Chpt.4

Lizzy24Sarah1 wrote in her review if i could write a chapter where Damian tries to teach Livy how to draw. This chapter is for you, Lizzy24Sarah1! :)

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~Laces

Livy blew some of the hair out of her face as she stared at the empty page in her sketch book. She liked drawling, but it had been awhile and now that she wanted to start again, she found it difficult to find inspiration.

So there she sat in the quiet café in Gotham, staring at a blank page, trying to figure out what she wanted to draw.

Damian. His name just flashed through her mind. Damian was a much better artist than she was. His pictures were always so accurate with strong smooth lines and interesting angles.

Just then she felt a pair of arms wrap around her chest and a chin was resting on her shoulder.

Livy was about to turn around and punch whoever the jerk feeling her up was, but then stopped when she recognized the smell. That was the smell of Damian.

"Hope I didn't startle you." He whispered with a small smirk.

"You're lucky I recognized you, or I would've punched you in the face." Livy grunted, but then turned her head to kiss the boy on the cheek.

"I would have easily blocked you." Damian shrugged, but returned the kiss, then sat across from Livy. "So, what are you doing?"

"Trying to figure out how you draw." Livy informed in a quiet voice and Damian looked at her a bit shocked.

"How I draw?"

"Mhmm." Livy nodded. "It's just… you draw so nice. I don't know how you do it." Damian smiled happily.

"I'll help you if you want. For warning, I am not an art teacher, but I will give you a few pointers here or there if you want."

Livy was slightly apprehensive. Drawing was something personal, and she was worried what Damian would think if it was horrible. However, she slowly nodded her head, and Damian pulled up his chair next to hers.

"Alright, so, what do you want to draw?" he inquired. Livy quickly thought of the first thing that came to mind.

"the mug of tea." She informed, pointing to the object in front of her.

"Alright, start of how you usually would." Damian stated, and Livy did so, letting her pencil outline the shape of the mug on the paper.

"You're pressing too hard."

"Huh?" Livy inquired.

"You are pressing the pencil too hard on the paper. You need to light up a bit." He informed as he moved his hand over Livy's and relaxed her hand.

Damian continued to give her several pointers here and there until Livy was done with the mug. It was definitely one of her better pictures.

"Thanks, Damian." She smiled sweetly at him and Damian gave a small smile back.

"Anytime, Livy." He said as he leaned in closer to her. "I look forward to what else you will draw." He whispered, then lightly kissed her on the cheek.

Livy's cheeks flushed and Damian chuckled.

"Colin and I were planning on seeing a movie today. Would you like to join us?" he inquired and Livy nodded.

"That'd be great."

After that day, Livy tried to draw at least one picture a day and she tried to remember what Damian had taught her.

She made beautiful sketches in her book, however if anyone asked her what her favorite creation was, she would say it was of a mug of tea at a café.