Sorry about the delay, I was suffering a little bit of writers block. Please review!
Disclaimer: I only own Lily. My friend Larkofitaly owns Catherine, Kin, and the homeroom teacher. DC comics owns everyone else.
Chapter 6
Performances
~Dick's POV~
I rolled out of bed as my alarm clock went off. From down the hall I could hear Lily's alarm clock also going off. I rubbed my eyes, trying to get the lingering traces of sleep from showing. Stifling a yawn I walked to my closet to get my school uniform.
As I finished throwing the dress pants, white button up shirt, tie, and dark blue vest on my bed I heard a soft knock on my door. I figured it was Lily and even though I didn't have a pajama shirt on I walked to and opened the door.
She smiled, but it was slightly pained. In a quiet voice she asked, "Do you have any pain relieving pills? Mine are in the cave and I'm not aloud to go down there for a while". I nodded and invited her inside my room. Walking to my dresser I pulled out a small bottle of the meds and pulled out two.
I looked at the mirror on top of my dresser and noticed Lily absentmindedly rubbing her arm. I realized that as I started to turn around she stopped. I walked over to her and as I handed her the two small pills I said, "Show me". Lily shook her head, but I wasn't willing to take no for an answer so I grabbed her left wrist. She tried to reason with me and pull her wrist out of my hand but I was holding it so she couldn't. Since she wasn't going to be able to pull her wrist out of my hand she held her pajama shirt sleeve so I couldn't pull it up.
In a soft voice I said, "Lil, let me see it." I watched her shoulders sag slightly and knew I was almost there. I continued urging, "Please Lil". Lily looked at my bedroom door and tried to change the topic "We'll be late to school if we don't hurry and get ready. We can't be late, we are performing in the new school year pep rally. ".
I slightly tightened my grip and said in a level tone, "I'm not letting go of your wrist until I see where you got shot". She sighed and gave a small smile, "You already have, you saw last night". With my free hand I started to try to pry her fingers off her upper arm and she tightened her grip on her arm.
In a quiet voice she explained, "It's not the worst thing that I've gone through". I finally found a flaw in her argument. "If it's not the worst thing you've gone through show me". She opened her mouth to argue and closed it again when she realized she didn't have an argument.
Reluctantly her hand loosened around her arm and I finished prying her fingers all the way off. Lily's hand dropped to my wrist as I started to pull up her pajama shirt sleeve and she whispered, "Please don't tell Bruce". I nodded and her hand drop from my wrist.
Alfred had done a good job cleaning it as always but the area around the brand-new stitches was discolored. A bruise had formed during the night and it was colorful. I saw two different shades of purple, a little bit of red, and some brown. Lily was right, it wasn't the worst thing she had gone through. It wasn't even close, but a bruise like that is painful.
I let go of her wrist and she thanked me for the pain relieving pills. After she left I hurried into my school uniform, combed the remaining gel out of my hair, and ran downstairs. I got downstairs in time to tell Bruce goodbye and grab an apple for breakfast. Lily was already downstairs and finishing a bagel. Alfred hurried us off to the car so we would be in time for school.
~Catherine's POV~
The bus was on time today thankfully. We arrived at the school courtyard and had time to mingle. Kin and I stayed separate from the others and talked with each other. Kin started waving at someone and I didn't have to turn around to know who. I turned around anyways and saw them wave to someone as they ran towards us. Dick was running a little faster than Lily.
I had to stifle a laugh as Lily tried to stop, ended up slipping on a loose stone, and fell into Kin. Thankfully they didn't end up on the ground, although they almost did. To stop them from both falling Kin had ended up grabbing Lily's upper left arm. She stepped back thanking him for stopping her from falling on the ground and apologizing for falling into him.
I noticed that's not all that was happening, when Kin had grabbed her arm she had winced slightly, but not enough to be seen if you weren't paying close attention. Lily looked at her feet embarrassed and her and Dick talked for a few seconds in the strange language they had spoken yesterday.
Kin asked curiously, "What language is that?". Dick smiled but there was some sadness lingering in his eyes, "It's actually my first language, I didn't really speak english till I met Lily although I knew some." and I noticed he had answered the question without answering the question. Kin wasn't satisfied with his answer, "Well...what language is it?". Dick and Lily looked at each other and Lily gave Dick a look that said, 'It's up to you'.
Dick sighed slightly, "It's...Well...It's romanian" he hurriedly finished. His usual smile was gone and Lily put her hand on his shoulder. I looked at Lily a little surprised and I saw a feeling of understanding in her eyes. Looking at Kin's bewildered expression I knew that the two of us would never understand the bond between the two orphans.
It was then the bell rang signalling it was time to head to homeroom. Kin and I started walking to the building and in a soft voice Lily told Kin and I, "We'll catch up, we just need to take care of something". Kin nodded and we both walked to the school's front door. As Kin went inside I looked back and saw Dick and Lily talking, right as I was about to go inside I saw Lily give Dick a quick hug, then both of them start to come to the front door. I hurried inside and was confused at the envious feeling I had just felt.
Ms. Golsa announced the new school year pep rally and I stifled a groan, I hate pep rallies. Kin looked at me and mouthed, "Why is it on the second day of school?". I shrugged, honestly I had no clue but my guess was that headmaster had forgotten to prepare a few things.
The pep rally was right after lunch. Once again Kin had dragged me to the table with the Wayne kids. Kin and Dick talked excitedly with each other as always. Lily had said hello but was quieter today than she was yesterday. I started conversation and found out how they had both skipped two grades; Dick because he was a genius in math and science, Lily because of a photographic memory and she knew more in history than most tenth graders. Before I could continue asking questions Lily tapped Dick on the shoulder and said, "It's time, we have to get to the gym".
~Dick's POV~
Lily and I headed to the changing rooms, the school uniforms didn't allow a lot of flexibility and we would need our leotards. I tapped Lily's shoulder, "Are you sure the two of us can still do a gymnastics routine? You did get shot last night." and she nodded. "We promised the headmaster we would do this and it will be too suspicious if we cancel last minute".
I nodded now, she was right, but I didn't have to be happy about it. Lily gave me a small smile, "I've done gymnastics with a broken wrist, a bruised arm is nothing". Before I could say anything Lily pulled me to the doors of the changing room, "Come on, we are going to be late".
We parted ways for a few minutes and met back in the hall. Both leotards were light blue, had three-quarter sleeves, and had been modified so the scars on our upper legs didn't show. Lily's had a skirt and mine had shorts as our modifications. Lily had pulled her hair back in a loose ponytail instead of the tight ponytail she used as Nightingale.
We headed into the gym and sat in some chairs in the corner of the room. I waved at Kin and Catherine when they walked in. Kin waved back and followed his sister. Lily leaned over to me, "Good luck" and I smiled.
~Catherine's POV~
Kin and I walked into the gym side by side. I had never been in the school gym and it was really nice. I saw Kin wave at someone and turned to see Lily and Dick sitting in the corner. They were out of their school uniforms and in gymnastics uniforms. Judging by the mat in the middle of the floor they were performing in the pep-rally.
Kin and I sat down near the middle of the bleachers. The Headmaster gave a welcome speech, the band played a few songs. I wasn't really paying much attention to those things. I payed attention to the cheerleaders though, the uniform wasn't as embarrassing as the uniform from our last school.
Eventually the headmaster informed us, "The last performance of the day is a gymnastic routine performed by Lily and Richard Wayne." Kin and I sat up more interested than we had the entire rally. With wide smiles Lily and Dick walked to the mat.
The routine they performed was fantastic. Front flips, black flips, back handsprings, aerials, cartwheels, and round offs. I was amazed. I had figured they would be good, but I hadn't thought they were going to be that good. They both bowed at the end of their routine. The headmaster gave a few parting words and that was the end of the pep-rally and the second day of school.
I'm already working on the next chapter but it still might take me a while, so I'm apologizing in advance for the next delay.