Sorry for the delay I'm writing two storied and trying to fill out college application which are not fun. Here is another chapter enjoy.
They parked and walked into the police station. Almost the moment they entered a police officer said. "I'm sorry Mr. and Mrs. Wayne I have no idea where Grayson is?"
"We know he's at home." Said Faye walking over to Commissioner Gordon's office. He was one the phone when they entered and Bruce shut the door behind them, and began closing the blinds on the windows that looked out at the street.
"Yeah, Barbra I'm going to have to call you back." Said Gordon hanging up the phone. "Mr. Wayne what are you doing?"
Bruce was about to answer when Faye said. "Commissioner I brought you some evidence. I don't know if the Settle police department has called or not but I found LeGrande he's dead."
"Did the friend you were visiting get in a car accident or something?" Said Gordon trying to cover what he thought was a slip of the tongue.
"I guess he doesn't know then." Said Faye turning to Bruce.
"I thought he might have figured it out by now." Said Bruce with a shrug.
"What am I supposed to have figured out? Does he know you're…?" Said Gordon brow knitted in confusion.
"Pregnant or Batwoman?" Said Faye not really sure which secret he was referring to.
"Um, both?" Said Gordon.
"Yeah I know." Said Bruce answering the earlier question posed by Gordon.
"He knows everything, Commissioner." Said Faye.
"Gordon, it's me. I'm the Batman." Said Bruce waiting for the other man's reaction.
"Well I'll be damned." Coughed Gordon after gagging on the sip of coffee he had just taken. "I always knew that is was something strange about you. Now that I think about it, it makes sense you were never present when Batman was."
"You're not mad that I didn't tell you earlier?"
"Well it's understandable." Said Gordon looking over at the billionaire as though trying to see the truth. "You know if I was at all doing my job right I really should have the two of you arrested."
He watched as the couple seemed to tense ready to fight. He could see it now, it had been there the whole time, suddenly everything about the Waynes that had always puzzled him but he had never really dwelled on surfaced. "Not that I ever would of course…" He said hastily and the two of them seemed to relax a little.
"Did you looking into the lipstick like I asked you to?" Said Faye snapping right back into business mode.
"Um, yes they did find lipstick on the victims that also happened to be laced with some of the chemicals found in the crime lab. Basically whoever we are up against has quite literally a kiss of death."
"And whoever she is has been lying low for awhile so, we can't do anything to find her yet. For now I suppose you can take some of the cat's fur and test it, see if we can get any leads on that." Said Faye.
"Better yet take the whole cat." Said Bruce.
"Awe but Bruce, look at how cute it is." Said Faye holding up the tabby cat to show Bruce.
"Faye, we have a lot to deal with as is, we don't need to be taking care of a cat on top of that." Said Bruce rolling his eyes.
"Fine, try and find it a nice home." Faye said handing the cat to Gordon, she knew Bruce was right they didn't have the time for a cat.
After saying their goodbye's to the Commissioner they got back into the car and began to drive home.
"I know it's a Saturday but I was thinking of stopping by the office with Grayson to see if Lucius could get him fitted for a suit."
"Do you think he's ready?" Asked Faye.
"For now yeah, plus he will pick up on things pretty quickly." Said Bruce. Faye however stopped listening to what Bruce was saying, she had noticed a rather distressed looking teenage girl walking down the street. She recognized the red hair of Jesse, one of her students used to come to tutoring and help out. She told Bruce to pull over and she got out of the car.
"Jesse, are you alright?" She asked the sobbing girl even though she had a feeling Jesse was not alright.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just…I don't know what to do…"
"Come on, why don't you come over to my place and we can talk about whatever is going on. It's not safe for a girl to be wandering around the streets even if is it only the afternoon."
"I don't want to be a burden…"
"Jesse really, it's fine." Said Faye walking over to the sports car. Jesse followed her and opened the door and squeezed into the rather small back seat. Bruce looked over at Faye as if to ask her what was wrong with the girl and Faye just shrugged because she did not know. The drive home was rather quiet except for Jesse who was trying her best to calm down, whatever had happened must have really upset her, but she didn't look like she had been harmed physically which was a good sign. Once they got back to the house Alfred was there to greet them and almost told Bruce that Mr. Fox had called about Grayson's suit when he noticed the couple was not alone and he stopped himself. Grayson came into the room still wearing his circus outfit which he suddenly became rather embarrassed of when he noticed Jesse.
"For the record I would just like to say I don't usually wear this around the house, everything else I owned is in the wash." He said with a smile.
"Of course, now go change I'm taking you to buy a suit." Said Bruce rolling his eyes and ushering Grayson out of the foyer giving Faye and Jesse some peace and quite.
"Let's go in the sitting room." Said Faye leading her over to the room full of comfortable sofas. The two women sat down and were left undisturbed since Bruce and Grayson left soon after.
"So, Jesse, what are you doing out in the street?"
"God, it's a nightmare. I just turned 18 yesterday and last night my Dad got really drunk and he tried to hurt my mom and me so she locked herself in her room and I got out the front door and came back later this morning after staying at a friends house and when I come back couldn't use my key. My dad must have changed the locks, so basically he kicked me out of the house. I don't know where to go, and my laptop is still in there so I can't even work on my application for the police academy and uh I don't know what to do!" She said tearing forming in her eyes once again.
"Don't worry about it. You can stay here, and I'm sure Bruce or I can talk to your father about getting some of your stuff back."
"Oh I couldn't stay here, Faye I don't have any money I couldn't even pay a rent for staying here, and I don't want to spend your money."
"Jesse, I insist. I understand that you don't want to seem like you are mooching off of us but really money isn't an issue for this family. If you want to feel like you are repaying us for staying here how about this. Grayson isn't doing very well with me homeschooling him, he's a smart kid he just doesn't want to apply himself. If you tutor him we could use that as payment for staying here. Look you seem exhausted why don't you stay here for tonight, think about it and then get back to me?" Said Faye.
"Thank you so much Mrs. Wayne." Said Jesse with a smile.
"I'll go talk to Alfred about setting up a room for you." Said Faye leaving Jesse to go and talk to Alfred, who was more than happy to set up once of the guest bedroom, all the while muttering about the rooms for once being put to good use.
When Faye returned to the sitting room she showed Jesse to her room.
"If you need anything just ask Alfred. I have to go and talk to your father about getting some of your belongings." Said Faye.
"Oh, I don't think you want to do that. He's got a terrible temper." Said Jesse.
"Don't worry about me Jesse, I'm married to one of the most powerful men in the city. If he's smart he wouldn't try anything." Said Faye with a reassuring smile. She knew if things didn't go well she could always 'reason' with the man. She told Alfred where she was going though he did not look like he liked the idea much he let her go. She had gotten the address from Jesse and soon reach the apartment building in the edge of the Narrows. She got out of the car and knocked on the door to the apartment.
"Who are you?" Asked a grungy looking man wearing what looked like a factory workers jumpsuit.
"I'm Mrs. Wayne I'm here to get some of Jesse's things."
"I don't know what you're talking about she don't live here no more." He said inching his head under his baseball cap.
"Yes, but her stuff still does, so you can either just let me in to take a few things or I can call my lawyers and we can take this matter to court, which is inevitably going to happen when I have Jesse charge you for domestic violence." Said Faye with a smug smile. "Now may I come in?"
The man stepped aside and allowed her access to the small apartment. She didn't bother to asked permission and just lead herself to Jesse's room where she found the lap top, some CD's and a few books which she put in a laundry basket and was heading back to the front door when someone grabbed her from behind trying to choke her. She dropped the laundry basket and quickly leaned forward throwing her attacker onto the ground. Taking the point of her heel she placed it on his neck.
"Not so nice being on the receiving end is it? Now I just so happen to know someone who could give you a world of hurt and his name is Batman and he is not as understand as I am so, I'm going to grab Jesse's things and I am going to leave and you're not going to do anything about it, understand."
"Fine." Choked out Jesse's dad. Faye took her heel off of his neck and then went over to grab the laundry basket again. This time he put up no fight but mumbled "Bitch" under his breath as he got up. Faye decided she did like this man at all gave him a swift kick in the balls as a parting gift before she left. Once inside the car as she was driving home she realized how furious Bruce will be when he find out she put herself in danger like that. She had to agree going in like that was rather foolish but she had seen teenage girls at the school she used to teach in coming in with black eyes and bruise and she knew why they had them. She just wanted to teach the man a lesson, no as Batwoman but as the passionate schoolteacher she had once been.
When she got home Jesse was very happy to have some her things back. Bruce and Grayson had still not yet returned from getting a new suit but Faye had a feeling they were back on the grounds, most likely training some more. Jesse went into the guest room to be alone for awhile and Faye went into the study to read her book. About an hour later Bruce came into the study.
"Faye, what were you thinking?"
"I know it was stupid, but I just wanted her to be comfortable. Don't worry though I'm fine, the baby is fine, I think, I mean I don't know I mean it's really small I'm not even showing yet, but I might in a few weeks according to this." She said holding up the book with a smile.
"I guess as long as you are alright and don't do anything like that again, at least not while your pregnant." Said Bruce kissing her on the cheek, he was finding it difficult to stay mad at her at the moment.
"Oh, Jesse might be staying with us for awhile, and she's going to tutor Grayson as payment."
"Grayson's smart he doesn't need a tutor."
"I know but he could use some help with history and she wanted to do something so I thought that could work. Plus if she stays long enough she might be able to help me with the baby, she used to have a little sister I bet she know more about talking care of children then I do."
"Used to have a sister?"
"Yeah, she died in that explosion at the elementary school, remember Jesse was in the room when The Joker came to Wayne Enterprises."
"I still can't believe I didn't see that coming." Said Bruce darkly.
"It's not your fault everyone thought he would target the Highschool." Said Faye reassuring him.
"I still should have known, it could have saved a lot of people."
"No one blames you for it Bruce, you've done a lot for his city. Come one lets not dwell on the past. I think Alfred is almost ready with dinner." Said Faye getting up out of the chair and ushering her husband into the dinning room.
I promise in the next chapter you will get to finally see for Robin action! Also don't forget to review please!