Gotham's Finest. Ace & Cro

Chapter Twenty Five - C

It has been great to have Selina here these past few days. Lucy has been so happy to see her and catch up on things together. (Catwoman): Good morning, James (Cro): Good morning, Selina (Catwoman): Where is Lucy? Is she still asleep? (Cro): She is knocked out like a light. I couldnt wake her. She looked too peaceful (Catwoman): How has it been these past few months? Are you ready to be a father? (Cro): Nobody can be one hundred percent ready for being a parent but I can say for certain that I will do my best. I will protect her and that baby of ours with all that I am and every breath I take We hear footsteps and it is Lucy walking down the staircase. I hold her hand and help her down the stairs. (Ace): Morning to you both. What time did you wake up? (Cro): Not too long ago. We were just waiting for you. I can hear that Rick and the staff will be finished with breakfast soon We walk to the Grand Hall and have breakfast together. The staff has outdone themselves as usual. There are so many things to eat and I know that Lucy is going to have a blast. She has been craving a lot of sweet things this week. Last week she was into all of the salty snacks and foods. As I am thinking about it, she takes a waffle and puts some Nutella, Oreos, chocolate sauce and some biscuit crumbs on the top. (Catwoman): Are you sure that you want to eat all for that for breakfast, kitty? (Ace): Are you kidding? Of course not. This is the starter! I will dish more after I finish this plate. Look at all of the milkshakes. Oreo, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and more! Is there a problem? Letting her eat what she wants makes her happy when she takes care of her health as well. She will have her time to eat unhealthy and then she eats very healthy again. (Cro): My baby can have whatever she likes. She has her days where she eats like this then she has her days when she just wants all kinds of healthy things too. Its a balance We enjoy breakfast together and something pops into my fucking head. I am thinking about what I spoke to Selina about earlier. We should build a seriously well-protected panic room in the basement to protect all of us and our future baby. There is no telling what to expect from anyone in Gotham. Remember I was thinking about making our security details a bit better? We can always make things one hundred and fifty percent safer. Safety protocols and back up plans are always important. Especially when you live in a horrible city that has disgusting grunts running around that would do horrific things to anyone especially mothers and little children. They will never touch a hair on her fucking head or I will hang them as a warning to all the other bastards that want to give it a try. We go to the tv room and relax under the blankets. We put some movies on, make some popcorn and take it easy. Lucy and I really enjoy when we spend this time together. She hates having to sit alone and not be able to sit with me. I hate it too because she brings peace and serenity in my life. Selina makes extra popcorn and we put even more butter salt on top. Lucy takes her own bowl and sprinkles chocolates and sweets into her popcorn. She really has been wanting to eat sweet things. It makes no sense going into popcorn though. It is almost like the pudding and popcorn again. That was gross. (Ace): What? It tastes so good (Cro): You are so adorable She truly is. Watching her being in her own element and smile so much, it makes me feel like the luckiest fucking husband and father-to-be in the entire world. Knowing that she feels safe, comfortable and protected is important to me. That reminds me. (Cro): Actually, there was something that I wanted to talk to you guys about (Catwoman): Is something wrong? (Ace): Are you alright? (Cro): Everything is okay. I just wanted to say that maybe we should put some extra safety protocols in place for when the baby comes (Ace): Aww baby! I love that idea! (Catwoman): What sort of protocols exactly? More gates or security guards? Does she think that I am dumb? We have more than enough security guards and the gates are more than secure. What kind of question is that? Why do I feel like she is trying to interrogate me? (Cro): Actually, I wanted to upgrade the bunker downstairs in the basement into a more bulletproof and protective panic room. So we can keep each other and our baby safe if things had to go out of control It was something that has been on my mind for the longest time. Our home already has the best security systems that we could get and the best security guards over the entire lot. Nobody would be able to trespass without us knowing about it. Even if it were the worst scenario, we need to know where they would be at any given moment. That is very important in this city. Anybody switches up on anybody these days. You have to expect everything and anything. (Ace): Put the plans in place and get it all set up, Mr Maxwell (Cro): I will do so indeed, Mrs Maxwell Selina gets confused and looks as if she just swallowed a fly. Was it something I said because I definitely know it wasnt the popcorn? (Catwoman): You took James surname, kitty? (Ace): Yes I did (Catwoman): I must have been so excited to see you that I dont remember us talking about whether you took it or not Does it bother her that Lucy took my name? Is it going to be a problem now? What a damn annoying subject. Why do some people have a problem with the woman taking the mans surname? Or even when the man takes the womans surname? If that is what they decide to do as a family then let them fucking do it. (Ace): I wanted to share the last name of the love of my life, mu husband and the future father of our children. It feels right to me (Catwoman): When its right then its right That is the fucking truth right there. When it feels right then nothing else matters. Love makes me so fucking cheesy. Shit. (Cro): I knew exactly when I first saw her that she was something different. Never knew why but it has been amazing getting to know the reasons why (Ace): You were a pain in the ass but I fell for you anyway I was a pain in the ass? I was the only one that was being a pain in the ass? Is she absolutely sure about that? I am smelling bullshit over here. We were both really fucking annoying but somehow put up with each other. I was not the only culprit here. (Cro): You were a pain in the ass too, madame (Catwoman): Seeing how happy you make each other It is not something that you see everyday