My Kids. (Batfamily fanfiction)

Chapter 2-Under the pressure.

A/n: this is part two from an earlier chapter. Recommended by: @ElectricShock123 & @Michelle_6734.
-Thanks.
This chapter takes part two weeks after Dick and his siblings left Bruce and the manor.
Kids ages:
Dick: 17 1/2
Jason: 15
Tim: 7
Cassandra: 5
Damian: 2 1/2

It had been two weeks since Dick and his siblings left the manor and Bruce.
To say that is wasn't going easy was an understatement. Everything seemed to change the moment that they all walked out the front doors of the Wayne manor.

Dick quickly found them a small apartment but he was having to save up for a bigger place for them all to fit in. Currently they were staying in a two bedroom apartment, wasn't exactly roomy like the manor was, especially not with 5 people living there.

Dick and Jason, with Damian shared a room while Tim and Cass had the other room. But most of the time Dick slept on the small couch he found at a thrift store.

Dick was trying his hardest to keep everything regular for his younger siblings.
Dick put up a front, a mask showing them that everything was fine and working out when it couldn't be farther from the truth.

Dick was struggling a lot. He had picked up a job and was about to get another one soon to help pay the bills. While they were with Bruce, Dick didn't have to worry about money at all, now that was one of the only things he could think about besides the most important thing on his mind, that was always on his mind: his siblings well being.

So instead of going to school, Dick went to work at a small diner. He worked until he had to pick his siblings up, plus all his school work.
Once back at their new home, Dick would help them all with their homework, make dinner, clean up around the place, give the little ones baths and then tuck them into their beds before trying to start his school work and do some of the bills.

Dick sighed and laid his head in his hands. He closed his eyes and allowed the walls he built up, the ones he hid behind fall down a bit when he thought he was alone, where none of his siblings could see how overwhelmed he truly was.
But Jason knew, he could noticed that Dick was struggling right away and tried to help,but Dick promised him that he had it. Dick just didn't want to weigh down Jason and mess up his childhood even more than it had been.

Jason stood in the hallway and peeked in on Dick. He was sitting at the small kitchen table that seated four, with his head in his hands.
Jason was worried about his big brother. And as much as he hated Bruce, he wished they could be back at the manor, so a little bit of the world was off his big bro's shoulders.
He closed his eyes and sighed, he knew Dick wouldn't let him help him, so he turned and went back into their room.

When he entered his bedroom that he shared with Dick and Damian. Jason walked over to check up on Damian, who for once was actually sleeping quite well, too bad Dick wasn't getting any shut eye at the moment.
He sat down on the bed and in his mind went over Dick's routine.

5 A.M.- wake up and begin the day
7 A.M.- have everyone up and ready
7:30-done with breakfast and cleaning up afterwards
8 A.M.-drop off at school, then to work
8:10 A.M.-3:15 P.M.-- At work
3:40-4:25 P.M.-homework with kids
5 P.M.- Cass, Damian and Tim's bath times.
5:35 P.M.- begin dinner
6:20 P.M.- dinner time and dishes
7 P.M.- bedtime for Cass, Tim and Damian.
7:40 P.M.- clean up around the apartment, a do laundry
Then the rest of the night was up in the air after he sent Jason to his room for bed. Dick would begin his homework, work on bills and almost always be up with Damian or one of the others before finally going to be at like three in the morning just to start all over again.
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After a terribly long day at the diner, Dick was so ready for bed but he had to study and get off work early to take a test. He was also going to pick up the night shift there, which started at 8:30.