With June, Bart, and Alfred
They had just finished ordering the furniture and began to relax. They hadn't realized that creating a nursery would be this hard. Paint and glue was everywhere and they managed to get paint on the walls.
"I'm beat." June said as she sat on the floor.
"I believe I should start making dinner." Alfred said as he walked out of the room.
"You think she'll like the splatter paint design?" Bart asked. June nodded.
"She loves art! And besides, the babies are twins, so we can't just designate blue or pink, that'd be weird." June replied, splattering more pain on the walls.
"If you're going this far for Cay, I'd love to see how hard you work on your own nursery." Bart laughed.
"Oh please, Caitlin would torture me the same way we're doing to her. She hates not knowing things, so the design of her children's nursery not being known to her must be driving her insane." Bart laughed and smiled.
"It has to be. Remember when she practically pried off the information from me about her and Jaime's 3 month anniversary? It was to funny." Bart said. June nodded with a smile. She then began to splatter green paint on the walls.
"I know she's going to love it!" June said.
"Hey June I got to ask you something."
"Alright what is it?"
"I know this is really random but do you think Caitlin has changed over the years?" June looked at Bart with a confused look. Why was he asking this?
"Well, you've never spoken about how Caitlin acted when you guys were younger." Bart seemed to read her mind.
June frowned, and slowly sat down in a chair. "Well... Caitlin was very..." She paused, trying to think of the correct word, "Tough."
"You mean she isn't now?" Bart asked incredulously.
"Well, yeah she is. But I mean, she was very impulsive when it came to things that angered her."
"Such as...?"
"One time, a guy hit on her and he shoved me to the ground, and Caitlin practically beat him up. If that happened now, she was threaten the guy until he looked ready to wet his pants and wouldn't beat him up unless he did it again."
"Are you serious?" June nodded.
"Yeah she was extremely impulsive." June said. Bart smiled, he could tell that Caitlin was less impulsive now. She really thinks before she acts. June tends to do that too but not a lot.
"So I guess we are done for today." June said as she started to wipe the paint off her hands.
"Well..." Bart trailed off.
June turned to him, "What?"
Bart grinned, taking a paint brush and flinging it in June's face. She screamed, jumping back. "Oh, it's on!" she shouted, flinging paint towards him.
"It's been on!" Bart said as he began flinging paint towards June. The paint battle continued until Alfred walked in.
"Oh my.."
"Oh hey Alfred." June said as she turned towards Alfred with a smile on her face. Her and Bart were both covered in paint from head to toe.
"Dinner will be ready in about 5 minutes. Miss June and master Bart I advise you both to take showers. And I mean in different bathrooms. I am going to go wake up miss Caitlin." Alfred said. Bart and
June nodded, and Alfred close the door and left.
"What does he mean by wake up Cay?" Bart asked. June shrugged.
"She is pregnant so she most likely laid down to take a nap." June said.
The two lapsed in a silence.
"...what did he mean by different bathrooms?" Bart asked, his face bright red.
June blushed, "Uh... I'll take the one in my room..." She mumbled, quickly rushing away.
"I'll take the one in the guest room." Bart said to himself as e got up and went to the guest room. He then hopped in the shower. A few minutes later, Bart got out of the shower and changed into the clothes that were laid on the bed, he began to think it was Alfred, and went downstairs. A couple seconds later June followed him and they both walked into the dining room.
"It's about time!" Caitlin said.
June mock glared at her, "Well, paint and my hair don't mix well."
Bart grinned, "It looks fine, June." He promised. June smiled, pecking him on the cheek happily.
"Thanks, Bart." She happily sat down at the table. Bart inwardly grinned wider. Point one to Bart.
They all then began to eat.
"So Cay..."
"Yes June?"
"Did you ever finish Harry Potter?"
"No I haven't. I haven't had time to go back to reading." June then got a smirk on her face.
"Do you still have your reading glasses?" Once the words escaped her mouth, Jaime looked straight at Caitlin.
"You have reading glasses?!"
"Yes I do." Caitlin glared at June, who smirked at her. Bart flashed his girlfriend a grin. She was such a troll sometimes.
"Mm, thi ith delishus!" Bart declared, happily eating the food Alfred had cooked.
"Why thank you master Bart." Alfred said from his spot at the table. Caitlin gave Alfred a weird look. How the hell could Alfred understand Bart with his mouth full? Her thoughts were cut short after she began coughing a little.
"You okay chica?" Jaime asked with a bit of worry in his voice.
"Yeah I'm fine. I just have a cough. That's all." Caitlin said as she reached for her water.
"Are you sure? You better not be getting sick." Jaime said said as he felt his hand over Caitlin's face.
"Stop Jaime!"
"No way. I think you have a fever."
"What?!" Caitlin panicked.
Alfred came over and placed the thermometer under Caitlin's tongue. "102.4." Alfred said, looking at her disapprovingly. "Off to bed, Miss Caitlin. I will bring your meal after you change into pajamas."
Caitlin knew better than to argue with Alfred of all people, so she just groaned and trudged to her room. Jaime quickly followed her to make sure she was alright.
"Man this was the first time Cay didn't know she had a fever." June said as she looked at Bruce.
"You are right." Bruce agreed. It was kinda weird she didn't know. Alfred then grabbed Caitlin's plate. Then Alfred made his way towards Caitlin's room.
June took Bart's hand, and they hurried to the nursery. "This is the perfect time!" she whispered to him.
"Time to do what?" he whispered back.
"Well, I figured Alfred wouldn't approve of it... but I really wanted to try out this one spell using paint." June admitted.
"Go ahead, I want to see!" Bart smiled at her reassuringly.
June smiled back and took a deep breath. "Esu tniap dna ward a noil!" she chanted, her voice echoing.
A paint brush levitated, and dipped itself it orange and yellow paint. It flew to the wall and began painting a lion. June gasped for breath, body going slack as she stumbled. Bart quickly caught her, slightly surprised.
"Sorry, but you know magic isn't my number one skill. I really should talk to Zatanna about that..." She made a mental note, and struggled to stand up herself.
"Wow, this is amazing!" Bart said, looking at the newly painted lion with amazement.
"I'll try another one..." June took a deep breath, readying her magic levels, "Esu tniap dna ward na tnahpele!" her voice echoed once more.
Another paint brush dipped itself into grey paint and flew to the wall, painting the outline of an elephant.
"Totally crash!"
"You could definitely say that again. But it takes a lot of energy." June said as she sat down. Her and Bart then began to open paint tins, while June continued to cast painting spells. After about an hour, June and Bart began to clean up. They have a few lions, elephants, giraffes, and a couple of tigers.
"I think she's going to like it." June said as she started to collect the paint brushes.
"Yeah I think she will. Wanna go check on her?"
"Yes!"
Bart picked her up and sped to Caitlin door.
"You didn't have to do that, it was only down the hall." June said, her voice laced with amusement.
"I wanted to," Bart winked at her and knocked on the door. Jaime opened it... with his shirt off.
"Jaime...what are you doing?" June asked with suspicion.
"I was about to get in the shower when you knocked." Jaime replied. June continued giving him a suspicious look. He opened the door wider and let them in. Once they walked in and saw Caitlin in bed sitting up and eating her dinner.
"Hey are you feeling better?" June asked as she walked over to her cousin. Jaime closed the door and walked into the bathroom and locked the door. A couple minutes later they heard the water
start to run.
"Better." Caitlin said simply, taking a sip of soda.
"You're gonna LOVE the nursery!" Bart blurted out cheerfully. June smacked her forehead, eyes sparkling with exasperation. Her boyfriend was such a blabbermouth.
"Bart, you have a big mouth." She told him, laughing lightly.
"Sorry, but it's full of-" June slammed her hand into his mouth, muffling the rest of his sentence. "KEEP A SECRET!" Bart moved away from her hand, trying not to laugh.
"But I REALLY want to show her what you-" June quickly kissed him, shutting him up effectively. She then pulled away and pushed him on the bed and sat back down next to Caitlin.
"So are the babies still kicking?" June asked. Caitlin put her soda back on her nightstand and put her hand on her stomach.
"I don't feel anything yet." Caitlin said.
"Geez you look like your 5 months pregnant." June said.
"Yeah I know and I have only 3 months left to decide how I want to deliver the babies." Caitlin said.
"I still don't want kids. I'd rather adopt." June said with a chuckle. Caitlin smiled and rolled her eyes.
"I think I'd rather just go natural birth." Caitlin said as she sighed.
"Just like Bruce, June?" A voice came behind them. Jason casually leaned on the wall.
"Well, yeah. Adoption sounds a lot easier than childbirth. Hey, where is Bruce anyways?"
"Went to pick up Damian and Cass."
"Oh okay- wait, what?"
"Yeah. Apparently, Bruce, being the smart guy he is, took them from the Shadows legally, and when they refused to give them up, Batman stepped in and took them to Bruce." Jason grinned.
"And he kept all this from us?!" Caitlin asked, her eyes wide.
"Yeah, I just found out." Jason shook his head.
"Master Bruce wanted it to be a surprise," Alfred said, stepping into the room and handing Caitlin the medicine.
"Oh okay, then..."
"Where's Jaime?" Jason asked as he looked around.
"He's in the shower." Caitlin said as she turned her attention back to her tv.
"So you're going with natural birth?" Jason asked. Caitlin looked at him and nodded.
"Yeah why?"
"That's going to hurt and you could be in there for hours." Jason said.
"Yes I know but it's better then a C-section." Caitlin explained to her brother.
"True, true." Jason hummed in agreement.
June gagged slightly, "Let's not talk about these things, please."
"What's the difference?" Bart asked, looking confused.
"Bart I thought I explained that to you already." Caitlin said as she looked at the young boy.
"I don't remember."
"C-section is when they cut your stomach open and get the baby out from there and natural birth is just...god I have no idea how to explain this." Caitlin said as she turned to Jason.
"I'm not helping! Have him read the book." Jason said as he pointed to the book on Caitlin's nightstand. They then heard the water stop.
"Seems that someone is done with their shower." June said with a smirk on her face and looked at Caitlin.
Caitlin's face turned pink. "Guys... out, please."
June and Bart left, laughing loudly as they headed to June's bedroom. Jason smirked and headed off to the kitchen to eat.
"Hey, when did this get here?" Bart looked at a painting on the wall next to June's bed. She blushed.
"I painted it before. Not with magic, though."
"Really? But I thought-"
"I was terrible at drawing? Yeah, I am. But painting is a bit different. And you know, magic can't draw by itself. When I was doing that spell in the nursery, it has to come from your own skill. So if a terrible painter or artist tried to cast that spell, if they had magic of course, the painting would come out as though they'd done it themselves. I just... sped up the process." June explained.
"I suppose art runs in the family." Bart smiled at her. She rolled her eyes.
"Not really. I just like paint."
"What is this, anyways?" Bart asked, referring to the painting.
"Hogwarts." She said, cracking a grin.
"Potterhead,"
"Always." she quoted, grinning harder even though Bart didn't understand the reference.
"Anyways...I never thought you could paint. When you cast those spells in the nursery, I thought they didn't take skill." Bart said as he looked at the painting again. And he thought Caitlin was the only artistic person in the house.
"Well I've been painting for a little bit. I always took painting lessons from the clowns in the circus. They were always the best so they taught me." June said with a smile. Man she missed the circus. Bart looked at her and smiled.
"You know...I want to see one of your drawings."
June blushed. "Well, Bart, I can't."
"June, I'm sure your drawings are beautiful. Not nearly as terrible as mine, at least." Bart said.
"No, Bart, I mean, I really can't. Look... I drew a lot when I was a kid, especially at the circus. But then, my parents died and Bruce took me in. I guess I sort of grew out of that phase, like Caitlin did for a short time." She said, "And even if I wanted to, I can't. Everything we, my family, owned, is probably still back at the circus. And they're touring Europe again, and probably won't be in America for at least a few months." She sighed.
Bart's mind clicked as he remembered something. June was turning fourteen in a few weeks, and he had gotten the idea to track down her family's belongings. He wanted to smack his forehead for forgetting that.
Bart then grabbed her into a hug.
"Please don't cry." Bart whispered. She knew that Bart would have a feeling she could start crying from the memories of the circus.
"I won't I promise." She said. She hugged Bart tighter. She wanted to escape the memories. But she knew she couldn't. She wondered if Caitlin escaped them. Did she still get nightmares but didn't tell anyone? June admitted herself that she got a couple nightmares a few weeks ago.
"Hey, it's your birthday soon." Bart whispered.
"Yeah," She mumbled, then blinked, "When's yours?"
"Mmm, I don't know. Am I turning negative numbers since I went to the past?" he asked. June giggled softly.
"I don't think so... but when is it?"
"In a few months."
"I'm older than you." June looked triumph.
Bart laughed, holding her closer. When June fell asleep in his arm, he laid her down gently and sped off home. He figured Grandma and Grandpa would be worried about him, plus, he had some research to do.
If he wanted to get June's old family mementos, he had to figure out where Haley's next stop was.
With Caitlin and Jaime
"It says in the book during pregnancy it's a good idea to read child books so the babies can recognize the parents voices." Jaime said as he read a price from Caitlin's book.
"Okay so does that mean we should be reading child books during the 4 months?" Caitlin asked. Jaime nodded and walked over to her book case.
"Green Eggs and Ham," Caitlin said, her voice laced with amusement.
As they began reading the book, Bruce silently watched through the doorway with a small smile on his face.
"Watcha lookin' at, Bruce?" Dick asked softly, before smiling at the sight.
"She's growing up Dick.." Bruce said with the smile still on his lips.
"Yeah she is. Soon enough there's going to be twins running around here and she's going to married." Dick said. His little sister grew from that impulsive short girl to a mature young woman. It felt like he met her on a roof in Bludhaven just yesterday.
"I still can't believe it. I'm happy for her."
"I know you are Bruce."
"Can you believe that soon enough, we'll be watching June and most likely Bart like this?" Bruce whispered.
Dick groaned silently. "I'd rather not think about that. It's like just yesterday they were nine and twelve."
"I feel so old." Bruce grumbled.
"How are Damian and Cass settling in?" Dick changed the subject. The two moved away from the door.
"Jumpy. Tried to kill Tim before when he walked past Damian's room."
"Somehow, I don't think Tim and Dami will get along." Dick murmured. "Did Bart leave already?"
"Yeah, June's asleep."
"That's good. I know Damian, Cass, Cay and Matthew will already get along. They are all going to be training together. Well I don't know about Caitlin." Dick said. Bruce had to agree. All four of them were in the league of shadows together, they probably already knew each other.
"Hey Bruce?"
"Yes Dick?"
"Do you think Caitlin is going to be able to handle to take care of twins AND help plan a wedding at the same time?" Dick asked.
"I have no idea. But let's pray she can."
"We'll be here to help, of course." Dick smiled.
"June should get along with them well, too." Bruce added.
"Of course, she gets along with everyone."
"Except mean people." Bruce added. Dick smiled. It was true, June hated mean people along with bullies.
"Yeah but I do hope she doesn't go overboard with Damian. He's adorable." Dick said. Bruce couldn't help but chuckle to himself. Same old Dick.
"She's already met him, I'm sure she won't." Bruce smiled slightly.
"I don't know, Bruce," Dick laughed softly, "I swear, nothing scares that kid."
The two laughed together, heading to June's bedroom. When they got to June's room, they opened the door and saw her on her bed, sleeping. They both smiled and closed the door. They then began to head towards the stairs until they heard a loud crash. Dick and Bruce looked at each other and ran to the loud crash from downstairs.
Tim and Damian were on the ground, wrestling each other. Dick smacked his forehead. Bruce quickly pried them both apart. He had a feeling they wouldn't get along very well...
"DRAKE STARTED IT!"
"DID NOT!"
"SHUT UP!" Jason yelled as he gave the two boys a dirty look. Both Tim and Damian shut their mouths and turned to Bruce.
"Can you boys try to get along? It's bad enough we have to deal with Caitlin and I don't want to deal with you two." Bruce said as he rubbed his temples.
"Humph." Tim crossed his arms.
"Tt." Damian scoffed, the nine year old glaring at Tim.
June walked downstairs, yawning softly. "What did I miss?"
"Tim and Damian giving me a bigger headache then a hangover." Jason said as he took a sip of his beer. June looked at Tim and Damian. She could tell what he was talking about. Tim and Damian looked like they were ready to strangle each other.
"I can see that."
June smirked, then glanced at Jason. She plucked the bottle out of his fingers and dumped it in the sink before calmly walking back to him innocently. Jason scowled and glared at her. "June!"
"You're not of legal age yet."
"Humph, you're too much like Dickhead." Jason said. Dick hit his brother over the head. June punched his shoulder.
"Don't compare me to him/her!" they both shouted at the same time, pointing at one another before looking at each other in horror.
Jason burst into laughter. June glared at him and shoved him, causing him to shove him back.
Three seconds later, June and Jason were wrestling like a pair of civvies. Tim and Damian went back to nearly killing each other.
Bruce sighed. Man this is going to be terrible.
"Will you all shut the hell up! I can't think with you all being morons!" A voice said. Everyone stopped and turned. They all saw Caitlin standing in the door frame with her arms crossed in front of her chest.
"Where's Jaime?"
"In the kitchen getting something to drink. But really all of you shut up." She said in a stern voice. Caitlin then turned her attention to Damian and Cass.
"Damian...didn't your mother teach you to not kill anyone without a reason?"
"Tt... Drake started it." Damian said as he rolled his eyes.
Caitlin then turned to Cass and smiled. "Hey Cass I haven't seen you in awhile." Cass smiled slightly at her and nodded silently. As usual.
"Jason, get off your sister." Caitlin added, glaring at him as he had pinned June down.
Before he could, June shoved him off, scowling. Jason stood up as Stephanie walked down as well.
"Who was fighting?" she asked.
"Everyone." Dick said.
"Okay... wanna play Monopoly?" Steph asked cheerfully. June's eyes lit up.
"Ooh! I wanna play!" she beamed at the rest of her family happily. "Pleeeeeeaaaaase?!" her eye watered and she gave them puppy eyes.
"Alright." Bruce said. June squealed with excitement and rushed over to the board game cabinet.
"You guys are going down." Caitlin said as she sat on the couch. Jaime then walked into the living room with a soda can in his hand.
"What's going on?"
"We are playing monopoly. Are you going to make it rain again Jaime?" Caitlin said as Jaime sat next to her.
"Of course I will. Only if you manage to get me broke again." He said with a smile.
"I'm gonna win." Damian declared, "And I shall bring shame to you and your families."
Everyone winced.
"Damian, in case you haven't realized, all of our families either were terrible or are dead." Jason gestured to them all.
"And if you're not talking them, you should know we're all technically family." June added wryly.
Jaime looked at Caitlin and whispered.
"Who is this kid? He kinda scares me." Caitlin smiled and looked at Jaime.
"Don't worry he doesn't bite. I'll make sure of it." Caitlin six as she turned to Damian.
"What do you want peasant?" He said.
"Who are you calling peasant?"
"Drake."
"Oh then carry on."
"Hey!"
"Oh shut up Tim." They all then began the game.
Bruce rolled the dice. "Six." he said, moving his piece six spaces. "I'll buy the lemonade stand."
"Next time, can we play Apples to Apples?" Tim asked.
Damian rolled the dice next. "Jailed." he said, scowling.
"Ha!" Caitlin said with a smirk on her face. She then rolled the dice.
"Six." She then moved her piece six places.
"I'll buy the hotel." The game continued for at least an hour. At the end of the game, Caitlin had won and Damian was scowling at her.
"I told you guys you were going down." She said with a smirk.
"I want a rematch!" Damian declared.
"Sorry, Dami but there are no rematches in monopoly." Caitlin said in a taunting smile.
Damian seethed silently while everyone else rolled their eyes and left.
"You'll get used to it, Dami." June ruffled his hair playfully.
Damian shot her a withering glare, but her smile didn't leave.
"Don't touch my hair." Damian said as he started to fix it. He then noticed Caitlin's large stomach.
"What happened to you? Haven't been in the field for awhile and you get fat?"
"No Damian I'm not fat. I'm just pregnant." Caitlin replied. Jaime then put his arm around Caitlin's shoulders and pulled her close to him.
"Soon enough you won't be able to see your feet." June said with a smile. Caitlin groaned.
"Great..."
"I don't see you for six months and he gets you pregnant?!" Damian snapped.
Caitlin laughed, leaning on Jaime's shoulder.
"Yeah pretty much." Caitlin replied with a smile.
"Don't forget that you're engaged too!" June said with a smile. Damian's eye got all wide and looked at Caitlin.
"Let me rephrase that. I don't see you for six months and he gets you pregnant AND you get engaged?!" Caitlin nodded.
"Sounds about right."
"...six months!"
Caitlin laughed.
"I was prepared to slaughter anyone who dared come close to you." Damian growled.
"Well, you can always do that for June. She's got a boyfriend, you know." she smiled.
Damian turned to June, narrowing his eyes, prepared to threaten her boyfriend.
"Please don't..." June said as she put her face in her hands.
"I will do what I have to do." Damian said as he got up and walked to the kitchen. Caitlin and June looked at each other.
"Is he always like this?" June asked.
"Yeah he always was when I was in the shadows." Caitlin said.
June groaned, burying her face in her hands again. A red and brown streak appeared, stopping right beside June. Bart smiled at her. "Hey."
June looked at her in amusement. "You know, we have a door for a reason."
Bart grinned, "And I used it... by vibrating through it."
June laughed as he kissed her cheek. "So," Bart began mischievously, "your birthday's in two weeks, wanna go out the night before?"
June's eyes sparkled, but before she could answer, Damian stormed into the room.
"You! Come with me." Damian said as he walked into the hallway. Bart hesitantly got up and followed Damian into the hallway. June and Caitlin looked at each other and shrugged.
"So I guess tonight is the first night we sleep together as an engaged couple?" Caitlin said as she turned to Jaime.
"Yeah I guess. But remember you can only sleep on you side or back." He said.
"I don't think this would be the first time you guys would be sleeping together." June said with a smirk.
"JUNE!" Caitlin shouted at her. Jaime's face was bright red.
June cackled and winked at them. "Remember, Jaime, she's ALREADY pregnant."
"JUNE!" they both screeched at her. She cackled again and disappeared down the hall where Damian and Bart went.