The Project •On Hold•

👽 Chapter Twelve 👽

Megan walked around the mall with Raquel, Artemis and Zatanna in tow. Raquel had actually started to grow on the kids as they had gotten to know her.

They arrived at the food court. "What should we get?" Zatanna asked.

"I don't know," Raquel answered. "Chinese?"

Artemis' phone rang. "Dammit." She answered it. "Này Mẹ. Có chuyện gì vậy?" (Hey, Mom. What's up?) The person said something. "Ngay bây giờ?" (Right now?) More talking from whoever she was talking to. "Bạn nghiêm túc chứ? Được rồi, tôi sẽ đến đó sớm thôi." (Are you serious? Ok, I'll be there soon.) She hung up. "I gotta go, sorry."

"It's alright," Megan assured her.

Artemis hurried off.

"I wonder what's up with her," Zatanna said.

"I'll ask her when I get home," Raquel said.

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The next day, Megan, along with the rest of the group, tagged along to archery tryouts with Artemis.

Ten minutes after they signed in, everyone trying out had arrived.

"Alright, as most of you guys know, I'm the archery coach, Oliver Queen. You kids have tagged me as Green Arrow for whatever reason that may be." There were some laughs from the students, as Oliver was wearing his signature dark green T-shirt with an arrowhead emblem on it. "I have two assistant coaches, Roy and Will Harper."

"And we will start tryouts when Will decides that it's time to stop making out with his girlfriend!" Roy yelled.

Will immediately yanked away from the ebony girl whom he was rather passionately kissing, making all those present laugh. Megan noticed Artemis' eyes widen when she saw Will's girlfriend, then her brows furrowed with confusion. Megan wondered what exactly that was about.

"Aw, you're no fun, Roy!" Jade said.

"At least I'm being productive."

"Your brother is being very productive."

Roy snorted. "Says the old school slut. Still dunno what Will sees in you."

Jade flipped her ponytail over her shoulder. "I'm irresistible."

Oliver laughed. "Ok, Jade, can we borrow Will for a little while?"

Jade sighed. "I suppose."

Megan glanced at Artemis. She no longer looked confused, but she was smirking.

The twins finally got a close look at Artemis' face. "What are you doing here, Blondie?!" Roy exclaimed.

"I heard you guys graduated and so I figured your team could use the help."

Will raised an eyebrow at her.

"Ok, actually my parents separated and my mom and I moved here. Wasn't my first choice. But, I honestly didn't remember where you guys went to school. It happened to be here."

"That sounds more likely," Will said.

Jade had glanced over to see who the commotion was about, and her jaw went slack.

Artemis noticed, and jerked her head in a 'sup' motion. "Hey, Sis."

Everyone looked at her in shock, except for Jade, who got over herself. "Hey, Mouse."

"What?!" Wally and Will shouted.

"Is this why you said that you wished that she beat me in the archery championship?!" Will exclaimed.

Jade shrugged. "Yeah."

Artemis put a hand over her heart. "You wanted me to win? That's the most sisterly thing you've ever done in my life!"

"That's an exaggeration."

"Maybe. But I'm not the one who ditched my little sister after Zeph- I'm leaving. Every girl for herself, right?" She looked at Oliver. "You know you want me on the team, go ahead and put me on it, I don't have the energy to put up with HER anymore." Artemis stormed off.

"What just happened?" Will asked.

"I- ugh!" Jade took off.

"So..." Oliver said. "Let's try to finish this up as normally as possible, shall we?"

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"Raquel, I assume you're going to ask Art about this?" Dick asked.

"Like, duh."

"You know, I thought Artemis looked like someone, but I couldn't figure out who, so I shrugged it off. But it was Jade she reminded me of!"

"I'm gonna go check on her," Megan said.

"I'll take you," Raquel said.

"I'm coming, too!" Zatanna exclaimed. The three girls ran off.