Author's note: This story is not so much about the adventures of Batgirl, but more about the developing sexuality of Barbara Gordon. The storyline continues from that of 'Batgirl Risks All' and re-introduces the character of Jennifer Goodbody A.K.A. Sparrow.
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Chapter 4: A Trouble Shared
The following day, at the Gotham City Central Library, Barbara found herself unable to concentrate on her research work. Her thoughts kept returning to, Cyril Smallpiece, her unwanted visitor of the night before.
"Penny for your thoughts, Barbara?"
Barbara looked up, to see her vivacious young research assistant, Jennifer Goodbody, standing in the doorway to her office. Jenny was a five-feet eight-inch, twenty-year old platinum blonde, with a figure to rival her own.
She smiled, adjusting her horn-rimmed spectacles on the end of her nose, and peering over them, as she ran her gaze over the slim, shapely figure of the younger woman. Barbara didn't really need to wear reading glasses, but it was all part of a deliberate policy to appear that much plainer and uninteresting to those she worked with. "Oh, um, hi, Jenny! Sorry, I was miles away! I just can't seem to concentrate on my work this morning, for some reason? What can I do for you?"
"I was just going to get myself a cup of coffee from the machine! Would you like one, Ms. Gordon?"
"Mmm, that would be nice, Jenny! Milk with no..." She stopped, realizing that her young assistant certainly knew her preference by now.
"Yeah, yeah, milk with no sugar," the twenty-year old exclaimed, with her usual dazzling white smile. "Be back in a tick!" Her curly blonde head vanished from the open doorway.
Barbara sighed, and lent back in her chair, unfastening the single button of her tweed business jacket, before placing her hands behind her head and rocking on the rear two legs. "If Cyril reveals my secret identity to anyone in the underworld, the news will travel like wildfire, and that will surely be the end of Batgirl's crime-fighting career!" she groaned to herself. "How can I ensure that the little prick will keep his trap shut? If only I couldβ¦"
"One coffee, white, without sugar!" exclaimed Jenny, interrupting the Assistant Head Librarian's thoughts, as she deposited her shapely, mini-skirted derriere on the corner of Barbara's desk, then placed the plastic cup of steaming liquid before her boss. Her mini-skirt rode even further up her shapely thigh, revealing a glimpse of lacy stocking-top, as she crossed one slim leg over the other. "Why the long face?"
Barbara gave her a grateful smile, and picked up the polystyrene cup, and took a cautious sip of its scalding hot contents. "I've got a little problem, Jen," she murmured, looking into the curious blue eyes of her workmate and frequent lover. "Someone else has discovered my, ah, our little secret! They've found out I'm the Batgirl!"
"Goodness!" gasped Jennifer, wide-eyed, a look of deep concern appearing on her lovely face. "For a moment there, I thought you were going to say 'about us'?"
Jenny and Barbara had first become lovers, some six months before, not long after the younger girl had started working at the library. Shortly after that, Jennifer had accidentally discovered Barbara's other identity, that of The Batgirl, costumed crime fighter, and had even become her occasional super-heroine partner, Sparrow, occasionally accompanying her on her vigilante night patrols.
"Don't worry, honey, he knows nothing about you," Barbara added, squeezing the younger girl's thigh, affectionately.
"Who is this guy?" demanded Jenny, her big blue eyes blazing, angrily. "Sparrow will have to pay him a little visit, and remind him of the benefits of keeping his mouth shut!"
Barbara gave her a tight little smile. "The last thing we want, is him making any connection between you and The Sparrow, honey! Anyway, all I know about him, so far, is that he's a rat-faced little weasel by the name of Cyril Smallpiece, who's a cat burglar by profession! I'm hoping that Batman can come up with some more information about him, using the Bat-computer's criminal database? He's bound to have a criminal record, his type always does? Perhaps I can use it as leverage?"
"How on Earth did he manage to discover your secret identity?" Jenny asked, in a hushed whisper.
"Would you believe I walked in on him, while he was turning over my apartment! I was dressed in my Bat-costume and proceeded to strip off, right in front of him, thus revealing my true identity. I didn't realize he was hiding in the room at the time, you understand?" she added, hastily, her cheeks coloring slightly.
"Holy cow!"