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Barbara shifted in her bed, she knew part of the healing process for bruised ribs was plenty of rest, plus it was late. The team had returned from their mission 2 hours ago, it was now 1am and everyone had either returned home or was asleep in their rooms. She had removed her bandages once she had laid down, it was more comfortable that way. Only thing she wished she had was more pillows but being that the team was constantly growing pillows were something they didn't have many extra of on hand. So, she made due with the 2 that she had.
As if on cue there was a small knock on her door "BG it's me, can I come in?" A familiar deep voice questioned
Barbara smiled "Yeah your good"
The door swung open to reveal her best friend except his face was covered by a stack of pillows and other things. He kicked the door closed with his foot and continued into her room.
Barbara reached over and turned on a lamp giving her cave bedroom a dim glow. Dick flopped the pillows down at the foot of her bed.
"Figured you'd be up, couldn't imagine you were too comfortable with just two pillows," he said taking one and moving to her bedside. He waved for her to sit up. She obeyed and he propped it up behind her.
"Yeah, that and it doesn't help that I have a lot of pent up energy. How are Batman and Robin managing without me in Gotham?" She rose an eyebrow
Dick smiled "Last I heard patrol was going well. Now how are you feeling?" He asked sitting on the edge of her bed
"A lot better now that you brought me more pillows. How did you manage to gather so many together?"
"Being the best friend of leader has its perks" he winked grabbing a body pillow and showing it to her. Barbara excitedly reached for the large pillow. Wincing in pain as she did so, Dick eyed her up and down "Can I see it?" He asked lowly
Barbara looked down at herself, she hadn't changed out of her cloths yet honestly it hurt too much to lift her arms like that, so she still had on her sports bra and tank top from earlier. She nodded her head "Help me get this off?"
Dick scooted further onto her bed sitting in front of her. He lifted her shirt over her head and tossed it aside
Immediately he looked her over "Babs" he let out in a breath when he saw her bruised rib cage. Along with her bruised ribs, her abdomen was also decorated with scratch marks as well as a one on her chest.
"Dick you know it could have been worse, all the thing did was scratch me. If it had bitten me I could have broken a rib or been more extreme" she defended
Dick nodded finally looking away from her wounds and meeting her eyes "I know, but it still doesn't mean I have to like it." He moved a little closer, so he was sitting right beside her "I never like it when you get hurt" he whispered
Barbara bit her lip "I can handle myself"
Dick let out a rarely heard cackle "And don't I know it"
He reached over tucking hair behind her ear "You sore?" He rose an eyebrow "Want me to give you a back message or something?" He waggled his eyebrows
Barbara smiled at him "As much as I'd love to find out if the rumors about Dick Grayson's back message abilities true I'd rather not risk getting sorer then I already am"
"Oh, so you do talk to people about me" Dick teased, crawling back to the foot of her bed "Well lucky for you I have also brought, some pain killers" he shook the bottle of pills "A cold towel that has been chilling in the freezer for a couple hours and a heating pad. Take your pick, Ms. Gordon"
Barbara took a sip of her water swallowing the pain pills and laid back on her propped-up pillows "Some coolness sounds nice"
Dick jumped up and lied on his side beside her "Here you are ma'am" he spread the frozen towel out across her rib cage
Barbara let out a soothing sigh "Dick your amazing"
Doc chuckled "Yeah, well don't let anyone else on the team know about this. Don't want them to think I'm playing favorites"
Barbara laughed lightly turning her head took at him "Are you saying I'm your favorite?" She teased
Dick smirked, reaching over he began running his hand through her hair "Your one of my top 3" he joked
Barbara shoved his chest lightly "Don't make me laugh, it hurts"
Dick shook his head "Sorry I forgot how that feels" he relaxed resting his head on one of the pillows he brought in. He and Barbara lay there together in silence for a while Dick continued running her long red hair through his fingers while Barbara played with his free hand drawing random shapes in his palm with her fingertips.
"Babs" Dick finally spoke shifting up in the bed
"Yeah?" Barbara spoke they had a moment of looking into each other's eyes Dick bit his lip "Do you ugh want me to get you anything before I go back to my room?"
Barbara didn't know why but she felt a small sense of disappointment. What was she expecting? She shook her head "No I'm good. But thanks for taking care of me"
He nodded "I will always take care of you" whispered softly he looked down at her, a few strands of hair falling in his face. She fought the urge to push the hair back
"If you need anything you know where my room is," He said sliding out of her bed
"Good night Barbara" he turned off the lamp for her
Barbara snuggled into her blankets "Goodnight Dick" she said peeking out from under the covers and watched as he left her room.
A week later Dick found himself frantically searching the crowded ballroom of the Manor while still trying to maintain a friendly sophisticated demeanor. He passed Tim who was standing with Bruce. He couldn't help but grin, obvious to him that Tim was slightly uncomfortable in the suit while he followed Bruce around and allowed him to introduce him to everyone.
He was glad those days were over, he used to hate having to follow Bruce around and nod his head as socialites talked to him. It wasn't all bad though, that's how he met Barbara. At his first Gala when he was only 9 years old. Which brought him to his search. He spotted the back of the familiar red head and approached her quickly linking arms with her and continuing to walk
"Dick?" She questioned
"Walk with me" he whispered
She obeyed "What's the deal?" She questioned
Dick took a deep breath "Audrey Holiday is the problem."
Barbara grinned "The girl who has been obsessed with you since we were 14. The one who was so disappointed when she found out you had already had your first kiss when she offered to be your first?"
Dick nodded "That's the one," he said with gritted teeth
"So where do I play a role in this?" She questioned
Dick looked at her and shrugged "Maybe she'll leave me alone if she sees a girl on my arm?" He suggested "I've been running from her for the past 15 minutes "
He led her to the dance floor
"Let's dance" he spun her around
They began swaying to the slow song that the band was playing. This had become a second nature thing to them considering they had been dancing together since they were kids. "So, have you given Bruce the papers yet?"
Dick shook his head "Not yet, waiting till they open cards." He glanced over at the clock "Which is scheduled to be in 20 minutes"
Barbara nodded "You nervous?"
Dick shrugged "Little bit, you think Bruce would want me?" He smirked
Barbara smiled "I don't know, taking ownage of you? That's a risky thing"
Dick chuckled "I don't know, it might be fun to own me" he winked
Barbara rolled her eyes but smiled at her friend
Dicks gift to Bruce went as expected. Bruce held back a smile which was apparent. He signed the paper and then hugged Dick. Earning for some great press photos. What wasn't expected was when everyone decided that this called for some drinks. Everyone insisting that Dick have one. This may seem like all fun and games, teenagers love to drink. Except when your Dick Grayson, who is so busy with patrol that he has never really drunk alcohol before.
The party was winding down with guests leaving, Barbara's father had left an hour ago. She was currently sitting at the barstool in the kitchen munching on a leftover cupcake. Enjoying the peace of the quietness
The kitchen door opened Bruce came in tugging a stumbling Dick Grayson behind him.
"BARBARA!" Dick slurred
Barbara rose her eyebrows at Bruce
Bruce let out a sigh "Do me a favor, I have to make an appearance and bid goodbye to the remaining guests. Can you bring him to his bed before the press gets a glance of him?"
Barbara chuckled "Of course"
After managing to get Dick up the side stairs and into his room she shut the door behind them. "Barbara thank you," Dick said leaning against the wall
Barbara couldn't help but laugh "For what" she watched him as he looked up in a daze "For being my best friend, I love you so much"
Barbara laughed, "I love you too boy Wonder"
Dick shook his head "Nah I'm Hunk Wonder now" he stuck his tongue out
Barbara just smiled and rolled her eyes
"I better get this off, Alfred will be mad if I fall asleep with it on," he said shrugging the tux jacket off. Barbara picked it up and went to his closet. Taking a hanger, she hung it up. When she turned back around he was attempting to unbutton his white shirt but was fumbling.
"Why don't you ever me visit me?" He asked still playing with the buttons
Barbara furrowed her eyebrows "What do you mean?"
He shrugged "You come to the Manor, but I stay at my apartment in Bludhaven on the weekends. I want you to come sees me there. I miss you so much!" He explained before stomping his feet out of frustration due to his inability to do the task of unbuttoning his shirt.
Barbara giggled "Here let me" she stepped forward and began unbuttoning his shirt for him. "Don't you have lady friends over every weekend?"
Dick rolled his head back "That a thing Wally started I'm not a dog I don't bark!"
Barbara smiled taking a step back once his shirt was completely undone "I don't think that's what he means"
Dick nodded "I sleeped with lots of girls when I got back but I don't anymore" he defended
Barbara nodded
Dick let the white shirt fall to the ground then stumbled to his bed flopping back on it
Barbara hung his white shirt up for him then turned to look at the muscular man lying back in only black dress pants. His hair a tussled mess
"Barbara Ann?" He spoked
Barbara shook her head in amusement "Why do you keep calling me that?"
Dick pushed himself up "Cause it's your name silly." He let out a chuckle "Like the song, Barbara Ann take my hand" he sang before laughing again
Barbara shook her head smiling at him
"You know what my favorite song is? I bet you can't it's a weird one" Dick waggled his eyebrows
Barbara nodded "All I wanna Do is make love to you by Heart"
A wide grin spread on Dicks face "See that's why we're besties we know everything" he spread his arms out in emphasis and falling back into his bed
Barbara continued taking amusement out of Dicks out of character actions
He rolled in his bed, so he was facing her "You know why it's my favorite?"
Barbara shook head "No actually I don't"
Dick shrugged "I like the beat, but I like the eyes part where she talks about the kid having the guys eyes. I think it be cool if I had a kid with my eyes"
Barbara smiled "You do have pretty eyes" she agreed
Dick sat up "Thank you, my lady, I got them from my mama"
"I didn't know that either," she said truthfully
Dick smirked pushing himself off the bed and walking toward her. "Ya know what I wanted to do the other day at the cave?"
Barbara shook her head
"Kiss you" Dick batted his eyes "But it wasn't one of our birthdays and that's the only time we kiss"
Barbara nodded nervously
"I was wondering what it would feel like to really kiss you. Cause we only ever just kiss with our lips" he tapped a finger against his mouth
Barbara bit her lip she'd be lying if she said she hadn't thought the same thing.
"It's...Bruce's birthday and you are officially adopted so it's kinda a special occasion" the words came from her mouth uncontrollably
Dick paused "Are you giving me permission?"
Barbara thought for a moment, should she really be doing this? He was drunk, but it's not like they hadn't kissed before and he said he wanted to earlier. She had heard the rumors about how good he was, a part of her was curious. The fact that he was shirtless and seemed vulnerable now didn't help her temptation either.
Barbara nodded her head, Dick smirked closing in on her "Hold still and don't move" he whispered pressing their foreheads together and sliding his hand over her cheek
He slowly pressed his lips to hers. The kiss started just like all their kisses before had. Gentle, closed-mouthed and simple. But soon Dick's eagerness took over his mouth began moving opening up more and more with every kiss. She felt his tongue slide across her bottom lip and she excepted far too eagerly for her liking. But her train of thought was starting to diminish as Dick took control.
He pushed her up against the wall kissing her hard before pulling back, dragging her bottom lip along with it as he gently bite. After that he began kissing down her jaw line making his way to her neck where he began sucking lightly "Dick" she gasped out unintentionally
She felt him smirk against her neck as he continued what he was doing, his hands sliding up and down her body while hers found their way to his hair
Barbara wrapped her legs around Dick's waist and he hoisted her up carrying her to his bed. Once she was lying back he jumped down hovering over her. They smiled at each other before Barbara pulled him down for another kiss. He redid his route and began trailing kisses down her neck again.
God, he was good at this. She hated how much she loved how this felt. It was so wrong he was her best friend. That's when her logical thinking set in
"Dick we should stop" she pressed on his chest
Dick looked up at her confused but obeyed and rolled off her
"Why?" He asked
Barbara took a deep breath and forced herself to get off his bed, not wanting to tempt herself.
"Because Dick you don't want me, you just think you do because of the alcohol"
Dick shook his head "No way I do want you" He said like a little kid
Barbara shook her head "No you don't Dick, we're best friends. You've been with some of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen"
Dick furrowed his eyebrows "Are you saying you're not beautiful? Babs, you are the most beautiful girl in the whole entire universe and trust me I know I been to space cause I'm Batman's son now. And you are so pretty and smart I just don't know why you talk to me"
Barbara blushed but tried not to take it too seriously since it was probably the alcohol talking
"Dick" she warned
"I'm serious you are gorgeous, even your giant birthmark on your back is perfect" he continued
Barbara shook her head she needed to leave before anything else happened "I need to go home, my dad's going to be wondering where I am. You go to sleep and I'll check on you in the morning okay?"
Dick nodded "Yes ma'am, but don't forget to call I'll be waiting" He waggled a finger at her
Barbara laughed "I won't"
