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Chapter 2

A/N: Terry's age jumps a bit around at this point. There will be a side note for how old he is.


Welcome (Terry Age: 20)

He wasn't sure when he became part of their family

He wasn't sure if it was after one Christmas or what

Every McGinnis get together he was called.

Terry's birthday

Matt's birthday

Even Mary's birthday

New Year's Eve

Easter

Thanksgiving

Christmas Eve

Christmas

He became welcome in their family

It wasn't just that he became part of their family


Twenty First (Terry Age: 21)

His mother made sure Bruce took the boy out for his first drink

The rest of the weekend was planned to hang out with the girls

But today on his twenty first birthday Terry McGinnis was spending it with Bruce Wayne and a few others

Tim pushed a beer to the kid and told him to drink

Terry drank it listening to Tim's and Dick's stories of their twenty first birthdays

The boy laughed at their stories

Bruce watched as he tried to hid the face every time he took a drink of the now warm beer

Bruce chuckled to himself


Late Night Worry (Terry Age: 31, Epilogue)

He didn't know why he was worried

It wasn't like he couldn't go downstairs to the cave

It was that he didn't want to

He knew he could trust the boy

Boy

Terry wasn't a boy any longer

He hadn't been in a boy in years

It was just easier to think of him as a boy

And not of what he was really was

A grown man

But he couldn't stop from worrying

He guessed it was the father in him


Dance (Terry Age: 25)

The one thing he hated about being back as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Wayne Enterprises was the parties

The fake smile he had to put on for people he only saw once or twice a year

He wasn't trying to pick ladies anymore to keep up with what everyone though he should do

He was making small talk

Something he was terrible at

Out of the corner of his eye saw Dick, Tim, and Barbara

They were watching something

Bruce made his way to them

Resting his hand on Tim's shoulder he asked what or who they were watching

Tim pointed to his protégé and his girlfriend

They both had smiles and dancing to slow music

"Looks like I should hold more of these parties. At least they are enjoying it"


Calm (Terry Age: 19)

"Kid, stop moving your head so much, you look like a doggie on a dashboard."

"Sorry Bruce"

"Just take a deep breath in your mouth"

Bruce paused

Terry took a deep breath

"Now out your nose. Feel any better?"

"Nope"

Bruce sighed on the other side of the com link

"Terry, you need to calm down."

"I just don't want to fuck this up, Bruce."

The boy's voice came over the speakers of the cave

"You're not going to mess this up, Terry."

"Yeah, well Rex thinks so."

"Don't worry about him. He's just mad that you got picked for this undercover op and he didn't."

He heard Terry chuckle on the other end.

"Just stay calm and you'll do fine. Trust me kid, the first one is always the hardest."

He heard Terry take another deep breath in his mouth and out his nose.

"Let's do this, Bruce."

'Atta boy, Terry' the old man thought to himself.


A/N: This is dedicated to you, Dwayne McDuffie. R.I.P. You will be missed.

P.S. I shouldn't write anything late at night after two glasses of wine.

Ace