It took Leslie three days to get in touch with the other doctor. In that time Bruce had kept Dick in the darkness of his bedroom, which was fine with the younger boy, it meant he could sleep and the darkness kept his headache to a low humming.

Within those three days both Barbra and Wally had come to see him, both concerned about how he was doing. Wally was especially worried, he had been there on his friend's second fainting spell, and he had carried him while he was unconscious. His best friend had been pale and limp; it had scared him.

And the sight of Dick when he had gone to visit him hadn't reassured him. His friend was propped up on pillows, his specs on his nose and his hair dishevelled. He had spoken to Wally and tried to convince the speedster that he was fine, but Wally could see his eyes were glazed over and didn't fail to notice that the teen was spacing out a lot. Which was just something Robin/Dick never did, he was always alert and noticed everything around him. Wally was pretty sure he could have walked in wearing a dress and the younger boy wouldn't have been any the wiser.

Dick spent most of those three days asleep, while Bruce spent most of it on the Bat computer, looking up Dick's symptoms and finding various things that could be plaguing his son. In the end Alfred had to pull his master away from the screen, as some of the things were beginning to make even the mighty Batman anxious.

Finally Leslie called.

"We had a long discussion and we both agreed in the end that Steroids were not the way to go" she said over the phone, Bruce sat down on his office chair.

"Where do we go from here then?" he asked loosening his grip on the phone when he realised he was gripping it too hard.

"We're thinking the best plan of action is to try him on Amitriptyline. We'll keep him on it for a month and see if the headaches are improving".

"Amitriptyline?" Bruce thought for a moment, trying to bring the drugs name into his mind "Isn't that an anti- depressant?" Dick was many things, but depressed wasn't one of them, true he found his parents death upsetting, especially towards the anniversary. But they worked through it together.

"It is, but it's rarely used as one. It's mainly used to prevent chronic headaches"

"Prevent? So he can't use it as a pain killer?" wasn't that the whole point? Too stop his son being in so much pain?

"If he takes one of these every night, in a week or so we should start to see an improvement. Until then just keep trying with the Aspirin, I know it doesn't do very much, but it might take the edge off which could be the difference between him passing out and not".

Bruce took a deep breath, thinking everything through quickly in his mind before accepting

"I'll try anything as long as it stops the pain".

Hours later Leslie arrived with the prescription, she couldn't stay long as so she left Bruce and Alfred to look through the leaflet that came with the drugs.

Both the men's eyes grew wide as they looked through the 3 pages of possible side effects.

"Fitting, Coma, Suicidal thoughts? What the hell?" exclaimed Bruce as he re-read the sheet "There's no way I'm giving him this!"

"It does say those are rare and extreme cases Master Bruce" said Alfred "I believe the most common side effect and you'll see Dr Tompkins has under lined it, is drowsiness"

Bruce looked to where the old man was pointing but was still unsure

"But he's already sleeping most of the day, how is making him even more tired going to help him?" He sat down at the kitchen table with his head in his hands.

"Perhaps it would be wise to get a second opinion. Just to be sure?" Bruce looked up slowly "Master Allen perhaps?"

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"Hello, Barry Allen here….Bruce! How are you, how's Dick?" Barry stood up from his desk and walked to the lab door to close and lock it. He didn't want anyone getting wind of the fact poor Dick was sick as a dog.

"I see" he said as Bruce explained why they thought Dick had fainted at the cave the other day "What about now, is he any better? ... Steroids, blimey … no it makes scenes that she would want another opinion. I see, yeh that sounds like the safer option…so what do you want me for?" He listened to his friends worry. It wasn't often Bruce Wayne reached out for help, but when he did it usually involved his 14 year old son.

"Well the way I see it Bruce, is that this drug might be what he needs to get these headaches under control, if what your telling me is correct, then the poor kid isn't getting any relief from the pain. Try him on the drug; give it a couple of weeks, if he doesn't get along with them then you take him off of them. It's like you said Bruce, they don't know what's wrong, and until we know it's a case of trying things to see if they work. Have you tried giving him energy drinks? It might perk him up a little. Alright, it's no problem. Bye"

Barry unlocked the door and then made his way back to his desk and his experiment, wishing that he knew some way to help his friend a little more.

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"What's this?"

"It's a new drug we're going to try" Bruce gave Dick a glass of water and handed him the little blue pill.

"What's it called?"

"it doesn't matter" there was no way he was going to let Dick read up on it, he would never willingly take it if he read that list of side effects.

"Can I read the leaflet?" Damn his son and his curiosity

"No, now take it" the kid looked at him with a raised eye brow but shrugged and swallowed the pill.

"Right now, you're not allowed to drink any alcohol because it will turn the drug into a sedative" Dick smiled weakly, both knowing that Dick wasn't the drinking sort.

After he finished the glass of water he handed it back to the older man "Happy?" he said and then sunk back into his pillows.

"Yes" said Bruce and he started walking out of the room, leaving Dick to fall back into slumber.

"Oh" he said before shutting the door "and let me know if you start to have suicidal thoughts. Good night."

He caught a glimpse of his sons wide eyed expression before closing the door behind him.

A/N Another chapter finished. How are you guys liking it so far, i tell you its making me feel better. so until the next chapter please review and any questions feel free to PM me. Karin xxx