Adrienn groaned, letting the hot water loosen up her tensed up muscles. She was seriously contemplating her choice of not convincing Bruce to skip the first training session. Her previous training was a longer time ago than she thought. She really was rusty and doubted she could hold up against a street fighter. Bruce said her talents surprised him once again, but he didn't even try and hit her, but all his blocks made her fall to the ground with loud thuds. By the end of the hour and a half long training, Adrienn was sweaty and bruised.
Bruce helped her up and gave her some compliments on her technique and some pointers on how she should improve her footing and what not. Adrienn didn't actually believe she did well since Bruce wasn't even sweating by the end of the session and he seemed to be enjoying it. She knew that she'll have to work very hard and follow his advice very closely. It was not going to be an easy ride, but in the end she hoped it will add up to something great.
Adrienn wanted to help Bruce with this task he's taken upon himself. It was wrong for one person to do this all alone. The need of aiding him was overwhelming Adrienn. Talking about that topic was off limits though. She didn't want to tell anyone as of yet. Alfred might try and stop her, or tell Bruce even. Now that was something she wanted to avoid at all costs. Bruce was a stubborn man; he would never allow her to be in danger again. The last time he had no choice, but even then it was a really difficult situation but Adrienn managed.
The young brunette stepped out of the shower cubicle, wrapping a fluffy towel around her frame and dabbed her body dry. She pulled on her special occasion underwear and applied her favorite Bath and Body Works lotion. Stepping out of the shower she smiled happily, breathing in the soft Vanilla scent that was coming of her. Adrienn tied her hair up into a messy bun and pulled on a Herve Leger dress. It was in a really pretty salmon ombre pattern bandage dress. The piece of clothing was very form fitting and hugged her curves in all the right places, really showing of her hourglass figure. It took her a couple of minutes to get the zipper up in the back, but it gave her time to figure out what she was going to do for makeup and jewelry.
Heading back into the bathroom, she pulled over the pink and beige roller drawer cart and quickly pulled out the makeup she would need. On a day to day basis she never wore foundation. She just stuck with her SPF tinted moisturizer, a compact powder, some mascara and some lipstick for a more professional look. Adrienn kept her foundation and fancy eye makeup for more special occasions. A light layer of foundation and some eyeliner and she deemed herself ready for her night out with Bruce. Adrienn was clear with the little time that she could spend getting ready, after all Bruce had other plans for the rest of the night. After applying some mousse to her hair she blow dried it quickly and clipped on a tennis bracelet and slipped on small ring on her ring-finger.
"Sorry I took so long!" Adrienn apologized as she trotted down the stairs, trying to shove her phone and lipstick into the brown clutch bag. "I really tried to hurry."Adrienn apologized, getting into her heels. She straightened and huffed, smoothing out her dress.
"You look incredible." Bruce said standing up and walking over to Adrienn. She smiled at him, looking down at her pumps, her cheeks going slightly red. Bruce cupped her cheeks and slouched down a little to look at her. "You were never embarrassed before." He whispered a slight teasing tone in his voice.
"Nah Bruce, you're wrong." Adrienn laughed a little, placing a hand on his. "I've always been embarrassed I was just better at hiding it."
"I have something for you." Bruce smiled, stepping back a little and pulling out a sleek black box. He opened it and revealed a thin silver necklace with a small cross hanging from it. The cross had diamonds along it. Adrienn's eyes went wide seeing the piece of jewelry.
"Oh my God…" Adrienn softly traced her fingertips along the chain. She looked back up at Bruce who had a smug grin on his face. Adrienn knew that many people thought he looked very smug and just a playboy, but Adrienn thought it suited him. Everything from his sleeked back hair to the expensive suits that he usually wears just complimented everything. "It is gorgeous…" Adrienn muttered, turning around and lifting her hair up, allowing Bruce to clip the necklace around her neck. Once it was around her neck, Adrienn hurried over to a mirror to look at the gift she has gotten.
"It looks beautiful." Bruce complimented, putting his hands on her bare shoulders. Adrienn smiled, tracing her fingers along it once again. "Just like you are." Bruce smiled again, kissing her temple. Alfred walked out of the room he was staying in at Adrienn's apartment.
"You both look stunning." He smiled holding a camera. "We need more family photos!" Alfred said ushering the young couple over to the balcony. It was a beautiful view of the Gotham city skyline. Alfred lifted up the camera and snapped a few pictures of the young couple. They shared a kiss and just smiled, genuinely happy and not picking up any weird poses.
"Come on Alfred! Join in!" Adrienn laughed, rushing over to him in her heels. She set the camera's timer and placed it on the window sill, hoping that it would have all three of them in the picture. Adrienn dragged Alfred back to Bruce. He stood in the middle, hugging the two of them. All of them had a smile on their face as the camera flashed. Adrienn hurried over to the camera and saw the picture. "Oh my Lord, this is amazing!" Adrienn laughed showing the two of them the last picture.
"That should be a family photo." Bruce smiled, wrapping his arms around Adrienn.
"You two should head out now." Alfred smiled, ushering them out of the apartment. The young couple laughed as they went down to the elevator. Bruce held the door open for Adrienn and quickly got into the car as well.
Adrienn was looking forward to their dinner date. The two of them didn't have many dates and the ones they did have were usually no longer than an hour, but every minute was worth it to both Adrienn and Bruce. With Bruce's crazy driving they soon pulled up to the new Italian restaurant. The valet took the keys from, not being able to take his eyes of the car. Bruce helped Adrienn out of the car and held her hand, leading the way into the restaurant.
Bruce always walked to his table. He had a cloud of confidence around him in public. He didn't care what people thought of his attitude. He got what he wanted. Adrienn has teased him that this façade has gotten more believable recently and Bruce had an answer for her. It was because of Adrienn. He enjoyed being seen with her. It really did make him feel very proud.
"Good seats?"
"I've always loved your choice." Adrienn laughed, laying down her napkin on her lap.
They both went quiet and looked at the menu for a bit. Adrienn made her decision fairly quickly and looked over the menu at Bruce. He was still deep in thought, looking at the menu. She decided to play a little game which they used to a long time ago.
"Let me guess Brucey…" Adrienn began, leaning forward on her elbow, "Chicken parmesan?"
"Still Adri?" Bruce laughed, setting his menu to the side. This obviously brought back many memories for him as well. "Nope. Lasagna?"
"Nah, had that last time." Adrienn chuckled. She frowned, leaning forward, really trying to guess what he was in the mood for. "Ravioli?"
"Nope, but closer." Bruce laughed, leaning over as well. "Cotoletta Milanesa?"
"… Screw you." Adrienn laughed quietly. "Frutti di Mare?"
"That's right." Bruce grinned. Adrienn rolled her eyes. She always lost at this game, but she enjoyed it. "You always lose at this game." Bruce laughed, "Just admit it Adri… you love hearing my Italian accent."
"I am not gonna deny that. But I believe it was during the French assignment that I fell in love with all of your accents."
"Which one is your favorite?" Bruce asked, raising his eyebrows sounding very interested. Adrienn was caught off guard a little with that question of his. She definitely had to think about her answer. To her personally all of his accents sounded extremely sexy.
"Russian." Adrienn answered after a long pause. Before Bruce could reply a busty waitress walked over.
As per usual, when they went out all the women had their eyes on Bruce and tried their very hardest to impress him. Adrienn hated this and at first she really wanted to do some major damage control but the way Bruce handled things always made her happy and she really felt amazing. Tongith was no different. The busty waitress had her back to Adrienn and was directing all her questions to Bruce.
"Well, I think it is only polite if ladies go first…" Bruce said calmly, not looking up at the waitress. "Adrienn?"
"I'll take the Cotoletta Milanesa and water. Please." Adrienn added bitterly, giving the woman the nastiest glare she could master. Adrienn glanced at Bruce who quickly told her his order as well. The waitress walked off, swaying her hips more than she usually would.
"Adri calm down, don't shoot her." Bruce commented. His smile suddenly faded and he dropped his head quickly, covering his eyes with his hand. "Adri… please don't tell me you have a gun in the clutch." Bruce grumbled, finding the bread basket really interesting all of a sudden. Adrienn realized he wasn't joking. She began to panic as he mind began to race with thoughts about who could make Bruce feel like that. She didn't have to think for a long time.
"Bruce?" Rachel's voice sounded a little too near for Adrienn's liking. The young brunette looked up, not entirely believing her ears. Harvey Dent was behind her and a rather pissed of server waiting for them. Harvey was in a suit, but he looked out of place. He didn't fit in here. Neither did Rachel for that matter since all she was doing was gushing over Bruce. Adrienn leaned on the table, not feeling completely happy any more.
"Hi Rachel." Bruce attempted to sound as nice as possible, but his voice came out very forced. Adrienn was picking up that Bruce really wanted to spend some time alone with Adrienn. Rachel didn't seem to pick up on the signs however.
"Can we push these tables together?" Rachel asked, not even caring to look at Harvey. Bruce gave Adrienn an apologetic look. Adrienn shook her head slightly, but Rachel was already waving servers over. Bruce mouthed a quick sorry and tired to seem happy and not as disappointed. It wasn't working out too well. At this point, Adrienn forgot all about manners. She nodded bitterly at Harvey and decided to ignore Rachel, just like she ignored Adrienn.
"May I have a bottle of pinot grigio?" Adrienn asked waving over a server. "Make it quick."
It was obvious that the relationship between Rachel and Adrienn was very bad. Rachel never really grew up. She was stuck in her teenager years. That is exactly why Rachel has been ignoring Adrienn ever since her relationship with Bruce went exclusive. Even tonight all Rachel seemed to be concerned with was talking to Bruce about the most pointless things humanly imaginable.
"I'm sorry for ruining your date night…" Harvey leaned closer and apologized sincerely. Adrienn raised her eyebrows a bit shocked. From what she's read and heard about this man, he didn't exactly seem like the sincere type. He was very head strong and went after what he wanted. His intentions were good as well. He believed in justice.
"Sorry for ruining yours." Adrienn chuckled, pouring Harvey a glass of wine as well. The two of them began to talk about politics mainly and who he has managed to get behind bars. He was also very busy after everything that happened. Adrienn continued to drink wine and talk to him, when she realized her phone vibrating. She saw a text from Bruce.
I'm sorry about this… I know I should ask anything, but PLEASE save me!
-Bruce.
Adrienn looked up and saw that Bruce couldn't even get a word in. Rachel was in machine gun mode at this point, just babbling about anything that came to her mind. It was lucky that Bruce could fish his phone out of his pocket and quickly type away a message to Adrienn. He has mastred the skill of typing without looking at the phone during all those boring business meetings which he had to endure.
An idea struck Adrienn. A devilish smile appeared on her lips as she looked at Bruce. Adrienn turned to Rachel, deciding to finally pay attention to Rachel since Harvey has left the table.
"Rachel, how have you been?" Adrienn asked sweetly, leaning forward on the table. "Long time no see?"
Rachel turned to face Adrienn, not replying to her. Bruce looked at her thankful. He didn't know that her plan of torturing was just about to begin. Adrienn looked up and made sure that she was not going to freak out ten minutes later. Inching her foot forward, she lightly tapped her feet against Bruce. She looked at him and saw that he had a confused look in his eyes for a bit, before his expression turned back to normal. Adrienn continued his conversation with Rachel, all the while inching her foot forward and tapping his foot again. Bruce coughed lightly, leaning forward o n the table. Adrienn moved her foot up along his calf. He tensed up and tried to keep a straight face.
"That's interesting." Adrienn said to Rachel, not even knowing what she was on about. Adrienn was more concerned about torturing Bruce. Slipping out of her heels carefully, she moved closer and softly rubbed her foot against his inner thigh. Bruce choked on his drink. Adrienn decided to stop for now and Bruce gave her a pained look.
He didn't know that this torture was not going to end now…
-Well here is the new chapter. Not sure if I should keep drinking wine while I type stuff… ANYWAY. I need suggestion for nicknames that Bruce and Adrienn could use for each other? If anyone has anything good please tell me :)
*devi no kaze : Lol thank you for reviewing! You got the first review on the second part go you! It's late and I am sleepy, so a bit random. There will be more Adri/Bruce action ! :) Just bear with me! :) Hope you like it so far!
*WinterRain36 : I still love Alfred, he is pure awesome! And it isn't always him heehe. About Adrienn joining in on the fun… we'll have to wait and see! :') Thank you for following on with this part as well and for reviewing of course! Means a lot! :)
*MaisaLin : They will, they will! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reading and reviewing! :') Really means a lot!
*mandapanda505 : Yaay! I am glad, I am excited too! Hope you'll enjoy the second part, thank you for reading and reviewing! :)
*Mika927 : Hehe they'll figure something out with privacy. And yes there will be a good dose of the Joker here. I mean he is like the best bad guy out there! Hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reviewing! :)
*RebornRose1992 : Hehehe I don't know why I just imagine him to be so… no swearing you know? I think Miss Congeniality had an effect on me though… I blame that movie on Chandler Bing. Excuse my randomness… it is late and I am sleepy. xD
*highlander348 : We'll see, we'll see! Just bear with me! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you so much for reviewing! :)
*Foxy Roxey : Now that is a nice image, I would laugh my ass of though. I personally don't think Rachel would be a hard opponent. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reviewing! :)
kindleflame5 : Hehe, she is a tough cookie! More about her past will be revealed soon and yeah. It'll be obvious then. I've dropped a major hint in the previous part, in the chapter with her fears. I wonder if anyone's picked up on it :') Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reviewing!