Chapter 29
During computer tech they had their quiz and Barbara was expecting Dick to do terrible since he didn't study, but as they were walking off of class she asked his how he thought he did and he said
"Pretty good, it was an easy test"
"Really" Barbara said surprised "I thought it was kind of difficult I mean how does he expect us to know that stuff already, were in the class to learn those things"
"Dick just shrugged and said "well I'll see you later Barbara" then he walked off in the opposite direction to his class. All through the rest of the day Barbara was kind of mad at Dick. She tried to hide it so he wouldn't notice. She knew her idea of becoming a superhero was a little out there but she thought that she could do it. Her dad had forced her to take a lot of self-defense classes, and she had taken karate as well. She was also one of the best gymnasts in the school. With those skills she would be able to fight the crime of the city. She didn't understand why he freaked out so much and went on that rant. Then there was that slip up. Why would Dick say we, she thought. She just wrote that off as a random thing that he said. What angered her the most though was that it seemed that he thought that she was helpless. She was perfectly capable of defending herself, and she understood that the people she would be fighting would be armed and dangerous. She knew that he was just worried about her, but if robin could do it, why couldn't she.
As soon as Barbara had started talking about becoming a superhero that morning, the gears in Dick's brain had started moving. He needed to try and figure out a way to make her not want to try it. As the final bell rang, he rushed outside and started to look for Alfred to pull up in front of the school to pick him up. He wanted to get Bruce's advice on what he should do. Then from behind him he heard someone say
"Hey Dick, what's up?"
He turned around and Lilly was standing there looking at him with a smile on her face "just waiting for Alfred to pick me up" he said
"Who's Alfred" she asked slightly tipping her head to the side
"Oh he's my and Bruce's butler" he said
"Wow that's so cool" Lilly said "so do you want to sit down while you wait" she went and sat down on one of the benches in front of the school
"Sure why not" he said sitting down next to her "so who picks you up" he asked
"My mom" she only works a half day, then she coms and picks me up, thank god I don't have to take the bus anymore" she said laughing
"Is it really that bad" he asked laughing along with her
"Oh yeah" she said "I hated it, it was so loud and people were always throwing things. You know how in movies they have what they think is the cliché bus environment. See they don't know that it's not cliché, it actually is that bad."
"Wow" Dick said "I am so lucky to have Alfred"
"You're lucky in General Dick" Lilly said laughing
"That is true" he said laughing along with her
"Hey Dick are you doing anything this weekend" Lilly asked
"Um not that I know of" Dick said "why"
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go get ice-cream or something with me"
"oh, um sure" Dick said trying to stop from blushing and rubbing the hack of his head nervously "that sound like fun" then a car honked its horn and Dick looked up to see Alfred waiting in the car for him. "There's Alfred" he said getting up
"Ok" Lilly said "well I'll call you ok, here give me your number" she said handing him her phone
"ok" he said taking her phone and quickly adding his number to her contacts "well I'll talk to you latter" then he jogged to the car and quickly hopped in and shut the door behind him
As he pulled away from the curb Alfred said "well that was a pretty girl, what's her name"
"Her names Lilly" Dick said blushing "and we're just friends"
"We'll all right" Alfred said "whatever you say master Dick"
Meanwhile Barbara had watched the whole thing. She had come out of the school to see her two best friends sitting on one of the benches laughing together. She was confused the two of them had never been very close and only talked a little at lunch. As Dick typed his number in to lily's phone Barbara couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy.