It had been a few weeks since Dick had been back from college and Lexa was getting sick and tired of him and Bruce arguing all the time. It started because Dick had a new girlfriend, and she turned out to be Commissioner Gordon's daughter. Yep, of all the girls in the world Dick Grayson picks the daughter of a man who helps Dick's father figure fight crime, so it's all very confusing but Lexa could care less if they would just shut up about it. Then again it probably has to do with the fact that Barbara Gordon is secretly Batgirl, and Dick had no idea that Batman had authorized his girlfriend to secretly fight crime while he was in a different city. Lexa felt an obligation to tell her brother-like figure the truth, but Bruce had sworn her to secrecy the day before Dick came back from college and she had a plan to keep promises. Suddenly she heard the sound of footsteps as Dick stormed upstairs in anger. "Hey Richie Rich, what's the problem?" she yelled out into the hallway, using her favorite nick name for him. Her door opened and he stood in the entrance with a grim look on his face, and she stared at him expectantly waiting to hear the details of today's fight. "I don't wanna talk about it, okay? I just want to go to my room lie down, and call my girlfriend so we can talk about her coming over here for dinner at some point". "Well before you clear with her you might want to clear it with Alfred because I'm pretty sure he thinks having anybody on Bruce's "unwanted company" list over for dinner is a bad plan. Besides she isn't exactly a bike trail away, we do live 20 miles from the actual Gotham city and as sweet as he is Alfred won't want to drive out there to pick up one person." Dick glared at her after her lecture and then turned and walked out. Then Lexa yelled "Also I hear she's pretty, and I've always had a soft spot for gingers." She smiled at his groan of frustration, and went back to reading.
Three days later they Lexa sat in the large dining room next to, the commissioner on her left and Bruce on her right at the head of the table, of course. One of Bruce's many model lady-friends sat to his right and on her right was Barbara, with Dick on Barbara's right at the opposite end of the table from Bruce. Everything was awkwardly quiet, and it took all of Lexa's will-power not to pick up her plate and eat in the kitchen with Alfred, the only reason she didn't is because whenever she would adjust her seat Dick gave her a death glare that said, I swear if you leave me alone out here I will find you and kill you. Actually, no, it wasn't the look, he sent the thought to her, she had accidentally opened her telepathy to him and now she could hear his thoughts. So how are you enjoying this well thought dinner we're having? She asked him. Don't talk to me right now babs just gave me a weird look He responded. Lexa looked at him in surprise BABS! Wow and you hate my nicknames for you, that has got to be the weirdest one I have heard in my entire life. They spent the next hour arguing over what were strange names, and why she shouldn't insult his girlfriend, but in the end they had to stop communicating because Bruce eventually figured it out and threatened them with longer night shifts. Eventually the Gordon's left and Bruce took his girlfriend out for a night on the town, so Lexa and Dick sat and watched movies with Alfred.