I Do Not Own Batman or anything else, except my OC(s)!
"Ahh!" I screamed falling down the stairs.
I rolled to the bottom and onto my side with the hurt ankle to make it look like this was the reason for it to be hurt.
"Lily! What's wrong?" Papa asked as he rushed to the staircase.
I lifted myself up and groaned from the aches in my body from the fall.
"I tripped over my clumsy feet" I told him as I stood only to fall back, "Ah, my ankle"
I reached down to the ankle and held it as Papa got down on his knees. He raised my pant leg up to see it. The once purple bruise was now an almost black.
"This is an ugly sprang ankle" He said as he stood up, "Stay here while I go get the first aid kit"
I nodded my head as Papa left the room quickly. I slowly scooted to the stairs to sit on them, making sure I did not move my hurt ankle.
"I heard you scream, are you okay?" Bruce asked standing at the top of the staircase.
I jumped at the sudden sound of his voice. I didn't even hear him leave the west wing.
"I tripped down the stairs and hurt my ankle" I told him as he made his way down the stairs.
"I'm back" Papa said carrying a big case.
He bent down and began to wrap my ankle gently with some bandages.
"You need to be more careful walking down those stairs, my dear" Papa said as wrapped my ankle.
"I was going a little to fast" I told him.
Papa nodded and stood up after he was finished wrapping my ankle.
"Well don't be on your ankle to much" Papa said and I nodded as I stood up.
I hissed a little at the pain, but shook my head and walked towards the kitchen with Papa and Bruce following close behind. I walked over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water along with an apple. I drunk some of the water and bit the apple.
"I'll be back around four or so" I told them before walking out of the kitchen.
"You can't go anywhere with a hurt ankle" Papa said frowning.
I stopped walking and turned around.
"I'll be fine Papa" I told him.
"Call me if anything bad happens" Papa said and I nodded.
"I will" I told him and turned back around.
I left the manor and drove the camaro to the diner where John was probably waiting for me. Hopefully he will ask me if he can stay at the manor for a while. I hope Bruce wouldn't mind. I parked the car and got out. I slowly got out of the car and limped into the diner. I saw John sitting in his usual seat at the counter. I walked in and John turned instantly at the sound of the little bell. I smiled at him as I limped over to him. He frowned seeing how I was walking. Hopefully he wouldn't think to hard on it and figure out that I'm Batgirl.
"What happened?" He asked me as I sat next to him.
"Well I woke up this morning and was walking down the stairs to quickly when my foot got caught on the stairs making me fall down them. I sprung my ankle, but I should be okay in a few days" I told him.
"I hope so" He said and took a sip of his coffee.
I told the waitress my order and she nodded before leaving.
"So anything exciting happen to you yesterday while on your date with that Hailey girl?" I asked him.
"No, she's nice and all, but not really my type. She's to much of an all about me kind of girl" John said shaking his head.
"That sounds like a lovely girl for you John" I laughed.
"It sound like it, until she gets to talking about herself and shoes. She was constantly talking about this pair of high heels she bought last week that cost around five hundred dollars" He said.
"Wow, I wish I had five hundred dollars to blow like her" I told him.
"Yeah, I do too" He laughed as the waitress set a cup of water in front of me along with a plate holding my food. A ham and cheese sub with fries.
"Looks yummy" I said and picked up my sandwich.
I looked over at John as he looked like he was deep in thought. I chewed my food quickly and swallowed it before taking a drink of water.
"Everything okay, John?" I asked him.
"Yeah, everything's fine" He said looking at me, "It's just I ran into Batgirl last night after my date. We went into the sewers after one of the Penguins goon and well we over heard the Penguin talking with the Riddler about taking over the people of Gotham minds to get Batgirl and me. After leaving the sewers we went back to my place"
"Ooh John, don't tell me you slept with her" I grinned.
I couldn't help, but tease him. His face went bright red.
"No, nothing like that had happened" He said and continued on, "She did pin me to the ground and I did accidentally saw down her suit a little, but nothing more then that happened, anyway, Batgirl wants me to stay somewhere safe, since my apartment is very easy for the Penguin to break in"
"Say no more! You can stay at the manor. I'm sure after I talk to Bruce about it, he won't mind" I told him.
"I really hate asking you this and you don't have to do this, Lily" John said and I waved my hand at him.
"It's fine, John, really, that's what friends are for" I told him as I got my cell phone out, "I'll be back"
I went outside of the diner and dialed the manors number. It was answer immediately by Papa.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Hey, Papa, can I talk to Bruce for a moment?" I asked him.
"Yes, is everything okay?" He asked me and I told him that there was nothing wrong.
In the background I could hear Papa walking through the hallway of the west wing from the thump of the arrows that Bruce always shot at the target set up in one of the rooms.
"Bruce, Lily wants to speak with you" Papa said.
A few seconds later Bruce answered with a hello.
"Hey, Bruce. I need you to do me a big huge huge favor" I said.
"And what's that?" He asked.
"My friend John is needing a place to stay for a while and I told him it was okay for him to stay at the manor. Could he stay there for a while?" I asked him.
"Lily" He sighed, "You can't just invite people to move in that you hardly know"
"I know, Bruce, but he's in danger. The Penguin and Riddler is after him for some reason. Batgirl told him he needed some place safe to stay" I began, but was cut off by Bruce.
"Fine, he can stay here for a while" Bruce said with a sigh and I smiled.
"Thank you so much, Bruce. I owe you big time" I told him.
"Yes, you do" Bruce said.
"Bye" I told him before hanging up.
I walked back into the diner and sat next to John. I noticed that a few of my fries were taken. I looked over at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Did you take some of my fries?" I asked him and he smiled guilty.
"Yes, but they looked to good not to eat" He said and I shook my head at him with a smile on my face, "So what did Bruce say?"
"He said you can stay for a while, but so you know, he stays up in the west wing alone most of the time" I told him.
"Okay, anything else I should know?" He asked and I nodded.
"Yes, if you by chance see my Grandfather asleep on the couch watching the history channel please place a blanket over him, and dinner is usually around seven. I don't wake up till around eleven maybe one" I told him.
"Okay, so should we get going? I have to pack some of my stuff at my apartment" He said and I nodded after getting a box to put my food in.
We left the diner and I followed John driving his Impala back to his place. We rode the elevator up to the third floor and went to his apartment. Inside the place was trashed. I looked around the living room holding the tazer in my coat pocket.
"Stay here" John said as he pulled out a pistol from the back of his pants.
I rolled my eyes and walked into what looked like the kitchen. It to was a mess, but no one was in there. I turned around and raised my tazer at John. He looked at me with wide eyes, shocked to see me pull that out at him.
"What are you doing?" He asked me.
I rolled my eyes and shot the tazer at the tuxedo man behind him. The man fell to the ground shaking from the from the shock. I walked over to John and the unconscious man.
"Saving you" I told him as he gave me a weird look, "We better leave. There's no telling if there's more here or not"
John nodded before running to his room. He appeared seconds later with a duffel bag full of clothes. We left his apartment quickly and got into our separate cars. I drove out of Gotham with John following close behind me. I parked in the garage and got out as John parked his next to the camaro.
"It's a good thing I had my tazer with me" I told John as he followed me into the manor.
"Yeah, imagine what would had happened if you didn't" John said and I shook my head.
"I don't even want to" I told him and Papa walked into view.
"Hello, Officer Blake. Master Wayne has told me about your predicament with those two villains. I'm sorry to hear about that" Papa said and John nodded his head, "I hope you had a nice lunch. Dinner will be done around seven".
John nodded his head again.
"Lily, could you show Officer Blake to his room? It's the one next to the bathroom" Papa asked me and I nodded my head.
"Sure, follow me, John" I said and began to walk towards the stairs.
"Careful, Lily. Don't want you to trip and hurt yourself again" John chuckled.
I rolled my eyes and looked back at him as I climbed up them.
"Just so you know that was a one time. Whoa!" I began, but as fate would have I almost fell forward, but caught myself on the railing, with John placing his hands on me to make sure I wouldn't fall.
"What were you saying?" John laughed after he made sure I was okay.
"Bite me" I muttered to him as we continued up the staircase.
Reaching the room next to the bathroom, I opened the door and let John walk in. He dropped his duffel bag down on the queen size bed and looked around.
"Papa usually comes in during the day to tidy up the rooms" I told him, "And my room is a two doors down on the left"
John nodded his head.
"Can you thank Bruce for me, Lily?" John asked me and I nodded my head.
"Of course" I told him, "Well I'll let you un-pack and stuff. I'll come and show you the way to the kitchen when dinner is ready, unless you'd like to explore on your own. It's a pretty big place"
"I think I can take care of myself if I get lost" He laughed and I nodded.
"Okay" I said before leaving the room and headed towards the west wing.
