Both teens froze when they heard the phone and waited impatiently for news of who called.

Dick and Vanessa fell silent for a moment until Dick began to shake violently as he lost control and the tears started to pour down his face once more. Vanessa rubbed his shoulders softly in an attempt to calm him down but made no progress. Vanessa sighed and closed her own eyes when she heard Alfred's voice.

"That was the hospital. it appears Master Bruce is paralyzed from the waist down, they are unsure if it is temporary or permanent at this time." Alfred informed them. Not knowing how to react Vanessa asked what Dick had been wondering.

"When will he be home?" She asked.

"They are unaware of that too but they did say that we can visit him." Alfred continued.

"I'll go back to my house if you guys want to go visit him." Vanessa offered as she got up to leave. She turned one more time to face Dick.

"Everything will work out somehow." She assured him then stepped out the door. Dick only nodded then followed Alfred to the car. He said nothing the whole drive to the hospital. Even in the waiting room all he did was sit and stare at the opposite wall until a nurse entered.

"You can see Mr. Wayne if you want but only one person at a time in the room please." the nurse said.

Dick slowly got up and followed her into the room. When he entered the room seeing Bruce made him too shocked for tears, he didn't want to move let alone see his 'dad' all bandaged up like this. But he force himself to hide his emotions and move forward to take a seat next to the bed. Bruce was unconscious but Dick wouldn't allow himself to cry, not in front of him awake or not. So instead he only sat in the silence for a while before whispering 'I love you dad.' and hurrying out of the room so the tears could stop burning his eyes.