All the joy of babysitting

chapter 1

10:00am; Wayne manner:
"What?! Are you crazy?! He's so annoying! There's no way on God's creation that I can babysit him! Why not just ask Barbra to do it? She's free! Besides, I have BIG plans to do with Wally this summer!" Richard yelled. Him and Bruce were standing in the living room, having a discussion. Bruce was wanting him to babysit Jason for the summer. "I'm sorry, Richard, but he doesn't want to go with us, he hates Disney world. All I'm asking is for you to watch over him while I'm away. Besides, it's just for the summer, I doubt that you will be dead by the time we get back, he's not THAT annoying, you can get over it" Bruce said. Richard rolled his eyes. "You can't be serious. He's the DEFINITION of annoying! Oh my God, I can't believe that you don't see that! Is it because you're on his side?! That you love him more than me?! Unbelievable!" He yelled. That's when Alfred walked in. "Master Dick, I don't think that you're aloud to talk to him that way" He said. Richard rolled his eyes again. "Great. Just great. I'll call Wally over and me and him can hang out here" He said before turning around to leave. Bruce frowned. "Now, wait just a minute, you get back here this instance young man!" He yelled. Richard then turned back around to face him. "No! I have plans for the summer and I'm going to do them! I'm not going to wait next summer! Why don't you just take Jason with you?! He can suck it up!" He yelled before stomping up the stairs and slamming the door to his room. Bruce sighed and sat down on the couch. "What am I going to do with him, Alfred? I should've known that he hates being home alone with Jason. They just don't get along" He said. Alfred sighed and sat down next to him. "He's just mad, master Bruce, it's not your fault" He said. Bruce sighed again and looked at him. "I know, it's just.......why can't I ever trust him? All he wants to do is hang out with his best friend and I'm always asking him to do something else" He said. Alfred smiled. "You do trust him, you just need to let him do what he wants to do. He's a teenager now, and he just wants to have fun, like all teenagers do. You just got to let him be" He said. Bruce then smiled back. "You're right, Alfred. I'll let him hang out with Wally, maybe Wally would love to come over and help babysit" He said.

The next day:
"Alright y'all two, we're leaving now. Richard, I'll let Wally come over, as long as you're still watching your brother. Jason, you know the rules, listen to what your brother tells you to do, no eating junk food all day, eat everything on your plate that Richard gives you, and absolutely no staying up past nine. Richard, same for you, no staying up past eleven. If Wally wants to stay the night, that's fine. Other than that, y'all behave" Bruce said. Him, Alfred, Tim, and Damien were ready to go to Disney world. Both Richard and Jason nodded and waved goodbye. Once they were gone, Richard headed straight for his room. He shut the door and locked it. He then sat down at his desk and got on his computer. Then, he skyped Barbra. Once she answered, he smiled at her. "Hey, Dick!" She said. She was in her school uniform, in her room, and hair brushed. Richard laughed. "Barbra, why are you dressed in your school uniform?" He asked. She looked down at her uniform in confusion. She then looked back at him with a smile. "I don't know, I didn't have anything else to wear. My dad is washing my other clothes right now" She said. Richard nodded. "Cool. So, got any plans for the summer?" He asked. Barbra sighed. "Well, I have to go to town with my dad and help him out with stuff, but other than that, no. Do you have any plans?" She asked. Richard sighed. "Well, I DID have plans. I was going to hang out with Wally at the cave, but then something came up. So now, I'm stuck with babysitting Jason for the summer" He said. Barbra frowned. "Bummer, that sucks. If you want, I can ask my dad if I can come over and help you?" She asked. Richard sighed again. "No, it's fine, Wally is going to come over, thanks though" He said, smiling at the end. Barbra smiled back. "Yeah, no problem" She said. Right at that moment, the commissioner walked in Barbra's room. "Barbra, who are you talking to?" He asked. She looked at him. "Just Richard, dad" She answered. The commissioner then came in vew. "Oh, hi Richard" He said. Richard smiled at him. "Hi, commissioner" He said. The commissioner then sat next to Barbra. "So, what's Bruce up to?" He asked. Richard sighed. "He's at Disney world, him and Alfred took Tim and Damien there. Jason didn't want to go, so now I'm stuck babysitting him" He explained. The commissioner smiled. "That'll be fun! Why aren't you happy about it?" He asked. Richard sighed once again. "Because he's so annoying!" He said. The commissioner frowned. "Well, I'm sure you'll be fine. You'll learn to love him" He said. Just then, a knock came to the door. "Richard, open up! I need you to play with me!" They could all hear Jason say from the other side. Richard rolled his eyes and turned to the door. "Go away, Jason! I'm busy right now!" He yelled. The commissioner crossed his arms. "Now, Richard, why don't you go play with him, you can talk to Barbra later. Besides, all he wants is for you to play with him" He said. Barbra looked at him. "Dad!" She yelled. He looked at her. "What? Isn't that what brothers are for?" He asked. Both Richard and Barbra rolled their eyes.

Later that night:
Richard laid there in his bed, in the dark. He couldn't fall asleep. He'd already eat dinner, gave Jason a bath, tucked him in bed, and turned everything off before going to bed himself. It was just the thought of taking care of Jason that was keeping him awake. It was a good thing that he locked the door before going to bed. Or did he?

TO BE CONTINUED.....................