Chapter 3

A couple days later, i was in bed with Bruce when, i woke up to a bright light shining in my eyes. Then the next words Bruce and I heard were heart stopping.

"Good morning Master Bruce and... Miss Gordon!?" Alfred shrieked. Bruce and i starred at him not knowing what to say. "She's 19 Master Bruce, and you're 32!"

"Actually last night Bruce and i were celebrating my birthday." I said even though i should have kept my mouth shut.

"Oh, i suppose i stand corrected. You hear that Master Bruce? Now she's only one year under the drinking age!"

"Alfred please just listen..." Bruce started.

"You're parents would be disgusted with you. I know i am." Alfred said as he stormed out of the room.

Bruce held his head in his hands. I couldn't imagine how deep those words must have cut him. I wrapped my arms around him to try and comfort him but i couldn't tell if i was helping or hurting him more. I think he was confused on what to think right now.

A moment of silence passed between us, before i broke the silence. "If you want to call this off now, i understand." I said softly.

He looked at me and shook his head. "No. I don't want to lose you." He said just as soft. "I care too much about you, to let this end us."

That's when i knew i did it. I stole his heart. But now i had a new goal in mind. I wanted to make him fall in love with me (If he wasn't already).

I had him lay back down with me. His head rested on my chest. I cradled his head and ran my fingers through his hair. Here i was this petite girl, holding this guy that put most body builders to shame. I was holding Batman in my arms. He needed me to comfort him and i was more than happy to do so.

A few minutes later we got dressed and went down stairs to talk to Alfred about this. The three of us all stood in the living room. It was so unconformable as we all stood in awkward silence not sure what to say. None of us wanted to make eye contact out of fear it would just make things more uncomfortable.

"So who wants to go first?" I asked hoping we could just get things going and end this.

"Master Bruce, I never would have expected this from you. She is the daughter of your closest ally. How could you betray his trust like this?"

I didn't like Alfred using my father against Bruce one bit. "Alfred, my father has nothing to do with this, so leave him out of this. Bruce and i are together because... Well.." I couldn't actually think on what it was that got us together in the first place. It started with one night of blind sex, and then we turned it into something more.

"It's because we fell in love." Bruce finished for me. My eyes widened as i looked right at him. He said it. He said he loved me. "We never intended for this to happen but it did. We didn't let age or our names prevent us from being together." Bruce walked over to me and wrapped his arm around me. "I love this girl Alfred, and i'm sorry if you don't approve. But frankly i don't give a damn whether you approve or not."

God it was amazing to have Bruce stick up for me like that. He confessed his love for me too. I changed Bruce. I made this emotionally constipated man fall for me.

"You don't have my blessing sir. And you will never have it. And Miss Gordon, i must say i am also disappointed in you. You are a bright girl with a bright future ahead of you. Yet you decided to seek out a rich old man instead of someone who can actually make you happy. We'll see how long this actually last before you two realize that this was all a mistake." Alfred walked away after his lecture.

I rested my head on Bruce's chest. "Don't listen to him Bruce. He doesn't understand what we have."

"No he doesn't" He said pulling me into his kiss.

Later that night i was at my apartment watching TV. I was feeling a little sick so Bruce insisted i took the night off while he handled things by himself.

I heard a knock at my door, which was a little off putting seeing as i wasn't expecting anyone. "Hey Barbra it's me, open up." I heard my fathers voice say from the other side of the door.

Again i was a little nervous. Usually my father called before he visited. No he always called before he came over. He hated showing up unannounced. I slowly made my way to the door. I opened it up and my heart stopped. It wasn't my fathers face i was looking at.

It was a disgusting pale face. The only color from his face was the red lipstick from his mouth. He was wearing a large hat covering his green hair. In his hand he was holding a recorder. "Hey Barbra it's me, open up." It played my fathers voice again.

I was about to make a move, but then he pulled a gun on me. I was frozen in fear. The twisted smile said it all. He was going to kill me. I turned around and tried to run, i didn't make it far before i heard a gunshot. I fell to the ground waiting for the pain of whatever just hit me to catch up to me. I then realized nothing hit me. I turned around to see Batman standing there. His back was turned to me. I heard a second gunshot. He stumbled backwards as he threw a batarang. I saw it hit the Joker in the arm, causing him drop the gun. The joker laughed as he pulled the batarang out of his arm and ran away.

I checked on Bruce who was on his knee breathing heavily. I saw he was shot in the stomach and in the center of his chest. My heart sank as he collapsed into my arms.

"Oh god, Bruce!" i shrieked.

"Are you okay?" He asked softly.

"I'm fine." I said putting pressure on the wound in his chest.

"Barbra i need you to know something." He said. These were the words i never wanted to hear him say.

"Please don't say your goodbye's to me. You can make it. You just gotta hold on." I was losing him.

"I love you Barbra." Were his final words before closing his eyes.

"Bruce no! Don't leave me!" i cried. I had no idea what to do. I then reached into his belt and grabbed a communicator he always kept on him. He used it for when he needed to call Nightwing on emergencies.

"Nightwing! Can you hear me? Get off your ass and answer me!" I shrieked.

"Barbra. What are you doing calling me on this thing?" He asked.

"Dick! It's Bruce. He's hurt. He's hurt bad i need you to help me."

"Whoa slow down! What happened!"

"There's no time to slow down! He's shot and i need your fucking help! So get your ass down here now!"

"I'm coming. Do whatever it takes to keep him breathing." Dick said.

As i waited for Dick to come help me, i just held Bruce tightly. I didn't want to let him go. I couldn't let him go. But he was slipping away from me.