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Cooper and Ben's Hideout, 9:12 AM
I start to tinker with a toy when suddenly my phone starts to ring, "Who the hell could be calling me?" I say in an annoyed sigh and then I answer my phone, "Hello?" I say in an annoyed tone.
"Yes this is the Principle Ryan from Gotham Academy." The man on the other end says in a serious tone.
"Yes why are you calling?" I ask as I stand up.
"Well you have to come down to the school your daughter Laila is in trouble." He says in a stern tone.
Really on the first day of school she gets herself in trouble? I pinch the bridge of my nose, "I'm leaving right now." I say and then I hang the phone up. My gaze goes on Ben and I notice that he is still sleeping. I walk up to the collection of tech that we have and I grab the light bending mask. I put it on and it makes my face look different. I grab my keys and then drive to Gotham Academy. "Still can't believe she got herself into trouble on the first damn day of school." I get out of the car and walk into the building and spot the office right away. I walk in and see Dick standing there. Why the hell is Dick here?
He looks at me and smiles, "Did your kid get into trouble to?" He asks curiously.
"Yup." He says and then the principle walks out.
"Come in." He says and then Dick and I walk into the office and Joani and Laila are sitting there. Dick walks over to Joani and gives her a stern look. Oh God what did Laila do to get Joani into trouble? "Now Mr. Grayson I've tried to tell her that if she just tells the truth she won't get in the same amount of trouble as Laila over here." He says as he glares at Laila.
Laila just rolls her eyes, "Whatever." She says.
Dick looks at Joani, "Come on Joani tell the truth." He says in a serious tone.
Joani just gives him this pleading look as if she's trying to tell him something, "He tripped." She says in a serious tone. Yup she's lying.
"So you're expecting me to believe that he just tripped into the locker so hard that it caused a dent and then he stumbled backwards and tripped all the way to the end of the hallway?" He asks skeptically.
"Yeah." She says quietly and then she looks at Dick.
"I'm disappointed in you." He says as he shakes his head. His gaze goes to Laila, "Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"Nope. Like Joani said he tripped." She says as she shrugs her shoulders. I just shake my head. There is no denying the fact she is related to me and Ben.
After a few seconds Dick's phone beeps, "I'm sorry." He says and then he unlocks the phone. Suddenly his eyes widen a little bit and he looks at Joani.
"You two get out of here and sit in the office. I have to have a discussion with your parents." The principle says and then Laila and Joani get up and leave. "Have a seat." He says as he looks at Dick and I.
"I'm fine." Dick says and his gaze turns somewhat into a glare.
"So I have to suspend both of your daughters." Principle Ryan says with a smirk.
"What?" Dick snaps in disbelief.
"I know that's a load of crap. My daughter called me and told me what happened." I say in an angered tone.
The principle goes to say something but Dick cuts him off, "Listen to me now I know for a fact that you cannot suspend those two innocent girls sitting out there." He says in a deadly tone.
"Is that a fact?" Principle Ryan says in a challenging tone as he stands up so he's at Dick's level.
"Yes it is. I went to this shit hole of a school when I was younger and I know that handbook like the back of my hand. Trust me when I was younger I did so much crap and got away with it. Now that boy deserved what happened to him if he didn't slip. The only reason you are saying that these two girls need to be suspended is because you are best friends with the boy's parents." Dick says and then he smirks.
Principle Ryan's small smirk fades and he sits in his chair, "Well they still need to get in trouble for what they did." He says as he glares at Dick and I.
"Well I guess the city is just going to have to find out about the money that the school has been hiding." Dick says with a shrug. "Oh and then there is the fact that the school will be put on the news for ignoring sexual harassment because I know for a fact that boy and his friend were harassing my daughter!" Dick snaps in a glare. Holy shit Dick is like Joani's father.
"So there you have it our daughters are free to go back to there classes." I say and then Principle Ryan's glare moves from Dick to me.
"No exactly." He says with a smirk.
"What do you mean not exactly?" I snap.
"Yeah what the hell are you playing at Ryan?" Dick asks as he raises an eyebrow.
"Well you said your daughter called you up during school."
"Yeah so what?" I yell. Ok maybe she didn't call me but so what.
"Using a cell phone in school calls for an automatic three days suspension." He says with a smirk.
"That's bull!" Dick says as he crosses his arms, "I saw three kids using there phones in the hallway!"
"Sorry rules are rules." He says and that smug smirk is still on his face.
"Fuck you!" I snap and then I walk towards the door Dick follows me and apparently the principle is to.
He looks at Joani and Laila, "Joani go back to class." His gaze goes on Laila, "You are going home. You are suspended for three days." He says.
"But it wasn't her fault." Joani says as she crosses her arms.
"Whatever…it's three days out of school." Laila says with a shrug and then I grab her by the arm and drag her out of the office.
"Don't kill him don't kill him." I start to say to myself.
"Why not I hate him to?" Laila says as I let go of her arm.
"Because I'm trying to be good." I say when we get out of the building. We get into my car and I rev up the engine and fly out of the parking lot. "What the hell happened today? I mean really it's your first friggin' day at school and you already get suspended."
"The kid grabbed my ass what was I supposed to do!" She snaps and then she looks out the window.
"Wait he what?" I ask in an angered tone.
"He called Joani, who is actually pretty cool by the way, a gold digging tramp. Then he called me sugar tits and grabbed my ass. Joani was going to do something about it but I gently stopped her and slammed the douche bag into the lockers." She says in a non caring attitude, "I'd do it again if I had the chance."
"Well that kid deserved what you did to him." I say with a shrug. "So you are making friends at school?" I ask curiously.
She shrugs, "I guess. That Joani girl seemed like a preppy bitch at first like most of the girls at that God forsaken school but she's actually pretty cool…her boyfriend on the other hand I think hates my guts." She looks away from the window and looks at me with a smirk, "He's probably going to hate me even more now that I got her into trouble." She says with a small chuckle.
"Just don't let them know who we are." I say in a serious tone.
"Wow you must think I'm really stupid dad." She says as she rolls her eyes.
"I'm just saying." I say as I pull into the driveway. We both get out of the car and walk into Ben's house and then to our hideout. When we get there she sits down at my desk and crosses her legs as I walk over to the work bench. After about a minute Ben walks in rubbing his head. "Ben you're awake." I say and he just nods his head.
"Yeah." He says and then his gaze goes to Laila, "Shouldn't you be in school?" He asks as he walks up to her.
"Nope I got suspended for three days." She says with a smirk and then Ben high fives her.
"Oh yeah you are so related to us!" He says with a smile and I glare at him.
"But she shouldn't be acting like that." I say and then she just rolls her eyes and looks back at my desk. After a few minutes I see her pick up a picture frame and stare at it. It must be the one of Tommy, Cassidy, and I. She stands up.
"This is her." She says as she looks at me.
"Is who?" I ask as I look up from my work bench.
She walks over and sticks the picture in my face, "That's Joani." She says. My eyes examine the picture. It's the picture of us at Angel's birthday party…the day Tommy and Cassidy…died. Joani is sitting on my shoulders and has a giant smile on her face. Little did she know that that day she'd be losing a mother. "How do you know her?" She asks curiously as she pulls the picture away from my face and stares at it.
"That's Angel's adoptive daughter I guess. I mean Dick called her daughter." I say with a shrug.
"Wait I'm related to her?" She asks curiously as she puts the picture frame back on my desk.
"Yeah Angel and I are cousins but…we're more like brother and sister." I say with a shrug.
"Wait does that mean…Damian is Bruce Wayne's kid?" She asks as she raises an eyebrow. I nod my head, "So would that make Joani and Damian related?" She asks in a grossed out tone.
"Nope. Bruce adopted Dick. Damian is Bruce's only real child…Angel and Dick have only taken care of Joani for four years…her dad left her with Dick and Angel and moved to Russia and got remarried." I say as she walks back over to me.
"But her mom didn't stop him?" She asks in an angered tone as she crosses her arms. She's still angry about the whole Cheshire thing even though she is trying to hide it.
"Her mother was murdered." I say in a serious tone. She has a shocked expression on her face but it quickly fades away, "Joker brutally murdered her…Joani and Angel found her body…Linda was like a mother to Angel."
"So I shouldn't really bring up parents in front of her then." Laila says and I nod my head. Her gaze goes back over to my desk, "So is that boy in the little league jersey Damian when he was younger?"
"No." I say and then I look away from her.
"Did I do something wrong?" She asks curiously as she pulls a chair up to the work bench.
"No." I say again and then I look at her, "That is…was…your little brother."
"What?" She says in confusion. "Wait I have a brother?"
"He's dead." I say as I look back at the work bench, "He was murdered…I guess you could say that's what got me into this line of work."
"I didn't know." She says as she stands up.
"It's fine." I say as I look at her and motion for her to sit back down. She hesitates for a second but sits down. "I took out the bastard who did it."
"I'm glad." She says with a smile.
My gaze goes over to my desk and I see the picture of Tommy. A small smile forms across my lips. "He would have been 11 this year."
"Oh." She says and then she looks back at the picture.
I stand up, "Well on a better note why don't you go look at all the stuff we have here seeing as how you have the next three days to do whatever you want in here." I say as I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Ok." She says with a shrug and she gets up and walks towards the gun range.
She closes the door and then I hear Ben, "Wow she really is your kid. She looks a lot like you." He says and I shake my head.
"Will you shut up and actually do something now that you are able to get out of bed?" I say as I throw a pair of work goggles at him.
"Fine." He says with a huff and then he sits down across from me.
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