My Sunshine

Part 4, Not real

She had tried.

Artemis sat at the dinning room table, surrounded by magazines and brochures and binders. Her laptop was set up among the mess in front of her. Nelson Jr laid at her feet.

She had tried looking for him. Searching Antarctica till they made her stop. Searching the world till she couldn't look any longer. Till she forced herself to accept it. But thing was, she still hasn't. A part of her tells her that this is all wrong. Everything is. A cynical smile twists her face. Artemis makes it fall though, because she doesn't need to start that again. She reaches over to her purse, digs out the little bottle and pops a pill or two. Then she swallows them dry and picks up another magazine. She flips through it mechanically. She's looked through so many that all the white and lace and silk has begun to blend together. Artemis can hardly even make out the models faces. But she was running out time.

Throwing it somewhere on the table, Artemis leaned her elbows on the table and put her head in her hands. Zatanna had done most of the work. She had handled the cake, the catering and the decorating. The guests had been a group effort. However, she just needed a dress. And it was three months till the, event. Her nose wrinkled as she stared at her computer screen. The background was of her, and him, and the rest of the team. They had gone out to do some regular teen stuff. Red Tornado's insistence that they do so. They all looked so happy.

Artemis shut the laptop screen quickly. Foot steps walked out from the kitchen and an arm wrapped around her shoulders.

" Still searching?" His breath tickles her cheek.

" Yeah," Artemis shrugged but his arm doesn't leave.

" I thought Zatanna wanted to take you out with a couple of the girls."

" We're going next week."

Dick kissed her lips. She doesn't tense up anymore. She can ignore the pain and the guilt. She's doing this because she has to. She has to move on, for her and him. So her eyes close as the kiss deepens.

" Tula," He whispers against her lips.

" Hm?" Her eyes fly open.

" Nothing," Kaldur quickly leans away from her, arm going back to his side quickly.

" You said Tula," Artemis stated.

" No, I didn't," Connor raised an eyebrow at her." I asked if you and M'Gann had decided when your bachelorette or whatever would be."

" Connor?" Artemis tilted her head.

" Yeah?" He looked at her oddly.

Wait.

Wasn't he supposed to be-

Was he-

What happened to Dick? Kaldur? Why was Connor here? Wasn't he with M'Gann?

Artemis pushed away from the table and got to her feet quickly. She was going insane. This had to be the pills. Did she take too many?

" Something wrong, babe?" Dick, Kaldur, and Connor asked. But now they had Wally heads.

What the fuck was going on? Where was-

" Mommy?"

Artemis turned around, the shock sending tremors under her skin and through her body.

Wally.

The young woman gasped and her eyes snapped open. The sun was just peeking in through the blinds. Nelson was snoring at the end of the bed. Wally was snoring with his mouth wide open and drooling. Artemis sighed heavily, relaxing as she snuggled into Wally's side.

Thank God.

Spitfire love
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Okay. So I got no other 'parts' planned so far so... I dunno. I might continue, I might not.