I was pacing. Jason had been gone for days. I was two weeks from my due date. Jason had gone to the store. A simple thing he did once every two weeks. I was with Bruce and Tim. Tim frowned and watched as I paced.
"Dick, Jason's be ok," I frowned and looked towards at the door. I sat down in the recliner. When there was a knock We all jumped up to our feet. I slowly made my way to the door. I opened it to see two police officers. I took a few steps back and shook my head.
"Are You Dick Grayson-Todd, husband to Jason Todd?" I nodded then the police officers took off their hats.
"I'm sorry, We found his charred remains earlier today," I frowned and felt a pair of arms pull around and hug me. I sobbed into their shoulder. I knew it was Bruce because he was taller than me.
"Dick, it'll be ok," I shook my head and sobbed louder. Bruce calmed me down after a good hour. He and Tim packed me a bag. We all went to Bruce's house and stayed there. We informed Alfred, Damian, Stephanie and Barbra about Jason. The next three weeks were filled with me keeping to myself.
When my due date came, I waited and watched it the baby shift. When I never went into labor Everyone in the manor was tense. A week after my due date everyone was called out on a mission. Everyone, but me. I sat in the living room watching the TV in a bit of pain. I was alone for hours. When the first person got who hours later it was Bruce.
"Dick, I haven't asked you, but what are you going to do now that Jason's not here to help with the baby?" Bruce looked at me as he sat on the couch beside me.
"I-I'm going to keep it," Bruce nodded and smiled at me.
"So do you want a boy or a girl?" Bruce asked trying to start a conversation.
"A-As long as it's heathy I-I don't care," I started the pain clear in my voice. Bruce noticed how much pain I was in and took me to the hospital. We were sent to a room where Bruce filled out paperwork. He talked to the doctor while I sat in the room in silence. The pain was practically right on top of each other. I groaned when I felt liquid run down my legs.
"D-Doc," was all I could muster to stay. The doctor turned and rushed. Bruce was taken to the waiting room while I was taken to a different room. The doctor instructed me to do things and I did it. After a while I had a baby on my chest and the doctor getting something whispered in his ear. The doctor looked at me then nodded.
"Nurse clean the baby then get her dressed. Give her to Mister Grayson here when your done, come fine me when this is complete," one of the nurses nodded and took my baby girl. They cleaned her up. Two nurses helped me get changed into sweatpants and one of Jason's old shirts. They got me in a wheelchair and handed me my baby. I held her confused on what was happening. They rolled me to the nurses station where the doctor who delivered my daughter was. He told them a room number then I was moving again. I was confused then I saw Bruce getting escorted beside me. He saw me then smiled.
"Dick, is it a boy or Girl?" I smiled and looked at him.
"Girl," Bruce nodded and looked back up. We headed into a room where there was shouting. I heard a faintly familiar voice in the chaos. I heard my daughter start to whimper.
"Everyone Quiet!" I looked up to see Bruce. He had yelled and now everyone was looking at him.
"Bruce! Where Dick?" When I heard that my head shot up. I knew exactly who that was.
"Jason?" The nurse moved me so I could look at Jason and Jason could look at me. His face went from angry to a smile when he saw me. He looked down at my arms and saw the baby. The nurse rolled me closer to the bed. All of the other people started to leave the room, even Bruce.
"Jason what happened?" Jason shrugged and looked at our daughter.
"I was on a mission, then I got snagged by some goon trying to impress the joker or something,"
"They told me you were dead," Jason nodded and held up his arm. A chunk of skin was missing.
"They took my skin and burned it, basically making the police think I was dead," I nodded. I heard a soft wine then shifted how I was holding my daughter.
"So Whats their name?" I looked ups t Jason and smiled.
"Well I didn't get a chance to name her, she was just born a few minutes ago," Jason's face lit up at that.
"Ok, so it's a girl. I remember we discussed Payton or Elizabeth," I nodded and smiled down at The baby. I knew exactly what I wanted to name her.
"Payton Elizabeth Todd," Jason smiled and looked at me. We both looked at each other for a few seconds then back down at Payton.
