Sorry again for the long wait! By the way, this story is actually coming to a close...in about 5 chapters, maybe less? Idk yet.

Enjoy!

Weeks flew by quickly, and everyday was just as boring and uneventful as the previous one. Rose still avoided Jane's pokes during class and pleading looks, Anna and her little group of friends constantly tried to pry into her relationship with Damian, which only made the two stay closer to one another than before.

They still hadn't had any news on the mysterious group of people who burned her home, but Bruce said he had an idea on who could've been behind it, though he told her they couldn't be sure till they tried to attack again.

And before Rose knew it, it was the day before her birthday; she was excited for it this year, as she knew that the Wayne family would do something nice, though she wasn't expecting or going to ask for a gala. For her previous birthdays they never did much, in fact, Rose remembered for her 11th they didn't do anything, mostly because they were all afraid of how Katrina would react, but now she wasn't here anymore, Rose wasn't scared anymore.

As they were in the car drive home from school, Rose turned to Damian; she couldn't keep it in any longer.

"Damian, are we doing anything for my birthday tomorrow?" Rose almost laughed at how bratty she sounded, but knew her big eyes made up for it.

Damian frowned and put a finger to his chin. "It's your birthday tomorrow?"

Rose's jaw dropped but Damian laughed. "Ha! That was priceless; you should've seen the look on your face!"

She rolled her eyes and hit up behind the head.

"Of course we're doing something tomorrow, Rose," he flicked her ear, something he had a habit of doing.

Rose stared out the window to hide the wide smile that had creeped onto her face.

...

"Hush, Drake! You'll wake her up!"

"Well, isn't that the point? I mean, she won't be able to celebrate her birthday if she-

"Why are you still talking?"

"Why are you still breathing?"

"Enough, boys! Have you made sure we've got everything, Alfred?"

"I triple checked, sir."

"Grayson! Make sure the flash is off!"

Rose smiled into her pillow but quickly put a straight face on, turning around slowly to face the faces of 5 men standing there, all with party hats on, presents in their hands and smiles on their faces.

"Happy birthday!" They all yelled at her, and there was a violent flash from her right.

"Grayson, I thought I told you to switch the flash off!" Damian shouted at him.

"Sorry! Sorry! Barbara never told me how to function this thing properly..." Dick replied, giving Rose a sheepish look, but she couldn't stop grinning like a child.

"Um, thank you, you didn't have to-

"Yes we did, Damian would've chopped our heads off if we didn't," Tim rolled his eyes and Rose laughed.

"Actually, Drake I would've just chopped your head off, with immense pleasure," Damian retorted.

"Here are your presents! Open mine first!" Dick said, handing her a neatly wrapped box, the tab attached to it had a poorly drawn rose on it and a smiley face next to it.

She laughed and opened it slowly to reveal a pack of 6 CD's of her favourite bands. She smiled with joy.

"Thank you Dick!"

"S'alright, Damian helped me out though, you know, with which bands you like," he shrugged and she smiled at Damian who was refusing to make any eye contact with her.

"Mine next!" Tim gave her a small envelope and inside was a $100 gift voucher at any clothes store of her choice.

She smiled. "Thank you Tim, I've been needed to get more clothes recently."

Tim smiled back and Bruce handed her his present, which was a home spa collection, Alfred gave her a pack of classic books and then everyone turned to Damian. He was just standing there with his arms crossed.

"I'm going to give her my present in private," he told his family and they all smiled in that kind of way grandparents smile at their grandchildren.

Tim snickered and Dick hit him on the head.

"Come on, let the girl change so she can have her birthday breakfast," Bruce clapped his hands and they started to leave the room.

"Oh and Miss Jacobs? Your sister will be here in the evening when we cut your cake, she asked me to inform you so that you wouldn't think she'd forgotten," Alfred told her and she nodded.

...

During the day, they all played party games, such as Twister and Uno, everyone was made to wear a party hat, which Damian was forced into, his only argument was that it was 'Rose's birthday'. All the games ended up with someone cheating and the lot of them rolling around with laughter. Rose had never had this much fun on her birthday before and savoured every moment of it.

After lunch, Barbara, Stephanie and a tall, pretty brunette arrived, Rose vaguely remembered her from her father's funeral. As they all said their hellos Bruce went over and greeted her with a small kiss, Rose raised her eyebrows and turned to face a fuming Damian, she gave him a confused look.

"She is my father's fiancée," Damian basically spat out the word and Rose looked over to the both of them again, spotting a shiny ring on the woman's left hand.

Bruce pulled her over to Rose quickly. "Selina, this is Damian's very close friend, Rose, it's her birthday we're celebrating today," he said to her, and Selina smiled at Rose.

"It's nice to finally meet you, Bruce has said a lot about you," she put her hand out and Rose shook it shyly.

"You've got lovely hair," she said, toying with a random curly in her hair.

Rose blushed. "Thank you."

Selina was tall, her eyes were bright and her smile makes you want to shrivel up and die in a whole because of how perfect it was. Rose was intimidated by just standing by her.

"Happy birthday, I wasn't sure what you like, but I tried," she laughed and got out a small box from her pocket.

Rose smiled in thanks and opened it to see two necklaces; one of them had a silver tie on it, the other a shiny, miniature violin.

"They're lovely, thank you," she said.

Damian peeked over her shoulder to see and frowned at them, glaring at Selina.

"Rose! Look we Barbara and I got you!" Stephanie yelled over to her.

She ran over to her and showed her a leaflet and Barbara had what looked like a dress that had just come from the laundry in her lap.

"You two come with me," Stephanie said, dragging both Rose and Damian way from the others with a smile on her face.

"Brown, what are you doing-

"Hush and listen, okay so our present to you is a dinner for two tonight down in the new restaurant in town, and I got you a dress to wear," Stephanie hugged her tight. "Happy birthday!"

Rose hugged her back and smiled, pulling away. Damian was looking at the leaflet and he smiled to himself, obviously thinking no-one would spot it.

...

Lily finally arrived, with bags full of new clothes for Rose. She hugged her sister and smiled widely up at her.

"Thank you, Lily. You know you didn't have to get me anything, in fact, I was expecting you to come empty handed," she told her as they walked to the kitchen to cut Rose's cake.

"It's not everyday my little sister turns 15," she replied and Rose rolled her eyes, knowing what was coming next.

"I can't believe your 15! You're growing up so fast! Next minute you'll be off married and having kids and I'll be an old aunt, knitting in my chair," Lily said, her over-dramatic actress side showing.

"Lily, you're only 7 years older than me," Rose said, shaking her head.

She continued to wail, and Rose laughed. They finally reached the kitchen and everyone was standing there, party hats on, cake on the table a camera on the ready and smiles on everyone's face. Dick quickly yanked a party hat onto Lily's head and put them both in the middle of the group.

"Smile for the camera!" He yelled.

"Cheese!" Everyone said in unison.

The camera flashed and Rose laughed, then Alfred handed her a knife to cut the cake with.

"Alright everyone! 1, 2 3-

Everyone burst into the happy birthday song after Bruce's count in and Rose stood there, blushing widely and looking downwards. She never knew what to do when people sang to her, should she laugh or join in?

Lily clapped and Bruce patted her shoulder.

"Make a wish before you cut the cake!" Tim reminded her.

She nodded and closed her eyes.

I wish that everyday will be as joyful as this one has been.

She opened them and blew her candles out whilst everyone clapped around her.

The rest of the evening consisted of everyone eating at least 2 or 3 pieces of cake, which was wonderfully made by Alfred, and most of the room was filled with laughter and people chatting away. Rose didn't engage herself in much conversation; she would rather sit back and take in everything.

When everyone had finished, Stephanie ushered Rose out of the room and up the stairs to her room.

"Okay, put the dress on, I'll do your hair; the car will be here soon!" She handed her the dress and Rose ran into the bathroom.

The dress was a iris colour, one that suited with her light skin tone very well, it was strapless, had a silver belt and flowed to just above her knees. Rose loved it.

She thanked Stephanie but the older girl only hushed her and told her to let her hair down. She did as she was told and Stephanie sprayed and curled and twisted her hair until it was half up, half down and her curls went past her shoulders in waves. She only put on a light spot of foundation, and a bit of mascara, and when Rose looked in the mirror she thought her eyes shone a tad brighter than their usual dull colour. Stephanie handed her a pair of cute black pumps to finish it off.

"You look gorgeous," Stephanie gushed, her hand on her heart. "Aren't I amazing?"

Rose giggled. "Yes, you are Steph."

She grabbed her hand and pulled Rose down the stairs, Bruce took a picture of her and she blushed as Selina complimented her over and over. She was honoured, but the attention was making her skin crawl.

"Alright, stop gawking at her, she's not a zoo animal, her date is waiting for her in the car," Tim shouted and she laughed.

She waved everyone off and walked to the car, opening it to see Damian sitting there, his elbow on the door handle and his hand on his chin, looking out the window. He turned to her and didn't speak for a moment. Rose smirked as she sat next to him.

"Hm, it seems I have made Damian Wayne speechless, I think I need a medal," she put a finger to her chin and laughed.

Damian replied with a sudden yet soft kiss on her lips. "Happy birthday," he said and kissed her cheek before leaning back on his seat again.

She stared at him, wide eyed and this time he laughed.

"It seems I have made Rose Jacobs speechless, I don't need a medal, I already have her," he intertwined their hands and her stomach fluttered.

They didn't talk much during the car drive, talking didn't seem necessary; the atmosphere was calm and comfortable.

Finally the car stopped outside a rather expensive looking restaurant and he helped her out, hand in hand they walked in and sat opposite each other on a table the waiter took them too. They were given menus and both of them looked for something they'd like.

After a short silence, he spoke up. "Seen anything you'd want yet?"

She nodded. "I think I'm going to have their tuna pasta, you?"

"I like the sound of their steak," he turned around and motioned for a nearby waiter to come to them.

He told him what they wanted and their drinks and the two sat in silence as their meal was prepared. Rose fiddled with her fingers. She was trying to think of what Damian had gotten her, he hadn't asked her what she wanted, and nothing he said ever gave away a single hint to what it was, she supposed she'd just have to wait and see.

"Did you have fun today?" He asked her, leaned forwards slightly.

She looked and smiled. "Yes, definitely, I've never had a birthday this packed with surprises before," she confessed to him.

He frowned. "What have they been like?"

Rose sighed. "There weren't much like anything, Lily tried to buy a cake for one or two of them, but my mother always seemed to sniff them out, and she hated us celebrating our birthdays, or rather, Her Rose and Lily's birthdays," she shrugged. "For most of them we never did anything."

He nodded and looked to the table. "Well, as long as Grayson is alive, your birthdays will only get louder," he smiled and she laughed.

"When's your birthday?" She asked him, she didn't think she'd ever asked him that before.

"20th of January," he replied.

"I'm older than you!" She said, laughing and pointing at him in a childish way.

Damian tutted but she saw the smile on his face. "My mind is older though, I'm cleverer than you," he said.

Rose gasped and crossed her arms. "Yeah right!"

"It's true," he smirked.

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because I am the son of Bruce Wayne," he said, his chin pointed outwards.

Rose threw her head back in laughter, she knew he was only taking the mick, but it still made her laugh.

"Well, I'm the son of Adam Jacobs!"

"My father is a billionaire."

"Mine was a scientist!"

"My father can get people kissing his feet with just a wink of his eye."

"Mine saved peoples lives!"

He laughed. "So does mine!"

She laughed too, at him, at herself, at the people staring at them and at the argument they just had.

Finally, their food came, and they both dug in. Her pasta was delicious, and by the way Damian was eating his steak, his food looked as if it tasted great too.

After they had eaten, Rose wiped her hands on a tissue and Damian cleared his throat, getting out two little velvet boxes from his blazer pockets.

He handed them over to her and smiled sheepishly. "They're your presents."

Smiling at him, she picked the smaller one up first and opened it slowly, marvelled by what was in it. There was a pair of round, shiny, diamond earrings there, that seemed to glitter in the light of the restaurant. She could only imagine how much they cost.

"Damian, they're beautiful!" She breathed out.

"Brown helped me pick them out, I was going to get you a 50 GB USB drive, with all these super features, but she said you'd like this more," he told her in a serious tone, "I don't know what she's talking about. I'd do anything to have that USB."

Rose stared at him and laughed. She put the earrings on and he leaned his head onto his palm, smiling at her warmly.

"Did I tell you look beau...beau...more than pretty tonight?"

Rose smiled and shook her head. "I don't think you did."

"Well, you do."

She bit her lip. "Thank you." Rose put the now empty box down and picked up the other one.

"This one I personally picked out," he told her, and she thought he saw his cheeks redden slightly.

Rose opened it and smiled, it was a silver bracelet, with two letters hanging off one edge: D.W It was adorable, and Rose knew it wasn't something Damian would get for just anyone. She put it on her wrist straight away and smiled at him.

"I love it, thank you."

He blushed even darker. "I have one too..." He got out a bracelet, but it wasn't made out of silver like hers. "I got it made out of string, silver is for women," he chuckled and Rose rolled her eyes. Her initials were hanging off it, the letters R.J made out of fabric.

He put his on and she leaned forward to kiss his red cheek.

"Damian, thank you for the best birthday ever," she smiled and brushed her nose with his.

"Any time..." he said, his eyes on he lips and they shared a gentle kiss.

As they sat in the car on the way back to the manor, she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, letting sleep envelope her.

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Aw I loved this chapter. :D