Chapter Four- When I'm Angry

After Bruce had taken his medicine and Rachel had bullied him into taking a nap, Terry approached her.

"Can we talk now?"

Rachel nodded. "We need to."

Terry pulled her into her room and closed the door. "Robin knows I'm her father," he said simply.

"Yeah, she does. What, did you expect her not to want to know who he was?"

"I thought maybe we'd explain together!" he shouted angrily.

"She asked me, Terry! What was I supposed to say?" Rachel countered defiantly.

"I don't know! Maybe that I wanted to talk with her, too?"

Rachel bit her lip. "I think she needed to know the truth, Terry," she said quietly.

"I need to know the truth, too!"

Rachel began to cry. "I'm sorry."

Immediately he felt guilty. "I'm sorry, too." He held her close, rocking her back and forth. She pulled away after being somewhat comforted.

"So here we are," she said softly.

"Here we are. I don't think wither of us have been completely honest with how we feel."

"I know I haven't," Rachel admitted. "I'm trying to be civil, being as we have a child. I'm still angry, though. You just had to kiss Dana."

"I'm still mad at myself for that. But you're not the only one who should be angry. I'm mad at you, too."

"Things will never be the same between us, Terry. You know that, right?" Rachel asked, her voice grim.

"I know. They weren't the same after you ran off to Metropolis. Three months pregnant, I might add," Terry spat.

"I'm sorry OK?" Rachel shouted.

"Sorry you didn't have the guts to tell me you were pregnant? Sorry you kept my child from me for two and a half years? Sorry that I wasn't there to see her first step, hear her first word? Sorry that when she cried as a baby and wanted a daddy I wasn't there? Because that's why I'm angry. Why you would do these things, I'll never know."

"I did what I thought was best for us, Terry! Us, Robin and you in general."

"What would have been best would have been for you to tell me you and I were going to have a child!" Terry yelled.

"Please," Rachel pleaded. "Just listen to me."

Terry's face softened. "I'll listen."

The two young adults sat down on her neatly made bed.

"When I found out I was pregnant, I was afraid to tell you. I was afraid you'd break up with me," Rachel said shakily. "Or worse: drop out of school, get a job and do your best to support me."

"How could that be worse than breaking up?" Terry asked, confusion evident on his face.

"Do you know how proud your mom was when you got accepted at Gotham U? And Bruce was proud, too. It's a good school, Terry. I couldn't take you from school and break your mom's heart." Rachel explained.

"But to not even tell me? I mean come on. To not even tell me I was going to be a father?"

"I'm sorry Terry. You know I am."

"I know. I think we should be friends now, just get to know each other again."

Rachel nodded. "Alright. Do you remember how we met?" she asked dreamily.

"February 2042, Bruce's gym. You kicked my butt."

"You were cute, though, trying to get a rematch," Rachel said fondly.

"Hey Batgirl? Do you think we'll ever be more than friends again?" Terry sounded rather scared.

"Maybe…if you're lucky."

Robin tottered into the room, clutching Mr. Fluffers and looking sleepy.

"Somebody shoutin'," she said groggily.

"It's OK Princess," Terry told her gently as he picked her up.

"Daddy," she giggled happily.

"It's still nap time," sweetheart," Rachel interjected. She took the child from Terry. "Daddy's being silly."

Terry looked indignant. "Mommy's crazy."

"Say goodnight to Daddy, Robin."

Rachel hurried down the hall to Robin's room. The child was tucked in again.

Terry playfully wrapped an arm around her waist when she returned.

"Clearly we can't just be friends."

"We've got to," he informed her seriously. He let go of her.

"Right. Why don't you call your mom and tell her we'll be by tomorrow?"

"OK."

Terry left.

'He looks good,' Rachel thought.

Sighing, she found her cell phone. After dialing, a pretty girl with violet hair and green eyes answered. (A/N Raven and BB's daughter.)

"Hey Arella. Is your mom there?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah. How's baby Robin?" Arella Logan squealed.

"Robin's fine, Rella. Can I talk to your mom now?"

Arella's face fell. "MOM!"

Rachel heard Raven's reply of "Who is it?"

"It's Rachel."

"Hi Rachel. Nice to hear from you. Is something wrong?" Raven looked concerned.

"No, I just wanted to check in. I haven't talked to you in awhile."

"We're all fine. Are you at Bruce's?" Raven wanted to know.

"Yes, Rae. I'm at Bruce's."

"Have you seen Robin's father?" she asked quietly.

"Yeah. We're trying to be friends again."

"Well, that's good. Robin needs her father. Give her a big hug from her aunt Raven, OK?"

Rachel smiled. "Will do. Bye Raven."

"Bye."

Rachel leaned backwards into her pillows. Terry reentered, looking grim.

"We're supposed to be there at six-thirty tomorrow for dinner," he said.

"Did you say we have…a little girl?" Rachel asked anxiously.

"No. I just said you had come home and we wanted to tell her something."

"Oh. How do you think she'll take it?"

"You said yourself she never liked you," Terry said, lying down beside her.

"She didn't. She thought I was going to cheat on you like Dana did."

"It's a mom thing, I guess," Terry chuckled.

"I suppose."

"I feel so bad that I wasn't there for you, Rach. A baby. I didn't help you take care of our child."

"You didn't know," Rachel said gently, resting her head on his chest.

"If I hadn't kissed her, our lives would have been different. This is my fault."

"No, Terry. It takes two to tango and you know that. We were children playing adult games and we had to face a consequence. Not that she's bad; I love her."

"Me, too. She's so sweet and innocent."

"She's a baby. Of course she's innocent."

"She has an amazing family," Terry joked. "Titans for grandparents, Firewing for a mother and Batman for a father."

"Yes," Rachel murmured. "She's super."

I am truly sorry for the wait! I've been super busy! I promise I will get the next chapter up quickly!

-robbie