A/N: Hey guys, ElectronicLuvr here. I hope you guys enjoyed my chapters so far. I will still continue this multichapter. I'm sorry if it takes me a while for me to update sometimes. Just trying to make and give the best quality for you guys :) Without further ado, happy reading!
WARNING: Contains and mentions mature themes.
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Since then, I've been going on missions with Barry. To be honest at first, it was difficult and I wasn't used to it. But over time I got better and faster at stopping crime. I don't regret a minute of it.
"That's a lot to take in, Wally." I asserted.
"Yeah, I know, Jinxy." He voiced.
"I'm sorry about your parents Wally, but are you okay currently?" I wondered.
"Yeah, I'm better than okay actually. I'm just happy Uncle Barry and Iris got custody of me. I wouldn't have asked for better parent figures than them." Wally responded.
"I'm glad everything worked out for you." I expressed.
"Anything else you want to ask me, Slowpoke?" He asked me with content.
I thought about it. I always wondered, has anyone has hurt Wally before? The way Leo has hurt me?
"Have you ever gotten your heart broken? If so, who was it and what happened?"
Wally's face shifted as he was carefully thinking about the question I just asked him. I couldn't tell if it was anxiousness or sadness.
"Yeah, I did get my heart broken. Her name was Artemis." He simply replied.
"Wait. Artemis? The Archer?" I quizzically asked him.
"That's her. How did you know?" Wally questioned me.
"You know Cheshire right? When I was at the H.I.V.E. Cheshire was there for a brief while. She wanted true assassin business to be done, so she decided to give the H.I.V.E a chance to see if they were on the same page as her. She became my roommate for the first year at H.I.V.E. She was mostly private about her life, but one thing she always mentioned about was her sister Artemis. Although, she missed leaving her sister behind. Business had to be done as she usually said. She showed me a picture of Artemis that she always keep hidden inside her pouch." I confessed,
"That's surprising. I didn't think anyone else aside from the Justice League knew." He stated.
"Well I think they did, but Cheshire decided to tell me because I usually keep my mouth shut with a lot of things." I explained.
"Ah, got you." Wally said.
"Anyways, why did you guys break up?" I asked.
"I can't really pinpoint one reason as to why we broke up such as us fighting constantly and not being truthful. But if I had to say the main reason why we broke up. I would say, I think I loved her more than she loved me. We dated for two years, but I felt like she was drifting away from me. We were already on the edge of breaking up, but what ended us completely was when I found out she was talking to other guys behind my back. It hurt me a lot because it made me feel like the last two years of our relationship meant nothing to her. It took me seven months to get over her." Wally continued.
*FLASHBACK*
January 11, 2004|6:30 P.M| Mount Justice
The first time I met Artemis was when she was introduced to the Team as Green Arrow's new sidekick. Five months before when the team formed. It consisted of Robin, Speedy, Miss Martian, Superboy, Aqualad, and I. Green Arrow decided to add Artemis to the team because Speedy wanted to pursue heroism on his own for a while. The team had spent the day at the beach, while I was stuck having my first day of school for sophomore year. I tried quickly running back to the base holding my beach attire, but everyone was huddled in a circle and there she was.
"Wall-man is here! Now let's get this party, star-" Wally exclaimed before he tripped.
"-ted" He finished.
"Wall-man huh? I love the uniform, what exactly are your powers?" She snarkily asked.
"Uh? Who's this?" Wally questioned.
"Artemis, your new teammate." She introduced herself.
"Kid Flash, never heard of you." He introduced back.
"Um, she's my new protege." Green Arrow interrupted.
"W-what happened to your old one?" I curiously asked.
"Recognized Speedy, B06."
"So I'm replaceable?" Speedy bluntly pointed out.
"It's not like that, you told me you were going solo." Green Arrow answered.
"So why waste time finding a sub? Can she even use that bow?" Speedy interrogated.
"Yes, she can." Artemis said as she stepped up to Speedy.
"Who are you?" Kid Flash asked.
"I'm his niece." "She's my niece." Artemis and Green Arrow said at the same time.
"Another niece?" Robin joined in.
"But she is not your replacement. We have always wanted you on the team, but we have no quota on archers." Aqualad explained.
"And if we did, you'd know who we'd pick." Wally reassured.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
I wasn't really fond of Artemis at first. She thought I was a jerk and I thought she was rude. We would disagree on simple stuff and we always got on each other's nerves. As we went on more missions and spent more time with each other. We developed feelings for one another. My feelings for her went into the deep end.
I remember her feeling upset about her family. It was been awhile since she saw Cheshire and she didn't know how to react. Apparently Cheshire was playing and pushing Artemis's buttons by trying to mess around with Speedy and almost revealing that Cheshire and her were related. Artemis was scared because it would make her out as the enemy since she was related to an assassin. Speedy already disliked her when he first met her and that wouldn't really help the situation.
"Hey, everything alright?" Wally asked Artemis.
"Not really." She dully replied.
"What's wrong?" He asked her again.
"I haven't seen Jade in such a long time. The last time I saw her was when I was 7. She left to further pursue her villainous career and I was left behind. Now that we finally see eachother again, she decides to greet me like this. Through Speedy and possibly ruin my spot on the team, like who does that? Who does that to their own sister?" Artemis ranted.
"Hey, don't let it get to you. She's probably doing that because she hasn't seen you for awhile. She misses you and when you finally see someone you miss again. It makes you act out of character and portray the worst emotion possible." Wally soothingly replied.
"You think so?" She stared at him.
"I know so." He replied solacely.
"Wow, thanks Wally. I never thought about it that way. I always thought she was only interested in things when it was only in her best interest." Artemis fulminated.
"Now you know, you just got to scratch what's on the surface to understand it fully." He declaimed.
When we finished our conversation, she looked with me with eagerness and precision. I felt gravitation towards her, we grew closer and closer each second passed and before I knew it, her lips were on mine. The kiss lasted for about a minute, but it felt like forever. We officially became a couple two days later when I asked her on our first date. It was funny because I had to delay my girlfriend proposal to her because of Justice League business and she got mad. I knew she was waiting for me to ask.
*June 13, 2004| 2:15 P.M.| League common room
"Ah, so Romeo finally shows up." She teased.
"Hey, don't blame me. Missions are mandatory. Can't say argue back against Bats. You know how he is." He light-heartedly explained.
"I guess you're right Flash. I think I'll let you off the hook this time." She smirked.
"No worries, I never disappoint." Wally stepped closer to Artemis.
"And so he says." She replied in a sultry voice."
Wally gave Artemis a longing and hard kiss and when they finally broke apart, he built up the courage and asked her.
"Artemis, will you be my girlfriend? Before you answer, the options are Yes and Yes." He comically added.
"Ooh, tough choice." Artemis said holding her chin.
"I think I'll go with Yes." She laughed.
"And Kid Flash scores!" Wally celebrated with victory.
We had a strong connection and bond. Our thing was just stroll out in the park and sat there past midnight. I remember one night. After a full year of dating. I decided to tell her I love her. I was so scared of her response until she told me whether or not she felt the same way.
June 20, 2005| 11:37 P.M.| Central City Park
"Artemis?" Wally called.
"Yes, Wally?" She quickly looked over.
"You know, how we dated for a year now right? I wanted to tell you that. I love you." Wally expressed.
Artemis looked at him lovingly while holding his hand and answered him,"I love you too."
I was the happiest man alive when she said she loved me too. It was the best feeling ever, to know that someone that you love loves you back. At least I thought she did for a while.
After I told her I loved her, she started to shut me down. She didn't want to spend time with me when I wanted to take her out on dates. She was gone most of the time. I would usually see her in the Justice League common room, but she stopped showing up. If I was lucky to see her, she would show up in uniform at our base when we were going on missions. If I brought it up to her, she would just brush it off saying she's busy. When I kept asking, she would get angry and say that "I don't trust her." I only dealt with her attitude because I loved her and I had a glimpse of hope left for us. I tried talking to her, but she would always get angry at me and we constantly fought every day.
*October 24, 2005| 5:22 P.M.| League Common Room
"Hey Artemis, since you're off today. I just wanted to ask if you would like to get lunch today together?" I carefully asked her.
"Not today, I'm busy." Artemis cooly replied while typing on her phone.
"You're busy? Doing what?" I quickly asked her.
"Just stuff." She rolled her eyes.
"What stuff? You're on your phone!" I yelled.
"Stuff as in being alone, why do you care?" She rudely replied
"What's up with you lately? You usually don't act like this. I don't even see you anymore." I blurted out.
"I don't know Wally, maybe I just want to be left alone and not be bothered by you. Plus I have a headache. Listening to you ranting about the worst and best restaurants around Central City isn't going to help me." She mockingly expressed.
After she said that. My mood died completely for that week. It hurt me to see that she was acting like that towards me. She didn't even tell me what's wrong and I had to come and ask her to find out. But every time I do, she turns me away. I don't think she even cared about how I felt during that moment or every time we fought.
"Fine, if that's how you really feel then." I said as tears welled up in my eyes.
"Bye." She said as she left.
After Artemis left the common room. I fucking lost it. All the pain and anger built up I had to unleash it somehow. I haven't felt this angry in a long time. The last time I felt this angry when my parents treated me like shit for trying to pursue my dreams.
"Fuck!" Wally screamed as he punched the wall several times leaving holes within it. He dropped to the ground with tears running down his face.
I knew within that moment. I didn't want this pain anymore. That I couldn't handle it anymore. And that Artemis and I were coming to an end soon. I didn't know when it was going to end. Either she ends up breaking it off or I end up leaving and cutting ties with her completely. Then, one day. That's when our love life was sealed and gone. That day marked the day of my breaking point.
*December 15, 2005| 10:30 P.M.| Mount Justice
That day was the day of our mission against villain Queen Bee. I walked in and the whole team was there. Robin, Speedy, Aqualad, M'gann, Superboy, and Artemis. Artemis again was on her phone as usual and I walked to stand by her. She didn't noticed and I looked over to her phone. She was texting Marvin White, one of my classmates. All I saw were flirty texts from him and she flirted back. She didn't even mention about me. One of the texts I saw were he had a great time with her earlier that day and that they should have a date like that again. Upon seeing that, I was done. Done with her, done with us, everything.
"Artemis! What the hell are you doing!?" I yelled.
Artemis looked up. The whole team stopped talking and their eyes shifted towards Artemis and I.
"Wally, chill out. What are you talking about?" She coyly asked.
"Chill out? Are you fucking serious? I know what I just saw. Don't act like you didn't do anything. You fucking cheated on me! I saw you texting Marvin. I was standing right next to you!" I furiously raised my voice.
"Are you joking? Out of everything you could say to me, this is what you came up with? I'm not texting him Wally." She cooly spoke.
"Well then give me your phone, prove me wrong. If you say you didn't text him. I want your phone right now." I demanded.
Artemis stood there and looked me straight in the eye and said,"I'm not going to give you my phone Wally that's personal. It's like you don't trust me."
"Bullshit Artemis. Don't pull that card with me. I wouldn't have acted like this if you didn't act the way you did. You gave me a reason not to trust you." I angrily explained.
"I'm still not giving you my phone Wally." She calmly replied.
"Then, that answers my question then. It's over between us." I informed her.
I turned back to leave, but before doing so I had one last thing to say to her.
"You know Artemis, I loved you and I think I loved you more than you loved me. I tried to make it work between us, but you didn't. You gave up on us that quick. The only reason why I tried was because I fucking loved you. Now that I realized you didn't love me back. You don't know how hurt I was whenever you spoke to me, like you didn't give a single shit about me. I couldn't sleep, eat, or think. It takes me a lot to give up and the fact that I gave up right now is because I've had it with you. You could've grown up the courage and told me you didn't want to be with me anymore. But you didn't. You broke me. You hurted me more than any villain in the world ever could." I lumpily said.
With that the whole room grew wide eyes and everyone stayed silent.
"Wally- wait." Artemis called out.
"Save it, Artemis. Don't bother. I'm done." I loudly remarked.
I turned back around and left through the door. The Team gave Artemis judging eyes before their eyes turned to me as I left. It was horrible and I wished that the Team would never had to witness that, but I just couldn't handle it anymore. It was my breaking point.
*FLASHBACK ENDS*
"We didn't speak for awhile after that. She only reached out to me two months later to apologize and asked how I was doing. I forgave her, but we decided to stay cordial and just consider each other as teammates. That was about it with us." Wally wrapped up.
"Shit… Wally… I can't believe it. I'm sorry."Jinx said, she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Don't worry about it Jinx. I'm okay now. I found you. I know you won't ever do that to me. It's just that no one knew what happened except the Justice League. So now I'm telling you." He softly explained.
"I know Artemis isn't here to defend herself, but I can't help but say… What a bitch move." Jinx calmly replied.
"No it's okay. She apologized and we're just teammates." He summed up.
"Was it just a normal relationship? Did you guys... You know? Do the deed?" I curiously asked Wally
"No. I knew that if I lost my virginity to her. It would wreck me even more. So I decided to save it and do it when I'm ready with a person I really love and if they love me back." Wally detailed.
"So you're a virgin?" I asked shockingly.
"Well yeah, I may be a flirt at times, but I'm not barbaric Jinxy." He replied amusingly.
"Touche, Wally." I replied jokingly.
"I'm sorry, Wally. I just didn't expect it to be like this. You're an amazing person. It hurts me to know that you were hurt like that." I compassionately stated.
"It's okay, Jinx. Thanks for caring. But you don't have to worry about that now. I found love again and it's with you. You made me happy and made me believe that it's possible to find happiness once more." Wally confessed.
"Anytime Wally, thanks for being there for me too. I know I could count on you." Jinx replied.
Wally gave Jinx and soft smile and proceeded to say. "I love you, Jinx. I'm glad I found you."
"I love you too, idiot." She passionately answered back
With the night being still young. Wally and Jinx shared a long and passionate kiss. They wasted no time and decided to spend the whole night away in each other's arms until sunrise.
