Chapter 24 Dress Shopping
Damain's POV

After school, Raven and I walked into the courtyard; where we found Alfred waiting in his usual spot.

"Good afternoon, Master Damian", he greeted, before looking at Raven. "And good afternoon to you as well, Ms Roth."

"Hi, Alfred", Raven greeted.

"I have invited Raven to Father's engagement party", I revealed. "However, she does not have a suitable outfit for the event, so I'll be taking her to buy one."

"That's a nice thing to do, Master Damian", Alfred said. "Well then, in that case, I shall take you to the shopping

Raven and I were now at the mall.

"Follow me", I instructed. Then, I led Raven to the high end fashion section of the mall.

"Never thought I'd ever get to shop in this section of the mall", she revealed. Then, I led her to a formal dress shop some of the female orphans had dragged me to before.

"Ah", one of the clerks said when she saw me. "If it isn't Mr Damian Wayne? I'm surprised to see you here without one of your sisters. What brings you here?"

"Rachel here needs a dress for an event my father is holding", I revealed. "The dress-code is semi-formal to formal. Could you help her find something?"

"Of course", the clerk replied, before walking up to Raven. "Please come with me, Miss."

"Damian, what do I do", Raven asked, suddenly nervous.

"Just tell the clerk what type of dress you're looking for and she'll help you find something", I replied.

"But how do I know if what I pick is suitable or not", Raven asked.

"Anything you find in this store should be fine", I replied. "But if you're unsure, you can come and show me anything you pick out."

"Oh, okay", Raven said, before looking at the clerk. "I'm ready, Ma'am."

"Excellent", the clerk said. "Right this way, Miss."

While I waited for Raven to choose an outfit, I sat down on a seat in the store and drew in my sketchbook.

"Damian", I heard her say after a bit.

I then looked up, and saw her in a semi-formal, relatively simple dress. For some reason, when I saw her wearing it…I got the same fluttery feeling in my chest as I did before.

"So…what do you think? Is this dress suitable for the party?"

After Raven asked me this, I pushed the fluttery feeling back and answered her.

"Yes, it's suitable", I replied.

"Good", Raven replied, before turning to face the clerk. "Then I'll take this one,

Once Raven changed out of the dress, we went to check it out.

"Are you really okay with paying for the dress, Damian", she asked. "It's a bit pricey."

"I wouldn't have offered to buy you a dress if I wasn't in the financial position to do so", I stated.

Then, the clerk giggled, before saying something that took me by surprise.

"It must be nice having a Wayne as a boyfriend?"

When Raven and I heard this, both of our faces went red.

"What", she exclaimed in shock.

"She's not my girlfriend", I revealed angrily.

"She's not", the clerk asked in confusion.

"Why did you think she was my girlfriend", I asked angrily.

"Well, a guy usually wouldn't buy a dress for a girl unless she was his girlfriend", the clerk stated.

"Well, she's not my girlfriend", I stated firmly. "She's just my friend!"

"I see", the clerk said. "I apologize for just assuming things."

"It's okay", Raven reassured the clerk. "From your point of view, I can actually see why you'd think we were a couple. Anyway, thank you so much for helping me find a dress."

"You're welcome, Ms Roth", the clerk replied. "I hope that you enjoy whatever party you're going to wear it to. And I also hope that you'll come shop here again if you need another dress for an occasion in the future?"

"I doubt that I'll get a chance to go like an event like this again", Raven stated. "But if I do, then I'll come back!"

"Wonderful", the clerk said. "Well then, thank you for shopping with us! Have a good day!"

"Have a good day as well, Ma'am", Raven greeted.

"Thank you for your help, Ma'am", I said. "Goodbye."

With this, Raven and I left the store.

"Well, that was something", she stated.

"Yeah", I agreed; still embarrassed by being called Raven's 'boyfriend.'

"Do you have anywhere else you need to be, Damian", she asked.

"No", I replied. "Why?"

"Wanna grab a bite to eat at the foodcourt", Raven asked. "And let me pay! It's the least I can do since you brought me the dress."

"Okay", I said. "Let's go."