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Making the Best of It

Chapter 4


Wayne Enterprises

Diana enters Wayne Enterprises; heels clicks with her every step. She swallows down all her nerves and marches straight to the receptionist's desk in the main lobby, where a young blonde woman types away on her computer.

The dark-haired woman stops in front of the desk and gets the blonde's attention. "Excuse me?"

The blonde looks up, "Yes? How can I help you?" she says pleasantly rehearsed.

"Hi, I'm Diana Prince" the Amazon introduces. "I'm the new head of the Wayne Foundation. Can you tell me where I'm supposed to go?" she asks with a smile.

"Oh!" the blond gasps in realization, "Yes, Mr. Wayne informed me about your arrival." She searches the desk for what she's looking for and finds it. "Here you go" the woman hands Diana an ID card. "This is your temporary ID badge. You'll get a more permanent one later in the week" she informs the new employee of the Wayne Foundation.

Diana takes it happily and thanks her.

"Take the elevator to the 31st floor, I'll buzz Regina to tell her you're on your way up."

"Okay. Thank you" Diana thanks her again and heads to the elevators.

The elevators take her up to the correct floor. The elevator doors open with a ding and exits the elevator. She glances side to side as she looks for this 'Regina'.

Finally, she meets a middle-aged woman with short brown hair in a brown business suit approach her. "Diana Prince?" she asks.

"Yes?"

"Hi, Regina Zellerbach" she introduces herself with a smile and holds her hand out.

"Hello, please call me Diana" she requests shaking the offered hand.

"Of course, dear." Regina gestures for Diana to follow her as the two walk together.

As they walk Regina begins to fill Diana in. "The Wayne Foundation works with countless charities all over the world. For the homeless, disabled, veterans, women's shelters, at risk kids, etc."

Diana silently listens absorbing the information like a sponge. As Regina speaks, the dark-haired woman gets the distinct impression that she isn't well liked.

"We used to have a Wayne Foundation building, but it was severely damaged during one of the cities crisis' and Mr. Wayne was nice enough to allow us to use Wayne Tower until the building is repaired."

The two women stop in front of a double-doored office. Regina opens the doors and shows Diana her office. "You'll be in charge of all the foundation's major transactions as well as spreadsheets, checking investments and all that" she trails on. "Do you think you can handle all that?" she asks snark etched into her voice.

Diana refusing to take the bait answers back, "Of course. Thank you for your help" she replies with a calm smile.

Regina glares at her before leaving Diana to start work.

With the door shut Diana heads to her desk and puts her things down. The pregnant woman starts up her computer and starts to work.

Hours pass and she learns quickly on how to do her job. She needs to take some breaks here and there due to having some bouts of morning sickness, but she somehow manages to will herself not to vomit.

Feeling hungry, she glances at her watch and notices it's almost lunchtime, so she ops to enjoying the soup Alfred made for her.

She hums to herself as she enjoys her lunch and silently thanks Alfred for the soup.

Once she finishes her meal its back to work for her.

And she finds that she is surprisingly good at it. She even managed to find some of the embezzled money the former head of the Wayne Foundation obscured through shell corporations and hidden in other investments.


Bruce Wayne's Office

Bruce sits behind his desk twirling a pen in his hand deep in thought. His face neutral as he breaks his thoughts and stops twirling and picks up his phone and calls Lucius Fox. "Lucius, I need to see you now, please."

"On my way, Mr. Wayne."

He hangs up after that and sighs. He's thought about this a lot since he found out. It's best to start early and make sure everything's taken care of for the future.

Minutes pass until there's a knock on the door. "Enter" Bruce commands.

The door then opens revealing an aging African American man, whom has been with his family since his fathers' time. "How can I help you, Bruce?" the man asks as he takes a seat in front of Wayne's desk.

"I need a new trust fund started. Put it under my name as blank or to be decided. Or something" he says shaking his head not caring what name is chosen.

Fox laughs, "What? One trust fund isn't enough for you?" he jokes.

Bruce exhales deeply, "I'm gonna be a father again. And I want to make sure the baby is taken care" he confides.

Lucius's eyebrows arch at the news in surprise but then furrows in consternation, "I notice we have a new head of the Wayne Foundation working here. Beautiful woman" he states. "Oddly familiar though."

"Must have one of those faces" Bruce shrugs, quickly trying to ease Fox of his suspicions of Diana.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work. The man's eyes narrow at his boss as well as friend. "Bruce is this Diana Prince woman the mother?" he asks demanding a truthful answer.

"Yes" the younger man admits his eyes turning away.

"Bruce!" Lucius exclaims sternly. The man takes a deep breath to settle himself. "You know how this looks? You know what people will say about this?" he states, raising his voice with each question.

"Yes, I know, how it looks" Bruce admits wearily with a sigh.

"Nepotism in the workplace is frowned upon. You know what Regina will do once she finds out about this?" he asks.

Bruce sighs again. Yes, he knows what Regina Zellerbach will do about this. Feeling cheated about not getting the promotion to new head of the Foundation. She will raise holy hell. He mentally rolls his eyes; he frankly can't stand the woman personally.

"If Diana can't handle the job, we'll move her to someplace where her skills can flourish" Bruce offers. "She's a fast learner, I'm sure she's capable of handling the Foundation better than her predecessor" agitation in his voice at the mere mention of the person, whom, stole millions right under his nose.

Finding that acceptable Fox agrees. He prepares himself to leave but stops himself, "Oh, Bruce" getting said man's attention once more, "what have I told you about thinking me an idiot?" he asks with a small smirk. "A pair of glasses and a change in hairstyle doesn't change much. I get national news too."

Bruce leans back in his chair. He should have known Lucius Fox will be able to see through Diana's disguise. The man does help in Bruce's mission to Gotham. The man is as trusted as Alfred. How Superman keeps his alter ego a secret he will never know.

The older gentleman raises from his seat, "I'll get started on that trust fund" he says making his way to the door. He opens it halfway before turning back, "And Bruce," getting said man's attention again, "congratulations" he says leaving the man alone in his office.

"Thanks" the dark-haired man murmurs, looking terrible.


Diana's Office

It approaches 4'o clock in the afternoon and the dark-haired woman starts packing up her belongs, knowing her appointment is set for four-thirty.

As she packs up, her phone goes receiving a text from Bruce.

R u ready?

She pauses in her packing and responds to his text.

Yeah packing up now.

She puts her phone in her pocket and finishes gathering her things and takes her leave. As she exits her office, she bids farewell to some of her coworkers with a wave and a smile. Some respond, others simply wave back, others just ignore her.

Her heels click as she exits the building and sees Bruce's Porsche waiting for her in front of the building. She makes her way towards it, ignoring her own car residing in the company parking lot.

She gets in and shuts the door with a heavy sigh, obviously exhausted.

Bruce doesn't even give her a spare glance as he drives off to Dr. Thompkins clinic.

It is awkwardly quiet on the drive there. The man gives the woman quick glances as he navigates the road out of the corner of his eye.

Concentrated on the road, he asks, "Tired?" he asks, the answer blatantly obvious, but he tries to make conversation, odd coming from him of all people.

"Exhausted" she answers her usually accented voice heavy with fatigue. Her head resting against the car door.

Silence once again fills the vehicle, until Diana breaks it, "Why does Regina dislike me?" she asks remembering said woman's icy disposition poorly covered by false pleasantries.

She turns her head to look at the driving man, a slight pained expression on her face.

His answer starts with a slight pause, before he answers her, "Regina was next in line for head of the Wayne Foundation. She feels cheated by the newcomer, meaning- "

"Me" Diana interrupts turning back to look out the window. Her face a mix of fatigue and guilt. The latter coming up a lot lately.

"Oh. I found some of the embezzled money you were looking for" the Amazon informs the father of her child.

"Good. Thanks." He replies in a monotone. The woman's azure eyes dart to the driver's side as soon as the words leave the man's mouth. Concern regarding his attitude lately raising some bells. Maybe she should have waited to tell Bruce about the baby. He must be having some difficulty processing the fact they are having a child together. Hell, she's still having trouble processing the baby. Gods, both their lives are a mess right now.

"Lucius knows" the man says suddenly. "About the baby and about you."

"Oh." She pauses slightly but then asks, "Is that going to be a problem?" she asks hesitantly.

Bruce shakes his head no, "Fox knows about my secret and knows how to keep them" he assures the woman next to him.

His assurance seems to calm her. "It's just going to get worse from here" he explains.

"I can handle it Bruce. I don't care what people say about me. We've already had this conversation" she reminds him.

That seems enough for him for now and they continue their travel in silence.


Park Row- The Thomas & Martha Wayne Free Clinic

The two expecting parents arrive as they park the car in front of the building. They walk into the clinic and Diana signs in with the receptionist and they sit in the waiting room until they are called.

A few minutes pass and then a nurse calls Diana's name, said woman gets up and follows the nurse, though not before she gestures for Bruce to follow them.

They are led to an exam room. The two take a seat inside waiting for the doctor that the nurse told them they would be with them in a few minutes.

A few minutes pass, and an uncomfortable silence occupies the two adults. Both are startled as the door to the exam room opens and a graying short-haired woman enters wearing a white coat.

She greets the bun hair styled woman and introduces herself. "Hello, I'm Doctor Leslie Thompkins."

Diana greets the woman back.

"Bruce has told all about you" the older woman begins, "I want to assure you that I will handle all your blood work and pre-natal care, as well as complete confidentiality, if you want me as your doctor?"

If Bruce trusts this woman with his secrets and to help put him back together again after a rough night of defending Gotham, who is she to refuse. "Sounds good, doctor" she agrees.

"Great" the doctor utters with a smile. She makes her way to the cabinets on the left side of the room and pulls out a dark green hospital gown and hands it to Diana. "Put this on and sit on the exam table. I'll be back in a few minutes" she informs her patient, drawing back the curtains to her privacy and leaves the room.

Leaving only two.

Bruce, who was leaning against the far wall of the room with his arms across his chest. He listens to the sound of Diana fumbling with her clothing. "Diana? You okay?" he calls out.

"I'm fine" she returns uneasy, resulting in the billionaire raising an eyebrow. Ignoring her response and turns his head to the side deep in thought regarding patrol for the night, planning to hit some Scarecrow's old hideouts.

His thoughts are broken by the sound of the curtains being pulled back. His eyebrows shoot upward at the sight of Diana.

The baggy gown hanging off her fit body. The sight of her bare legs from the knees down, bringing back memories of when they were in that cave resting after a long day of battle against the horde. One caress follows another as they both end up lying of the ground with him caressing those lovely set of legs as Diana mewls in his ear in pleasure as he quickly brings her to climax.

The dark-haired man quickly returns to the present as he feels hot and his mouth waters. In an effort to settle down he turns his gaze to the floor and clears his throat.

Once he's reined himself in, he glances back to Diana, whom has removed her glasses seeing as how Leslie knows who she is finds them rather pointless.

She fiddles with her gown as she squeezes her legs together tightly.

Once again, another awkward silence fills up the room. The dark-haired duo finds this rather ridiculous. They have known each other for years and they've slept together several times for decades, they should be able to talk to one another.

Before either can utter a word, Leslie returns.

"Oh, good! You're ready" she says aloud taking in Diana's appearance. "Let's begin" putting on gloves.

As the exam gets underway the doctor takes blood pressure, heart rate, and draws blood and asks what she's been experiencing during her pregnancy.

"Tired. Nausea. My powers short out" she rattles off.

Leslie gives her a look filled with mirth, "Well I can't attest to your powers, Miss Prince, but it sounds like what you're experiencing is a normal pregnancy" she tells her. "Lie back, I'm going to perform an internal exam to make sure everything's alright."

The doctor pulls the curtain giving them privacy from Bruce, whom has been ignored this whole time.

The woman nods and complies and puts her legs in the stir ups, taking a deep breath.

"This is going to feel cold and uncomfortable" the older woman warns.

Diana chuckles, "Oh, the cold doesn't—BOTHER ME!" she yelps, her eyes wide as dinner plates as the medicine woman does her thing.

Bruce simply raises an eyebrow as the Amazon yelped.

"Okay, everything looks good," Dr Thompkins pulls back, "Put your legs down please" she requests.

The raven-haired woman complies with the doctor and sits up with her legs pressed together.

"I'll be performing a sonogram now. Scoot up and rest against the pillow" the doctor orders as she walks around and adjusts the table till Diana's sitting up with her back against the pillow. The doctor pulls a sheet over the pregnant woman's pelvis covering her up and has the woman pull the gown up till just below her breasts exposing her abdomen.

The gray-haired woman calls Bruce over to join them. She squirts gel on to the pregnant woman's belly and turns on the sonography machine.

Diana feels pressure as the doctor presses the wand into her belly and starts searching for the fetus within her, so she can capture an image on the monitor.

"And there… we… go," the doctor states as the fetus appears on the monitor. She presses a button on the machine and the exam room echoes with the sound of their baby's heartbeat. "The heartbeat can be heard faintly at about six weeks into the pregnancy," Leslie informs the parents. After she examine the fetus, she goes on, "Appears to be approximately 1.125 inches long indicating you're about eight weeks pregnant."

But her words fall on deaf ears, as both parents are transfixed on the image before them. Their child is right there, with a strong yet faint heartbeat.

Both are chocked up with emotion and awe as their child is living within Diana.

Neither aware that they are holding hands until they both feel the other squeeze tightly. Diana's eyes well up as she gazes upon her baby for the first time. Albeit it is through a machine and not seeing her child the natural way. In her arms, but she can wait a little longer.

"Oh my God" she hears Bruce murmur next to her, causing her to whip her head to the right, worried Bruce noticed something wrong on the image.

Her concern is misplaced as she observes Bruce's expression, which lacks any worry, instead awe is the only thing she sees on his face. "That's a baby" he whispers lowly.

Diana's worry is gone, Bruce's face is all the reason she needs. He wants the baby just as much as she does. She smiles softly, as her thumb caresses the back of his hand.

Doctor Thompkins smiles at the scene, "I'll make you a copy of the sonogram. I'll prescribe you vitamins. The morning sickness isn't going anywhere for a while. I want to see you in a few weeks to check up on you. Alright?"

"Yes, thank you, doctor" Diana answers quickly.

Leslie exits the room leaving Bruce and Diana, as the latter get dressed.

The two leave with a photo and vitamins in hand with an appointment in a few weeks.

The drive home was quiet because Diana had fallen asleep in the car. He pulls into the driveway of the manor and turns the car off. He gets out and goes to the passenger's side and carries the Amazon out, making his way to the front door.

Alfred, having been informed of the two's impending arrival opens the front door for them. He greets the master of the house, whom passes the man with a slight nod.

Bruce carries the mother of his unborn child to her bedroom. Placing her gently on top of her bed. He takes her heels off gently not to wake her and lays a blanket on top of her. He quietly exits and lets her rest.


Little short sorry. But, you will be happy to know the next chapter is already being worked on. Should be up next week!

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