Chapter Two
Present day…
"Tim!" An excited girls voice filled the bus stop outside of school
"Uh… yeah" A rather dazed Tim turned around to follow where the voice was coming from to see a cheerful dark haired girl run towards him "Oh hey Arianna" He attempted to sound more enthusiastic
"What's the matter with you?" She stopped just before bowling him over as she looked at his rather slacked body
"Me? Well it is Monday morning, its school, need I go on" He sighed as he begrudgingly walked up the steps to class
"Were you like this in all you other schools or is it just Gotham's air?" She asked inquisitively at the 'New boy' who she decidedly took under her wings, much to the other girl's disapproval
"Well I have been here a couple of months now, cant say I ever remembered the smell there is now in the air back when I use to come visit Gotham" He looked up at the murky sky due to the chemical plants, which hung round day or night
"So you use to come to Gotham regular?" she raised an eyebrow as they continued their walk through the corridors
"My dad use to bring me to the circus when I was a kid, they never came round where I lived" Tim smiled as he remembered those days when his dad was well
"Yet even though seeing the place before hand, you stilled moved here, if I had my choice…"
"Even though this place, I guess is a dump there's still Bruce Wayne"
"Bruce Wayne!" She laughed, "What on earth has a middle aged playboy got to do with it?"
"Well um… he does own Wayne enterprises and they do lots of scientific research into my dads illness which will hopefully cure him, us living here means he's in the band for treatment" Tim's mentally pats himself on the back for his quick comeback
"Oh" Arianna replies confused "Well anyway this is my stop, see you at lunch?"
"Yeah sure, bye Ari"
Tim continues to walk down the corridor before a strong slap on the back brings him back to reality
"Timbo… my main man how you been, didn't see you on the weekend, oh wait, we never see you on the weekend, sure you haven't secretly got a girl?" The loud blonde hair boy forced people to turn to look at him, which was his plan
"No I haven't" He replied, secretly tired of all the questions off everybody, his life is far from interesting
"Well then when are you going to make your move?"
"My move, what so you mean Archie?"
"On Ari- Ari" He struggled
"Arianna?"
"Yeah so you know who I mean"
"Were friends" He tries to sound like he hasn't though about it
"Yeah a hot friend who befriended you for no other reason than that she likes your boyish good looks, hey you shaved" He jokingly rubbed his hand on Tim's cheek which he quickly brushed off
"I'm not looking for a girl right now" He quickened his pace hoping to leave Archie behind
"Come on Timbo, your sixteen things are legal now, you don't get a girl soon all the good ones will be taken, Arianna wont wait around forever, plus you'll start to get a name for yourself"
Tim stopped and turned to face Archie who walked straight into him "What kind of names?"
"Well uh" He stuttered as he rubbed the back of his head for ideas "look I don't need to spell it out for you, your bright you'll figure it out, i'm late for class" He then tapped Tim on the back before moving hastily up the corridor, Tim giving himself a mental note of how to get rid of Archie before going to class