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Disclaimer: Don't own any characters or the poem in this story
Kori Anders fixed her hair in the mirror. It was a low ponytail. She put her glasses on her eyes and straightened her navy blue skirt and white tee-shirt.
"Kori, let's go!" Her mom shouted up the stairs.
"Coming!" Kori called. She turned around, grabbed her book and school bag and headed downstairs. She paused to grab some toast off the table and ran outside to the car, where her mom was ready to drop her off to her new school.
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Richard Grayson parked his bike, threw his helmet which said, 'Don't like my attitude? Tell someone who cares' on the seat, pulled out his pack of cigarettes and a lighter and lit it, took a breath, exhaled it out and walked towards his usual hangout. The others were already there.
"Dick! What the hell took you so long?" asked a guy with no hair. He was tall with black skin and a face that seemed to always be annoyed.
"Shut up Charlie, you be late too if the god-damn cops were chasing you."
"The cops were on your tail again?" asked a red-head.
"Yep."
"Shit…" Alex muttered. He was average height with long black hair and dark eyes. His skin was a deathly white.
"Guess what?" the red-head asked impatiently.
"What Stu?" Richard asked, uninterested.
"I-"
"What happened with you and Abby anyway?" Alex said, leaning against the wall.
"I was getting to that-"
"Did you guys have fun last night?" the last member of their group asked. His hair was blond.
"Oh yea…" Stu said dreamily.
"You better stop dating Abby; if Amy finds out, you're dead," the blond said.
"Just shut it Mick…just 'cause girls think I'm hot and you're not, don't mean you ca-"
"Shut up!" Mick roared.
"Would both of you's keep it down before I whack you?" Alex asked, raising a fist.
"Are you and Kim still cool, Dick?" Charles asked, trying to change the subject.
"We're still hot…" Richard said happily, thinking of his girlfriend Kim.
"Can I have a pack of your cigarettes? My Dad found out and threw all mine out," Mick asked.
"Did he freak on you?" Richard asked.
"You have no idea. He smacked me and told me if I didn't stop smoking, he would kick my ass to hell and back."
"What did you say to that?" Richard tossed Mick a cigarette.
"I told him he was an asshole."
"Nice…" Charles said, rolling his eyes.
"Come on, we have just enough time to check out the girls," Richard said, throwing his cigarette to the ground and stomping on it. They all followed their leader and walked out from behind the dumpsters behind the school and up to the entrance.
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Kori looked out at her new school. It seemed gray and boring, but as long as they had a good school system, it would be alright. Her mum parked the car.
"Do you have your lunch?" Kori nodded excitedly. "Okay, well, I'll see you after school." Her mom leaned forward and hugged her daughter.
"I'll be fine mom," Kori said, opening the door. "I am sixteen you know."
"I know," Mary Anders said. "Have a good day!"
"Bye mom!" Kori called, walking away from the car. She walked up towards the entrance and bumped into someone. She looked. It was a girl, around her age with black hair. She was wearing a black mini-shirt and a dark purple shirt. It said "Forever Goth." She flicked her long purple hair over shoulders and studied Kori for a moment.
"What are you reading?" Kori asked, feeling a bit exposed, as this girl kept staring.
"The legend of Dracula," the girl replied. She shook her head, as though to clear it and held out her hand. "I'm Raven," she said blandly.
"Kori," Kori held out her own hand and they shook.
"Are you new?" Raven asked.
"Yes," Kori said.
"You want to go in?" Raven asked. Kori nodded and the two made their way down the hall. The hall was already crowded.
"What's your locker number?" Raven asked.
"Twelve."
"Cool. I'm unlucky thirteen." They both opened their lockers. Raven began tacking up pictures of rock bands as Kori piled her books onto the shelves in the locker.
"Raven?" came a voice. Raven smiled, looking at the ceiling and then turning to her side.
"Bernard."
"Don't call me Bernard," he said, shivering. "It's BB."
"Whatever," Raven said, going back to her locker.
"I'm Kori," The red-head said.
"BB," the boy replied. He had green hair and odd brown eyes.
"Like who dressed her, her mother?" a girl with shoulder-length blond hair said, pointing to Kori and giggling with her friends as they walked down the hall.
"I thought this was appropriate…" Kori said, trailing off.
"Don't worry, they're just bitches," Raven said comfortingly.
"Raven!" Kori said, shocked at her language.
"Well it's true," BB said. "That's Kim and her gang. Pink, popular sluts."
"You know you guys, you don't have to curse all the time."
"If cursing is the way to describe the pink princess over there, then we must do it."
"Let's go," Kori said, thinking she maybe had picked the wrong type of friends.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to it," BB said, seeing the expression on Kori's face and laughing.
The three friends walked and followed the girls into the classroom.
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"What is your locker number?" Richard asked Mick.
"Twenty-two. What about you guys?" he asked.
"Twenty-three."
"Twenty-four."
"Twenty-five."
"I'm twenty-one," Richard said, grinning.
"You rock, getting us all together. Which loser did you threaten to punch the living daylights out of if he didn't hack into the school files and get us lockers together?" Charlie asked, patting Richard on the back.
"Robert."
"Stu!" A brunette was walking up the hall.
"Amy!" Stu said happily. She walked up and smacked him the face.
"What the-"
"Marcy told me about you and Abby-"
"Look baby, I-"
"Shut up because I don't want to hear your crap!" she turned on her heel and walked away.
"And that is why I don't like girls," Mick said.
"Shut up…" Stu said.
"Both of you shut up," Alex said.
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"What are you reading?" Raven asked Kori as they spotted three seats together and sat down. Kori looked up from her book.
"Hamlet," she said dreamily.
"Isn't that a book by Mark Tobacco?" BB asked Kori.
"It's Mark Twain," Kori said, giggling. "And it's by Shakespeare."
"Hey Kori," BB asked again, "What's Shakespeare's last name?"
"Shakespeare," Kori said.
"What is his first name then?" BB said, rubbing his head. "I don't get it…"
"Good Morning class," said a cheery voice from the front of the room. The three turned.
A lady in a black suit stood at the front. Her hair was in a bun and she looked quite professional. "My name is Ms. Whardon and I will be your English teacher this year. This year we will be studying Shakespeare." A huge groan filled the room. "Come on now, Shakespeare is fun. Today we will be reading The Tempest. Has anyone ever read this before?" Kori's hand shot into the air. "Excellent. Why don't you tell us a bit about The Tempest Ms…um…"
"Kori Anders. The Tempest is about Prospero, an exiled duke of Milan and his daughter Miranda who live on a deserted island. The story starts with the king and new duke of Milan on a boat. Prospero is a magician and starts a tempest-"
"So, I can see that you are an avid reader?" Ms Whardon asked.
"Yes Miss," said Kori.
"Excellent. I presume you have read this story before?"
"Yes."
"Have you read any others?"
"I've read them all. I love Shakespeare."
"Which is your favorite?" Miss Whardon asked gently.
"Hamlet."
"Hamlet is my favorite also-"
"Uh, Miss Whardon?" asked a brown haired boy at the back of the room.
"Yes dear?"
"Can we like, start?" Miss Whardon looked embarrassed. "Of course dear." She handed out copies of The Tempest.
An hour later…" I do forgive thy rankest fault-"
"Um, Miss Whardon?" the boy with the brown hair asked again. Miss Whardon looked up from the book.
"Yes, dear?"
"So it is. I will see you tomorrow." The whole class filled out. As Kim walked out, she passed Kori and said:
"Teacher's pet." Kori looked up to see Kim walking out with her clique.
"I really hate her," Raven said.
"Kim?" Ms. Whardon asked.
"Piss off you damn teacher, I do like have a life," Kim said, without looking behind.
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"How do you know all this stuff?" BB asked Kori as the three of them took a seat at an empty table.
"Know what?" Kori asked.
"Everything!"
"Don't be nonsensical."
"Don't use big words around him, he won't understand," Raven said, taking a bite of her sandwich.
"But it's true, you knew everything in English, in History and French!" BB said, ignoring Raven's comment.
"Just those, nothing else," Kori protested.
"Whatever," Raven said. "But you do tend to-Kori?" Kori was staring off into space. "Kori?"
"Huh?" Kori asked, daydreaming.
"Are you even listening to me?"
"Yes, of course. You were talking about…well…um…"
"Never mind."
" Raven, can I call you Rae?" Kori asked.
"Yeah, sure," Raven replied. Kori smiled and pulled a book out of her bag.
"Whatcha reading?"
"A Collection of Edgar Allen Poe stories and poems," Kori said, adjusting her glasses. "They're really good. Listen to this:
Alone
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view."
"Cool…demons," BB said dreamily.
"I really like it, it really describes this person's feelings and emotions in a clear, concise, flowing poem," Kori said to Raven.
"Yeah…" Raven said. Just then, the bell rang.
"Let's go," Raven said.
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Richard and his friends were enjoying the last few minutes of lunch as Kim walked over, her clan not far behind.
"Dicky-poo?" she asked.
"Hey cutie," he said, "Where were you?"
"That hoe of a teacher kept me in for telling her piss off."
Dick smiled as he leaned down to kiss her. They kissed for several minutes, the others feeling quite…how would Edgar put it…Alone. The bell rang just then.
"Damn," Richard cursed quite violently.
"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll like see you later," Kim said. She stuck her tongue out and pretended to lick something. She turned and walked away, her hips swinging wildly back and forth. Dick smiled and walked towards the building, thinking of only one thing.
How could anyone be as gorgeous as Kim?
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