CHAPTER 9: MEETING THE WAYNE'S PART 2

WAYNE MANOR, GOTHAM CITY

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 1:12 PM EST

DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING

Barbara had no idea where they were in Wayne Manor but all she knew was that Stephanie was dragging her by the hand like an excited school girl showing her mother her new Barbie set she got for Christmas.

"They should be here," Stephanie muttered as she and Barbara entered a room that Barbara supposed was the living room due some couches and a large TV.

"Hey guys," Stephanie shouted to 3 heads Barbara could see from the couch that was in the center of a large TV and facing away from where Barbara and Stephanie were standing (so Barbara was able to look at the TV screen that was about some show Barbara had no idea was about but didn't want to go into detail on what she figured it would be about).

From behind the couch 3 head popped up turning to face Barbara and Stephanie at the doorway.

"Look who I found," Stephanie announced happily turning a sideways glance at Barbara before turning to the 3 head that began moving towards them as though she got the best present of them all and was proudly showing it off.

"Ummm… Hi," Barbara waved awkwardly again getting that nervous breakdown feeling she got earlier when her boss decided to ditch her (she was gonna make him pay. And hard).

By now the 3 kids (or teenagers) were in front of them.

"Hi I'm Timothy Drake but you can call me Tim," A boy around Stephanie's age politely said as he shook her hand like a gentleman.

He was a handsome boy, he was wearing a red shirt and jeans , had black hair, and blue eyes.

"Hi Tim," Barbara greeted back.

Because he wasn't her boss she decided it was okay to call him by his nickname rather than his actual name.

"The names Jason Todd babe," A boy slightly older than Tim said pointing to himself and grinning at her.

He was wearing a black shirt and jeans, ha had black hair and green eyes.

"His Jason," Barbara said trying not to sound awkward and ignoring his flirt attempts because she could tell she was older and she didn't want to be in a relationship with anyone right now.

Work comes first then you deal with finding your soul mate once you're covered financially for the rest of your life.

"And that's Cassandra Cain but she likes going by Cass," Stephanie said pointing to another girl who was a little shorter than Barbara.

She had short black hair, brown eyes and she was wearing a black shirt and jeans.

Cass waved at Barbara smiling.

Barbara waved back curios as to why Cass didn't greet her like the other.

Maybe she was shy or something.

"Cass doesn't speak much English," Stephanie whispered to Barbara answering Barbara mental question.

Barbara turned curiously towards Stephanie wondering how she could tell what Barbara was thinking, but in the end she decided to just leave it and not get herself into any trouble that could put her new job on the line.

"What kind of language does she speak?" Barbara whispered to Stephanie.

"Chinese," Stephanie whispered back.

Barbara then smiled slightly remembering that one summer Artemis had to go on vacation with her mother to Key Stone City.

Barbara was soo bored, her father had to work extra (Joker escaped Arkham. Again) her best friends was gone, her other friends were also on vacation with their families.

So Barbara challenged herself to learn as many foreign languages as she can.

She ended up learning 12: French, Italian, Russian, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, Korean, Latin, Spanish, Vietnamese (Barbara convinced Artemis to teach her once she returned), and Chinese.

Normally when learning languages it would take years to master but because Barbara was smart, determined, and most importantly bored she mastered 12 languages, something she was always proud to say.

Remembering all the lessons from Rosseta Stone she was able to come up with a few fluent phrases in Chinese.

Barbara turned to Cass, she took a deep breath and spoke a couple of words she knew.

Cass's eyes widened in surprise as she heard Barbara say something in Chinese without stumbling over some words like the rest have done.

Like the rest of the family she too did a quick background check on Barbara but nothing said anything about Barbara knowing Chinese.

Cass happily responded to Barbara's question and soon both girls were conversing in Chinese like two old friends would who hadn't seen each other in ages over a cup of coffee.

Tim, Stephanie, and Jason just looked at the two understanding like half of what the girls were talking about but all 3 of them had smiles on their faces seeing how happy Cass looked as she continued to talk to Barbara.

This was possibly the best decision Dick made in a LONG time.

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"So Dick I heard you hired your 9th pa," Bruce said sitting on his desk facing Dick who was on the chair in front of the desk.

"Actually she's my 8th pa and she started today," Dick defended himself.

"Dick you can't just hire someone then fire them the next day you got to give it time," Bruce lectured.

"Well the other woman couldn't be trusted," Dick said wanting out of this conversation already not wanting to get into detail about his past pa's.

"And why couldn't they be trusted? Dick I did a background check on all of them," Bruce said trying to teach his son that he couldn't just hire and fire someone in less than 24 hours it takes away not only time but money as well.

"They wouldn't leave me alone they kept bothering me to sign papers or look over a arrangement," Dick sighed remembering the endless hours he would spend trying not to fall asleep during his pa's lectures about being late, doing something wrong, and well they just nagged him to no end.

"So if your previous pa's couldn't be trusted what make you so sure the one you hired would last?" Bruce asked raising an eyebrow.

"Because not only did she break into my office so effortlessly, she caught onto my lie, and she managed to get me to stop drinking until Friday and Saturday," Dick said shrugging his shoulders.

"She broke into your office?" Bruce said trying not to lecture Dick on putting his passwords harder.

And yes Bruce did know what Dick's passwords where he was the goddamn Batman he knows everything.

"She didn't take anything trust me I looked and she was just sitting in a chair waiting for me to arrive," Dick said defending Barbara because he knew how Bruce got when someone breaks into things Bruce doesn't want broken into.

"Really?" Bruce said still not believing what he was hearing.

Normally when someone has access to anything Wayne they would just take it because it was well something of the Wayne Family owns and could be sold at a high price.

So hearing that someone had access to that and not taking anything caught him by surprise, and that was saying something.

"She's good," Dick nodded.

"Who is she?" Bruce asked.

"Barbara Gordon," Dick smiled proud of himself.

Bruce sighed out of anyone in the world why her.

"Dick she was supposed to work in Fox's department not as your pa," Bruce sighed rubbing his temples.

"How would you know that," Dick asked curious as to why Bruce would know that.

"Because her father Commissioner Gordon one of my oldest allies and friends asked if I could help Barbara his daughter get a job," Bruce explained.

Dick just stayed silent knowing this was his best answer.

"So I talked to Lucius who had a free spot in his department to give Barbara a chance, which he accepted, giving her grades and intelligence I knew she would be perfect as his secretary not as your pa," Bruce finished explaining.

"Oh" Dick said looking down.

"Yes oh Dick I don't want to know why you decided to hire Barbara but I would appreciate if you didn't play with her like you did your other pa's," Bruce said eyeing Dick.

"Is that what you take me as someone who just plays with woman? Well let me tell you Mr. I'm- Gonna-Sleep-With-Any-Girl-To-Keep-Appearance that I wasn't planning on doing that to Barbara!" Dick yelled getting up.

"Well maybe don't play with woman like you so I wouldn't make assumptions," Bruce yelled back getting up too.

"I don't anymore since I'm-"

"Ahem"

Both Bruce and Dick turned to face Alfred who was at the door with a calm look on his face.

"Lunch is served," Alfred said before turning and leaving.

"Wasn't Barbara with you Al?" Dick asked calming his voice.

"I want to make tea and I believe Miss Brown is keeping Miss Gordon Company," Alfred said before leaving the room.

"Why did you bring Barbara here?" Bruce asked lowering his voice.

"So she could meet you guy's," Dick shrugged walking out.

"You're going to regret that Dick, you know that right?" Bruce said following her out.

"I know," Dick said before leaving towards the dining room.

A/N: sorry about the late update.

Anyways I would like your guys help to send me like information on the Bat family Steph,Tim,Jason, Cass like what they like, do, and their backstories since I only have the basic.

Please it would help me a lot.

Review please and send in ideas if you have any.

Chipmunk