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It's Christmas time and the Justice League members have all gone off their separate ways to celebrate the holidays, except for Batman and Wonder Woman who decided to spend the few days for everyone else on Monitor Duty. Christmas is almost over and it's time to head back to the real world – and to dinner at Wayne Manor.

Chapter 13, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

"God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,"

Except, perhaps, the Wonder Girls. Hehe.

Bruce's perspective-

I was standing at the computer, casually dressed, trying to decipher what had happened in Gotham over the holidays when I heard the hiss of the teleporter signaling an arrival. Knowing that it couldn't be anyone other than Diana, I still looked over, making sure that no one else had managed to get the codes to arrive at the Bat-cave. But my paranoia lasted no more than a second – the Princess had arrived.

She looked an absolute vision – her hair a soft cloud around her head and her eyes twinkling in greeting. Walking towards me, she stopped, giving me a small kiss on the lips that I wished could go on for longer. However, Tim was standing in the shadows and I knew better than to give him an eyeful. For now he was still intimidated by the Amazon beauty, but I had a feeling that it wouldn't last very long.

"Thanks again for the invitation," she told me with a smile, putting her arm through mine and giving it a little squeeze.

Then she turned, taking a second glance at the shadows as she realized that there was another presence down in the caves with the two of us. She looked at me with curiosity lighting her face and I immediately moved to make the introductions.

"Come on over, Tim, introduce yourself."

"Diana, Tim Drake. Robin," I said and suddenly her face showed her understanding. Tim was the current incarnation of Robin and he hadn't been around much lately, usually off helping the Teen Titans or busy with school and other activities. Their paths really hadn't managed to cross so far, but I was pleased to be able to introduce Diana to someone who played a significant role in my life. That was what this dinner was about – getting Diana to know the people in my life as Bruce as well, and those that were important to Batman in the city of Gotham, my cohorts. Although they often referred to themselves affectionately as the Bat-clan.

And then Diana spoke up again and I realized that I was in for a long night with this woman and the rest of them. She knew so much about me and wasn't afraid to tease or try and provoke me, much like everyone else coming to dinner tonight.

"You were at Superman's funeral."

"Yes, ma'am," Tim replied, "With Alfred."

She looked at me out of the corner of her eye, wide-eyed and smiling and I groaned inwardly, knowing that she was about to put me in my place once again, as Diana so often managed to do without any conscientious effort.

"Tell me again why you weren't there?" she asked me, her smiling widening with every word.

"Enough," I growled, "Let's go upstairs."

Tim raced up the stairs ahead of us and I stopped, pulling Diana into my arms and wrapping my arms tightly around her waist. "Tease," I whispered before pillaging her mouth with my own. After a few moments, I drew back and took her hand, leading her up the stairs into main grounds of the Manor.

Walking into the house through the grandfather clock, I was immediately surprised by what I saw in front of me and I knew that Diana was too. She stopped in her tracks, questioning, "Donna?

"Diana?" her younger sister asked with a shocked expression on her face very similar to Diana's.

"What are you doing here?" they asked simultaneously with mirror expressions of confusion and shock written on their faces.

They each said, "I'm here with…" before I found myself under scrutiny from Donna, her expression curious, tilting her head as she examined me before looking back at her sister.

"Oh," they said at the same time, each with a smile that was growing by leaps and bounds as they realized that they were each dating members of the Bat-clan. They started to laugh and then walked towards each other, hugging as the laughter increased exponentially with every moment. I looked at Dick across the room with a budding expression of horror, realizing that these two were certainly about to have a lot of fun at our expense.

"This is too funny," Donna said, wrapping her arm around Diana's waist, looking up at her big sister with a smile crowning her face. "Does Mother know?"

"We, uh, had a little conversation a few weeks ago," Diana told her sister, throwing her arm around her shoulder and giving Donna a little squeeze. "She's not exactly thrilled, but she told me that she respects my choices in this matter. You?"

Immediately, I stiffened. I knew that Diana had talked to her mother about it but the idea still made me so uncomfortable that we really hadn't taken the time to discuss it. Something about an Amazon Queen not wanting her princess to take up with a man that just made me itch, made me wonder when Queen Hippolyta was going to show up and my door and simply kill me. So far, I'd managed to elude that, since I assumed that Hippolyta was more or less waiting until the demise of our relationship on its own, something that I couldn't see happening anytime soon, the way that things were developing between us. Hell, I was even bringing her home to the family now, something that would certainly show the seriousness of our relationship to the members of the Bat-clan.

"Not yet," Donna told Diana, looking up into a pair of blue eyes so like her own. "This is a pretty recent thing."

"And yet you've already gotten an invitation to the Bat-clan dinner at Wayne Manor? I'm impressed," Diana said, throwing me a pointed look over her shoulder. I tried fading into the background, tried to pretend that this conversation wasn't going on around me, then I realized that discretion was the better point of valor. I smiled sheepishly and looked at Dick. "There's something I want to show you in the library."

Immediately, at Diana's words, I realized that, no matter how cowardly it was, we men were safest away from these two Wonders right now. I wasn't sure how much unprovoked teasing I could stand in Diana's presence without simply hauling her over my shoulder and dragging her upstairs to the master bedroom. Then everyone would know exactly where she stood in my affections – the master bedroom was not the right place for few and far between women that I had brought home previously. Alfred had stressed that point in his own indomitable way often and I agreed with his assessment.

Making our escape, we walked down the hallway to the library. I was sure that I could find something in the room to show Dick, just so Diana couldn't tease me about running and hiding from her. I would have a proper excuse if necessary.

Striding into the room, Tim and Dick hot on my heels, I searched for something so that I could say that our mission hadn't been one of retreat, but one of examination. And then I realized that I had the perfect item to show them, one that Alfred was in the process of cleaning and looking over which would suit our purposes admirably.

I gestured to the large desk set up on the side of the room. "An Amazonian sword for your perusal."

"Really?" Tim asked, running over to take a look. He was running his fingers along the blade, taking in every minute detail that he possibly could. Dick, on the other head, didn't seem too interested in the sword, but in other things in my life.

"So, Wonder Woman, Bruce?"

"Her name is Diana," I growled, looking over at my eldest son perched on one of the leather sofas and looking at me with a teasing glint in his eye.

"Oh, I see. Diana, is it?"

I put my head in my hands and sat down behind the desk, trying my best to ignore Dick while taking a closer look at the sword myself. I hadn't had a good chance to examine it and it seemed like we would have a little time right now, us men, in order to thoroughly check it out.

"What, Bruce, no snappy comeback?"

"Let it go, Dick, or I'll start questioning how you ended up with the same taste in women yourself."

Dick looked taken aback for a minute then started laughing. "Maybe we should find another one for Tim here."

Tim simply buried his head closer to the sword, trying to ignore Dick and his teasing words. I put my hand on his shoulder and glared at Dick. "Knock it off."

"Of course," he said with a smile that said he wasn't done just yet, no matter how I threatened him.

But he did walk over and look at the sword with the rest of us. "Is this what Diana got you for Christmas?"

"Yes," I answered briefly, hoping that he wouldn't delve too far into the subject. I knew that he'd start asking questions that I didn't want to answer.

"Nice," Dick said in reply. "What did you get her, old man?"

"None of your business, Dick."

"Oh, come on, you can tell us. It's just us boys anyway."

"No."

"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find out from Donna anyway," he told me with a smirk.

And then I realized the problems that faced us, each of us dating one of the Wonder girls. A pounding headache began to build behind my eyes and I tried to think of Diana, think of her smile, think of why I was doing this. It worked for about a minute, taking my mind off of Dick anyway, until Alfred came for us, telling us that dinner was served.

Next chapter: Auld Lang Syne – Time to celebrate New Year's!

And for all of you wondering, the inclusion of Donna Troy was done for my wonderful beta who loves the Dick/Donna pairing! Plus, they're growing on me as well…something about the bat boys falling for the Wonder chicks that I just like…

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