How are you today? I'm splendid It's not too hot and not too cold, it's been such a nice day. How was your day? I hope it was as nice as mine- oh what? You don't give a shit you just want to read the goddamn epilogue that you've been waiting 10 months for? Well then on with the story! I hope it lives up to expectations! (Be warned for an author's note at the end!)

Artemis ran through the emergency room, of course, of course, today of all days something bad had to happened. It was as if she didn't already have enough on her plate. Too many deadlines and tonight- tonight. Of course they decided to do something stupid today of all days.

She asked the nurse where he was and she pointed her in the direction of his bed. She muttered curses under her breath and made sure that she was wearing her very-pissed-off face when she pulled back the curtains. When she saw the look on his face she knew that had succeeded.

"Artemis, babe, I can explain," started Wally, but Artemis held a hand up to him and marched next to the bed.

"Save it Wallace," she snapped, then sighed, "You know I would have beaten you up for this if you didn't already look like shit."

Dick laughed, but then winced, clutching his side, "Your honesty is refreshing, really."

"So explain how this happened now, or I swear to god I will call Zatanna down here and she'll have both your heads on a platter in five seconds flat," threatened Artemis. If both Dick and Wally had learned anything over the past couple of years, it's don't ever get on Artemis' or Zatanna's bad side, it never ends nicely.

"We thought it'd be fun," supplied Wally, "We didn't know-"

"You didn't know what? That it was an idiotic decision or that it would cause Dick to break two ribs and bruise I don't even know how many!" said Artemis, her voice rising with every word. Honestly, why was fate so cruel to put these two morons in her life.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time," protested Dick.

Artemis couldn't help but roll her eyes, "You think that going go-karting literally hours before your rehearsal dinner is a good idea? You're lucky that the crash wasn't worse! I can't believe you're so- so stupid! Both of you!" she paused, "And you!" she turned to Wally, "You can break the sound barrier without breaking a sweat," she hissed, "What would drive you to want to race go-karts?"

"It seemed like a good idea at the time..." said Wally, running a hand through his hair.

"You both are morons."

"Love you too, babe."

Artemis rolled her eyes, "This is not the time, Wallace."

Dick chuckled from his spot in the hospital bed, "Full points to Arty for full name."

"Shut up, Grayson," snapped Artemis, "Don't think you're off the hook."

"Yes ma'am."

Artemis turned back to Wally, "Is this your idea of a Bachelor Party? Going off and doing crazy things? Don't you know that you already do that every night? God! Why do you both have to be such adrenaline junkies?"

"Aw, it's was just some harmless fun," protested Wally.

"Yeah, harmless fun that ended Dick in the hospital two weeks before his wedding with two broken ribs," she said sarcastically, "So safe."

Dick groaned and put his face in his hands, "I'm fucked, aren't I?"

Wally placed a hand on his shoulder, "Yup."

Artemis really shouldn't have been surprised that they boys pulled that stunt. They've always been ones who liked to live on the edge, take risks and have a blast doing- like, just look at what their extracurriculars.

But damn, they could just be so stupid sometimes and as she watched them fiddle around with the remote trying to figure out which one called the nurse with the food, she remembered that they were her idiots so maybe she could let them off the hook a little. You know, after the endless pleading and begging for forgiveness of course.

Artemis was used to the danger of her job, just look at her upbringing and you'll see that there's not much of a difference. Being an on-scene reporter was great, she loved going to work everyday knowing that there's never a dull news day in Central City, especially containing the Flash and his Rogues.

She walked into the Station after her adventures at the hospital expecting chaos as usual. Ever since Iris had the twins, Iris hasn't been around as much as she used to, so a lot of the responsibilities that Iris had have fallen down to Artemis, not that she's complaining.

Most days.

But so far today was one of those days that she has no qualms about complaining: paperwork kept piling up on her desk, interns were complaining about opportunities, there was technical problems with the weather map. The chaos was worst than usual and she just wanted to get out.

"Jacob..." she whined at his desk, "Are you sure that there's nothing?"

Her cameraman, Jacob, looked up from his laptop at her, "What part of haven't gotten the call don't you understand, Artemis?"

Artemis pouted, "You know, that's no way to talk to your boss, I could fire you for that tone."

Jacob snorted, "Like you would you do that, then you would have to find another cameraman to put up with all your shit. And I highly doubt you'll find one as charming as me."

"Highly doubt you'll find one as charming as me," she mocked, "All I need is one that keeps his mouth shut."

"Oh, but that's not nearly as entertaining."

Artemis had to sigh, because yeah, she couldn't ask for a better righthand man. She was about to ask him about his date with the pretty new anchor who transferred from Star City when his phone rang. He answered and after a few seconds he gave Artemis the look, the one that let her know that something came up.

"Well?" asked Artemis, impatiently bouncing in her heels.

"The Rogues are ganging up on your boyfriend," explained Jacob as he grabbed his camera bag from under the desk.

Artemis crossed her arms over her chest, "You know very well that he's not my boyfriend." They rushed over to Artemis' office quick so she could grab her jacket.

"Oh I do," he said. It didn't take long from them to down into the garage and to hop into the News Van. Jacob pulled out as she got the earpiece in her ear and the frequency just right. "But you can't tell me that he doesn't have the hots for you."

She turned to him and gave him a cheeky grin, "Who wouldn't?"

Jacob just laughed at her.

When they got there it was just the usual routine: Jacob got some great shots of Flash kicking the baddies' butts, Flash saved the day, and Artemis got the interview everyone was dying to get. Once he finished handing the criminals over to the authorities, Flash sped over to Artemis with his infamous, cocky grin plastered on his face.

"Why hello, beautiful, how are you, today?" he asked.

Artemis rolled her eyes and continued, "So Flash, do we have any clear motives for this attack?"

"It's the Rogues; most of the time they don't have a motive," he said it as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Yes, we very well know that, but does that mean you're saying that there is no motives for the attacks?" she asked. Sometimes she wanted to hit him when he wouldn't cooperate, right now was one of those times.

"Besides their usual desire to create chaos, no, not that I can see at least," he explained, the more serious side of Flash appearing.

"But Flash," Artemis went on to say, "What do you have to say about the new children's hospital that opening up in downtown Central?" She held the microphone to him and he smiled at her.

"Well, I like to think that it's got good timing," answered Flash, "I mean- it's about time we had more care for the children, it'll open up more hospital rooms and children will get the specialized care they need. It's a win-win for the city."

"Indeed it is," agreed Artemis as she did her best to keep the sly smile of her face.

Flash winked at her, "I got to go, duty calls. See you around, babe!"

He sped off before she could yell at him; she was a married woman after all, not everyone had the right to call her that.

When Artemis returned to her- well it was really theirs, had been for a while now- apartment later that evening, she was surprised to find the house unusually quiet: no sounds of cooking from the kitchen or pitter-patter of little paws or loud cheerings from a baseball game on tv, nothing.

"Hello?" she called, there was no response. How odd, she thought, she knew that Wally had gotten out of work early today- they had planned it that way.

"Wally?" she called again as she made her way into the bedroom. Maybe some sudden League business came up? No, that wasn't it, even if it was an emergency, Wally would find some way to clue her in to where he was.

But wasn't she pleasantly surprised when she found him passed out on their bed: atop the covers with nothing on besides his boxers. Their dog, Nelson, snoozed quietly beside him on the floor. My boys, Artemis thought endearingly as she noticed that both were drooling slightly.

Artemis concluded that there was only thing left to do, she quietly woke Nelson and gave him his dinner. While the hungry pitbull was munching away, she slipped back into the bedroom and began to strip herself of her work clothes. First her jacket then her crisp button down followed by her favorite- maybe even her lucky pencil skirt if she was to exaggerate a little. And with nothing on besides her bra and panties, she climbed onto the bed and over Wally until she was comfortably straddling his waist.

She pressed soft, light kisses along his neck, "Wake up, Wall-man, you're gonna miss all the fun..."

Wally stirred under her, an almost silent moan escaped his lips. She chuckled and continued her way up his neck to his ear, "Wally..." across his cheek and stopped right at his lips. As she breathed, her lips would brush his. She could feel his growing- uh- desire pressing into her thighs. Now if he would only wake up...

Next thing she knows she being pressed down onto the mattress with Wally's lips slanted over hers.

"I didn't mean to fall asleep," he mumbled against her lips.

She pulled back from him slightly so she could look into his eyes, "Don't worry about it, we don't have time now anyways, we have to get dressed for the rehearsal dinner, there's no way around that."

Wally's forehead dropped to hers, "Are best friends are so demanding aren't they?"

Artemis laughed and playfully pushed him off of her. She stood up and stretched her arms over her head, her back arching slightly as she did so.

She could hear Wally groan, "Are you sure we can't have the after-party now?"

"Positive," she said before slipping into their very tiny "walk-in closet." She wished that he would just suck it up and get dressed already, he's not the only one who was horny and seeing him spread out on the bed like that plus him being shirtless wasn't helping, like at all; but when she thought about it, seeing him in a nice suit wasn't going to help either... stupid hormones!

They got dressed relatively quickly since Artemis got home later than planned. Artemis put on a simple, strapless floral print dress that ended just before her knees and as she walked, the dress had just the right amount of swish to it. The dress fit her like a glove too- but that was probably because of Zatanna and her magic fingers.

"Damn, babe, you look beautiful," said Wally when he walked back into their room after his shower, buttoning up his shirt, "You're wearing that dress like you're doing it a favor."

Artemis snorted, "Thanks for the sentiment." She stood in front of the mirror, putting on her earrings.

"You're wearing so well in fact," he came up behind Artemis and placed his hands on her hips, inching them lower and lower. His mouth was just by her ear, "That I might just have to let it stay on later."

Artemis turned around, breaking the embrace, and pushed him gently away, "Perv."

"But I'm your perv," he held up his left hand, "Forever."

Artemis might have almost practically jumped him just then, and she might have let him kiss her a little longer than necessary.

"They're idiots," said Zatanna, "They're geniuses but they're complete idiots."

"Tell me about it," said Artemis, she took another sip of champagne.

"I think it's adorable," said M'gann, "It's like they haven't seen each other in a few weeks."

"Megs, they just saw each other this morning," Raquel said as she joined the girls at the table.

It was the post-rehearsal pre-dinner portion of the evening and most people were up and about socializing. Wally, Dick, and some other members of the league were chatting away over in a corner with Wally and Dick acting something out enthusiastically while the others laugh.

"Speaking of this morning," said Artemis, "What happened when Dick got home?"

Zatanna rolled her eyes and put down her champagne flute, "Nothing out of the ordinary, I yelled at him in English then in Italian then back in English, I fixed him up and we had sex on the dining room table. That's about it.

Artemis and Raquel laughed while M'gann turned red, "Zatanna! I don't think I can ever be in that room again without thinking about," Megan flailed her arms around looking for the right word, "that every again!"

Zatanna shrugged, "Our sex life isn't freakishly as active and Wally and Artemis'. You've been married what? Three years? And you guys go at it more than newlyweds."

Artemis rolled her eyes when M'gann and Raquel nodded in agreement. "I wouldn't be talking Miss-I'm-Getting-Married-in-a-Few-Days."

"I'm allowed to voice my opinion," said Zatanna, she turned over towards Wally, "Hey West, you're wife's picking on me."

Wally zoomed over, followed by Dick at normal pace, "Yeah, she does that." Wally pulled another chair over and then pulled Artemis over to sit on his lap. Dick took Artemis' newly empty seat next to Zatanna.

Artemis relaxed into Wally's arms, "It's how I show my love," she said simply. Artemis smiled when Wally kissed her neck.

Zatanna gagged, "You two are gross, your poor children."

Artemis bit her tongue, but luckily, one of the servers called everyone to their seats for dinner.

The rest of the night went by in a blur of champagne, drunken toasts, and delicious food; much like how Artemis imagined Zatanna and Dick's Wedding would be like that weekend. Artemis and Wally left last, right after Zatanna and Dick see to make sure they got in a cab safety, surprisingly, those two weren't the best when it came to holding their liquor.

Artemis and Wally were blissfully buzzed, they called a cab and slugged their way up to their apartment. Once they're inside, though, the sluggishness is thrown out the window when Wally pressed her up against the door and slanted his lips over hers. It was slow and sweet, but it didn't take long for it to get fast and hot and oh god the things that that boy- that man- could do with his mouth never ceased to amaze her.

His hands slid down from her hips closer to her knees, and Artemis got the hint. She easily wraps her legs comfortably around his torso. Wally maneuvered them towards their bedroom since Nelson was already asleep on the couch. Nelson would always start to attack Wally whenever they would get down and dirty in front of him (Not that that was a common thing: them getting down and dirty in front of their dog because that's just weird). They found out one time when they left the bedroom door open and Nelson walked in on them, he barked at Wally until he got off Artemis and shooed him out the door. It was incredibly sweet how protective the puppy was, but such a mood killer.

"You know," Artemis said after Wally broke the kiss to start attacking her neck, "It was really hard not to tell them tonight," she moaned when Wally started sucking on her pulse, "I think- I think Zee- Zee knows, but she's keeping her mouth shut. But I don't- I don't know."

"That's not like her," Wally mumbled into her neck.

"Exactly, so maybe she doesn't-"

"Babe, can we please not talk about Zatanna now, I just want to get you out all this stupid fabric and into bed." Wally played with the hem of her dress, sliding it up to bunch around her hips.

"But babe," she leaned up so her mouth was right next to his ear, "I thought you wanted me to keep it on," she pressed her hips closer to his and Wally groaned.

"Seriously, Artemis, fuck, you'll be the death of me."

The bedroom door was closed by a kick.

"I can't believe you guys went backpacking Europe for two months. You know, normal people go to like Hawaii or something for a week or two and come home."

Zatanna shrugged, "Artemis, have we ever been normal?"

Artemis couldn't argue with her there, "But how was it?"

"It was great, I don't think I've had sex in so many different places before. It was an adventure," explained Zatanna, "Didn't you feel like that with Wally on your honeymoon?"

"Like most normal people, we had sex on a beach in Hawaii that's about it," said Artemis, "And I don't recommend it. Sand. Everywhere."

Zatanna shuttered, "Gross."

Artemis nodded, "But the honeymoon suite was fantastic, we had this giant bath- oh man- did we have fun in the tub..." Artemis bit her lips and stared off over Zatanna's shoulder.

Zatanna snapped her finger, "Earth to Artemis, please don't re-live your sexual adventures with the Wall-man in front of me, thank you."

Artemis snorted, "Yeah, that's not the pot calling the kettle black."

"I wasn't going to give you details," said Zatanna, "This is a public restaurant."

Artemis just rolled her eyes and goes back to looking at her menu, "Do you know what you want yet? Because I can't decide, I've never been here before."

"They have a great selection on red wine. Wanna just get a bottle of whatever's hardest to pronounce and get one of those meals that are designed to go with the wine?"

"I'm not drinking tonight, Zee."

Zatanna gave her that look, the look that Artemis has dubbed the "I'm going to pressure you into stuff" look, "Come on, I just got back and Dick or Wally can come get us if we get too tipsy. Please," she whined the last part but Artemis isn't going to let her pressure her tonight.

Artemis shook her head, "Well, why not?" asked Zatanna.

"I can't."

"Bull."

"Zee..." Artemis said sternly, "I can't."

Zatanna nodded, but then her eyes went wide as she realized exactly what "can't" meant. "You- you!" she sputtered, "You!" Zatanna covered her mouth with her hands, "No! I- oh my god, are you for real?"

Artemis just smiled and nodded.

"Oh my god! I can't believe it! My best friend's pregnant!"

The End... for now?

Finally right? Sorry that took so long, you know, life just kinda got in the way.

I've been debating back and forth as I wrote this whether or not I wanted to write a sequel or not, so I've decided that I'm gonna leave that up to you guys, me super duperly awesome readers! I'll have a poll on my page if you want to vote there or you can just leave it in a review!

I can't believe that it's "officially" over, it's been a little over a year since I posted the first chapter and I'm so thankful to all of you for reading this fic, those who have been here from the very beginning or those who are just joining me. You guys are my motivation and I can't thank you enough, especially since this has over 22,000 views! You guys are the greatest and I hope that you'll continue to support me throughout my other projects, I have a few in the works so keep an eye out, also follow me on tumblr (rachel1003) for random previews and just a swell time;)

Once again, thank you and please review,

Rachel

(P.S. since some of you were so mad about Artemis not actually being pregnant, I thought that it might be a nice little twist. Who saw it coming?)