"So when do we finally get to meet Dr. Hottie?" Joel asked, folding the newspaper together and placing it on Adrienn's desk along with a folder. "Oh and by the way, I say you need to check this out. Someone has messed with this account on so many levels it isn't even funny. So back to the hot doctor. Is his dick big?"
"Joel!" Adrienn chirped up glaring at her colleague. Honestly his questions were tolerable the others however not so much. Jake and Adrienn had become an official couple. Everything was moving just a tad bit too fast for her but since she wasn't the relationship kind of girl she decided to let it be. "Don't believe what all the tabloids say. I am not engaged nor am I pregnant."
"Too bad." Joel shrugged, "The pair of you would have cute babies. I am still a fan of the Brienn pairing though…"
"Brienn? What?" Adrienn did a one-eighty degree spin in her wheelie cheer to face her colleague. Joel let her shoulders drop as he looked at the ceiling.
"Honestly, you are always in the press, don't you take the time to actually read what the city thinks about you?" Joel asked, his British accent sounding tired with Adrienn's obliviousness to the media slang.
He was recruited by her when he graduated from the London School of Economics. Their first encounter wasn't one that Joel is going to forget any time soon. He didn't believe his eyes, seeing the petite 5'4 girl heading his way. At first he treated her like an intern, since she was younger than him. Unfortunately that behavior caused Adrienn to snap and basically scream her whole educational history at him. Only then did he realize that it was his boss that he was talking to and that she was a mini genius having graduated at an early age. Adrienn has pressurized Joel since day one, just by the mere fact that she graduated early. Things changed since then though. Adirnen and Joel grew to become friends.
"I don't read the tabloids Joel. Well only if it doesn't involve my vagina popping out babies or whatever… now, what is with the whole Brienn thing?" She snapped looking back the computer screen and typing in the file number from the folder Joel had dropped off.
"Brienn… Bruce and Adrienn. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out." Joel rolled his eyes a little as Adrienn looked at him with a shocked look. The butchering done by the media really did surprise her at times. "Why didn't you ever date Bruce though?"
"Because we are friends Joel." Adrienn said in a sing song voice, trying her hardest to conceal her frustration. People were not making this decision easy on her, but she was going to stay strong, after all Jake was a good guy, right?
"But really…"
"Joel!" Adrienn snapped looking up at him, "Do you really want to see my temper again?"
"No never mind. Anyway your shift is over, so I am guessing you would leave soon." Joel said peeking out of her office cubicle. "Oh and by the way… you have a visitor." With that, the British man left the scene, waving at Adrienn. She smiled at him and arched her back to see who exactly he meant by visitor. She hasn't had anyone on her schedule. The only people she could think of were Jake just dropping by, Bruce or Alfred coming to check up on her well being or Rachel stopping by to yell at her a little more after the whole text message thing. All her other friends were very snobby. They would have their managers call her before hand to make sure that the appointment is well known. Adrienn didn't understand if it made them feel better about themselves or if it really was just for punctuality. She doubted the later though…
Rachel seemed to be a very complicated person, but Adrienn concluded that was just a mask. That girl would do many extreme things just to be the best. She really was shallow. After Adrienn sent her the text, she flipped out on her. The woman had called her crying on the phone saying she has been going through a hard time, trying to get everything sorted. Rachel put out Adrienn to be like the bad guy. Adrienn wasn't in the mind set at five am to fight or argue with her about anything. She just told her that she will deal with her ass later. Rachel sobbed something about calling her to schedule an appointment, and then muttered a streak of curse words. Adrienn was getting tired of all the drama that was going on with Rachel now that Bruce is back.
Her thoughts quickly wandered to Bruce as she stood up and began to walk out of her glass cubicle. He had been acting rather strange towards Jake, but Adrienn could see that he was really trying his hardest to not be a pain about her relationship with Jake. Unlike Adrienn, Bruce was one of the people that read the tabloids, or it was Alfred informing him about all the bullshit that went on, Adrienn still wasn't quite sure. Either way Bruce did call her several times panicking about the articles. Other than that their relationship was just as it used to be. The brotherly love… Adrienn got a migraine just by the thought of it at times. She always had to remind herself that at least she had a person like Bruce in her life.
Her heels clicked on the marble floor as she went to stand outside her cubicle to greet her guest. A smile appeared on her lips as she saw Alfred holding a brown paper bag. She walked up to him quickly, pulling him into a hug. She did miss him.
"Alfred!" She smiled at him, leading the way back to the cubicle so they could get some privacy. She pulled up onto the chairs from in front of her desk and made him sit down.
"I really hope you don't have other plans Miss?" Alfred asked politely, not wanting to take aseat just yet.
"Nope it is all good!" Adrienn smiled. Alfred took a seat and put the delicious smelling food out. Adrienn's smile grew as she realized Alfred had gotten her favorite. She quickly unwrapped it taking a big bite.
Alfred watched happily as the young woman ate. He really thought of her as his daughter. That is exactly why Alfred was facing many difficulties with going through with this plan. He was assigned to get Adrienn out of the ordinary element. Bruce has been devising this plan. He has hacked into a number of different systems and saw that Adrienn was quite fond of shooting. Now… if she was actually good at shooting they would face problems….
Alfred had to find out if she was actually good at shooting or not. He really wasn't too comfortable with this sort of spying, but he needed to know if there was a truth behind those pictures. They would all look at Adrienn in a different light then… Bruce was also getting ready to do his part of the plan. He was going to follow the two, see if anything will happen then.
"So Miss, I was actually wondering if you would wish to join me in trap shooting?" Alfred asked with the most convincing smile he could conjure up. Adrienn looked up from her sandwich seeming quite interested. His smile must've been convincing enough.
"Trap shooting?"
"I am British Miss." Alfred laughed, "I need a challenger anyway and Master Wayne didn't have the time today."
"Sure!" Adrienn sounded excited and it worried Alfred a little. "Let me just finish this and we will get going. You have the Rolls or should we take my car?"
"Master Bruce is using the Rolls. I am afraid we'll have to take your car." Alfred smiled.
The duo spoke over lunch about simple things. Adrienn finished her sandwich fairly quickly and it didn't take her long to tidy up and get going in. During the car ride Alfred was quite, just listening to Adrienn who seemed really excited. Alfred's mind was still focused on the images he had seen earlier in the week. They haunted him. Little Adrienn couldn't have …
"We're here!" Adrienn chirped up stopping his train of thought. Alfred gulped and smiled walking out with her… This was the moment of truth…
Alfred was first up. He did his best at hitting the clay pigeons. He wasn't too bad, but today he tried extra hard. He wasn't quite sure if it was for Adrienn's sake or his own. Adrienn smiled sending the clay pigeons into the air as Alfred called pull.
"Beat that Miss." Alfred teased, switching places with the young woman. She smiled at him devilishly and picked up a shotgun. She pulled it up to her shoulder and fired a practice shot. Alfred jumped up, clearly not expecting it.
"Sorry." She apologized, "My turn now. Ready? PULL!" She yelled. Alfred set the clay pigeon into the air and said a silent prayer to himself.
He watched as Adrienn got every single one of the clay pigeons. He decided to take it up a notch and distract her. She still got most of them… Alfred had all color drained from his face. She was a shooter… unfortunately.
Their little shooting date ended and she dropped him off at Manor and Alfred said his goodbyes like he normally would. He watched as her car drove away, kicking up gravel from the high speed she was driving at. His smile dropped as he turned around and began to run up the steps. He was heaving for air once he got to the top. Bruce was already waiting for him,
"I am guessing it didn't go as accepted." Bruce said, running a hand through his brown hair.
"She hit everything. I really thing that that person was her Master Wayne…" Alfred said solemnly.
"It is all right Alfred…" Bruce put a hand on his shoulder. "I am sure she had a good reason for everything…"
Bruce was thinking a mile a minute. He was not going to judge her for her actions in the past. He wasn't upset about it. But the fact that she didn't tell him or that she didn't ask for his help. That bothered him. He thought they were closer than that.
"Are you going to go after them tonight Master Wayne?" Alfred asked as they walked into the mansion.
"Yes. I am honestly not quite sure about Crane. He seems odd." Bruce commented stepping into the study. Alfred pressed the keys on the piano and followed Bruce into the elevator.
"I understand completely sir." Alfred wasn't sure if he should involve Bruce in his part of Adrienn dating. He decided against it. More involvement from his part was not needed. "What do you think about Adrienn dating?"
Bruce looked at Alfred as they walked out the elevator and into the cave. He wasn't sure of his answer for that question.
"I am not sure Alfred. I just thought she would wait..."
"For you?" Alfred cut in. He was too tired of this obliviousness. He was already involved. Might as well get more involved. It won't hurt anyone anymore. Plus if his speech worked with Adrienn it may work with Bruce as well. It was worth a shot.
"Alfred …" Bruce was tired of repeating himself.
"No Master Wayne. If I may say so you care about her more than a sister…" Alfred handed him the vambraces, "You wouldn't be this worried about her if that were true. You wouldn't want to know about her boyfriend this much. It wouldn't bother you this much."
"Alfred you may be right but it just can't happen between us. Firstly I am ten years older…" Bruce sat down pulling on his armor.
"Master Wayne… ten years isn't that bad." Alfred shrugged, "She is mature for her age master Bruce. She has been through a lot, just like yourself."
"What about Rachel?" Bruce asked. His feelings for Rachel were strong, but Alfred was beginning to really have a strong hate towards them.
"Master Wayne. You need to open your eyes and actually think about who cares about you." With that, Alfred decided to leave Bruce to his thoughts. He prayed that it worked with him as well.
-My internet connection is stable for now so... Hello rambling… Plus I can tally up if Rachel should know about things or not… :) Also… My story got added to a community… is that good or bad?! XD I am a total noob when it comes to this site :')
*Superdani a.k.a Gillian Smith : I know what you mean. She is a bitch and in my head the guy isn't too hot… not enough muscle! XD And man… I wish I had a tumbler. I would be the Queen of the road!
*devi no kaze : lol in my head Adrienn is a good driver. Jealous Bruce Lol :) any Bruce would be awesome hehehe :) Yeah Jake is…. Jake ? :D
*maisaLin : You may be onto something… just maybe hehe. Not going to give anything away. And yes Rachel is an annoying one. And about Jake, you just have to wait and see :) Lol thanks for Rachel opinion it is added to the tally.
*Foxy Roxi : Lol we will see! And we'll see what Bruce's doing hehe. I am trying to keep updates up but I had a hospital visit yesterday so yeah :/ but I will try and keep it up! Thank you for opinion about Rachel!
*twiggy31 : Aaaaaand welcome to the darkside! We got a hot piece of Christian Bale :)
*Adalheidis Svanhilda: Oh … spiders are scary creatures indeed. Very brave you are! I fear my safety at the moment though. Was at the hospital… thought I will throw that in there! Oh and thank you for opinion on Rachel, I am tallying up things :P
*Mika927: Mwah thank you for opinion and the review. I am trying to keep the updates up :/
*Stupidstef666 : I know right? I had such an aww moment, then I started freaking out thinking it was too cheesy :/
*LittleNK : Heyaa, yeah he maybe a little :P
*MarlyHarkness : Awww, another Rachel hater! The world is a brighter place lol. I am mean I know. Alfred is a sneaky little man xD You gotta love him though.
*Hope and love : I am glad you found it! I am going to try and update faster, I just hope nothing will come up! Thank you for commenting!
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