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"Dick, what exactly do you think you're doing?"

"It's a surprise!" Dick shouted, trotting backwards down the main hall of Gotham Academy and giving Babs a mischievous smile. "Just give me two minutes and I'll meet you right in front of the school!"

It was a few days before Christmas and Gotham Academy had just let out for Winter break. The majority of the students were heading to their second homes in the Swiss Alps, or Aspen, or St. Thomas, and, like Dick, had practically flown to their cars when the bell had rung. Babs shook her head as she continued to pack up her books. Even though it was winter break, it was also her senior year, and she was working hard to achieve Valedictorian status and get into every college she applied to, even with her extra curricular activities.

Barbara closed her locker and started making her way to the school entrance. This Christmas was going to be a hard one, and an interesting one. It was the first one since Jason had died, leaving an empty hole for the superhero community, and the batfamily in particular. Still, lately there had been more sparks than usual between Babs and her closest friend, and Barbara had a feeling that these sparks would come to a head in the very near future.

Barbara's musings were interrupted as she walked outside and something crunched beneath her feet. She looked down and smiled to see a layer of freshly fallen snow blanketing the ground. The roar of a motor and a familiar cackle brought her eyes back up.

"Well, what do you think?" Dick asked, taking off his helmet as he leaned against the handlebars of the snowmobile he was straddling. "Wanna take a ride?"

"How on Earth did you get that to school?" Babs questioned as she took the offered helmet from Dick and slid behind him on the machine. "How did you even know it was going to snow? The weatherman said it was supposed to be totally clear."

"I'm a Bat, Babs," Dick smirked, putting his own helmet on and turning the ignition on. "Bats know everything, shouldn't you have figured that out by now?"

Before Babs could respond, Dick floored the gas and set the machine in motion effectively cutting her off and forcing her to wrap her arms around his waste at the same time.

They zoomed through the twists and turns of the still unplowed Gotham streets, heading past the city limits in the general direction of Wayne Manor. Normally, they would either take the Zeta transport from there to either the cave or Dick's apartment to train, do homework, or just hang out, but apparently Dick had other plans for today. Instead of taking the left to reach the gates of the manor, Dick hung a right putting them in the middle of the empty grounds where fancy outdoor events were usually held. He put the snowmobile in park, turned it off and practically ran off the machine to the other side of the field.

"Dick," Babs called warily, nervous about the possibility of the former boy wonder and the unlimited ammunition around them. "What do you think you're doing?"

When no one answered her, Babs too dismounted and slowly crouched into a fighting stance where she was not only capable of defending herself, but was also able to begin forming her own arsenal.

Suddenly a giant burst of cold wetness hit Barbara in the center of her spine and she spun around to see Dick with his arm cocked, another snowball in his hand.

"Surprise," He grinned evilly, throwing the snowball at the center of her face. This time Babs was ready however and was able to avoid it.

"You know, it's times like this I actually miss that demonic cackle of yours," Babs said as she flipped out of the way of another attack. "At least I always knew where you were, even if it made me question your sanity even more."

"I think you're the only one," Dick smiled as he sidestepped her feeble throw and started making his way closer to her. "It just freaked everyone else out, and don't lie, no one knew where I was."

"I did," Babs smirked, dropping down and sliding underneath him in the wet snow, making sure to splash his legs with the slush as she escaped his attack. "I always know where you are, what you're going to do next." She jumped back to her feet, avoided the punch full of snow dick was driving towards her solar plexus and retaliated with a quick side kick and punch to the ribs. Before he could recover, she drove a handful of snow into his face, making him cough and sputter, leaving the perfect opportunity for Babs to take advantage of. She swept Dick's legs out from under him and landed on top of him in the snow. "I knew you were going to do that."

"Oh really," Dick smirked, shifting his weight and using his greater strength to roll over on top of her. Now Babs was the one with her back pressed into the cold snow, and Dick was the victor straddling her lower torso. "Did you know I was going to do this?"

Before Babs could respond, Dick leaned down and gave her a soft, hesitant kiss. When he began to slowly withdraw from the gentle kiss, Babs grabbed his head and forced their lips to meet once more, except this time it was a kiss full of passion and too many wasted years.

"Why, yes," Babs smiled from underneath him once their lips had finally parted. "Yes I did. It's a Bat thing, I thought you'd have learnt that by now." Babs's giggling was cut off as Dick stole another kiss. Not letting her new love take advantage of her, Babs smashed a handful of snow into his face, forcing him to let her up. While he was still stunned and laying on the ground in his daze, Babs darted over to the snowmobile and quickly hopped on and powered it up. "Still doesn't let you off the hook, Hunk Wonder. I'll see you at the cave."

Dick watched her zoom off on his snowmobile, thinking about the fifteen minute trek it would take for him to get back to the Manor, and of the girl had just kissed.

"Dear God, what have I gotten myself into?"

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Grrr, it's late again, but it's here! And happy! And fluffy! Yay!

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~Becca