The Love of a Little Sister
Chapter 7: Outright
Danny hadn't moved from where he was on his bed, a series of situations, ranging from Selina telling Vlad to telling Vlad himself, running rampant through his head. Each one became more outrageous than the next. He brought his hands up and rubbed his eyes, letting out a frustrated groan. He knew his sister, it was nearly impossible for her to keep a secret.
Why had he even told her?
Oh yeah, she's his little sister and she's adorable. He grumbled, he needed to unwrap himself from around her finger before she figured out he'd do anything for her. He rubbed his eyes before and shifted a little, letting his mind wander a little more.
Danny sat back up after another few minutes, deciding to push the thoughts to the side and try to enjoy the comic he had been reading instead of writing the college entrance essay he should be working on, soon he realized this was useless. He found himself staring off into space thinking about good, but mostly bad, scenarios.
He fell back onto his pillows with a huff, "I'm screwed."
It wasn't actually impossible for Selina to keep a secret, just very, very, very hard. Especially when the information she had buzzing around between her ears had taken her years to obtain. She wanted to tell someone, anyone… but who to tell? Bruce had been in the room and the only other person who was home was Vlad and she had promised Danny that she wouldn't tell him. Selina was a girl of her word, and she wouldn't break her promise to Danny, so she couldn't tell Vlad…
Outright.
Selina paused in her steps and stared down the hallway, a mischievous little scheme forming in her head that made her jittery with excitement. Her arms tightened around her stuffed brown bat and she spun around happily. Within moments she had hurried, almost at a run, down the hallway.
Selina snuck silently into Vlad's office and walked across the room. She approached his desk and cast her eyes over the wood and papers to stare at him.
"Hi Uncle Vlad!" she exclaimed, making him jump.
"Selina…" he started, straightening his tie, "I didn't hear you come in."
She shrugged and started dancing and twirling around the large office with Bruce. She was humming off key and had a goofy smile stretched across her face. Her dark hair, pulled into pigtails, spun around her head in a mess over her face as she laughed and danced around like a lunatic.
Vlad watched for a moment, then took the unknown bait and asked: "Why are you so happy?"
Selina stopped spinning and looked him in the eye; her voice morphed into a sing-song, childlike tone and uttered the six words that would cause annoyance and curiosity in anyone:
"I know something you don't know!"
