Tales from Gotham

The Good kids

To Ivy Jerome was like a father figure. Both her parents had died, one had committed suicide. Johnathan only had a dad but after his mother died, his father kept doing experiments on him in order to remove his own fear. His Father would tell Johnathan that Johnathan was afraid but Johnathan wasn't afraid. He did indeed suffer from the death of his mother, but he was not suffering as badly as his father was. He couldn't take the psychological abuse anymore, and when they found him there screaming beneath the scarecrow they had taken him to Arkham. Arkham was a terrible place to be, and he very much appreciated when he was finally let free. 

He had enjoyed working with Mister Penguin, cooking with Mister Nygma, and listening to Jerome tell stories and Barbara was always so sweet. He noticed everyone in the house behaved differently around Ivy and himself. They seemed to be less harsh. However so far it seems everyone was impressed with his ability to follow directions. He had wondered if perhaps he stayed long enough that he would be able to take over after Mister Penguin. 

Johnathan had spent the morning with Ivy, the two of them would play hide and seek and tag and Ivy helped his do choirs like clean around the house. While Johnathan was not yet given any official chores he usually just cleaned up when it was needed. Ivy and Johnathan had decided to go and clean the gutters and rake the leaves outside. There was no particular reason they decided to but Johnathan liked cleaning things and Ivy wanted to help him. 

Outside: 

Johnathan walks outside the house and grabs a later and climbs up and without any gloves and starts pulling out the dead leaves and tosses it on the floor. Ivy had come to the stairs and was holding it still. This got Johnathan's hands covered in brown gunk. He climbed down the latter and turns on the hose that has the spray handle on it and pulls the lever and pulls it and sprays gutter. After that he climbed down and smiles at Ivy. Ivy grabs the four rakes that are up against the wall and hands one to Ivy wordlessly. They start raking up the leaves. "So, you like plants Ivy" Johnathan asks. "Yes, I love plants" she says. Johnathan pulls out a rose he had in his pocket at hands it to her. She smiles and sets down the rake on the floor for a moment. "Johnny"! she smiles and walks over grabbing it in her hands. "Where did you get this"? she asks him. "Its a secret" he says with a smile. "This was sweet of you Johnny" Ivy says with a smile and kisses Johnny on the cheek. "Thank you" she says with a smile. 

Johnny was wearing the sweater shirt and a black thermal and blue jeans and his sneakers. Ivy was wearing her striped sweater and long black stockings and black slip ons. Penguin was out with Victor, Edward had left as well, and Jerome was inside watching tv. Barbara had gone to do something at the Amusement park and said she would be back soon. That was about 3 hours ago. She pulled up to see Ivy and Johnathan raking leaves into a big pile. She parks and comes out holding a bag. She has a white dress on and sandals. "Hey! What you guys doing"? Barbara asks as she comes into the yard opening the gate. "Chores" The two say in Unison. "Oh, who gave you them"? Barbara asks. "Nobody, I just thought I would clean things, Ivy wanted to help" Johnathan explains. Barbara smiles and comes up and hugs Johnny. "Oh, Johnny, you are such a helpful little boy!" she says. She lets go "How would you guys like to play at the park"? Ivy asks them with a smile. "I want to go!" Ivy says. Johnathan nods. "Great! I going drop this bag off and you two get in the car" Barbara says. The two kids run out of the gate and to the car. The doors of the car are open and they both get into the back seat and buckle up and smile at each other. 

Barbara walks into the house. She is carrying the bag in her hand. Jerome is wearing a red hoody and a striped yellow and orange shirt and blue jeans and red converse. He is sitting in front of the tv watching cartoons. She sets the bag down. "Hey babe, I went to the Amusement park, we are going to have to go back in 3 days" she explains. "I brought some clothes for Ivy" Barbara says setting it down. "I was going to take the kids to the park, they are in the car" she says. "I should come with" Jerome says. "You dont have to" Barbara says. "Nonsense, I cant make you do all the work" Jerome says as he gets up and walks outside. Barbara follows and Barbara gets in the front seat and Jerome gets in the passenger seat and Barbara starts driving. "Hey, you guys behaving"? Jerome asks looking back with a smile. They both nod. "Good" Jerome says.