Chapter 102

Marinette's P.O.V:

Jason didn't hesitate to stealthily take his phone out to start recording as I grabbed the last remaining gift out of my bag.

"Where did you even find the time to make something for her?" Dick asked as he watched me gently hand the tissue wrapped present over to his girlfriend.

"I may have had some help." I smiled at him before turning her attention back to Kori. "Why don't you go ahead and open it?"

"I will. Thank you very much, Marinette." She gave me a knowing grin before slowly tearing the paper away.

Those who knew what was going on seemed to turn their attention more towards Dick and possibly even Bruce as everyone else just watched the alien as she opened the gift.

The moment Kori pulled the tiny yellow bib out of the paper and held it up for everyone to see, Dicks first reaction was to slide out of the couch he was sitting on to fall onto his knees to look at her. The realization was instantaneous as small and happy tears began to form in his eyes.

"You're pregnant?" Dick whispered up at her with the most loving smile anyone has ever seen on his face.

Bruce immediately stood straight up on his feet to look down at both of them in shock while Selina just began to smile widely at the couple. Tim on the other hand looked as though he was mentally combusting.

"Yes." Kori nodded in excitement.

"No way!" Barbara began to clap from where she was sitting.

"Surprise!" Kori said as she held the bib right in front of Dick's face.

Dick gently took the bib from her to look at for a moment before wrapping his girlfriend in a large hug. "I can't believe it!" He sobbed happily into the woman's neck.

"Kori's pregnant?" Damian looked over at me with confusion.

"She sure is." Gar began to laugh from where he was in the corner. "Look at Bruce's face!"

Bruce just blinked a few times before looking around at everyone. "This is quite a surprise." He finally smiled. "Congratulations, son." He looked down at his eldest.

"I can't believe this is happening." Dick finally let go of Kori to sit back down on the couch next to her. "Look at how tiny this is." He held up the bib again for everyone to see.

"Congratulations you two." Raven spoke up with a small smile.

"Yeah." I began to clap. "Congrats!"

Everyone quickly joined in on the celebration as we all took our turns to congratulate them.

"I'm going to be an uncle." Tim spoke up after a while.

"Yep." I nodded. "And Bruce is going to be a Grandpa."

"How do you feel, Gramps?" Jason asked as he turned his phone (which he never stopped recording on) towards the billionaire.

"I'm not going to be called 'Gramps'." Bruce said in a stern tone before smiling. "But I am happy for them."

"Thank you again, Marinette." Kori stood up to give me a hug. "This turned out much better than I could have hoped for."

"Yeah it did." I agreed. "We really caught them all by surprise." I turned to my boyfriend. "I just wish you could have seen Alfred's reaction when he first found out."

"I was rather excited." The butler smiled.

"This was not how I saw this day doing." Damian gave me a soft grin. "I'm not sure that this house has ever see so much joy."

"Not in a long while, Master Damian." Alfred agreed as he looked around at everyone's happy faces.---------"Back to the grind, huh?" I joked as Damian and I were making our way to the training room.

"I think it's nice that we are getting back to some normalcy." Damian smiled down at me. "Although today was a strangely good day even with the whole mess at school."

"So, you are ready to be an uncle?"

"I suppose." He chuckled. "Although I'm not sure what 'ready' actually means." Damian said as we entered the training room.

"Hey, Pixie-pop. Are you ready?" Jason asked the moment he saw me.

"For what?" I looked at him with confusion.

"For training with me today, duh."

"Oh, right. Yeah, of course I am." I gave him my signature smile.

"Then come with me." Jason waved me over.

"Todd seems excited." Damian shook his head before leaning down to give me a quick kiss. "Good luck with him."

"Thanks, Dami." I giggled before walking off to meet up with Jason.

Jason presses the hidden button on the wall that opens up into the target practice room and gestures for her to enter. "Ladies first."

"What are we doing today?" I ask as we both enter.

"Today is guns 101 day." He shut the large door behind them and walked over to the wall behind where you shoot from. He pressed another hidden button to show that the entire back wall was a false wall that slid down to reveal a wide range of guns.

"We will be shooting?"

"No, not at first." He ginned at me. "You need to learn the ins and outs of a gun first before you fire it. Bruce also wants you to know the protocol when you take a gun from an assailant. You need to know how to take the clip out and how to unchamber it. You even need to know how to take them apart and put them back together."

"Wow. I didn't think I would be learning so much from you today, Jay." I watched as he took a simple looking hand gun from off the wall.

"I hope you learn fast." He walked over to me. "Or else we won't get to shoot. This is a 9mm pistol. It's the most common weapon we deal with here in Gotham..."---------"Do you think you got all of that?" Jason put the last weapon back up on the wall.

"I think so." I nodded. "Guns are a lot more complex than I thought they would be but this was actually very helpful."

"We have enough time to shoot one." He smiled brightly at me. "You want to pick one out?"

"Okay." I walked up to the wall of guns and picked up the gun I remembered was called a Ruger LCR revolver.

"Small but packs a punch, just like you." He laughed. "I like it. You remember how to load it?" He hands over a box of ammo.

"Yes, Jay. I was paying attention." I grab a few bullets to load into the cylinder and swiftly closes it.

"I already have a target down there." Jason points to the target. "put the ear muffs on before you shoot. It gets loud in here."

I nod and do as I am told. After situating myself , I calmly hold the gun up to aim at the target. Remembering Jason's instructions, I steady my breath and look straight down the sight before finding it lined up with the bullseye. Taking one last big breath, I pull tight on the trigger.

Jason watches from behind me in giddy excitement. When the gun finally goes off, I step back in surprise.

"It's got quite a kick, doesn't it?" He grin at me when I look back at him in shock.

"Yeah." I let out a nervous giggle. "It almost knocked me backwards." I look back at the target to see that the bullet hit about an inch to the left of the bullseye.

"Go ahead and try again. You still got a few more rounds." He encouraged.

I nodded before steadying myself again to fire. Now knowing what to expect, I corrected my aim before firing off the rest of the rounds.

"Wow. You're aims not that bad, Sunshine. You were right on target a few times there."

"I can see why you like these things." I giggle as I took the bullet casings out of the revolver. "They are super loud and not really my thing but they are a bit of a rush."

"Yeah you don't need to be as big of a fan of them as I am." He watched as I hung the gun back up on the wall. "But it is best to not be scare of the guns. That can be the difference between life and death."

"I'm glad you taught me all of this, Jay." I giggled. "But I don't really think I'll be picking up a gun as my first choice as a weapon."

"Nah, I'd hope not." Jason wraps his arm around my shoulders as we make our way towards the exit. "You don't need to be like me."

"So, how was gun training with Todd?" Damian asked when the Jason and I stepped out.

"Very informative actually." I said as I skip up to Damian and quickly hold his hand.

"Yes. Todd is very well informed when it comes to guns, I'll give him that."

"Well it's nice to know you don't think I'm completely useless." Jason jokes.

Before Damian had the chance to say anything else, Bruce claps his hand once to get everyone's attention. "Good work with training today everyone. This is where we will be calling it quits for tonight. Everyone shower up and get a good night's rest. I'll see you all in the morning."