the next few chapters will be about how Damian would react to having people I know randomly thrown into his life in different ways.
The boys looked her up and down then turned to look at Bruce.
"Thank-you for agreeing to this on such short notice, things have gotten a little rushed since Batman shut down that massive child exploit ring." The Child welfare officer smiled as he collected the now signed documents.
"Miss Todd please behave yourself with the Wayne's, it would be nice if I could sort the other kids out before I need to see you again."
Miss Scarlet Maria Todd had ended in the care of Bruce Wayne as part of a foster program that asked if a foster family could look after a relative of a foster child who had been or were in their care. Jason's little half-sister had slipped through the cracks at some point but was now in the care of her older brothers family.
"So Scarlet I hope you'll enjoy staying here."
"Sure." Her voice was indifferent.
She didn't look much like Jason at all. Her hair was long and burnet. Her eyes a deep blue and her figure was well defined. Bruce knew she would have a supermodel figure when she was older. Her style in clothing matched what you would expect of a girl her age who live with little money in Gotham, hip hugging jeans and a singlet to that allowed a small portion of her stomach to show and a large portion of clearage, too much for Bruce's liking on a girl her age.
"Do you plan on letting her stay here long?" Damian asked his father continuing to look her up and down.
"As long as she wants to stay." He turned to face Scarlet again.
"Because we didn't know you would be coming I'll have Alfred set you up in the guest room, tomorrow he'll take you shopping to personalise the room and you wardrobe. Some of the boys might like to join you a chance to get to know each other.
"Sure." Scarlet forced a shy smile. Her personality didn't seem to match the look, well not yet at least. The way she dressed and the make-up suited a girl with sass and bite but the girl in front of them seemed shy and reluctant.
"How did I end up here?" Damian stomped his foot loudly as Alfred handed him another outfit to hold.
"Mater Dick has to see to a few things with Barbra and Master Tim had Titan stuff to deal with. Your father wants all you boys to get to know Mistress Scarlet and today was a good chance for you." Alfred then went back to looking through the clothes racks.
"Please take them to the change room." Damian obeyed, the last thing he wanted was more brightly coloured dresses to carry.
"Alfred sends you more things to try on." He called over the change room door.
"I'm not wearing a dress." A small smirk found its way to the corner of Damian's mouth.
"Dresses out." He said dropping all the dresses onto the bench next to him, the shop attendant would hang then up it was their job after all.
"Or pink." All the pick things landed with the dresses.
"Or sequins." A few more items joined the rest. By the end of the list Damian was left holding a plain blue t-shirt, it was very plain so he put it with the others.
"I can't stand the stuff Alfred keeps giving me. All I need is a few new jeans, a couple of singles and maybe a hoodie if it gets cold."
"You take no pride in being part of the Wayne family, or at least temporarily part of the family." He made a quick cover up, there was no way he was starting to like Todd's sister.
"Well you find me something."
Dick smiled when he saw Scarlet in one of her new outfits. The black top had a low cut neck, but not too low as to upset Bruce, and medieval sleeves, the jeans were dark denim and the boots were a cross between sexy and army.
"I like the look."
"Thanks." Scarlet smiled.
"Damian chose it." Tim nearly choked on his drink.
"Sorry what?"
"I said Damian chose it. He really has an eye for clothes."
"-tt-. As a Wayne I need to be able to read people well, it's easy to do this by what they wear. I just did the reverse."
"Sure, whatever you say." Bruce smiled behind his paper, she had a little sass after all.
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No one in the family could work out what had started the fight between the two but it was evident that without fist Damian wouldn't win.
"Maybe if we shouldn't leave them alone together, this is the third fight today. Short of full on trying to kill each other that's worse than him and Tim." Dick looked at Bruce.
"Maybe, but Damian could learn a lot about dealing with other people… normal people."
The fight ended when Damian realized he was repeating the same comebacks from the start of the argument. Scarlet simply huffed, bowed…
"If you should need me 'oh so wise one' I'll be in my room" … and walked away.
"-tt-" was the only response Damian was left with.
"How could she beat me?" Damian fumed about his room.
"I'm a lot smarter than her." He keep repeating the same sorts of questions till he heard a voice behind him.
"Not matter how many you ask it, it won't answer." For a moment his father's comment confused him. He then realized he was talking to a gothic style teddy bear, Scarlet had given it to him as a thank-you for shopping with her. He throw it across the room.
"I will not be beaten by a simple girl."
"Damian, Scarlet is far from simple. She spent the last few years fighting for others entertainment and only narrowly avoided being used for other forms of entertainment." Damian let his eyes fall. He knew what she'd been through, he helped bring the bad guys down.
"I still can't stand that she beat me."
"Damian one thing in life you should know. Women always have the last word."
"Damn right we do." Damian glared up at the silhouette of Scarlet in the door way.
"I'll never let you beat me again."
"Challenge accepted." Bruce messaged his temples, this was going to be fun.
Please Review. Scarlet is based off my little sister, shy when you meet her and very sassy when you get to know her.
"I'll never let you beat me again."
"Challenge accepted."
these two lines inspired my whole story as it was the end of a conversation we had when i was trying to work out ideas.
Hope you liked it.
Love,
AtarinaMAK