Here's chapter 2 of Bye Bye Titans! Hmmm... I should really consider a title change?
Disclaimer: Me? I own nothing!
I groaned as I shifted my position on the couch for the umpteenth time. I was watching the news, waiting for dinner to be done. They were talking about how Dick Grayson, heir to Wayne Enterprises, had moved to Jump City. I smiled to myself; he "just so happened" to be in my kitchen making dinner right now.
Flashback
I stared into his eyes and he stared into mine for what seemed like forever.
"I have a cab waiting for me outsi--" He started, but I was quick to cut him off.
"You're leaving?!" I gasped out in surprise. Would he actually going to leave me after this? He shook his head 'no' vigorously.
"My luggage is kinda in the cab..." He trailed off sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. I muttered an 'oh' as he began to shuffle outside in the snow to grab his bags. He came back a minute later carrying a suitcase in each hand. The taxi driver was following him with another two bags in his hands. They both set the bags down and they went outside again; most likely to retrieve more suitcases. I stared at the door until they came back with four more suitcases. Dick paid the driver a fair amount of money and he left with a content look on his snow-covered face.
"Eight bags?" I looked at him in disbelief. "You do realize how small this place is, don't you?"
He nodded. "Well, you're not intending to stay here, are you?" I shuffled my feet awkwardly.
"Yeah, it's all I can afford right now." I explained, making motions with my petite hands. He smiled warmly.
"I'm here now. You can live in a nice, big, house. You're dream house." He said, taking my hands in his. I smiled brightly and blushed. "Go relax; I'm going to make dinner." I nodded and watched his form retreat into the kitchen before going to sit on the couch.
End Flashback
"Kory!" Dick called, appearing in the living room. I looked up at him. "Dinner is served." He smirked, vanishing back into the kitchen. I smiled to myself and carefully, and slowly, got up. I walked into the kitchen rubbing my stomach and breathed in the scent. I looked at the counters where Dick was hastily making last minute touches to the meal and couldn't help but immediately notice the steaming apple pie. I absentmindedly licked my lips as I sat down, never taking my eyes off of it. Hey, can't a girl crave some pie every once in awhile?
"Kory," He began sternly as I innocently looked up at him. "That's for dessert."
I playfully pouted as he muttered something about "hormonal women". I gave up the act and began to laugh for, well, no apparent reason at all.
"Like I said, hormonal women." He repeated, grabbing two hot plates full of food and placing one in front of me and the other across the table. I examined the plate ever so carefully. Medium-rare steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, some peas, which I visibly winced at, and buttered bread. The whole meal was excellent except for the peas. Didn't he remember from back at the tower that I despised peas with a passion? I stared at it disgustingly until Dick interrupted my stare fest. "Still hate those peas, huh?" He asked me with a chuckle. I flushed.
"Yes. They do not taste good... at all. Do I have to eat them?" I questioned meekly, stealing a quick glance at him as he sat down. He pondered it for a minute by staring at his food.
"No." He sighed. I squealed in delight and was about to grab my fork when he continued. "But that just means no pie." He finished, his frown turning into a full-fledged grin. I stuck out my lower lip and did my infamous "look".
"Please?" I asked as cutely as possible, even sticking out my lower lip and widening my eyes a bit more for affect. He bit his lip and looked at everything in the room except for me.
"Please don't do 'the' look." He groaned miserably, finally looking me in the eyes. I continued my antics; I was not going to eat those stupid peas. "Star, I'm not falling for it."
"Pretty please with mustard on top?" I asked, making my eyes water a bit. "You know how much I love pie!" He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"You really want that pie, don't you?"
I began to frown as I let out a yawn from my boredom. I had known Dick liked video games every once in awhile from our days as Titans, but this? He was as bad, if not worse, than Beast Boy! As soon as we had finished the pie, which I begged to get, he rushed over to his luggage and took out the new Game Station 4 and started playing like a maniac. He was playing a game called Battle Wars, Battle Force, Battle Life... I don't know, something with the word 'battle' in it.
"How long are you going to be playing this?" I asked through another yawn. He completely ignored me, except for the grumble that escaped his lips. "That's not an answer." I pouted, shifting my position. He let out the same sound again and I refrained from breaking the TV. "Well, I'm going to go to bed."
"Already?" He asked quickly, and when I looked at him it was if he hadn't said anything at all.
"Yes. It is... almost midnight, right?"
"Yeah. It's only midnight." He replied, actually taking the time to pause his game and look at me.
"I need more sleep than usual, remember? I'm kinda pregnant." I said slowly, rubbing my eye with one hand and pointing at my over sized stomach with the other. A red tint appeared on his cheeks and he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Right. I sorta forgot. Want me to come up with you?"
"No, it's okay. You're really into your game, anyway." I laughed weakly and started up the steps. As soon as I got into my room I collapsed onto my bed with a loud and content sigh. I closed my eyes with a small smile on my face as I snuggled into my fluffy pillow and began to drift off to a peaceful sleep...
"Kory! Kory, are you up?" ... Or maybe not. I opened up one eye only to see Dick only inches away from me.
"I am now." I answered bitterly, closing my eye.
"Oh. Sorry... but this is really important!" He exclaimed. He paused. "Can you look at me?" I shook my head.
"I'm tired..." I muttered, smacking my lips together and sticking my tongue out at him.
"Fine." He probably rolled his eyes. "Did Raven tell you anything before you went your separate ways?" I decided to open my emerald eyes. Why did it even matter if Raven had said anything?
"Mm-hmm."
"Did she tell you where she was going?" He exasperated and I looked at him strangely.
"Yeah. South Carolina. Why?" I responded, giving him the eye.
"I don't know." He said coolly as if he wasn't desperate for an answer less than a minute ago. I continued staring at him, silently praying that he'd tell me something, anything. "Okay, okay. I was watching the news right before I came up here and they said something about this author coming into town next week for a few days for book signings or something. The book came out last month and it's a huge hit already. Her name was Rachel Roth and she looked a lot like Raven... well, from the picture they showed. But she was from Virginia. Just moved there, I think..."
"Do a Google search on her." I yawned. "Can we talk about this in the morning?"
He kissed my forehead. "Yes, we can. And I'll search for her in the morning, too. G'night." He smiled at me and flicked off the tiny night light I had on.
"Hey!"
"Still scared of the dark, Star?"
"Yes, I am."
Well... that was a short chapter. Sorry it took so long to update this... but school makes it even harder for me to work on my stories, which means even longer updates! And there's gonna be five chapters total... I'm not sure if I already said that?
