja here." After she said that she walked past him pushing him with her shoulder as she did. "I need to know" she whispered as she passed but he heard her so he grabbed her shoulder and tried his best to give her a 'batman glare'.

"I'm not your servant." He spoke with a little hate and bitterness in his words. "Well if you won't find out I will assume you can at least let me check security cameras" she replied triumphantly.

To be perfectly honest Wally had no idea why he had run. But after talking with Robin he started to realize something about himself that had to do with her and seeing her there only made Robin's assumptions true which scared the hell out of him. Could he really be falling in love with Artemis? No that couldn't be. He shook his head and headed outside the cave. He sat on a big rock that was surrounded by lots of trees.

Sure he felt protective of her but he was protective of everyone on the team. They were his family. But deep down he knew that he cared so much more for her. After all her death was the one that hit him the hardest during that training exercise. The hope that she was alive had driven him to fight through all that to find her. But he didn't want to feel that way! No it was impossible.

He wasn't supposed to fall in love. True love only existed in books and movies to him so why bother with love in the first place. But the tugging sensation he had felt watching Artemis and Roy talk today and the way his whole system shut down after he thought she was dead during the training exercise told him otherwise. Whether he liked it or not he, Wally West was falling in love with his teammate, Artemis Crock.

"Dammit" he muttered as he finally accepted his feelings.