Saving Grace (Closed)

For years Grace had been trying to find meaning in her life, she didn't really have anyone in her family. Her parents were murdered by Two Face, her parents both had seen him take many lives. So to silence the witnesses, her parents were murdered. But Two Face had been after her, because she witnessed the death of her parents. The night she lost her parents was the night she met Batman, Two Face had her cornered and was ready to kill her. Until Batman saved her, because of him she could live longer. She never forgot that moment.

She also had met Bruce Wayne around the same time, he had heard of her genius IQ and was curious about her. She knew more about his business then most adults, she was wise and would grow up to be best friends with both "Bruce" and "Batman" She had lived in the orphanage till she was sixteen years old. No one wanted her, so she lived alone. She got a job with Bruce right out of high school, she was the youngest to ever be hired to work for Bruce. She knew four languages, and even had lots of nurse training.

Grace was a very smart woman, she was great with talking to people. Translating languages, great with numbers. She just turned twenty and was very successful. She didn't have a big fancy home or car, because she didn't want it. She just wanted to be normal, a normal person getting a check and living a nice life style. But on a normal night, well what was normal in Gotham? She was heading home, heading to her car when all of a sudden she heard a crash. She had no damn idea what it was, so she decided to go take a look.

When she stayed in the shadows, she noticed four men and a caped figure. Narrowing her eyes she noticed it was Batman, her eyes went wide seeing this. And went right into action, she noticed one of the men was lunging for Batman with a knife. Out of no where a leg came out of the darkness, and smashed the man hard in the stomach. The way she appeared out of no where, the men thought she was his side kick probably. She put her leg down and showed herself in the light, she cracked her neck as she looked at them.

"Didn't your parents ever teach you it's rude to hit people? Especially a friend of mine!"

The second man went right for her, she got down on the ground very fast, her fist right between the legs and he fell right over. The rest of the guys started to back away, and took off running. She pulled some punches that no one knew she could do, turning her head she smiled at Batman. She knelt down by his side, seeing some blood on the ground. She looked at him, her smile never fading. She sighed some thinking of what to do.

"Batman you ok? you aren't immortal remember. Come on let me help you, what are friends for right?"

She always felt a connection with him, like a connection she had with Bruce. She helped him up and placed his good arm around her to help him. Since she knew he looked out for her since she was a kid.

Bruce Wayne was more than what he seemed... more than anyone would have ever guessed. While he had been raised correctly... and had learned the morals of right and wrong, those views had been skewed when he was young by the tragic and horrifying death of his parents. That one event helped define the destiny of his life. When he was out of school and working to build his father's empire into something even more, he came to understand that the faces of evil weren't limited to only the young, nor only to the old.

At the young age of twenty six, he made his decision, a decision that would forever shape his future... he would become a figure that would stand against the tides of these super criminals. It was blatantly apparent that the police force was ill equipped to deal with such criminals... and if the true faces of evil needed a higher power than the police to face them... he would become that power. He had saved many people during his 'career'as Batman... sometimes he won... well the truth was he always 'won', just the question of the cost was always there.

Hence the people of Gotham called him the Dark Knight... for everyone knew that he worked to keep the terrors of Gotham at bay, but did so in an illegal way. He worked with Gorden though... and as such he wasn't truly all that outside the law... just enough to get what needed done... done. He had been only about one year 'on the job' when he had saved Grace. She had been but a girl then... her parents like many other parents killed by Two Face, or Harvey Dent... either way... he had swept down, picking her up as the men had been about to shoot her.

From there, he had silently worked in the shadows to make sure that she was safe, and that she would always be so. Bruce Wayne a few months later took notice of her brilliance and offered her a small sponsorship to help her focus on her studies... and from there, their relationship was always platonic... together they worked together... though not really. She learned about his business through the video's and newspaper articles that he was featured within... but her excellence in school was what drew him to hire her straight from high school.

That fateful night however he was having a rough go. The thugs Joker had sent weren't the usual bunch, and they were giving him a rougher ride. He had taken down two before he had been grabbed and thrown into a stack of barrels, the heavy chemical containers though empty still hurt as he impacted, and even as he looked up, a flash of a leg seemed to come from nowhere. Dick was working in a different city... Nightwing he called himself now, he had gone for his own training as Bruce had done years ago... so he knew it wasn't him.

However he was surprised to see it was grace... his lip twitched slightly as he was helped up, a groan escaping him. " Immortal? no, just... a few rough nights." He mused, though he winced. " The car is over there..." He motioned about two blocks away, and tucked away in a corner... indeed the sleek black Batmobile awaited for him. He glanced to her though as she helped him.

" Looks like... the little girl grew up." He teased slightly, though breathing hurt, he had cracked a rib... nothing that wouldn't heal, but it was just another rib in a long line of injuries he had taken in exchange for saving people, or keeping Gotham safe. Bruce was impressed though... he didn't know Grace knew how to fight... and she had looked good doing it!

Grace smiled as he talked to her, she didn't like to see him in any pain. He was a good man, least to her. He had risked a lot for her, saving her from Harvey Dent and she was safe because of him. She had two men in her life, Batman and Bruce Wayne. She cared for both very much, and was trying to get closer to both men. Not knowing they were one in the same. But as he said he wasn't immortal, she nodded happily. Thinking of what to say, as she helped him slowly.

"And it's thanks to you, if you hadn't saved me all those years ago. Id be dead right now, you maybe a hero to the city. But your my personal hero to me, you and Bruce Wayne. I learned how to fight six years ago, a black belt in karate. I was asked if I wanted to be a master, but I turned them down. It would have effected my job working for Bruce and I like working for him, and didn't tell you about it because I was afraid id never see you again. Guess I'm just a stupid person."

As they got to the end of the block, she could see his automobile and had a feeling this is where they would say goodnight. Looking at him she smiled at him, placing her hands on her hips. Wondering what to do with him, but all of a sudden she decided to open up herself to him a little bit. Looking at him she looked at the car, she had always wondered what it looked like up close. Thinking for a moment, thousands of questions hit her.

"Be careful with yourself batman, I only have two friends. I don't want to see you or Bruce hurt or worse. But I will let you get to where ever you need to go, take care of yourself."

She turned her back and was ready to leave.

Batman shrugged faintly, a quirk of pain crossing his lips and passing through his eyes as he did. " I am what I am, it was my choice to become whom I am. People need someone to believe in... and if I wasn't around, this city would be in flames." He remarked honestly, though even as they made their way, he looked to her out of the corner of his eye. She certainly HAD grown up quite a bit since he had last seen her.

He never commented on Bruce Wayne... he could not give up his secret... at least not easily. There were a few whom knew... Alfred of course, and Dick, although Dick hadn't been the most willing of people to 'work with', he did recall the many training sessions in the Bat Cave. Even as she explained about the Black belt though he smiled faintly. " No offense, but you are lucky that those thugs were pre-occupied."

It wasn't putting anything against her... it was simply that he had learned that training and doing were two VERY different things. Even as she turned her back, he considered for a moment, before she felt a hand on her shoulder. " I won't be disappearing anytime soon... but I could use your help... I doubt..." His weight leaned slightly onto her shoulder, before he fell to his knees.

The wound was worse than he had thought... the rib had nicked something internally... so even as he felt dizzy and the world seemed to spin, he reached into his belt, and took out the command remote to the car. " Open." The top doing just that... though his hand fell to the side then... he rolling slightly as he slumped... they only a few feet from the bat mobile., it seemed her night wasn't over!

She stopped feeling a hand on her shoulder and noticed him falling hard, watching him she knew that he needed someone. She knelt down on her knees and wrapped his arm around her body to help him stand. Walking over to his car she helped him get in it, and since it appeared that he wanted her with her. She got into the passanger side and slid into it easily. Looking over at him, she smiled some.

"I normally keep to myself, but even heros need help. I never claimed to be the best fighter in the world, id leave that for you.

She didn't know what else to say to him, but she wasn't going to let her friend get killed not when she could stop it. Looking back over at him, she could tell he was in a lot of pain.

"You going to be ok?"

His eyes closed for a moment as he fell hard, and yet through the suit he hardly felt the impact really... Lucious had designed the suit, and it WAS a work of wonder really. Yet it wasn't fail safe, and besides, Batman wasn't immortal, he was but a man. He managed to rise with a grunt... and even as they made their way over, he rolled more than slid in... his arm draped over the suit's torso, his hand clutching the area where his rib had punctured... though as he heard her words, his head turned.

" Normally? Well... i'm glad your here." He admitted in a slight rasp, though even as she said that he was the best fighter in the world, a smile crossed his lips. Managing to open his eyes, he nodded to her slightly. " I think so." He mused, though he turned his attention to the console.

Pushing Two buttons, he let his arm drop. " Home." A clearly robotic voice chirping in. Voice Confirmed. Before the roof of the batmobile shifting and snapping closed, the car vroomed to a start before it took off... she seeing he was beginning to lose consciousness... a bad sign indeed!

She smiled at him and felt the car take off, which was pretty damn fast. Crossing one leg over the other, she looked up at him and smiled. Knowing he was going home, which surprised her.

"So you trust your friend enough to take me where ever it is you go, well i'm honored. Unless you take all beautiful women there, but something tells me you don't. "

She gave him a very kind smile and watched as they went through the streets, made her really curious who he was under that mask. Maybe one day she would find out, she didn't know and she wasn't going to ask who he was, since she figured he would tell her if he wanted her to know.

He shrugged slightly, as though roused from a half asleep state, but even as she asked that, he shook his head. " Not often... only once, or twice." He remarked, it not often at all. " I know... you are doing... nursing school." He remarked quietly... and even as he said that he groaned slightly, a stabbing pain shooting through him.

The streets passed by swiftly, before the roads turned more rural than urban... and even as the batmobile swerved and drove, he looked over to her, admiring her through the eyes of his mask. She had certainly become a strong successful young woman... but he wouldn't drag anyone else into his world... he had already done that to enough women.

Even as they drove though, he cleared his throat. " I know... you work for Bruce... your... the youngest aren't you?" He asked... especially for an assistants job... Bruce had hired her himself... knowing she was a good choice... she had beat out many other people... but he believed in her. Batman gave people the chance to live, Bruce gave them the opportunity to shine.

It worked well, and made Gotham become a better place... it was already a rough place to live, and though he couldn't change the world... he would change his home, and ensure that what had happened to him and his parents... would not happen to any others. He would stop the villans... that was his life as Batman! " You must... be proud." The road seemed to be approaching a dead end, but she could see the signs lift, before they drove through and into a cave. Lights lit the way... down, around, and through into an expansive cave that was the Bat Cave!

Grace smiled listing to him, and nodded some. Thinking for a moment as she saw the dead end, turn into the way in. Which was clever, she figured the car gave off a singel, but then looked back at him.

"You and Bruce are the only two I have in my life, you saved my life when I was a kid. Saving me from Harvey Dent, and Bruce gave me a job. Ive known him as long as I have known you, I met him when I was in middle school. I graduated two years early, some were saying I was the smartest kid in Gotham. I have a photographic memory, my IQ was over 150 last time I checked. And I am proud, I'm proud to be working with Bruce. We are a like me and him, I knew what happened to his parents. And I wish I could tell him, that I know how he feels that he isn't a lone. But it's not my place, and I don't want to hurt him. Course he would probably just see me as a kid, then again he doesn't hire kids."

Batman looked to her slightly, and even as they passed into the darkness... the lighting became brighter, they coming to a stop on a platform in the batcave. " I try... to save those that I can. There will always be the dangerous... those whom don't care... about life." He remarked, though he smiled ever so faintly... it almost a grim like smile.

" Bruce knows... that you know." He remarked, he moving when the car's roof lifted and slid back, he grunting as he managed out, though held onto the side. She could see a stairway up to another level, it dissapearing into darkness, the platform they were on connected to another, there four platforms in all. " We need to go to the third platform... there is medical supplies there."

He needed her help to get there... he looked to her. " I know Bruce better than... anyone... he wouldn't be hurt by your telling him... but you are just a kid." He teased gently, he looking to her. " You going to model my car all night?" He mused, poking fun as he waited for her to help him over.

She listened to what he said and was taken back by what he said, he already knew? Getting out of the car quickly, she rushed over to him and smiled some. Taking his arm around her, she headed to where he told her to go. But it was nawing on her brain, how Bruce knew that she knew.

"How does Bruce know that I know about his parents? so much for being so securitive"

She chuckled some, and went to the third floor. It took a few minutes, but she managed to get him sitting down. Looking at him she grabbed some things she was going to need.

"Ok Batman I need you to take off as much as your suit as you can for me, something tells me with how you were attacked and how you are doing now, you will need stitches id stake my life on it"

He smirked at the surprised look that passed her features as he worked with her... he knowing most thought Bruce was too busy to pay attention to the little things... but well, that wasn't the case. " Well... with how detailed you... were... when you seemed to know everything about his business... He must... figure that... you would know everything about him." He remarked slightly, though he nodded to her as he sat down.

even as he did sit on an examening table of sorts he could not help but smile ever so slightly. Moving a hand, he winced slightly as he took a seam, and pulling it, the catch un-did, she seeing him removing the top torso part of his suit... the armor formed to his body, and as he did she was treated to the handsome and very chiselled chest of her hero. There was a good start to the bruising around the wounded area, and even as he looked to her he smiled faintly.

" Do I need to take off my pants as well?" He didn't think he had been wounded in the legs at all, but she was the expert, not him... he kept the cowel of course, the utility belt remaining fastened around his waiste for now as he looked to her inquisitively, wondering what her answer would be.

She smiled seeing his bare chest, damn he was very toned the torso of a god she thought. When he asked about his pants, she ran her hands down his legs and didn't feel anything wrong with them. And no blood so she shook her head, she grabbed some gloves and looked at him.

"Your legs seem fine, so this will do"

Looking at the wound she made a small wash it was a medical solution that she had made up a long time ago, was like achole but without the huge sting. She tabbed it lightly over the wound, and saw how deep it was. So once she got the blood to stop, she went over to grab some things.

"Ok Bat I need to stitch you up a bit, id say about ten stitches will do it"

He looked to her, and even as she smiled to his bared chest, he had to smile slightly in return. After all he had a clearly beautiful woman whom was tending to him right there, what man, hero or otherwise wouldn't take notice? He wasn't gay after all.

Even as she said that he smirked though nodded slightly, he looking to her as she worked. He figured the sting would be there, but was surprised when it wasn't... and even as she went over and grabbed some things, he nodded to her. Truth be told he had enjoyed her hands on his legs, he wouldn't have minded stripping for her, though he could see that she was all business.

" Only ten? that's an easy night then." He remarked jestingly, though he nodded to her... he trusted her it was clear enough... and even as he watched her.. his eyes never left her. Her raven black hair had a natural sheen to it that was stunning... but it was her eyes that drew him in... almost looking for attention.

He looked to her though. " I remember... you used to be a scrawney kid... you've grown up Grace." He remarked though smirked. " Either that or i'm just getting old." He wasn't THAT old... not at all, though with the 'line of work' he was in, he felt old. It was like the medieval times... constant battle and war made one age more swiftly than one really should have!

She smiled looking at him, and since everything was getting out in the open. She looked up at him as she began to stitch him up, she had given him something to numb the area of course. But should she admit her feelings? Looking at Batman she smiled shaking her head.

"Your not that old Bat, course with fighting every night I could see you feeling it. But you keep yourself in check I can tell, but I will admit something to you. Ive always had a thing for you and Bruce, Ive been in love with you two for well over two years. And i'm not just saying a crush, this is far from a crush. I'm no longer the little kid you have watched out for, for about ten years. "

Once she was done she patched him up with some goz and sighed a little bit, looking at him, making sure that the bandage would stick. Looking at him kindly she would have kissed him if she thought he would aprove but she didn't.

Batman looked to her softly as she seemed to be considering something, he shrugging ever so slightly. " You don't need to hide..." He remarked, he looking to her as she said that, he having to smile. The hero always gets the girl it's said... but if that is the case... was he a hero? He knew most thought him so... but just like there were those whom loved him, there were just as many whom hated him.

Even as she said that he wasn't old, he was about to thank her when she continued. He had to smile slightly... but even as he watched her, he decided that he wasn't going to tell her 'his secret' just yet... he had told a few over the years... and truth be told it usually ended badly... so better to have her safe and in the dark as to the truth, then to reveal all and have bad things happen.

He waited until she was done... but even as she seemed at war with herself, he reached out, catching her smooth yet rounded chin, he looking into her eyes. " Oh I can see you aren't a little girl anymore Grace." He smirked though as he considered it... his other hand moved and gently patted the bandage, it feeling better, numb... he was sure it would hurt more later.

" You've had a thing for me hmm... well i'll tell you one of my little secrets, I've liked you for a while now... I kept my eye on you to make sure you survived... but I saw you take your own destiny into your hands." He pulled her by the chin gently, he pulling her until their faces were mere inches apart, he looking into her eyes. " I am awar your a woman now."

With that he pressed his lips soundly to hers, his hand moving into her raven locks, pulling her closer and closer, kissing her deeply... it seemed her feelings weren't one sided... from Batman at least... her Dark knight could love her, while Bruce would be a bit distant... he had to be, he was more a father figure than Batman... Batman was her hero after all!

She listened to what he said to her, when she was embarrassed to look at him. He made her look into his eyes. Listing to what he said, she was surprised. Or perhaps he was just telling her what she wanted to hear. Would he be that cruel? as far as she knew him for ten years, he had been protective and caring, closing her eyes she felt the kiss on her lips. She wrapped her arms around him, enjoying the feel of him against her. His lips were like heaven, she was battling the love for both Bruce and Bat, not knowing they were the same.

When the kiss broke for some air, she smiled happily at him. Running her fingers down his mask covered cheek, this wasn't hero worship, this was much more. And didn't know just how to tell him. Looking into his beautiful eyes, she saw something in them that she saw in Bruce, but of course wouldn't connect the two.

"You have always been special to me Bat, if I lost either you or Bruce I don't know where I would be right now. I love you both more then anything in the world"

Her heart seem divided even though she was really in love, and wanted to see him safe not hurt. How tempted she was to take his mask off, but she never would do it. He trusted her way to much to betray that trust. And she ran her hand down his chest lovingly.

He knew that she was learning some things that she hadn't known before... but she should know him better than to think that he would ever do anything that could actually hurt her... he would never have done anything to her to do that... perhaps it was that caring nature that she held recognition within his eyes.

Even as she wrapped her arms around his broad thick shoulders Batman smiled as he looked to her. He could tell that this wasn't just hero worship, and in a way he was glad for that. Even as she looked to him and said that, he nodded to her. " I know... you've been tailing me all this time after all." He remarked with a smile.

" After all... how else did you come to MY rescue tonight..." He remarked, he smiling as he looked to her, and even as she ran her hand over his thick strong chest Batman looked to her. He was so tempted to tell her, but instead he simply ran his hand through her hair as he regarded her though.

" I'm not going anywhere though... Batman is more than just a man... he is an ideal." He remarked quietly, he smiling slightly as he caught the back of her neck... her plump lips were rather tempting, and even as she ran her hand over his chest she could see he was interested in her... and unlike Bruce, Batman wouldn't turn aside her beauty, instead his other arm pulled her up and into his lap as he pulled her lips back to his, taking a more... assertive role as he kissed her more and more deeply, his tongue soon pressing heatedly into her mouth as his hand rubbed her back, letting her touch him all she liked!

Grace listened to him and nodded some, she was glad to be there with him. It was a feeling as to what she didn't know, he meant the world to her and the way he looked at her. She knew that the batman was an ideal and she enjoyed listing to what he said to her.

"I know, as you said Ive trailed you for as long as I can remember, Ive always known you were an ideal. You protect this city, even if people maybe unsure of you. Some even afraid, you represent fear you represent what happens to people who go to far in the world. I know there is one thing everyone wonders about you, even I do as well. Sometimes I wonder who you really are, but would never ask. I don't need to know who you are, to know that your very special. And who knows maybe you will tell me one day"

When he picked her up in his lap, she smiled when he kissed her again. Closing her eyes she enjoyed the feel of him against her, it was a feeling that she didn't want to loose. Wrapping her arm around him, she kissed him back with all the love she had for him. She would always be his friend, even if she never got to see who was under the mask. She held him closer to him.

Batman had been there... seeing that she have the chance to live... have the chance to grow and become strong. Even as they looked to one another... he stayed resolved to the fact that he needed to protect her... even from himself. He had seen far too many women whom he loved either die or be used against him in his war on crime... and he would not drag Grace into his world of darkness and pain.

He nodded though to her words, and smiled, those lips of his gently curling as he regarded her. " Thank you for not demanding it." He remarked, and even as she smiled as he picked her up, he felt how light she was comparatively, and even as she held onto him, she wasn't the only one whom enjoyed the feeling of the other, and even as he looked to her as he finally ended the kiss, he nodded to her.

" You are a beautiful woman Grace..." He remarked, he looking to her even as he leaned in again, he pressed his masked forehead to hers, looking into her eyes for a moment before he gave her a squeeze and then kissed her again deeply, taking the time to enjoy her lips, her embrace... her love.

Grace was taken back at the complement that she was beautiful, he had protected her a lot over the years, she knew it. Thinking for a moment she didn't know what to think, but right now it didn't matter. As there foreheads pressed against against one another she smiled happily, running her fingers over the little among of skin that showed on his face. Closing her eyes as he kissed her, embraced her and loved her. Her hand on his skin of his arms.

"I think I know more about you then most do Batman, I know you protect everyone. But you seem to really hang around me, Ive noticed you sometimes. Every time I saw the bat signal go up, I always hoped you would be ok. I know you have been doing this probably longer then Ive been alive. But I worry, I only have you and Bruce in my life. I don't want to go to anyones funeral, I'm sure you have been with women. But I hope I'm different, someone not after anything. You have been my own Dark Knight for years, and I love you for that."

Batman didn't have to veil his desires for her like Bruce did. Bruce was more the fatherly figure, taking her in under his wing, making sure that she was safe. The corners of his mouth curled into a small smile as she felt the strength and warmth in his arms, he looked to her. For a moment he was curious about her words, wondering what she meant. She didn't know his secret... the only one's whom knew his secret were involved in the grand scheme of the whole good versus evil scenario of life.

Even as she said that he smiled slightly. " Your not going to my funeral, nor Bruce's. He has been a factor in my life since I began being Batman Grace... so he and I are interwoven in a way. You don't need to worry about us." He remarked slightly, he looking to her as he drew his thumbs over her sides, he looking to her as he smirked ever so slightly. " You have always been different Grace."

With that he moved slightly, she feeling his hands catching the bottom of her shirt, before she could feel him moving it up... it appeared her Dark Knight was interested in not only her love nor words... but her body as well! His eyes shone with interest even as he did!

Grace saw the way he looked at her, but then what he said about him knowing Bruce and Bruce being a big part of his life. Which was curious for him to say that, she smiled seeing where his interest lies and she smiled some. Very interested in what was going on. But she wasn't going to tell her what she knew, but he didn't have to worry about it any way. Looking into his eyes she stroked his cheek and blushed to what he said.

"I'm just a simple woman batman, no one seems to understand me. Guess we will see who understands who one day. But I know what you want Bat, maybe I want the same thing"

She grinned at him lovingly, it was a nice little thing to feel a man wanting her. She wanted to know what other secrets he had, perhaps one day he would tell her. But until then she knew what she wanted. Leaning into him she kissed him lovingly on the lips, her lips telling him exactly how much she loved him.

Batman and Bruce WERE interwoven... much more so than anyone gave credit for... and even as he saw her smile, he gently worked her shirt off her, leaving her in only her bra as he looked to her curiously slightly. " Simple? hardly." He remarked with a smirk, though he said it kindly... and even as she said that perhaps she did want the same things as he did, he smiled.

" So... do you?" He remarked, he looking to her, though even as she pushed herself to him his lips pressing back to hers, gently parting they coaxed hers to do so as well, and even as he gently ran his tongue over her plump lips, he sighed against her lips as his hands drew over her naked skin. For a dark cave, it wasn't cold... though the hidden heaters kept the platforms comfortable, the darkness was the bats domain, and he left it at that.

The lights around them illuminated them... and even as he pulled his lips back, she felt his hand move up her back, and gently into her hair, fingers softly scraping her scalp as he looked to her. " What is it you want Grace?" He asked... she had been on a straight career path... he knew she loved him... but did she want her dark knight to ravish her body? the look in his eyes told her that he would!

Her smile never faded, it was the kind of thing that she had worked on for years. Always smiling even if she was unsure or scared. But she was determined to make this work, she slowly began to remove her bra. Leaving her torso completely exposed to him.

"What do I want? well if I said you I am sure you would probably roll your eyes. And tell me you have heard it before, way to many times. I'm not like the other women, who would drool over hero's. People treat you like a god, but me Ive always treated you like a man. And even I know a man has needs Bat, I can see yours shinning brightly in your eyes"

She smiled some as she slowly undid the zipper of her skirt and let it pool around her feet. And couldn't help but grin at him, only standing in a black thong.