"Jay West," Diana said, "our daughter is friends with Flash's son. What are the chances?"
Bruce leaned back into his chair, "I'll assume that was a hypothetical question. Well at least we know that she grew up in Central City." He paused and looked longingly in the direction of the BatCave, "I don't suppose you'll let me look her up now?"
Diana was firm, "No, we learn everything from the letters first. Then you can hack files to your heart's content."
Bruce's eye twitched but he didn't press the matter, "If I find out that they start dating… Flashbomb better hope he's as fast as his dad."
"Come on Bruce," Diana didn't take his threat seriously, "Jay's a good kid. Just be glad that Sarah had a friend that we know is a good influence. Besides maybe he can introduce us…" she looked longingly at the one photo they had of their daughter. Alfred had taken the photo shortly after Sarah was born. Diana was still in the Watchtower infirmary, Sarah wrapped tightly in her arms with Bruce looking adoringly down at them; one hand on his new daughter, the other wrapped around his wife's shoulders.
The few people who were allowed to see the photo always said that it was one of the few times that The Batman looked cuddly.
Diana looked up suddenly, "Do you think Wally knew that she was our daughter?"
"Unlikely," Bruce shook his head, "Wally is one of the few people who know we have a daughter but even with that knowledge he's unlikely to make that connection to a little girl whose friends with his son. Even if she was a carbon copy of us in appearance Clark Kent is proof that people see what they want to see."
"Still," Diana's eyes had yet to dim since they'd started reading, "this is a blessing. She'll be comfortable around at least some of superhero community, around our friends."
Bruce didn't want to do it but Diana had a strict policy about him not keeping thoughts to himself, "At least the ten year old girl was comfortable around our friends. We've still got another eleven years to go."
Dear Other Dad and Mom,
Aaron started walking today; it's hard to believe that he's almost one! He's started talking too, but he can't say my name right because he has trouble with the letter S. He calls me 'arah or 'iter, which I believe is short for sister. He's absolutely adorable. He has brown hair just like Mom and Dad and already has freckles across his nose despite Mom's paranoia about sunscreen. I hate sunscreen, it feels gross and I always wipe it off when she's not looking.
Aaron is cute and I love him but he slobbers a lot and on all my stuff. That's kind of annoying. I trained Patches to stop chewing on my stuff but Dad says that we can't train Aaron to stop drooling, he'll just learn eventually. I hope it's sooner than later. Patches has gotten huge! I didn't realize he would be such a big dog when we got him. Dad was surprised too, I don't think he was happy about it either.
He hasn't been happy about much lately though. He's a writer and he can't find very much work so Mom is going off of her maternity leave early. She works in an office. Dad always smiles when she's around though, he loves her so much. It's cute. I hope that when I grow up and get married that I can be just like them. Although I'll be nicer to my kids, I'll never yell at them like Dad does to me sometimes. I know that he still loves me though. But he didn't have to get that mad, Jay and I didn't mean to hit the baseball into the car window.
Grade Six isn't much better than Grade Five was. The other kids still don't like me very much. I've got Jay but he doesn't really understand. Everyone is super nice to him because Iris is popular and they don't want to make her mad. I'm too shy to be popular, I could never talk to everyone the way that Iris does. Plus lots of those kids act really really stupid and that's irritating. Mom says that I have patience/anger issues. I just want things done right. That's okay though, I'm happy with Jay. Sometimes I see my old friends and they're usually nice too.
I'm trying to learn how to cook. Mom won't have as much time when she starts work again and Dad is helpless in the kitchen. I'm not very good yet. I think that I'm going to ask Mr. West for help. He's a really good cook and he always seems to be eating. Jay and Iris eat a lot too and they're still skinny. I love being at the West's house. Everyone is really happy and they tell jokes all of the time. Iris is nicer to me there too, she said something about how at school you have to act a certain way. Mrs. West didn't look happy with that comment. Mr. West disappears sometimes. Jay says that the lab needs his help all the time. I never want to work in a lab, it looks too busy. He's always back really fast though.
School is super busy; the teacher is always assigning new projects. Our latest one is about superheroes. We have to research them, their powers, their history all of that stuff. The project before was the same thing but it was about scientists. Jay wanted to do ours on The Flash but I talked him into doing Wonder Woman. It's probably still the eight year old in me talking but I love the idea that she's an actual Princess. Jay had all sorts of interesting information, I don't know where he found it though cause I thought that I'd read all the books in the library on her. I need to get another A. Dad loves it when I get As.
Love,
Sarah Donnell
