(A/N): yay another chapter done but im sad because this story will be coming to a close with in the next couple of weeks! I already have another story in mind which im pretty excited to get started on though. I will give you guys a decision though, would you rather I do a couple of little shot drabbles or just jump straight into the next story? PM me your thoughts and if you'd like some drabbles go ahead and leave some requests and I'll see what I can do! As always please leave a review so I can better my writing and I hope you enjoy this chapter! :) -Darkrubie
"Bruce what are you doing here?" Richard asked in an astonished voice.
"I'm here to talk some sense into you." Bruce said with a bored expression.
Richard felt like he was a child being scolded and the feeling just irritated him.
"Well than you wasted your time by coming here. I'm going to be here for Kori and our child." Richard said through clenched teeth.
"I thought the child was not yours." Bruce said.
"We'll a lot has changed in the last couple of days and I believe this baby is mine." Bruce was about to say something when Richard continued with "Look I don't expect you to understand. I only ask that you support me."
Bruce studied Richard with a blank face.
"Very well." He finally said.
Richard's jaw dropped "What do you mean "very well"?" Richard finally got out.
Bruce glared at him "Exactly that. I can see I won't be able to change your mind so that the end of it. Now my I come in, I wish to congratulate Kori."
Richard gave him a skeptical look.
"I guess." He finally said while moving to the side so Bruce could enter.
Richard still had a scowl on his face when he entered the kitchen but felt it melt away when he heard Kori's laugh. She turned her bright face to him when she heard him enter the room and Richard thought her face actually seemed to lighten up more when her gaze rested upon him.
"Was it Garfield? I must hear about this trip and their special news-" Kori abruptly stopped talking when she saw Bruce enter the kitchen.
Everyone but Richard turned to look at the reason why Kori looked so shocked. Their faces quickly matched Kori's.
"Bruce! It has been a while." Kori stammered.
"Yes, too long it seems given everyone's expressions." He replied with a straight face.
"Master Bruce, would you like something to eat?" Alfred said, no longer playful like he was with Kori, he was all business now.
"No thank you. Don't stop the fun on my account." Bruce drawled.
Things were awkwardly quiet until Rachel couldn't take it anymore.
"Why are you here?" She said with a face that resembled Bruce's.
His mouth turned up a fraction of an inch when he said "Well when I heard I was going to be a grandpa I figured it would be a good thing to visit. Was I wrong?"
"A little notice would have been nice." Richard mumbled.
Kori gave him a hard look "Richard do not be rude." She scolded.
Bruce turned and Richard saw amusement in his eyes "Oh it's fine Kori." He said as he turned his head back to Kori with somewhat of a smile.
Richard glared at the back of his fathers head.
"He is right, I should have called first but the news came as such a shock, I had to come as soon as I could." Bruce continued.
Kori smiled, "Well come sit down and join us. Now is better than never." Bruce considered her request for a moment before he shook his head.
"I have to head back to Gotham soon but I was wondering if I could speak to you for a moment."
Richard glanced between the two and instantly voiced his concerns. "I don't think that's such a good idea, besides it has been a long day and it's a long trip back to Gotham."
"It will only take a moment." Bruce said, turning to glare at Richard.
Kori hesitated but finally agreed to talk to Bruce.
"We can go into the office upstairs." She said while gesturing to the stairs.
Bruce followed her into the room and shut the door behind them. Bruce automatically went and sat in the large seat behind the desk and Kori began to feel extremely intimidated. Bruce tapped his fingers on the desk which made Kori even more nervous.
"I was extremely surprised that Dick was planning to move out here to be with someone who was pregnant but not with his baby." He finally said.
Before Kori could say anything he continued "However he has since decided the baby is actually his and I am glad. Kori I have watched you grow up along side Dick and I have come to think of you as part of the family. I am very proud of you and the fine woman you have become and I do not think you would ever lie to any of us. It's about time Dick finally realized that." He finished with a small smile.
Kori began to feel tears well in her eyes
"Oh thank you, I wish he would have come to the same conclusion as you a lot sooner." She laughingly said.
Bruce actually chuckled "Yeah he can be a bit thick in the skull but he usually gets the right idea after a while. Again, I'm proud of both of you and I hope you don't mind if I stop by from time to time."
Kori smiled which caused the fresh tears that were pooling in her eyes to spill down her cheeks "I would love that Bruce. We are having the baby shower in a few weeks, you should come. That's when we will find out the gender."
Bruce smiled at her "I'd love that. Now we should probably head downstairs before Dick wears a hole in the floor from his pacing. If you don't mind, can we keep this between you and I? I do have a reputation as a hard ass to maintain" he said with amusement in his eyes.
Kori laughed and agreed. They headed down the stairs and just as Bruce said, Richard was pacing at the bottom of the stairs. He quickly looked up when he heard them and his face hardened when he saw the remnants of tears on Kori's face.
"What did you do?" He almost shouted at Bruce.
"I haven't done anything. We simply had a nice chat, right Kori?"
Kori was wondering what Richard was so bent out of shape about.
"Yes, it was very pleasant." She said to Richard.
His face seemed to relax a fraction but he still looked at his father with suspicious eyes.
"Well it's time for me to go." Bruce finally said.
Then he did something that Richard question weather he was seeing things.
Bruce pulled Richard and Kori into a hug and said "I'm proud of you both and I was you to take care of yourselves and that precious cargo of yours."
The hug quickly ended and Bruce called his goodbyes to Rachel and Alfred who were still in the kitchen then left.
"Well that was weird. Nice, but weird." Richard said while staring at the door Bruce just went through.
He heard Kori giggle from behind him.
"What did he talk to you about?" He asked.
"If I told you, I'd have to kill you." Kori quipped with amusement in her eyes.
Richard's eyes took on a mischievousness to them
"I guess I'll have to torture you until you talk." He said, preparing for his attack.
Kori's eyes widened with mock fear as she backed away
"You wouldn't." She challenged and with that Richard pounced into a tickle attack.
He pinned he to the wall as he continued his assault, laughing along side the beautiful creature in front of him. He halted his tickles,
"Are you ready to talk?" He asked.
"Your silly attempts will never get me to crack!" She exclaimed.
"Well it looks like ill have to try something else." And just like that his lips were on hers. Kori instantly melted into his embrace and kissed him with just as much passion. She truly missed his kisses and it felt like she had gone a lifetime without them. She wrapped her around his neck and ran her fingers through his hair at the base of his head as Richard wrapped his own arms around her and picked her up so she was level with him. They sprang apart at the sound of someone clearing their throat.
"Perhaps this is not the proper places to be doing such activities Master Richard and Miss Kori." Alfred scolded.
Kori noted the hint of amusement in his voice and she smiled. Richard looked embarrassed though and looked down at the floor.
"Sorry Alfred." He apologized.
"Apology accepted, now into the kitchen with both of you. I'm sure Miss Kori is starving." With that said, Richard and Kori walked into the kitchen with their heads down like they were teens caught doing the hanky panky by their parents. Alfred soon followed with an amused look on his face.
Next chapter: eww bed rest. Yay more romance!