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Dick examined himself in the mirror as he straightened his Gotham Academy tie.
"Are you nervous?" he heard a voice say
Dick turned to look at Tim standing in the doorway
Dick shrugged "Not really I went to Gotham Academy from the time I was 9 till I was 15. Should I be nervous?" he asked
Tim shook his head and walked further into the room "I figured it might just be a little intimidating going into your senior year during the second semester of the school year"
"I kept up with my studies besides Nightwing does not get intimidated" Dick joked
"I that so?" a female voice said
They both turned to see that Barbara had arrived
"Yes, it is Babs, I am not afraid of anything" Dick grinned
Barbara brought a hand to her chin "I don't know, you seem pretty intimidated by Rocket whenever we are with the team"
Dick let out a laugh "She doesn't intimidate me"
"So, did Starfire intimidate you?" Tim asked
Barbara nodded "Yeah Dickie, a girl that beautiful would intimidate anyone"
Dick simply smiled "What can I say I like strong, independent women who know how to kick butt" he looked at Barbara as he said these words sending her a wink
Unintentionally Barbara bit her lip, quickly catching herself and hoping Dick hadn't noticed "Come on, if we don't leave now we're going to be late for the first day of the new semester."
Walking down the driveway to the manor Dick quickly went to the driver's side of Barbara's car, offering to drive to school.
The three got in the car with Tim in the backseat.
Quickly Dick took the Aux cord connecting his phone before starting to back up
"Oh great, who says you can pick what music we play in my car" Barbara asked teasingly crossing her arms
Dick leaned on the armrest "Cause Babsie, the driver picks the music shotgun shuts their cakehole" he clicked his tongue, hitting play and earning a punch to the arm from Barbara
Tim laughed at their banter "Why is it such a problem that Dick chooses the music?" he questioned leaning forward so that he could be closer to the commotion
"Because Dick is obsessed with 80's music" Barbara rolled her eyes "He always has"
Tim smiled "That explains why Beast Boy said Huey Lewis is his favorite singer"
Dick shrugged and smiled turning up the music "All I wanna do is make love to you, one night of love is all we knew!" he sang passionately along with the song trying to annoy his two passengers.
Barbara held back a laugh as she watched him, Tim looked at his brother oddly he'd only truly known his older brother 6 weeks ago and was just starting to figure him out.
So far, he had noticed that there were two dramatically different sides to Dick Grayson. When he was Nightwing, the new co-leader of the Team he was dominating, informative and serious. When he was Dick Grayson he was cheerful and fun.
"This song is messed up! She had a one-night stand with the man, had his baby and then when he finds out about it years later she asks him not to do anything about it because she is happy with another man." Tim spoke up
Dick let out a laugh "See? 80's music can be happy, dark, brooding, fun…. sexy" he waggled his eyebrows while looking at Tim in the review mirror
Barbara laughed giving him a light shove "Eyes on the road doofus"
They pulled into the school, Barbara told him where her assigned parking spot was, and Dick quickly pulled into it.
Tim slung his backpack over his shoulder and looked at the two older teens "Well this is where I bid you two a goodbye since I am on the opposite side of the school" he smiled
"See ya Timbers" Barbara waved once he walked off she turned to Dick "Alright short pants let's go get your schedule from the office"
They both walked together toward the school office "Anything new I should know before I reenter the snake pit?" he questioned
Barbara shook her head "Same place new year is all, place is still full of stuck up rich snobs"
Dick laughed
After going to the office and getting his schedule they made their way to the hallway.
When they walked in the room seemed to fall almost completely silent
Dick leaned forward to Barbara's ear "Is it just me or are people staring?" he whispered
Barbara looked at him "Oh they're staring"
Dick nodded "I wonder why?" he asked following Barbara to her locker
"Gee I wonder," she said a hint of sarcasm in her voice
Dick furrowed her eyebrows "What do you mean?"
Barbara laughed "Well look at you Dick, you don't exactly look the same as you did when you left. You've-grown" she said after eying him up and down
Dick laughed then stopped "Wait are you saying they think I'm attractive?"
Barbara rolled her eyes "And here I thought you were supposed to be a genius"
Dick smiled "I thought they were staring at you because you've grown a lot too"
His comment took Barbara by a mild shock. Sure, they flirted a little before he had left but this time it was different for some reason.
Dick slung his arm over Barbara's shoulders, something he used to always do anyway, and they made their way to their first class which happened to be together
"Come on Baywatch, I don't wanna be late on the first day of class" Artemis said as she beat on the bathroom of their small rental house.
"It takes a while to perfect the Willman's style, you should know that babe" Wally's voice came through the other side of the door.
Artemis rolled her eyes and looked down at Brucely who was lying at her feet "Men, can't live with them….probably could live without them" she groaned she slouched down taking the dogs face in her hands "Except you Brucely, you're the perfect man" she cooed scratching the dogs head earning her a lick on the cheek.
"I heard that!" Wally yelled
Artemis smiled and stood back up "Then get a move on when we decided we should carpool this semester to save money I didn't think it would mean I'd be late to class. Are you forgetting I can't get there in a millisecond like you can?"
Wally stepped out of the bathroom, admittedly looking fresh "You can always ride on my back" he winked before pressing a kiss to her lips
Artemis smiled but rolled her eyes "I'd prefer to start my morning in a car thank you very much"
Wally let out a chuckle "Fine, suit yourself" he moved to the kitchen "Are we still going to my parents for lunch today?" he asked picking up the coffee that Artemis had made for him
"Yes" she nodded
Wally quickly swallowed the sip of coffee he had taken "Awesome, thanks for the coffee by the way" he smiled "Alright, let's get a move on"
Barbara felt her phone vibrate from inside her pocket. Discreetly she pulled it out of her pocket.
(Dick Bold; Barbara Italics)
I need your help after school.
She looked over at Dick who was looking straight ahead as if nothing happened
For? And don't text during class, you're going to get me in trouble on your first day :p
A mission with the team... I need to hack a file. And don't worry I know you can be sneaky ;)
Barbara rolled her eyes as she read the text "Sounds great, do I need my suit?"
Nope, this can be done in civis so we will just leave in your car after school
"Hello, Artemis, how have you been?" Mrs. West asked taking a seat in the rocking chair of the living room
Artemis sent her a smile "Good, how are you?"
"Wonderful sweetie, did you guys enjoy your first day of spring classes?" She asked tilting her head to the side
Wally sat on the opposite end of the couch stuffing his face with food. "''Tis okay, school is school" he muffled his mouth of food
Mr. West rolled his eyes from his recliner "I swear son you act like you never eat"
"Oh, we do, I buy food he just eats it all" Artemis spoke up then realized the tone of her voice might have come across wrong
"I mean he's a speedster, so he gets hungry but yeah I agree he eats a lot. I promise I cook for him though I mean- "she rambled
Mrs. West cut in "Artemis sweetie really? You don't have to worry about offending us. We know our son annoyingly eats everything in sight, it used to drive us nuts too" she smiled at her son's girlfriend
Mr. West nodded "Yeah honey, you've managed to stay with my boy for what...almost 5 years now? You have nobody to impress, you're family" he grinned
Artemis smiled back
Barbara and Dick, we're currently parked in front of a house in a small subdivision in Bludhaven
"Remind me again what this mission for the team is?" Barbara asked confused looking out the passenger side window
"A crime boss lives here, if I can get the file I'll know all his plans" he explained as he typed away on his laptop
Barbara looked at him "The Team is doing a Crime case?"
Dick grinned and turned toward her "Okay so maybe this is more of my case, but come on we haven't done a case together since I got back"
Barbara smiled "True, so tell me about- "she began to speak until her eyes caught a pair of flashing lights in the side view mirror
"Dick a cop just pulled up" she grabbed his shoulder
Dick shook his head "This file only needs 3 more minutes and it will be downloaded "
Barbara watched and could see the cop starting to get out of his car
"I don't think he cares" she warned
Dick looked in his side view mirror and saw the man walking toward the car. Quickly Dick set his laptop in the back seat and without thinking grabbed Barbara pulling her into his lap she gave him a confused look before he pressed his lips to hers. His hand on the back of her head while hers clenched onto his shirt. He continued kissing her till there was a tap on the car window. Which was only a second later. Dick pulled away from Barbara with a grin on his face before rolling down the window. Barbara quickly jumped off his lap and got back into the passenger seat
"Is there a problem officer?" He asked innocently
"You cannot park on the side of the street" he spoke sternly
Dick flashed an innocent smile "I'm sorry sir I was just- "
"Sneaking in a make-out session with your girlfriend before you dropped her off or home?" The cop cut in raising an eyebrow
Dick nodded while raising his hands up "Yeah, you caught me"
The police officer shook his head "I'm going to let you two off on a warning since I was young once too. Just don't let me catch you again." He pointed
Both Dick and Barbara nodded
"Yes officer, thank you" Dick nodded innocently
"Have a nice day" the officer finished patting the car door
"You to sir," Dick said. Once he was a few feet away from the car Dick rolled up the window and turned checking the back seat "Yes the file is loaded" he closed his laptop then turned to Barbara "Up top!" He smiled holding a hand up for a high five only to be met with Barbara's glaring face
"You're mad," Dick said slowly putting his hand down
Barbara nodded "Yeah Dick, what if we had been in Gotham when you pulled a stunt like that? It would have been a cop that knew my dad. Could you imagine how that would go down?"
Dick nodded "But we aren't in Gotham"
Barbara tried to continue staring him down, but he just kept that stupid goofy grin up "Just shut up and drive to your apartment so you can explain to me what this mission is in your city" she let out a groan
Dick chuckled putting her car in drive
