Disclaimer: I do not own Batman Begins!! It belongs to DC Comics and Warner Brothers!! I only own the character Alexis Parker and the other little characters in the story and the plot!!
Well folks this is my first Batman Begins fanfic and ladies of course, invision the gorgeous and sexy Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, aka Batman!!!! Please R&R and enjoy the story!!!!
Chapter 1
The city of Gotham was endowed with every crime in the book, and every lunatic imaginable. But luckily for the citizens of Gotham, they had their savior; Batman. He saved the innocent, and made sure the scumbag's that hurt the innocent were punished. Of course no one knew who Batman was except Batman himself, his trustworthy butler Alfred, and his close friend Rachel Dawes. Bruce Wayne. Tall, dark, handsome and wealthy. The man every woman dreams of. Well this man is real. And his name of course is Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is a settle man, nice, sweet, giving, and caring. More qualities of the dream man that every woman dreams of. Bruce Wayne expected the worse when it came to doing his nightly duties, but when he's himself during the day, working hard at Wayne Enterprises, Bruce meets all kinds of women who want to work for him, show him new products that Wayne Enterprises needs, says everyone person craving the need for attention or big money. All of them women, ironically. Sure Bruce Wayne goes to fancy dinners, fancy parties, and fancy fundraisers with beautiful women, but he can't show up alone now can he? Even the sweet, kind, caring Bruce Wayne can't look like he's alone. Because in real life, he is alone. It's just him and Alfred. Bruce wishes he could find the love of his life, but has still ceased to find that woman out there. Rachel Dawes, his childhood friend, lawyer, and he who he once thought was the love of his life. But it turned out she wasn't. But today, Bruce Wayne didn't expect to meet Alexis Parker, the newest addition to Rachel's law firm. The beautiful and talented Alexis Parker. This could be the one for Bruce. But only time can tell.
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"Taxi! Taxi!" A woman's voice could be heard shouting throughout the Gotham city busy streets. Alexis Parker a tall, slender woman of 5'8 could be seen on the side of the street, violently waving her hands in the air, trying to flag down a Gotham City cab. Her long brown hair, which she almost always wore with loose curls, was blowing in the cold November air, her hazel eyes alert, following every taxi cab that zoomed past her. Her angelic features matched her mothers perfectly, along with her mothers height. Everything else belonged to her father. Hair, eyes, and attitude. Well, most of it also matched her mothers attitude too. Today she picked her most precise business suit, because today, she was accompany Rachel to Wayne Enterprises to discuss a matter of business, which Alexis was unaware of what kind of business, with Bruce Wayne. Alexis had never met Bruce Wayne before, but from seeing his picture in the news paper every week, he was a very handsome man, and a very close friend to Rachel. She wore a black, flowing skirt that came to the middle of her knees, and ruffled at the ends. She had a black, low, but not that low of a v-neck blouse on, and a white cotton over jacket on top of that. Her black stilettos heels clicked merrily against the pavement as she walked, and her shiny jewelry finished off the outfit. Finally a taxi stopped, she opened the door, through her briefcase inside the cab, and climbed in.
"Forty-fifth and Main please." She breathed to the driver. He nodded and speed off. The driver was a scary one, Alexis seemed to flinch every five seconds from him nearly missing a car. When they finally arrived at her work, she paid him, and gladly got out of the cab. As quickly as she could she walked into the door of her office building and was met right off the bat by Marty Higgins, one of the best lawyers in Gotham City, and co-owner of Gotham Firm next to Rachel of course.
"Two more minutes and you would have been late Alexis." He scolded. But he wasn't as nice as Rachel.
"Sorry Marty, no cab wanted to wait for me." She said with a half smile and a hearty laugh. He narrowed his eyes at her and turned on his heel and marched back off to his office. Alexis rolled her eyes and walked down the long hall, passing other offices and finally to Rachel's. She knocked twice, then upon hearing Rachel's 'Enter!' walked inside the brightly lit office.
"Ah Alex good morning!" Rachel greeted her.
"Morning Rachel." Alexis greeted back. She set down her briefcase and took a seat infront of Rachel's desk. "So when are we leaving?" She asked excitedly, no longer able to keep it contained. Rachel chuckled.
"In a few minutes. The last file has to finish loading and printing. Then we'll be on our way." She answered, her eyes sparkling. Alexis nodded her head.
"So will I find out what this secret matter of business is when we get there?" Alexis said, a smirk on her face. Rachel looked up to meet Alexis's stare. She nodded.
"Of course. It won't be a secret anymore once I tell him our business." Rachel said matter-of-factly. Alexis smiled. She couldn't wait to hear what the big secret was. Rachel kept herself locked up in her office day in and day out working on the mysterious project. Rachel suddenly clapped her hands on the desk, a big smile on her face.
"Done! Let's go!" She said while she gathered all the papers that were piled up on her desk, stuffed them into her own briefcase, and walked around the desk where Alexis was fumbling with her own briefcase. Once they were situated, the two women left, and Rachel had better luck getting a cab then Alexis ever had.
Alexis was in complete aw when they stepped into the huge, towering building that was Wayne Enterprises. Rachel took in Alexis's state of shock with a laugh, and watched her gaze around the building.
"Hello Rachel! How are you?" An old man greeted the two women at the front desk. Alexis just stood next to Rachel with a stupid smile on her face.
"I'm good George how are you?" Rachel asked politely. The little old man's wrinkled face twisted in a genuine smiled.
"I'm just wonderful." He said, and Rachel nodded her head in approvement. "Mr. Wayne is in his office, just finishing up with a meeting with some of the co-workers about employee safety." He said with a smirk. Rachel laughed.
"It's already that time of the month again huh? Bruce never gets tired of lecturing that to his employee's im sure." She chuckled. George nodded his head.
"Never." He said. Rachel must have suddenly remembered that Alexis was standing next to her due to the look of shock that overcame her face.
"Oh George this is Alexis Parker. My new lawyer in training." Rachel introduced her. George stood up from his seat behind his huge granite desk, and extended a hand.
"Nice to meet you Alexis." He said, smiling sweetly. Alexis took his hand, her own pearly white smile plastered on her face.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too George." She said.
"Well I guess we better go see the man of the hour." Rachel said. They all said goodbye and Alexis followed Rachel to the glass elevator, and step inside after her.
"Are you nervous?" Rachel asked her.
"Yes, very much so." Alexis replied honestly.
"You'll be fine. Bruce Wayne is one of the sweetest men you will ever meet." Rachel told her. Alexis nodded.
"He sure does seem like it. And his very handsome." Alexis said, feeling her face heat up immediately. Rachel smiled.
"You're not the only woman under his trance Alex. There's nothing to be embrassed about. He gets those kind of compliments from every gushing woman he meets. It gets old after awhile. Trust me I know. I've had to hear it from him. And you can just tell his in eyes when a woman comes up to him, turning to a puddle of lust at his feet." Rachel explained. Alexis suddenly felt panicked. She would be one of those women gushing over him. But now she would control herself. If she did, she couldn't help it. But it wasn't like her to gush after a man. But this was no ordinary man. This was Bruce Wayne, the God of Gotham. The dinging of the elevator door sent Alexis back down to earth. She turned toward Rachel.
"Ready?" Rachel asked her. All she could do was nod. She hoped she looked alright. She stepped out of the elevator after Rachel, and followed her down a long hallway, full of pictures. She noticed one of a husband and wife, and a little boy around the age of ten.
"That's Bruce when he was a boy. And his parents." Rachel said, her tone turning sad at the mention of his parents. Alexis, along with everyone else in Gotham knew about Bruce's past. Rachel had told her about her mother working at the Wayne Mansion when she as a little girl, and how close Bruce was with his parents. After his parents death, Rachel and her mother moved away, and she didn't see Bruce again until her returned from college. Ever since then, they had gotten close again, making Alexis think that they were dating, but Rachel told her that they were just friends. That she couldn't be with him. Why, Alexis didn't know, but Rachel did. Every time Alexis asked something personal about the two best friends, Rachel was short with her answer. Rachel knew something Alexis didn't, and it ate away inside of Alexis, knowing that one of her best friends couldn't tell her a secret.
"We're here." Rachel said outside of Bruce's office. "You ready?" She asked Alexis. She nodded. Rachel opened the door, and they stepped inside a beautifully decorated waiting room. Two glass doors with a tint to them, shown bright with the letters 'W' on them. They walked over to a woman behind a desk, who was chatting on the phone. She was around her mid twenties, short blonde hair, green eyes, and a nice figure. And Bruce didn't like woman swooning over him? Especially woman who looked like that? Maybe he wasn't Gotham's Playboy. Rachel set her straight on that one too. But Alexis didn't full heartily believe her on that one. But she could be wrong.
"Hello Sylvia. Is Bruce done with his meeting yet?" Rachel asked the blonde, who looked up from her phone conversation, a look of dislike on her creamy white features. Alexis raised an eyebrow at the woman.
"I'll have to call you back Tina." The blonde named Sylvia said in a snooty tone, and hung up the phone. She places her hands on the desk in a neatly fashion, and plastered a fake smile on her face. "Hello Rachel." She drawled. Rachel nodded towards her. "No he's not done yet. But take a seat. He should be done soon." She continued, a quick flitter of her disgust crossed her face.
"Thank you Sylvia." Rachel said in a cool voice. Sylvia scrunched up her face and nodded.
"No problem." She stated sharply, and picked up the phone again, punching the numbers quickly on the office phone. She glared after Rachel and Alexis, and then turned her attention back on her friend Tina.
"Well she's lovely." Alexis snorted.
"Tell me about it." Rachel said, and the two friends laughed lightly, causing a quick glance from Sylvia. Ten minutes later the glass doors opened and loud talking and laughing was heard as mean and woman emerged from the office. Alexis watched for Bruce, and saw him come out last, a smile on his handsome face while he talked to a fairly old man in a gray suit and green tie. Bruce Wayne was more handsome in person. ( Okay ladies picture Christian Bale!!) He was about 6'1,6'2, brown hair that was slicked back, only a few tendrils hung in his face, his brown eyes glinting with happiness and something else Alexis couldn't put her finger on. He wore a black suit with a blue tie, and as if he could sense two new bodies in the room, his brown eyes immediately caught her hazel ones, and his smile faded to a sexy smirk. Oh yeah, Alexis didn't know if she could stop herself from gushing over him. The room cleared of all the employees, leaving Bruce, the old man, and Sylvia, who instantly hung up the phone once the doors opened from the meeting.
"Bruce, Lucius. So good to see you!" Rachel greeted them, giving them both warm, friendly hugs. Alexis stood up beside her, her gaze never leaving Bruce. "Alex, this is Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox. Gentlemen this is Alexis Parker, my new lawyer trainee." Rachel introduced them. Bruce was the first to extend his hand. Alexis gladly took it, feeling a sudden spark shoot through her as their hands connected.
"Nice to meet you Alexis." Bruce said, his voice sweet and smooth like honey.
"Likewise. And please call me Alex." She said. He smiled. Lucius extended his hand next, a warm smile on his face.
"Nice to meet you too Alex." He said, Alexis smiled.
"You too Lucius."
"Shall we?" Bruce spoke again, and stood aside for them to walk into his office. They nodded and walked towards his office. He told Lucius something else, shook his hand, and then followed close behind them. When the two women passed Sylvia who was glaring at them, Rachel stopped abruptly.
"You get paid to work, not to make personal phone calls, Sylvia." Rachel drawled with the same cold tone that Sylvia had used. The blonde witch eyes widened and watched them walk into the office, with Bruce close behind. When the doors closed, they all took seats at a long, narrow wooden table. Bruce sat the end, and leaned onto it.
"So ladies, what do you have for me?" He asked, and Alexis smiled. Rachel set her briefcase on top of the table, and opened it with 'tick'. She removed loads of papers, but Bruce wasn't fazed.
"Alright. I finished up the drawings, and the paper work. All you have to do is look over them, tell me what you think, and then if you like it, sign the papers." Rachel said in a business like tone. Alexis finally took her gaze off of Bruce and looked at Rachel.
"So now you're going to tell me what it is?" Alexis asked her. Rachel smiled.
"Oh yes of course! Well you see Alex, you know how our office building is so old and rickety?" Rachel started, and Alexis nodded her head.
"Yes. And the leaks. Don't forget about the leaks." Alexis added, hearing a soft snort of laughter coming from Bruce. She noticed a small smirk on his face, and grinned.
"Of course, the leaks." Rachel said nodding, and then continued on. "Well if Bruce likes the plans, he will remodel the building for us. Giving all of our offices a nice little makeover." Rachel said, a smile on her face once again. Alexis was happy to hear the news, and would be even more happy if Bruce agreed to it. Alexis knew how much the building meant to Rachel. It was where she had first started as a lawyer, and when her friend, mentor had died suddenly, he left the building to her. It was where her career had blossomed and bloomed. The building meant everything to her.
"That's great Rachel! But.. If he agrees to it.. Where will we work for the time being? I mean, we both live above the office's, in the apartments." Alexis said, suddenly fearing she would have to move back in with her mom and dad while the building got it's makeover.
"I know. If Bruce agrees..." Rachel started but Bruce cut her off.
"You can stop saying 'if Bruce agree's', because I agree. I'll fund the makeover." He said, and Rachel let out a squeal, and jumped up from her seat and hugged Bruce. Alexis stayed seated, and smiled.
"Thank you Bruce! You have no idea how much this means to me!" Rachel said while she continued to hug Bruce. He chuckled.
"Oh I think I do." He said. Rachel laughed and pulled away from him. She took her seat again, and beamed at Alexis.
"Congratulations!" Was all Alexis could say. She was very happy for Rachel, but she was still worried about where she was going to live. And where Rachel was going to live. "I have a question." Alexis continued. Bruce and Rachel looked at her.
"About what?" Rachel asked her.
"Where are we going to live while the building gets a makeover?" Alexis said. Bruce cleared his throat.
"With me. You'll be staying with me." He said. Alexis's breath caught in her throat.
"What?" She asked breathlessly. Bruce smiled at her.
"Unless you want to live with your parents while the repairs are going on then you can live with them..." He started but Alexis cut him off.
"No, no. I'd rather live with you. We all leave the nest for a reason right?" Alexis said, sarcasm in her voice. Bruce and Rachel laughed.
"Well Alexis, you and only you will be living with Bruce. I'm going to stay with my sister." Rachel said, and Alexis's eyes widened.
"Just me? No offense." She said, looking at Bruce. He held up his hands.
"None taken. I understand that it might be a little weird for you, living with a man you just met, but I promise, im not a lunatic. I assure you that." He said, a gleam in his eyes.
"Oh I know! I know your not! I mean you're Bruce Wayne." Alexis said, suddenly aware that she was gushing over him. She closed her eyes and sighed. "I mean..." She said softly, but Bruce stopped her.
"I understand. But it would be a pleasure to have you stay with me at my home. I'd like to get to know you better. After all, you're Gotham's next big lawyer I understand from Rachel." He said smiling. Alexis glanced at Rachel who was still beaming and smiled back at her.
"Thank you." She said, and then thought about the offer. What women would give to live with Bruce Wayne for a day, let alone a month or two probably. Depends on how fast the construction workers Gotham worked. This was her oppuritunty to get to know the real Bruce Wayne, if he really was a playboy or not. She looked at Bruce, her hazel eyes matching her own beaming smile.
"I'd love to come stay with you Bruce."
"Great." He said also beaming. Rachel sat at her place at the table, a smirk on her face. She knew that Alexis and Bruce would hit it off. She wanted more than anything to find one of her best friends, his one and only true love. And she had a hunch that Alexis was that very woman.
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