Chapter 19: Snow Day

Dick's POV

I awoke to the sound of my alarm ringing. I rolled over and stretched while yawning. I flipped on the TV.

"Due to the weather, all schools in the Gotham area have been cancelled for today." The news anchor reported.

I shot out of bed and raced to the window. Yes! It was snowing! Plus I didn't have class today! Yes! Today would a perfect snow day!

I raced out of my room and into Jason's.

Jason's POV

Here I was, sleeping all innocent like, minding my own business. And Dick bursts through my door and jumps on top of me. Damn.

"Get! Off! Me!" I growl.

"Jay, get up! It's snowing!" he exclaims.

"Well whoopty freaking do! Get off me! Go bother Damian or Tim."

"Come on Jay. Don't be like that. Get out of bed. We're going to take Timmy and Dami outside to play in the snow."

"I can't go anywhere with you on top of me!" I yell.

"Fine. I'm going to get Damian. Then I'm coming back to get you. But, I'm taking your blanket with me."

"No! Dick, no!" I yell.

Too late he had already flipped off of me, taking my blankets with him. Asshole.

Damn, now I'm cold. I wonder if he's gotten Babybird out of his nest yet.

Tim's POV

I was warm and comfortable under my blankets, sleeping peacefully. Next thing I know, the warmth is taken from me. I'm being pushed out of my spot by Jason.

"Ason?" I mumble still half asleep.

"Shh, go back to sleep. It's all warm and snuggly over here." He commands while pulling me against his chest.

"What are you doing?" I mumble.

"Shut up Tim, I'm trying to sleep. If you don't stop talking, he will hear us." He says while tightening his grip.

Dick appears at my doorway, dragging a half-dead Damian behind him.

"Jay, Timmy, get up and get dressed! We're going to play outside!" Dick orders.

Jason and I groan at his request.

"Fine, if you two won't go into the snow, I'll just have to bring the snow to you." Dick threatened.

Jason and I look at each other. Dick is serious. Unless we want freezing snow, in my bed, we had better get dressed.

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Damian's POV

I glared at Grayson as he wrapped a scarf around my neck. He had awakened me from my slumber to order me out into the cold 'to play.' Ridiculous! How can you have fun with frozen water!

"Damian, stop trying to burn a hole into my head with that look. Relax; this is going to be fun." He said while finishing up with me and moving on to inspect Drake's attire.

"Okay Jay, Tim and Damian are ready. Are you?" Grayson called out to Todd.

Todd was asleep on the kitchen barstool. His head rested in his hands. His elbows were propped his head up. Grayson walked over to him and shoved his arms. Todd faceplanted onto the counter.

"Dick!" he yelled.

"Hurry up Jay. And don't forget your scarf." Grayson nagged.

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Apparently fighting with snowballs is supposed to be fun. We were split into two teams. Todd and I against Grayson and Drake.

"Okay Mini Bat, here's how this works: Dick is mine and you can take Tim out." He said in a hushed tone from behind our stronghold.

"What is the war strategy?" I asked.

"I dunno. Run around and throw snowballs at them. We go on three."

Imbecile. Is it too late to switch teams?

Tim's POV

"What's the plan?" I asked Dick as we crouched behind our fortress.

"I'll take Jason and you take Damian." He replied.

I nodded in response.

"Okay on the count of three, we attack. One… Two… Three… Go!"

Dick leapt up from behind the wall, only to slam into Jason. The two started wrestling each other, shoving each other's faces into the snow.

Damian and I stood eye to eye. We both bent down a reached for a snowball at the same moment. Suddenly Titus ran between the two of us, knocking us onto the ground. Both our snowballs were swept up into the air and came spiraling back down only to land on our own faces. We sat up slowly only to come face to face once again. Damian suddenly started laughing uncontrollably. I couldn't help but join in.

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Jason's POV

We were standing on this big ass hill. You could see the entire manor and most of our property from here. Bruce used to take me and Dick up here every winter to go sledding. Now he only brings us up here occasionally. Dick and I moved our sleds into the correct positions. This is going to be an awesome race.

"Okay we're going to race each other to the bottom of the hill! Timmy, you go with Jay and I'll take Dami." Dick explained.

Tim climbed onto the front and I got on the back. I looked over at Dick. He's going down!

He was glaring back at me. "On three. One… Two… Three!" he cried.

I could hear Damian and Tim shrieking and laughing as we sped down the hill.

We were neck and neck! Just as we approached the finish line, I lost control of the sled and we ended up ramming into Dick and Damian.

After making sure everyone was okay, Dick looked over at me and I looked at the finish line. Seconds passed before we both started running towards it trying to shove each other out of the way. Damian and Tim lay on the snow laughing at us.

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Dick's POV

After the race we decided to build a snowman. Jason and I were a team and we were determined to beat Tim and Damian.

"Jason, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Not now Dick, I'm trying to shape her ass."

"What! I thought we were doing a traditional snowman? And since when do snowmen have asses?"

"They do now. Besides, she reminds me of this girl I met at a bar."

I rolled my eyes. Wait, did he say at a bar? He's eighteen! "Where did you meet her!"

"Um…. a library." He said sheepishly.

"We're done!" Tim called over to us.

"Okay, so are we." I said while placing a carrot on our snowman.

Jason and I took a step back to admire our horribly disfigured work of snow.

"What is that supposed to be?" Damian asked.

"Jason's girlfriend." I answered.

Tim and Damian looked at each other and shook their heads.

We walked over to their snowman? They had done an incredible lifelike sculpture of Batman. They stood to the side beaming.

"You captured Batman perfectly." Bruce said as he and Alfred came into view.

Bruce's POV

I was greeted by the sights of Tim and Damian smiling at their figure of me and Jason and Dick standing by… something they made out of snow.

"Father, Pennyworth, whose snowman is better?" Damian asked.

"Well, they're both so creative. It's hard to choose."

"They can take it. Please Bruce, tell us who won." Tim tried to reason with me.

All of a sudden a turkey flew passed us, followed by Titus barking uncontrollably and chasing the bird. The dog collided with both snowmen, destroying them. I thought I asked Alfred to get rid of that damn bird!

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Dick's POV

Bruce was sitting in his armchair listening to Damian and Timmy. They were filling him in on every detail of our snow day. Jay and I were on the couch. He was lying down with his head in my lap watching the flames in the fireplace. He was definitely half-asleep.

Alfred entered carrying mugs of hot chocolate and cookies. Yes, today had been a great day.