Note: I had actually finished this chapter when I post the second part but I felt more comfortable posting this when I finished the fourth part. So yeah, I'm gonna post the next part when I finish the 5th part, and etc. Don't expect anything from this. There's more interaction between Nell and Damian in the next chapter (but not that much) and I'm gonna write more interactions in the 5th part. Like always asking me the next part gives me a whole lot more motivation to write it.

Damian hadn't bothered to move when Stephanie threw her first punch. Instead, he stopped her midway as if it was effortless (and gosh he was annoying with his over-confidence). He didn't even seem to proceed that she had attacked him out of the blue. "Wow, he's seriously not even there anymore." She thought. He seemed to take a moment before giving her his attention. He raised an eyebrow and when she didn't give him any explanation he just released her fist and started walking away. If he had stopped the first punch, Stephanie didn't miss him with the second one. It hit him right on his shoulder and while it might have hurt, she had made sure to not make any real damage. "-Tt-" How she hated that sound. He turned around with a hard expression on his face and seemed to debate whether to ignore her or to charge her. "Mind sharing what's going on in this little brain of yours?" He asked with this oh-so-Damian tone (cause really there was no word to describe how he could use a tone so cold and detached but still let you know somehow that he cared). "Don't act like you don't know." She accused. He must have decided that she wasn't worth the talking cause he sighed and started walking away once again. "You kissed Nell." She screamed at him. "I'm aware of that." He said calmly, still walking. Stephanie ran up to him. The kid could be so daft sometimes. "It's not something you do Damian." She said as she walked with him. "She likes you and you know that. And now you're giving her false hopes." When he didn't answered she repeated herself asking if he understood. It took him a while but he finally let a "I'll apologize" be heard. She felt relieve and left his side. "Brown-" He had stopped walking. "The next time you attack me, I'll break your wrist." She had to hold back her laugh.

"Oh you try that."
"Don't worry, I will." He added with his oh-so-Damian smirk (because he had a way of smirking that wasn't ordinary, like Dick's smirk was just too nice while Jason's announced trouble and Damian's was just pure arrogance if you asked her).

When she entered the training room to find Nell hitting a dummy (quite violently really, Steph almost felt bad for the inanimate thing), she couldn't hide her smile.
"Still training?"
"I need to sharpen my moves."
"Hmmm."
The teen stopped in her move and looked at her mentor.
"A penny for your thought?" Nell asked in her I'm-Nell-Little-and-I'm-super-innocently-cute way.
"Oh I was just thinking you look more like you are hiding than anything else."
"Don't be ridiculous Steph, if I was hiding would I really be in the training room?" Nell asked rolling her eyes. She was about to hit the doll again, when she stopped and turned to the blonde. "You know he bossed me around last night?"
"Doesn't he always?" Stephanie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I guess, but usually he teases me. Kinda. Like even before. Yesterday? Nothing. Nada." She shook her head. "You know what? Forget it. I'm making a big deal out of nothing." And with that she returned to hitting the poor dummy.

Truth be told, Stephanie was a gossiper. She was all about dramas and romantic stories and all. So dropping the subject? No, she would have rather not do that. But Nell had shared a lot with her the last few days so she decided that she could go back to that later.
"So your parents are really ok with the whole hero thing?"
"Ok? No. Adapting to it? Yeah."
Nell had come clean to her parents months ago but Steph still couldn't believe that some parents were that understanding.

"Like obviously they'd liked it if I stop and all. And they're basically dying of heart attacks whenever I go out with the costume but you know, they always felt like this was going to be my path. I mean I made them sign me in almost all the fighting techniques classes since I was 8 so I could be batgirl. So…" She hit the dummy so hard that a part if it opened up.
"Could've been a childhood dream."
"It wasn't."

With that, the conversation ended and Stephanie joined Nell in her training. The latter was never talkative when she was practicing. She never said it but Stephanie suspected it was because she felt like she had something to prove. The rest of the Batclan had been in the business of justice (because it was a business) since their childhood while Nell had been Batgirl for only a year and some months. Stephanie trusted Nell and her abilities. The younger girl was so set on helping people and saving life, it was inspiring. The blonde had met her years ago and had even saved her life, and to hear Nell that day had changed her life cause from this moment on she had been determinate to become Batgirl. And that's why two years ago Steph took her under her protection and trained her. She wasn't going to lie and pretend it was easy because it wasn't. Not only she had had to prepared Nell for the harsh reality of Gotham's crimes but she couldn't help but feel guilty. She was so scared that she was leading Nell to her death. Everytime the younger girl went on mission, Stephanie always wondered if it was the last time she saw her. And she had felt hopeful when Nell had told her two months ago that she wanted to come clean to her parents. She had hoped that they would have convinced/forced her to give up on the hero life; but no they had to be understanding parents. For a moment, she understood how Bruce felt about the Robins, Batgirls and all. But at the end of the day, she trusted Nell and her techniques and she trusted Damian to protect his partner.

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