In this story Damian's about 16-17, he's in high school so you can pick. This if for Marmite Jones (sorry couldn't use Kara don't know anything about her).

Damian wasn't sure how to handle this situation. Her smile was beautiful, her eyes shined like stars. Her lips were glossy pink and formed word in a voice like honey. Yes, Damian Wayne had a crush.

Kate was a little less than six months younger than him but only made it to his shoulder in height. Her hair was a shimmering honey comb gold. Everything about her was brilliant, including her mind. Never had Damian meet a girl who was so damn cleaver.

"Damian? Were you even listening?" Damian shook his head.

"Umm, sorry. What was that?"

"I asked if you were coming to the formal."

"Oh, I don't know yet. Not sure it's my kind of thing."

"Oh." Kate's voice held a little disappointment.

"Do you want to go?"

"Yeah, but it's no fun on your own." She let out a sigh. You didn't need to be the world's greatest detective to work out what she wanted.

"Want to go with me?" Damian blushed, tho if asked he would insist he had not. Kate waited, thinking a little. She didn't want to look to eager.

"Yes." Her smile beamed brighter than before and Damian found himself lost in her deep green eyes. He liked green eyes.

"Damian what are you doing?" Bruce was surprised to find his youngest flipping through a 'Formal Men' magazine.

"School formal is coming up."

"And you're going?" his father raised his eye brow; he hadn't expected his son to attend.

"Yes, I asked Kate to go with me. She didn't want to go alone." Oh so that it, Bruce smiled. There was a girl involved.

"And Kate is?"

"A girl from school." Damian continued to flip through the magazine without looking up at his father.

"You've never mentioned her before."

"Father there's a lot I don't tell you when it comes to my privet life. Tho you being you I'm surprised you haven't done a back-ground check on all my friends." There was no emotion in his voice. Bruce wasn't sure what to think. Did his son really think he trusted him that little? Damian burst out laughing, something he was doing a lot more of as time went by.

"I'm joking Father." Bruce inwardly sighs of relief.

"Right."

"I think I'm going need to ask Alfred for help with this tho." Bruce flinched a little. I'm not worth asking?

"When it comes to formal things I have quite a bit of knowledge." Bruce stated looking down at Damian.

"Yes, but Alfred still dresses you." Bruce froze, that was true.

"Look if I ever need help sweeping brainless twips off their feet, you're the first person I'll call on." He paused.

"With Grayson coming in a close second." He nodded his head and jumped to his feet.

"Only if their red heads." Bruce enjoyed that he and his son could so easily joke with each other. It had taken quite a long time to get to this point, but Bruce had decided the very first time his son honestly laughed at his joke it was all worth it.

"Okay how about the three of us head into the city to find my suit?" Bruce nodded.

"You planning on telling Dick?"

"Grayson will not find out about this." Bruce looked at his son and raised one eye brow.

"Father, can you just imagine how he would acted! He'd have Kate running for the hills without even meeting her." He chuckled at the thought, Damian was right, Dick did get way to excited when ever Damian participated in something considered normal.

"Okay so we'll keep Dick in the dark."

"About?" Damian froze and Bruce made a face, that only Damian could see.

"Nothing important, Grayson."

"Are you going to the school formal? Did you ask someone? What does she look like? Have you chosen a suit yet? How are you going? Is there a theme?"

"Grayson stop." Dick halted his rush of questions. Damian and Bruce shared a look.

"I think Tim wanted your help."

"Oh…" the two watched Dick slowly trudge towards the cave.

{Doorbell}

"Hello miss." Bruce and Damian both leant closer to the door to hear who was visiting the manor.

"Hi, my names Kate. I'm a friend of Damian's."

"Of course miss Kate, Master Damian is in his room with his father."

"Hi I'm Dick, Damian's big brother." Damian cringed and ran from his room.

"Kate."

"Hey Damian."

"Let's talking in my room."

"Oh so she's the one you asked to the dance."

"Drop it Grayson."

"She's really pretty."

"I can see that myself."

"You going to ask her out for real?"

"We're friends."

"Oh yeah friends."

"I don't like what you're implying."

"Is she the one from the drawings?"

"How did you know?"

"She is!"

"You went through my stuff."

"You got the details right."

"You're dead Grayson."

"Umm… Boys I'm still here." This time when Damian blushed he couldn't lie about it later.

"Sorry." Dick scratched the back of his head. Tim had chosen half way through the argument to walking in.

"What happening?"

"Dick and Damian are having a go at each other. Oh and I'm suddenly interested in art." With a flirtatious smile in Damian's direction Kate flicked her hair over her shoulder and headed up stairs, walking past Bruce with a polite nod of her head.

"Coming Damian?" After a quick mumbled comment to Dick, one Kate was sure normal people would never say to another, Damian raced ahead to lead the way.

Once they were safely out of hearing range Dick turned to Tim.

"If she were older…" His smile finished the sentence for him.

"You wish Big Bro."

Please Review. Whether this story continues depends on what you guys think, it's a lot different then my normal Damian stories. If there's a story you would like to read let me know and I'll do my best.

Oh by the way Kate is my OC, seeing he in high school I thought it would be appropriate if she had nothing to do with anything.

Love,

AtarinaMAK