Author's Note:

Sam's fault. You can thank her for this being a multi-chapter story.

It seemed like hours until she finally let me go. Her eyes were swollen and dry, her hair a mess. She still had a death grip hold on my shoulders, afraid that I was going to disappear again. She didn't say anything, her mouth just formed words that she didn't have the time to speak.

We knew what we needed to say just in our eyes.

That's why I really wasn't expecting to get punched in the face. Her fist literally flew out of nowhere. It hit me right in the jaw, right on the bone. It freaking hurt. But that was Artemis for you.

"Where the hell have you been!" She yelled as I focused on the patterns on the carpet while rubbing my bruised jaw. "Do you have any idea what you put me through?"

"Okay." I said, standing back up and taking a hold of her shoulders, "Babe, it's a long story, like confusing and long."

"I don't care, start talking Baywatch." She folded her hands over her chest and rested her weight on one hip.

"Okay, I uh…sorta ran so fast that I went into this thing called the Speed Force. But instead of taking me into the future, it took me to a parallel universe."

"And it took you a month to get back."

"I'm getting to that part."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Alright, so then the government on that planet, or Earth- whatever said that I was a trans-dimensional traveler, and that I shouldn't be in the public. They kept me in this weird prison/ Area 51 type base where there were scientists and other people like me and stuff." I paused, watching her stoic face. "So then I met up with this guy, His name was Rufus Tivinsky."

"Uh huh. Rufus Russian something or other." She said, waving me to continue.

I paused, wondering how to drop the two year bomb. "So I talked to him about where I was from and how I got there and stuff. I told him about a theory I had about getting home. We made diagrams for a portal that could take me back."

"And you did all this in a month."

"Getting there."

"Get there."

"So then it took…a little while to finish it because I had to get some pretty hard equations worked out and we had to get some physicists to help with it."

"You made a portal from another universe."

"Yea."

"How long were you there?" I think she was starting to figure out that I could have been there longer than I said I was, after all, it was quantum mechanics. We could jump in time too.

"Ahh about two years."

"What?" She turned her head, eyes wide. "Two years. You were in an alternate dimension for two years."

"Yea but for you it was only a month." I said, taking my hand of her shoulder as she walked from me, hand over her mouth.

"I can't believe this." She muttered. "Dick is going to freak."

"What? Is Dick here?" I was suddenly worried why Dick would be in our apartment.

"No, I invited him over to help me move some stuff."

"My stuff?" I asked, knowing the answer.

She took a deep breath, looking back at the bedroom. "It's been hard Wally."

"I know, believe me I'm sorry."

The doorbell rang and I sat on the couch while she answered it. Dick wandered it, wearing his civvies and dark sunglasses.

"-and I can't seem to catch him because Bruce told me not to bother with it. It's just stupid right? He's my brother, I should be able to go see him even if he is evil and killing people on the…" He turned, not finishing the conversation he was having with Babs in his earpiece apparently. His mouth dropped to an O. "Babs let me get back to you."

"Hey Dick." I smiled, standing back up.

He looked at me then back to Artemis before speaking. "Why is this happening so much?"

"Zombies?" She shrugged, coming closer to me. He raked a hand through his messy black hair

"What happened?" I asked, taking a hold of her hand.

"Nothing, dude what happened to you? How are you back?" He walked closer to me, looking in my eyes, making sure I was the same Wally that left.

"I got sent to another dimension."

"Got it." He put a hand up. See? Only with women do you have to explain so much.

"I missed you dude." I smiled to him, pulling him into a hug. He didn't react at first, but then held me tighter. I knew he missed me. He probably cried about me being gone at night too. He wouldn't show it, he is our rock.

A crazy thought hit me when I pulled away. Well not crazy really because I had been thinking about it for a while now. I just never thought I'd get a chance to do it. I had been waiting to long.

"Artemis." I looked back down to her and she laced her hand in mine again. "I love you."

"I love you too Wally." Her eyes sparkled and I knew I was happy with her. She clung to me, I knew she would fight to keep me with her.

My heart thudded against my chest with nervousness. "This has all been crazy, but I just know I want to be with you forever, so…" I paused knowing I was talking to fast. "Will you marry me?"