Someone is always watching

Chapter 10

WARNING: some graphic violence at the end of the chapter!!

A bar in London

"Keep 'em comin' Bobo."

"You've had enough John, and I'm closing shop" replied the Chimp bartender.

"Oh, come on be a mate and pour me another." demanded an obviously drunk John Constantine. "This is sanctuary for us magic folks right? Now give me a drink." he slams his hand on the bar counter and stumbles off his stool. As he tries to sit back up, his oldest mate Charles 'Chas' Chandler walks in and picks him up.

"I found her, she's in Gotham." 

"If I wanted to bloody find her I wouldn't have told her to sod off, mate."

"She needs your help Johnny." he's helping him walk towards a chair, John yanks himself from his friend's grip.

"She needed the bloody blade and we gave it to her, I don't give two shits about an.."

"Oh shut up you bloody plonker, you know there was more to it that the bloody blade, the poor girl was looking for you for all the 6 months she was here and you just showed up a few weeks before she had to take off. And what do you do? You give her the blade with no explanation, you shagged her and disappeared." Chas was clearly pissed. 

"You're off your trolley mate, did Renee throw you out again? Why do you care what happens to Nerissa Clare ey? Besides she's probably forgotten all about this by now." 

"You know she remembers all. And what if it was Geraldine alone in the world needing your help?" Geraldine was Chas' daughter and probably the only person Constantine would die for, not that he'll ever admit to it, it was a dirty trick, but it worked.  

"Alright, don't get your knickers in a twist, let's go to Gotham." John finally conceding. "We'll have to get some shit from the ol' house first."

"Oh and just so you  know, the Bat is watching her."  Chas casually said while walking to his cab.

"Ah bollocks!"

Thursday, Gotham Academy 

"And here is the art studio, you start your classes at 9:30 but you finish at 3:00 pm just like everybody else. Don't worry they're just teenagers!" Vice principal Barons was giving Nerissa a tour of GA while giving dirty looks to the pet carrier. Nerissa didn't care, she was under no circumstances leaving Thirteen alone with her bandages. 

The students start coming in, she introduces herself, and each student sits in front of their easel waiting for her to design a nice still life with the fake fruits she found in the closet of the class. She starts walking around helping each student with their work, pointing out stuff. After a while she notices from the corner of her eye that one student in particular is not interested in the fruit composition. She takes a closer look, he's been sketching her in his sketch book, and he's really good. 

"This is really good. What's your name?" the black haired boy looks up to her with a blank expression, she is met with a pair of green eyes she's seen before. 

"Damian Wayne." Bruce Wayne's son she thought.

"It's good to see you again Damian, you are really talented." and with that the bell rang and the students left giving the class for the next batch. 

During the lunch hour, Nerissa found a table outside in the shades, she let Thirteen out who cuddled around in her lap. Damian had been watching her, he wasn't sure what she was doing at his school, was this part of the mission? 'Maybe Grayson was right, we don't know anything about her, and Father is avoiding us, tt.' She was drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette when someone sat in front of her.