Sitting at the small cafe, Adrienn stirred her cup of tea taking in her surroundings. She was a couple of minutes late, but nothing major. She and Rachel had planned a day out just to catch up and what not. Adrienn wasn't too thrilled but she decided to go ahead and meet her. It would give her a good opportunity as well to guy hunt.

Guy hunting. Alfred has been up her ass forcing her basically to go out and look for someone that she can be happy with. He had a personal vendetta with the fact of her being unhappy. Adrienn sighed looking around the café. There were no seats inside since everyone was trying to keep warm from the cold February day.

Adrienn tried very hard to not think about Bruce. She busied herself with work and actually picking up some of her older habits. She went to the gym and also decided to go down to the shooting range. It was a fun way of cool off. Plus Adrienn was thrilled to find that her skills were still as good as they used to be.

Patience was one of Adrienn's stronger features, but after a while it did get on her nerve to wait up on people. She checked her phone for the hundredth time and there was no message what so ever. One thing she hated more than anything is people disappearing on her. Not only did it make the young brunette worry, but it also made her feel worthless. Adrienn sighed once again, placing her phone on the table. She would've been worried sick but since Rachel pulled this kind of stunt quite often she was just presuming something more important came up. It lost importance to her a little, but in the back of her mind she still had the thought of something horrible happening to her.

Adrienn held the cup in her hand, trapping its warmth. She took a few sips and looked around. Once again she spotted the young man just staring at her. It started to irritate her. Usually when people recognized her they would actually go up to her and talk to her, but this man just stared. It wasn't polite and it was starting to get rather creepy. Adrienn narrowed her eyes at him and decided to take action,

"Excuse me, are you just going to stare or actually talk?" She snapped not so politely at the man. He just chuckled and stood up, walking over to her table. Adrienn arched her eyebrows clearly shocked at his reaction. She quickly leaned onto the table, resting her hand on the fork in case she needed to pounce and protect herself. She kept her eyes on the man who sat down comfortably opposite her.

"Adrienn Mercer. You always had a thing against people staring at you." The man flashed his set of pearly whites. "Come on Mercer, don't say you don't remember me." he laughed leaning forward on the small table. Adrienn frowned, studying the man's face.

He wasn't ugly. Quite the opposite actually. He was a hot piece of a human individual. His dirty blonde hair was gelled into perfection; his skin was tanned to a sun-kissed bronze shade. His grey colored orbs were mysterious and cold but Adrienn couldn't help but look away from them. She definitely saw this face somewhere before. She ripped her gaze from his and looked down at his outfit. He was clad in a suit that was not cheap. Adrienn probably recognized this man from the tabloids.

"Who are you?" She asked her voice calming down a bit.

"Ah, Adrienn you are insulting me now." The man chuckled leaning back in his chair. "Jake Crane. Senior year."

"Oh my God!" Adrienn's voice was shrill once again as she recognized her crush. Back then he wasn't as tanned and he was more well built, something that was a must if you were on the football team. "I am so sorry! How have you been Jake?"

"It has been quite hectic." Jake said, "The hospital is busy place."

Adrienn realized that she had also seen his face around many of the socialite functions and fundraisers. He was the head of surgery at the Gotham General Hospital. She frowned, wondering why he never came up to her at any of the social events.

"U-huh." She nodded taking a sip from her mug, "How come you never came up to me during any of the events?"

"Well I wouldn't want to blend in with the crowd now would I?" a hearty chuckle rumbled through his chest, "You are always surrounded by people at social events, and then the rumors about Bruce…"

"Oh no, we are just friends." Adrienn cut him off quickly, the last thing she wanted was to hear about Bruce. Especially with a possible date candidate, like Jake Crane…

"I know Adrienn." He laughed once again. Adrienn tried very hard not to choke on the mint tea she was enjoying. Jake took that as a sign to explain himself to her, "Rachel Dawes told me about everything. And she also told me I could find you here today."

Adrienn tried very hard to hide the anger that was bubbling up inside her. Rachel had called her demanding a meet up claiming that she needed serious girl talk. Adrienn cancelled all her plans, which mainly consisted of helping Bruce out and dropping off his birthday gift. She couldn't believe someone would sink that low. Did Rachel really have that many jealousy problems? That blind bitch should realize that Bruce looks at her like she is some sort of Godess.

"You don't seem to be too happy about things." Jake Crane said, making his presence known. Adrienn looked up into his grey orbs and smiled a little. She didn't want to scare him off if her temper flared…

"I just had plans and cancelled for Rachel… but don't get me wrong I am glad I didn't get completely stood up." Adrienn added quickly. Jake smiled at her, taking it as an invitation to talk to her.

The pair talked just catching up and what not. Adrienn was actually pleasantly surprised by his company. He seemed to be a good guy and he grew out of his childish behaviors. When Adrienn announced that she had to get back to the bank, he was nice enough and walked her down there. She enjoyed his presence and had some good laughs with him.

"So… tell me, how did I do as a replacement plan?" Jake said a bit cockily as they stopped in front of the bank. Adrienn couldn't help but smile up at her old class mate.

"You were pretty good Crane, just don't get too over confident." She teased.

"Well I am confident enough to ask you out for dinner." He said, leaning against one of the parking meters. There were a few cameras around, but they didn't realize their presence yet.

"When?" Adrienn asked, needing to get a move on.

"There is an opening at some restaurant this coming Friday actually." Jake smiled. Adrienn had heard about the event. Ironically it was Bruce that mentioned it to her, but he never invited her. She figured she could accompany Jake then,

"Pick me up at six." Adrienn smiled softly. Jake was grinning from ear to ear, clearly thrilled that he was getting Adrienn's attention. It is ironic how the tables turned as they grew up.

"Friday at six then." Jake stepped forward and kissed Adrienn on the cheek. "It's a date." with that the young man walked off. Adrienn smiled to herself, quite overjoyed with finding another activity to keep her mind of Bruce. Jake seemed like a nice guy and the best thing was that he seemed interested in her.

Adrienn dumped her things in the car and got in the driver's seat and taking direction towards Wayne Tower. She was scheduled to go there with Bruce but since Rachel ruined their meeting, she had to text Bruce that they'll meet there. Bruce didn't reply to her but she knew he received the messaged. Adrienn was speeding, trying to not be late. She really did her best to be on time but that usually was very hard.

"Bruce!" She called out of the car that she parked. Bruce was walking up the steps when Adrienn jumped out of the car and hurried after him. She switched her high heels to a pair of flats so she could keep up with everything. It did make her outfit look a bit off.

"Hey Adri." Bruce smiled. "I met up with Rachel." he announced.

"Yeah I heard." Adrienn smiled grimly hurrying ahead and smiling up at Lucius. She leaned up to hug him slightly and stepped aside so Bruce can also greet him. The men talked and Adrienn tried to participate but what Rachel did really did bother her. She was still trying to wrap her head around why anyone would do that.

Adrienn didn't speak and kept to her thoughts as she followed the men. Bruce gave her a few questioning looks but she just smiled at him, trying to reassure him. It didn't seem to convince him but he stopped hovering over the fact.

Lucius led them into a large hall where a monster of a car was waiting for them. Adrienn finally looked up at the machine now. She decided to join in the conversation now.

"Tumbler." Bruce said looking at the car. Adrienn could tell that he wanted to try it. His voice said everything. Lucius also seemed to notice. The three of them walked to the car and climbed in. Adrienn was wedged in the middle of the car holding onto Bruce's shoulder for support.

Bruce was the first one to drive around. The car felt amazing. It was a very smooth ride.

"She was built as a bridging vehicle." Lucius explained. He looked a little uneasy with Bruce's driving. Adrienn was one of the few people that could handle his speeding, she believed it was mainly because Bruce was the one that taught her how to drive. "During combat, two of these would jump over a river, towing cables."

Bruce pushed the lever forward, causing the car to pick up speed. Adrienn smiled feeling the rush. She did have to clutch onto Bruce's shoulder with a bit more force. Lucius pointed at the lever,

"Over here on the throttle, flip that open and throttle up. This will boost you into a ramp less jump." Lucius explained. Bruce looked at Adrienn who nodded happily, eager to try it out. Lucius caught the stare they shared and panicked,

"NOT NOW!" he yelled as they shot forward. Adrienn screamed happily as Lucius pushed the button causing Bruce to break and stop the vehicle. Adrienn looked at Bruce wanting to do only one thing,

"MY TURN NOW!"

-Thank you for reviewing, reading, favoriting and following :) Really makes me happy :) I have a couple of pre-typed :) So I hope everyone will like it :)

*Foxy Roxi : Lol, I can imagine Batman like walking on the rooftops ready to pounce xD Bahaha!

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*CatsGoMoo : Hehehe, only I know! Hmm she may be a virgin… depends what you take as a hook up you know? We'll see how things turn out there. Yeah Adrienn is going to spread her wings in the guy section of life. She is definitely going to look around hehe. Let's see if she finds anyone half as good at least.

*Superdani a.k.a Gillian Smith : Alfred is a sweetheart. I never met my grandpas. Meh oh well. Hope you liked the chapter :)

*Stupidstef666 : Lol I must admit that it took me a while to get the Brienn thing but it got to me eventually. And yes I agree Brienn forever! Lol thank you for reviewing! :)

*Adalheidis Svanhilda : LOL it is you and CatsGoMoo that frighten me the most. You just had to make it worse with the Batman comparison ey? Hmm yeah that feeling is really frustrating. I hate it. Well I guess it is good that nothing is so simple as black and white :) oh the philosophy… xD

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