Bruce pov
On the drive home, Danielle falls asleep. Every so often she flinches and whimpers in my lap. When we pull up to the front door, I decide to wake her up. When her blue eyes open the fear in them returns.
"We're home." I say as she scurries out of my lap, getting her bag.
"Are you ready?" I ask trying to calm her.
She mods as I get out of the car. When she looks at the manor and gasps with a smile on her face.
"It look like something from Scooby Doo." She says smiling.
"Yeah it does. Come on, it's starting to rain." I say while she pulls up her hoodie to cover her small head from the rain.
She walks to the steps and sprints to the door. As she reaches her hand to the door knob Alfred twists it first. She jumps back a foot when he opens the door. When Alfred comes into her view she runs back to me and hides behind my leg.
"Its ok Danielle. That's just my butler. He wont hurt you." She looks at me with a small smile and lets my leg go.
"Hello Master Bruce. This must be our new house guest. I am Alfred Pennyworth. I am here for your beckon call. If you need anything al all let me know. Do you want me to take your bag?" He asks while smiling at her and holding the umbrella over her head.
She holds her bag closer to her while shaking her head. She looks at him with a scurry face (meaning out of question or wonder to my teacher) and tilting her head to the side. She reaches her hand out to touch Alfred's hand and holds it tightly. I can tell by Alfred's pinky being squished so the tip of it touched his middle finger. She has small tears glisten in her eyes and rushes into his leg. She squeezes his leg tightly as tear fall slowly down her face.
"My word! Are you alright?" Alfred asks in shock.
She doesn't answer him and nuzzles into his leg, squeezing him tightly. When she finally lets go she wipes her tear from her eyes.
"Sorry. You just remind me of uncle Jay." She says while sniffling.
"It's fine. Now let's get you settle in." Alfred says while opening the door.
"Ok." She agrees while taking his hand.
When she walks in the house, her jaw falls to the floor.
"Wow. This place is huge. You could fit the whole circus in here." She says running under chandler. "I haven't see on of these since Rome." She adds.
"You went to Rome?" I ask in shock.
"And Spain, Hungary, and Paris." She says proudly.
"Wow, you are a little explore." I say in shock.
"Yeah. The trips were amazing." She smiles to herself.
"Good. How about I show you to your room." I say while holding out my hand.
"Ok." She agrees while taking my hand.
I think that she likes being touched by people. She smiles slightly at every touch me and Alfred give her. I lead her to her room. It's the third room down the hall from mine. I'll always be across from her if she needs me. She has a big queen size bed, with a small balcony. It also has a desk, a book shelf filled with books, a dresser, and a table at her bed side. She walks to the bed and places her bag down. She looks out her window and sighs heavily.
"I'll be waiting for you downstairs. Call if you need anything." I tell her as I walk out of the room.
Danielle pov
I stand in the big, bare white room in wonder. It may have been months since mom and dad died but still miss them. .I think that Bruce is nice but I still I don't know about him. I unload my bag on the bed and pull out my old suit. It's still clean and smells like home. I place a picture of them on m new bed side table. After I finish un packing I decide to take a look around my new home. I find a room with the door unlock. I walk in and turn on the lights. I want to scream with glee at the amazing instruments. There is a grand piano in the center of the room, strings and winds hand on the walls, even a recording studio.
"I think I just found heaven on earth." I whisper as I take the sheet off the piano.
It has a nice black coat and looks brand new, but she sounds awful. I push one of the keys and sounds like a cat got ran over.
"Ow!" I scream in a whisper covering my ears.
She needs a good toning but other than that she's perfect. I go to the strings and like the piano they need a nice toning. I go to the sound system and start to play around with it. Be that as it may it's a little dusty but sounds awesome. I turn it off and move on to the winds. They honestly sound better than the piano and the strings. I start to play the flute louder than before, not even caring if people can hear me. I'm lost in the music And for the first time in months I smile.
Bruce pov
After I leave the room and go to the kitchen, I start to worry about her. She's in a new environment with 2 strange men in the house. What have i honestly gotten myself into. I grow really nervous when she doesn't come down after 15 minutes. I want to check on her but I don't want to rush her. I pace the floor trying to figure out what to do.
"Master Bruce why don't you just go to see her?" Alfred asks.
"I don't want to rush her." I explain while sitting on a stool.
"Do you want me to go look?" He asks while looking at me with sympathy in his eyes.
"Please." I beg slightly to him.
"I will be right back sir." Alfred says while walking upstairs.
"Thank you." I thank him while trying to calm down.
He doesn't even leave for 2 minutes when I hear something fall and a gasp.
"Master Bruce, Mistress Danielle is gone!" Alfred cries while running down the stairs.
My hearts drops when he tells me what happened. I run upstairs and look in every rooms. I panic after the first 5 room I check are empty.
"Danielle! Where are you?!' I yell down the hall.
I'm really kicking myself for having too many rooms. I hear laughter and a flute playing in the distance.
"Alfred, I found her." I yell in a whisper down the hall.
We walk to the door and listen her quietly. She's playing a song I didn't know but she sounds pretty good. Almost like a professional of you didn't know better. When she finishes we walk in the room and clap for her. She jumps slightly and stares at us with wide eyes.
"How long have you been standing there?" She asks in a whisper.
I rush to her and hug her close to me as I sigh in relief.
"You scared me. You weren't in your room." I tell her while pulling her so I can look at her.
"I'm sorry. I wanted to look around. This place is amazing."
"My mom thought the same thing when she got the piano. My dad bought the retro of the instruments. The recording set was a trade in a deal 4 to 6 years ago I did." I explain.
"If I had the right tools, I could fix the Grand stand and the strings." She explains while looking around the room.
"How about we go out one day and get some tools to fix it." I ask.
"Ok." She says nodding.
"Lets go down for dinner." I tell her while holding out my hand for her to take.
She takes my hand as we walk down the stairs for dinner.