So yeah... chapter 7. Yeah! Thanks to everyone who's followed, favorited, and/or read! You guys are awesome!
And another huge thank you to Warhawk'42 for reviewing! I actually never paid attention to the fact that Wally's kid was actually named Bartholomew. I always called him Barry(Whoops...) and I usually paid more attention to Iris, since she actually became Kid Flash, but yeah, thanks for that bit of info! Thanks again!
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Ch. 7.
3rd Person
Bart wakes up to a slight, quiet tapping on his window. A smile creeps onto his features and he quickly climbs out of bed, looks at the dark haired man, shoots a thumbs up, and runs as quietly as a two (and a half) year old could. Halfway down, he climbs back up to check on his dad. He often slept with an open door to hear anything that sounds dangerous or suspicious. Not that it'd make any difference, Wally slept like a rock. He smiles ruefully as he quietly closes the door. You could tie his dad behind a horse and drag him on asphalt, but he wouldn't wake.
He runs back down the steps and slowly approaches the door. He jumps as he feels a presence behind him. He whirls around, ready to face Wally's questioning, half asleep face. He's instead met with the black haired agent, a small smirk on his face. Bart breathes a sigh and wipes the invisible sweat from his forehead.
Dick laughs softly and puts a finger to his lips. He crouches down.
"You were taking forever so I opened the door myself." He looks up the stairs. "Is Wally asleep?"
"Do you needa ask?"
Dick smiles. "Good point. Am I the first?"
"Yeah."
A soft knock. Dick walks to the door, unlocks it and slowly opens it. Zatanna staggers in.
"Why so early?" She groans, glaring at Dick.
She doesn't wait for his answer and walks past him, eyes catching sight of Bart. She practically squealed. "Aww! He's so cute! Hey buddy, I'm Zatanna."
"Bart."
She looks back at Dick. "So, when do we get started?"
"When the others get here."
She walks into the kitchen with a nod. And walked right out. "Ugh. Wally. How does he live with his kitchen like that? Those dishes have to be from two weeks ago."
The dark haired man smirks. "That's Wally for you."
Zatanna just shakes her head.
A quiet rapping noise.
Zatanna, being closest to the door, jerks it open an is met with a drowsy M'gann, with a sleepy Gar in her arms, and an annoyed Conner. They all shuffle into the house and shut the door behind them. Gar yawns sleepily, stretches, and reburies his head into his mothers neck.
"Gar. Wake up!" She whispers.
"No."
"Bart's here."
At the mention of Bart's name, he sits up, all traces of fatigue gone. He squirm's out of M'gann's grasp and jumps down. The two friends grin excitedly at each other.
Dick leans over, looking down the hall. "Tim should have gotten back by now."
"He's here?"
"Yeah. Said he was going to the bathroom when I let myself in."
"Hi Bart." Bart spins around to see an alert and awake Tim.
Tim looks at Gar. "Hi. I'm Tim-"
"I'm Gar!" He interrupts excitedly.
Another knock. Bart runs up and opens the door and inch, peeks through (remembering his fathers threat of what would happen if he opened the door to anyone- especially at night) and opens the door to reveal a serious looking Kaldur.
"Hey Kaldur!" Bart said excitedly. Kaldur had taken Bart to an inside pool he ran this one time when no one else was able to babysit him. Bart adored water and he adored his wife, Raquel's cookies even more.
"Hello, Bart. I apologize, but Raquel was not able to make it here today-"
Bart's face fell slightly.
"But, she did give me these cookies to bring."
Bart, Gar and Tim all perked up at the mention of the cookies.
"They're so good, they could rival with Alfred's!" Exclaimed Tim.
Dick frowned. "No. No they couldn't." He sighs. "I taught you better then this. How many times do I need to tell you,nothing, absolutely nothing can rival with Alfred's cooking. Nothing."
Tim nodded in mock seriousness at his older brother's obsession with their butler's (But it was really more like grandfather's) cooking skills. "I never said they were better, Dick."
"Even Wally and I don't argue about food this much." Bart said, grinning.
"That's a lie. Wally? Not talking about food? Please." Dick snorts.
The next people don't bother to knock.
Roy walks in, more pissed than usual, (Which made the kids inch closer to M'gann and Zatanna) along with an equally annoyed Jade, with their five year old daughter, Lian, using her mother's hand as a prop to stay upright. As soon as they entered the house, she walked over to the couch and fell asleep, ignoring everyone and everything.
Roy glares at Dick. "Next time you plan a 'surprise birthday party' for you're BFF and insist on me coming along, keep in mind that I. Am. Not. A. Morning. Person."
Dick grins. "Neither is Wally, which is why 4:00 is perfect. Now come on," He says, pushing Roy towards the kitchen. "We have work to do."
Wally
I wake up to the sound of quiet voices, hushes laughter and the smell of pancakes. Scratch that. I woke up for, and only for, the smell of pancakes. I groan and turn over, staring at the ceiling for 15 minutes, before rolling back around and hitting my head loudly on the desk beside my bed.
3rd Person
Bam!
Everyone, who at the time had been talking (or playing) instantly looked up at the stairs, a hush had fallen over them.
Dick smiled wryly. "Well, looks like Wally's awake. Better hide. But use the bathroom first. I have no idea how long he'll take to actually get out of bed."
The three boys grinned excitedly at each other. It had been their idea to hide and yell 'Surprise', and the adults had agreed, though it had taken a great amount of the 'puppy dog pout' to convince Roy and Jade. The three combined was nearly not enough. It was finally when Dick had keeled down next to them and also showed his puppy eyes (Which they were sure were magic) had they relented, but it also resulted in Dick being pushed over by Roy.
They scampered to their hiding places.
Wally
I rubbed the spot on my head, hissing. My phone beeps and I sit up and look at the text from Iris.
Happy birthday honey! I'm sorry we couldn't be there, but we'll do something when we get back, okay? Say hi to Bart for us"
~Iris
I frown and blink. There it was. I squint. No, today isn't my birthday, tomorrow is. That's it. Mom finally lost it. I shake my head. Nope, not my birthday. Just out of pure curiosity I check the date on my phone. It was my birthday. November 11th. I sigh and flop back on the bed. Had I even told Bart when my birthday was? Probably not. I shrug. At least I don't have work. That's always a plus.
I lay there and stare at the ceiling for a good 15 minutes before I finally convince myself to get up. I pull on a pair of jeans, a yellow shirt and a gray hoodie.I grab a pair of socks and slip them on (Tripping twice in the process) and fall awkwardly out the door.
3rd person
The surprise guests winced at the numerous bangs, clangs, and other loud noises coming from upstairs.
"What is he doing up there-"BAM! Zatanna winced. "-teaching two year old's how to play drums?-"
"Hey!" Came the insulted whisper from Gar and Bart.
"-And failing miserably at it."
Dick sighed in amusement. "You get used to it."
Bart nodded.
Wally
I stood up, brushed the imaginary dust off me, and followed the smell of pancakes that I'm pretty sure shouldn't exist. I was just about convinced that I was hallucinating, when I saw a huge platter of pancakes, and other stuff on the table. I frown. Unless Bart had become a professional chef overnight, and grew at least a foot taller so he could actually read the stove, there was no way these should be here. As I walk clumsily down the stairs, I could have sworn I had felt the air pressure intensifying. Okay, West, you're not that crazy. As my foot touches the floor, 11 people jump out of nowhere and yell 'Surprise!' at me as loud as they could muster. I jump back and was positive their one and only motive was to give me a heart attack.
They all look at me expectantly.
I stare back at them.
Finally, Jade breaks the silence. "Okay, West. We didn't get up at 3:00 am and do all this crap for you, just to have you stare at us like an idiot."
I gap at her.
"Dude." Dick mutters from the side of his mouth. "You're not helping your 'You're an Idiot' case."
I clear my throat. Right. "...Thanks?"
Bart laughs and runs up to me and gives me a hug. "Happy birthday daddy!" I return the hug.
"Thanks, kiddo"
He nods at me. "What took you so long?"
I frown. "I didn't wake up that early. It's only..." I swing my head to the side, looking for the clock. "9:30."
"But we've been up since 3:00." Interrupts Gar.
"That suck, buddy."
M'gann laughs."Happy Birthday, Wally."
The air was then filled with a chorus of 'Happy birthdays' and a punch in the shoulder from Roy.
"Can we eat now. I'm starving and Raquel made her cookies." Bart asked impatiently.
I instantly perk up. "Her cookies? Dude, those things are almost as good as Alfred's!"
"Ahem."
I turn to see a annoyed Dick with his fist covering most of his mouth, pouting about how his beloved butler was actually being compared with someone else, and a grinning Tim down below.
Well, God forbid that.
"What I meant to say..." I look at Dick. "... Was that her cookies are very delicious. No one could even begin to compare to Alfred, in any compartment."
"Thank you." Dick says smoothly.
Bart jumps up and down. "Can we eat now? Please?"
"Sure, kiddo. Let's eat the pancakes that have to suffice for the lack of the Alfred-made-pancakes."
"Presents!" the three boys announce gleefully.
They drag us all to the couch, and Lian finally seemed to notice someone other than her parents. "I want to give mine first." She said.
Roy raised an eyebrow, daring anyone to protest.
She walked over to me, and hands me a green bag with blue tissue paper. "Open it! She demands.
I nod obediently and open it. I slowly pull out a (surprisingly realistic) painting of... A cheetah?
"You like going fast." She clarifies.
Ah. "Thanks so much, Lain."
She smiles in satisfaction. And goes back to sitting down and ignoring everyone except for me, since I was the one opening the presents.
Tim, Gar, and Bart were next. "We made it together!" They announce.
I stare at them, confused. I'm pretty sure Gar hadn't met Tim until today-
Dick leaned over. "They made it today." He muttered in my ear.
I raise an eyebrow, but open it, and see a drawing of what was supposedly all of us. I was the one in red, and Dick, blue, but the rest I had to depend on the arrows that had the respective names written on it with Zatanna's handwriting.
"Thank's guys. I'll hang it up on my wall-and your's to, Lian." I say, looking at Lian's facial expression.
I got a swim membership from Kaldur(I had been talking to him about getting one for years), a 'How to Cook for Dummies' and a bottle of Windex from Zatanna.
"Gee, thanks, Zee."
She smiled sweetly at me. "No problem, Walls."
Money from Roy and Jade (because both suck at getting gifts but won't admit it).
From M'gann and Conner a lab top, (probably because M'gann had accidentally spilled coffee on my old one and I hadn't gotten a new one, not that I'm complaining, this thing costs way too much.)
And finally from Dick... A photo album.
I flip through the pages.
"Hey...This happened in your house."
He smiled slightly. "Security cameras."
"This one's from the park."
"Hacked in surveillance cameras."
"This is... Wait. This is in my house."
He shrugs lightly. "Implanted security cameras. Don't bother looking for them. You won't find them."
I gap at him and turn the page. It was from work.
"Let me guess, more hacked in security cameras?"
"Yeah."
"Are all these from hacked in cameras?"
"Pretty much."
"Do you have any idea how stalkerish this sounds?"
"At least I didn't physically take them."
"Point taken."
"Thank you guys, seriously."
"What? Did you think we'd forget?" Conner asks.
"Maybe?"
"I'm ashamed of you Wally. To think that your... BFF-" He looks pointedly at Roy. "Would forget your birthday?" Dick shakes his head.
I look at him? "BFF."
"Nothing."
I smirk lightly and look down at Bart who was tugging at my arm.
"Let's play outside guys!" He demands.
Shrugging'Why not?', we all go outside where it was snowing. Just as I was closing the door Dick asked me,
"Is it unlocked or are we going stand here for over an hour?"
I look at him weirdly. "How...?"
"The Bat. Just blame the Bat. We do it for everything else."
I grin and as I turn get hit with a snowball right in the face. I look at Roy's smirking features and frown. Oh no. This is war.
We run down the steps and attack, laughing the entire time.
Dick jumps out of harms way nearly every time, while I was left to the mercy of Roy, Jade, Lian, Zatanna and M'gann.
"Come on, daddy, lets show them!" Bart laughs, running ahead, pelting snowballs at the whole opposite team(Except M'gann, he still had that crush on her.)
I laugh and shake my head as 'my' team, Dick, Bart, Gar, Tim, Conner, Kaldur and I launched a counter attack. An unfair one, since we had seven, and they had five, but their loss our gain.
I let another grin slide on my face. Today had turned out perfect.
A/N: Chapter 7, this took me forever, but, hey, it's done! Sorry if Zatanna and the others where slight OCC... but oh well. This was a fun chapter to write, so hope you're as happy with it as I am. Please tell me what what you guys think!
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