Gotham City, Illinois. August 19th. 11 PM.
Tim Drake banged his forehead against the window of the Batmobile. School started in a few days and he wasn't ready to go back. His real friends were off in their own towns, thinking the same thing.
"Why can't this be a full time job." Tim sighed, looking out the window, to the lights whizzing by.
"You don't want it to be one." Bruce said stiffly, keeping his eyes on the roads of Gotham.
"Its better than going to school."
"You need to stay in school. You're real smart, you know. Don't lose it and skip classes," Bruce shot, glaring at Tim through the rearview mirror. "Who knows what will happen. You're a junior this year. For Gods' sake get a girlfriend and take her to homecoming and prom."
Tim groaned at the word 'girlfriend'. No girl in Gotham was right for him- they were too busy doing who-knows-what with the popular guys. And the one girl he knew well, Cassie, had a thing with Conner.
"I know what you're thinking, but if you do, you'll thank me later." Bruce warned.
"The only reason I'd thank you later was if she had superpowers. But that would never happen because there are no other superhero chicks in Gotham City," he mumbled.
Danford, Connecticut. August 11th. 11:30 PM.
Lily rolled over in bed, wide awake. Her room was empty except for her bed, and her boxes of clothing, furniture, books, and posters. Tomorrow was the big move- her mother, father, and herself would be going on a flight to Chicago, then a half hour drive to Gotham City, their new home.
"I'm going to miss this place…" she mumbled, sighing. Although her friends saw her as a loser and ditched her for the summer, she didn't care. She'd miss school, and the annoying color of her locker. Hopefully the lockers at Gotham's high school are normal looking, she thought, and the boys are also normal and not completely estranged.
Lily didn't have the best of luck with boyfriends….or boys in general. They either talked to her to gain connections with her friends, or didn't even talk to her at all. She was this strange girl, who loved reading backwards Japanese books called manga, and who had a strange obsession with this duo called Batman and Robin. Nobody in her entire school knew who they were, so they thought they were figments of her imagination. But ever since she was able to read, Lily followed the stories of the evil villains and the dynamic duo coming in to save the day in Gotham City. Every time her father went on a business trip to Gotham, he brought back more stories and newspaper clippings for her. Photos were rare, but her father became friends with Commissioner Gordon, who got her special photos and posters. The commissioners own daughter was a fan of Batman and Robin herself, so when Lily met up with Barbara Gordon when her dad took her to Gotham City for the first time, they became best friends. However, Barbara was 22 when Lily was 10, so they didn't talk as much, but hung out whenever Lily visited Gotham City. Barbara was like a big sister back from college, the big sister Lily never had. And, being like sisters, they divvied up the dynamic duo- Lily got Robin, and Barbara got Batman.
Who knew that Lily's half would become true…