Author's Note: Well, here it is, the last chapter of the story. I hope you all enjoyed it, despite my lack of updating on a regular basis. I enjoyed this story, because it was my first Roy/Artemis story and I definitely hope to write more of them in the future. Thank you so much to all the people who reviewed, favorited, and subscribed. I wouldn't have been able to finish this without your support.

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Chapter Twelve: Come Home

Right now there's a war vanities

But all I see is you and me

The fight for you is all I've ever known

So come home.

During the span of the next three months, Artemis makes the mistake of sleeping with Roy over and over again. She can't explain why she keeps going back to his apartment late at night, for nothing more than sex, but she doesn't discourage herself from doing it either.

She tells herself, every time, that this time will be the last time. But it never is.

And soon enough, Roy is back to making her breakfast in bed. Soon enough, she's put her toothbrush next to his on the bathroom counter. Artemis finds herself staying longer after they've finished making love, wanting to stay.

Even though she knows she shouldn't.

Because Roy still cheated on her with Jade. And because Roy was still having a child, a daughter with Jade Nguyen. Nothing—not time apart, no amount of distance—would ever change that fact.

Truthfully, Artemis wanted nothing more than to just forgive Roy, to tell him that she could work towards forgetting all of this, that the two of them could try again. But a part of her would always be jealous of Jade and their daughter.

A part of Roy would always belong to Jade, and understandably so. They'd been intimate, just as Artemis and Roy had been intimate. Whenever you made that kind of connection with another person, it left its mark on you, no matter how small or invisible. And the fact that they'd created life with one another, was just another bond to tie the two of them together.

Even if Jade wanted nothing to do with Roy, even if she said she'd leave Roy alone for the rest of their days, it wouldn't make a lick of difference. There would be holidays, birthdays, weekends just because the kid would want to see her dad, or her mom. She'd have to see Jade and of course the kid as well. If Artemis took Roy back, she would have to accept the fact that Roy would never be completely hers. He would always be the father of Jade's child, not just the father of her children if they ever got to that point.

Artemis wasn't sure she could handle that.

"You look beautiful." Roy murmured softly in Artemis' ear.

He noted the blush rising in her cheeks, but she didn't turn to look at him or bother snapping at him with some snarky remark. She simply stared ahead, listening for Ollie and Dinah's wedding coordinator to give them the cue to start walking once the doors were opened.

Today was Ollie and Dinah's wedding day, a day that, up until recently, Roy had been dreading.

Since the start of the wedding planning, Ollie and Dinah had wanted Roy and Artemis, aka the Best Man and Maid of Honor, to walk down the aisle together. Everyone had been perfectly amenable to that situation when Roy and Artemis were still a couple. When the break up hit however. . .Artemis hadn't exactly been thrilled to have to walk anywhere arm in arm with Roy.

Roy wasn't exactly certain where he and Artemis stood now. Friends with benefits? Exes with benefits? He had no idea how to classify their relationship. All he knew was that he'd take as much as he could get of her, because no matter what he'd done, he'd never stopped loving her. He always would love her, and looking at her now, he couldn't possibly fathom why he'd ever consider letting that go to waste.

"Hey Arty I—"

"All right, Artemis, Roy," the wedding coordinator Gina interrupted. "We'll open the doors, count to three and then start walking."

"Tell me after," Artemis whispered, to Roy, looping her arm through his, as the doors swung open and the inside of the church came into view. Roy spotted Ollie waiting at the end of the aisle, a proud smile on his face as the two of them made their way down the aisle.

Roy could feel Artemis' nails digging into his arm and he smiled, knowing she was probably struggling to walk in her high heels. He made sure not to walk too quickly, and after a few shaky strides, the pair were able to make it to the end of the aisle with no incident. They separated and Artemis went to stand across the altar from Roy while he moved to stand next to Ollie.

In the back of his mind, Roy could hear the bridal procession music begin to play, and knew he should turn to look at Dinah like the rest of the chapel was surely doing, but he couldn't take his eyes off of Artemis. She wasn't looking at him, no, like most everyone else she was looking at Dinah who Roy knew looked beautiful in her white dress, and smiling that little smile she always used when she was really happy about something. Her grey eyes were faraway however and that meant she was thinking of something.

Roy wondered if she was thinking about how it would feel to be in Dinah's position right now. Walking down the aisle, dressed in white, in front of all of her friends and family, towards the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

Was that man Roy?

He certainly hoped it was, because now, looking across at Artemis over the wedding altar, he could almost see her coming his way, imagine himself taking her hand and standing before the minister together.

"We are gathered here today to celebrate the. . ."

Roy didn't realize he was still staring at Artemis until she raised her eyebrows at him and coughed discreetly, gesturing at him to face forward.

He took that as the go ahead.

"Hey you."

Artemis looked up from her spot at the wedding party's table to find Roy standing above her, a small smirk on his face. She folded her arms and leaned back with a huff, a pose that clearly said what do you want now?

"If you're going to ask me if I want to go into the bathroom and bang the answer's no," she said shortly, staring down at the table.

Roy raised an eyebrow and shrugged, looking totally unbothered by her tone. "Actually I was going to ask you if you wanted to dance."

Oh. Artemis' face automatically heated up and she had no doubt her cheeks were turning just a shade darker than they normally were. She ran a hand through her hair—although it was much harder considering it was curled—and nodded, standing up.

"I think we're kind of obligated," Artemis said, shrugging as she came around the table to grab Roy's hand.

She allowed Roy to lead her out on the dance floor, rolling her eyes when saw M'gann and Connor shoot her a thumbs up. The two of them were so ridiculously nosy when it came to what was happening between her and Roy, and Artemis knew that they were rooting for her to get back together with him.

And she really was considering it. She just wasn't sure that Roy was that serious about them right now. After all, he was getting all of the benefits of a relationship with her right now, without the actual relationship.

"Don't think too hard, Blondie," Roy suddenly murmured in her ear, squeezing her hip.

Artemis snorted and looked up at Roy, who was staring at her with that damn smirk of his that she both hated and loved. "I could've said the same to you in the chapel, pretty boy."

Roy had seemed so completely distracted when Dinah had been making her way down the aisle. Artemis would've thrown her bouquet at him if it hadn't of been a totally inappropriate thing to do, but she really did want to know what had been on his mind. He'd been staring at her the entire time, so logically one could assume he was thinking of her, but Artemis thought that was just the conceited part of her brain telling her what she wanted to hear.

"Yeah. . .about that. . ." Roy trailed off, searching her eyes with his piercing blue eyes. He opened his mouth as if to say something but then closed it, settling instead for twirling Artemis around the dance floor.

"About that," Artemis repeated with a snicker, as she twirled back in, "you looked like a moron."

Roy rolled his eyes, but his expression soon transformed into a serious one. "Listen Art. I really—We've been—"

"Yes?" Artemis prompted, curious as to what he had to say now. It wasn't very often that Roy Harper was at a loss for words.

Roy took a deep breath before leaning down and pressing his lips against hers. She was surprised, shocked even, since they hadn't even let on to anyone that were talking again outside of wedding party business, but she wasn't complaining. Because Roy wasn't kissing her like he did when they slept together, there was no urgency or lustful intent behind the kiss.

He was kissing her like he would be kissing her for the rest of their lives, and he hadn't done that since before the drama with Jade.

When he finally pulled away, he looked at Artemis, searching her eyes, a small smile playing along his lips. "Artemis I need you to know, that I'm sorry for what happened with Jade. What I did was unforgivable and I—"

"Roy this isn't the place—"

"No, let me finish," he insisted. "Please." He took another deep breath, and Artemis couldn't help but echo it. This wasn't what she had, had in mind for today.

"I love you Artemis," Roy told her. "I have loved you for a long time and I always will. And today. . .when I saw you across from me at the altar I just—"

Artemis' heart suddenly started to beat at rapid pace. "Yes?"

"It made me think," Roy swallowed. "About us. And I know you're mad at me, and you have every right to be. But I don't want to lose you, Art. I don't ever want to wake up to anyone else. You're the only one I want to be with. Forever."

"Roy what are you saying?" Artemis wasn't sure she was understanding his intent properly. She thought she was, but also that could've just been the conceited part of her brain, building it up.

"I'm saying that I love you. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you," he said seriously. "I don't have a ring but I figured it would be premature because you were still upset—"

Artemis silenced him quickly with her lips, putting every ounce of happiness and love behind it. Was she still mad? Yes. But could she forgive Roy? Yes. Especially since he had just laid everything out for her. The ultimate commitment.

"You're not out of the doghouse yet," Artemis told him as she pulled away, "but that was a yes, in case you're wondering."