A/N: I'm not completely happy with this one (especially the end) but I hope you enjoy it. :)
Window
Artemis jolted awake. Suspicious, she surveyed the room for an intruder. She had been waken in just such away for some of her father's "training exercises". However, there were no ninjas in the corners of her room, nor the hulking figure of her father. She heard a knocking noise, and her eyes traveled to her window, where a freckled face was pressed up against the window. Groaning, she rolled over to the edge of her bed and stood up, taking a blanket, to disguise the state of undress she usually slept in.
Wally was grinning at her when she reached her window and annoying awake. She slammed the window open. "What the hell do you want, Wally?"
He ignored her question, "Do you know what today is, Artemis?"
"Um...April twentieth?"
"Nope. That was yesterday. Clock struck twelve a few minutes ago."
Artemis sighed. She wished Wally would let her go back to sleep. She needed it; earlier that week Batman had given them a mission that stretched into yesterday morning. "What's so special about today then?"
His grin grew even wider, if that was possible. He leaned toward her and whispered, "Happy Birthday!" Then he cupped the back of her head in his hands and kissed her.
Before she had time to respond or reciprocate, he backed away, his face beet red. "Right, so I'll be going now. Sleep, and all of that."
Window
Artemis jolted awake. Suspicious, she surveyed the room for an intruder. She had been waken in just such away for some of her father's "training exercises". However, there were no ninjas in the corners of her room, nor the hulking figure of her father. She heard a knocking noise, and her eyes traveled to her window, where a freckled face was pressed up against the window. Groaning, she rolled over to the edge of her bed and stood up, taking a blanket, to disguise the state of undress she usually slept in.
Wally was grinning at her when she reached her window and annoying awake. She slammed the window open. "What the hell do you want, Wally?"
He ignored her question, "Do you know what today is, Artemis?"
"Um...April twentieth?"
"Nope. That was yesterday. Clock struck twelve a few minutes ago."
Artemis sighed. She wished Wally would let her go back to sleep. She needed it; earlier that week Batman had given them a mission that stretched into yesterday morning. "What's so special about today then?"
His grin grew even wider, if that was possible. He leaned toward her and whispered, "Happy Birthday!" Then he cupped the back of her head in his hands and kissed her.
Before she had time to respond or reciprocate, he backed away, his face beet red. "Right, so I'll be going now. Sleep, and all of that."
A/N: Also, for anyone who liked my "Silver" I've released the prologue to that story on here.