A/N: Is anyone else like seriously sad that there are only three more episodes of Young Justice left? It's so sad. Stupid Cartoon Network, you'll have a show about a talking orange but not keep a seriously awesome show like Young Justice? Really? Where is the reasoning in that?
Thanks for all the continued support of this story. I hope you all enjoy the upcoming chapters and this one.
Disclaimer: Young Justice belongs to Cartoon Network (what a shame...)
Aftermath
Artemis looked up from her very in depth analysis of the ceiling when she heard a knock on the door. Artemis looked back up at the ceiling. She had been avoiding everyone since leaving Corsica three days ago. Out her small little window she saw Sicily, Italy, and Greece, but she never got off the boat to explore. She left her room to eat and work.
Megan had tried talking to her when they worked as waitresses together the day after Corsica, but had quickly released that Artemis was not really in the mood to talk about it. Everyone else caught on quickly. Artemis wasn't trying to be a bitch or anything, she just needed time to cool down. She was furious with Roy for saying those things to her, but she was also kind of annoyed with her friends for not saying anything.
Sure, they'd known Roy longer then her, but still. She had hoped that at least one of them would have stuck up for her when Roy insulted her. She banged her fist against the bed, just thinking about it, making her angry.
"Artemis, I know you are in there." Ollie's voice came through the door. "If you don't open the door in three seconds, I will just use my key to get in. Save me the trouble of having to look through my numerous pockets for the key when most likely I left it in the Watchtower."
Despite her crappy mood, Artemis had to smile. Oliver was the only person in this world who could always make her smile no matter what.
She got up and unlocked the door, and then walked back to her bed. Oliver walked in and pulled the chair out from behind her desk and sat on it, staring at her.
"What's wrong Artemis?" Ollie asks.
"Nothing's wrong." Artemis lies.
"I know you're lying kid. You've been moping around the boat since we left Corsica. Did something happen?" Ollie's face darkens. "Did someone hurt you? I will personally throw somebody overboard if I have too."
"No, no, nobody hurt me Ollie. I just...you heard about the robbery?" Artemis asks.
"Yeah. I sent the teenagers back on a plane to the states personally." Oliver says.
"Well I chased after the thief when we saw..." Artemis was cut off by Oliver.
"You chased after a thief? Artemis, what were you thinking? She could have been armed. You could have been hurt!" Oliver exclaims.
"Ollie, it was Jade." Artemis says simply.
"Oh." Oliver says, temporarily dumbstruck. "Only Jade?"
"Yeah, dear old dad is still locked up and has no clue that I'm staying with you. But, I talked with Jade. I was going to bring her in Ollie, I swear! I had her cornered but then she threatened to get in contact with dad and to tell everyone about me." Artemis says quietly. They were both silent for a few minutes. Oliver got up off of the chair and took a seat besides Artemis on the bed.
"This is usually Dinah's expertise, but I'm going to try my best kid." Oliver starts. "First off, I don't blame you and I doubt anyone would for letting Jade go. Besides the fact that she is your family, your dad can not know you are here. It would harm you more then some silly stolen jewels will harm the jeweler if your dad knew. Second, I know you are keeping something else from me."
"It's Roy. He accused me of being paid off by the thief and that I am only hanging on to you and Dinah because you guys are rich." Artemis confesses, feeling good to get it off her chest.
"Artemis, people will always be talking. You can't let that affect you." Oliver wisely tells her. "Now, do you want me to have a talk with Roy?"
"No! Don't do that. Ollie, that would be humiliating." Artemis tells him.
"Fine, just this once because your my favorite almost daughter." Oliver says with a smile. A small smile graces Artemis' face as well. Oliver gets up and kisses the teenage girl on the forehead. "Whatever bad blood is between you and Roy, you two need to work out. Dinah and I can only do so much. If you need to talk to either of us, we are always there for you Artemis. We aren't like your other family."
Artemis simply nodded and watch Oliver walk out of the room. He was dead on with his last statement. Her father would have called her weak or dumb for ever letting something like that affect her. She hadn't seen her sister since she was nine and she walked out on them. Her mom would have tried to comfort her, but the truth is, her mom isn't exactly the comforting type. She smiled. She was lucky to have Oliver and Dinah. Roy could believe what he wanted to believe, but she needed them for something so much greater then money. She needed them because they made her feel whole. They made her feel worth it.
Tired of being in her room, Artemis stepped out of her room and walked down the hall to the elevator, riding up to the main level. She was pretty sure that most of the passengers were currently at Zatanna's father's magic show in the performance hall on the floor below, leaving her one of the few people on the main deck.
She walked out onto the main deck, staring up at the stars above. She sat back in a lounge chair and located the few constellations she knew, and then the ones that she had made up when she was younger. She had always loved to sit out on the fire escape outside her window and squint up into the sky, trying to locate stars in the sky despite the brightly lit city of Gotham.
"Whatcha looking at Blondie?" A voice she had come to associate with impeding annoyance said from besides her.
"What do you think Kid Idiot? What could I possibly be looking up at in the sky?" Artemis said, her voice sounding a bit more bitter then she was trying to sound.
"Just trying to start a conversation harpy. Geesh, when did you get so defensive?" Wally asks, taking a seat in the lounge chair besides her.
"Sorry." Artemis said quietly, looking away from the sky out to sea.
"Did, I just hear that correct? Did Artemis Crock just apologize?" Wally asks in mock shock.
"Shut up Baywatch before I make you." Artemis says, smiling in the darkness.
"I would like to see you try Blondie. I'm too quick for you." Wally smirks.
"Someday we'll just have to test that."
"Someday we definitely will."
The two teens were smiling at each other, but neither could really see in the darkness.
"Look Artemis, about Corsica..." Wally started.
"Can we not talk about it? It's done, whatever, I'm over it now." Artemis says quickly, cutting him off.
"You sure? I mean, you've been avoiding all of us? And you barely said two words to Zatanna or I today on lifeguard duty."
"I'm certain Baywatch."
"Okay...so do you know any constellations?" Wally asks, looking up at the sky.
"As a matter of fact, I know tons. You see that star right there." Wally followed Artemis' pointed finger.
"Yeah."
"Well that, along with the three next to it form Eagle."
"Eagle? I've never heard of that one before." Wally asks confused.
"That's because I made it up when I was seven."
"Really? I thought you actually knew constellations."
"I only know the big dipper."
"Everyone knows the big dipper." Wally proclaims.
"Whatever Baywatch." Artemis replies. "You see that one over there, that is Star."
"You named a star, star?"
"Well the five of them together look like a star."
"I don't see it."
"That's because you have no creativity."
"I have tons."
"No way."
The two teens continued to talk and argue well into the night. Neither of them noticed when a skinny boy with black hair took a picture of the two of them from behind a corner. A dark haired girl stood besides him trying not to giggle. The two of them quickly ran into the lobby area.
"Think they noticed?" Zatanna asked.
"No way, they were totally feeling the aster." Dick replies.
"Aster?" Zatanna questions.
"I came up with it today, it means the opposite of disaster." Dick explains. Zatanna gives him a weird look for a second, before shrugging.
"Whatever boy wonder. Come on, let's go print out the picture. I'm sure it'll come in handy sometime in the future." Zatanna grabs the boy wonder's hand and pulls him towards the elevator, not noticing the redness slowly spreading across the boy's face.
Wally was in the middle with shoveling down his second helping of breakfast, when Artemis approached the table.
"Artemis!" Megan proclaimed standing up and hugging the other girl. "I've missed you."
"Hey Megan. I haven't really gone anywhere." Artemis says. Wally could tell she was uncomfortable with being hugged.
"I know, but you've been very distant my friend." Kaldur says. Artemis looked over at him and then the rest of them.
"Yeah, about that, I'm sorry guys for moping around for the past few days."
"We owe you an apology too, girl." Raquel states.
"Yeah, you're our friend too. We shouldn't have let Roy say those things to you." Dick says.
"Forgive us?" Zatanna finishes, smiling widely.
"Course I do." Artemis says, smiling widely as well. She takes a seat in between Conner and Zatanna, still smiling. Wally was pretty sure she had never seen her smile so much at one time.
"Guess where we are going next?" Megan says to them.
"Where?" Conner asks, even though they all knew it wasn't nessacary. They all knew Megan was seconds away from blurting it out.
"Cyprus! It is going to be so cool." Megan squeals excitedly.
"Totally." Wally replies, before commencing to shovel more food into his mouth.
A/N: So this chapter is a little shorter. What do you guys think? Was it to mushy? I really wanted a quality Oliver and Artemis moment and you can never have enough Spitfire. Next chapter will also be longer. I also wanted to have this done before tomorrow's new episode. I'm thinking about adding some of the characters from the season 2 team as well. Tell me in a review what people you guys want to see and I'll do my best to work them into the story somehow. Thanks for reading. I'll hopefully have to next chapter up sometime tomorrow or Sunday.