Artemis & Apollo

Chapter Fourteen

A/N The pic above is Artemis' necklace, just picture it silver and with an A instead of a B.

"Merry Christmas, Artemis!" Megan said excitedly. "You too, Apollo!"

"Thanks, Megs!" Apollo said with a grin. He walked over to Kaldur, who was his best friend. The two got along easily, having personalities that worked well together. Apollo was also friends with Roy, despite the fact that Roy and Artemis hated each other.

Artemis stayed in the kitchen area with Megan and the team's newest member, Zatanna, trying to ignore Roy and helping finish lunch. "That's a really pretty necklace, Art," Zatanna said.

"Thanks. My family gave it to me for Christmas." It had been less than fifty dollars, but they were poor and had Paula and four kids, so that was a lot of money to spend on one person.

"So, I still can't believe you and Wally are aren't a thing," Zatanna said.

"Would you stop with that?" Artemis asked. "It's annoying."

"Which is your excuse as to why you won't date him."

"For the millionth time, I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!!!"

"Uh-huh."

Artemis rolled her eyes and pulled up a picture of her and Ronnie on her phone. "There. Proof of boyfriend."

"I'm still asking your brother. Hey, Apollo! Does Arty have a boyfriend?" She yelled.

"Yep!" Apollo yelled back.

"Thanks!" She looked at Artemis. "You win."

"Told ya."

"You're still gonna get with Wally," Megan said.

"You guys are delusional."

"You won't be saying that someday in the future when you and the 'Wall-man' are making out." Zatanna said with a smirk.

Artemis face turned red. "Shut up!"

"Aww, she's blushing," Megan squealed.

"Shut up," Arty muttered.

They set up the food and Megan yelled that it was ready. While they were eating and opening presents, Apollo's phone rang. "Hey, Justin, what's up?" He said.

"Justin?" Wally asked.

Artemis laughed. "It's a nickname for our older brother, Andy. He had that Justin Bieber haircut- ya know the infamous swept over bangs and whatnot- last year and Apollo started calling him Justin Bieber because of it and it stuck. Andy retorted with calling Apollo Kurt Cobain, cuz of his hair, and that stuck. I call them both by those nicknames when they annoy me. It annoys them because they can't think of a good comeback for me. Hilary Duff is as bad as it's gotten. They haven't come up with anything for our sister, either." They all laughed except Apollo, who glared at her.

His conversation with Andy was over. "Art, we need to head home to get ready for Uncle Ollie's Christmas party tonight."

"But it's only one o'clock. We told Uncle Ollie that we'd be there at 6:30 to help set up."

"Yeah, but that's only five and a half hours for Mom, Andy, you, and me to shower, to convince Andy to wear a tux properly without the collar popped up or something, wrestle you into a dress and makeup, and get there on time."

Artemis' eyes widened. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, who said anything about makeup?!"

"Mom."

Artemis looked completely done. "But I don't need makeup," She whined.

"Well, Mom said that you had to wear it so suck it up."

"Not happening."

"This is why we need to leave now, even though we have five and a half hours left. Bye, guys." He picked up his pouting sister and carried her the zeta tubes and they teleported away. Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

"They're gonna need every millisecond of that time to put Arty in a dress and makeup," Wally said truthfully. They barely got there on time because Artemis had practically thrown a fit like a toddler about having to wear a fancy dress and makeup.