I woke up as the sun began to shine through my curtains. I rubbed my eyes and yawned as I slowly began to wake up. There was a knock at my door before the familiar butler walked in. "Good morning, Miss Lauren," Alfred said smiling and handing me my cup of tea. "Good morning," I said back with a smile. I nodded 'thank you' as I took the cup of tea. "Is my dad up yet," I asked as Alfred opened up the curtains. "I'm afraid he has gone out again," Alfred replied as he took my empty cup. I sighed heavily. "Do you know where to," I asked getting out of bed and going behind my changing screen. "No," he replied handing me a change of clothes. I quickly changed and then sat at my vanity. I applied some natural looking make-up and started brushing my hair. "Please call me when he returns. I need to talk to him about something," I told Alfred as I put my long, black hair into a ponytail. "You didn't ask about Jason today," Alfred mentioned. "I noticed when dad is gone, most of the time Jason is, too," I said trying not to seem flustered. "That is true," he said with a small smirk and handed me my cell phone. "Thank you," I said with a smile and hugged Alfred. "You're more than welcome, Miss Lauren," he said hugging me back. I went into the bathroom and got finished getting ready for the day ahead. It was the first week since school got out for summer vacation. Almost every day I hung out with my friends, but on days I didn't I either stuck around in the mansion or went to Gotham City Park for a bike ride. Today I was hanging out with two of my closest friends, Ally and Tasha. I went out of my room, down the stairwell and into the kitchen. I made my favorite breakfast of toast and a pear. After I was done and cleaned up, I went outside to the garage and got into my car. I just turned sixteen a month ago and got my driver's license. You could say I was a little too excited to be driving. Gotham wasn't really the best of places to be driving around for fun. I drove out of Wayne Manor and drove to the central park. As I was driving I got a sudden feeling that something was amiss. I didn't know what, but I just had the feeling that starting today, I would be facing the longest and most challenging struggle of my life.