Catching I Bruce Wayne

XXIX

The next day was a Saturday. This meant the whole family was at home. Bruce and Dick were training meanwhile Skylar was looking over some of her work. Once she was done she'd join the others in training. 

The day flew by almost immediately since everyone had some work to do and it was soon time for dinner. Alfred was preparing the table and Bruce was on the phone when Dick nudged Skylar with his elbow.

" Ow, what was that for?" she exclaimed. He shushed her. " Not here, cmon," he whispered and dragged Skylar away from Bruce and Alfred. " What's going on? You're scaring me," she said once she was sure they were out of the others' earshot.

Dick looked around before turning to her and taking a deep breath. " Do you remember the talk we had the other day?" he asked. She furrowed her brows, they've talked about many things recently. " Which one?" 

He sighed. " You know, the one," he insisted. With his tone of voice, body movements, and his look, Skylar finally understood what he meant. The other day he approached her when Bruce was busy and he asked her about how to ask someone out. 

" Ohh, now I got it," she replied with a smirk. " Don't," he warned, " The reason we're keeping this a secret from them is that they'll react this way too and I was counting on you SJ," he said. SJ was Dick's new nickname for Skylar, it was her initials. 

She chuckled and tried to 'erase' whatever expression she had on her face. " Fine, sorry kid, now, tell me everything," she said. " Okay, so I followed your advice and invited her to do something other than what we usually do," he explained.

" And? What did Barbara say?" Skylar asked excitedly. Dick first smiled then frowned. " HEY! I've never said her name, how did you know?" he asked back. She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms on her chest. " Dick? Really? It's so obvious," 

He looked away for a second. " Okay, okay, fine! I guess I'll let you in on the secret too," he snorted. " She said yes, we are going to the movies on Monday after school," he said and Skylar jumped happily.

" Yes! Okay, now it's serious. You need to pick a movie she is also interested in, not just you. We need to see what's on the theatres and then pick something appropriate, what does she like?" she asked. He shrugged, " Um, we really bonded over the Harry Potter movies, uh, and also the Lord of the Rings stuff too," 

She nodded. " Okay, that means she likes action and fantasy. We'll see what's on," she said. But before they could talk more Alfred appeared in the hall they were standing in. " Unless you rather prefer to eat dinner as cold as ice I'd recommend you come," he said.

Skylar chuckled and put her arm around Dick. " Sorry, Alfred! We'll be right there!" she said. He seemed unbothered and nodded then turned around. She turned to Dick. " That was a close one," he mumbled. " I know, right?" she said. " Anyway, we'll talk about this later kid," she added and they started walking. 

As they were Skylar ruffled his hair. " I can't believe this! Your first date! I'm so excited!" she let out. Dick rolled his eyes. " Hey sister, if you can't keep it cool get lost," he said in a sassy way. " Sure, then who'd you go for advice?" she played and he frowned, knowing he was defeated. 

When they went back inside Skylar was grinning like crazy. Bruce carefully looked between the two of them. " Something's certainly going on in here," he mumbled. Skylar smiled but didn't reply. 

The dinner went by fine. Bruce tried to find out what was going on but Skylar had by now learned how to keep some things secret from Bruce, it was usually private things between her and Dick. Such as his crush on his friend Barbara.

Dick was worried Bruce would make a huge deal out of it or maybe tell him to stay away from her because of Robin or something else. Skylar was sure that was not the case and he would want Dick to be happy but his mind was made up and he wanted to keep it on the down-low for a while.