Adriana again dreamt of the little boy. The same dream of the little boy was in Adriana's mind as she made breakfast. The repetitive but sweet dream she kept having every night, but somehow never grew tired of.

"Hello?" Adriana answered her phone while sprinkling shredded cheddar onto the two eggs she was scrambling.

"Good morning," she heard Bruce say.

"Hi," she said and picked up the spatula.

"Happy Saturday," Bruce said and then became quiet.

"Same to you," Adriana said, feeling overwhelming awkwardness lingering over the quiet line.

"Allow me to apologize for last night," he finally said. "What happened was entirely my mistake and I deeply regret it. I know there's no excuse for what occurred. I'm truly sorry, and I want to ask your forgiveness."

"Wow.." Adriana said, stifling a laugh, when he was done. "You sound so...professional."

"Too formal?" he spoke. "I'm sorry, Adriana...I really fucked up. Please, let me make it up to you."

"Bruce.." Adriana said while smiling. "Don't worry about it, it's totally fine. It's not your fault. She came over early, you couldn't have known."

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"I'm sure," she said and laughed. "Chill."

"Oh..okay," he said, not sounding quite relieved.

"I hope you had a good evening though," she said with sincerity. "With Stacy..4."

"Yeah..it was fine," he said quickly. "Adriana, you should let me make this up to you. I feel like I need to."

"Why?" she asked and put two waffles into the toaster. "I mean..we're adults. Things happen..You told me before I came over that you had plans ...and plus I was also late so really, if you think of it that way, it was my fault that things kind of overlapped. Feel better?"

"No," Bruce said. "I can't stop thinking about you..and what happened. I feel pretty awful. And embarrassed, quite frankly. Also with what you saw in my office-"

"I walked into your office without knocking," she said. "That was also my fault. I know you've been under a lot of stress with this whole...Joker on the loose thing. So it only makes sense you'd...find ways to relieve it. I mean..you're a man, I get it."

"So," Bruce said. "You must despise men. Or at least be disgusted. I mean..I gave her a number. The 4th woman with the same name-"

"No, no," she laughed. "I'm used to it. Anyways, you're attractive, successful, and young and you're a guy. It's totally normal that you'd have girls around. There's no reason to beat yourself up, it's not like we're in a relationship or anything. Don't sweat it."

"You're right.." Bruce said. "We're not in a relationship."

"Exactly," Adriana said while looking in her refrigerator for syrup.

"Right," he said in a simple tone. "So...would you like to be in a relationship?"

"What-" Adriana said and accidentally dropped the bottle, taken off guard.

"I'm sorry, that was forward," he apologized.

"No, just took me a little off guard," she said and picked up the syrup and walked back over to her plate.

"May I try this again?" he said, sounding annoyed with himself.

"Umm...sure," she said.

"Okay," he took a deep breath. "Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?"

Adriana was quiet for a few seconds, thinking about the fact that she was already lying to Bruce about being Shade. How would this even work? How would she keep her vigilantism from him if they became closer? Also, he was seeing a number of other women. Could he even be in a serious relationship? Was it in him? Adriana remembered Harri's warning...whatever happened with Bruce was likely to end up being just sex. And based on the preview he had given her the previous night, it would be great sex.

"Alright," Bruce said, after her silence. "So that's a no."

"No," she said, snapping out of her thoughts. "I was just..distracted. Sure, we can have dinner."

"Thank you for giving me a second chance," Bruce said.

"You're welcome," she said kindly.

"Would you like to go to Acuavit?" he asked.

"Sure, I've never been there," Adriana said, knowing it was a five-star restaurant that she had never had the occasion or budget for until recently. "Oh..that's my other line, my sis is calling me."

"I'll pick you up at 7," Bruce said. "Tonight."

"Okay, see you then," she said. "Bye bye."

She ended the call with Bruce and answered Harri's video call while using her other hand to pour the maple syrup. Harri looked at Adriana with a bright smile.

"I quit my job todayyy," Harri beamed as soon as Adriana answered.

"I'm so happy, Harri," Adriana smiled.

"Yes, more time to focus on wedding planning," she replied and showed Adriana her diamond.

"Aww...I love you guys," Adriana said, truly happy for Harri and Antonio.

"We love you more," Harri said. "How's your morning?"

"Oh..pretty good.." Adriana said. "Got asked out on a date."

"What!" Harri smiled and flipped her sleek dark hair over onto her other shoulder. "Tell me about him! You didn't even tell me you met anyone."

"Well..it was Bruce," Adriana explained.

"Bruce Wayne? He wants to take you on an actual date?" Harri asked.

"Yes," Adriana replied.

"Girllll," Harri was smiling even brighter. "Tell me everything! So he just called you this morning to ask you out?"

"No..actually he called to apologize for something," she said. "Then he asked me out."

"Damn...so what is this? A forgive me date? I feel bad for something date? What did he do?" Harri asked suspiciously.

"I don't think so..I mean he asked me if I want to be in a relationship before he asked about the date-" Adriana said.

"What did you say?"

"Umm..nothing-" Adriana told her. "I don't have an answer to that. It was rather abrubt the way he asked. Kind of...out of character for him."

"Did you have sex with him?" Harri asked. "You recall what Sidi said about that...makes them crazy."

"No, no," Adriana said. "And I don't think she used the word crazy."

"So no sex yet?" Harri asked.

"Well...oral," Adriana said.

"That's sex, Adriana," she said.

"Okay but it stopped there and he certainly didn't sound crazy," Adriana said. "I'll be careful."

"Good. I mean I want you to have fun, but also be careful. So what does he have to apologize for?" Harri asked.

"Oh, that.." Adriana said. "Well I was at his house, training and we sort of started..you know. I mean he went down and-"

"I can hear it in your voice he was better than Damien at it," Harri said.

"Yeah..." Adriana answered. "It was great."

"And you had an orgasm right?" Harri assumed.

"You really have no boundaries with the questions do you?" Adriana asked her sister. "No..I didn't. We were interrupted."

""What happened?" Harri asked.

"Another girl came over when we were in the middle of that..and I left." Adriana answered.

"Huh?" Harri asked. "Why? He let her in? Is that why he's sorry? He wanted a threesome?"

"No, Harri, gosh," Adriana said. "The places your mind goes."

"Ok tell me."

"I left because..she was young and sweet and..I don't know. 20. Wide eyed and innocent. He offered to lie to her and send her away," Adriana said.

"So she didn't actually come in and see you, you just did the mind reading and felt sorry for her like you do everyone. I don't see the problem," Harri said. "You should have let him send her home and then you two should have gotten it on."

"I couldn't do it Harri...she was so.. I don't know," Adriana said.

"I know," Harri sighed. "Your gift. I guess you really got to know her in those few minutes."

"Yeah," Adriana said. "But we have a date so I guess that's good."

"You guess?" Harri said. "My intuition tells me there's something you're not telling me."

"No.." Adriana said. "It's fine. Just complicated."

"When's the date?"

"Tonight. At Acuavit," Adriana said.

"Five star of course. You're dating a billionaire. What are you wearing?"

"I don't know," Adriana told her.

"You still have that dress from when we went shopping right? The black one?"

"That?" Adriana thought of the dress with the PVC level shiny corset-like top and flowing black floor length skirt. "I don't think I should go to such a...high class place looking like I have a whip and handcuffs in my purse."

"Bruce will love it. Wear it!"

"Ok...If you insist," Adriana said.

"I insist. Red lipstick too. Fishnet pantyhose. They will only be visible if you take steps. Some black heels...straighten your hair, super sleek. No hoop earrings, wear diamond studs-"

"Okay boss," Adriana said.

"I'm serious. Get your nails done. Black polish-"

"Black nail polish?" Adriana said.

"Trust me hun," Harri said. "I gotta go though, dentist appointment soon."

"Okay sis," Adriana said.

"Don't forget what I said. NO hoops, diamond studs."

"Okay!" Adriana said and laughed. "Bye."