Hanging with Sorrow

Chapter 12

"A carnival?!" Damian and Raven yelled at the same time. Jason, Dick, and Tim started laughing hysterically. Dick had made the two put blindfolds on and shoved them in the car. They had just arrived at their destination, and Damian and Raven had just taken off their blindfolds. Both were extremely annoyed with Dick, Jason, and Tim.

      "You could make us do anything that you wanted, anything at all, and you make us go to a stupid carnival?" Raven asked, not quite believing the stupidity of the three bat boys. Jason nodded, grinning.

     "Well, you guys need all the help you can get."

      "What the actual fuck is that supposed to mean Todd," Damian asked. Jeez, he knew Jason was a dumbass, but he didn't know that he was this stupid. "What we do is none of your concern."

     Tim laughed. "You guys have to stay here at least um... how about three hours? And then you're free to leave."

     "Three hours?" Raven exclaimed, looking at Damian in disbelief. What were they supposed to do for three hours?

       "And if we leave before the three hours are up?" Damian asked, hoping that they could sneak away. But knowing his brothers, they were going to be following him all night.

     "We'll know. And then we'll show Bruce the video. And I honestly don't see why you're so adamant about him not seeing it; he's Batman. He knows this type of stuff. But whatever." Dick said. He knew that Bruce would love for Damian to have Raven be a bigger part in his life.

     "Whatever. I guess we'll be off then," Damian said, rolling his eyes. He suddenly grabbed Raven's hand, which made her blush, and he stomped off in the opposite direction of his idiotic brothers, dragging Raven with him.

      When Damian deemed that they were a far enough distance from his brothers, he slowed his pace down. But he didn't let go of Raven's hand, which made both of their stomachs flutter.

     "Sorry about that,"Damian said apologetically. "They're so infuriating sometimes." Raven laughed.

      "So what do you want to do?" Damian asked. They both looked around their surroundings. The last time they had been at a carnival it had been... interesting. Yes, interesting is a good word to use.

     "I want cotton candy," Raven said as she started to drag him off towards the cotton candy stand.

     Grumbling, Damian said, "That stuff is terrible for you. Pure sugar."

      "We're superheroes. I think a little pure sugar isn't going to kill us," Raven huffed. She absolutely loved cotton candy.

      "It'll rot your teeth," Damian said as they got in line for the sugary treat.

      "That's why I brush my teeth," Raven spoke sarcastically. "To prevent my teeth from rotting." Raven smirked when Damian rolled his eyes, muttering. They both knew that Raven had won that argument.

     "Damian, have you even ever had cotton candy? It's amazing."

      Damian scoffed. "No. As I said, it's terrible for you."

      They moved up to the counter. A bored teenager with blue hair and bubblegum asked them what they wanted.

      "We'll have two please." Damian glared at Raven as she ordered. She started to pull her wallet out, but Damian had already put money down. The teen gave them the cotton candy, and as they got out of the way of the next person in line, it was Raven's turn to glare at him.

      "I could've paid."

      "I'm well aware of that, Raven. But as you are forcing me to try diabetes on a stick, I thought it was only right that I paid.