A/N:Hello, and welcome to the sequal to Someday I Will Understand! I am your magnificant writer AlwaysLoveYou. -Smiles at crowd as everyone cheers since there is a sequal- I loved that story way to much to not make a sequal, so if you haven't read Someday I Will Understand, it is best to turn back now and read it, or you will have absolutely no idea of what is going on. Anyways, here we go with my next latest and greatest fanfic! As always, review, please review! Is anyone aware of how hard it is to come up with a name for this story?? I mean seriously its really hard...Anyways now that I have found a name, please don't ask how the title fits the story I really don't know. Excuse my stupidness, and enjoy!
Disclaimer:Don't own the Teen Titans, sorry, but I don't.
I'll Never Stop Loving You
Chapter 1-Come What May
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Its been five years since we've seen Kori and Richard, and well the two crazy lovebirds, yeah they're still together, do you really think I wouldn't let them be together? You're crazy, anyways on with the story, I'll leave you all alone now.
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"RICHARD!" Screamed Kori from the kitchen, with a tossed salad in her hands.
Running out of his office to see what was so important, he looked at Kori, and raised an eyebrow, "Whats wrong?" Asked Richard. Seeing an ebony haired girl run after an ebony haired boy, he knew exactly what was going on. Chasing after his two children, Alexis and Cameron, he finally was able to stop Alexis from tackeling Cameron.
"DADDY! HE TOOK MY BARBIE!" Screamed Alexis, right in Richard's ear.
Setting down the salad bowl, Kori chased after the three ebony haired members of the household, and took the Barbie from Cameron's hands, and handed it to Alexis. Kori held back Cameron as he tried to snatch the Barbie once again from Alexis, who'd managed to get out of Richard's grasps, and run back up to her room, slammng the door and locking it. Letting go of Cameron, who ran up to his room slamming the door behind him, and locking it, Kori began to get frustrated. "NO SLAMMING THE DOORS!" Screamed Kori.
Richard looked at his wife, who he could tell was exhausted from all the yelling and running the kids everywhere in the past few days. Placing his hand on the small of her back, he took her hand, and led her outside onto the patio, and layed her down on one of the lounge chairs. "Kori, are you alright? You seem really tired, is there anything I can get you?" He sat down on the ledge of the chair, and stroaked her hair affectionetly.
"Mmm...that feels good." Said Kori, closing her eyes. "Yes, I'm ok, just kinda stressed out and stuff, you know the usual." Opening her eyes, she looked at him, "But no, I don't think there is anything that you can get me, but you could take a week or so off and spend it with your loving family." She leaned up, and kissed him softly.
"Mmm...that sounds nice." Said Richard, pulling his lips away from her's slightly, then kissing her softly once more.
"EWW! MOMMY! DADDY! GET A ROOM!" Yelled Alexis, with a digusted look on her face as her long ebony bangs fell infront of her face. The six year old crossed her arms as she glared at her parents, who just had to simply laugh.
Cameron came outside, and looked at Alexis, then at his parents, then back at Alexis. "Where they doing that musy kissing again?" Cameron asked Alexis, who nodded her head. Turning back to his parents, he mad a disgusted face, "Eww! Do that somewhere else!"
Kori laughed and let Richard help her up. "Oh, mommy and daddy are sorry, we just needed some alone time..."
"You have that every night in your room." Said a voice from behind them.
They didn't even have to turn around to see who it was, because the two kids started to run towards ther person, screaming excitedly. "GRANDPA!" Richard and Kori turned around to see Bruce pick up both the kids in his arms as he made his way over to Richard and Kori.
"Haha very funny Bruce." Said Richard, taking Kori's hand in his own. Even though she was twenty nine, and he was thirty, you would've thought they were two crazy high school kids in love.
Bruce put down the two six year olds, and laughed, "Aw, come on Richard, you know that I was just picking on you and Kori, besides when do you two plan on having more kids?" He chuckled as he said the last part since Kori raised an eyebrow at him.
"Don't count on it Bruce, twins are crazy enough." Said Kori, leaning against Richard, who kissed the top of her head as he hid his smile in her hair.
"Aww, but I wanted to be a granparent once more." Said Bruce, giving them a sad look.
"Oh yea we'll just jump right on that." Said Kori, who got a happy look from both Richard and Bruce.
"We will?" Asked Richard with a smile on his face.
'Aw shit, more kids?' Thought Kori as he shook her head. The twins were enough, but another baby? That was just insanity. "Richard I don't mean to crush your dreams, but I don't know if I can handle anymore kids right now, those two are enough."
Richard laughed, and held her close, "I know I know, I was just joking, besides we have a few more years to have kids so whenever you're good and ready we'll-"
"RICHARD! Not infront of the kids!" Said Kori as she watched the two youngsters scurry off to the trampoline in the back yard.
"I wonder what they were talking about." Whispered Alexis, as she began to bounce up and down, her long ebony hair hitting her back as she jumped.
"I have no idea." Said Cameron, blowing his ebony hair out of his emerald eyes as he bounced with his sister.
Richard blushed, "Erm, sorry Kori, and uh Bruce." He rubbed the back of his neck with his hand while Kori shook her head at him.
Hearing a knock at the front door, Kori walked inside to get the door. Opening the door, she smiled as Rachel and Garfield stood before her with their son Nicolas. "Hey you guys, come on in, Bruce just got here, and the twins are out back playing on the trampoline." Leading her two best friends out back, she took a glimpse of Nicolas, he had his fathers sandy blonde hair and his mothes violet eyes.
Richard turned to see Kori walking back out on the deck with Rachel and Garfield trailing behind her as Nicolas sprinted out into their back yard to play with Alexis and Cameron. "Hey you two, how are you?" Asked Richard shaking Garfield and Rachel's hands.
"We're good, really good infact." Said Rachel, smiling again.
"You're pregnant again aren't you?" Asked Kori, raising an eyebrow at her best friend.
Rachel nodded, and just as she had the first time, Kori squeeled out in happiness. "THATS AWSOME!" Screamed Kori, blushing slightly as everyone covered up their ears. "Oops..." Muttered Kori, looking out at the three kids playing on the trampoline.
Rachel smiled, "I know, I'm excited, hopefully its a girl this time, it'd be nice not to be the only woman in the house. Then again as long as Gar and Nicolas go and do their 'bonding time', I can relax with a good book." She slipped her sunglasses on her face, and turned to watch the kids along with Kori.
A few minutes later, Kori escaped back into the house to finish preparing the food she hadn't even got to start cooking since the twins had tried to kill each other. Hearing the sliding glass door slide open, she looked up and smiled at Richard as he made his way over to her. "Hey doll." Said Kori as he kissed her softly.
"You know, I've been thinking about what Bruce said, you know about us having another baby..."Said Richard, receiving a questioning look from Kori as she began to cut up the chicken. "Well I think we should, you know...have another baby."
Kori raised an eyebrow, "Richard, are you nuts? Alexis and Cameron are a handful, and you're hardly ever here to help take care of them, and-" She was cut off by his lips crashing down on her own. "Or, maybe everything will be just fine..." She smiled slightly as she placed the uncooked chicken on the stove to be cooked while Richard wrapped his arms around her waist, and placed his nose into her hair. "Are you smelling my hair?" Asked Kori with a small laugh.
Richard chuckled, "Maybe..." He moved his nose from her hair to her neck, and began to nuzzle her neck with his nose.
"Well Richard Grayson, if having kids is so important to you then I guess having one more won't make life too crazy now will it?" Asked Kori, continuing to cook the chicken as Richard kissed her neck softly.
Richard smiled, "No, it won't..." Hearing the sliding glass door open, he looked up, and saw Victor smilng at them, with his three year old daughter Kourtney on his shoulders. Letting go of Kori, he kissed her cheek, and headed over to his best friend Victor Stone. Shaking the tall african-american's hand, he smiled, "Hey Vic, haven't seen you in weeks. How have you all been?" Asked Richard, leading Victor back outside onto the back deck where everyone else was.
Victor shook his best friends hand, then released it, "We've been good, me and Bee just got back from Puerto Rico with the kids." He sat Kourtney down, and let her run over to her mother, Karen Stone.
"That sounds like fun, Kori decided I needed to take a vacation, and spend time with her and the kids, and she's right I work all the time and hardly get to see her, except on the weekends. And you know what happened with Jessica, I hardly ever got to see her, she was pregnant, and died before I could even marry her, let alone raise a family. Vic, I don't want to be that man again, I want to be able to stay home with my wife, and help raise a family so she doesn't have to do it on her own and be stressed out all the time." Said Richard, looking away from Kori since the view from where he was standing on the deck had a perfect view of her as she cooked. Kori cooking, thats a sight he thought he'd never see.
Victor nodded, "I understand completely man, Karen used to be the same way when I always had to travel, heck she almost filed for divorce until I changed companys so I could be at home more often. Just know that as long as she can be with you, she'll be happy. But I do have a question, why didn't she go back to working at the talent agency with you, and just send the kids to daycare these past six years?"
Richard sighed, "Because I wouldn't let her, not after that stunt that Dillan pulled on her, that pissed me off so badly, you have no idea. Anyways, now that the twins are starting kindergarden she said she was finally comming back to work, and wasn't going to let me stop her. I told her that she should just be a stay at home mom and be with the kids all the time, then she started yelling at me like I was off having an affair with someone, I'm telling you Vic, when she's moody, she's scary."
"Who's scary?" Asked Kori, walking out onto the back deck with the plate of food in her hands.
Richard blushed, and turned around, "Oh, um, nothing..." He watched as she rose an eyebrow at him, then just shrugged it off.
"ALEXIS! CAMERON! NICOLAS! TIME FOR DINNER!" Yelled Kori as she watched everyone cover their ears once again, it was no wonder she was always stressed, she was always yelling, rather it be good or bad.
Watching the three kids scurry off the trampoline, and run through the back yard up the steps to the deck, Richard smiled to himself. Victor leaned down, and whispered into Richard's ear, "How long has Kori been moody like this?" Asked Vic, leading Richad away from the rest of the group.
Richard shrugged, "I don't know, about a month, why?" Asked Richard, raising an eyebrow at Victor.
Victor shook his head, "She's not pregnant is she?" He stared at the skinny redhead, and chuckled as she almost spilled the pitcher of iced tea on Bruce.
Richard's eyes widened, "Um...yea I really don't know, she never said anything about it. We only talked about having another baby, but-" He was cut off by Kori walking over to them, and throwing her arms around him.
"Come on Prince Charming, dinner is ready." She looked over at Victor and laughed, "You too big bro, dinner is ready." She let Richard wrap his arms around her while he lead them over to the table, and sat down. Whispering into her ear he smiled to himself, "After everyone leaves and the kids are asleep, we need to talk." He nibbled at her ear playfully so she would know that it was nothing bad, or anything to be afraid of.
Kori smiled, "Alright." She said softly, taking her seat as Richard pulled the seat out for her, and pushed it in for her after she sat down. Taking his seat beside her, he stared at all his friends and family that sat at the table. Alexis and Cameron were talking to Nicolas about starting kindergarden, giggling excitedly to themselves as Karen held Kourtney on her lap as the three year old ate. Victor was chatting away with Garfield and Bruce about business stuff, and how the summer was a very busy time for all of them. Then he looked over at his wife who was chatting with her best friend about the baby excitedly. She had her elbows resting on the table, and her chin resting on the top of her hands, her wedding ring shining brightly in the sun. Smiling at her, he noticed that she'd finally noticed him staring at her wedding ring, and smiled back at him as she took his right hand in her left.
"You ok?" Asked Kori, looking at Richard, as she took a bite of her chicken.
Richard nodded, "Yea, I was just thinking though." He watched her stare at him with a confused look, and smiled.
"Thinking about what?" She set down her fork, and stared into his deep blue eyes.
"I was just thinking about what you said, you know about going back to work. I'm glad you want to go back to work Kori, but I don't want to risk losing you or somebody hurting you." He gave her hand a tight squeeze as she looked away slightly.
"I know that you don't really want me to go back Richard, but I have to, I can't just sit around the house all day while you work, and wonder what time of night you're comming home." Noticing that everyone except for them had gotten up and headed out into the yard, she stood up. "It's not that I don't trust you Richard, its just that I'm afraid, I'm afraid that one day you're going to come home and you're not going to want to be with me anymore." She started to walk away as Richard stood up, but he kept ahold of her hand, and pulled her back to him.
"Kori, you have nothing to be afraid of. I told you I'm never going to leave you, and the only reason I come home so late is because I have to work in the office with all that paper work since there is a person missing since she's at home taking care of our children." He smiled at her, and wrapped his arms around her, and stroaked her hair as she rested her head on his chest.
Kori smiled, "Yea yea, don't give me crap, besides if I do come back, you'll be able to come home earlier, and we can be with the kids." She leaned up, and kissed him softly, before pulling away from his embrace, and leading him out into the yard with everyone else.
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It was about eleven o'clock, and the kids had finally fallen asleep as Kori layed in bed, reading a book. Richard walked into the room after being in his office for the past two hours doing paper work for Bruce. Looking up at him, Kori smiled as she sat down her book, "So you wanted to talk to me about something tonight?" Asked Kori, patting the bed for him to come and sit next to her.
Richard took of his shirt, and sat down beside her, kissing her forehead softly. "Yea, its about something Victor said earlier." He wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and pulled her close to him as they sank into the bed as they layed down.
Looking up at him, she raised an eyebrow seductively, "Really? What did he say? Nothing bad I persume." She wrapped her arms around him, drawing little circles on his chest with her index finger smiling to herself as she did so.
Richard smiled to himself, her touch always felt so warm to him, whether they were holding hands, or she was somehow touching him. "Victor asked me if you were pregnant since I told him you've been really moody for about a month or so. He asked me about it and I said I didn't know, so now I'm gonna ask you, Kori, are you pregnant?"
Kori stared down at his chest, continuing to draw circles on it as she sighed. "Yes, actually I am, I was going to wait for the right time to tell you, which aparently is now..." She smiled as she felt him wrap his muscular arms around her thin body.
Richard smiled, "Kori, thats great! I told you that I wanted to be a father again, and I'm guessing my wishes really do come true." He kissed the top of her head, and inhaled the scent of her shampoo.
Kori looked up and smiled at him, "I'm glad you're happy, and as long as you're happy, then so am I." Her smiled widened as he leaned down and kissed her lips softly, his arms still wrapped around her.
Pulling away from the kiss, he smiled down at her, "And I'm happy as long as you and the kids are happy." He placed her head on his chest, and held her closer as he turned off the lamp on the beside table, now filling the room with darkness.
"Richard..." Said Kori, snuggling closer to him as she inhaled the smell of his cologune.
"Yes Kori?" Said Richard rubbing her side with his hand, feeling her blue silk camisole rise and fall as he moved his hand.
"How are we going to tell Alexis and Cameron about this?" Asked Kori, looking up at him even though she couldn't see him in the darkness. She could tell he was smiling, she didn't even need to see him anymore, she just knew.
As she could tell, he was smiling as he stared down at her, "Well, we'll just have to tell them that mommy is going to have a baby so they would have another brother or sister." He chuckled slightly, only to receive a playful hit by Kori. "Ow, hey what was that for?"
Kori looked up at him and giggled slightly, "Because you think this is all a joke and it's not, having kids is really a big deal. You should know this too Richard Grayson, you've had two children for the past six years, its not like the magically appeared a week ago." She heard him laugh, and smiled to herself as his lips managed to find her own in the dark.
Holding the kiss until they needed oxygen, they parted, and held each other close. Feeling his chest rising and falling slowly, Kori knew Richard had fallen asleep. Positioning her head so it was in a more comfortable position, she closed her eyes and began to drift to sleep in the same position she'd fallen asleep in for the past six years.
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Awaking the next morning, Richard streched his arms over his head, and stared down at Kori as her body continued to rise and fall as she held onto him, her head still on his bare chest. Slipping out of her grasp, he layed her head on his pillow, wondering to himself why they even had four pillows, since they only used two of them most of the time. The only time the two on her side of the bed was used was when she was leaning against them reading, when she was mad at him, or when he was away on business and she had her arms wrapped around his two pillows. Slipping into the bathroom, he undressed and got into the shower.
Awaking from her sleep, she heard the shower running, and looked over to see the bathroom door shut. Smiling to herself, she grabbed his other pillow and wrapped her arms around it, thinking she could get twenty more minutes of sleep. Boy was she wrong. Just as she'd begun to drift to sleep, the two ebony haired children ran into the room, and jumped onto the bed, landing right on Kori. "Oww..." Moaned Kori as she looked at Cameron and Alexis who looked at her sheepishly.
"Morning mommy!" Said the twins in unison as they hugged her.
Sitting up, Kori smiled at her two children and hugged them back, "Good morning, did you two sleep well last night?" She held Alexis on her lap as Cameron leaned against her arm as she leaned against the backboard of the bed.
Alexis nodded, "Yes I did, I had a wonderful dream full of ponies and rainbows, and lots and lots of barbies." She held onto Kori tightly as she stared at Cameron, sticking her tongue out at her brother.
Having enough of his sister picking on him, he jumped after her as she leapt out of Kori's arms, running around the room. "Hey knock it off you two." Said Kori, standing up and holding Cameron away from Alexis as she dove onto her parents' bed.
"BUT MOM! SHE'S BEING MEAN!" Yelled Cameron into Kori's ear.
Putting a hand over her ear, she shook her head as she let go of Cameron, "Just be nice, and don't try to kill your sister." Turning to Alexis, who had hidden behind one of the pillows, she sighed, "And you don't go trying to kill your brother. Do you two understand?" She stared at the twins, her hands on her hips.
"Yes mom." Mumbled the twins, just as Richard walked out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his waist.
Staring at the kids his face flushed, "Um, morning kids." He watched as they giggled at him, then ran off in the direction of their rooms. Walking over to Kori, he shook his head as he shut the door on his way over to her. "So what did I miss this morning?" Asked Richard, wrapping his arms around her waist.
Kori sighed happily as he kissed her softly, "Only the usual, one trying to kill the other, or both of them trying to kill one another. Only today they decided to do it in our room, and then to have their father walk out of the bathroom in only a towel, don't want them getting the wrong impression now do we?" She asked, with a small chuckle.
Richard laughed, "I think they got the wrong impression a long time ago." He chuckled as Kori rose a brow at him seductively. Stroaking her hair affectionetly, he heard her murmer a content sigh as he did so, and scooped her up bridal style.
"Richard no, what are you doing?" She wrapped her arms around his neck as he layed her on the bed, grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh, I think you know what I'm going to do." He laughed as he began tickeling her sides, causing her to burst into a fit of laughter.
"Richard...No...Stop..." She managed to spit out those three words between her laughs as he continued to tickle her. Hearing a knock at the door, he stopped, and turned to the door. "What?" Called Kori, leaning on her elbows.
"Mommy, you are being too loud. We can't hear the television." Said Alexis from the other side of the door as she burst into a fit of giggles.
Richard and Kori laughed as Kori walked over to the door and unlocked it as Richard took his clothes and escaped into the bathrooom to get dressed. "Well I can make you laugh like your daddy made me laugh." Said Kori, bending down to tickle the six year olds sides, but she managed to escape Kori's grasp, and ran back to her room in a fit of giggles.
Standing back up, she felt two gentle hands massage her shoulders, and leaned her head back as she smiled up at Richard. "So its Sunday, please don't tell me that you are going to work today, if you do this will be the third straight Sunday you will have worked."
Richard shook his head, "No, I'm not going to work today, and luckily for you I've gotten you a job back at the talent agency so we'll be able to work together." He pulled her close to him, letting his arms wrap around her neck and rest on her shoulders.
Kori leaned against his bare chest and smiled, "Sounds good to me, when do I start?" She closed her eyes as he rocked her back and forth.
"Tomorrow."
"Wha...What?" She pulled away from him and stared up at him. "I can't start tomorrow, I don't have anyone to watch the kids, and-"
Richard held his index finger up to her lips and chuckled, "Kori you're so funny when you're distressed, just take them to work with us, they won't be a problem, and besides if they cause you too much trouble, just send them to Bruce's office." Pulling his finger away, he took her hands in his own and smiled down at her.
Kori smiled, "Well alright Mr. Grayson, I guess they won't be too much trouble." She leaned in to kiss him when his cell phone rang.
Richard looked at her, "Sorry Kori, I got to take this." He let go of her, and walked down the hall as he took the phone call.
Sighing she walked back into their bed room, and flopped down on her back as she stared up at the light gold ceiling. She'd managed to get Richard to paint their whole room light gold after months of begging him to do so. Looking out the bedroom door, she saw him pacing back and forth in the hallway, smiling at her whenever he looked at her. Kori gave him a faint smile back, and turned to the wall so she wouldn't have to look at him. She knew it was probably a call for him to go out on a business trip, which meant she'd be here alone with the kids and have to work, the thought of being a single parent scared her since she was pregnant again. Feeling a warm arm wrap around her, she turned over and looked at Richard with a small smile, "So, who was that and what did they say?"
Richard kissed her forehead softly, "That was Bruce, he wanted me to go New York for some business thing, he said I'd be gone for a month-" He didn't get to finish because a very angry Kori cut him off.
"A WHOLE MONTH? Richard! I can't believe this! Why would you even consider this? I mean-" She felt his lips brush against her's as he kissed her softly.
"Kori, would you stop jumpping to conclusions?" Richard said, with a little bit of anger in his voice. He saw her hurt expression, and held her close so she wouldn't be able to get away. "Kori, let me finish. I turned it down, and I swear Bruce was going to fire me again, but then I told him you were pregnant again, and he was ecstatic, so he's sending someone else. I told him I'm not going out on the road for business anymore because I need to be with you and the kids more, especially now."
Kori smiled at him, "Richard, you can't put your future on hold for me and the kids." She snuggled her head against his chest and smiled to herself.
Richard kissed the top of her head, "You and the kids are my future, if I got fired, I'd still be happy. You know why? Because as long as I have you and the kids my life is complete." He brought her chin up, and kissed her lips softly.
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Um, so I don't know what I think of this chapter...I liked the first part, it was fun to write. Well anyways, tell me what you think, and please review! The next chapter should be out soon!
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