First Time Chapter 1: Hello again, a teen titans fanfic

I recently received a review concerning future chapters in this story and it has inspired me to post this message in chapter one which is something I wish I would have done when I originally wrote the chapter. I thank chittychittybangbang16 for helping me to realize that this message needed to be posted.

For those of you who have already read the current chapters I apologize for never doing this sooner, and for those of you who are just beginning to read I hope you take this message into consideration before you continue.

WARNING : This story is unlike the two that came before it. It is much darker in some areas with themes more dramatic than what I've explored before. This story not only touches upon topics such as drug use, death, violent crimes, etc... but it also touches upon the topic of rape. If anyone is uncomfortable with certain themes that I have mentioned, especially the last one of sexual violence, I respect your choice to not read the story. If anyone has any questions or would like a complete list of themes I have planned for this story they can message me and I will reply as soon as I can.

Kori tossed and turned in her sleep, her hands clenching around her pink sheets as her breath quickened. There were hands all over her body; groping, caressing, intruding her personal space... Her head rolled as she squeezed her eyes shut, her brows knitted together in agony. Something wet and slick rolled over her body, traveling lower... She pulled her pillow over her head, trying to block out the images. Hot breath against her ear, then a bite and a tug as dark hair spilled against her...

Kori jolted out of bed in an upright position, her eyes wide as her alarm clock went off. She took deep breaths as sweat dripped down her forehead. As her breathing slowly returned to normal she realized she was in her own bed, in her own room. It was just a dream...

"Just a dream," she repeated as she flopped back down, her hand absently reaching for her alarm clock to shut it off.

There was a knock at her door that shocked her enough to make her sit up again and she nervously looked at the door. She opened her mouth to speak, but no sooner then she did that she pursed her lips.

"Kori?" her mother Luan called and she felt herself relax. "Kori, you have to get ready for school."

Her mother knocked once more, drowning out the noise of Kori slipping out of bed and creeping up to her door. She pressed her palms against the door and leaned her forehead against it, shutting her eyes. How she wished she could confide in her mother... but she knew she couldn't, she was to frightened to.

"Kori, I know you're up. You're always the first one up," her mother said, and she could hear the smile in her voice. "You can't be late for your first day back to school. Now don't dwadle. I'm making chocolate chip pancakes and if you snooze you lose." Luan said in a sing song voice as she moved away from the door and headed towards the stairs.

Kori briefly had the image of herself bursting through the door and into her mother's arms, and as she thought this her hand went to the knob on her door... but then she decided there would be no point in that and her hand dropped to her side.

Another moment passed before she lifted her head up with a forced smile plastered on her face. She strode over to her closet to pick out an outfit.

Finally dressed Kori came down the stairs and entered the kitchen where she saw Raven drinking tea and her mother pouring herself some orange juice while wearing a pink apron. Seeing Kori enter made Luan's face brighten with a wide smile that showed off her perfect teeth.

"It is about time," Luan said as she pulled out a camera from the pocket of her apron and went around the table. "Say cheese."

Luan snapped a picture abruptly, surprising Kori. "Mom, what are you doing?"

"I wanted to get pictures of you on your first day as a senior in high school," she laughed, giddy. "Senior. I can't believe it! It all seems so quick. Next thing I know you'll be going away for college like your sister." She lifted up the camera. "Now, Raven, go stand next to Kori so I can get a shot of you two together."

Kori placed a hand on the camera and gently eased it down. "Mom, please, this really isn't necessary."

"But it is! Being a senior is a big step for a high schooler," Luan pointed out as she raised the camera once more.

"Mom, I said no!" Kori snapped, taking the camera from Luan's hands and slamming it down on the table.

Suddenly the room filled with silence and Raven looked on with wide eyes.

"Kori... what's the big deal?" Luan questioned after a pause, smiling slightly. "You spent the whole summer taking photos for that modeling gig you did. What's a few more taken from your mother?"

Kori looked away, suddenly ashamed at herself for yelling and embarrassed. "I'm sorry... I just... I don't want to. I've had enough of taking pictures to last me a lifetime."

Luan looked at her daughter, then to Raven to see if she knew something, but the purple haired girl just shrugged. She was just as surprised as Luan. Sighing, Luan decided to let it go and she took one of Kori's hands in her own so she could give it a squeeze. "It's fine. Maybe later if you feel up to it."

Kori nodded absently, her gaze still locked on the floor.

The air in the room suddenly felt very awkward, luckily it came to an abrupt end as the girls heard a car horn outside.

"That must be, Vic," Raven announced, finishing up her tea before standing up and slinging her Jack Skellington bag over her shoulder, a gift from Gar who made her promise to use it on the first day back to school. "C'mon, Kori, before Vic breaks his horn or the rest of us go death."

As Kori followed Raven out, Luan couldn't help but still be puzzled by Kori's outburst earlier, but before she could give it any thought she overheard Ryan on the baby monitor and forgot all about as she went to go tend to him.

Joseph Wilson, or Joey for short, felt as if he was in a Charlie Brown movie as his father, Slade Wilson, principal of Jump City High School, lectured him outside his office.

"I mean it, Joseph. I don't want any shit from you," Mr. Wilson whispered furiously incase others were listening in. "First sign of trouble and I will ship you back to your mother. Do you understand?"

Joey looked at his father with a bored expression. "I'm sorry, all I got was feedback. Mind repeating yourself?"

Mr. Wilson grumbled and stepped closer to his son with his finger raised, but paused as he reigned himself in. No need to make a scene. His hand dropped and he cleared his throat. "Just... stay out of trouble. And remember, you're a senior now. That means you have to start taking things more seriously."

"Sure thing, pops," Joey said, smiling brightly with a fake smile he perfected for situations such as these. Pleased, Mr. Wilson walked back into his office, and as soon as his father's back was turned Joey poked out his middle finger and muttered to himself. "Asshole."

Apparently, he didn't mutter low enough.

When Joey turned around he was face to face with Wally and Karen.

"Saw the principal grilling you so we thought we should warn you; that guy is a real hard ass. It's best you stay on his good side," Wally smiled and extended his hand. "By the way, I'm Wally. And this is my friend Karen."

Karen smiled and waved.

For the first time since he entered the school, Joey smiled a sincere smile as he shook Wally's hand. "Joey."

"So what was crazy one-eye bothering you about anyway?" Karen asked as she crossed her arms.

"Well, you know principals. They always want to pick on the new guy," Joey chuckled. "But I think he went easy on me, considering I'm his son."

Wally and Karen's jaw dropped and they began to stammer apologies.

"I didn't mean anything by calling him a hard ass. It's just a joke, I swear."

"Yeah, and crazy one-eye is just a harmless nickname, honest."

Joey laughed. "You guys, chill. You don't have to make excuses to me. I know how my dad is and I'm on your side."

Wally and Karen sighed in relief and found themselves smiling.

"Hey, since you're new how about you hang with us?" Karen suggested. "We can introduce you to all our friends and show you around."

"That sounds great to me," Joey replied with a grin.

... Over by the lockers; Roy, Alain, and Toni went over their new schedules.

"This has got to be a evil and twisted joke!" Roy bellowed, flicking his schedule and resisting the urge to shred it. "Somebody fucked up! There's no way this is true."

"Face it, Roy, it's true," Alain deadpanned as he leaned against the lockers with his arms crossed. "We have Mr. Mod again."

"But HOW?! Just how much history can we learn? I can't sit through another boring history class. I'm a father now!"

"What does that have to do with anything?" Toni asked with a raised brow.

Roy paused and his eyes locked on Toni. He raised his finger to answer her, his mouth open, but then he shut it as his finger lowered. He looked puzzled for a moment before throwing his hands up in the air. "It... it just does, Toni!"

As Roybegan to pace some more and grumble under his breath, Toni rolled her eyes. When she did this her eyes settled on a person down the hall, and she squinted her eyes as a feeling of recognition hit her. At first she was unsure of herself, but then after a brief pause, her eyes widened as the fog lifted. Suddenly she was sure that the boy down the hall was indeed...

"ISAIAH!"

Toni's shout alerted the boy who turned his head to look at her, as did Alain and Roy. Alain's eyes then widened as Toni abruptly ran towards the boy and jumped into his arms, her legs wrapping around his waist so she wouldn't fall as she squealed in happiness, the boy spinning them around.

"Uh... what the hell is going on?" Roy asked Alain, lifting up his friend's jaw to close his agaped mouth.

The boy had released Toni and she was suddenly dragging him over, their hands clasped, a fact that Alain zoned in on and Roy had to shut his mouth again.

"Alain. Roy. I want you both to meet Isaiah," Toni said once they were all near each other. "Isaiah, this is Roy. And that's Alain."

"I'm her boyfriend," Alain stated, a hand working itself around Toni's waist.

Toni chuckled awkwardly as she tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "Yeah... Anyways, Isaiah, I had no idea you had moved back into town. It's great to see you again."

"It's great to see you too, especially since I can barely remember this place...," Isaiah said as he looked at his schedule and then the halls, looking confused. He looked at Toni and smiled coolly, unaware that Alain's eyes had narrowed because of this. "Toni, would you mind showing me where my first class is at?"

"Sure thing," Toni answered. She gave Alain a quick kiss on the cheek before waving bye to him and Roy. "I'll catch up with you guys later." Toni turned her head to Isaiah and they linked arms. "We have a lot of catching up to do..."

The rest of Toni's voice got drowned out by the crowd as she and Isaiah disappeared in a sea of students.

Once they were gone, Roy turned to Alain. "Dude, what's with you? Why are you acting weird all of a sudden?"

"That's Toni's ex-boyfriend."

Roy's eyes widened as he repeatedly looked from Alain to the direction Toni and Isaiah went in. His eyes finally settled on Alain and he smacked his arm playfully. "Looks like someone was bitten by the jealousy bug."

"It's not funny!" Alain snapped, swatting Roy away and sounding much like a child.

Roy laughed. "Okay, I'm sorry. But hey, it's nothing to get worked up about. Everybody gets jealous."

"I know... I guess I was just shocked by the way she hugged him."

Roy patted Alain's back sympathetically. "Don't worry about it. After all, you two are engaged, remember."

Alain nodded, a smile coming to his face as he headed down the hall with Roy, but just before he turned the corner his eyes lingered on the direction Toni had disappeared in...

Gar sat on the floor with his legs crossed, a small photo of Terra in his hands. He put the photo on his lap so he could reach into his bookbag and grab his binder, and upon doing so a photo of Raven and him at the beach that summer fell out and hit the floor. As he picked it up he recalled the day the photo was taken. By a miracle, Toni had convinced Raven to wear a bikini. He remembered how sexy she looked walking down the beach, and how she came up to him while he was at the grill. He had been so distracted he burnt his tofu dogs. Gar smiled at the memory, but his smile faded when he looked at his photo of Terra. He held both photos in his hand, suddenly feeling guilty.

"Gar!" Jenn called out, walking in his direction.

Gar immediately shoved both photos into his bag along with his binder. By the time Jenn reached him, he was already on his feet. "Hey, Jenn. What's up?"

"I'm spreading the good news. Guess who isn't coming back to Jump City High School."

Gar shrugged and absently dug his hands in his pockets. "Who?"

Jenn paused for effect before answering him with a smile that put a Cheshire cat to shame. "Kitten Moth."

Gar's eyes widened. "Really?"

She nodded. "Rumor has it she even moved out of Jump City. I'm not sure about that part yet, but hey, ding dong the witch is dead!"

Gar high fived her in agreement.

"Guess this year we can all rest easy, huh," Jenn said as she stepped around him, waving her hand. "Gotta go find Vic, Kori, and Raven. This type of good news can't wait till lunch."

Gar waved as Jenn left, and once she was out of sight his hand fell to his side as he thought about what Jenn said. Was it possible for him and his friends to go one year without any trouble? He certainly hoped so.

At lunch time Kori, Raven, Karen, Vic, Gar, Toni, Jenn, Alain, Wally, Roy, and Joey gathered together at a circular table. They were eager to share their schedules, their complaints, and their food. As Kori and Roy split a sandwich, and as Vic traded fruit for cookies with Jenn, and as Gar gave some tofu to Raven although she really didn't wany any; Alain took the chance to get to know Joey better.

"So what brings you to Jump City High School, Joey?" he asked as he bit into a chip. "Wouldn't you have been more comfortable going to a school your dad wasn't in charge of?"

Joey laughed, his green eyes sparkling. "Believe me, I would've if I could've."

"Then what's the deal?" Raven asked.

"Yes, please spill your guts to us so we can know for sure you aren't evil," Vic said, followed up by "ow" when Raven stomped on his foot. He looked at her quizzingly and she glanced at Gar who suddenly was looking at his tofu as if it was the most interesting thing in the world. Immediately Vic felt like a fool. His joke had too much relation to their experience with Terra last school year.

"Ay, it's cool. I'm the new kid and my dad is the principal. I understand you're curious."

"Well then by all means share," Jenn said, leaning forward with her face resting in the palm of her hands and her elbows on the table, a playful smile on her face.

Joey wiped sauce off of his lips and threw his napkin down on his tray. "Well, when I was really young my mom and dad got a divorce so she took me, my brother, and my sister and moved out of town. My brother takes after my dad, a real trouble maker. My sister is the same way. Honestly, I think I'm the only normal one in my family."

"But of course," Karen said with a laugh, ruffling Joey's blonde hair.

"Hey, it's true. At least to me it is. My mom thinks I'm the weird one. I think it has something to do with my dreams of running away and joining a band."

"You play an instrument?" Kori inquired.

"Sure do. Guitar."

"Sweet!" Gar said, leaning over the table so he and Joey could high-five each other.

"So your mom sent you to live with your dad because she didn't want a musician for a song?" Roy said, lifting a can of soda to his lips. "Harsh."

"Eh, it's cool. I get to be myself now."

Kori smiled and threw and arm around Joey's shoulders. "Well we accept you, musician and all."

"Can you accept me, too?" asked Isaiah, approaching their table.

"Isaiah, hey," Toni greeted happily, looking up at him. She turned to her friends. "I hope you guys don't mind, but I invited Isaiah to have lunch with us."

"Hey, the more the merrier," Vic responded gleefully, raising his bottle of water to his lips.

"Thanks," Isaiah replied, relieved as he sat in the middle of Alain and Toni.

As Alain had no choice but to scoot away, Roy leaned over to whisper to him. "Did you know about this?"

Alain shook his head no.

"Who's your friend, Toni?" Raven inquired, her purple eyes locking on Isaiah's brown ones.

"Isaiah Crockett. C'mon Raven, I know I've told you about him before. He was like my best friend in Jump City before he moved."

"We were a little bit more then just friends," Isaiah said, smirking at Toni and causing her to blush.

Alain spotted this immediately and abruptly, he announced... "Toni and I are engaged."

Joey nearly spit out his milk and Isaiah went wide eyed.

"You two are engaged?" Joey spluttered.

Alain nodded smugly. "Gonna tie the knot after we graduate."

"Whoa, congratulations," Joey said, taking a moment to regain his cool.

"Yeah, congrats," Isaiah said politely.

The mood turned awkward as those who had known Alain for years, this being Roy and Wally, became puzzled at his sudden need to claim Toni as his own. It was unusual for him to act that way. Abruptly, the spell of awkwardness was replaced by a bouncing Elliot who ventured to their table with a stack of magazines in his hands.

"Kori, my shining star, might I have just a moment of your time," cooed Elliot lovingly.

Never one to be rude, Kori smiled Elliot. "Of course. What can I do for you, Elliot?"

He dropped his stack of magazines in front of her. Taking the first one off the top he held it up to her. "Can I have your autograph?"

The smile slowly faded from Kori's eyes.

"Whoa, dude, there must be like twenty magazines here," Gar said, taking one off the top of the pile and flipping through it. He smiled. "Hey, Kori's in this one!"

Elliot smiled proudly. "She's in all of them," he pointed out, gesturing to the stack. "I collected every magazine she appeared in."

"That's not creepy at all," Raven drawled sarcastically, an apple in hand.

"Wait, Kori's a model?" asked Joey, shocked for the second time today. His new friends were certainly not boring he noted.

"During the summer she was," Vic explained before eyeing Kori with a goofy grin. "But she hasn't said one word about it since she's gotten home."

"Yeah, what's the deal about that anyway, Kori?" inquired Wally curiously, returning a magazine to the pile.

Kori rubbed her temples. "It wasn't a big deal."

"Of course it was a big deal. You were in commericals! I even saw you in the newspaper a few times," Elliot stated before pushing the stack of magazines closer to her. "How about it, my shining star. Will you do me the pleasure and autograph these for me?"

Kori slammed her palms against the table and rose to her feet, her eyes narrowed. "No! I don't want to sign a damn thing!" she then turned to the others and plucked away the magazines in their hands and shoved them into Elliot's arms. "It was just a stupid modeling thing! Forget it ever happened!"

Everyone looked at Kori with wide eyes, some of the gazes even coming from other tables. As Kori realized what she had done she turned from the table and ran towards the doors, disappearing from everyone's sight.

There was a moment of silence that was soon broken by Gar who leaned over to Jenn. "I hate to say this but... I think you jinxed the new year."

"What's with her?" Joey asked, confused.

Raven sighed. "I think she's upset about the whole boarding school thing."

"Boarding school?" Elliot repeated as he put his magazines in a neat pile and picked them up.

"Dick went to boarding school and Kori never got the chance to say goodbye."

Elliot dropped his magazines on the floor in shock. "Dick went to boarding school?! Does this mean Kori is single?!"

"No, she is not single you idiot," snapped Jenn, throwing popcorn at him.

"Who's Dick?" Joey asked, lost once more.

"Kori's boyfriend and the son of Bruce Wayne," filled in Wally.

"Wow, I'm friends with the friends to the son of a famous person," Joey noted with a grin. "Bitchin'."

"Not bitchin'," Roy countered. "Bruce sent Dick to boarding school to get him away from Kori."

"And he took his laptop and cell phone so we can't contact him," added Wally.

"Damn... and I thought my dad was bad," Joey muttered, shaking his head.

It was a long, grilling first day, but everyone managed to pull through it just fine and with as little drama as possible. Unfortunately for Alain his day was far from over, something he realized when he met up with Toni after school.

"Ready to go pick out flowers for our wedding my beautiful bride to be?" he teased as he kissed her forehead.

Toni shifted uncomfortably. "About that... change of plans."

He pulled back and looked at her in puzzlement.

Toni sighed, deciding to just spit it out. "I noticed today that whenever Isaiah was around you began to act differently."

He opened his mouth to deny this, but Toni put a finger to his lips to stop him.

"Don't even try to deny it. I saw you. We all did. You acted like a dog with a bone."

"Can you blame me?" he asked as he removed her hand and held onto it. "He's your ex-boyfriend and he just suddenly popped up."

"Exactly my point my dear," she said, grinning at him. "He's my ex-boyfriend. We're just friends now. And I want you two to be able to be friends."

"Toni-"

"Please," she coaxed, kissing his knuckles and then smiling at him. "For me?"

That did it. Alain easily relented to her will and Toni hugged him happily, giggling in his arms. "What's your plan?" he regrettably asked.

"Well, since I cancelled our flower appointment I decided that you, me, and Isaiah should hang out at the mall together," Toni placed a hand on his cheek and locked eyes with him, smiling despite his sour expression. "I'm sure once you get to know him you'll be the best of friends."

Alain groaned. "Toni, I don't think this is a good idea."

Toni patted his cheek. "Well too bad 'cause I already told him we'd treat him to tacos."

Kori held the door open for Raven as they entered their home.

"Any idea on the extracurricular you want to take this year?" Raven asked, turning to face Kori.

"I was thinking home ec."

"You do know you'll have to cook in that class, don't you?"

"Do not give me that face," Kori said as she walked towards the living room. "I cook fabulously."

"Who told you that lie?" Raven deadpanned, causing Kori to pause and glare at her. "You burn toast."

"I do not burn toast... Technically the toaster does," Kori said as she turned to enter the living room, smiling when she saw her mother and father, but pausing when she saw two others in the room, one of which was familiar to her. Her smiled faded and she glanced worriedly at Raven who had just stepped besides her.

The four grown ups in the room turned their heads so they could look at Kori and Raven. Among the group of adults was a woman who bore a striking resemblance to Raven. Her name was Arella, and she looked at Raven fondly, her red lips turning into a smile.

"Hello, Raven."

Raven's eyes narrowed and Kori took her hand, squeezing it, while her other hand balled into a fist. "Hello, mother."

Hi everyone! This is First Time, the sequel to my story Hanging By A Moment and the continuation of my Sick Cycle Carousel high school series. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter!

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