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Chapter #6: School
WARNING(S): Mild Language, Slight Adult Themes.
Aubrey: 6
Dick: 9
THIRD PERSON'S POV
"Do we have to?" Aubrey whined.
Bruce just told the siblings that they are going to have to attend Gotham Middleton.
Their reactions were instantaneous. Dick was pouting in a corner, while Aubrey whined and used the puppy-dog eyes, hoping to convince Bruce otherwise.
"Yes, you have to." Bruce told her, finality in his voice. But, of course, that didn't work on Aubrey.
"But, I'm only six! Those kids will eat me alive!" Aubrey exaggerated.
It was true. Aubrey is six and they are going to a school with much older kids.
Kids ranging from ages eight to thirteen.
"I didn't think that you wanted to be separated from Dick and besides, you are smart enough. You know that." Bruce told her.
Aubrey looked at her feet.
She doesn't want to be separated from Dick, but she also doesn't want to be picked on.
"Why can't you and Alfred continue home-schooling us?" Aubrey asked.
Bruce sighed,"Because you need a better social life. The press thinks that I keep you locked in cages because no one ever sees you two. So, unless you want child services taking you away from me, I suggest you go to school." Bruce said, which seemed to finally get through the children's heads.
"I'd rather go up against the Joker when he's in a mood."
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"I don't like it." Dick stated while peering up at the large building in front of them.
To their right, there is a play ground, and to their left is an outside seating arrangement.
"Well then I guess that you're going to have to get used to it." Bruce told him as he started to walk towards the entrance.
Aubrey glanced at her brother, grabbed his arm, and dragged him with her up to the building.
"How are you not upset about this?" Dick asked his sister.
"I am. I try to hide it just in case reporters or anybody who owns a camera are around." Aubrey stated without glancing at her brother.
"Wow. You really are smarter than you look." Aubrey stopped and gave Dick her "Bat-Glare-in-training."
"I swear I meant it as a compliment!" Dick told her with his hands out, showing surrender.
Aubrey sighed.
"Okay. Hey, Dick?"
"Yeah?" Dick looked down to his little sister.
Aubrey looked at her feet and started biting her lip nervously, "Do you think that maybe, if I want to talk to you in private, we could switch to Romani?" Aubrey asked with hesitance laced in her voice.
Dick smiled and nodded, "Sure Aubrey! I probably won't see you all the time, but when I do, I will be sure to talk to you."
Aubrey grinned widely.
Dick grabbed her hand so instead of her clutching his arm, he is holding her hand tightly, and walked into the gates of he-the school.
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When Dick and Aubrey walked into their first class, they noticed how empty it was. They were the only ones there, so far.
The teacher looked up from his work and noticed the two new students examining the classroom. He cleared his throat awkwardly to get their attention.
Both children averted their gaze to the teacher coming towards them.
"You must be Aubrey and Richard! Pleased to meet you, I'm Mr. Levi." Mr. Levi held out his hand for the children to shake it.
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Once introductions were done, Mr. Levi showed Aubrey and Richard their seats, which were next to each other.
Five minutes later and the bell rang, signaling the other students that their first class was about to begin. Students came flooding into the classroom, the occasional glance towards them or curious look, didn't bother Aubrey or Dick. It wasn't even the sneers that got to them.
"Alright class. As you can probably tell, we have two new students, Aubrey Grayson and Richard Grayson. Please be nice and welcome them with open arms." Mr. Levi said while giving the whole class a warm smile.
"Hopefully the other teachers will be as kind as him." Aubrey thought. She had already dubbed Mr. Levi as her favorite teacher.
The first class went along fine, the second one was okay, there were a couple more sneers than the first class, but Aubrey and Dick dealt with it.
Aubrey and Dick left with their third period classmates to go to the cafeteria.
They got shoved more often than not and one student even had the decency to trip Aubrey, but they trudged on, until they met Bronson Crux.
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Dick and Aubrey were sitting together eating their lunch peacefully, when four boys sauntered up to their table.
Aubrey and Dick knew that they weren't allowed to use their training to fight them and they had to stay on the down-low, but did they really have to deal with this?
"So… You two are the circus freaks, eh?" Bronson asked, smirking down at the siblings who nodded meekly. "And how old are you two? 'Cause, I don't think that you belong here." Bronson said directly to Aubrey who clutched her brother's hand tightly.
"Leave her alone." Dick growled. He always hated it when people messed with his sister, and he didn't care if he sounded animalistic or gave away their secret. As long as she's safe, he's happy.
Bronson turned to Dick and glared at him.
"What did you say, punk?" Bronson growled while poking Dick's chest.
Dick glared even harder at him.
"I said. Leave her alone. Or are you too stupid to understand?" Dick taunted while smirking at the twelve year-old.
"Ce faci!? Vei face numai el furios!" 'What are you doing!? You will only make him angrier!' Aubrey scolded.
"Îmi pare rău , cred că nu ar trebui să -l nebun atunci când el este deja acționează ca un urs cu un cap inflamat . El arată un urs , totuși." 'Sorry, I guess that I shouldn't make him mad when he's already acting like a bear with a sore head. He does look kinda like a bear, though.' [1] Dick grinned cheekily while Aubrey just sighed.
Bronson and his friends were just looking at them like they just grew fur from their ears.
"What kind of language was that?" Christopher, one of Bronson's friends asked.
It seemed like that question knocked the siblings out of their private conversation and they turned to them again.
"It's Romani." Dick answered simply. Bronson just stared at them.
"What the hell is Romani?!" He yelled frustrated.
This is not how he expected this to happen. He was gonna make it clear that he was in charge and that he could make their lives even more terrible than they already are if they refuse, the circus freaks speaking in a strange language?
Yeah, not expected.
"It's our first language. The language of gypsies." Aubrey informed them shyly.
Bronson just sneered more.
"So, not only are you circus freaks, but, you're gypsy trash too?" Bronson asked while laughing.
Aubrey stared with big, misty eyes and Dick glared at him like he would burst into flames if he did.
"I bet your not even fully related, just half-siblings. Your gypsy trash mom probably slept around with the whole town!"
That's when they lost it.
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Bruce Wayne was in his office signing papers from the most recent board meeting, when Julia, his intern, opened his office door and peered inside.
"Mr. Wayne, you have a personal call from Gotham Middleton." Julia informed her boss. Bruce just looked at her confused.
"Transfer it over." Julia nodded and went right to her desk.
Ten seconds later, Bruce gets the call from Gotham Middleton.
"Hello?" Bruce asked.
"Hello, is this Mr. Wayne?"
"Yes it is, might I ask who's calling?"
"This is Principal Dignam of Gotham Middleton and I am calling on account of your two wards." Principal Dignam informed him.
Automatically, Bruce switched into "parent mode".
"Are they alright? What happened?" Bruce asked frantically.
"They are…okay. Listen, Mr. Wayne. They got into a fight."
"I'll be right over."
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"Mr. Wayne, I am glad that you were able to make it." Principal Dignam greeted him.
Bruce took a seat next to his to children who have yet to look up from the floor.
Bruce could see the bruises on Dick's arms and the one bruise on Aubrey's ankle and clenched his jaw.
Dignam said that they were "okay". What part of this is "okay"?
"Anyways, today at lunch, your wards were caught in a fight." Dignam informed him.
"With who?" Bruce asked in reply.
"Bronson Crux. He had to go home early due to a broken nose." Dignam told Bruce while glancing towards Aubrey and Dick.
Bruce sighed, "I see. But, what caused the fight?" Bruce asked, genuinely curious.
"Excuse me?" Dignam asked, flustered.
Normally parents don't ask that question. They just apologize, promise to talk to their kids, and then leave.
"What caused the fight? I know that Aubrey and Richard wouldn't give just any one a broken nose with out a reason." Bruce defended his wards, who still stared at the floor.
"Oh, um, there weren't that many witnesses from before the fight started, and the few that were there, refuse to talk." Dignam told Bruce who nodded.
"Alright, well, I shall keep in touch, and if that is all, I wish to take Aubrey and Dick home for the rest of the day." Bruce told the principal who nodded his consent and shook hands with him.
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Once in the car, Bruce turned to his wards, who were still looking at their feet.
"Okay, what happened? And look at me when talking please."
Dick and Aubrey looked up, making Bruce inwardly gasp.
Dick was sporting a split-lip and bruise on his cheek, while Aubrey had a black-eye and a slightly bloody nose.
"Why didn't you tell anyone you were hurt?" Bruce asked concerned for the two bloody children in the back of his car.
"We only wanted Alfred to help us." Aubrey told him with a shaky voice.
Bruce looked closely at them and saw that Aubrey was crying and judging by Dick's blood-shot eyes, he was recently.
"What happened? And don't say nothing, cause it's obvious it was something."
Aubrey and Dick looked at each other before nodding and turning back to Bruce.
"Bronson came over to us at lunch and started calling us circus freaks," Dick started and Bruce was already getting mad, "Then I started to defend Aubrey and I said some stuff back to him."
Aubrey nodded along, confirming what he says, "Then Aubrey tried to calm me down in Romani, which we decided we would do if she felt uncomfortable, anyways, one of Bronson's friends asked what language we were speaking and when we answered, Bronson called us gypsy trash and…and.."
Dick didn't finish because he started crying and Bruce could tell that whatever this Bronson kid said next, was worth a Batman punch if his son is that shaken about it.
Aubrey started crying with Dick and looked up at Bruce.
"He..he said that..w-we..aren't even fully r-related…and we're p-probably only half si-siblings because our… m-mom.. he s-said that o-our mom slept with th-the whole town." Aubrey finished the explanation and completely lost it.
Bruce opened his car door since they were still in the school parking lot and went to the back seat with his wards- no- his children and comforted them.
"You know that that's not true, don't you? That kid was just trying to make you mad." Aubrey and Dick sniffled and nodded into Bruce's chest while he rubbed circle's into their backs.
"Your mom was a very kind, sweet and beautiful. Do you know how I know that?" Bruce asked them.
Aubrey and Dick shook their heads and looked at Bruce curiously, wondering where this was going.
"Because I am looking at you two right now. You two are the bravest kids I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. And not only that, but, you two live with me, and I can honestly say that I am glad to call you family. Your mother would be proud." Bruce finished, grinning at his children.
"You really th-think that she would be proud?" Aubrey asked.
Bruce nodded and then turned to Dick.
"I know that this is probably bad parenting but, good job breaking his nose." Bruce told his son.
"That was actually Aubrey." Dick giggled while pointing at his sister who blushed and hid her face in Bruce's jacket.
She would be proud…
A/N: Hi! Hopefully this longer chapter makes up for the last one. Also, I apologize if I do not fulfill your requests right away. I have some of my own ideas that I want to right and I plan on getting those out of the way. That DOES NOT mean that I'm not taking requests anymore. If you have any ideas that you have, tell me the prompt and Aubrey and Dick's ages when requesting. Don't forget to review!