Well I didn't get the 2 chapters up like I hoped to last night but at least I got one up tonight! I hope you enjoy and let me know what you think! Reviews make me happy
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Age 11
Dick and Barbara were currently starring up at the large bulletin bored of Gotham Academy, where all the announcements were posted "You should do that " Dick said pointing to one of the papers
"Gymnastics?" Barbara asked raising an eyebrow
Dick nodded "Yeah, didn't you say you were in it when you were little, I think you'd be great at it" he grinned
She shook her head "No you'd be great at it, you're the one with all the acrobat skills"
He smiled at her "I think you could be just as good, if not better with just a little training, it says the tryouts are in 2 weeks that gives you plenty of time to get prepared"
Barbara glanced over at the paper again "If you're so in to it why don't you try out?" She asked
Dick shook his head "I can't it, says right here it's a girls team, think about it, it'll be after school and that's less time you have to spend sitting at the GCPD waiting for your dad to get off" he rose an eyebrow
She thought about it and nodded "That's a good point, but how am I going to train? I don't even know where to begin"
Dick thought for a moment, he usually had 2 hours between homework and Robin duties "I can train you, you can come to the manor after school" he told her
She smiled "Okay sounds good to me" they shook on it as the lunch bell rang signaling for them to go back to class.
As promised they met up after school and walked home to the manor together, "Hey Alfred I'm home!" Dick yelled walking into through the doors
Alfred stepped out of the kitchen and smiled "Welcome home Master Dick, and Ms. Gordon as always it's lovely to see you!"
Barbara smiled "It's good to see you too Alfred" she felt Dick tugging on her wrist
"Come on Babs" he grunted
She obligated and followed him down the hall, once they entered the gym she took notice of the large room with all types of equipment. Dick quickly discarded of his shirt and rushed over to a tall bar he pulled himself up to it and flipped his body around a few times before moving to stand on top of the bar. He grinned down at her "Want to see what you're going to do?" He asked
She shook her head "Definitely not that" she stated
Dick nodded his head "Oh yes you are" he smiled and jumped down doing three flips before landing gracefully
"No I'm not that's like 25 feet up in the air, besides what does what you just did have anything to do with gymnastics?" She argued
Dick pointed to the bar "it's 20 feet actually and also if you jump it'll help you to trust yourself, if you trust yourself your mind will let you do anything, therefore it'll make it a lot easier to learn gymnastics moves" he explained
She looked at him for a moment before moving, she jumped up and grabbed onto the bar attempting to pull herself up high enough to get on top of the bar like Dick had, but found herself struggling to get the last couple inches needed to get herself on top of it. Suddenly she felt pressure on her feet she looked down to see Dick below her pushing her up
"Need a lift?" He grinned
She smiled down at him "Thanks "she was now able to push herself up enough to get on top of the bar she stood and looked down, she wasn't afraid of heights, so that wasn't what scared her, it was the fact that she was afraid of messing up the landing and hurting herself that scared her
"Just jump" Dick shouted
Barbara continued to stand there and shook her head "What if I get hurt" she thought about how she was going to go about this jump if she actually worked up the nerve to do it
"I'll catch you" he said
She scrunched up her nose "Your like 3 inches shorter than me, how are you going to catch me" she protested
Dick shook his head "Babs just jump, I promise I'll be right here" he held his arms out
Barbara took a deep breath before leaning forward, allowing her body to do one flip then landing on the ground surprisingly on her feet, unfortunately her balance wasn't to great and she quickly fell backwards, luckily Dick caught her from behind his arms hooking under hers "See Babs I told you...I will never let you fall " he whispered into her ear,
She turned to him and smiled "Thanks Dick"' she moved away from him and stood back up "Now what's next" she asked
Dick nodded and led her through the gym "Now is time for the real training" he smiled pointing toward the large balance beam.
