6th Chapter is now up

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The plot line is Stephanie returning to Gotham with a surprise for the Wayne family.

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She had kept the phone hidden from the others and Bruce, well she had no choice for if she told them they, well meaning Bruce would take the phone and maybe silently threaten Jason to leave them alone but Stephanie could see that Todd wanted to speak to his daddy and she wanted to let him however the others were always around which made things so difficult for her and Todd. She swore that Bruce made sure to have someone around her, raising the cup to her lips, she placed it back down and brought her knee's to her chest with a sigh.

What could she do?

"Stephanie?"

Looking up, she saw Dick by the door so she nodded to him and the man walked in with a smile. He held out his hand and she looked down, there was a letter in his right hand and she wondered why he was giving it to her, Stephanie hoped it wasnt an invite to a ball.

She hated them.

"Its address to you"he said.

"Me?"she asked.

"Yeah, your Stephanie Brown right"Dick replied with a smile.

Taking the letter, she carefully opened it and pulled the piece of paper out. Dick stood by her and read quietly to himself. It was a normal letter from the deliver company she had used to transport hers and Todd's stuff, they were asking her to come down to their base shop in Gotham for they had missed placed one of her items which was a glass rose.

"People these days, you should go and collect it"Dick suggested

Stephanie nodded as she watched him leave then she looked back to the letter, she never had a glass rose in her life so she scanned the letter when she finally noticed the stamp. Peering down closer, she noticed in the middle of it was a tiny red hood, this made her smile so she folded the letter and placed it into her pocket.

Moving out of the room, she ran to the kitchen and smiled as Todd was helping Alfred out in the kitchen but stopped when he saw his mommy.

"Mommy?"he asked.

"We need to go pick something up, the delivery company missed one thing"Stephanie said.

Todd turned to Alfred who nodded, the small ran off to get his coat and left the two adults alone.

"I will hold them off for as long as I can Stephanie"he said.

"Thank you so much"she replied

With her coat now on, Stephanie and Todd set off out of the manor and towards the town. Knowing it was safe now, she explained to her son that the company had not missed anything but his daddy trying to contact them and hearing this made Todd smile.

"Will I meet him?"he asked.

"I dont know, Im not sure what is going to happen when we reach the place"she replied.

Todd nodded as he turned to look in front of him, she was right to tell him the truth, hell she didnt know what was going to happened. Would Jason be there or would he not, would it be someone else maybe Starfire, Roy. Stephanie hoped it would be someone she knew and not a random person.
After a long walk, they had made in to the place, it was very busy and now she wondered what was next then Todd tugged at her hand.

"What is it?"she asked.

"Why is that man waving to us"Todd replied.

When they had arrived and his mommy was looking, he noticed a man was waving to him, he didnt understand so he told his mommy and once he saw her smile, he knew that this man was ok. Stephanie couldnt help but smile so she picked up Todd and walked over to the man, it wasnt the person she was hoping for but it was the next person she had hoped for.

"Roy"she said.

"Uncle R?"Todd piped in looking at his mommy who nodded and this made him smile.

The small boy struggled out of her arms and jumped to Roy, he was quick so he caught the boy and smiled at him. Todd was a mini Jason, he placed the boy onto his shoulders and looked to Stephanie. She smile as her son was happy, however she did wondered why Roy had asked for her to come down so she asked him and he replied that maybe they should take a walk to the park.

"Yay"Todd said.

It had been a quiet walk between Roy and Stephanie for the man had listened to Todd telling him about how much he liked Red Hod and how he wanted to be like the guy, this made him smile and turn to Stephanie looking for an answer but she shook her head while he nodded. They had made it to the park and Todd was placed down so he ran off into the field of snow.

"He doesnt know that his dad is Red Hood"he said.

"No, all ive told him is Jason was a part of the bat family. I want to but its hard with Bruce around now"she replied as she sat down.

The two took a seat down on the bench, both of them watched as Todd ran around with a big smile on his face. Stephanie didnt want to wait so she asked Roy why he asked her to come down and meet him, he explained to her that he wanted to meet Todd, this made her smile.

"After hearing the message Todd left Jason, we all just wanted to meet him but he knew that Bruce would have tabs on Todd and him so he wanted one of us to meet him first. Being his best friend, I was the first choice"he said.

"I bet Starfire didnt like that"Stephanie replied with a smile.

"No she didnt but you know she will turn up soon, the mention of being an aunty has brought more joy into her life"

She nodded then looked up to see where Todd had moved and what she saw made her grin so she tapped Roy on the shoulder and pointed, looking over, he couldnt help but groan while she laughed. Indeed Stafire had followed them and the red head was talking to Todd while the small boy was pulling her over to them.

"Mommy, Mommy aunty S"he said trying to catch his breath.

"I know sweety, Starfire so glad to see you again"Stephanie replied.

"I couldnt stay away"she replied with a big smile.

"We knew you wouldnt Star thats why I left it with you"Roy answered.

Stephanie didnt understand but she watched as Roy picked up Todd and the he ran off into the field, swinging the boy around. Her son looked so happy and the decision to bring him to Gotham and return herself was a good idea, Starfire sat down next to her and pulled a box out of her bag then handed it to her, she looked at the red head but all she got was a smile so she untied the box slowly.

Her hand flew to her mouth as she stare at the item in the box.

It was a beautiful Glass rose, the item she was suppose to pick up.

Seeing a card, she picked it up, all it read was Jason with a X. This brought tears to her eyes and then Stephanie felt two strong arms wrap around her, she moved her head into Starfire's shoulder. The alien women whispered soft words to her friend, Todd was running in the snow away from his uncle but stopped when he saw his mommy crying, he was about to go over when his uncle's voice reached his ears.

"Leave her with aunty S"he said.

"Why is she so sad?"Todd asked as he looked down, a frown set on his face.

Roy smile sadly as he walked over to the boy, he crouched down next to him. Todd was so much like his father, he placed a hand on the boy's shoulder and was greeted by the frowning face.

"She just misses your dad so much, Jason has been lost without her"

"Then why cant we be a family"Todd whispered.

Todd gripped his fists and soon the tears began to flow down his cheeks, he hated it all, he wanted to have a big happy family but he couldnt see his daddy and his mommy was always sad.

"ITS NOT FAIR!"

Roy was taken back from the out burst and frowned, he was about to pick up the crying boy but Todd ran straight to his mommy who picked him up and the two cried together. He walked over to Starfire and she looked at him with sad eyes, they had to tell Jason what happened no matter what, he would not be happy when he heard.

The separation was killing the three.

Stephanie wiped her face and looked at the two, she picked up the box and told them she had to go. Roy nodded and hugged her as did Stafire, Todd said goodbye to them quietly. They watched the mother and son go and turned to each other, Starfire was angry so she hit the bench, making it snap in half luckily no one was around to see that.

"Starfire"he said soflty.

"Its not fair, he's keeping a good family apart"she said.

"I know but what can we do, Batman will do anything to keep them away from Jason"Roy answered.

"Jason will do whatever it takes as well"Starfire replied.

"I know"

Taking her hand, Roy gently tugged her back towards their home. Once they arrived, Jason was sitting on a chair stitching his arm, Starfire ran to his side and began to ask what had happened. He told them during a thug beat down, Batman and night wing decided to join the fight, smiling he turned to them and asked how the meeting went.

"She loves your gift"Starfire said with a frown.

"Then why are you both frowning?"he asked.

"They are hurting real bad for you Jason, Todd wants you all to be a family and Stephanie misses you loads"Roy answered as he took a seat next to his friend.

Jason frowned as he looked down, he was hurting as well but hearing that his son and the love of his life was hurting as well make his hurt more painful so he stood up with his hands gripped into fists. Roy and Starfire stood by his side, they would be there always for them and it made a small smile appear on his face then a bigger one replaced it.

"I have a plan"he said.

Stephanie had returned to the manor but ran straight to her room with Todd, the others looked on worried, Bruce stood up to go check as did Dick and Damien but Alfred told them he would see to her. Already in his hand was a tea and a glass of orange, Bruce and the other two sat back down. He knew he had to ask Alfred what he knew but Bruce knew the butler wouldnt spill the info.

Knocking on the door, he heard Stephanie tell them to go away but he opened the door.

"I said.. oh Alfred im sorry I didnt know it was you"she said as she wiped her eyes.

"I made a tea and ive got you favourite Todd"

He handed the drinks to them and sat in the chair, Alfred had seen the box and the rose, turning to Stephanie he could see she was looking at it with longing eyes and Todd looked like he was about to scream.

"You miss him"

"I do Alfred so much"she replied.

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