Robin's Little Finch

Robin's Little Finch ~ Chapter 9

After they broke apart from their hug in the middle of the diner, Dick invited her back to their place for the night. He wanted to get to know his little sister again. Tara only agreed because it would have been weird for her to confess this then just say, "Nope, can't tell you everything yet so bye! See you at school on Monday."

They walked until they got on a bus that would stop closer to the nicer end of town, from there they would walk.

As Dick used his key to open the front door of Wayne Manor, they both stopped but for different reasons. Dick heard conversation from the kitchen between Alfred and Bruce, each with a hint of worry in their voices. Tina on the other hand marveled at the sight in front of her, it was beautiful even without the decorations from the ball. The ball... where she had intruded... robbed people senseless... and used her own brother as a hostage. Tina shook her head clearing her mind of everything and focusing on what was going on now. She had finally gotten her brother back.

"Master Richard?" Alfred calls from the kitchen.

"Yeah its me!" Dick shouts back.

"Oh good, you were late so we got worried," Bruce said coming out of the kitchen with Alfred.

"You know you don't have to worry. And I am sorry, I had something important to do," Dick answers putting his arm around Tina. Tina smiles and punches him lightly on the shoulder.

"I see you brought a guest!" Alfred exclaims as Bruce and him walk closer.

"Who might she be?" Bruce asks expecting to get a slight glair from his ward for acting like an overprotecting father but is surprised when he gets a nervous look then a laugh from his ward.

"I am so sorry for not introducing myself Mr. Wayne. It is kind of a long story but here I will start over. It is a pleasure to finally meet you in person Mr. Wayne. My name is Tina, I am Dick's younger sister," Tina says holding out her hand for him to shake.

"Oh my," Alfred says taken aback a little.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Tina. Why don't you come in? I would love to get to know my ward's sister," Bruce says shaking Tina's out stretched hand.

"Can she stay the night? We don't have school tomorrow," Dick asks Bruce.

"It's fine with me, it's up to Tina," Bruce says starting to walk towards the kitchen.

Dick looks at Tara with a pleading look.

"I don't know Dick, I was supposed to..." But seeing his sad look she sighed and said with a smile, "Nevermind. Of course I'll stay over. I've heard a lot about Alfred's cooking, can't wait to try it."

"Awesome!" Dick shouts.

They all walk toward the kitchen where Alfred is heating up some soup he made earlier and everyone looks at Tara waiting for her to start talking. When she doesn't know where to start Bruce begins the conversation.

"So Tina. I didn't even know Dick had a younger sister."

"Really? Dick I feel like I should be offended you never even told your new family about me," Tina says sending a glare in Dick's direction.

"I never mentioned her? It was hard to adjust and it was a lot of change and I guess I never wanted to talk about my old life a lot cause it made it harder to cope," Dick responds while rubbing a hand to the back of his neck.

"I was kidding. I understand. I also had a hard time moving on, but after about 2 months I was able to with the help of the people around me," Tina tells her brother.

"So tell us about yourself Tina," Bruce says leaning on the counter across from where Dick and her are sitting.

"Well as you already know, I'm Dick's younger sister. I'm two years younger than him and I had actually never performed in the circus cause I couldn't do all the acts. I was always behind the curtains though and always willing to practice with Dickie on non show days," Tina starts to explain. It's hard for her cause she can't tell them everything but Dick does know some things about her.