Disclaimer:

I don't own any of the characters in this story other than my own. I'm doing this just for fun! :)

Authors Note:

Ok after reading a ton of Batman Fiction I have finally been motivated to start my own. Now grant it this is my very first fan fiction so I hope you all will enjoy it. Now I'm just doing this for fun and trying to make this story a little plausible. This story is going to be in the present and in the past. The main character of this story will be the woman who has to go through this complete scenario of chaos. She's going to be retelling the whole story of when she was in high school with Bruce and Rachel and how she had came to befriend Jack Napier. Once that's all said and done it will start going more into the Dark Knight and how her life is going to be turned upside down. I really hope you all enjoy this story, Reviews are greatly appreciated and I do not mind constructive criticisms but just plain rudeness is not tolerated. Now with that said let's get on with the story! :)

Chapter 5

Once school had finished, Ally and Marley ran off to go hit up the local Starbucks to study. Sure it wasn't the ideal place but they had always managed to get most of their work done there. As Ally and Marley sat down on their favorite couch and cracked open their books after an hour or two they then became somewhat distracted when it came to talking about what happened today.

"I cannot believe that Jack talked to Trent Stevens that way."

Ally sighed, as she looked up from her book. She knew that Marley was going to bring that up eventually. "Yeah me neither." Marley then smiled at her. "I think he has a thing for you Al. you two seem to be very close." Ally rolled her eyes and gently shook her head.

"We have an understanding that's about it Mar."

Marlena then scoffed at Alessandra, she knew that she and Jack were hiding something, considering the fact that when they were in Biology class she was able to get a better look out of Jack. She noticed all the bruises on his face and arms and when he went to go sit down next to Alessandra, he immediately flinched, clutching his side somewhat.

Marley was becoming more and more curious with the relationship Jack and Ally were starting to create. Sure, he already had a reputation as a bad boy who had a dark mysterious demeanor. And yes, there were some girls in their school who found an interest in him but it just seemed that Jack only had eyes for Ally… Bruce's Ally and Marley was concerned that Bruce was going to cause more problems between Ally and Jack than she would like to guess.

"Ally why does Jack have all those bruises on his arms and face?"

Alessandra immediately looked up at Marlena. She was completely taken off guard and tried to find a good lie to tell her so she wouldn't know the truth. "Um he got into a fight." She muttered and then looked back down in her books. After all, she wasn't completely lying. However, Marley was now giving her that look. The one look that flat out told Alessandra that she knew that she was lying.

"What kind of fight?"

Alessandra sighed, not really looking in Marley's eyes. "Well you heard his story that's basically what happened." Marlena then scoffed at her, she knew flat out that what Jack dished out earlier was completely false. From what Marley could tell is that Jack is really good at making up stories to scare people, another reason why he retained that bad boy reputation.

"Ally I know that's a lot of bull… He told that story to Trent so he could freak him out. Jack's really good at playing mind games and that is what he pulled. Now seriously Al I promise I won't tell a soul but what really happened to Jack?"

Alessandra groaned out of frustration, and angrily slammed her book shut. "Look Marley if you ever tell a soul I will never talk to you again understand!" Marlena was shocked by Alessandra's abrupt behavior but knew that this secret must've been very hush, hush or Ally wouldn't even care if she told anyone. "Yeah I understand… I won't say a word." Ally sighed and slowly scooted closer to Marley so no one could hear their conversation.

"Jack didn't get those bruises from a fight. He got them from his father…"

Marley's jaw dropped open and allowed out a shocked gasp. "…What?" Alessandra gave her a sad smile and gently nodded her head.

"Jack's father practically abused him to an oblivion. He broken Jack's ribs, and now he has cuts and bruises all over his body and when his father left he tried to hide in my garage but I ended up finding him and took him to my room and cleaned him up. He ended up spending the night in my room and when I woke up the next morning he was gone… He ran back over to his house before my parents could figure out that he was there and when I picked him up we talked… And you want to know he said? Why he doesn't want my parents, especially my father to know?"

Marley then slowly nodded, allowing Ally to continue.

"He said he didn't want my dad to know because he doesn't want to lose the look that my father gives him. Because he knows it the same look he gives Bruce. That look of respect and Jack just idolizes him, he wants to learn from him and to be honest I am still shocked that he respects my father that much, that he wants to be so much like him. But he won't let me call the police, he won't talk to anyone but me and I don't know what to say or what to do. I tried to explain to him that my father came from an abusive family but he still wanted nothing to do with it. I just don't understand it Marley I don't."

Marley then gently smiled at her, placing her hand on her best friend's shoulder. "It's because he trusts you. Ally you should see the way he looks at you. It's like you're his safety blanket and honestly Ally I'm not going to lie… He and Bruce will never be friends they're going to fight for you till the death." Ally looked at Marley and slowly shook her head.

"I wish I can live in that fantasy land that you have in your head… It would be so nice."

Marley then glared at her. "Fine! Don't believe me but trust me Jack has a thing for you and you're stupid if you don't believe it." Ally sighed and started to pack her books into her book bag and then rose up from the couch.

"It's getting late and we should head out."

Marley smirked at her, knowing that she was trying to change the subject.

"Yeah… we really should."

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After Ally had dropped Marley off, she then immediately headed home her mind racing the entire time. However, as soon as she made it home she noticed that one of the cars were missing. And once she walked inside she noticed the note lying on the kitchen table letting her know that her parents had a banquet dinner going on tonight.

Ally sighed, figuring that she may as well head upstairs to her room and just hang out. She then grabbed her bag and ran up the stairs to her room but what she didn't realize was that she had a surprise waiting for her. So as Ally opened the door to her room, she automatically screamed realizing that someone was in her room, until she realized that it was Jack standing there.

Once she received a good look at him she gasped seeing his whole bottom lip full of blood. "Oh My God Jack! What happened?" She said frantically and rushed up to him immediately. Jack gave her a dark, sinister smirk and slowly shook his head. "Son of a bitch decided to slice my lip with a paring knife. Can you fucking believe that?" Alessandra's eyes then started to well up, she then grabbed Jack's hand and yanked him into the bathroom and sat him down on the toilet seat.

Ally then grabbed a washcloth and ran it over the sink and turned back over to him and gently dabbed his bottom lip. "I can't believe he did this to you. What happened?" Jack just snickered, Ally was so confused as to how he could laugh at this but she figured that this was one of his ways to allow out his stressors.

"He told me to get him a beer and when I did I saw him smack my mother so I threw the beer can right at his head. And let's just say that he didn't like that… Not. One. Bit. So he charged after me, grabbed me and threw me into the kitchen counter. He then took a knife from the knife block and started to threaten me, tell me that I'm nothing but an ungrateful piece of shit, and when I told him to fuck off he did this nice little number right here."

Ally frowned, as she applied more pressure towards his wound. "Here hold this there for a second." Jack nodded, and took the towel from her while Ally ran out of the bathroom really quick. Once she had ran out, Jack's mind was racing. Why did he come over here? It made no sense to him but he was compelled. He was compelled to hide here, to go to the one place and one person who wouldn't look at him as a freak. No he was never a freak, and if someone ever dared calling him so he would show them how much of a freak they like to think of him to be.

Ally then came rushing back with a medium sized first aid kit in hand. Jack couldn't help but smile. Leave it to his little Ally to make things all better again. "Ok I'm going to try and stitch your lip back up but I promise you that since the cut is really deep that it's going to scar up pretty badly." Jack's eyebrows rose upwards completely and immediately stood up from the toilet seat.

"Whoa Whoa Whoa! You're going to stitch me up?"

Alessandra looked at him innocently and nodded while he just started to snicker. "Um Ally no offense but have you ever done this before?" Ally smirked over at Jack while she was getting everything ready. "Believe it or not yes I have… My mom was a Nurse and when my father used to build things in his garage he would slice his fingers pretty badly so my mother used to stitch him back up again. And since he did it so often she showed me how to do it so when she wasn't around then I can take care of him." Jack nodded, as he watched Ally sterilize the utensils.

"That's a really good thing to know on your own."

Ally nodded, while she placed some alcohol on a gauze pad and moved the towel away from his lip. "This is going to sting a bit but I have to do this before it gets infected." Jack hesitantly nodded while she softly dabbed the gauze pad against his lip. Jack hissed at first but Ally softly shushed him. "Shhhh Jack it's going to be ok." She whispered and then pulled the pad away from his lip; she then readied the needle and gave him a serious look.

"Do you trust me?"

Jack stared at her bewildered, he honestly thought about it. Has he truly trusted anyone before? In all honesty no he never really has. However, when he looked into Ally's eyes he felt this complete and honest trust. A trust he has never felt before. It was like he knew in the long run that she would never steer him in the wrong path… Never.

"Yeah I trust you Ally."

Alessandra nodded as she moved closer to him. She then Inserted the needle downwards through to his lip at this point she would have needed to level off the needle and venture through the wound and to the adjacent wall. However, once she was across the other side of the wound, she returned the needle to the skins surface through the sub-dermal layers of skin. Ally zig zagged her way up the wound, while Jack stood there completely still.

She didn't know if this was hurting him at all considering that his facial expression was made of stone. Ally sighed; she was finally done and smiled once she had completed her task. "Well Jack I have to say so myself that it looks really good." Jack arched his brow at her and then moved to look over at the mirror and smiled.

"Yeah I gotta say Al you did a real good job!"

Ally smiled, as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Thanks! So you want to tell me how you got into my room with no one here?" Jack slowly turned around to face her, seeing the smug little smirk that was forming on her lips. "I um thought you were home, so I climbed up that tree that was next to your room and noticed that you left your window unlocked and then I climbed in." Ally arched her brow at him; in all honesty it was a brilliant idea.

"And when you realized that neither I, nor my folks were home?"

Jack just shrugged. "I figured I hide out until you came home." Ally nodded giving him a serious look. "Does your mother know where you are?" Jack shook his head. "No and I'd rather her not know either! If she and that son of a bitch figure out where I run off to then it's over! My father will hunt me down till I'm dead!" Ally frowned and gently took his hand into hers and pulled him back into her room.

"You can spend the night again if you like."

She said softly, Jack stared at her in complete admiration. Once they were back in her room, Jack closed the door behind them, while Ally was pulling out some clean sheets from her closet. She then turned around and placed them on her bed, and turned to see Jack standing against her door, giving her a dark, penetrating look.

Ally was confused as to why he was looking at her in such a way and was going to ask until he gave her a grim smirk and started to stroll towards her.

"Jack…"

Jack's smirk grew even wider once she said his name. He prowled towards her even more until he was directly in front of her. Ally looked up at him with her big blue eyes as he looked down at her with his dark brown ones. He slowly raised his hands and cupped her face with his palms. He then gently laid his forehead against hers; giving her Eskimo kisses with his nose. Their lips were so close that if either of them made one slight move they would instantly touch. Ally felt the electricity that was searing through them and couldn't help but feel a rush running through her entire body.

Yes, she had always thought Jack was extremely attractive. And yes she has imagined them somewhat being something more and it didn't help that his bad boy exterior enhanced her interest in him even more. "Jack I…" Jack shushed her, closing his eyes and allowing a long, heavy sigh.

"What is it about you that makes me want to devour every inch of you?"

Ally's eyes widened, blush starting to rise from her neck to her cheeks. "I um… Well…" Jack snickered at her and finally closed the gap between them but as soon as he gave it, the sooner he took it away. Jack just gave Ally a small peck on the lips, and then moved his hands off her face and wrapped them around her waist.

"Thank you for what you've done for me."

Ally slowly nodded, not knowing what she should have made out of that kiss but decided it was his way of showing gratitude. "Jack it's no problem you know I don't mind." Jack slowly smiled at her, as he moved his hands away from her waist. "It's just I never really had someone knowing what was happening to me before and the fact that you do and you help me when I need it is just so… unbelievable." Ally smiled, as she cupped his cheek with her palm.

"Jack no one deserves to go through that kind of torture. Why does your father do this to you and your mother?"

Jack sighed as he moved to sit down; he then took Ally's arm and pulled her onto his lap.

"When I was younger I had an older brother named James. He was what you called my father's protégé well when I was six, James and my folks took me out sledding one winter and my sled ended up sliding down onto a frozen lake… Well the ice on the lake started to crack since there was added weight on it. Well James panicked and darted out to the lake before my mom and dad could stop them. Well when James had managed to get close enough to me he ended up standing on some shallow ice and fell right through."

Ally gasped, placing her hand against her mouth. Jack slowly smirked at her, as he wrapped his arms around her waist even tighter.

"Well my dad this immediately ran onto the ice to save my brother, but it was too late… by the time my dad had gotten there my brother drowned. When my father realized that he couldn't save James he then went after me. Ever since then my father grew more and more depressed and started blaming me for James' death. My mother tried to defend me and explain to him that it wasn't my fault but then that is when he started the abuse. At first it just started with my mom there since he became an ongoing alcoholic. But as I grew older I couldn't stay away from his abuse as well. He hated me from then there on. Couldn't stand the sight of me. So that is why he continues on to do this. He has his alcoholic urges and gives into them while my mother and I suffer the consequences."

Alessandra frowned, caressing his cheek with the palm of her hand. "Jack I'm so sorry." Jack smiled at her, as he rested his forehead against hers.

"I can't understand why it's so easy to talk to you. Why I'm even telling you all this but for some reason I feel compelled to tell you everything… I want you to know everything…"

Ally gave him a small smile, and Eskimo kissed his nose. "And I'm more than willing to listen." Jack grinned a large grin and pecked her on the lips once again.

"Good to know doll… Good to know."

Sorry that there was no Bruce in this chapter. I kinda wanted this one to strictly be a Jack and Alessandra chapter to show how much stronger their friendship is going to become. But I promise that Bruce will be coming back in the next one! So quick question for all of you who should Ally Choose to be with? Jack or Bruce? Let me know what you all think! ;) Also, Thanks for taking the time to read this story and thank you for all the Adds and Review I really do appreciate them! Please send me a review to let me know how I'm doing. I'm always up for some ideas! :)