#i really want to tag grayson since hes IN THIS CHAPTER but im scared so i wont haha

[chilling-seavey]

Anything But Mine (d.s.) - Chapter Twelve

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Monday, November 11th, 2019

Florence shifted nervously in the hallway of the community centre, eyeing the door that faced her. She had seen Grayson’s blue Porsche in the parking lot and didn’t want to have to deal with being in the same room as him for an hour. Her heart was in her throat, not wanting to be at Mommy group that morning but she hadn’t been in a while and she knew Cameron was expecting her. Florence wondered how much Cameron knew about her relationship with her brother.

Taking a deep breath, Florence walked into the room, pushing the stroller in front of her. It felt as though the entire room looked at her when in reality it was only Cameron.

“There’s my girls!” she smiled, walking over to give Florence a hug. “We missed you two.” Cameron bent down next to the stroller and kissed Clementine’s head.

“Sorry it’s been so long. Things have been all over the place.” Florence sighed.

“That’s alright. You’re here now.” Cameron said. “Now come in and hang up your coat. We’re going to be playing some music today.”

Florence discreetly kept her eyes on Grayson as she took off her coat and got Clementine out of the stroller. He was organizing the small musical instruments across the room and barely gave her a second look. She sat herself down in the circle, Clementine placed on the rug in front of her. Florence never made friends with the other moms in the group. They talked easily together about the latest gossip while Florence sat by herself, arms tucked around her daughter, the one thing that grounded her. Her own little security.

Cameron got everyone’s attention to begin the session and explained the importance of music in baby’s growing minds. They were going to make their own little band. Grayson was sent to hand out the play instruments to each mother/child pair around the circle. When he reached Florence, he barely glanced at her before setting a small xylophone in front of the pair. Clementine babbled happily and reached for him.

“Hi, Clemmy.” Grayson whispered softly, pressing his finger to her open palm so she could wrap her tiny fingers around it. He slunk away almost just as quickly as he approached them. Clementine shrieked after him, stretching out her arms towards him.

“Look, Clem.” Florence whispered to the ten-month-old, passing her the plastic stick, “play some pretty music. Like you do with Dani, remember?”

Clementine glanced at her mother and then at Grayson who had his back to them before giving up and hitting the rainbow xylophone keys with the stick. The little ‘ding’s made her giggle.

“Grayson, can you put on our music for us please?” Cameron asked, directing her brother to the speaker by the window as she sat with the circle. He followed her instruction, keeping his head down as he picked up her phone and chose the correct song.

A cheerful nursery rhyme filled the room and the babies reacted excitedly to it. The mothers smiled down with pride at their children but Florence’s straight-lined expression was vastly different. She kept her eyes on Grayson as Clementine played her tiny xylophone. He slung his bag over his shoulder before bending down next to his sister and whispering something to her.

“Oh…so soon?” Cameron answered him quietly.

Florence watched his slight nod silently.

“Okay.” Cameron smiled lightly, her slight worry about her youngest brother apparent. Both she and Florence could see the tears welling in his eyes although he tried his best to hide it behind a clearly forced smile. “Call me later.” Cameron called after him as he headed for the door.

Cameron turned back to the group with a friendly smile, “Now let’s get started.” 

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“He was going to cry, Jack. Straight up.” Florence said, resting against the kitchen island.

“I don’t even know what to say.” Jack sighed from beside her, Clementine in his arms. “I mean I get why he’s hurt but like…I don’t know.”

“I just wish he would talk to me.” Florence mumbled, handing Clementine a small bag of Cheerios to snack on.

“Give him time. I’m sure he’ll come around. It was just a miscommunication.” Jack shrugged. Clementine held out a Cheerio to him between two fingers and he let her feed it to him.

“I hope.” Florence frowned to herself. The front door opened and Daniel came in from class, dropping his backpack on the floor.

“Hey.” he smiled lightly at them as he kicked off his shoes.

Clementine pulled a wide smile in his direction, babbling loudly as her way of greeting him as he walked over to them.

“Good afternoon, little one.” Daniel beamed, pressing little kisses to her chubby cheek. Clementine reached for him, wiggling out of Jack’s arms. Daniel gladly scooped her up and she nuzzled into his neck, smiling cheekily at Jack.

“How was class, Dani?” Florence smiled.

“Really good. I think I aced my presentation.” Daniel said.

“That’s great!”

“Now it’s my turn to go and fail my presentation.” Jack clapped his hands together. “I did it all last night and got no sleep.”

Clementine giggled from her place in Daniel’s arms.

“It’s not funny, baby orange.” Jack tisked, tickling her sides. He grabbed his sweater from the dining room table and slung his backpack over one shoulder.

A knock at the door interrupted his rush and Jack went to open it.

“That’s Emilio!” Florence beamed and rushed after him. Sure enough, Jack opened to reveal the Spanish boy, bundled up in a thick winter jacket although it was barely less than 0°. Florence threw her arms around his shoulders. Jack took a step back as to not be pulled into their much too friendly embrace. Daniel stared expressionlessly from his spot in the kitchen, Clementine eating her Cheerios quietly on his hip.

“I really gotta run. Class starts in 5 minutes.” Jack said, squeezing past the couple. “See you later!”

“Good luck, Jack!” Florence called after him as he ran across the lawn towards the university. She closed the door behind him as she pulled Emilio inside.

“It’s so cold out now!” Emilio chuckled, tucking his arms around his middle in an effort to warm up as he followed Florence back to the kitchen. “I’ve been in Canada for like two years and I haven’t gotten used to the winters.”

“Our brothers are out tanning in California and we’re here. How is this fair?” Florence tisked.

Emilio greeted Daniel with a smile, earning a simple half-hearted response from the boy. Clementine wrapped her arms around Daniel’s neck, pressing her cheek to his, and smiled at Emilio as if claiming what was hers.

“Dani-“ Florence sang as she leaned over the island towards him.

Daniel looked at her, raising one eyebrow expectantly.

“Can you look after Clementine tonight? Emilio and I are going out for dinner.”

“I mean…I guess…” Daniel nodded once, looking to the baby in his arms. He could never say no to the sweet little girl…Clementine really had him wrapped around her finger.

“Thank you!” Florence sighed, walking around the island to hug him quickly. “We’ll be back before 8. I promise.”

Daniel watched as the two of them put their shoes on and left without another word. The house fell into silence except for the distant muffled sounds of Zach playing video games in the loft. Clementine looked up at Daniel and pressed a soggy Cheerio into his mouth with her sticky fingers. His cringe went unnoticed by the baby but he still pressed a kiss to her head. He couldn’t deny the hurt in his heart.

“Looks like it’s just you and me again, Clem.” Daniel mumbled.

[ranger-jedi-knight]

A New Hero Ch 11

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20887313/chapters/55650205 Tag List: @vixen-uchiha

I’ve done a bad. I’ve been forgettin to put TWEETS AT THE END OF THE CHAPS!! IM SO SORRY!! I’LL FIX IT BY STARTIN IT BACK UP!!! As you’ll see, I’m givin Gotham some love. It just seemed right to do it. Ok, so there’s goin to be a delay as my laptops charger port(n possibly also the cable cause fuck me apparently) failed finally where it won’t be seen let alone charge. So ya, I gotta use my phone for the majority of things(but on the lucky days that I can get my laptop to work yay! But ya), so sorry bout the delays. Here it is!

The batbois could only sigh as they swung around Gotham at night patrolling. The night was tough. They’ve each dealt with three muggings, a few robberies, drug bust each and Red Hood, Batman, and Robin all dealt with Penguin trying to rob the museum. Then Nightwing and Red Robin both talked about stopping potential rapists. So they were pretty tired after the fairly active night.

Don’t get them wrong, they know they’re lucky since this was one of the quieter nights in Gotham. They’ve faced worse nights. They’re all just glad that their patrol was almost done. Red Hood glared at the street as he watched two guys following a girl. He tapped Robin’s shoulder and the two started after the three.

Lana was absolutely tired. It was late. She should have been home hours ago sleeping. But no. She had to stay behind at school, then moved to a 24-hour cafe a few miles from the college(and her apartment a block from the college), for a group project and her group kept getting backtracked. She heard two people following her and took her phone out and raised it a bit to look behind her. It was two men in dark clothing with the hoods up. Her screen lit up showing the time. 1:32 AM.

She could only sigh at the reminder. She tugged her messenger bag’s strap up her shoulder as she walked. She soon stopped under a lamp, rolling her neck as she waited for the two men to reach her. She might as well deal with them so they didn’t follow her home. Her friends Bee and Cahaya were there waiting to do a sleepover, something she promised a week ago. They were saints for being ok to wait for her even though she told them it would take a while to finish the project. So ya, she didn’t want to risk them to the two perverts.

One man put his hand on her shoulder and started turning her while the other pulled out a knife to point at her. As he turned her to face them, she pulled her bag off her shoulder and swung it hard at the two. It hit the two men in the head and they stumbled back or to the side shocked. She then kicked the knife out of the shocked man’s hand and pulled the pen out from its place in her hair. The one that held the knife reacted first and she threw the pen as hard as she could and it caught his sweatshirt and pinned him to the telephone pole behind them.

The first man growled while the other one looked absolutely shocked at what she did. The first man then charged at her and she sidestepped him while grabbing his arm. As he went past her, she stepped behind him and twisted his arm up so that his hand was against the opposite shoulder blade. Lana grunted as she raised her right foot and kicked the small of his back, sending the man stumbling down onto his knees. She turned to the other one who threw the pen onto the ground.

She smirked as she pulled her fist back and punched the man hard in the nose. As the man fell against the phone pole clutching his nose, she rammed her elbow into his head dazing him. The first man wrapped his arms around her and picked her up. Her feet kicked out before he leaned over and her feet touched the ground once more. She threw her head back, hitting his nose, then rammed her elbow into his stomach and broke from his grip and kicked him hard in the crotch. He fell to his knees gripping there before glaring at her.

Jason was shocked. He and Damian had been staring as the girl, now identified as Lana Grayson, beat up her stalkers. When the man she kicked started getting up, they jumped down behind the guy and quickly take him down. While Robin tied up the two, he went over to Lana as she sagged a bit with a yawn. “Are you alright miss? That was quite the takedown you did before we came,” he said and Lana nodded and covered her mouth with her hand as another yawn left her.

“Yeah, I’m alright,” she mumbled out as she put her bag onto her shoulder once more. Red Hood nodded at the info.

“How come you’re out this late miss? You know it’s dangerous,” he asked this time and she just groaned.

“Classmates. We-*yawn*-had-have a group project for-*yawn*-class. Just...just finished it,” she answered rubbing her eyes. Now that the threat of being raped was gone, her tiredness came back full force. Thou she wished it waited until she was safe and sound in her dorm/apartment. Red Hood smiled as he watched Lana respond throu yawns, thou she couldn’t see it.

“Where’s your place?”

“Over-*yawn*-there,” she pointed to a complex still a mile away near the college and he nodded.

“I’ll escort you the rest of the way, miss. You look like you could fall asleep at any minute,” he offered and she nodded at that.

“Thank you-*yawn*-Hood,” she said before walking toward her place. Robin nodded and told the others what was happening, well giving better details that is since they did hear his voice just not the other persons, while Red Hood walked with her.

“Ok, understood. See you two back at the cave,” Nightwing said and the others grunted their responses. Red Hood stood in front of Lana’s building as she stood in front of the door opening it.

“Stay safe alright, miss?” he called and she gave a nod and smile before entering the building with a yawn. He stayed there until he lost sight of her entering the elevator and went back to Robin who had the two men tied to the light pole.

“Ready, Hood?” Robin asked and Red Hood nodded. The two then continued on and head back to the cave to meet with the others.

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“So Jay-bird, you ran into and helped Lana. Hmm?” Dick asked teasingly as they ate breakfast. Jason glared at Dick while Damian smirked to the side.

“Fuck off. All I did was make sure she got home safely after taking out her potential rapists. Damian helped with it,” Jason grumbled eating his breakfast.

“No need to get embarrassed, Jay-bird,” Dick said and Jason leveled a glare at him which had Dick’s smile lessening a bit.

“What’s to be embarrassed about, I helped her out as Red Hood, my job. But the thing we should be embarrassed about is how long it’s taking you and Babs to get married,” he retorted and Dick frowned with a blush, looking away. Tim and Steph snorted in response to that.

“Did you hear the news Damian? Mari’s class won the contest WE hosted,” Tim said and Damian smiled.

“Yes, I did. Mari called me to tell me the good news. For your information also, Mari asked for me to come to Paris for a few days to help finish a project they started last year,” Damian replied and his brothers nodded at that.

“Ah yes, the movie,” Jason responded and Damian nodded. “How are you helping them finish it?”

“Mari and her friends figured a good end would be for a person the main antagonist lied about showed up and exposed her,” he explained and his brothers nodded understanding. “Though, she also said she had a surprise.”

“A surprise?” Dick asked and Damian nodded.

“Yes, a surprise. She wouldn’t say who it’s for. Just that since I’ll be visiting it’d be hard to hide so she’s going to tell me. But I won’t be able to tell anyone else about it,” he explained taking his plate to the sink to clean it.

“Hope it’s a good surprise for the person,” Tim muttered.

“I’m sure it will be. This is Mari we’re talking about,” Damian countered which had the others nodding. “Now, I’ll be off, Ember and Jon said they have a surprise for me and I wish to get it over with as soon as possible.”

“Alright, brat. Have fun and don’t hurt them too much if you hate the surprise,” Jason teased out. “You know father hid the kryptonite. So Jon is safe until I locate it.”

“Well, Clark appreciates him hiding it,” Steph said and like that Clark came down into the kitchen smiling.

“I do appreciate it. And Damian, I know what the surprise is, I have a feeling you’ll really like it,” Clark said and Damian nodded to him before leaving the room to find his friends.

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Jon @supersonsfriends

Looks like the surprise went well!! Welcome back, Rae!! #yess #thatwasnervewracking #sogladitwentwell #oldmentor *Damian hugging a dark skinned woman with her dark brown hair pulled into a braid, a rose hairpin holding her bangs back, a pink nose ring on the right side of her nose along with a lip piercing. Rea held him just as tightly. Jon and Ember(pale skinned with brown hair pulled into a bun, a scar over her right eye(gray eyes)) smiling at the camera while looking back slightly at the three*

Dick smiled at his phone and Alya smiled herself as she looked over his shoulder at that. “How sweet. Knew em back before moving in with Bruce?” she asked and he nodded.

“Ya, they were close. He didn’t know what happened to them when he came to Bruce. I’m glad they’re reunited,” Dick answered and Alya nodded agreement as she started working on the case they were assigned.

“I’ll be honest. I’m not sure how this case will end,” Alya said after a bit and Dick had to nod his agreement.

“Yeah. Cahaya’s attacker is slippery. Even with B’s help, I’m not sure if we’ll be able to do this,” Dick whispered looking around as he watched their supervisor Mr. Lingo work at his desk. The man was questionable, he seemed like the perfect fit for Liam Gravesworth, Cahaya’s attacker, to bribe into looking the other way and destroying evidence. Heaven knows he keeps trying to butt into their investigation and break their trust with Cahaya. The poor girl was so scared to tell Alya about the attack even though it’s been years. It took Lana and Bee’s reassurance for her to go forward to them.

They can’t blame her though. Liam was a businessman. Rich, slimy, and was able to buy basically everyone’s loyalty. Even Cahaya’s businessman friends had trouble finding any evidence. Even with Tim helping, they mostly only could find destroyed evidence. Tapes erased from the time and place it happened. Money trails carefully covered up. “Let’s talk elsewhere,” Alya mumbled out and Dick nodded agreement.

“Alright, come on,” Dick replied and the two left the precinct. Their coworkers were speaking Spanish to each other or mumbling it. Mr. Lingo apparently was obsessed with everyone speaking Spanish fluently and didn’t like it if someone had been ignoring the app. It was freaky for them. At least Gordon was looking into it himself. Once they had proof, Lingo would be gone.

They just needed proof that Gravesworth was bribing him.

But who knows how long that’ll take to get.

They sat down at a cafe nearby and Alya rested her chin on her interlaced fingers. “We may need to get someone on the inside,” she said and Dick nodded agreement.

“But who could do it. We need someone who isn’t well known. Do you know anyone that could do it?” Dick asked and Alya hummed in thought.

“Perhaps my boyfriend can help. He hasn’t met Cahaya yet so there’s a chance he could work well as a spy,” Alya said slowly and Dick nodded at that.

“He did a business degree correct?”

“Yes. He did a theatre and business, double major,” Alya said nodding and Dick nodded agreement.

“He could work. Contact him and ask. Once you know if he’s up to it, we’ll talk to Gordon,” Dick said and Alya nodded.

“Ok, sounds good. Now, I overheard you teasing Jason earlier. About saving Lana from rapists?” Alya asked giving Dick a small glare, daring him to lie.

“Ah, yes. She was out past 1 AM because of a class project. Two dudes followed her but she dealt with them and Jason and Damian quickly finished them off. Jason then escorted her home. She wasn’t hurt, don’t worry,” Dick explained and Alya nodded, giving a sigh.

“She’s probably right in not telling me,” Alya mumbled and Dick nodded agreement patting her hand.

“Yeah. You probably would have attacked them had she told you,” Dick said and Alya gave a light glare.

“Don’t have to say it. I already know that,” Alya grumbled and Dick laughed.

“Come on, we better get back before Lingo gets suspicious,” Dick said and Alya nodded, standing up.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don’t test me. Or I’ll tell Babs,” she said with a smirk and Dick sputtered.

“You wouldn’t.”

“Oh, I would,” Alya said laughing as they made their way back to the precinct.

Mari-aculous @MDC_Designs

Can’t wait for the big surprise in a month!! #thisllbegreat #theyllbesohappy #onemonthleft #monthaway #surprise

Ok so here’s the next chap!! So ya, this was a kinda simple chap, wanted to go back to the others for a bit before the last chap of Paris. I hope you enjoyed it! Until next time u lovelies!!! -Love Willa<3<3<3