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BTW: This chapter has some much needed Birdflash smut, with masturbation on Rose's part. You're welcome.

Chapter 10: The Apology

Monday and Tuesday came and went relatively slow. School seemed to drag on for Rose, with teachers droning out information she had an extensive knowledge on. And with not being able to go to Metropolis to visit her parents or basic training with the team, or patrol, the days seemed to go by even slower.

Dick didn't have that problem though, what with him actually being able to go on patrol and visit the Cave after school. The Flash and Kid Flash were busy with the Rouges in Central City, so Wally didn't go to the Cave and that put a slight damper on Dick's mood, but he knew the redhead promised his uncle he would have his undivided attention for this if he could have the weekend at the Cave.

Originally, it was supposed to be training to help Wally successfully vibrate his molecules through a solid object without ending up with a bloody nose, but things happened, and now they have a new training schedule.

Rose would kill to get some action. No pun intended. Anything at all would suffice, but Alfred confiscated her suits–both Supergirl's and Blue Jay's–so she couldn't risk being seen without either. She was stuck on monitor duty instead. Left watching Batman and Robin get to have all the fun through the cameras in their masks with envious eyes.

It wasn't so bad because all that free time gave her time to think up a good way to apologize to the boys. She figured it would just be easier to say sorry to them both when Wally came over on Friday. She spent the entire week avoiding them both and the enviable conversation until them, but she couldn't find the words, no matter how long or hard she searched.

She obviously couldn't tell them why she was really upset, which would in all likelihood help the apology to make more sense, but she ran through all the possible scenarios on Monday why that was a bad idea. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were spent remembering all the significant things she had said or done to either Dick or Wally that might have hurt them or caused them some distress. By the time Friday came around, Rose didn't have anything down.

She spent the whole day trying to come up with the right words, but still didn't have anything right by the time Wally arrived that evening. She didn't come out of her room when the redhead stopped by or when the Boy Wonder and speedster cane to her room to check on her.

When she declined to join them for videogames and junk food in Dick's room she could hear the disappointed sighs that a normal person would not have heard. But she did thanks to her super hearing.

Rose couldn't stop pacing around her room after that. It wasn't that she had nothing to say, just that she didn't know what the boys were most upset about.

At first, Rose thought it might be easier to list all the things that annoyed or bothered her over the weekend and tell it from the boys' point of view, but there were a couple problems with that.

One, they might not feel the same problems were relevant. Two, the more she talked the more likely she was to say something she would most likely regret. She was scared that she might let it slip that she had feelings for them. And that was wrong. They were together and with Artemis, and she was probably confused.

Yeah, that was it. Rose was messed up in the head.

The whole 'Artemis thing' brought out feelings that weren't really there. Jealously over nothing. Plus, Dick and Wally were like brothers to her, and people didn't have feelings for their siblings beyond platonic, right? That would just be wrong.

Maybe she should tell them she was okay with their relationship with Artemis. That she approved–though she didn't–in order to make amends. Lying wasn't something she really approved of either, at all, but she was willing to do that if it meant she could be right with the boys again.

But then again what if they wanted that to be kept a secret? They might not be ready to know someone else knew about their relationship with the blonde archer and cause additional problems Rose thought might ruin the good stature she wanted back with them.

Rose let out a frustrated groan as she fell back on her bed and covered her eyes with an arm.

She really wished it wasn't that difficult. It couldn't be. She had to want to make it perfect though, right? It had to be perfect.

"Perfection." Rose scoffed. "Fuck it. Just fuck it." She got up from her bed, deciding she was no longer going to think about this.

She planned to go with what she had–which wasn't much–and just do it.

Looking at the clock, Rose winced. She spent the majority of the evening wasting time. She knew Wally would be spending the night, but she did want to talk to them before midnight. 11:48 PM didn't count.

Rose at least wanted to know what they were doing in order to make sure they either weren't asleep –two teenage boys asleep before midnight on a Friday night? Yeah, right! –or were in calm enough mood for her to come in and talk to them.

Rose took a deep breath before searching specifically for their voices. She could hear what must have been typing and a disapproving grunt Rosalie recognized as Bruce's voice. She could also hear what sounded like rocks and pebbles being swept and knew Alfred was dusting.

Squeezing her eyes tighter closed in focus, Rose thought she heard a muffled noise that sounded a bit like Wally's voice. The more she focused, the clearer the sound got and the more it sounded like a…whimper?

'He could be hurt,'

Dick would have come to get her if something were to have happened, though.

"What did I say?" That was Dick's voice, but it sounded weird. Deeper than usual. "Two more minutes Walls. Then I promise I'll give you what you want."

"I–uh–can't. Need you, now." Wally panted, a groan of pleasure following close behind.

Rose knew she shouldn't be listening to this; she should put her headphones on and ignore the moans and whimpers of pleasure she was hearing that caused her to feel warm between her legs, but couldn't summon the will to.

"I know you can, baby. You passed this lesson with flying colors last time and I know you can this time, too. Your reward for the wait will be so good." A wet sucking sound was heard by Rosalie and she knew it was the sound of a very wet kiss. Though where, she didn't know, and that made her legs weak where she stood. "30 seconds."

Wally continued to whine and writhe on the sheets of Dick's bed while the raven continued to soothe and encourage him in that deep, husky sex voice of his. Rose's breath matched Wally's perfectly by the time Dick called, "time's up."

"See baby," Rose could hear the sound of cloth against skin, and if she listened hard enough, she could hear the sweat Dick missed hit the bed sheets. "I told you, you could do it. Now, I'll give you what you want."

Another quick kissing sound was heard. "Lie back," Rose walked to her bed and sat down, following the command as if spoken to her, her eyes closing at Dick's next words. "I'm gonna make you feel so good, Wally."

The sound of a draw opening and rustling was heard and then a draw closing. Wally's breath hitched and the cap of a bottle popping up filled Rose's ears.

"No," Dick chuckled heavily. "I'm doing this. You don't have to worry about anything. Reward, remember?" A squeezing sound was heard and the bottle being disregarded somewhere on the bed.

Dick let out a groan, "Shit," a sloshing sound and skin pushing through skin that Rose knew was Dick preparing Wally. She had to resist the urge to finger herself when Dick finally entered him.

Rose let out a whimper as her hand slid under her shirt and bra to squeeze one of her breasts and massage the nipple. She thought Dick was gonna fuck Wally, but it seemed to be the other way around and Dick was bottoming from the top.

Rose let out a breathy laugh at that.

'He did always have to be the one in charge or in control.' Wally probably knew that better than anyone now.

The sound of Dick pulling his finger out with a small, wet clenching echoed through Rose's ears.

"You ready?" Dick sounded breathless but smug all at the same time and Rosalie could only imagine the image of what was about to happen.

"Been ready since you put that ring on my dick, babe. Be so much better if you got on with it and stopped taunt–oh god!"

Dick let out a struggled, breathy laugh. "You talk too much."

Rose's hand slid into her jeans and underwear and two of her fingers pushed into her entrance. She also wasn't surprised that Dick was quick and impatient when it came to sex.

Both Dick's room and Rose's ears were filled with the sound of skin smacking against skin and heavy pants and groans.

"I'm–ngh–I'm close," Wally whined out.

"Me too," Dick replied, sounds speeding up. "Together."

With a few more thrusts, the three of them were coming simultaneously with matching moans and screams of ecstasy.

The three lie where they were, trying to catch their breath for a while. When the kissing started up again, Rosalie came back to herself, the only thing she could hear was the sound of her own breathing and her erotic heartbeat.

She should still go see them, but she knew they would need some time to recompose themselves and so did she. Her jeans and underwear were completely wet and it wouldn't be the best thing to do to come in covered in her own juices.

A shower was in order. It would help clear her mind and give them all time to cool off.

Rosalie stood in front of Dick's door, freshly showered in her yellow tank top and red and black pajama bottoms with a loose ponytail going down her back, with a clearer state of mind, though she was having a hard time lifting her arm to knock on the door.

It reminded her of last week when she went to apologize to Dick about her inconsideration during their mission. She still felt bad about that one. She seemed to be messing up more and more lately. Doing things without considering how others might feel or be affected, and that's just not her.

She couldn't stand the thought of purposefully hurting anyone who didn't deserve it; especially her friends. She would rather be locking in a kryptonite cage.

Then it was just Dick she had to make amends with. Today, it was both him and Wally, and the thing that bothered her most was that Dick thought he was in the wrong here. Rose was just pissy and in her feelings due to the sudden, unexpected discoveries over the weekend she blew up at friends who didn't deserve it; ones who were only trying to help and who she care about deeply.

Rose closed her eyes. Taking a deep breath she knocked firmly three times on the door. Muffled ruffling and harsh whispers could be heard on the other side of the door, before it swung open and Rose was face to chest with a shirtless Wally.

"We were–"He stopped when he saw who was standing here. His face went from surprised to bored in a second before he took a step back, a clear invitation for her to enter. He shut the door behind her when she was fully in the room.

Rose looked over at Dick. He was sitting on the bed in only a pair of red and blue pajama bottoms. He smiled when she looked at him.

"I would have come in sooner, but I had something to take care of first." Rose explained, not moving from her spot in front of Dick.

Dick looked past her for a second at Wally behind her, a pleading look in his eyes before he looked back to Rose with a smile. "That's fine. We weren't doing anything interesting anyways."

Rosalie's cheeks grew a faint pink hue at his words, because they were definitely doing something interesting 20 minutes ago.

She cleared her throat, trying to move the memory aside and get to why she was really there.

"I actually needed to think through what I'm here to tell you. I have been trying to figure out what I want to say for the past week, but I have no idea how you guys are going to take it or even if you will want to hear it."

By this time, Wally had walked away from the door to sit with Dick on the bed; both boys with their backs flat against the headboard, attentively waiting for the brunette to go on.

"Last weekend, I was a bitch. To both of you. You were only trying to help me and I was bad about my reaction to it."

Dick and Wally exchanged confused glances before Wally asked, "What are you talking about?"

"In the videogame store, and Dick in the dining room, I overreacted. Everything that happened, finding out about you guys' relationship," Rose sighed, rubbing her hand over her forehead, "I guess the shock of it got to me and bothered me to some degree."

When neither said anything, Rose looked up to find a heartbroken look on Dick's face, and a vengeful one on Wally's. Her brows knit together in confusion before she realized how what she said must have sounded to the boys.

"I have absolutely no problem with your relationship. I actually think you are perfect for each other." She rushed out. "Personally, I think the only person who would go just as well with you is me." She laughed, looking down at her bare feet.

Dick laughed as well, not knowing his friend was only half joking.

"Wait, so you're not homophobic?"

Rosalie's head shot up, shock and disgust all over face. "WHAT?! Why the hell would you think that?"

"Because of Sunday," Dick said, now looking shocked too.

Rose blinked several times, trying to recall yesterday's events, but drawing nothing but blanks. "What the hell are you talking about?"

Wally rolled his eyes. Rose blinked and the redhead was a foot away from her.

"Sunday afternoon when you came to get Dick. I kissed Dick and you looked disgusted. Disgusted to the point where you flat out left. Not just his room, but the fucking mountain. And you expect us to think not homophobic? Get real, Rosalie."

By the end of his rant, Wally was breathless, panting as though he had just run twice around the world. Rose was shocked into speechlessness.

"I-is that why you were apologizing to me last Sunday night, D?" Rose took a step past Wally, towards the bed. "Because you thought I had a problem with you and Wally's relationship?"

Dick didn't respond immediately, but eventually he looked up at her and nodded.

"How do you think I-I d-didn't…" Rose's eyes widened as she stood frozen in place. She had no idea her emotions were so…misleading. If she knew that was what the boys thought she meant she wouldn't have left the mountain and she would have explained everything to them.

Her best friends spent the entire week, thinking she hated them because of the way she reacted a week ago, which wasn't even their fault.

"I am so sorry." She said looking from both Dick to Wally with pleading eyes. "I wasn't–I don't have problem with your relationship. I kept telling you I was okay with it from the day I found out…" Rose fell to her knees in front of the bed, her hands centimeters from Dick's. "I guess it was a bigger shock to my system than I thought. I'm sorry for misleading you and avoiding you over the past week and–"

"Angel," Dick grabbed her cheeks in his hands, his face so close their breaths mingled. At first, she thought he was going to kiss her with how he looked down at her lips. It was then Rose realized she was biting her lip to the point where she could taste the familiar metallic tang of blood.

Her tongue snaked out to swipe across her bottom lip and Dick mimicked her action subconsciously. Their eyes met for a brief second Rose saw something dark and possessive before she felt two hands on her shoulders, pulling her back.

"Common misconception. Everyone makes mistakes." Wally sat her on the bed so she was sandwiched between the two on the edge. "We were all a bit confused."

"No guys, it's not." Rose groaned as she fell back on the bed, lying horizontally across it. "I should have told you, or distanced myself or something. I don't know. I was just mad everyone else knew and I didn't."

"Everyone else assumed." Dick said as he lay on his side to the left of the brunette facing her. "They didn't really know."

"Well I'm your best friend. I should have known." Rose threw her arm over her eyes in exasperation.

Dick and Wally exchanged glances before Wally laid his head on her abdomen. "It's in the past now, Ro. Nothing any of us can do to change it. No matter how much we want to."

"Besides," Dick moved to his hands knees with head leaning directly over hers. "Everything so far should tell you to pay closer attention to your surroundings."

Rose felt as though Dick's words had an alternative meaning, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

"So, relax and let it go. Neither of us is upset, and you should be either." Wally turned his head so emerald green and baby blue met; he gave a calm reassuring smile.

Like always, Rose couldn't help but smile back. The boys were right. She should let it go because they weren't making a big deal about it. But she couldn't help it. She was always the worry wart of their group, constantly going over every scenario and game plan, trying to trying to figure out the best way to go with minimal problem and conflict.

She was also a people pleaser. Rose felt like it was her job to help people and make them happy in any way she could. Her father's daughter, obviously.

Dick and Wally continued to lie beside the Girl of Steel. The three content in the silence as Rose processed everything, the way the boys knew she was. That was until her stomach rumbled the sound seeming to reverberate off the walls.

Rose threw her hand over her eyes on embarrassment, biting her lip to prevent her growing smirk as the boys laughed.

"We ordered pizza while you were locked up in your room." Wally stated, stretching across the bed.

"I told Alfred to leave it out because I knew you would most likely want some whenever you came out of out your room." Dick added, rolling back onto his back and standing up. "You're favorite kind too."

Room temperature pepperoni and green pepper pizza sounded really good right then. With root beer…Rose salivated at the thought.

"Let's go then."

The three sat in one of the two home theaters, watching both Jump Streep movies (because who isn't in love with Channing Tatum?) until they were finished eating their pizza –together running through 5 of them –then beginning a follow up horror movie marathon consisting of Vile, all the Insidious movies, and all the VHS movies until 4:30am, at which time Dick and Wally were sprawled out on the floor, Dick in Wally's lap in front of the chair Rose was lying in, having fallen asleep halfway through the second VHS movie.

Dick was the one to turn around and find Rose asleep once the end credits begun to roll while Wally stretched out and yawned obnoxiously loud, causing Dick to elbow him in the stomach.

"Ow! What was that fo–" Dick slapped his hand over Wally's mouth before the redhead could finish his thought, placing the index finger of the hand not coving Wally's lips to his own, shushing the redhead before pointing to the sleeping Kryptonian, who was still lying horizontally on the chair, curled up under one of the blankets Alfred brought in before he turned in for the evening hours ago. She shifted slightly, scrunching up her nose in a way that reminded Wally of a puppy he used to have, before relaxing her facial muscles once more, sighing in content.

The boys exchanged glances before nodding in agreement. Dick stood up and headed for the door, Wally following behind shortly after standing and picking up the brunette from her chair with the up most care and the two began their ascent to Dick's room.

Neither wanted to wake Rose because of how peaceful she looked while she slept. She always seemed her most beautiful while asleep and almost never woke up throughout the night. Dick gave her the name Briar Rose, after Princess Aurora due to her beauty and ability to sleep, when they were younger. Though neither said it to her face; whenever one of them did, she would look stare at them, confused, before laughing and calling them weird.

Wally placed Rose in the center of the bed with the same amount of care he had used picking her up with; Dick pulled out her scrunchie as he did, before both got on either side of her. Dick pulled up the duvet and he and Wally wrapped their arms around her when she began to shiver.

Rose smiled in her sleep, mumbling something unidentifiable to the boys' ears and subconsciously curling up further into the boys' warm embrace. This caused both boys to smile, placing a kiss on either of Rosalie's cheeks before exchanging a kiss with one another; the two followed their brunette into a blissful sleep.