Chapter 11 Meeting at the Mall
Damian's POV

The school week had come to an end, and I was drawing in my room, when I heard a knock on my door.

"Damian, can I come in", a familiar voice asked from the other side.

"No", I replied.

"Okay, I'm coming in", the voice from the other side said.

Then, a young woman wearing a purple hoodie barged into my room.

"What do you want, Brown", I asked.

"Let's go to the mall", Brown said.

"Don't you usually do that kind of thing with Cain or Gordon", I asked.

"They're busy today", Brown replied. "Besides, Damian, you're a high schooler now! You should be doing things normal high schoolers do, like go to the mall! So, what do you say?"

"I want to say no", I revealed. "But, knowing you, you won't relinquish until I say yes."

"Great", Brown said happily. "Then let's get going!"

...

After spending some time shopping with Brown, we were now in the food court.

"See Damian", she started. "Wasn't that fun?"

"I'm not sure I would call carrying your bags while you shop fun", I stated.

"Oh come on! Don't be like that", Brown said. "At least you got to shop for some art supplies afterwards."

"Whatever", I said, before taking a bite out of my vegetarian burger.

Then, the buzzer Brown had on the table went off.

"My order's ready", she said. "I'll be right back."

With this, Brown stood up and left. A moment after she did, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"Fancy meeting you here", they said.

I then looked up, and saw a familiar face sit down by my table.

"Raven", I said in confusion. "What are you doing here?"

"My friend thought I should get out more and dragged me here", Raven revealed.

"Funny", I started. "I'm actually in a very similar situation. My 'sister' dragged me here."

"I didn't know you had a sister", Raven said.

"I actually have many 'siblings.' My father has taken pity on many orphans."

After I said this, I felt a small smack on the back of my head.

"That's not nice, Damian", I heard Brown say.

Then, she noticed Raven sitting by our table.

"Wait a minute", she started. "Who's this?"

"Oh", Raven started nervously. "I'm Rach…"

"This is Raven", I replied. "She goes to my school."

"Wait a minute", Brown started.

Then, she leaned down and grabbed onto my shoulders.

"Damian, did you make a friend, and not tell me", she asked angrily.

"She's not my friend", I stated. "We both prefer to eat lunch in the cafeteria, and we talk to each other when we do."

"So you actually spoke to someone your own age without being forced to? I'm so proud of you, Damian!"

With this, Brown gave me a tight hug. Then, she quickly turned around and excitedly grabbed onto Raven's hands.

"It's so nice to meet you, Raven", she greeted happily. "I'm Stephanie! I'm Damain's sister!"

"Um…", Raven started. "It's nice to meet you too, Stephanie."

"There you are, Raven", another voice suddenly said.

I then looked over Raven's shoulder, and spotted a woman with pinkish hair, and completely green eyes. I immediately recognized those eyes.

"I've seen you before", I said. "On Grayson's phone."

After I said this, Stephanie took a closer look at the woman.

"You're right, Damian", she said. "Aren't you Starfire? Dick's girlfriend."

"I am", the woman (who was named Starfire) replied. "Are you some of his siblings?"

"We are", Stephanie replied happily. "I'm Stephanie, and this is Damian."

"Dick had told me about you two before", Starfire revealed, before looking at me. "Especially you, Damian."

"Let me guess. He used to complain to you about having to babysit me, right?"

Me saying this made Starfire giggle.

"You know your brother well, Damian", she stated.

"Okay, I'm confused", Raven said as she suddenly cut into the conversation. "How do you guys know Starfire?"

"This is the first time I've actually met her, but I've known about her for years", I revealed.

"She's dating our brother, Dick", Stephanie added.

"Wait a minute", Raven started in shock. "You're Dick's siblings?!"

"We are", I replied. "What I wanna know is how you know him, Raven?"

"That's a long story", Starfire revealed. "One that I'm not sure we have the time to tell at this moment."

"Why don't you two come over to our house for dinner tomorrow", Stephanie suddenly suggested.

"Brown", I scolded. "You shouldn't just invite people over for dinner without consulting father or Pennyworth."

"Bruce and Alfred won't mind", Stephanie stated. "Plus, Dick's gonna be home tomorrow, so it'll be perfect! So, what do you say, Starfire? Raven?"

"We'd be honored to come to your home for dinner", Starfire replied.

"Y…yeah", Raven added nervously.

"Great", Stephanie said excitedly. "Then we'll see you guys tomorrow!"

I was not happy with this development.

I'm going to kill you, Brown!