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Chapter 2

After about ten minutes of awkward silence between me and Jason, the doorbell mercifully rang. I shot out of my chair and dashed to the front door, opening it to reveal Diana Prince, also known to the world as Wonder Woman. She was dressed in civilian clothes, with a red sweater and dark jeans that I couldn't help but to notice accentuated her already impressive body nicely.

"I appreciate the help." I sighed, giving Diana a terse nod. I really wasn't one for hugging or all that, except when it was necessary.

"I figured that if the Batman, Mr. Independent himself, had to call for help, it was something serious." She replied with a triumphant smirk. Okay, she was definitely enjoying this way too much.

"But I thought that you raised kids before. Shouldn't you know how to handle them by now?" Diana asked before she stepped inside.

She had a point, in a way. But the fact of the matter was, my style of parenting wasn't conducive to the way that Clark and Lois had likely raised Jason. When I had taken in Dick, it was to help train him to become a vigilante like myself. Not exactly the same thing as normal parenting.

"Bringing up crimefighters isn't the same as babysitting normal children." I replied quickly.

"True." Diana conceded, making her way to my living room, where Jason was still sitting, staring at one of the paintings that hung on the walls.

"Hey there!" She greeted with what seemed like genuine excitement in her voice. Apparently, she thought that the best way to reach Jason was going to be high fives and cheeriness. Of course, I knew better than to think that it would be so simple. I have a skill for reading people that I've acquired over the years, and as far as I could tell, Jason was not sociable in the least, so a technique like the one Diana was trying to employ would only end in failure.

"Hi, Miss Prince!" Jason replied with a vitality I had not seen from him before.

Wait, what?

"Look at this Bruce, all you needed to do was to speak up a bit." Diana said, a smug grin on her face.

I knew what she was doing to me, but I, being the mature one, refused to bite. All I did was nod appreciatively in reply, although I secretly wanted to strangle Jason for subjecting me to this treatment. I couldn't have been that hard to approach, right?

"Anyways, I thought that it would be a good idea to bring some games over for us to play together." Diana continued, producing a large bag from behind her and setting it on the ground.

Play together? She couldn't possibly be thinking about involving me in this, could she? I mean, the whole reason I had called her for help was so I wouldn't have to spend any of my time on this.

"Look, I have a lot of work to do in the Batcave, so if you'll excuse me." I said, turning to leave the room, but of course, I quickly had a feminine hand grabbing me by the collar and pulling me back, even as I struggled helplessly against Diana's impossibly strong grip. Darn Amazons and their super strength.

"Come on Bruce, it's a Tuesday afternoon, you know that the Joker saves up his plans for the weekends." Diana joked, although I was not in the mood to laugh.

As such, I didn't bother to dignify her with a response, and I tried to break free once more, only to be met by a frown.

"Seriously, just one game." Diana pleaded, her tone suddenly taking on a tone of desperation that made me reconsider my actions.

"Six." Diana called out and I moved my top hat forwards the required number of steps, landing on a dreaded blue space that was augmented with the ominous red of a hotel.

"Boardwalk?" I cried out, incredulous that such bad luck had befallen me as I paid Jason the last bit of colored bills I had, "Bankrupt."

We were playing Monopoly, which was only one of the many games that Diana had brought along with her. And no, I wasn't playing because Diana asked me to. I was playing to teach Jason a bit about how the real estate business worked.

"Wow Jason, you're really good at picking up the best properties!" Diana exclaimed, rubbing the boy's shoulder playfully, having already been bankrupted long ago by Jason's ownership of all of the railroads.

"Too good." I muttered to myself as I studied Jason's intense expression. It was clear that he was deep in thought, a departure from the more carefree personality he had put on earlier when he was talking to Diana.

He really was similar to his father. Both of them could be completely relaxed one moment, and then deathly serious the next. Most people didn't see the side of Superman that I knew personally, and no one knew better than me that he took his job much more seriously than his demeanor let on.

Of course, just because Jason was similar to Clark didn't mean that I was going to take this loss lying down. I was the Batman damn it! And the Batman did not lose games of Monopoly to eight year olds, son of Superman or not.

"I can't believe I lost again." I whispered to myself as I stared down the board, which had been untouched since the end of our fifth round of Monopoly. All in all, Jason swept me and Diana in all five games while I consistently took second, although that didn't mean much in the light of the fact that only three of us were playing.

"Hey Bruce, you okay?" Diana asked softly, gingerly placing a hand on my shoulder, "I know that was rough for you."

"I'm fine." I fired back, bristling at her touch. Okay, I wasn't fine, but I wasn't just about to admit that I was upset over losing in a board game.

"Well, on the bright side, at least he's asleep." Diana sighed, gesturing to Jason, who was indeed sleeping on the couch at the moment.

"I'll put him in his bedroom." I replied softly, picking up Jason bridal style as quietly as I could, in an attempt to avoid waking him up.

The two of us navigated the mess of corridors that my mansion contained until we came to the guest bedroom that was located next door to my own room. Diana opened up the door for me and gasped as she stared at the contents of the room.

"Wow Bruce. I knew you were rich, but…wow." Diana said in awe, at a loss for words.

"This used to be my room growing up." I informed her, pointing to the ornate queen sized bed that I had placed Jason in, "I slept there until I took over Wayne Enterprises."

My eyes fell on Diana, who was standing in the middle of the room with a little smile on her face.

"What's got you so happy?" I asked, my brow arched in interest.

"I'm just thinking about how cute you were as a kid." She replied teasingly and to my surprise, I felt my cheeks redden at her comment.

"I haven't been a kid for a while." I muttered, and immediately, I saw Diana's face fall. She wasn't stupid enough to miss my implication, and I knew that she was feeling bad about what she had said, but at the same time, I didn't know what to say to her, so as much as I didn't want to, I was forced to let her be.

Silently, I led her out of the room and across the hall to her own bedroom.

"Bruce, I'm sorry for bringing it up. I wasn't trying to…" Diana began, but I stopped her before she could go any further.

"I'll see you in the morning." I quickly cut in before I turned on my heel and walked into my room, locking the door behind me.

I've never really been one for apologizing anyways.

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