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'Okay, take deep breaths. You can do this Kory.' She thought to herself as she sat in her car outside of her boyfriend's house. No matter how many times she gave herself this pep talk, she couldn't make herself get out of the car. She sighed. 'You have to do this. Might as well get it over with.' She countined to encourage herself as she hesitated. She took a deep breath and got out of the car.
She still had a long walk until she got to the Wayne Manor since she couldn't find any parking nearer to the house. She could hear music blaring from the house as she walked along the pavement by herself. Richard was having a party. well, this was definently going to ruin his night.
She reached the front door faster than she thought she should have and stopped before walking inside. 'Maybe I should wait. I can tell him tomorrow in History or gym.' She shook her head to get rid of these thoughts. 'No. I am not going to put this off. I am doing this right now.' She pushed through the door and had to squeeze her way past the guests as she searched for her boyfriend. She didn't appreciate the catcalls directed at her or the more bold guys who decided it was okay for them to grope her as she walked past them. she knew everyone was probably drunk, but this kind of behaivor was inexcusable.
She finally caught sight of her boyfriend leaning against the staircase, a cup of beer in hand, talking to his friends, Vic, Xavier, and Gar. She smiled as she looked at him. No matter what the situation, a glance of him could always put a smile on her face.
They had been dating on and off for the last 4 years, since their freshman year of highschool. Like normal couples, they fought and split, but their breakups never lasted very long. They were basically everyone's idea of the perfect couple. Handsome heir to a fortune, Richard Grayson and Kori Anders, the sweetest person that anyone could ever hope to meet. Not to mention incredibly beautiful, which is why Richard had been attracted to her in the first place. But once they got to know each other, they knew they were meant to be.
She walked closer to him and he looked away from his friends and smiled at her. He waited until she was close enough and then pulled her into a hug. "Hey baby. I thought you couldn't come." He greeted as he dropped a kiss on the top of her red hair.
She pulled far enough away so she could look at him. "We need to talk." She said.
"Okay. What do you want to tell me?" He asked as he took another sip of his beer. He glanced at her. "Want some?" He asked as he held the beer up to her.
She shook her head and pushed the alcohol back towards him. "I can't. And we can't talk here. I meant in private." She explained as she looked at Vic, Gar, and Xavier who had all been listening in on their conversation.
She then took his hand and pulled him up the stairs to his bedroom. Before pulling him inside, she checked to make sure no one was doing anything in his room, since that was the kind of thing that wasn't surprising at these kinds of parties. After seeing the coast was clear she pulled him inside and locked the door behind them.
He flipped on the light and leaned against the wall. "You look great." He said as he glanced at her outfit. She looked down at her tight low rise jeans and pink halter top. 'Well, I won't be able to wear anything like this for awhile.' She thought sadly.
"Thank you for the compliment. You look nice too." she said. He was wearing a black t-shirt and his favorite pair of worn blue jeans. It wasn't really anything special, but he looked nice no matter what he was wearing.
There was an uncomfortable silence. Richard was waiting for her to say something and she was trying to find the right words. She finally decided to just say it. "Richard, I'm preganant." She said sadly as she looked at anything but him.
His voice cracked when he spoke. "You're kidding right? Please tell me Gar put you up to this." He asked. He got his answer from her silence. "How did this happen? We almost always use protection." He said as he ran his hand through his hair, something he always did when distressed.
"So, what are we going to do?" Kory asked as she finally worked up the courage to look at him.
"Well, do you want me to get Bruce to loan me the money for an abortion?" He asked.
She gasped. "No! I am not killing our baby!" She shouted as she drapped an arm over her stomach protectively.
"So what then? Adoption?" He asked.
"No! I am keeping this baby." She said.
"Kory, you can't be serious. You're 17. You can't take care of a baby by yourself." He explained.
"What do you mean 'by myself'? Kory asked as her eyes teared up. She knew what he meant.
"I can't deal with this. I can't be a Dad. This is our senior year! I thought we would stay together, break up when it was time to go to college, date other people and then if we really loved each other we would get back together. I mean, do you realize how pissed Bruce is going to be? He won't leave me the company if I don't finish college. We can't stay together." He said regrettably.
Now she was angry. "I can not believe you! You are breaking up with me while I am carrying your child!" She shouted as she shoved him into the wall.
Richard winced, rubbing his sore back. Sometimes the girl forgot her own strength. Or in this case, maybe she hadn't. "Well, what did you think was going to happen? We were going to get married or something and live happily ever after!" He shouted at her.
She wiped the tears away from her eyes furiously. That was what she had thought would happen, but she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing that. "Fine! I do not care anymore! Do whatever you want! Just be sure that you send me my child support money every month." With this said she ran out of the house and out of Richard's life forever.
The next few months had been rough. After finding out she was pregnant her parents had basically disowned her. And when they found out she was going to have the child out of wedlock they had disowned her completely and kicked her out of the house. She ended up moving in with her childhood nanny Galfore, who she had remained close friends with over the years.
All her friends basically abandoned her. You really see people's true colors in hard times. That was not the worst thing about school either. Almost everyone had heard about her misfortunes. Most people took pity on her and thought Richard was a complete asshole, but there were a few, like Kitten Moth, who loved to torment her thoughout the rest of the school year.
But even worse, she still had to see Richard at school during her classes. She had tried to get her schedule changed, but the school wouldn't let her change her schedule for personal reasons. It was always extremely awkward being in the same room with him since they weren't even on speaking terms.
Her grades also went down since she constantly had to pee so missed alot of class and since she was always late since it was hard to walk around the school in their 10 minute passing period when you had 30 extra pounds you were not used to carrying and swollen ankles.
There had also been the time when she had fallen down the stairs while she was 3 months pregnant on her way to history. Xavier had seen her laying at the bottom of the stairs and ran her to the nurse's office. She had sat there anxiously as the nurse took scans of her stomach to see if the baby was okay. It was after the nurse had left to go over the results that Richard had run into the room. "What happened? Xavier told me you might have lost the baby!" Richard exclaimed as he took a seat by the bed she was lying on.
She muttered bad words about Xavier under her breath before responding to him. "I bet you are happy about this. I refused to get an abortion so you had accepted that you would be a father and then I fall down the stairs. You are free now." She said sadly as she looked at her enlarged stomach.
He glared at her. "You don't know how I feel, so don't pretend to." He said. Before an argument could break out the nurse walked back into the room.
"I do not want him here. Please make him leave." Kory begged the nurse as she gestured at Richard.
Beore he could retort the nurse cut him off. "But isn't he the father?" She asked, obviously confused. 'Great, even the school nurse has heard.' Since no one said anything the nurse continued. "Well, Ms. Anders your baby is fine." Both Richard and Kory let out the breaths they had been holding. "You got very lucky." The nurse said with a smile.
After that incident that had let her ride the elevators that were reserved for the handicapped.
The school year went by slowly, but eventually she graduated. She hadn't bothered applying to college since she was now 8 months pregnant but had heard that Richard had gotten into Gotham University. She had been mad when she heard this of course. Gotham was very far away from Jump and she knew for sure she would be the mother and father to their child.
Even though Richard wasn't going to be a part of their baby's life, that didn't stop him from coming to the hospital to see the birth. Raven, one of Kory's few friends left, had called him since Raven and Richard were friends too and she knew he would feel terrible if he missed it.
She hadn't been mad about it then, which probably had alot to do with all the pain killers the doctor had provided her with. She could barely remember anything from the birth and had been too drugged out at the time to care that Richard was there. When her contractions became stronger and the doctor told her to push, he had grabbed her hand to give her something to squeeze. She had later found out she had broken two of his fingers. She didn't feel that bad about it.
When the baby was born she was not coherant enough to tell them the name she had chosen. So Richard took it upon himself to name their daughter Mari Grayson, after his mother Mary. She had wanted to give the baby her last name to get back at Richard, but when they had handed her Mari for the first time, she couldn't find it in herself to be angry. The baby looked alot like her, except for the black hair which she had inherited from her father.
Over the next 8 years Richard went to college in Gotham to get his Masters in Business. She became a single mother working two jobs to support her daughter. Richard paid child support, and Kory knew he would send more if he knew she was struggling, but she didn't want to have to rely on him for anything. Mari spent holidays and Summers with her father since he barely got to see her. He did call at least once a week to talk to Mari when he couldn't see her, but Kory didn't consider this being a good parent.
When he finished school he moved to Jump and took over the Wayne Enterprises there. Kory had been pretty shocked when Bruce had left Richard the company. Most fathers would be mad at their sons for not taking care of their responsibilities and abandoning their girlfriends after getting them pregnant. But Bruce had never really liked Kory so it wasn't really all that shocking.
Something that bothered Kory was that she always had to be the bad guy. Richard made a lot of money and, in Kory's opinion, bought Mari's love with expensive gifts. Expensive gifts that always managed to damage Kory's relationship with their daughter. Which is why Kory was now sitting at the kitchen table in their apartment talking to Raven. After a huge fight, Mari had decided to move in with Richard, and Kory needed a plan to get her to come back.
To Be Continued.
This was supposed to be a oneshot, but it was getting too long, so this will be a twoshot. And please review my story 'By Reason Of Insanity.' I put it on my favorites list so it would be easier for you guys to find. So tell me what you think about this story. Review!