Artemis wasn't having the best week with school and it doesn't help that her teachers decided to gang up on her and give her all these reports and projects due soon. Over all she wasn't very happy when she had to stay at the mountain over the weekend for 'team bonding'. As soon as she walked in Wally ran straight into her. She managed to stay on her feet but Wally fell as always. She kicks him aside as she heads for her room but not before Wally intercepted her again.

"Hey Arty, what's the matter?"
"Leave me alone."

Wally walks back in and sees Conner, Kaldur, and Robin. He sits down next to Rob and tries to sneak peaks at what he's doing on the laptop. Wally quickly pulls the laptop away and types a question for Robin. He quickly answers and swerves the computer towards Wally.

"Artemis has a bad side?"
"Wally!" He hears her growl from the halls.
"Yes Artemis?"
"Shut up."
"O-okay."

Wally's face was priceless at this moment of pure terror. He looks at Robin who leaves only his cackle as a sign he was there. Then he looks toward Conner but Megan comes in a leads him away. Wally looks desperately towards Kaldur. He just stands up and walks toward the hall.

Kaldur walks to Artemis's room and knocks lightly. She yanks the door open glaring only to see her calm and collective leader.

"May I come in?"
"Yeah." She answers as she deflates.

Kaldur walks in as Artemis closes her door and sits down on her bed. Her room looks like a tornado had come through it. Papers were all over the floor, textbooks lay open, and pencils seemed to have been just simply thrown around the room in frustration.

"What's wrong Artemis?"
"School."
"Do you need help?"
"No."

Kaldur looks at Artemis closely as her glare fizzles into nothing.

"What's the matter?"
"Well, for gym we have to do a unit on swimming and . . . I can't swim."
"Would you like me to teach you?"
"Please?"
"I would be glad to. Do you know anything about swimming?"
"No, and quite frankly I'm not big on being in water in the first place, no offense."
"None taken. It is quite alright to not want to be in water but it is a necessary skill. Change into a swim suit and meet me in the pool. I will give you basic swimming lessons."

Kaldur stands up and shows himself out as he heads to the locker room. He never knew Artemis didn't know how to swim. It seemed like such a basic necessity that it seemed impossible not to know how to swim. He changes into some swim trunks and wades in the pool waiting for Artemis. She walks in with a green bikini swim suit that almost resembles the color of her uniform. She slides in the water uncomfortably and looks to Kaldur. An idea pops into his head as he quickly gets out leaving her for a second. He comes back with swim goggles and a rebreather in hand. He gives them to her as she puts the googles on.

"What are we doing?"
"I want you to have a good experience with water before we start lessons."

She puts the rebreather in as Kaldur has her get on his back. She holds on around his neck as he dives under. Her grip loosens but stays on as he starts swimming around the pool. He tries to not take sharp turns and almost dance with the water. Artemis slowly relaxes as she gets used to the feeling of the water. After ten minutes Artemis lets go and floats to the top. She gets to a point where she can touch as she waits for Kaldur to come back up.

"I never knew how calming swimming could be."
"That is why I swim every morning before I wake up. That is all for today. Tomorrow we will practice some more and you will actually swim yourself."
"Thank you Kaldur."

A/N: okay so I know I need to update my chapter stories but I'm burnt out on them for a little. If you have any ideas PM me or reply and let me know. This came into my head and I had to write. I also have another story that I wrote that is not typed that I need to put on her as well.

-Leo