The week passed by slowly for the eager toddler. Bruce played with Dick after work and during his free time, but he couldn't get off work, so Alfred had to do his best to keep the young child occupied.
Friday afternoon finally arrived, bringing Wally to the doorstep of the Wayne manor. Dick hopped down the stairs at the sound of the doorbell ringing. He jumped up at the door handle and pulled the door open.
"Wally!" Dick exclaimed as he jumped into his friend's arms.
"Hey Dick! You ready to have a fun weekend?" Wally smiled as Dick eagerly nodded his head. Wally watched Bruce walk down the stairs carrying Dick's bag.
"Hi Mr. Wayne." Wally greeted Bruce.
"Hi Wally. I will be picking Dick up from your home on Sunday night. Dick has had lunch already, but he'll need a nap sometime today. And no candies or junk food until after dinner." Bruce handed Wally Dick's bag as Wally took in the rules for Dick.
"I'll see you on Sunday." Wally readjusted Dick onto his back and called his girlfriend.
"Hey Arty. If you wanna come be with me and Rob, we'll be by my house."
Wally hung up his phone and sped off to his house. Once they made it to his home, Wally laid out Dick's things in the guest room, putting his clothes in the dresser and putting his toys scattered across the floor. After playing games and building towers with his building blocks, Wally stepped into the kitchen to see what they were going to have for dinner. He opened the fridge to realize no one had gone to get groceries. Luckily, he saw that his mom left money for him to go to the store.
"Dick, we're gonna run to the store, okay?" Wally told the toddler as he walked into the kitchen.
"I don't wanna go to store." Dick pouted.
"Sorry buddy, but we need to get food for dinner." Wally grabbed their shoes and coats before heading off to the store. Throughout the market, Wally grabbed the different ingredients, Dick dragging his feet through the aisles. Wally looked for the various groceries when he saw Dick grabbing candy and putting it in Wally's basket.
"No candies Dick." Wally reminded Dick as he put the candy back on the opposite side of the isle. Dick pouted and scrunched his nose as Wally took him down yet another isle.
"I wanna go." Dick complained, dragging his body, making Wally have to carry more of Dick's weight.
"Come on Dick. We just have to get some milk and some bread and we can go home, okay?" Wally grabbed a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk before going to buy the groceries. Dick continued to grab the chocolate bars sitting at the checkout line. Wally grabbed the bar out of Dick's hand and put it back.
"No candy buddy." Wally said. Dick scrunched his face again, tinting red.
"But I want chocate!" Dick stomped his foot and looked up angrily to Wally. People looked over to the scene starting to unfold.
"No candy today buddy. Maybe tomorrow." Wally bargained with the toddler. Dick shook his head furiously.
"No! Candy now!" Dick yelled. Wally stalled as he tried to think of what to do.
Before Wally could think of the best course of action, a hero swooped in to save the day. He breathed a sigh of relief as Artemis picked Dick up and straightened him out.
"Rob, if you keep throwing a tantrum, you get no sweets this weekend, but if you're a good boy maybe I'll get you something sweet after dinner." Dick continued to pout and huff, but he didn't start screaming again.
Wally sighed a breath of relief as he paid for the groceries. Wally grabbed the bags and the trio started walking home.
"How did you know we were at the market?" Wally questioned the archer.
"You left a note on your table saying you were here." Artemis reminded him.
"Oh. Well how did you know how to calm him down?"
Artemis adjusted her grip on the now slumbering toddler. "Bribery always works, even though next time we're supposed to ignore him while he gets mad."
She swept Robin's hair away from his eyes and smiled. "He was just cranky 'cause he needed a nap."
Wally mentally slapped himself for forgetting to put Robin down to sleep. Once they were back home Wally put away the groceries while Artemis set Robin down in his bed. She joined Wally in the kitchen to help him make dinner. By the time dinner was ready, Rob had awoken from his nap and wandered into the kitchen.
"Hey Robbie. Want some dinner?" Artemis asked the toddler as she set the noodles on the table. Artemis grabbed him up off the ground and up in to his chair, setting a plate of spaghetti in front of him. The mismatched family happily ate their meal and talked. Once they were all finished, Wally took their plates as Artemis picked Robin up, careful not to get sauce from Robin on her shirt.
"Ready for bath time?" Artemis jokingly asked Robin as she sat him down on the bathroom floor and turned the water in the tub on. Wally helped Robin with his clothes as Artemis filled the bath with bubbles and ran to get Robin's pajamas and bath toys.
"In we go." Wally hoisted Rob in to the water. Robin joyfully played with the bubbles before Artemis dropped his toys in the tub for him to play with. While the content toddler continued to play and splash around, Wally and Artemis attempted to wash all the sauce from his body and his hair. Once they finally managed to scrub the last of the food away, Wally plucked Robin from the tub and rubbed him down with a towel.
The trio exited the bathroom once Robin was dressed in his pajamas. Settling down in the family room, Wally put a movie in the player as Artemis played pretend and built a city of blocks with Rob. Halfway through the movie, as the prince showed the princess how strong he was, Robin broke the silence in the room.
"I'm stronger dan he is!" Robin yelled as he held his arms up. Wally stifled his laughter as he looked at Robin showing off his muscles.
"Oh yeah? Well I think I'm even stronger!" Wally flexed his arms like Robin, his smile growing.
"No I'm da strongest!" Robin exclaimed gleefully, raising his arms higher so that they were almost extended straight up. Wally just dove to the child, tickling him under his arms. Robin laughed profusely as he kicked his legs.
"Who's the strongest? Who's the strongest?" Wally antagonizingly joked as he continued to tickle Robin, moving from his armpits to his stomach, and back to his arms.
Robin continued to laugh and giggle, taking in little breaths in between Wally choosing a new spot to tickle. "Yo-You haha! You ar-hahaha-are!"
Wally finally stopped tickling Robin and pulled him up into a hug. Robin panted lightly as his laughs diminished. He finally caught his breath after a few minutes, but he wasn't done yet.
"Again!" Robin squealed. Wally chuckled.
"More?" Wally asked. Robin nodded his head before Wally went back to tickling the small toddler.
After another fit of tickling and laughing. Robin was rubbing his eyes and he dropped his head onto Wally's shoulder. Wally carried the tired toddler to his bed and tucked him in. Artemis slipped Robin's stuffed animal under the sheet and in Robin's arms, helping his smile grow.
Quietly, Wally shut the door behind them.
"So what are we gonna do for the weekend with him? I think he might get bored just sitting around and watching movies all day." Artemis asked. Wally smirked in her direction.
"Don't worry babe, he's gonna have a jam packed weekend."
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I think that was 2 months of no writing and I still had nothing to write! This probably would have came sooner (and been better!) If I didn't get all mopey, then all disinterested in writing, then freaked that I failed my school driver's test, then had my charger for my computer break (AGAIN).
Anyway! Yeah, short and stupid chapter, but better ones hopefully to come since I actually have an idea for next chapter.
Stories/chapters will probably be more abundant in the next two weeks and then diminish more after that since these weeks are Christmas break but I don't have my own laptop anymore… Oh well!
Thanks for waiting and reading, and Enjoy. (If anyone is actually still interested in this story, let me know! I feel like no one cares about this story anymore)