Christmas night. Comissioner Gordon's house. Barbara and Helena went to
dinner with him, they were talking before having dinner in the living room.
Barbara and her father talked and laughed about some anecdotes. Jim Gordon
wasn't to agreeable with the idea of Barbara being the mentor of Helena.
And especially after Barbara told him that she was the daughter of Selina
Kyle. She couldn't tell him that she was Batman's daughter too.
But Gordon had seen that the kid had gave Barbara aonther reason to keep going. The feeling that some one needed her had helped Barbara to trust more in her self, and to feel more secure in her actions. He knew about her school problems and rebelliouness attitudes, but Barbara seemed know how to control her. He had the opportunity to talk with Helena sometimes and she always was quiet and reserved. She tried to make a good impression, maybe because she felt inside that she didn't like him too much. But after all, Gordon must accept that Helena was good company for her daughter, and she had helped her a lot.
Helena was standing up staring out the window next to the Christmas tree watching the snow fall. She was lost in her thoughts remembering her last Christmas season. The Gordon's had given her a home, she felt grateful for that. The last weeks she had feel sad, she missed her mother so much. And she knew that she would never will come back. The last little while she had drifted apart from Barbara. She knew that she couldn't use Barbara as a way to take out her anger. She wasn't guilty, she was just trying to help her, she had offered her a home. It didn't matter that she was living through the worst moment in her life.
Gordon looked at Helena distractedly drinking a scotch "How is she?"
"Bettter, she is finding her self again." Barbara smiled.
"Has it been difficult?"
"Yes, for both of us." Barbara moved her drink "There have been difficult times for both of us, but we survived, and that's all that's important."
"I never thought you could do it."
"Why?"
"It was too much for you. But I can see you are more incredible then even I ever imagined."
"Oh dad." she blushed.
"And I'm so proud of you." He touched her hand and gave her a kiss on her cheek.
"Me too." She hugged him.
Helena saw in the reflection of the window,the image of Barbara and his father hugging. She lowered her head sighing.
* * *
Selina was sleeping deeply in her bed. She felt warm down under the blankets. She woke up abruptly when she felt a heavy shape that fell on top of her.
"Oufff!"
"Santa was here mom!" Helena shouted almost in her ear.
"God Helena! Why you aren't like other girls sweet and gentle?" Selina hated when her girl did those things. "You are too heavy to be just nine years old."
"Come on," she pushed her buy the arm "There is a present for you too!"
Selina hesitated looking for her watch and then looked at it. "Helena, it's six o'clock in the morning."
"Yes, it's late, come on!"
"May I see it later?"
"No, open your gift!!" Helena jumped easily to the door.
"For me?" Selina sat on the bed sleepy.
"Yes, come on." Helena shouted on the corridor.
Selina gave in to her daughter, she stood up and put her slippers. She walked yawning down stairs. In front of the Cristmas tree was a box with terrible wrapping. Helena was seated next to it, opening her present, a bicycle.
Selina smiled. "It's from you?" she kneeled in front of the box.
"Yes. Santa don't bring gifts to old people and I didn't want you to not have a gift on this day." Helena looked exited about her bike.
"Old people?" Selina faked being annoyed.
"Open it!" Helena rushed her as she came up behind her.
Selina opened the box and saw a pendant with a golden cat.
"Do you like it?" Helena asked hugging her by the neck.
"It's lovely!" Selina gave her a kiss in her cheek. "Ohhh, thanks so much sweetie!"
"I'm glad you like it!."
"How do you get it?" Selina examined it and it wasn't junk.
"I gave all my money to Barbara and she went to buy it for me."
"All your money?"
"You give me three dollars by week, I kept it and I called her by phone. The last month that Barbara was here she gave me the cat and I gave her the money." Helena was still hugging her by the neck.
"Interesting dear... and... how much money did you give to Barbara?" Selina knew something was wrong.
"Nine dollars, too much money."
Selina smiled. "Nine dollars? And she brought a cat pendant of gold?"
"Yes, and she gave me seventy five cents change. She made a very good deal."
* * *
Helena smiled to her self, that pendant cost so much more that eight dollars and twenty five cents.
"Come on Helena, dinner is ready" Barbara called her taking her off her thoughts.
Helena walked toward the living room and sat smiling looking at the meal on the table. "Barbara, thanks for the pendant." She said puting the napkin over her thighs.
"Pendant?"
"I never said thank you for buying that expensive cat pendant that I gave my mom many years ago, with only nine dollars."
"Well, it was eight dollars and twenty five cents." Barbara put her elbows over the table, "and it was a pleasure."
"I owe you that money still."
"No, your smile when you saw it was my best reward. No amount of money could pay for it when Selina told me how surprised she was and how happy you were."
"She was very happy that day," Helena smiled with sadness "Thanks for helping me to make her happy."
"My help wasn't necesary, you make her happy all on your own." Barbara took her hand.
"Hey, nobody should feel sad." Comissioner Gordon said taking a knife and looking the beef. He felt touched by the two women. "This looks good."
"Helena prepared the beef." Barbara smiled "Be careful dad."
"Oh, that sounds dangerous." He joked cutting the beef.
"Hey, it's very good!" Helena protested "I practiced this meal almost a month."
"Yes, that's true." Barbara took a bit of wine, "Alfred was her teacher. They burned almost ten roasts while she was learning."
"Only eight." Helena grumbled.
"But it tastes good." Gordon put a piece of beef in his mouth.
Barbara looked at him suspiciously.
"It's true," Gordon smiled "Taste it."
"I told you Barbara." Helena took a piece of turkey. "At least I didn't buy the dinner... like you."
"Well, the potatoes were just a little bured and you didn't like it." Barbara explained.
"Burned? Are black!" Helena laughed.
"Hey, your beef is really good." Barbara was surprised.
"I told you." Gordon smiled.
"Did you cheat?" Barbara raised her brow.
"Of course not." Helena said proud "And remember Alfred went to dinner with his family that came from England to see him."
"Okay I suggest a toast" Gordon raised his cup.
"Well for who?" Barbara raised her cup too and looked Helena "Want do it?".
Helena raised her cup and looked at both, "To you two, for your time, for your patience. Thanks so much for giving me a space in your home, giving me a family again. And to my mom, my mom isn't here but she is always in my heart."
"To you, a marvelous kid, and for your mother Selina" Barbara said. "A great friend and an excellent mother."
They crashed the cups and laughed.
"Give me a bit of everything except the potatoes that Barbara made." Helena raised her plate.
"Hey!" Barbara gave her a nudge.
That was an excellent night for all.
But Gordon had seen that the kid had gave Barbara aonther reason to keep going. The feeling that some one needed her had helped Barbara to trust more in her self, and to feel more secure in her actions. He knew about her school problems and rebelliouness attitudes, but Barbara seemed know how to control her. He had the opportunity to talk with Helena sometimes and she always was quiet and reserved. She tried to make a good impression, maybe because she felt inside that she didn't like him too much. But after all, Gordon must accept that Helena was good company for her daughter, and she had helped her a lot.
Helena was standing up staring out the window next to the Christmas tree watching the snow fall. She was lost in her thoughts remembering her last Christmas season. The Gordon's had given her a home, she felt grateful for that. The last weeks she had feel sad, she missed her mother so much. And she knew that she would never will come back. The last little while she had drifted apart from Barbara. She knew that she couldn't use Barbara as a way to take out her anger. She wasn't guilty, she was just trying to help her, she had offered her a home. It didn't matter that she was living through the worst moment in her life.
Gordon looked at Helena distractedly drinking a scotch "How is she?"
"Bettter, she is finding her self again." Barbara smiled.
"Has it been difficult?"
"Yes, for both of us." Barbara moved her drink "There have been difficult times for both of us, but we survived, and that's all that's important."
"I never thought you could do it."
"Why?"
"It was too much for you. But I can see you are more incredible then even I ever imagined."
"Oh dad." she blushed.
"And I'm so proud of you." He touched her hand and gave her a kiss on her cheek.
"Me too." She hugged him.
Helena saw in the reflection of the window,the image of Barbara and his father hugging. She lowered her head sighing.
* * *
Selina was sleeping deeply in her bed. She felt warm down under the blankets. She woke up abruptly when she felt a heavy shape that fell on top of her.
"Oufff!"
"Santa was here mom!" Helena shouted almost in her ear.
"God Helena! Why you aren't like other girls sweet and gentle?" Selina hated when her girl did those things. "You are too heavy to be just nine years old."
"Come on," she pushed her buy the arm "There is a present for you too!"
Selina hesitated looking for her watch and then looked at it. "Helena, it's six o'clock in the morning."
"Yes, it's late, come on!"
"May I see it later?"
"No, open your gift!!" Helena jumped easily to the door.
"For me?" Selina sat on the bed sleepy.
"Yes, come on." Helena shouted on the corridor.
Selina gave in to her daughter, she stood up and put her slippers. She walked yawning down stairs. In front of the Cristmas tree was a box with terrible wrapping. Helena was seated next to it, opening her present, a bicycle.
Selina smiled. "It's from you?" she kneeled in front of the box.
"Yes. Santa don't bring gifts to old people and I didn't want you to not have a gift on this day." Helena looked exited about her bike.
"Old people?" Selina faked being annoyed.
"Open it!" Helena rushed her as she came up behind her.
Selina opened the box and saw a pendant with a golden cat.
"Do you like it?" Helena asked hugging her by the neck.
"It's lovely!" Selina gave her a kiss in her cheek. "Ohhh, thanks so much sweetie!"
"I'm glad you like it!."
"How do you get it?" Selina examined it and it wasn't junk.
"I gave all my money to Barbara and she went to buy it for me."
"All your money?"
"You give me three dollars by week, I kept it and I called her by phone. The last month that Barbara was here she gave me the cat and I gave her the money." Helena was still hugging her by the neck.
"Interesting dear... and... how much money did you give to Barbara?" Selina knew something was wrong.
"Nine dollars, too much money."
Selina smiled. "Nine dollars? And she brought a cat pendant of gold?"
"Yes, and she gave me seventy five cents change. She made a very good deal."
* * *
Helena smiled to her self, that pendant cost so much more that eight dollars and twenty five cents.
"Come on Helena, dinner is ready" Barbara called her taking her off her thoughts.
Helena walked toward the living room and sat smiling looking at the meal on the table. "Barbara, thanks for the pendant." She said puting the napkin over her thighs.
"Pendant?"
"I never said thank you for buying that expensive cat pendant that I gave my mom many years ago, with only nine dollars."
"Well, it was eight dollars and twenty five cents." Barbara put her elbows over the table, "and it was a pleasure."
"I owe you that money still."
"No, your smile when you saw it was my best reward. No amount of money could pay for it when Selina told me how surprised she was and how happy you were."
"She was very happy that day," Helena smiled with sadness "Thanks for helping me to make her happy."
"My help wasn't necesary, you make her happy all on your own." Barbara took her hand.
"Hey, nobody should feel sad." Comissioner Gordon said taking a knife and looking the beef. He felt touched by the two women. "This looks good."
"Helena prepared the beef." Barbara smiled "Be careful dad."
"Oh, that sounds dangerous." He joked cutting the beef.
"Hey, it's very good!" Helena protested "I practiced this meal almost a month."
"Yes, that's true." Barbara took a bit of wine, "Alfred was her teacher. They burned almost ten roasts while she was learning."
"Only eight." Helena grumbled.
"But it tastes good." Gordon put a piece of beef in his mouth.
Barbara looked at him suspiciously.
"It's true," Gordon smiled "Taste it."
"I told you Barbara." Helena took a piece of turkey. "At least I didn't buy the dinner... like you."
"Well, the potatoes were just a little bured and you didn't like it." Barbara explained.
"Burned? Are black!" Helena laughed.
"Hey, your beef is really good." Barbara was surprised.
"I told you." Gordon smiled.
"Did you cheat?" Barbara raised her brow.
"Of course not." Helena said proud "And remember Alfred went to dinner with his family that came from England to see him."
"Okay I suggest a toast" Gordon raised his cup.
"Well for who?" Barbara raised her cup too and looked Helena "Want do it?".
Helena raised her cup and looked at both, "To you two, for your time, for your patience. Thanks so much for giving me a space in your home, giving me a family again. And to my mom, my mom isn't here but she is always in my heart."
"To you, a marvelous kid, and for your mother Selina" Barbara said. "A great friend and an excellent mother."
They crashed the cups and laughed.
"Give me a bit of everything except the potatoes that Barbara made." Helena raised her plate.
"Hey!" Barbara gave her a nudge.
That was an excellent night for all.