After Robin and Jasmine returned the stolen wallet, Robin led her to a park. Robin walked past the playground with a smile. "My dad brought me here all the time when my parents died and he took me in."
He turned and looked at Jasmine. "I think I know someone who can take you in, just like my father took me."
Jasmine looked confused. "Who?"
Robin smirked. "If we're lucky, I can convince Batman."
Jasmine looked at him like he was crazy. "If we're not so lucky, I'll bring you by that big Wayne manor and watch from the trees, so if he takes you in."
Jasmine looked at him in disbelief. "What? Do you not have faith in me?" Robin placed a hand on his chest and pretended to look offended. "I'm hurt, Jaz. Really."
Jasmine shook her head. "No! Its just that, what are the odds either of them would take me in?"
Robin smiled gently. "Sometimes you just gotta have a little faith." Robin looked into the trees. "Now come on! I wanna show you something."
Robin grabbed Jasmine's hand and pulled her along with him. Soon, Robin stopped dragging Jasmine as they came to a stop on a cliff. Robin pointed off the cliff. "Look."
Jasmine looked where he was pointing, and saw a beautiful, no, gorgeous view of the lake. The full moon was a little bit above the lake, and its reflection shone almost as bright as the original. The stars twinkled in the black night sky, and the lake seemed to sparkle.
Jasmine let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding."Beautiful, isn't it?" Jasmine looked down to see Robin sitting down. "Yea."
Robin smiled. "Why don't you come sit down?"
Jasmine nodded. "Ok."
Jasmine sat down in the grass next to him. She sighed. The view was so amazing. She felt an arm wrap around her shoulders and pull her towards the Boy Wonder. Jasmine looked up at him in confusion. Robin shrugged. "Just didn't want you getting cold."
Jasmine smiled and snuggled into Robin's chest as she felt part of his cape wrap around her. She looked up at Robin, her eyes seeming to sparkle like the lake.
"Thank you," she whispered. Robin smiled. "You're welcome."
Jasmine buried her face into Robin's chest again. "But, you do owe me two."
Jasmine looked up in confusion. "Two?"
Robin nodded. "Yea. One for not turning you in, and one for bringing you here and giving you a great time with the Boy Wonder." He motioned to himself drastically.
Jasmine scoffed. "More like Boy Ego." She picked up a handful leaves and poured them on his head. Robin gasped in shock, then smirked. "Oh, it is on."
Robin grabbed handfuls of leaves and began throwing them at Jasmine, who squealed and did the same. They didn't know how long they did this, but eventually they fell down in exhaustion, Jasmine lying on Robin's chest on their backs as they looked up at the stars.
They panted as they tried to catch their breath with stupid smiles on their faces. "That was fun," Robin said.
Jasmine turned to him. "Yea, it was. We should run into each other more often."
Robin nodded in agreement. They stayed like that for a while, until Robin looked at wrist and sat up quickly, cursing. Jasmine was confused. "Whats wrong?"
Robin looked at her with wide eyes. "Its 10:30! I was supposed to be back at 9 to report to Bats!"
Jasmine widened her eyes also. Robin stood up, pacing. "Oh man, Bats is so gonna kill me for this. Unless…"
Robin looked at Jasmine. "Unless what?"
"Remember when I said that maybe I could get Bats to take you in? We're gonna try that right now." Jasmine's eyes widened in alarm. "No!"
Robin looked at her gently. "Jaz, its gonna be ok. And I really don't like seeing you like this."
Jasmine hesitated. What if Batman didn't like her? What if she wasn't good enough? What if the plan didn't work? But what if it did? She decided to take the chance. "Ok. Lets do it."
Robin flashed her an encouraging smile, then pressed his finger to his earpiece. "Batman, you there?"
"Yes, I'm here. I assume there is a good reason that you're still not back from patrol."
Robin swallowed. Here goes. "Yea, there is." He glanced at Jasmine. "But you're gonna have to come to that old park."
"Why?"
"Its complicated."
"Dick, our lives are never simple."
Robin sighed. "Just, get here, please. Oh, and can you bring a bag of Agent A's cookies? Those are really good."
Robin heard Batman sigh. "Fine, but there better be a good reason for all of this. Batman out."
Robin exhaled in relief. He turned and smiled at Jasmine. "Now we wait."
After about 5 minutes, Batman walked out of the trees. He looked between Robin and Jasmine, then Robin again. "This is why you were out late?"
"Batman, we're always out late." Batman narrowed his eyes. "Thats not funny, Robin. Why did you want me here?"
Robin took in a deep breath. "I was hoping that, maybe, we could kinda, take her in?"
Batman's eyes narrowed more. "What?"
"Well she's been on the streets for years now and her parents died in a fire when she was 6, Batman. 6." Batman's glare lessened a little.
"She's like me," Robin said quietly. Batman face turned to a look of pity. Dick had witnessed his parents fall to their deaths, and that was when he was 4 years older than this girl. And yet, she'd been living on the streets for some time.
Batman looked at Robin. "How do we keep our secret, though?"
Robin's eyes widened. "I…didn't think about that."
Batman sighed. "I was thinking, maybe Bruce Wayne could adopt her and Batman could help train her."
Batman looked up at him. It was a good suggestion. "Fine. You'll take her to Bruce Wayne's mansion. I have to go follow Poison Ivy's trail," he lied. Batman looked at Jasmine.
"Meet us at the Bat signal for training, or Robin can come pick you up," Batman said, glancing at his protege. Robin smiled. "I have to go, I'll see you soon."
With that, Batman turned and walked off. "Oh, I almost forgot." He gave Robin a bag. "Compliments of Agent A." Batman walked off. Robin smiled and opened the bag. Cookies! And they were fresh!
"Whats that smell?" Robin looked over at Jasmine. "It smells really good," she said. Robin smiled. "Thats because they are."
He handed her a cookie. Her eyes glowed when she took a bite. "This is the best thing I have ever tasted!"
Robin laughed. "I know, right!" He took a bite of another cookie. After Jasmine ate hers, she felt kinda guilty and sat down on the bench, quietly. Robin looked at her in confusion. "You know you can have some more, right? I can always get a lot more later."
Robin thought for a minute. "As a matter of fact, take the whole bag. You haven't eaten anything in a while."
Jasmine's eyes widened. "Really?"
"Yea, really." Jasmine smiled and she pulled Robin into a hug. "Thank you, Robin. You've done a lot for me tonight."
Robin smiled and held her. "You might be a Boy Wonder, after all."
Robin looked at her in shock. "Might be?!"
Jasmine laughed. "I'm kidding, chill out."
Robin smiled. "I wanna hear you say it."
"Say what?"
"That I am a Boy Wonder."
Jasmine smiled. "Fine, you're a Wonder Boy."
Robin frowned as she laughed. "You're never gonna call me Boy Wonder, are you?"
Jasmine stopped laughing. "Maybe one day."
Robin pouted. "Oh well, at least you'll do it when I save you again."
Robin smirked as Jasmine looked at him in disbelief. "Whatever, lets just get to that Wayne manor."
"Do you really want to get rid of me that fast? I'm hurt."
"No, I just really want to find out if this guy will really take me in so I can go ahead and find a place to sleep if he doesn't."
Robin frowned. "I'm sure he'll take you in. Who can say no to that adorable face?"
Jasmine rose an eyebrow. "Did you just call me adorable?"
Robin turned beet red. "Yea, you're right. We should hurry up and find that manor. This way!"
This is the second part of that really long chapter I was talking about at first. Kinda think my writing sucks, so give me some feedback!
-Silver
