Outside Artemis's room Wally was waiting. He sat silently on the floor his back flush against the cool wall. His head thrown backwards, his eyes closed. He wasn't thinking, he never did. As stupid as he sounded he just acted, he just felt. His nature was science but science was passion. He constantly opened his luminous eyes focusing them on her door hoping it would open. Wishing he could know everything about her.

He couldn't lift himself from his little spot in front of her room. He was too tired and sleepy and his hand hurt beneath the gauze tinted with red. He observed the damage when the door opened slowly and before he could blink Megan was exiting Artemis's room. The Martian was walking backwards not wanting to leave the archer's gaze until she closed the door.

Wally was still silent. His eyes wide open now and his body stationary. He wanted to talk but before he did Megan shrieked scared by him.

"Eekkk! Wally!" He was scared by her so he yelled too "ahhh!"

"Wally what are you doing here!" Megan said still shocked but whisper/yelling. He had no words. He didn't actually know why. He hadn't even thought what he would do if it was Artemis the one who opened the door. But now he was alone with the redheaded cutie and he was worried about Artemis. He stood up deciding he wasn't ready to confront anyone. Immediately the door burst open just a bit for only Artemis's head to poke out.

"Ppsstt... Megan? Are you still there, I heard some noi-" she didn't finish when she saw Wally struggling clumsily to stand up.

Artemis eyes widened at the sight of the redheaded boy. 'What's he doing here?' she thought. Wally turned to look at her the moment she spoke. He had bags under his eyes and his hair was a mess. Artemis frowned when she noticed this and realized she was actually worrying about him. She could feel her face get hot and she knew she must be blushing, she just prayed that Wally was to sleepy to notice. Silence fell over them and neither dared to break it. Artemis was too shocked about the fact that she was beginning to care even more about him and wondering what was he doing outside her door while Wally was stunned and perplexed that he had been caught. Megan wasn't far away when Artemis called her and she turned around but didn't walk over to her archer friend when she saw her staring at Wally and Wally staring back. The tension between the two was so strong and Megan was sure she didn't want to be caught up there. Quietly, the Martian turned back around and headed towards the living room.

"I...uh..." stuttered Wally, still not sure of what to say.

Artemis looked down at the floor and bit her lip unsure of what to say too. Without thinking Wally walked further down the hallway and entered his own bedroom. Artemis stayed there for a while staring at the place where he had stood. She closed the door slowly, silently thanking that her blush was gone now though it didn't matter anymore. She pressed her forehead against the door and closed her eyes. 'Why had he been there?' she thought once again.

-O-

Kaldur was currently pacing the halls of the entire cave. He walked slowly analyzing every contour of his surroundings. He was so sneaky, without even wanting to, that nobody noticed him when he was about to walk through the hall were Artemis room was, were wally was and Megan too. He just walked away. Since he got a call to pick Artemis at a random coffee shop he knew something was going on. He couldn't exactly put together just how did a note fit in at all he recalled from what Artemis had told him before while he was picking her up.

-flashback-

"I suppose you don't desire to talk about this" he inquired softly. "Yup" she retorted not meeting his eyes but having her gaze fixed on the street. They were moving fast and she was enjoying the horizon, a beautiful orange sun tinted the sky and there were no clouds. She didn't meet his eyes because he knew her too well, he could read anyone and if she let him catch a hint he would know what happened. She kissed him. She didn't felt 'it'. She did blush. She couldn't get over it.

She was hypnotized by the smooth way he drove. Not to quick not to slow. She was just drifting to sleep when he interrupted her again "You can't expect me not to ask if you call me so abruptly to pick you up." he paused "instead of Roy."

She opened her eyes wide. She couldn't lie to him. She felt the need to spill everything. She did. He tried to catch every muffled sound he made and an incoherent mumbling about a note. He didn't answer but he sensed her uneasiness and confusion. She was ashamed and he knew it. They finally arrived to the cave. They hadn't spoken a word to each other.

She was about to open the car when Kaldur spoke.

"See I just want you to know you deserve the best. You're beautiful, you can start all over, and this was just a date it won't change anything." She didn't believe him. She pretended to but she was too deep in thought to stop and hear his advice. He understood and finished saying " Roy can be very stubborn you will have to explain him what happened." She nodded, opening the door and trotting ahead of him.

-O-

Roy hadn't showed up at the Cave since the date. Kaldur preferred it that way. Artemis was clearly upset and him showing up would unbalance her emotions again. Kaldur had been born with a natural sense of protectiveness. He was protective of his friends, his mentor and his family. Artemis had grown to be a sister to him and so had Megan so he couldn't help but be serious at times like this. He wasn't worried only for Artemis. Robin had been avoiding Wally and Wally has been acting weird lately. First when he broke the window with his fist, which him and Robin tried to lie about it to Kaldur saying that they were throwing a ball in Wally's room and Wally had gotten hurt trying to clean up but Kaldur could see the pain and anger in Wally's eyes. Now this, as soon as Artemis shut the door to her room Wally's hand twitched in the direction she had gone in and when Megan went in he followed after a few minutes.

'Everyone is going mad around here.' he thought shaking his head.

Robin had a little dilemma of his own. He was aware of the worryingly looks his friends were giving him and of the hurt on Wally's face when he acted so cold towards him. His mind was foggy at the moment and he didn't know what to do. Confusion clouded his mind and left him practically brain dead. He was pretty sure Kaldur noticed his change in behavior and that Conner and Megan were beginning to notice too.

He groaned and sat on his bed with his face buried in his hands. He didn't want his friends to worry about him and he didn't want Wally to think that he was mad at him. He was mad at himself. For letting himself fall so low and get trapped in this. The room seemed to be getting hotter and his breathing was shallow. He began to feel trapped so he stood up and walked out of his room.

The air outside was fresh and felt great against his face. It sent shivers down his spine but he didn't bother in fact he enjoyed it. He breathed in and breathed out. He felt good out here, free and full of options. Not just having to look at the four walls were all his stress was trapped in. Out here the wind seemed to carry his worries away and clear the fog that clouded his mind.

His cellphone buzzed in his pocket. He almost forgot it was there and was willing to leave it unattended. Something told him he should take a look at it and he took it out in a flash. It stopped buzzing and the screen said

One missed call from Barbara.