The next morning she zetaed to Gotham and an aging man driving a limo who introduced himself as Alfred picked her up. He was very nice and she liked him from the start. As they drove he explained that he was Bruce Wayne's butler and that she would be spending the weekend at Wayne manor.

It came as a bit of a surprise, but Bruce Wayne was one of the few possibilities she had come up with for Batman's secret identity, so she wasn't caught completely off guard.

Robin, in civilian clothes and without his mask, greeted her at the front door. He gestured to her one small bag. "That all you brought?"

She shrugged. "I don't exactly have a lot of surface stuff."

For a split second something like a frown shadowed his features. Then he took her bag from her despite her protests and led the way inside. They were ambushed by a young boy the second they passed through the doors.

"Hi! Are you my brother's girlfriend? 'Cus he really likes you. You are Ruby, right?"

She bent down to his level, not noticing Robin's blush. "Yes, I'm Ruby. Are you Jason? And no, I'm not your brother's girlfriend."

"Yeah. I'm Jason. Jason Todd."

"It's nice to meet you, Jason."

Robin was shocked to see Ruby give his little brother a genuine smile. She had spent the previous day holding back tears.

He hated to interrupt, but... "Come on. I need to show you your room."

Jason looked up at him. "Is she going to live with us?"

He ruffled the younger boy's hair. "Just for this weekend."

He hefted Ruby's bag onto his shoulder and led the way upstairs. They passed Jason's room and one that she assumed was Robin's. It said Richard Grayson on the door, so she wasn't sure.

Robin stopped and opened a small door at the end of the hall. Behind it was a room painted light blue with gauzy white curtains on the bay windows. The carpet was a light tan, and there were seashells painted in various spots. All in all, it was an environment reminiscent of the underwater world she came from.

She stepped inside. "It's beautiful."

Robin couldn't help but smile at the look of awe and delight on her face. "Knew you'd like it. Bruce had it painted yesterday. I helped pick out the decorations. And squirt here," he pointed to Jason, "Picked where to put the seashells."

"Thank you. It's amazing."

"You're welcome," Bruce said from the doorway. "Richard, I want you to remember that you and Jason are supposed to spend at least an hour training today. You can show Ruby around if you'd like. Ruby, you're welcome to train with them, or, if you don't want to do that, there's plenty of other stuff to do around the Manor."

"That's alright. Training sounds nice."

He nodded. "There's a board meeting in half an hour, so I have to leave. You all behave and I'll see you at dinner."
Bruce left and Jason pulled Robin, Richard, aside.

He he gestured furtively to Ruby. "How much does she know?"

Dick put a hand on the younger boy's shoulder. "I know her from my team. She is well aware of our 'extra curricular activities.'"

Jason looked up at him. "So it's okay to talk around her?"

"Yeah. It's fine."

Ruby looked up from unpacking. "You guys know I can hear you, right? I'm not deaf. Next time, Jason, take the person you want to talk to out in the hall and lower your voice."

Jason stuck out his tongue but made a mental note of that.

Ruby snorted and finished what she was doing. "What do you two want to do now?" Ruby asked.

Robin shrugged. "I was kinda thinking that we'd just get training out of the way first. No, Jason, you don't have a say in this. If you did we'd never train."

"But training's boring!" he whined.

Ruby shook her head. "Come on, I'll show you some new tricks."