16. Prom

Wally was...well, he was disappointed and embarrassed...mostly disappointed. During the week he was in Gotham, hanging out with Robin, a girl from Gotham Academy asked him out, to prom! Of course Wally was stoked and happy about a senior girl asking him out to prom. How could he say no to that? Robin was congratulating him for his date and going to the prom! But of course, it was too good to be true.

Here he was, in Gotham Academy's gym (which is so sweet) and...dateless. His date stood him up, she was a no show for two hours. Wally really didn't know why he was even waiting for her. At least he can enjoy the part...alone...here...by himself...his life sucks.

Sure some girls who were with their friends would giggle and glance at him, but they didn't approach him. Wally was looking spiffy, his hair was was his usual spike defying gravity, and wearing a black tux and bow tie. Wally looked sharp and classy, something he doesn't feel with his costume or in his civvie.

Wally let out a sigh and decided to leave after scanning the gym again. He was about to give up until someone caught his eyes. It wasn't his date, but...she looked familiar. Her hair was long, it was blond and braided, and hanging over her shoulder. The girl wore a blue strapless dress that came down to the floor and wore a matching colored blue ballet shoes. Her back was facing him so he couldn't see her face, but he had a feeling that he knew her from somewhere. The girl was walking away from him, and before he could stop himself his legs moved on its own and followed her into the crowd.

Though, the world seems to be against him today because he lost her in a matter of seconds as he merged with the crowd. After a few more minutes of search, Wally finally gave up. Well, this was a memorable night now wasn't it, Wally sarcastically thought. Screw you life! Wally let out another sigh that night and headed for the door. On his way there, he bumped into someone.

"Sorry-oh no." This can't be happening.

Artemis was pissed, no, she was beyond pissed. She was seething with rage. Artemis was stupid enough to say yes to a boy who asked her out to prom, and was even more stupid enough to come to prom. This is what she gets. Artemis Crock was stood up. NOBODY stood up Artemis Crock! But she blames herself being humiliated like this for actually saying yes to go to prom with the guy. It was too good to be true. What kind of senior would ask her to prom, especially if it's a boy who goes to Gotham Academy? She was just glad nobody really noticed her, she did go through a drastic change for this. Her mom was so happy for her actually saying yes to go to prom. But the make up and the dress wasn't her mom's doing, oh no, you should thank Zatanna and M'gann.

There was much screaming and squealing from the two girls. Artemis was pulled into Zatanna's room and the girls made sure she got ready on the day of her prom. M'gann did the make up and hair while Zatanna got her dress and shoes ready. The minute the two were finished, Artemis didn't recognized who the girl in the mirror was, she looked so...unlike her. For the first time Artemis felt beautiful.

Artemis always seen herself confident and strong, not beautiful. She never have the time to do what any average girl had to deal with. While girls worry about zits and their first crush, Artemis had to worry mostly about her family matters, their 'jobs', and trying not to get killed by her own father. This was the first time Artemis looked and felt beautiful, it was strange.

Now, here she was in a beautiful dress, alone in prom. Just great.

Artemis sighed and made her way to the door, not wanting to stay any longer. On here way to the door, she bumped into someone.

"Sorry-oh no." Artemis heard the oh so familiar voice.

The archer dared herself to turn around and regretted it. Of all the people, it had to be Wally West. This couldn't get any worse, could it?

The two young superheroes glared at each other, their arms crossed.

"What are you doing here?" Artemis snapped.

"I could ask you the same thing!"

"I go to school here, Baywatch." Her eyes narrowed dangerously.

Wally blinked in surprise. "What?"

"I'm on chancellorship, now answer my question. Why are you here?" Artemis asked again.

"I...was asked out to prom." He truthfully said, not bothering to lie to the blond archer.

Her brow shot up. Did...he get stood up too? Artemis calmed down and pursed her lips. She may not like him, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about the idiot.

"You too, huh."

"What do you mean 'You too'? ...Don't tell me..." Wally frowned.

"Yeah, how stupid am I? Make fun of me as much as you want." Artemis scoffed, folding her arms.

"...I'm not gonna make fun of you, why would I do that?" Wally sighed.

"Because you hate me." She said as if stating the obvious.

"Since when did I ever said that?"

"You're always reminding me that I'm just a replacement." Artemis scowled.

Wally couldn't respond to that. He never really meant to make her feel that way. He didn't hate her, not at all. Artemis was different from M'gann or Black Canary, she doesn't react the way the Martian or the older woman do. And it just became a natural routine in his life he really didn't think much about it until now.

"I'm sorry."

"...Hell must have frozen. Did you just apologize...to me?" Artemis looked bewildered.

Wally couldn't help but blush. "Shut up."

Enter uncomfortable silence. Thank you, uncomfortable silence.

Wally shifted uncomfortably in his spot.

"Wanna hang out?" Artemis quickly blurted out.

The young speedster was caught off guard by the question. And before Artemis could say anything, Wally cut her off. "Sure, it would be nice."

"Okay..." Artemis whispered softly.

The two were in comfortable silence, watching the dance with little interest and focused more to each other without the other noticing. It was during that moment the up beat and fast song turned slow. Soon, couples were on the dance floor, slow dancing. The two young heroes glanced at each other from the corner of their eyes.

"Wanna dance?" They both said in unison.

They smiled at each other. Wally led her to the dance floor, grabbed her hand and waist, and started to dance. Artemis had her hands on his shoulder and followed his lead. They didn't know how long the song lasted, but by the end the two were close to each other. Artemis's head was in the crook of his neck, listening to his breathing and heartbeat. Wally's arms were wrapped around her waist, his chin resting on top of her head, memorizing her scent. Perhaps...prom wasn't so bad after all.

From the other side of the gym, Dick Grayson, a.k.a Robin the Boy Wonder, grinned like a maniac as he watched his best friend and female best friend having a great time. He slipped out his digital camera and zoomed in on them. Taking a picture, the boy let out his signature laughter.

They were going to laugh about this some day.

Thank you so much for YJ-Lover for the idea! There were other great ideas I will use! But more suggestion will be appricated. I hope it was too OOC...if it was OOC, then I apologize for it.

Oh Robin, I could totally see him doing that! Lol! XDDD