Being The Boy Wonder's Girlfriend Prologue
Living in a dangerous city such as Gotham isn't very simple nor is it an easy accomplishment. Not only is there insane wack jobs running amok the city, there is also gangs, bullies at nearly every school I can name, and these two "mysterious" vigilantes who run around, stopping these aforementioned dangers.
To me, these vigilantes are not so mysterious since I know one of them - personally. I believe you've heard of the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, right? Yeah, well, Robin is kind of my boyfriend. He's the notorious mathematical genius and Bruce Wayne's adopted son, Richard "Dick" Grayson. We met exactly one year and four months ago when he save me from Scarecrow. I was walking around the city with my best friend when Scarecrow randomly attacked Gotham and infected everyone with his fear toxin, and Ever and I were part of the poor people. I don't remember Ever's fear or reaction, but I remember I was screaming bloody murder as these spiders emerged from my skin and climbed up me.
I also remember being forced down on the ground and something pressed against my mouth. The spiders disappeared, and I saw staring into masked eyes. My heart was racing, my chest was heaving, it was hard to breathe, and I was numb everywhere. His lips were pursed in a worried scowl, but when he saw that I was cured, he grinned.
"You okay there?" He asked, chuckling.
"Aside from spiders coming out my skin, yeah, fine," I replied breathlessly. That earned me a laugh out of him along with a wince.
"Good to know. Anyway, your friend is over there," he pointed to Ever yelling my name and searching worriedly. "Stay safe, alright?"
I snorted and opened my mouth to retort when he placed a hand on my shoulder and looked me dead in the eyes. My breath hitched as a blush covered my cheeks. He noticed, much to my chagrin, and he grinned cockily.
"Don't fall in love with me, sweetheart," he taunted, poking my nose. "You'll regret it in the end."
I'll tell you this: when I first met him, my initial opinion on him was that he was a cocky prick. But of course he started to pay me visits that were full of teasing, laughter, and friendship, and it changed. I was shocked that his alter ego even came up to me and started to hang out with me. Barbara Gordon was glaring at me until I confronted her about it. After that, we became the best of friends, I guess. However, Ever started to get distant from me, ditching me, giving me the occasional calls. It sucked.
I couldn't figure out what I did wrong. Dick assured me it wasn't me, but when I sent him a questioning look, he only looked upset and concerned. I still don't know why to this very day why he looked so concerned. How we started dating? I don't know. He just sprung it up on me when Barbara, Dick, and I were hanging out. I, without thinking, said yes. I looked at Dick as a brother and best friend, but when we started dating, I began to look at him in a different way.
He's very handsome and popular. His hair is the darkest shade of black and messy, his eyes are the iciest sky blue ever, the sun is nothing compared to his smile, his body is toned and lanky, he's tall and average weight, and he's easygoing, friendly, carefree, and intelligent. Dick is the whole package. Why he chose me? It might as well be one of the seven mysteries. I still don't understand why.
Despite the occasional fangirl thoughts, being the girlfriend to a superhero is not as fun as it seems. There are times when you stay up until dawn, worrying if he's okay and not get any sleep. There are times when you are on a date and he gets called in for a mission. There are times when he doesn't respond to any of your messages and you freak out because he might be hurt or, even worse, dead.
It has its perks, but most of the time, I worry the crap out of me when that kind of stuff happens. I love Dick and all, but sometimes, I put myself on a roller coaster for that boy. But in the end, it is worth it all that. Apparently, aside from a few selected people, I'm the only one who actually knows about his identity at school. I can't even tell my best friend, Ever Garcia, who is extremely hard to hide secrets from.
Ever Garcia is an Hispanic British from London who moved here to Gotham a couple years back. We were both nine at the time we met each other. She's open-minded, sincere, caring, wild, crazy, a chatterbox, and a social butterfly. Compared to me, Ever is the one who is able to make any friends. She's extremely beautiful as well with her sun-kissed tan skin, big, wide cocoa hazel eyes, a mole below her chin at the right spot, silky dark brown hair, crimson red lips, pearly whites, sharp nose, and tall height. Ever can seduce any guy and get him.
Me? I'm a cynical, sensitive, and bullied fifteen-year-old girl who is known to be the girlfriend of Dick Grayson and best friend of Ever Garcia. I have stringy, wavy and curly dark red brown hair, too big blue-green eyes, short for my age, AND A BIT UNDERWEIGHT. I'M NOT OVERWEIGHT, JERKFACES! THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING THIN AND THICK.
Anyway, I'm Riley Gingers, and this is my story.
Author's Note: Hello, everyone. This is Destiny, originally Shaping My Destiny, but now hisayswao. I decided to put this at the bottom, so you'll read it. Anyway, as you can tell, this is Ever More So but revised. My plan to link everyone to revised version failed, and so I finally got to posting it on here. You'll notice that a lot of things are different, i.e Riley and Dick are already dating and the title (it seemed much better). As the story progresses, you'll see Dick's transformation into Nightwing and the joining of Batgirl and the others.
I'm still deciding if I should make Riley get kidnapped by Queen Bee. Hmm... not sure, I might though. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Anyway, thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy the revised version of Ever More So.