A/N: Sorry you guys! I had a lot going on, and I was never at home pretty much, so I couldn't update any of my stories!

I'm also sorry that this is just a filler chapter, not a mini-part one. I was stuck on what to put here for a while, but my best friend had something funny happen to him and said I could use it.

Disclaimer: Still no. I still don't own anything recognizable here.

Without any further ado, since I've kept you waiting long enough, here's the cast list!

My best friend: Wally

My best friend's cousin: Joey

My best friend's neighbor: Mrs. Jilion

Inhaling deeply, Wally gazed around the yard, his eyes drawn to the enormous pool in the center.

His aunt and uncle had dragged him to a ridiculous family get together at his uncle's house. It was beyond boring, and Wally couldn't understand why he was even there. Everyone was either too young or too old to pay him any attention. The younger kids were all running around like crazy animals, and the adults were all talking about taxes and gasoline prices. Not the best place for a teenager like Wally.

The biggest problem was that he had tried finding something to do. Wally had tried playing with the younger kids, but they just got too annoying. He tried talking to the adults, but couldn't understand anything they were talking about.

Eventually, he had just given up and started texting Dick to pass time. That didn't last long. His aunt, with her hawk-like vision, had promptly snatched his phone mid-text and told him to "socialize", as if he hadn't tried!

There was only one person there who was around Wally's age, his cousin, Joey. But, Joey was one of those kids who seemed to know everything about everything. So, naturally, he fit right into the adult crowd.

Wally heard footsteps behind him and turned to see none other than Joey himself. He was gasping and panting, his hands resting on his knees as he hunched over.

"Wally, where are you going?" Joey managed. "The party's in the front, not the back."

"Just checking out the pool," Wally replied. Joey's eyes glanced over to said pool, and he straightened and walked over to it.

"This pool is so cool. Wait, what is this?" he asked, his cheeks still lightly flushed as he picked up a strange object. Wally recognized it immediately.

"A retractable pool rake, I think. You know, those things that scoop the leaves and stuff from the pool?"

"Oh," Joey muttered, reaching and picking it up. Suddenly, he let out a pained yelp and dropped the rake into the pool. "OW! Why is the rake so hot? It burned my fingers!"

"Because, genius, it has been sitting in the sun all day. Metal heats in the sun, remember?" Wally sighed. "And here I was thinking you were the smart one."

Joey gave him his best glare, but to no avail. For Pete's sake, Wally was best friends with a bat! BatGlares are the worst glares ever! Joey's glare was nothing compared to those.

"Now one of us has to go down there and get it, and I sure as hell am not going to!" Joey exclaimed.

"Why should I? You were the one who dropped it in there in the first place!" Wally countered.

"Well," Joey started, walking over to the side of the pool area, "How deep is it?"

"8 ft, and you, Captain Asbestos Fingers, managed to drop it into the deep end."

"No. No way am I or could I dive down there. It's way too deep!"

"UGH! Fine!" Wally turned to look if anyone could see him besides Joey. He grabbed the bottom hem of his t-shirt before he hesitated. "Joey, if you look, I will rip out your eyeballs and shove them up your-"

"OK! I get it!" Joey turned around, facing away from Wally. Swiftly, the redheaded boy stripped out of all his clothes and dipped his toes in the water. It was nice and warm, so he jumped in.

"Ok, you can look now," Wally had said once he grabbed onto the rim of the pool. Joey turned back around.

"Can you see it?" Joey asked. Wally squinted at the bottom of the pool. There it was, shifting slightly in the water.

"Yeah, but I'd need goggles to go down that low," No sooner had Wally said this than a pair of goggles were being jiggled in his face.

"Have fun," Joey smirked as Wally put the goggles on.

Wally took a deep breath and submerged. He looked around, spotting the rake at the bottom of the pool. The redhead paddled over to it and snatched it up, pressure building on his body. Wally tucked his legs in and pushed off the bottom of the pool. He broke the surface of the water with a gasp.

Before he could do anything, however, a voice rang out.

"Joey? My my! I haven't seen you in a while!" Wally choked. Crap! Crap crap crap! It was Mrs. Jilion, the next door neighbor. She was super close to Wally's uncle Tim (whose house they were at), so she was at a lot of parties that happened there. Mrs. Jilion was honestly the most peppy and overly social person he had ever met. Even more than M'gann! He took the fact that she hadn't noticed him as a chance to duck underwater again.

"Hey, Mrs. Jilion!" Joey greeted, an uncomfortable edge to his voice.

"Oh my goodness, how you've grown!" Mrs. Jilion gushed. "Why, I remember when you where just a baby! There was this time-"

And so on she blathered, Joey occasionally throwing in a side "Yeah," or a "True." Wally was stuck there, skinny dipping and red faced in the deep end of a pool, a retractable pool rake clutched in his hand, coming up for air slightly every 30 seconds.

After what seemed like hours, but was actually only a few minutes, Mrs. Jilion finally left to go integrate back into the party. Wally came up, sucking in huge gasps of air greedily. Joey was laughing his head off, clutching his stomach from the pain.

"Oh, shut up…" Wally muttered, face burning with embarrassment.

A/N: And done!

I'm not really satisfied with my writing, it's kind of bad in this chapter. But, I'm overly tired and can't do anything about it right now.

Warning: This next bit is going to seem very whiny to some of you guys.

On the last chapter, someone said it wasn't as funny of a chapter as the other ones. Please let me be clear that I don't really like reviews like that, even if it's followed by good comments. Please refrain from saying stuff like that. It kind of makes me lose motivation to write, even if it's a tiny comment. Sorry if this seems whiny or anything.

Well, see you guys next time,

-Hogwarts914