Author's Note: Damian Wayne, aka Robin, and Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, do not belong to me. Stacey does though.

Chapter 8: Hello

About 3 weeks into school, Stacey had already made a couple friends. Fiona, the girl who first introduced herself to her, was one of her good friends. Although she was older than her, Fiona had to admit that she liked Stacey more than her other friends because there was less drama. There was also Hannah, who was an expert at gymnastics. They had the same Modern History class, where they talked about current events. Last but not least, there was Shelby, who was shy like Stacey. Everyday those 4 girls ate lunch and walked home together.

One day in downtown Gotham they were walking home from school, talking about something that most girls dread at 12 years old… boys.

"So, Kyle asked me if we could go see a movie sometime. Does that mean he's asking me on a date?" Hannah asked, twirling her curly brown hair on her finger as she walked.

Fiona just rolled her eyes. "You're twelve. You shouldn't date that young."

"She's right." Stacey said. "It's probably nothing. I mean… Damian's never asked me out, and we've hung out billions of times."

All three girls giggled. "Who is this 'Damian', Stace?" Shelby asked intently.

"An old friend." She missed him. A lot. But she would never tell them. They would make fun of her for it. Fiona would sure berate her for it, and Hannah would tell everyone in their grade! All she had was quiet Shelby, who would probably never tell a soul. But she wouldn't want to risk it.

"Well anyways-" She starts, but only to be interrupted by a loud noise. The bank was surrounded by a huge crowd, some were running away, and some were on the ground. Two men exit the bank, bags of money and guns in hand. One of them immediately spots the girls.

"You four, get over here!" The stranger yells, waving them over. "Before I shoot you!"

The girls stood there, scared out of their minds. They ran over, only to be forced onto the floor, gun pointed at them. "Let us leave and we won't shoot the girls."

The crowd panicked, but the police had arrived. They filed out of their police cars wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, aiming guns at the two men. "Drop the guns!" One of them yells. Commissioner James Gordon steps out, hands shoved in his pockets.

The man holding the gun now aims it at Stacey. "Leave now. I'm warning you!"

Stacey closes her eyes, and tears stream down her eyes. She was scared out of her mind. Her heart beat loudly, her skin felt clammy and she froze up. She gulped, and opened her eyes.

She saw a man dressed in a black suit with a mask take out one of the men, and a kid in a green and red suit take out the man holding the gun. The knocked them out, and received applause from the crowd. The police immediately picked up both the men, and shoved them in one of the police cars. Commissioner Gordon walked up to the vigilantes. "Thank you, Batman and Robin." They both nodded back. "It's our job." The taller one says.

The girls stood up along with the rest of the hostages. "Batman and Robin… my heroes!" Hannah said.

"Batman looks so serious." Fiona remarked.

Stacey nodded. So the one in bat suit was Batman. No duh. That left the other to be Robin. She started clapping for the heroes. Almost immediately, Robin looks over at her. Stacey gulped, and stopped clapping. Maybe she shouldn't cheer with the crowd. She closed her eyes, sighing.

"Are you okay?" A voice had asked. Stacey opened her eyes, only to be facing Robin.

"I'm fine." She answers. I'm fine? You couldn't think of anything else, she thinks.

He nods. "Good. Don't get yourself involved with these situations. That just means more work for us." He says with a deadpan expression.

"O-Okay." Stacey replies. Why was he being like this? Wasn't he supposed to be a humble hero?

"Bye." He smirks, and walks away. Stacey is very confused, but smiles. Maybe he cares about her. He cares about her safety. He didn't say it to the others…

She takes out a disposable camera from her bag, and quickly takes a photo of him with the Batman. She then quickly hides it in her jacket. She'd keep this photo forever…

"…And they crashed into the pavement! They were knocked out and then we were saved!"

"Batman and Robin!"

"We're so grateful!"

That was all Linda heard that day from Stacey and her friends. She at first was shocked. She knew how bad Gotham was, but she didn't think that her daughter would be dragged into a dangerous situation.

"I'm glad you're all okay." She hugs them all. She at first had cried when she heard about it, but was happy they were all alive.

Eventually the girls had left, and Stacey ran to her room. She couldn't believe how much had happened that day! She'd talk about it at school the next day, and she'd tell all her other friends and Da-.

Damian. She took her cellphone out, and dialed his number. She patiently waited for a voice on the other end…

"Hello?" He answered.

"Hey, it's Stacey. I miss you, and I have so much to tell you…"