This chapter is for my loyal reviewer Chibi Lauryn sorry to keep you waiting so long. I think this is the best draft and I love it. I hope this story is up to your liking. This isn't as long as some chapters but I felt i needed to stop somewhere. I really hope you like this.
Chapter 13: Déjà Vu All Over Again
Dick looked from Mary to John and Mary. He didn't know what else to say. There was so much he wanted to say, but he couldn't. He wanted to let his previous words sink in. He didn't know how long he stood there waiting. He knew this was a big shock, but he was starting to worry that he had come on to sudden.
"Aren't you going to say anything?" Dick asked looking from Mary to John.
"How?" Mary asked after awhile.
"I don't know but the doctors say it happens," Dick said as he walked over to Mary. He sat down next to her bed. "Look El it's mommy," he said as he shifted Ellie so she could look at Mary. Mary looked at Ellie for a moment.
"So you boys named her?" John asked.
"Yes," Dick said turning to him. "I chose Ellie, Jay chose Beth and Tim, well he chose Ann," he said. He shifted Ellie so she could see John. "Look El this is daddy," he said.
"So you've been taking care of her this last month?" Mary asked.
"Yes and Roy's been a big help," Dick said, "at first I took her on all by myself," he said.
"After a week his grades dropped and he was sleeping in class so I offered to help him," Roy said stepping up, "being the great friend that I am," he added.
"Thank you both," John said as he sat up slightly. Mary did the same and she looked at Ellie. She couldn't take her eyes off of her. She had not even known she was pregnant. It shocked her and she wondered how she could have not known. She had three kids already how did she not know about this one. It made no sense.
"Wanna hold her?" Dick asked. Mary looked at Dick and nodded. Dick smiled and stood. Roy moved and helped Mary into a comfortable sitting position. Dick then handed her Ellie to her. He stepped back and looked at Mary as she held Ellie. Dick was fighting back tears as he watched Mary. He knew this was going to be hard, but he had to do it. Ellie wasn't his she was his sister. He had to let her go and let his parents raise her. She was their after all. Sure it would hurt at first, but he'd get over it and he had Roy to help him.
Rachel paced back and forth in her room. She had seen Mary and John today and they were fine. She also watched Dick and Roy give up Ellie. She knew it had to be hard for them, but that is not what she was thinking about. She was thinking about Dick and Kori's arranged marriage. She could not believe that they were being forced into this. She also could not believe Kori hadn't told her from the beginning. She knew it was that big of deal. Kori and Dick were working on getting out of it. She had nothing to worry about, but she was worrying. She couldn't help but think about how hurt Roy would be once he found out.
"What's got you so worked up?" Gar asked from the doorway.
"Gar," Rachel said turning around to face him. She had not heard him walk up to the door way. She had not been expecting him either. They had talked on the phone earlier.
"Hey," Gar said walking into her room. "your mom let me in," he said.
"Oh, hey," Rachel said.
"Again I ask what has you so worked up?" Gar asked moving over to her.
"Nothing," Rachel lied. She wanted to tell Gar what Kori had told her earlier, but she did not want to break Kori's trust. She was dying to tell someone though.
"Your lying," Gar said looking her in the eyes. He knew her too well by this point. He could tell when she was keeping something from him. Rachel sighed as walked over to her bed and sat down. Gar moved and sat next to her. "Come on Rae you can tell me anything," he said.
"Do you remember how I told you that Kori was being forced to marry someone?" Rachel asked.
"Yes," Gar said, "why has she met him?" he asked.
"She has alright," Rachel said, "you have to promise not to tell anyone once I tell you this," she said looking Gar in the eyes.
"Of course," Gar said quickly.
"It's Dick," Rachel said, "Kori and Dick are engaged," she said softly.
"Dick?" Gar asked shocked, "as in our Dick?" he asked. Rachel nodded and looked down at the floor.
"Just don't tell anyone please," Rachel said quickly. She had promised Kori she wouldn't tell but she had. She felt bad about breaking Kori's trust, but she knew gar wouldn't say anything to anyone.
"I won't don't worry," Gar said placing an arm around Rachel's shoulder. "So, Dick and Kori," he said slowly.
"I know it's weird," Rachel said, "Oh and Roy doesn't know yet, so please keep your mouth shut," she said.
"I already told you I will," Gar said.
"Thanks Gar," Rachel said. She looked at Gar and smiled. He knew how to make her feel better when something was bothering her. She leaned in and kissed him.
"Your mom is home," Gar said, "and she could walk in at any second," he said as he kissed her again.
"So," Rachel said as he pushed Gar down on to her bed. She needed a distraction right now, and Gar was it. She needed to get her mind off of Dick and Kori. She needed to just forget about everything right now. Things were just getting a little too crazy right now.
Dick ran up to his room and finally let the tears out. Roy had come back to the house with him. He was gonna spend another night here so he and Dick could sort things out. He fell onto his bed as he cried freely. Ellie was gone and there was nothing he could do about it.
He heard the door open and close. He knew it was Roy. "Dick," he said softly. Dick sat up and looked at Roy. He looked like he was fighting the urge to cry.
"I didn't think it would hurt this much," Dick said.
"Me either," Roy said as he walked over to Dick. He sat down beside the distraught teen. "I am not gonna lie, I felt like a part of me was left with Ellie and it sucks knowing we'll never have that again," he said softly as he placed his arm around Dick's shoulder.
"I never thought I'd get that attached to her," Dick admitted.
"I know," Roy said pulled Dick closer to himself. Dick looked up at Roy and smiled softly. He was so happy that he and Roy worked out this time. He wanted to spend his life with Roy. He would have to tell his parents how he really felt about his arranged marriage to Kori.
"Dick," Roy said.
"Hmm," Dick hummed softly.
"I don't want this to end," Roy said, "I mean I want to stay here with you," he said.
Dick smiled slightly and looked up at Roy. Sapphire met emerald. Dick's breath hitched in his throat. He leaned in and kissed Roy on the lips. Roy grinned and deepened the kiss. Soon Dick found himself lying under Roy in a passionate lip lock.
"Roy," he said, "Bruce could walk in," he said.
"I locked the door,' Roy said, "I knew you'd want to be alone," he said.
"No interruptions?" Dick asked as he looked Roy in the eyes again. Roy nodded. Dick smirked and flipped them over so he was on top of Roy straddling his hips. He grinned as Roy let out a low moan. He leaned down and kissed Roy hard on the lips.
Dick yawned as he woke. He smiled as he felt Roy shift in his arms. He smiled memories of last night flooded his brain. He and Roy had finally had sex. Dick grinned as he hugged Roy closer to him.
"Dick?" Roy asked.
"Hmm?" Dick hummed showing he was awake.
"You awake?" Roy asked looking up at Dick grinning.
"Yeah," Dick said as he leaned down and kissed Roy on the lips. Roy grinned and he broke the kiss.
"Last night was fun," Roy said. Dick nodded in agreement. He didn't want to leave this bed, but they had to go to school. They would have to get out of bed eventually. They would have to face the world sooner or later. Dick sighed and pulled Roy closer to himself. He never wanted this moment to end. He had a bad feeling about to day. He knew though that if he stayed in bed no bad things would happen to them.
"Roy as much as I don't want to we have to get out of bed," Dick said looking outside at the light flooding into the room.
"I know we have school," Roy sighed. He slowly sat up and looked around the room. He knew after school Ollie would be here and telling him he needed to come home. He did not want to have to go home. He knew that without Ellie Bruce wouldn't let him stay here.
"I think we should shower first," Dick said as he sat up.
"Boy am I glad you have a bathroom connected to your room," Roy said as he stood up with a slight wince.
"You ok?" Dick asked a small grin playing on his lips as he thought of last night activities that had caused that pain. He stood up and followed Roy to the bathroom. After a quick shower the two dressed and grabbed their things for school. They then made their way down to the kitchen where Alfred was making breakfast.
"Morning Al," They said together.
"Good Morning boys," Alfred said turning around to face the boys. Dick and Roy sat down at the counter. Alfred handed them plates. They waited as Alfred dished them up some eggs and bacon.
"Al I'm gonna miss your cooking," Roy said once the butler set the frying pan back on the stove. He made himself a plate.
"I'm gonna miss you, since you seem to make master Dick happy in the mornings," Alfred said, "before you moved in he was hardly a morning person," he said smiling at Dick.
"Yeah well I have to be happy otherwise Roy's unhappy and then I don't get to see his smile," Dick said. Dick and Roy started eating when Bruce walked into the room.
"Dick your parents want to see you after school today," Bruce said, "I was going to tell you last night when I got home but you were sleeping," he said as he accepted a plate of food from Alfred.
"Ok," Dick said, "did they say what they wanted to talk about?" he asked looking up at Bruce. Bruce only shrugged as he started eating.
"I think you should tell your parents Dick about you and Roy," he said.
"I will once they settle from the shock of Ellie," Dick said, "I mean she's a big shock so we've decided to wait for now," he said. Roy nodded and looked down at his plate. They were avoiding the inevitable. Dick and Roy finished eating and made their way out to the garage.
"My car or yours?" Roy asked looking at Dick.
"You can drive today," Dick said as he climbed into Roy's car. Roy got in and looked at Dick.
"Look we're so close to graduation and in a few months we'll be at Stanford together," Roy said. Dick looked away form Roy . "You want to go to Stanford right?" he asked.
"I do but my parents will want me to go to Princeton like they've been planning for years," Dick said looking out the window as Roy pulled out of the garage. The ride to school was spent in silence. Dick was changing now that his parents were awake now. Roy knew things were going to change between them. He would stand by Dick no matter what.
"Hey," Roy said placing his hand on Dick thigh once the car stopped. "I love you," he said.
"I love you too," Dick said placing his hand on Roy's. He knew what Roy was thinking and he was thinking it too. Things were going to change now. Just like they had last time. He wasn't go to let Roy go again. He would stay and fight for him. He was not going to give up like he had all those years ago.
"I suppose we should get out," Roy said looking at Dick.
"After we do everything is gonna change," Dick said shaking his head. He did not want that to happen. He just had a feeling that everything was going to fall apart. He felt that if they stayed here then they would be alright.
"I know," Roy said, "but what ever it is we can handle it," he said locking eyes with Dick. He leaned over and kissed Dick on the lips before getting out. He walked to the back of the car and waited for Dick to join him. They just stood there staring at the building once they walked through the doors.
Roy grabbed Dick's hand and they started walking forward. They stopped on the front lawn and sat down waiting for the day to begin. They still had quite some time before they had to go inside. They were sitting comfortably for a few minutes before Kori, Rachel and Gar joined them.
"Hey guys," Roy said lazily as he leaned against Dick. His back was sore, but he was trying his best to ignore it.
"Hey, so how was your night without Ellie?" Rachel asked.
"I did not expect giving her up to be so hard," Dick said as he looked down at Roy who nodded. "We got attached and now she's gone and there's nothing we can do about it," he said.
"Last night was weird," Roy said.
"You two will get through this," Rachel said, "You always surprise people," she said.
"Look Rae, we're together and you can accept that or you can live in the past and still think we're fourteen," Dick said annoyed slightly.
"I'm sorry, it's still hard to believe you two are serious," Rachel said, "I mean this is how you guys were last time and then Dick's parents came to get him and you two fought," she said.
"That is not why we broke up," Dick said looking away from Rachel.
"Yeah there was a different reason," Roy said.
"What?" Rachel asked confused.
"It doesn't matter," Dick and Roy said together, "it's the past," they said.
"Hey guys," Donna said as she, Garth, and Wally walked over to them.
"Hey," Roy said waving at them as they sat down.
"Dick if that wasn't the reason you broke up what was?" Rachel asked ignoring the three new comers for a moment. They had both told her that the reason they broke up was Dick's parents came to get him and Dick got scared and lied to Roy. They had a big fight and told the other they never want to see the other ever again. Now they told her they had lied.
"Rae it doesn't matter," Dick said, "now drop it," he said annoyed. He did not want to tell her. It was like history was repeating itself all over again. He did not want to go through this right now.
"Why did you guys lie to me?" Rachel asked.
"You didn't need to know every detail of our relationship," Dick said standing up, "your being nosy like you were then and it's not very flattering Rae," he said as he walked away and into the building.
"And now he's pissed great," Roy said as he stood up and followed him.
"Did you know they were fighting?" Gar asked looking from Rae to Kori.
"He must've told him," Kori said slowly.
"Told who what?" Wally asked curiously.
"Nothing," Kori said quickly.
Bruce sighed as he walked around his study. He wonder how the boys were doing. He had a bad feeling about to day. He should've kept them from school. It was too soon after loosing Ellie for them to be going back. He should've known better than to let them go to school. He was smarter than that. He couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen.
"Sir?" Alfred said as opened the door.
"Yes Alfred," Bruce said turning around to face the old butler.
"I can't help but worry something is wrong with the boys," Alfred said, "something seemed off about them this morning," he said.
"I know," Bruce said, "I can't place what though," he said.
"I do hope everything is ok," Alfred said.
"Al they were to attached to Ellie and I think sending them to school was a bad idea," Bruce said slowly. He really couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen.
Dick stormed down the hall. He didn't know why he was so upset. Maybe it was because he lost Ellie, maybe it was because he and Roy wouldn't last like last time. Maybe he was realizing he was doomed to be exactly who his parents wanted him to be.
"Dick," Roy said running up to him.
"What?" Dick snapped.
"Calm down," Roy said as he looked at Dick shocked. He had known everything was going to change. He just wished it didn't have to happen so fast. He wanted to be able to ease into this change, but it looked like that wasn't going to happen.
"I'm sorry she just got me upset," Dick said, "I'm just on the edge since Ellie's gone and my parents are ok and everything that's happening. I just don't know if I can deal with her bringing that up again," he said.
"It's ok Dick," Roy said as he walked over to Dick and hugged him. "We're gonna work through this and we'll move on," he said soothingly. The bell rang and Roy let go of Dick. "Come on," he said to Dick. Together they walked to their homeroom. Dick sat down and Roy sat on his desk like usual in front of him.
"Harper in your seat," Mr. Evans said as he walked into the room.
"Homeroom hasn't even started yet," Roy said.
"Be in you seat by the final bell," Mr. Evans said shaking his head. Roy was lucky he was one of his favorite students. The warning bell rang and Roy moved from Dick's desk to his in time for the last bell to ring.
Rachel and Kori walked into the room late. They apologized to Mr. Evans and took their seat next to Roy and Dick. Dick sighed and laid his head down on his desk. Rachel opened her mouth to speak but Roy stopped her.
"Don't please," he said, "he's really on the edge right now," he said. Rachel nodded and looked away. She still wanted the truth, but she would wait until they were over what ever was bothering them.
Roy looked at Dick. He hated fighting and he wanted to get past this soon. He really did not want to go through this again. It was just like things had been last time. Every time Dick's parents got involved in things they went bad. Roy shook his head as the bell for first hour rang. Roy sighed and stood up and followed Dick to Chemistry.
As the day went on things just go worse. Dick was getting edgier and edgier. Roy knew it was only a matter of time before he would blow up and things would go really bad. Dick and Roy were eating lunch when Rachel brought up Ellie by accident. That set Dick off. He stood up and dumped his tray and left without a word to anyone. Roy groaned and looked at Rachel.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong," he said before he followed after Dick. He caught him outside. "Hey," he yelled at him.
"What?" Dick asked annoyed.
"What is your problem today?" Roy asked finally giving in.
"I don't know," Dick said, "I just can't help but think about what Bruce said about us telling my parents and then what you said about Stanford. I just can't do this," he said.
"Do what?" Roy asked confused.
"Break my parents heart twice by coming out to them and then not going to Princeton," Dick said.
"Dick what are you saying?" Roy asked.
"It's either I tell my parents about us and go to Princeton or I don't tell them and I go with you to Stanford," Dick said.
"Dick you can't just deliver an ultimatum to me like that," Roy said looking at Dick shocked. He had not seen this coming. He had thought it was going to be about Ellie again, but this, this caught him off guard.
"I believe I just did," Dick said, "are you gonna answer it this time or are you gonna chicken out like last time?" he asked challengingly. He glared at Roy waiting for an answer. He knew this was it. It was now or never for them. If they survived this they could survive anything.
"You can't keep doing this to me Dick," Roy said annoyed his voice getting louder.
"Roy I feel like we're just running in circles," Dick said annoyed, "I can't keep doing this. You love me, you hate me, you love me," he said.
"It's not easy keeping up with you either," Roy snapped annoyed.
"Roy I don't think this is working," Dick said. This was exactly like it was last time. If he wasn't careful things would turn on the same.
A/N: I know cliffy, but I had to. I wanted to get this up. I have an idea for the next chapter and I will get to work on it asap.