Barbara's POV
You're right, Babs. As almost always. Know this: No matter where I go...no matter how long I'm gone...I love you, Babs. And I will come back to you someday. I promise.

I stare at the letter on my bed.
"I'm gonna hold you to that one, Grayson." I mutter. "Boy idiot."

I sit at my desk, finishing a paper for my computer sciences class. The door bell rings. It's Dick. It has to be.
I open the door. The next moments seem to happen in slow motion.
A pale man in a Hawaiian shirt with huge red smile grins at me. Run, Gordon.
But it's too late. A bullet shoots through me, and I fall to the ground. But the horror is so much more than that.
I can't feel my legs.

Six Months Later...
Dick's POV
"Yo NightWing! You wanna grab some burgers and play some games?" Cyborg asks.
"I've got some training to do." I lie. "After all, I don't have powers like you guys." I walk towards my room, but Kori flies alongside me.
"NightWing? I wish to speak to you." She says sweetly. Kori is the ideal girl for the majority of guys. Pretty, smart, huge...assets.
"In a second, Kori." I say, closing my door behind me.
I rummage through my small bag of things I brought from Gotham.
My favourite hoodie, my Gotham Academy Mathletes award, my old domino mask. And a photograph of Barbara and I from our first date.
"NightWing, I really must speak to you." Kori pushes the door open and I shove the picture under my bed sheets.
"Yeah, sure. Let's go to the roof."

"NightWing, we have been dating for five months now." Kori starts. "I told you I love you, but you did not respond. I need to know, do you love me back?" I...I...there's something here. Kori's scarlet hair and green eyes, they remind me of Barbara. Except, she knows me so much better. Kori doesn't even know my name. Suddenly, it's like a glass filter I've been holding up between my mind and reality shatters.
I belong in Gotham. With Bruce. And Barbara.
"Kori..." I start. Please don't dry my brains after this. "Back when I was Robin, there was this girl. And I think I need to see her again." Kori's eyes crackle for a moment, then soften.
"I understand, NightWing. It is like when I left Tamaran. I left lots people I cared about behind. You do not wish to end your friendship with this girl." I'm actually surprised that Kori's taking this so well.
"Thank you, Kori. And for what it's worth, you're a pretty amazing person. I hope you find your guy one day."

Barbara's POV
My doorbell rings. I still answer it with my hand on the batons built into my wheelchair.
"Hyah-Dick?!" I drop my batons completely. From his expression, I can tell he didn't know what happened to me until now.
"Babs." He looks me up and down. "Please tell me this is some sort of cruel, sick joke?" He bites his lip, holding back tears.
"Sh-sh-shut up and hold me, Grayson." I sob, as he lifts me out of the chair, his lips never leaving mine.

Dick's POV
Babs is in a wheelchair. My beautiful, athletic Babs is in a wheelchair.
Her apartment looks pretty normal, but after we finally finish kissing, she wheels herself towards a bookcase, and pulls on 'The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland'.
"Welcome to Firewall, Dick." She hits a light, illuminating a huge concrete room with monitors covering nearly every surface.
"So, what're you now? Some kind of oracle?" I ask.
"Actually, I haven't found a name yet. But I kinda like that." She says.
"What's that?" I point to a screen running code.
"Oh, I was about to start decrypting some of the bio-chips that Savage used to control the league." She wheels over, and starts typing.
"Babs, this is high level, alien code, it's going to take you at least an hour to-"
"Got it." She finishes. "What, did you think I spent the last six months crying in a closet?" Babs shrugs. "That was only the first six days." She laughs, but something under there...I know that look.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here." I whisper.
"No, Dick, I should've taken better care of you." Babs interrupts. "If I hadn't been so excited to see you, I wouldn't have opened the door."
"But I-" Babs silences me with a kiss.