11. Easy street, Easy street
That's where we're gonna
that's where we're gonna
be~
-Easy Street from Annie
"This should be easy." Oliver says, mostly to himself. "I mean, we take them to the park, they get to play we gt to relax and- wait."
The others turn towards him, each with a child next to them. Except for Oliver.
He looks around, "Crap, where's Harper?"
Bruce only raises a brow, "You were saying something about easy?"
"Hey! He was right here a second a go!" Oliver can only picture the death and destruction of six angry parents barreling down on him.
"Harper? Harper!" Oliver mentally swears. Just his luck that the kid has the same last name as his first sidekick. This may prove to be disastrous.
"He is not far from here." J'onn told him.
Apollo, a strawberry-blonde haired boy with a too grown-up expression, only looks around for a moment, "He is hiding."
"Figured that." Oliver re-evaluated that one. Must be Aqualad's. It's obvious- except that the kid's pretty pale and had freckles.
Bruce simply walks on, with Robin following his heels before glancing up. "Having fun?"
Harper tries not to move, because right now he was quite high in the tree and he was sure he was hidden from sight. So how did that old guy see him?
"Harper come down." Robin frowns looking up at him, "You know you can't fly!"
"So!" Stubborn as always he shifts his weight a little, "It's not my fault he sucks."
"Harper." This time it was the blonde woman-uh what was she? "It's not nice to play tricks on Grandpa Ollie."
"Grandpa?" Ollie cringes, "I'm not that old!"
"Hmph." Man he hates it that he wants to be nice to the lady. After all, that's the most sure fire way to get that Goat-man in more trouble. "Fine..."
Clark shook his head but shifts the toddler called 'Charlie' a bit awkwardly. He wasn't even sure what to think about this black-haired babbling child. He was not sure how good he was with children this age.
"Bird!" Charlie was pointing over at a pigeon. "Bird-bur-erd!"
Wait, what gender was Charlie anyway? Truth was, without distinguishing clothing and hairstyles, most children at two look about the same. And from what Clark can see in the diaper bag, it was pretty much both kinds of diapers. Pink and Blue. Girl and boy toys.
Though he looks up just in time to see Bruce catch Harper when he came down.
"I think I better keep an eye on you myself." Bruce announce. Not missing Harper's pout, but files it away. "Robin, why don't you stay with Dinah and Orin can take Apollo."
"I'm heading to a store, who's coming that way?" Dinah ask smiling as Robin lights up at that.
"Is it the one with those pretty dresses?" She grins.
"Sure is. I haven't been there yet." the blonde woman confirms.
"I guess we'll head to the park." J'onn said, "If we're all splitting up that is?"
"We can meet back at The Cave in an hour." Barry smiles, "I have to take this cutie to the nearest baby store."
Oliver breathes a slight sigh of relief knowing he's not looking after Harper right now at least. "Don't blow all your cash on your new love, Barry."
With that, they drifted off, walking through the city with their respective...uh..grandchildren.
Operation: Who's your Daddy, commence.
At least that was what Oliver was thinking when he glances at Robin. Dinah was currently busy looking for the perfect dress for the little girl to try on.
He thinks it'll be easy enough, so he sits down next to her smiling charmingly. "So...I was wondering something."
"What, Grandpa Ollie?" Robin tilts her head with a perky smile.
Oliver tries not to wince at the 'grandpa' bit. I'm not that old yet! Bad enough that Lian calls me th-..Wait a minute.. Roy would know wouldn't he? Goddamnit! "I was just wondering who you look like the most." Yeah, that's the way to go. "I mean, most kids look like their biological parents, you know? "
Robin's brow wrinkled but she nods. She kind of understood what he was saying. "Yeah..."
"So who do you think you're most like?" This is going to be easy. Oliver believes this.
"Um..." Robin tilts her head, "Mama." She grins.
"The blonde one?" Had to be. It couldn't be-
"No, silly, the red haired one!" She laughs. "'Cause Mama and I like the same things and it's always fun!"
Crap. This might be harder...
"Ok, do you go to school?" New track. Has to be.
"Yup!" She grins, "I'm really good at it too. It's really boring though, but Apollo's in my class so it's ok."
He blinks, "Isn't he like...six?"
"Yup."
What the hell? Even when he was in grade-school, he never moved that fast in school. Still, he had to be quick. Dinah looks like she was almost done with her selection.
"Who talks to your teachers the most when they do that 'teacher-parent' thing?" Sure fire way to know. She had to be Superboy's kid. But the green eyes...he was half wondering if it was Wally, considering of course that Artemis's mother has dark hair and not to mention...
"Oh, Father does." Robin perks up, "He goes to a lot of them, cause' Dad gets really mad easily and Daddy can't stay still. "
"I...see.." This was really going to be harder than he thought.
"Robin, " Dinah smiles, "Come try some of these outfits."
"Kay!" She gets up and smiles at Oliver, "Grandpa Ollie?"
"Yes, Robin?" He raises a brow, well he could get used to it a little.
She grins, " Nice try." With that the dark haired child went off to her 'grandma' to try on clothes.
Leaving Oliver to slowly realize that the kid knew what he was up to. Rubbing his hand over his face, he swears that he had the worst luck in the universe.