Bruce has spent his day in front of the computer screen, reading about Jake Crane. There were some interesting things that he found. He was the younger brother of the infamous Jonathan Crane, who was someone Rachel wasn't too fond of. His file didn't seem to be shady. Bruce even went to Adrienn's specialty and checked out bank accounts but his expenditure pattern seemed to be normal.
Bruce slammed his hand down on the desk in the Batcave. Alfred cleared his throat behind him. Bruce glanced over his shoulder and saw the butler standing there with a suit in his hand. A groan escaped Bruce's lips as he realized he had the hotel event. Every fiber in his body wasn't keen on going. All he wanted to do was stay there in the Batcave and find anything shady about this Jake guy. Bruce had a vendetta against him since Adrienn's high school year. Even as a young adult then he didn't like the guy.
"Master Wayne… if I may ask… did you look into the past of Adrienn?" Alfred said walking closer to Bruce. He watched as the butler placed his suit onto the desk neatly and pulled a chair up next to Bruce. His voice was coated with worry and no matter how much he tried to hide his curiosity it was just too much for the butler.
"I did, Alfred." Bruce said, tapping away on the keyboard. Alfred turned his attention to the screen. Bruce had created an entire separate file about Adrienn. Many pictures appeared on the monitor and Alfred frown at the sight of them. Bruce had a look of confusion and mainly frustration as an expression.
"What do you suppose this means…" Alfred asked, astonished by the images that he was presented with. Bruce sighed, running a hand through his hair.
"I don't want to jump to conclusions Alfred." His voice was pained, "This is just the starting block. I have to do some more research into things to find out if all this is … true."
"By more research you mean spying on her." Alfred asked, ripping his eyes of the monitor for the first time.
"Yes… and hope to get a situation where all this … could be proven." Bruce stood up still sounding very grim. He began to take his shirt of and change into the suit that was laid out in front of him. Alfred was still staring at the pictures, the images causing all color to drain from his face. "Then we can know if she is still the innocent little girl we knew…"
"Jake!" Adrienn smiled seeing a very handsome Jake at her door.
"Adrienn wow…" Was all he could say before shoving the flowers in her hands. Adrienn looked down at the bouquet of red roses and held back a cringe. Clichés really weren't her thing. She found it more romantic if a guy would bring her a cactus than roses.
"Thank you!" She smiled cheerfully, taking the roses from him and placing it in a vase. "Come in by the way! Take a seat until I get this sorted." Adrienn quickly walked into the kitchen to get some water for the flowers.
"Nice place you have here!" Jake complimented from the living room. Adrienn walked out to where Jake was and smiled at him, placing the vase down on the coffee table. "I like the view."
"Thanks! Should we get going or you want something to drink?" Adrienn asked with a small smile. Jake turned to face her, letting his eyes roam her body.
"I am good thanks. I think we should just get moving." He held out his hand and Adrienn took it happily. With that the of them made their way down to the front of the apartment complex, where Jake had parked his white Ferrari Enzo.
At the sight of the car, Adrienn whistled. "You like the ride?" Jake asked, opening the door for Adrienn and giving her his hand for support. She took it and slid into the low ride with ease. Jake soon joined her and started the engine.
"Hell yeah, freaking amazing!" Adrienn gushed, running a hand over the leather of the car.
Throughout the ride the pair fell into a comfortable silence. Adrienn finally had time to think, which turned out to be a bad thing after all. During the day, she didn't have much time to think about Bruce. She was too busy with trying to get everything sorted for her night. There was barely any time to actually think about her outfit, let alone about her issues with Bruce.
Now however she had a lot of time to over think the situation like she usually would. Adrienn was starting to believe that she over reacted and an apology was in line. She was starting to freak out that Bruce wouldn't talk to her again. Taking a deep sigh she stared out the window and tried to keep her mind at bay.
Arriving at the hotel the flashing made Adrienn's eyes sparkle. Jake stepped out of the car first and walked over to Adrienn's side and opened the door, helping her out of the car. The paparazzi went wild, screaming various questions at the couple. Adrienn smiled at the cameras and took Jake's hand who led her away from the crowd and into the building.
They sat at a table that had surgeons mainly and people that had a PhD in one of the many sciences. The conversations were mainly about the economy and health care problem. They seemed quite interested in Adrienn's job at the bank. It was an interesting conversation but not for a night like this. Adrienn would've much rather spoke about lighter topics, that required less brain cells. She couldn't complain about much though. Jake was a total sweet heart to her, leaning over every now and then to ask if she was doing alright or not.
After about another half an hour of talking, Jake decided it was time to leave. Adrienn got up, feeling exhausted. She smiled and said goodbye to everyone politely, before holding Jake's hand and walking out. Jake walked ahead to speak to the valet man and that is when a soaking Bruce accompanied by two soaking girls showed up.
Bruce had been watching Adrienn all night. He arrived after her but was shocked to see her. Not shocked at the fact that she showed up with Jake, but at what she was in. Bruce had seen her in her business outfits before and her casual ones and she always looked lovely. But tonight… she took it the extra mile.
Her small figure was complimented by a strapless indigo colored chiffon dress that came down to about mid thigh. The color looked amazing with her skin tone. The small dress was held together by two straps in the back. Bruce could tell that she had spent time with straightening her hair as it lay in lose waves. Adrienn wore a light dusting of makeup, only the bare minimum, just to enhance her beauty. As for jewelry Bruce realized that she wore some thin white gold chains around her neck and wrist. A small smile crept onto his lips as even with the strappy stiletto heels she was a shortie. All in all her outfit complimented her beautifully.
"Adrienn." Bruce greeted her a small smile forming on his lips. "You look gorgeous."
"Bruce, you look handsome as well." Adrienn smiled, thinking about what she would say next, "Apart from the water." Bruce smiled as well at how much she sounded like Alfred. "I am sorry about earlier today."
"I am sorry. I didn't even give you a chance… but I still don't like the guy." Bruce hissed.
"Bruce…" Adrienn began but was rudely interrupted by a voice she didn't really like to hear.
"Adrienn!" Rachel called walking up to them, "I see you've kept Bruce and Jake all to yourself!" she giggled. Adrienn tried her hardest not to glare. The way she said it really made her want to grab her heels and hit Rachel over the head continuously.
"Rachel…" Bruce sounded like a little puppy. Adrienn groaned, not even trying to mask her aggravation and pushed Bruce.
"Bye!" She called over her shoulder feeling quite pissed at the behavior of both of them. At this point all she really wanted to do was to go home and sleep everything out.
"I really hope you had fun." Jake said as he walked the cranky Adrienn up to her front door.
"I did I am sorry I am in such a mood, I just still have unfinished issues with Rachel you know?" Adrienn apologized, "But I really had fun I hope I didn't scare you away too much."
"Not at all. I really enjoyed everything." Jake chuckled. "I hope we can have more than one date…?"
"I'd love that." Adrienn smiled up at Jake who leaned closer and brushed his lips against hers slightly.
"I'll call you tomorrow. Don't let the bed bugs bite." And with that Jake turned on his heel and walked away.
Adrienn entered her apartment and began to get ready for bed. All in all it was a fun night out. Tiring but fun none the less. She changed into some PJs and grabbed her phone deciding to message Rachel. She was starting to have enough of her bullshit. She gave her a brief description but made it clear that she would much rather just talk to her in person about everything.
Reading over the brief message and pressing the send button she place her phone on charge and closed her eyes deciding to get some sleep.
-Guess who is enjoying the cool breeze in the garden, while stealing neighbor's internet? Oh yeah that is me. Keeping it short again, please tell me your opinion on Rachel knowing about Batman's identityand her role on helping save Gotham in the end of BB. Can't decide here! :) Thanks guys!