Hey everyone, so this is my latest fic, hope you all like it. I'm not quite sure yet on how the name will fit in, if it even does, but I just liked it so yea. Anyway ignore my babbling and on with the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans...I know...it sucks

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Someday I will Understand

Chapter One-Lights and Sounds

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Richard Grayson walked up the steps of the talent agency that he worked for, tugging at his tie he sighed, another day, another day full of horrible audititons. As he reached the top of the stairs, he opened the door, and walked in. There was a room full of of people waiting to try and impress him, which should be totally uninteresting. He still had no idea why he'd chosen to pick this as his job, rather than being a lawyer like he'd originally planned to be. This answer was simple, and it was Bruce Wayne. Bruce'd taken him in after his parents had died, and he was the heir to the Wayne fortune. Bruce owned the Wayne Talent Agency, looking for the newest and greatest singers, dancers, or any other kind of performers.

"Good morning Mr. Grayson." said Garfield Logan, his own personal assistant.

Richard took his sun glasses off his face, and gave Garfield a weak smiled, "Yeah, good morning to you too Garfield, and its Richard."

Garfield nodded, "Sorry Mr. Grayson...err I mean Richard."

Richard smirked, then continued on it to the auditorium where Bruce was waiting for him. He didn't see the other judge that was suppost to be there. "Good morning Bruce..." said Richard, taking a seat in a chair infront of a table that had all the papers needed to make comments on.

"Ah good morning to you too Richard." said Bruce Wayne, taking a sip of his black coffee.

"Where is the surprise judge that you told me about at?" asked Richard. He really wasn't sure how things worked since last year he never went to the auditorium, he just took care of the paper work that Bruce needed from home.

"Oh she'll be here. Don't worry, you'll recognize her when you see her." said Bruce, taking a seat beside Richard.

Richard sighed, and took a sip of his own coffee.

"Alright everyone, lets get this started!" shouted Bruce, since he was really the producer/the man in charge.

Garfield was sitting a row behind Richard, and stared ahead at the stage. He watched as everyone filed onto the stage, and Bruce began telling everyone how things worked. He was searching for people to play the parts of his boss's next big movie, My heart is the worst kind of weapon. His boss was none other than Luke Slade, the big time movie producer. Right now they were in the process of just finding the right people for the parts, then once all that was accomplished they were sent to Hollywood for the director to do the rest.

"Okay quiet down, we do have a surprise performer before we begin, so please make way for our Gimme the mic Gotham winner, Kori Anders." said Bruce.

Suddenly a woman with auburn and emerald green eyes emerged from the side of the stage. She was last years winner, before Richard had began actually working at the agency. He looked at her, she was beautiful, her auburn hair was in tight curls, and she had a pearly white smile that looked like a million bucks. She wore tight white capris, a baby blue tank top, and white flip flops, she wore little makeup but it all looked natural.

"Thank you Bruce, I am extremly excited to be here, and I am also glad that I will be able to help you choose the characters for Mr. Slade's newest movie." she looked out at the crowd at Richard, and gave a smile.

Richard felt himself blush, and gave her a small smile in return.

"Now I shall sing you all a song." she approached the micophone, and grapped it in her hands, not taking it from its stand, she began to sing into it.

"This is a story about a girl named Lucky…

Early morning, she wakes up
Knock, knock, knock on the door
It's time for makeup, perfect smile
It's you they're all waiting for
They go…
"Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?"
And they say…"

She began to sway her hips as she sang, looking out at Richard, not taking her eyes off his. She held his gaze as she headed into the chorus.

"She's so lucky, she's a star
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there's nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night"

She closed her eyes, and removed the microphone from the stage, and began walking around the stage singing, and doing some simple dance moves to it.

"Lost in an image, in a dream
But there's no one there to wake her up
And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning
But tell me what happens when it stops?
They go…
"Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood girl?"
And they say…"

She continued to sing the rest of the song, not once taking her eyes off of Richard. As the song ended, everyone applauded, especially Richard. He stood up and applauded loudly, smiling the whole time. Kori took a bow, smiling, she came up, and put the microphone back on its stand.

"Thank you very much Bruce for letting me perform before we begin the search." said Kori, finally turning her attention to someone other than Richard.

Bruce gave her a hug, "You're quite welcome Kori, and now on with the competition."

Everyone exited off the stage while the three judges prepared everything they needed to start judging. Richard sat beside Kori, and Bruce sat on the other side of her so that she was in the middle. She fumbled with her pen, and dropped it between her and Richard. They both reached down to pick it up, and accidently bumped heads. The two of them grabbed their heads, and moaned out in pain, then began cracking up. He bent back down and got her pen, and handed it to her.

She smiled, "Thank you Mr. Grayson." she then stuck out her hand. "Kori Anders, it is nice to finally meet you."

Richard smiled, and shook her hand, "Richard Grayson, and its Richard, no need to be so formal."

Kori giggled, "Alright Richard..." she flashed him one of her toothy smiles again, and it made him melt.

Bruce looked over at the two of them, and gave a small chuckle. "Well if you two would like to stop flirting now, maybe we could get this thing rolling."

Richard blushed, "Uh well, yes I suppose so..."

Kori blushed also, and turned to the stage as the first performer came on, and utterly ruined the song 'Overprotected' by Britney Spears. Kori cringed as she heard the girls voice, and began writing her notes, which was basically no, no, no, and no. Richard smiled as he watched her write no all over her paper, and gave out a small giggle. Kori turned to him, and smiled. The two held each others gazes until Bruce cleared his throat to let them know the next contestant was entering. Richard and Kori smiled to themselves as they turned around to watch the next contest, neither of them able to wait for lunch.

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Four hours later after some awful auditions, though not all were bad, it was noon, and time for a lunch break. Richard grabbed his sunglasses and put them on his face, watching Kori as she gathered up her belongings. He put a hand on her shoulder, and she turned to stare at him.

"Richard, may I help you?" asked Kori, grabbing her purse, and walking out of the room, with him hot on her heels.

"Actually I wanted to know if after the auditions for the day are over if you wanted to go get coffee with me." asked Richard, catching up to her, and walkng in step with her.

Kori thought about this for a minute, "I'll have to see if my schdule's full, but maybe I can squeeze you in." she gave him a playful smile, and continued to walk towards the door.

Richard raised an eyebrow, "You'll have to squeeze me in? Kori Anders is too busy for Richard Grayson? I'm shocked." he gave her a playful nudge as the two of them walked out the door.

"So Grayson, you too busy to take a girl to lunch?" she asked, flashing him her smile again.

Richard just wanted to melt, he loved her smile, there was no denying it. "Nah, I think I can squeeze you in."

They two of them laughed at his pun, and headed towards his car. Kori saw his car, and a smug smile came across her face. Leave it to Richard to have a 2007 Infiniti G35 Coupe in Black Obsidian.

Kori looked at him with the same smug smile, "Nice car."

Richard opened the passenger door for her, "Thanks, I know it is sweet isn't it."

Kori climbed in and he shut the door for her, then climbed in on the drivers side. "I never said it was sweet, I said that it was nice."

Richard was shocked by her comeback, she was funny, cute, and clever. "Ok, fine the car is nice isn't it."

Kori smiled, "Glad you're fond of my cleverness..."

Richard swallowed hard, was he really that easy to read? He really needed to work on that. "Who said I liked your cleverness?"

"Because you gave into it." Kori simply stated. She turned and stared out the window, not saying anything else to him.

Richard looked over at her, had he done something wrong? He stopped for a red light, and looked over at her again. She had a sad expression on her face, with tears almost forming into her eyes. Richard put his hand on her's, and she turned to look at him. "Kori, what's wrong? Was it something I said?" asked Richard, not realizing the light had turned green until people started to honk. He hit the gas, and the car sped off down the road.

Kori sighed, "I was just remembering the reason I'd started singing, his name was Roy, Roy Harper. We'd been dating since our freshmen year of highschool, and he was nothing but sweet to me. Then two years ago when I was twenty one he asked me to marry him. I was so happy that he'd finally asked me, and I'd said yes. We were to be wed the next year, and then when I heard about Gimme the mic Gotham, he suggested that I try out for it. So I did, and when we had a break we were going to get married during that break. So we were at the church getting ready, I couldn't find my sister who was my maid of honor, so I went looking for her, which was probably the worst thing I could've done. I went into the womens restroom, and there was Roy and my sister Maya making love on the floor."

Richard was speechless as he came to the next stop light, how could someone cheat on her like that? She was the most beautiful and brilliant person he knew, so why had Roy left her? In a way he was glad, or he would have probably never met her. "So what happened then?"

Kori looked at him, "Meanless to say I dumped his ass, and moved back to Gotham. I hadn't been living in Gotham, I'd actually been in Miami, which is where I'm from. I havn't gone back there since then and that was almost a year and a half ago." She saw his hand was still on her's, then without thinking, she grabbed his hand, intertwining her fingers with his.

Richard smiled as he sped down the road, "Kori, even though we just met four and a half hours ago, I already know that you deserve better than him."

Kori smiled, "Thank you Richard."

Richard smiled, he held her hand tightly, not wanting to let go. He finally pulled into a parking spot at an Italian restaurant, and the two got out. He grabbed her hand again, and walked in, hand in hand with her. Somehow he knew, his job was getting a hell of a lot better.

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Finally, work was over for the day, and Kori was ready to go home, then she remembered something, she'd promised Richard that she'd have coffee with him. She picked up everything she'd brought that day, her purse, her coat and her car keys. Along with the folder that she had for all the notes and things that had to be written down. She headed out to her car, thinking maybe she could possibly get out of it. Oh who was she kidding, she wouldn't miss this for the world. Richard Grayson had asked her on a date. Ok so technically it wasn't a date, they were just going for coffee. She put her things in the car, and had just shut the door, when a pair of muscular arms wrapped around her waist.

"You didn't really think I'd let you get away did you?" someone whispered into her ear, making her shudder.

Kori was sticken with fear, that was not the voice of Richard Grayson. She turned around, and came face to face with Roy Harper. The only two words that she could mutter of her mouth were, "Oh shit..."

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Haha I love cliffhangers, they rock! Well thats all for chapter one, sorry it sucked I wrote it in one day because I felt so inspired! I'm going to have fun with this one, and don't worry I'm not giving up on One Jump City, I'm still working on chapter two as we speak, its just really long and I want it to be really awsome. Anyways chapter two of this should be out soon, I'll get to work on it right away! Oh and please review, I love reviews! Thanks so much!

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