It's going to be another long night

[twiceahero]

Barbara's up late tonight. This isn't really an unusual thing for her.

"United Airways flight 347 should be landing in an hour and a half. He's seated in first class. I recommend you pick him up before he gets through the baggage claim."

She nods to whatever the response is, "Good luck, and I'll be here if you need me again."

Barbara slides her glasses off and pinches the bridge or her nose as the connection closes. She needs more coffee. And maybe an aspirin.

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[blue-bat.livejournal.com]

"What, a guy can't visit the best lady around without earning some suspicion?" And Dick even brought coffee, too! "Maybe I just wanted to see you."

He makes a face at her.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

Her smile widens. "Oh, so it's a big favor, is it? I mean, you got out the flattery and everything," she teases.

[blue-bat.livejournal.com]

Dick could play 'beat around the bush' for awhile longer. Or he could just give up, considering that Babs isn't going to let it slip. Besides, he does have to ask sooner or later.

"Seeing as you like this coffee," he starts, "How would you like to have more of it? Say, around noon tomorrow?"

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

The cup freezes halfway to her mouth and she looks up at Dick. "Look, Dick, I appreciate it, but... We can't..." She sighs, "It's never just a date with you."

[blue-bat.livejournal.com]

"No, no," Dick says, waving his hands a bit frantically. "I don't mean that." That's not to say that he wouldn't like to mean that, but...

"It's my landlord. She keeps trying to get after me, and I keep giving her excuses about a sister. And now she want to meet the sister."

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Clancy?" She frowns, "Your super? What has she been 'getting after you' about?"

[blue-bat.livejournal.com]

Dick exhales heavily. "She wants a date," he says. "She's not the type to take 'no' for an answer."

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

Barbara considers this for a long minute. "So go out with her. You like her." She shoots him a look that says "I can tell". He's jumps in with both feet emotionally, it's part of his charm, really.

[blue-bat.livejournal.com]

Of course she can tell. Babs can read him like an open book can't she?

He takes another sip of his coffee, possibly as a delaying mechanism. "It got complicated," he says. "Nightwing stuff kept coming up, and I couldn't just explain that to her."

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Oh," she purses her lips, then sighs. "Dick, you realize that this is likely to be nothing more than a temporary solution, right? You're going to have to tell her you're not available at some point..."

[blue-bat.livejournal.com]

"Some point," Dick says, a bit dismissively. "Not right now."


....he doesn't like hurting people. Or shutting doors where maybe he could open them later on.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

She shakes her head again. He's going to get into trouble for this one. Just like he always does.

Barbara exhales a long breath, "So... You want me to pose as your sister so that Clancy won't suspect that you keep blowing her off?"