Chapter 5

Moments after Esra had managed to convince the police not to arrest her for improper use of the bat signal or place her in a mental asylum for the way she was acting when they found her she left the station a very happy and excited person. "Finally a date with Batman I must be dreaming" she said stopping to pinch herself "Owww that hurt, I'M NOT DREAMING!" quickly she ran back towards her house not caring about the fact the rain had become even more heavy and her makeup was now starting to run plus her hair was plastered to her face.

Bursting in through the front door she threw herself onto the couch and began to roll back and forth holding the two batarangs in her hand "This has to be the best day of my life ever, well tomorrow will be if the date goes all according to plan". Suddenly she jumped up from the couch "Speaking of tomorrow what do I wear!" frantically running she began to dump all of her clothes onto the bed and for most of the night sorted them into possibly and definitely not.

"Esra, hey Esra anyone home" a familiar voice rang through her ears as she lazily opened one eye to find Bruce staring down at her arms folded across his chest but still grinning. Looking down she found out that she had fallen asleep at her work desk and was sleeping on top of all the papers that were supposed to have been sorted. "Oh my god I'm so sorry!" "It's fine you only missed two important calls but I answered them for you" Esra had to pause for a second to process what he had just said "Wait so the head of Wayne Enterprises became a secretary for a few minutes" "Yes well I got a few strange looks from people passing by but I'm practically used to that so it's nothing" "I'm pretty sure you saved my job so is there anything I can do to repay you" she asked as Bruce rubbed his chin "Hmm well in fact what do you say to perhaps another date tomorrow" "Oh tomorrow... about that" "How can I tell him I have something else on without making him realise it's a date" Esra thought to herself as she finally said "Can we make it the following night there's something important I have to do tomorrow" "Sure that suits me fine, I'll pick you up at the same time then?" as he walked off she sighed thankful to have dodged that bullet but found it also strange he seemed so carefree at her response and didn't ask what she was doing or assume it was a date. Before she could think anymore on that subject the phone rang snapping her out of the trance as she pushed the thought aside and went about her job before there were any more problems to deal with.

Watching the clock eagerly tick by Esra couldn't wait until work was over and she could get home then wait for her date with Batman, as the second hand ticked on by she began to day dream and wondered what Batman was up to while waiting for the date. Would he be nervously waiting and wondering what to do or preparing for the event, more than likely he was sleeping though since he spent the entire nights fighting crime. "I wonder if Batman will reveal who he is to me eventually if we spend enough time together, who is that man behind the mask" she said to herself staring absently to the wall only to notice Bruce move in front of her "You seem deep in thought a penny for your thoughts or well in my case a hundred-dollar bill perhaps".

"Huh? Oh nothing was just wondering what sort of life Batman leads during the daytime when he isn't fighting crime" "Well perhaps he owns and runs a multimillion dollar company, or he could simply work a run of the mill job no one can really say and that's how his identity has remained a secret from everyone especially his enemies for such a long time". Esra had zoned out halfway through the conversation as she was busy watching the clock again as the minute hand moved ever closer to 5:00pm when she'd be able to get home, Bruce noticed she was staring at the clock and laughed "Never seen anyone so eager to get out of this place and get home must have something special planned for tonight. Well even though there's 10 minutes left till you're meant to leave I guess I'll do you a favour and let you leave now". Practically leaping out of her seat she hugged Bruce and raced out through the door past a group of confused people while he simply shrugged his shoulders "She was really happy to be let off early, what can I say I'm a nice boss".