The Movie Night
"I vow I won't stop the movie because it has unrated scenes for you little ones" Seventeen year old Dick Grayson said before placing five DVDs on top of the mini theater DVD player inside the Wayne Mansion. Tonight was movie night and Timmy was supposed to be in charge of the movie genre, unfortunately Dick always opposed to terror movies and Tim just loved those.
"You better, I still want to see how The Rite ended." Jason scowled as he yelled at Dick from one of the farthest seats at the mini theater. "But Robi-poo that movie was unrated for Damian" Grayson cooed trying to hide his troll smirk. He obviously saw all horror movies their brothers wanted and just loved to hack the system so they couldn't download them.
"I have to protect your innocent minds." He was getting good at not laughing at his own excuses.
"Dick we fight the Joker, we live in Gotham! With Batman!" Jason hollered annoyed at Dick. "I want to see SAW IV." Damian said mandatorily like the spoiled kid he was. "Damian the older ones are speaking." His ebony haired and older brother said faking a wise accent. Damian groaned a dirty word everyone decided best to ignore.
"So what's for today, Paranormal Activity, The exorcist, Final Destination?" Jason yawned. "At this point I accept Chucky" Damian said in a rude tone.
"I thought The Woman in Black or Sinister" Tim said narrowing his eyes as Dick had limited his choices. It was either that, Resident Evil or Sweeny Todd. Richard had already seen every horror movie existing, especially with his little brothers and his concern for their diversion choices was starting to worry him a little. After Silent Hill, Underworld Awakening and The Possession he didn't think his brain could handle more. And he handled horror pretty much as Wally handled a food contest. Still, watching his brothers' robot like reactions to Paranormal Activity saga at three in the morning his preoccupation heightened. And the fact they played Slender for funzies. "I just don't think it's that healthy every movie night we have we end up watching either gore or horror." Dick rolled his eyes.
Damian stuck his tongue out at him and scooted far away from where he sat. Tim sighed and rubbed a hand on his face before putting the first movie. No one made a sound not even in the scariest parts when dramatic music echoed in the mini theater.
At the end of The Woman in Black Bruce entered the room wearing his usual facial expression. He sat next to Damian. Said boy was angrily chewing popcorn because his father decided he needed to be close to him. Dick grumbled something about him wanting to sit next to Bats. He ended up sitting behind the both of them. Jason was still as far as he could from the three of them and Timmy had sneaked at the free side of his adoptive father. "So, what are you watching next?" Bruce said in his usual monotone voice. "Sinister!" Tim said smiling briefly which earned him a raised eyebrow.
"I don't think it is good for you to watch…" Bruce couldn't even finish when Dick was waving his hands dramatically yelling "There! You see! I told you so!"
The dark knight frowned before sighing tiredly. He had joined the boys for Alfred. He said he needed to bond or else the 'bat family' would end like the 'arrow family'. A drug addicted clone,a revenge thirsty teenager and an eighteen year old living alone with Wally. Tim crossed his arms like a reprimanded kid, Damian stuck his tongue out but Jason had the nerve to ask "Oh yeah! Well then what do you expect us to watch?"
Bruce glared, not intensely but still got the effect he wanted. "I am not saying to change your preferences. It is best if you vary the genres in order to blend in with society your age."
"I would suggest romantic comedy…" Dick said behind Bruce whose frown deepened as he saw the cover of a DVD with Sandra Bullock on it. He didn't think it would harm trying a different movie once in a while. Besides how bad can his older son choices be?
Batman relaxed on his cushioned couch while the starting credits appeared. Damian was trying to choke himself with his popcorn; He looked at Tim who still looked like a kicked puppy. "I hate you Grayson. You will not sleep again." Jason's hiss could be heard from the back. Dick couldn't help his usual troll laugh to escape. Batman seemed uncomfortable with the themes and plot; it wasn't every day you saw The Batman watching The Proposal with his kids, three of them on the edge of killing the oldest one. Batman read the back of the cover as the first scene played. It was actually fun to watch their expressions as they tried to cope with the fact they were all reunited watching…. Something Grayson brought. The movie kept progressing Dick giggled at some parts which earned him a glare from Jason and a raised eyebrow from Bruce. Tim and Damian seemed absorbed by the plot itself.
Dick was currently texting on his I-phone with a smirk on his face. He couldn't belive he somehow convinced his family on this one. It was so bizarre he couldn't even concentrate. Timmy eyed him suspiciously and couldn't help the curiosity "Who are you texting? Why aren't you seeing YOUR movie?" Dick lazily lifted his eyes and smiled boyishly at his brother. "Nothing Tim I was just talking to Babs. Apparently she just got grounded thanks to me. And I already saw this movie" Bruce raised his eyebrow but didn't turn around to face his son.
"And who are you texting now?" Jason said now behind Dick, his breath close enough to raise a few strands of hair from Dick's neck. "It's none of your business!" He almost squealed and covered his phone pushing Jason's face with his palm. "Oh, Grayson is such a womanizer!" Jason bluffed. Damian suddenly gave a squeal of pure terror followed by Tim yelling at the top of his lungs 'wow'. Bruce started choking on Damian's soda and covered the child's eyes.
"Dick, what the fuck?" Jason asked, his wide eyes now on the movie in a scene were the naked body of Ryan Reynolds was on top of Sandra Bullock's naked body. "This is why just watching horror movies isn't healthy. When you see these movies you panic" Grayson said between giggles and coughs of hysterical laughter. Batman scowled then glared keeping his hand covering Damian's and Timmy's eyes. "And this is the reason why you no longer babysit them." His severe tone was a mere amusement to Jason who rolled to the floor laughing. Dick fake pouted and Timmy scrambled to stop the movie. "So Dick, ready for movie night?" Wally said entering unannounced, arm over Artemis who was trying hard not to smile when she saw the scene in front of her.
Bruce was still trying to cover Damian's angry and red face, Timmy was trying to stop Jason from killing Dick. The brown haired teen grabbed his older brother's phone and wrote "I'm slutty" on his facebook, before checking his texts. He gained blackmail soon enough then. "I guess texting him before coming wasn't intelligent right Wally?" Artemis's breathy and mocking whisper made him blush. "I didn't think this would be happening!" Richard did get what he deserved in the end.
Out of all the chaos Jason's cocky scream resonated through the entire room "I knew you and Wally were boyfriends!" Artemis efficiently snatched the phone only to roll her eyes at Wally's antics. "You morons deserve this" She scoffed sitting beside Batman and Damian who stared at her somewhat scared. She shoved popcorn inside her mouth happily. Alfred entered the room with his vacuum cleaner and started picking tiny greasy popcorns on the floor.
Damian couldn't take his eyes off of the blonde tigress beside him. His dark eyes studied her carefully and meticulously. This worried the redheaded and the father near him. Dick managed to untangle from the death grip of Jason and hollered 'Damian has a crush on my best friend!' "Fuck you Grayson." Alfred didn't questioned why that statement was pronounced by different voices, his vacuum happily toning out the noise that kept getting louder.
