"Dad, I'm not made of glass I won't break. I get this from Bruce at home." Barbara protested when she walked in to the lounge room of her father's apartment. "That's my grandchild you're carrying there." The expecting grandfather said. "Bruce said something similar to that. He said you are carrying my child. You can never be too careful." Barbara said as she sat down. She was seven months pregnant and with just under two months to go everyone was keeping an eye on her.
"So are you going to tell me if it's a girl or a boy?" James asked. "No. You'll have to find out the gender on the due date like everyone else who has been asking." Barbara replied. "Have you picked the godparents yet?" James asked as he made coffee. "The baby is going to have two godfathers and two godmothers. Alfred, Clark Kent who is Bruce's best friend, then there is Diana Clark's wife. And there is Selene, from my high school, she is back in town." "I like her, she always finds ways to make me laugh." James said. Just then the phone rang. "Gordon speaking." James answered the phone. James listened to the speaker on the other end. "I'm on my way." James hung up and turned to Barbara, "I'm sorry but, there has been a break in at the museum…" Barbara smiled at her father. "Go get them. James smiled and kissed her on top of her head and left. Once he was gone Barbara called Bruce. "Are you alright?" Bruce answered. "I'm fine, the baby is fine. Dad just got a phone call, there has been a break in at the museum." Barbara said. "Don't be such a worry wart." She added. "I'm leaving now." Bruce hung up.
Barbara was making dinner for her father for when he got home when Batman came in. He went over to her and bent down and kissed her belly where their child rests and then he stood up straight and then kissed her and he was off. Barbara finished making the dinner and left a note. And went home. She went straight to the Bat computer and hacked in to the security footage. "They are just a bunch of kids doing a dare." Batman said. "Figures." Barbara sighed. "Scare them a little." She suggested. "All you have to do is appear right in front of them and say don't do that again. And they will wet their pants." Barbara joked and Batman gave a little chuckle so only she could hear. Batman landed in the middle of the circle of teenagers and jumped back in fright. "Damn, it's Batman." One teen stated the obvious. "Don't let me see you lot again. Go on, get out of here." Batman growled and the kids ran for the door as fast as they can. "Damn, where did he come from? I nearly wet my pants." Another teenager said as he ran off. Batman met Gordon outside the museum. "It was just a bunch of teenagers on a dare." Batman said. "I saw them running off. I assumed that you scared them to death." Gordon said with a chuckle. "I don't think that they will be doing anymore dares again." He added.
Bruce went home and found Barbara already in bed and asleep. He changed in to a pair of tracksuit pants and a singlet and curled up against her back and rested his hand on their child. The next day Batman went to a meeting at the Tower. Everyone in the League was there except Flash. "How is Barbara?" Clark asked as they waited. "Good, she has gone shopping for baby clothes today with her friend Selene." Batman replied. "The playboy settling down who would of thought it." Clark joked. Batman looked around and he noticed that Wonder Woman wasn't there. "Where's Diana?" He asked but before Superman could reply Flash came running in to the meeting room. Clark grinned and replied, "I asked her to track Wally down. And by the look on his face he won't be late for another meeting." "Man, don't get an Amazon pregnant…" Wally said as he sat down. "It's your fault that you are late." Batman growled. "How are Barbara's mood swings?" Wally asked. "She doesn't have any. Nor food craving." Batman replied.
After the meeting Clark and Diana went home with Bruce to see Barbara. Barbara showed them what she got and it was all blue. "Bruce and I wanted to know if it's a girl or a boy so we went to the hospital and we found out that we a having a boy. I want to surprise my dad. He wants a grandson." Barbara said. "What if you were having a girl?" Diana asked. "My dad said he would like a grandson, but a granddaughter like her mother would be wonderful as well." Barbara replied. "And Thomas and Martha Wayne would be happy with either." Alfred said as he came in with coffee and cake that Barbara brought home. "What names have you decided?" Diana asked. "Well, we came up with an idea that if the baby is a boy Bruce will name the baby." Barbara said. "What about you?" Barbara asked Diana. "Clark likes the name Martha after Bruce's mother. That's if he doesn't mind…" Diana replied. "No, I don't mind. Buy why after my mother?" Bruce asked. "Because of what she has done for charity, not just her but your father as well." Clark said with a smile. The five of them chatted for a while and it was almost dinner time when Clark and Diana left.
Bruce was sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out a name for his son. "How about this sir, you write a list of ten names and I write a list of ten names and if one of them is the same that will be the name? And for the middle name you write five and I will write five." Alfred said as he sat down with two note pads. "Good idea."
Bruce's list:
John
Sam
Laurence
Nickolas
Joseph
Joshua
Eli
William
Tony
Mathew
Alfred's list
Terrence
Maxwell
Stewart
Kevin
Benjamin
Alex
Daniel
Jake
Eli
Zachary
Bruce put down his list and so did Alfred and they exchanged note pads. "Eli it is. I like that name." Bruce said with a slight smile. "I like Joseph." Alfred said. "Eli Joseph" Bruce tried it on his tongue. "Eli Joseph Wayne… I like it." Barbara's voice said in Bruce's ear. Bruce grinned up at her, "You are getting very good at sneaking up on people." He said as he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close. Alfred couldn't remember the last time that Bruce was this happy or smile as much as he is now.
Barbara was doing her one of her classes online when Bruce came in to the kitchen one afternoon. She was sending an essay to one of her professors. "Did you get it sir?" She asked, "Yes, I did thank you. I hope- Oh god, is Bruce Wayne behind you?" Barbara looked around and saw Bruce leaning against the kitchen bench. "Yes, it is." Barbara said as she to face the computer screen. Bruce raised his coffee cup and gave a little grin. Her Professor nearly fainted. "I've got to go, Professor. I'll talk to tomorrow." Barbara said, "See you then." The Professor wasn't looking at her but at Bruce. Barbara shook her head as she closed her laptop. "Is he the teacher I should be worried about?" Bruce asked. "Now you should. That man is gay. I have to be worried. If he meets you he will be all over you. You and Batman." Barbara replied. "Hmm." Bruce went over to her and kissed her on the head and then down her neck.
"You have nothing to worry about." He whispered against her skin. "What about the women?" Barbara asked. "What women? There is only you in my life." He whispered. "What about you? Any other men in your life that fancies you?" He asked. "Nope, only you." She replied.
"Good."
There is Chapter 10.
I changed my mind about not finding out the gender of the baby until chapter 11. The birth is going to be in the next chapter and at the worst possible time...
I'm sorry if it's too short.
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