Arianna moved to Gotham, hoping to forget her past. Things were going fine until she starts falling for Bruce Wayne. Try as she might she can't ignore her feelings so she ignores Bruce. What will happen when someone from her past shows up? Will she make peace with her past? Or will she succumb to her darkest desire?
She stood glaring at her enemy. The battle had long since been lost, but she would not give up. She could be very stubborn and she was not ready to lose. She picked up her weapon of choice then began once more to try and win the chaotic battle.
Arianna Cooper spent half the morning trying to fix her hair. She wasn't one of those people who had to have their hair just right. She had very frizzy hair that would not cooperate with her and she refused to show up at work with her hair sticking in all directions.
After ten more minutes Arianna finally gave up. She decided to put her shoulder length brown hair into a bun so she wouldn't have to worry about it. She wore simple blue jeans with her light blue shirt. Arianna took one last look at herself and when she was satisfied she grabbed her purse and left the apartment.
Arianna was twenty-seven and she had just moved to Gotham City. She was very excited for her first day at work. Her first career choice didn't work out that well so she went with her second choice and that was preschool teacher.
As Arianna rode the bus she couldn't help feeling a little nervous. It wasn't because she was starting her new job. It was because she moved to a new city. She had visited Gotham before to see her friend, but her friend was always with her. Now she was walking in Gotham alone.
The bus soon stopped and Arianna got off. It was only a block to her work which wasn't bad. She was just thankful that she didn't have to walk that much.
Arianna arrived at the preschool building and walked inside. The classroom was empty, but she could hear kids playing outside. She made her way out back; a smile appeared on her face as she watched the children playing. Arianna always enjoyed children.
Arianna walked up to a woman who looked to be in her late thirties. "Excuse me I'm Arianna Cooper, the new teacher."
The woman smiled. "I'm so glad you could join us. My name is Faye Anderson. I'll show you around and introduce you to everyone."
Faye introduced Arianna to the other two teachers, Sara and Cody. Then she was introduced to all the children. There were twenty-five, ages four to five.
Arianna's first day went very well. It didn't take the children long to get use to her. She loved playing with the children and teaching them things.
After her first day was over she headed to a little café that was close to the school. She was meeting her friend there. Her friend was Emma and they had been best friends since third grade. After high school the two of them went their separate ways, but they never lost touch with each other.
When Arianna got to the café it didn't take her long to find Emma. She was the one with black hair with blonde highlights. She wore black jeans with a pink shirt; she was bouncing and smiled when she saw Arianna.
Emma got up and made her way to Arianna and hugged her.
"Arianna, it's so good to see you again. It's been way too long."
"Um Emma…I need to breath."
Emma let go with a laugh. "Sorry. I'm just so excited to see you. I hope you don't mind, but I already ordered for you."
"Thanks."
The two girls sat down and started talking about what they had been up to since the last time they met, which was two years ago.
Emma was very happy to learn the Arianna was moving to Gotham and was planning a sleepover. Arianna laughed at her excitement; Emma always was hyper.
"So, what's it like working for Bruce Wayne?"
"Well, I'm never bored." Emma chuckled. "He has me running errands for him, taking messages, cancelling things for him. You know the basic secretary stuff."
"Sounds fun." Arianna said sarcastically as she took a sip of her drink.
"How have you been doing?" Emma said, turning serious. "I know it hasn't been easy since-"
"I don't want to talk about it." Arianna interrupted.
"All right, but whenever you do want to talk I'm here for you."
Arianna smiled. "Thanks."
The two of them sat there for awhile longer before they decided to leave. Arianna enjoyed seeing Emma again. She had missed her so much. Emma walked with Arianna back to her apartment; she wasn't ready to say bye to her friend even though Arianna reminded her they would see each other more now.
"So is anything on your mind?" Arianna asked. "You look like you want to say something."
"Actually there is. You see, there is fund raiser going on tomorrow night and Bruce Wayne is donating a lot of money. All the employees are encouraged to come…though I doubt any really will."
"What are you getting at?"
"Will you come with me?"
"No."
"Please, Ari. I don't like going to these things alone."
"Then why go?"
"Well, I uh…I go because…I go because it looks good for Mr. Wayne's image."
Arianna laughed. "No, you're going because you think Bruce Wayne is good looking."
"Well yeah, there's that. Just go to this one with me and I'll never ask you to go again."
Arianna shook her head. "I will never understand you. What's the fund raiser for?"
"A new hospital."
"Oh right, I remember you telling me that one of the hospitals blew up."
"Yeah, be thankful you weren't here for that. And thanks to Batman we were all saved."
Arianna raised an eyebrow. "Batman? People say that-"
"Yeah, yeah, people can say what they want, but I still believe that he is good and protects us."
"Someone who runs around at night dressed up as a bat must not have much of a life."
Before the conversation got too much into batman, they arrived at Arianna's apartment. Emma wasn't going to leave until Arianna gave her an answer about the fund raiser. Arianna finally agreed to go because she knew Emma wasn't going to give up.
When Arianna went up to her apartment she saw she had a message on her answering machine so she pressed play. It was her mom checking to see how she was doing. Her mom was worried about her moving to Gotham.
Arianna called her mom back and told her how things were going and that she hadn't run into any problems, of course her mother was always worrying about her no matter how many times Arianna reassured her that she was fine.
Her mom brought up the subject of what happened before Arianna left, but she didn't want to talk about it. She had been trying to forget it and she didn't need anyone reminding her about it. She knew she couldn't avoid it, but she could try.
Sorry if this first one was boring. I promise it will get better if you give it a chance.
