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Radio Signal…
There were times Jason questioned his sanity, like really, hardcore questioned, his sanity. However, that was neither here nor there, as he had somehow (he was still trying to figure out how), been suckered into a week long trip with Tim, Damian and Dick. It'd barely been a month since Damian had found out about him and Raven and now he was having Bats always stopping by his place. And somehow in the midst of their discovery, they had decided that for Dick's bachelor weekend he needed to come. Raven had even helped his brother's drag his ass out of his place on this madness called a road trip.
If he didn't happen to love the woman so fucking so much he'd have strangled her, because he had no doubt she was the real reason he was now driving him and his brothers to Vegas and he was currently in the middle of Bumfucknowhere (Smallville), Kansas to pick up Conner Kent for the weekend and drop the demon spawn off. Dick was passed out in the passenger's seat and Damian and Tim were sound asleep leaning on one another (he'd taken a picture of that back in Missouri when he'd stopped to get gas). The scraggly radio screamed about not having a signal but Jason was finding the static to be soothing as he leaned back in his seat and rolled his window down.
They'd be arriving at the Kent farm in thirty minutes if his calculations were right, which meant he only had to survive thirty more minutes before he could disappear for a smoke break from his brothers and make a call to Raven to give her hell for somehow getting him in this mess. And he was relatively certain she was to blame (about eighty-five percent certain), because she'd promised him something and now; well, now he was here. Taking in a deep breath of that clean predawn morning air he let his head fall pack as he looked at the miles and miles, of endless farmland.
The radio signal suddenly started getting patchy and he turned it off before his warring brothers woke because he didn't want to deal with anyone before he got to the Kent farm.
The only upside of his family knowing he was dating Raven was Bruce hadn't stopped by his place too, and for that Jason was just waiting to haven it ruined. The sky was dying itself pink with the rising sun when he turned onto the Kent's driveway and road over the dirt road. A roost cried out, and he saw the house.
"Get Off Me Drake!" Damian shouted. there was a jostling on his seat and Jason slammed on the breaks as he spun around and grabbed Damian's ear.
"Listen you little shit, knock it off, it's been a really long fucking drive and if you don't shut up, pipe down, and behave I will kick your ass. Tim's been sleeping, so have you, grow up," he snapped at the teen as Dick and Tim stared at him with wide eyes.
"How do you do that?" Dick whispered when he released Damian who was rubbing his swore ear and muttering in Mandarin, Jason snapped back in the same language as he continued to the Kent farm.
"Because I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm stuck with Bats," Jason spat out as he pulled up to the Kent farm and got out of the car. Damian and Tim were quick to dive out of the car too, and Dick yawned and stretched as he got out. Jason bound up the steps to the door as he lightly rapped it and it was opened to reveal the Man of Steel himself.
"Hey come in," Clark smiled, Lois appeared as did Jon and Conner as the Waynes walked in. Jason pulled out his phone, no signal and a hand touched his shoulder having him jumping as he looked at Martha Kent.
"Morning," she smiled.
"Morning, you don't have a phone I could make a private call on, do you?" Jason asked as he shoved his phone in his pocket.
"There's a private line in other room, if you don't mind running to the barn and getting Jonathan for me," she smiled.
"Thanks, I'll get him," Jason waved off as he picked up the land line and dialed Raven's number as he walked to the barn.
It rang twice before there was an answer.
"Hello," she answered, her smoky monotone more soothing than he could describe as he leaned against the barn wall.
"Hey little bird," he said.
"How goes the trip?"
"Well, I think I've officially landed in the middle of nowhere, there's not even a radio signal," he chuckled. He could hear her stifle a laugh.
"Half way to Vegas," she pointed out.
"Yeah, God help us," he said softly.
"What's the matter Jason?"
"Nothing, I'm just tired," he lied. He was stressed, he was overwhelmed, and he was exhausted, and too wired to sleep with any of his brothers near in fear of his nightmares having him screaming.
"Mmm, want me to come to your next hotel?" she offered.
"Tempting, but unless you're wearing that black number no," he teased.
"Jason!" she snapped.
He laughed.
"I'll be fine, Raven, I'm just… I'm tired, I remember why I don't do family shit," he said softly.
"They're your brothers Jason, I'm not saying forgive Bruce, but I am saying learn about them, they're worth it," she calmly informed him.
"So you keep telling me," he muttered miserably.
"Well, you trust me," she pointed out.
"Yeah, still tryig to figure that one out, sunshine," he admitted.
"Mmm, I trust you too, Jay. Red, you wouldn't happen to know where I put my history book, I can't find it and I need it for class tomorrow," she said.
"Yeah, your nightstand, I moved it there so I wasn't using it as a pillow," he calmly informed her.
"Thank you," she said after a bit.
"Thanks Raven," he said evenly feeling calmer than he had in about two days since this insanity had started.
"Of course, call me when you get a radio signal again," she teased.
"I'm not expecting one until we hit Colorado," he mused.
"Later Jason," she said and he hung up.
"Hey, Mrs. Kent's got breakfast ready!" Jason said as he walked in and found Jonathan Kent taking care of a cow.
"Thank you," Jonathan said. "You're Jason, right?"
"Yes, sir," Jason nodded.
"I recently heard you got a girlfriend," Jonathan started.
"It's really not recent," Jason countered.
"Clark just told us about it," Jonathan said.
"I've been dating her for nearly four years," Jason said dryly.
"Four?"
"Yeah, and it's not news, really," Jason said. Why the fuck was his dating life even a topic of interest for Clark Kent to bring it home for the Kents!? It wasn't like Jason was dating an enemy like say, Talia al Ghul or someone. So why was it all of a sudden everyone butting into his love life!?
"Well congratulations, I don't think a lad in your family has made it that far," Jonathan smiled.
"Dick's engaged," Jason pointed out. he didn't add the again because it really wasn't his business what Dick did or did not do.
"Hmmm," Jonathan hummed as they walked into the house. Jason just prayed for patience to keep everyone out of his love life. He liked it better when no one had been involved. It'd been easier for him.
Martha Kent had the radio playing, he contemplated calling Raven then at having a radio signal but decided against it as he put the phone back and joined the family at the breakfast table.
That's all for now folks.
Enjoy Calm in the Storm.
