"Dick come on!" Bruce Wayne yelled up his stairs and throughout his home to his adopted son. Alfred was walking around dusting everything like he does every week. Bruce checked his watch and looked around. "RICHARD!" Bruce yelled once again. This time he could hear shoes pounding against the floors. Richard "Dick" Grayson ran to the stairs and slide down the banister.
Alfred looked him disappointingly. "Master Richard the banister is not a slide please remember that."
"Sorry Alfred." Dick finally turned to Bruce.
"Ready!" He said saluting Bruce, smiling. While Bruce looked down and frowned at his 'son'.
"We were suppose to leave a half hour ago to sign you up for school. And I have a meeting in a half hour." the boy frowned and looked down. Bruce felt a twinge at his heart as his 'son' looked as though he was about to cry. Bruce sighed and ruffled Dick's hair. He looked up at the older man and smiled again. "Why don't I push my meeting back, we eat some food then go sign you up for school?" Dick happily smiled and nodded running off to find Alfred to make pancakes for him. While Bruce called to reschedule his meeting.
"Alfred!" Dick yelled while running to thee kitchen. Alfred walked out of the living room.
"Master Richard, what have I told you about running and yelling inside the manor?"
"B-but Dad just yelled at me to..." Dick stopped talking as Alfred gave him a look to keep quiet.
"Now what was it that you needed me for Master Richard? I thought that you and Master Bruce where leaving?" Dick thought for a moment before remembering what he ran though the hall for.
"Will you make me pancakes with chocolate chips?"
"I will not," Dicks face fell as the older gentleman who reminded him of a grandfather said no. "make pancakes with chocolate but I will with blueberry's." Alfred said. Dick's face once again light up like the fourth of July as he follow the older man into kitchen. Dick stood and tried to watch as Alfred made pancakes. Dick being only 9 couldn't see too well over the counter. And Alfred hated it when he pulled himself up and sat on the counter. Alfred said that 'Butts do not belong on counters.' Dick felt someone put their hands under his armpits and left him up. Dick looked to see Bruce holding him to watch Alfred cook.
After breakfast was finish Alfred drove Bruce and Dick to Gotham Academy to enroll Dick. Dick and Bruce walked into a fancy looking office, "Dick why don't you sit down and wait." Dick sat in the chair quietly as Bruce stood in front of counter. A secretary got up and looked at him.
"Mr. Wayne, we've been waiting for you the Headmistress is waiting for you and your son in her office." Bruce looked at Dick.
"Come on Dick." Dick stood up and followed Bruce into a small office. The headmistress stood up as soon as Bruce walked in shaking his hand.
"Welcome Mr. Wayne, I'm headmistress Scott." She looked at Dick and smiled. "And this must be Richard." She stuck her hand out for Dick to shake and he did. They all sat down after the handshake. The headmistress looked at some paperwork. "Well seeing as Richard has no previous schooling records were are going to put him in our school and then in a month check on his grades and see if he'll make it here." Bruce and the headmistress stood up and shook hands once again. Bruce got down on one knee and looked at Dick.
"Ok Dick I'm going to go to work. Have fun at school." Bruce leaned in and gave Dick and big hug. Dick wrapped his arms around Bruce's neck and hugged him back. But when Bruce let go and stood up but Dick didn't and was still attached around his neck. "Dick?" Bruce asked holding Dick so his arms didn't give out. "Whats wrong, son?" Dick buried his head into Bruce's shoulder and shook it. "Come on, talk with me." Bruce said rubbing his back,
"I."
"You what?"
"I'm afraid." Bruce chuckled. When Dick heard him laugh, he lifted his head and released his grip on Bruce. "What are you laughing?" he pouted.
"You did acrobatics fifty feet in the air without a net. How are you afraid of school?" Dick once again placed his head in the crook of Bruce's neck.
"But I've never talked with other kids or been to school." Bruce set Dick down and looked him in the eye's.
"Everything will be fine school's fun and you'll have a great time. And I'll be waiting for you after school, ok?" Dick sighed and nodded, Bruce pushed back his bangs and kissed his forehead.
"Is he ready?" The secretary asked. Bruce looked at Dick, and Dick in turn smiled and nodded. "Come on Richard." The secretary grabbed his hand and walked out. As they left Dick watched Bruce with a sad smile. Bruce forced a smile and waved watching his 'son' leave.
While Bruce was sitting in a board meeting listening to his scientists drone on and on about something he had no idea about. There was a knock at the door and everyone ignored it except Bruce who watched as his secretary quietly walked over to him. She leaned towards his ear. "Mr. Wayne your son's headmistress is on the phone." Bruce's eyes widened and abruptly stood up. Everyone in the meeting shut up.
"We will continue this meeting tomorrow, Ms. Cowl please handle that." Bruce ran out and picked up his secretary's phone. "Hello?"
"Mr. Wayne?" the voice asked.
"Yes."
"Oh Mr. Wayne, Richard is in my office." Bruce ran his hand through his hair and sighed.
"I'll be there soon." His secretary walked out of the meeting room. "Ms. Cowl will you please reschedule all of my appointments for today?" Before she could answer he ran out.
Bruce ran into the school back into the office. Once again the secretary lead him to the headmistresses office where, when he entered he saw a crying Dick. "Hello again headmistress Scott, what seems to be the problem?" He sat next to Dick and looked at the crying boy.
"Well when the teacher asked Richard to draw a picture of his family in art he refused. And then afterwards some boys started picking on him, and he in turn hit them." Bruce turned to Dick and then the headmistress.
"Could you give us a minute?" he asked the headmistress, she nodded and left. Bruce once again looked at Dick.
"Do you want to talk me what happened?" Dick wiped his eyes and then shook his head no. "Richard, please."
Dick looked into Bruce's eyes. "T-th-the tea-teacher tol-told me to... draw a picture o-of m-my fam-family." Dick sniff "I di-didn't want to and the-the teacher as-asked me why and I-I t-told her I didn't wa-wanna talk a-about it." Bruce started rubbing Dick's back to get him to calm down. "Then these boys st-started picking on me an-and I g-g-got an-angry and hit him. Di-din't mean to dad!" Dick defended.
"It's alright Dick, just calm down and well talk about it later, okay?" Dick nodded his head. Bruce picked him up and Dick automatically wrapped his arms around Bruce's neck. Bruce walked out and looked at the headmistress.
"I'm going to take him home. He'll be back tomorrow." she nodded.
"Just make sure his behavior is better."
Once Dick and Bruce entered the manor Dick said. "I'm sorry." Bruce looked down at Dick confused.
"Why are you sorry?"
"Because I pulled you out of your meeting and got in trouble my first day." Bruce gave a quick laugh. Getting down on one knee, to look him in the eye, and placing a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm not mad at all. I use to get angry all the time whenever people talked about my parents. Just give it time but try to control your anger." Bruce stood up. "That meeting was boring anyways." Dick laughed and followed Bruce to find Alfred.
