Did you ever had a feeling, that a certain day is somehow important? That nudging feeling you perhaps should be somewhere or have something done? Tonight it was my turn. It was something I couldn´t put my finger on. I was pretty annoyed and irritated.

And then late in the evening the realization hit me. I died today. Well, not exactly today, today years ago. Yippee ki yay, happy anniversary. I might as well take a night off, I guess.

So I sank into a boozer in the heart of the Narrows. Simpsons´ "Moe´s pub" type. Half empty, only a few losers at the bar.

I dived into an empty table, ordered a bottle of Tequila and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. I intended to get myself drunk into oblivion and smoke so much, that I won´t be able to speak tomorrow.

Well, it was a good plan. I was just finishing third cigarette and second shot of Tequila, when somebody sat down across me.

"Hello, Little Wing."

Damn, I will have to check my suit and helmet for trackers more often.

"What are you doing here, Dickie?" I growled. "Isn´t it past your bed time already?"

"You know these things will kill you?"

"Been there, done that." I looked into his eyes provocatively, while lighting fourth cigarette. I inhaled deeply and puffed the smoke out, right into Dick´s face, still looking into his eyes.

He raised his eyebrow, but said nothing. Hell, he didn´t even cough, and I know very well how he hates cigarettes. He lets me have no fun.

"So what do you want in here, Grayson?" I asked wearily. He put on a hurt face, like if you´d tore child´s favorite teddybear´s head off.

"Can´t I go and see my baby brother?"

I looked around meaningfully. "What would big B say, seeing his Golden boy sitting in a place like this?" I didn´t finish with ´with me´, but Dick got it.

"I think it´s none of his business," he said and poured himself a shot of liquor, using an empty glass he apparently got on the bar.

I sneered. Do we have a belated teenage rebellion here? Well, never mind.

"What the hell do you want," I repeated, staring to be a bit pissed now.

He hesitated for a moment. "Just… show up at home sometimes. I miss my baby brother. And Tim would like to see his other big one too. Alfred will bake tons of cookies out of pure joy. And Bruce..." He paused.

"C´mon, Jay, I´m tired of seeing you destroying yourself. I´m tired to see B´s hurt look every time his eyes come across your costume."

What? I froze completely. Dick continued to drivel, but I´ve shut him down. Then Bruce´s name woke me up again.

I had to stop this at once.

"Look, B´s got Replacement, and most importantly you. I don´t think he misses me that much. "

I did too many things that stood between us now. I can´t agree with his Boy Scout moral. He can´t approve of my methods. Period.

Dick sighed in frustration, as he pushed the chair away from the table.

"You have more in common than you think," he said as he stood up. "And by the way, you can stop calling Tim names." He leaned over to me. "I know about the breakfast waffles," he grinned and waved goodbye casually as he left.

OK, I´m gonna kill Tim this time for sure. But I couldn´t help myself, I had to smile at the memory of waffles and coffee we shared in silence occasionally after a patrol night. Alfred´s waffles have always been a disaster, but nobody had the heart to tell him.

Alfred. I´d lie, saying I don´t miss him. But how could I just show up in the manor? Knock on the door and ask for some cookies? Ha. Though painful, that picture made me smile a little again.

This was pointless. I left the rest of the drink on the table and headed out of the bar, into the night. I wandered the streets, burning cigarette in the corner of my mouth. Maybe I get lucky and run into a robbery or something on my way home. Crooks and lags are after all quite good punching bags and the night was still young.

OK, I know I promised to myself I´d write something funny, and I´m really going to ;) But this idea popped up my head and I just have to finish it.

I wrote this story partially right in English and not in my native language first, so I hope there are not many mistakes.

Hope you liked it, please review :)