Chapter 20: Awkward Dinner

I woke up to a tingling sensation running up and down my spine. I smirked knowing who it was that was waking me up so gently. I turned flat on my back to get a better look at the man my heart belonged to. Bruce looked glorious as the morning light lit up his skin and eyes that glistened perfectly. He looked down at me as he stroked my hair back, to get a better look at my face, he smirked as I closed my eyes and sighed happily. Never in my entire life had I felt happy, trulyhappy. Last night I experienced the most wonderful sensations I have ever felt. We both experienced it together. Bruce was so tender and gentle with me, as if I was fragile. But I enjoyed every minute of him caressing me, kissing me, loving me and being in his arms the entire night, not caring of anything else, just being with him till dawn. I wish this moment would last forever and that we would never have to break this spell, but we had to return back to harsh reality.

"Did I ever tell you that you look like a god when the light shines on you." I was still half asleep, but through my dark lashes I could see his heart melting smirk.

Bruce pressed his warm palm to my cheek. "No, but thanks for mentioning it. Did you sleep well?"

"Some what, you kept me up all night. So can I at least have five more minutes." I turned over and placed a pillow over my head.

Bruce grabbed the pillow and threw it across the room. I gasped as he crawled on top of me, but he was careful not to put all his weight on me. "I don't think so." He kissed my cheeks, my neck and my lips.

I responded back a little more roughly. He was surprised by my reaction but did not protest, in fact he pressed me harder to him. We were caught up in eachother for a while until we heard a knock at the door.We both paid no mind until we heard Alfred's voice.

"Miss Violet, I have a message from your assistenent at the art gallery." Alfred said with a friendly voice. I hope he didn't know what was going on.

Bruce and I looked at eachother, he nodded for me to respond. "Thank you Alfred, I'll be out in a few." Bruce continued to have his way with my neck.

"Oh...and Master Bruce, you had a call from Mr.Fox." Bruce's head shot up and looked at me. We both burst out into laughter. It was very hard to hide from Alfred, might as well just tell him the truth.

"Thanks Alfred." Bruce managed to reply. I felt my cheeks become red.

"Okay, as much as I would enjoy sleeping in, we need to get up." I kissed Bruce and managed to get out of bed smoothly. Bruce sighed but did the same.

"I will meet you downstairs." Bruce slipped on his silk blue robe and left my room.

I made my way to my closet to take out my clothes for the day. I selected a violet satin dress, along with a matching pairs of Jimmy Choo stilettos. My mind was spinning, listing all the things I had to organize today and I felt like I had no time at all.

I was brought back to reality when my cell phone rang.

"Hello?" I managed to answer as I went into the bathroom and begin my normal morning routine.

"Its great to hear such a charming voice again." I was not surprised to hear Harvey on the other line.

"Thank you."

"I am sorry I didn't call yesterday, but the campaign is getting hectic; I trust you have seen the propaganda in the Gotham Times. Anyway, I knew you were being well taken care of." I was touched that he cared. He was like the friend I never had; with the exception of Bruce, of course. And it also amazed me of how much he knew without me mentioning a single word.

"You don't have to worry about me. I am doing well, besides you have a campaign to win." I reassured him. Harvey's campaign was getting smeared all over these days. People slaughtered him, they don't believe that he could change Gotham for the better. Bring down the corrupted dangerous city and restore the once fascinating glittering city that it used to be. To replace fear with hope on the streets again. But someone seemed to be beating him to the punch.

"Glad to hear it. Well, I will talk to you later. I haven't forgotten about our pending dinner." His hearty laugh flowed through the phone.

My laugh of melodies joined into the chorus. "Okay, bye." I hung up the phone to zip my dress up, then I got out of the bathroom. I glided toward the vanity and began to style my black curls. I decided to leave my hair down instead, grabbing my things I left my room and headed downstairs.

Once I arrived at the dinning hall, Bruce was on the phone with Lucius. I couldn't hear much, I knew Bruce was married to his work these days. Alfred placed a small plate of fruit in front of me and smiled.

"It looks like he won't be home tonight." I smiled but it wasn't a happy one.

"I wouldn't be to sure. You gave him quite a scare that he would want you by his side all day." replied Alfred confidently, he definitely knew something I didn't know.

Bruce hung up the phone and turned to us. He smirked as he took my hand and sat down. Something was going on and it was already driving me insane. I hated not knowing things.

"How would you like to spend the day with me at Wayne Enterprises?" So this was the big secret. Alfred was right, Bruce wouldn't let me out of his sight.

I looked at Bruce then turned to Alfred, hoping to get a push from him. Alfred nodded. "Are you sure that I wouldn't be in your way?"

"Not at all, besides I made arrangements." Bruce kissed my hand. Maybe this would be good, just something we might need. Maybe little by little to earn my trust, which he already was.

"I guess I can take some of my work." I replied as I took a sip of lemon tea. The press would certainly get a kick out of this.

The day was long and full of quizzical looks. As soon as Bruce and I walked hand in hand, all the secretaries had dropped their mouths to the floor. I was a bit nervous as to what they might say; what rumors would start to circle around. But our relationship would not be able to stay secret for long, sooner or later it would have to be confirmed. Plus, I wanted people to know that the playboy billionaire was no more and those french models would have to back off.

I stayed in his office the whole day, there was a lot of things that got held back because of my accident. I had to go over lists on who had bought paintings and send them straight away. Also to start planning the next soiree for the elite court of Gotham city. Another reason why I decided to stay in was because I wished to avoid everyone. I was loaded up to my ears with work, and I was in no mood to deal with hypocrites today. Though, thankfully the day was over.

I was still working on writing down the addresses my assistant e-mailed to me, that I barely noticed Bruce walk in. My eyes looked from above the screen to see him run his hand through his hair and sit down at his desk.

"Are you alright?" I closed my lap top and set aside my things.

"Yea, I'm just exhausted." He closed the black leather portfolio and motioned for me to come closer.

"I guess I have to cancel those dinner reservations at the Crimson restaurant." I perched up on the edge of the desk. It was a surprise I had for Bruce tonight, but if he is tired then we could save it for another night.

"You made dinner plans for us?" Bruce raised his brow in surprise.

Well yea, I thought we can make up for the other night."

"Oh, well in that case I would love to go to dinner with you." Bruce stood and wrapped his hands around my waist.

"Good, now let's go or we will be late for our reservations." I kissed him and gracefully hopped off the desk. We grabbed our coats and headed down to get into the slick grey Lamborghini.

When we arrived to the Crimson, cameras were already blinding us. As fast as we could we rushed inside to get away from the media vultures.

The hostess was leading us to our table. Bruce and I walked hand in hand, and of course we turned heads as we walked along the endless rows of tables. I was wrapped up in the elegant decorum that I didn't notice...

"Bruce!" A woman about my age beamed. Bruce smirked and went over to the table. What was shocking was that Harvey Dent was sitting at the same table.

The young woman was fairly pretty, natural beauty. She had brown hair that seemed silky to the touch. Her skin had a healthy glow and she had the most incandescent smile upon her chisled face. She wore a elegant red dress that complemented her figure nicely.

"Bruce this is Harvey Dent." She introduced them. They both shook hands. In a split second their eyes were on me.

"I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.Wayne three weeks ago, actually." said Harvey.

Bruce nodded in agreement and brought me closer to him. "Rachel, this is Violet Montgomery. Vi, this is my childhood friend, Rachel Dawes."

I smiled at her my one and only genuine smile that would make her feel under the sun. "Pleasure to meet Miss Dawes, Harvey." Harvey smirked at me.

"Please call me Rachel. You two know eachother?" Rachel turned to Harvey.

"Yea we met at her charity ball and have become good acquaintances ever since." Harvey took a sip of wine.

Rachel's gaze came back to me. She seemed astonished by me. She decided to turn back to Bruce.

"Would you like to join us?" She asked with hope in her eyes.

Bruce turned to me for an answer. It wouldn't be fair to say no, plus we still had the rest of the night to enjoy ourselves. I nodded with a smaller smile on my soft pink lips. Bruce smiled back and pulled out a chair for me.

"So, Rachel has told me everything about you." Harvey decided to start the conversation. It was nice to see that he was dating someone.

"I certainly hope not." replied Bruce with an uncomfortable smile.

The tension was a bit awkward but the conversation began to flow after a short while. I sat there as Bruce and Rachel catched up, while managing to tell us some of their childhood adventures. Was there more to Bruce and Rachel besides just friendship? Did they meet up when he came back to Gotham? Was I missing something her; I was being oblivious to everything apparently.

"Violet?" Harvey's voice brought me back.

"Yes?" I turned to him attentively.

"What do you think...you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villian." said Harvey confidently as if trying to prove himself even more that he was the right choice for District Attorney of Gotham.

"Couldn't have said it better myself, well put." I turned to Bruce who was ready to question Harvey's statement. I decided to excuse myself because my head was still swirling over this "friendship" between Rachel and Bruce. "Excuse me." I stood from the table and walked away, I needed to get out...I was drowning. I could feel their gazes burning into my back, especially Bruces'.

After Violet had left the table, Harvey received a phone call and went outside to take it. Rachel decided to ask Bruce something that plagued her all evening ever since he arrived with Violet.

"You two look happy." Rachel offered her kind smile, but there was a hint of sadness in it. She slowly realized what she decided to give up on.

"We are." Bruce simply replied, oblivious to the slight sadness in her voice.

"She doesn't know...does she." Rachel leaned in closer to keep from wandering ears to hear their conversation.

Silence.

"She doesn't, I can see it in your eyes. Bruce you have to tell her the truth, it would devastate her that you didn't trust her enough for you to tell her about your other identity. Look, I don't know her very well, but one could easily see that she is madly in love with you. Her eyes say everything...and if I'm not mistaken you are crazy about her too." Rachel was quick enough to tell that Bruce had not revealed the entire truth to Violet, but she could also see the love he had for her.

"Its not the right time. I will tell her when the oppertune moment comes, Rachel." hissed Bruce.

"I just hope it won't be when one of your enemies has her and her life is hanging in the balance, Bruce."

"That would never happen. I will take the necessary precautions, I will never put her in that position. This is another reason why I don't want to tell her Rachel, its for her own protection."

Rachel sighed at the stubbornness of her best friend. "You are going to have to tell her sooner or later. Just don't make Violet your only hope for a normal life."

A/N: Woah! Rachel warning Bruce! Hmmm I wonder what will Violet do next? Hmmm... Anywho I was go happy to receive awesome reviews as always! Thanks to DazzledInDarkness, JazzTrumpet, Triskelesque, Batman'ssidekick16, and Dawn. Thank you Triskelesque for your help. It was really helpful. And thanks to my friend Kim for reading it and loving it! Well please tell me what you think, I hope you all enjoyed it. I enjoy writing this for all of you, so a nice review would be great and helpful for me to keep writing. :)

Oh and I forgot to add this since the beginning of the story. I unfortunately don't own Batman Begins or whatever related to it. Which means I don't even own the sexy Bruce Wayne (especially if he is played by Christian Bale. sighs) BUT, I do own Violet and the other OCs in this story. Hehehe...I can't believe I forgot to put this at the start. Oh well...lol. Anywho don't forget to push that little go button to submit a review! :) Michelle.