A/N: This is a one shot that popped into my head and then changed to a multi-part story. I was reminded that the song "Just A Dream" by Nelly exists because I heard it on the radio recently. It's an "old" song, but when I actually listened to the lyrics intently,as an avid BB/WW ff reader, I knew that a story could come from those lyrics. So without further ado, here's Just A Dream.

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own these characters so don't sue me. (I've added my own character so bear with me too).

Chapter 1: The Reality of It

Batman sat in the monitor womb typing away at the keyboard to make sure that all the Watchtower's systems were maintained and operating at pristine capacity. He didn't want to be there though and it was like that for him for the past year. After that moment between him and her, only another nightmare was added to his ever burdened mind.

(Flashback)

"Bruce, I can't do this anymore. This "thing" between us...whatever you want to call it, this has to stop. This has gone on for far too long and we've gotten nowhere." She crossed her arms over her chest. "Bruce, what are we...what do you want us to be?"

Bruce stared at her intensely. His eyes roared with emotion, but his face was as stoic as ever. He hadn't flinched when she asked him the question, because he knew what he had to do. "Diana...we just can't…"

"We can't what? What can't we do? For Hera's sake, I'm Wonder Woman and you're Batman! What CAN'T we do?" she emphasized, raising her voice with each word. Diana was at the verge of losing her cool, but she knew that losing it wouldn't help the situation at hand.

Only the sounds of the cave could be heard at this point. Bruce couldn't let Diana into his dark world. He wouldn't put her in that situation. Something in him wouldn't let that happen to her. He cared too much. He loved her too much to do something so selfish.

"I can't let you into my world….this world of darkness. I can't let it poison you like it has for me….I just CAN'T!"

"Bruce, why can't you understand that's not how it works? You have to let someone in Bruce, and I want to be that person. I already see past the dark, and I know that there is more to you than you think…"

Diana was was about to continue, but without another second to spare, Bruce interrupts her "Enough!" He turned his chair around so he wouldn't have to face her. "Diana. We're only colleagues...just friends. Nothing more." He didn't shake or stutter with his words. They were stern, emotionless, and painful.

She stared at the back of his chair. Her mind was in disbelief, but her face showed a calm sadness and hurt. "You can't even face me to say those words?" Another silence filled the cave. "Is that how it is then? Is that how you really see us...as just friends?" More silence.

Diana walked over to the transporter pad shaking her head. She pressed in the coordinates to be transported to the Watchtower. Looking up one last time, she whispered, "Bye, Bruce," as the pad began to glow. Before she left, she shed one tear, for after everything they've been through, this was where it ended.

Bruce didn't see the tear. His head was buried in his hands. He berated himself in his head for doing that to her...doing that to them, but it had to be done. For the last time, he let himself lose control, and with all that pent up emotion, he took his coffee mug and threw it against the cave wall. The broken ceramic was now just another representation of what Diana and Bruce had become.

This happened a year ago, yet it the scene continued to play over and over in his head. In between that time and now, Diana and Bruce interacted as minimally as possible. They only conversed on missions and league meetings, but nothing more. Both were very professional about the situation, but those closest to Batman and Wonder Woman, could feel the underlying tension between the two. Superman tried to talk to Batman and Wonder Woman about their issues, but both knew that there was nothing the Kryptonian could say to change the situation.

The transporter pad below began to glow and Batman lifted his eyes to see who was entering the Watchtower. It was was her. Dammit. However, she wasn't by herself. Holding her hand, a tall well built male looked around the Watchtower as Diana introduced him to its features. He was holding her hand. Batman flinched at the sight. What does that mean? Were they an item now? Wait. He couldn't think like this. Diana and Bruce were only friends now. She had her rights to be seeing another man, but for once in his life every bone in Batman's body refused to accept the facts.

The doors to the monitor womb opened and Diana walked in with her new beau still hand in hand. Batman didn't turn around to greet the two.

"So this is the monitor womb. It's here where all the information is collected and then sent out when needed. There are usually one or two league members that are on monitor duty and it seems like they are Mr. Terrific and Batman himself right now."

Mr. Terrific turned around in his seat to greet the new man, but Batman continued to observe the computer monitors.

"Don't worry, Batman...isn't the most social type." Diana whispered.

The mystery man chuckled nervously, "Alright, well I hope I can still introduce myself. I'm..."

"Special Agent Justin Monroe," Batman interrupted. "You've been assigned to work for the Federal Cabinet Secretary of Metahuman Affairs. You aren't exactly King Faraday's replacement, but like his right hand man. None the less, you've been assigned to come in place of Faraday due his more strenuous schedule with other projects."

"Wow….um...that was all pretty correct. They weren't lying when they said Batman knows everything."

Batman turned around in his chair and began to stare holes into Justin's eyes. The slits in his eyes began to become narrower and narrower, until Diana had enough of the staring contest.

"Ok, so I think we've had enough of the monitor womb. Mr. Terrific. Batman."

Both Diana and Justin nodded their heads in acknowledgment and walked out the monitor womb so that Diana could continue with her tour of the tower. Batman on the other hand couldn't get over the fact that Diana and Justin were an item. Nothing usually caught Batman by surprise, but this did. He didn't see this coming, actually he couldn't fathom the idea of her with anyone else, but it existed. It was right in front of his eyes. What had he done?