Meeting Your Shadow
Chapter Two: Written by: cryingdove
Disclaimer: Again we do NOT own the Teen Titans…Stop asking!
DING DONG…! The girl of 20 stepped back and looked around, expecting someone to answer the door almost instantly.
Kori Anders, a beautiful emerald-eyed woman, waited at the front door of her best friend, Richard Grayson's home. Bruce Wayne (the bachelor's adoptive father) owned it, but Richard was still forced to live there.
Starting to grow impatient, Kori took out a mini mirror from her purse and checked her hair once again. Her perfectly auburn hair was long and elegant looking. Kori pushed her bangs away from her face and smiled secretly to herself.
Suddenly, she snapped out of her day dreaming and asked herself why she cared so much about how she looked for her best friend. I don't like him that way…So why am primping up? I don't like him…I don't like Richard Grayson…I don't-
"Hello, Miss Anders." Alfred greeted, cutting Kori's thoughts off. He opened the door silently.
Panicked, Kori threw the mirror behind her and glared politely at Alfred.
"Hello Alfred! Is Richard here?" bubbled Kori.
"I am afraid he is still asleep Miss Anders. But I can certainly wake him up. Please come inside"
Kori stepped into the manor, and sat on a chair next to the door. That day she was wearing her favorite purple tank top and a pair of light blue jeans with flip-flops.
Just for him. She thought romantically.
"No, no, NO! You don't have feelings for him Kori!" She quickly confirmed out loud, to no one.
Oh yes you do and you know it! Called the voice again.
"No I-who are you?"
I am THE Captain Hook! ARR! The voice rang out throughout Kori's mind.
"Oh My GOD!" Came a bewildered reply.
I'm your conscience, DUH!
"Great, what do you want?" Kori said getting even more irritated.
I am here to speak the truth!
"Well…actually you're annoying me…"
Annoying? Well excuse me Miss Starlight!
"IT'S TWILIGHT!" Kori quickly covered her mouth and looked around, no one luckily was watching,
Whatever, but just listen here Missy, if you think you can deny your undying love for your best friend, then FORGET IT! Because I know every little thing about you Kori! Hell, I AM you! And I you don't confess to Mister Grayson about how you feel, and he just goes off with another woman, don't come crying to me!
"Ugh! Just go hide in some corner! I don't need you right now!" Kori said irritated…Who did that…conscious person think she was?
Pathetic
"HEY!" She yelled jumping out of her seat.
Silence over came. She quickly sat down, apparently humiliated, but her conscience wasn't going to make her go crazy…Right?
Right
Richard, still half asleep, struggled while trying to take off his spandex tights. After getting a phone call from Alfred telling him that Kori was waiting for him in the Manor, he quickly jumped off of the cold stone floor which he had lazily slept on last night. He started to get dressed and style his hair to perfection.
You're such an idiot Richard! How could you possibly forget that KORI was coming over today! You! You just slept on the FLOOR, in the BATCAVE dreaming about that Sunlight chick that isn't even attractive! HUMPH! You invite her over, and then completely the plans that YOU had made…Stupid Richard punished himself
After falling several time on the floor, trying desperately to get rid of the tights, which were now sticking to him he slipped on a pair of jeans and ran into the mansion, not bothering to put on a shirt. But did it really matter for a guy? For the cities most handsome bachelor?
Well once he hit the open sidewalk, every female's pair of eyes were focused on Richard. They didn't concentrate on their dogs that were running around, nor the melting ice cream in their hands, not even their boyfriends that were standing RIGHT next to them…Nope…Just Richard, and their creative day dreams. But Richard on the other hand, ran as fast as he could trying to escape every furious glare given by him from all of the jealous men.
What do you want? You know I'm a sexy penguin! He chuckled and kept on running.
He turned on the next street and saw the gates of the manor ahead. Alleluia…heh? But instead of going through the front door, he unnoticeably ran around the house…mansion and took the back door.
Richard walked coolly and calmly towards Kori as if nothing at all had happened. She just stared in awe at his abs, totally unaware of her jaw, which was now hanging limply open.
"Hey Kor, you ok there?"
She replied shutting her mouth quickly "Yeah! I'm good, what about you?"
"Pretty good, I didn't sleep to good though, to many bad dreams ya know?" Richard stared at her, entranced by her natural beauty. Wow, not that's what I call a woman…Shut UP Grayson!
Hum, hum! Why shut yourself up when you're just thinking the truth!
Who the craps are you?
I'm the Captain Hook! ARR!
Yeah right
No, I'm your conscience
Great. And you're here to…?
Annoy you!
That's what I figured
Oh but please! Mister Nightwing, go back to your perverted thoughts about Kori!
WHAT? What perverted thoughts about Kori! She's my best friend, nothing more, nothing less!
You have to admit that you like her His conscience taunted.
Oh please
Dont 'Oh please' me!
Richard rolled his eyes inwardly.
Pathetic!
HEY!
OK! Does pervert make you feel any better?
Tired and fed up, Richard stopped his bickering with the voice and was suddenly snapped back to reality by Kori, snapping her fingers in his face.
"Richard! You who!"
"Oh! Sorry. You want some coffee? I didn't really have time to eat breakfast."
Kori examined him attentively. "No time to put on a shirt eh?"
He blushed but turned around quickly. Finally, some alone time with Kori…MWUAHAHA!
Pervert!
SHUT UP! I'm YOUR conscience!
But before they had the time to say or do something, the phone rang. Richard looked apologetically towards Kori and picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Richard! It's me, Babs!" Came a reply, something was obviously wrong.
"Babs! What's wrong?" Richard asked curiously
Kori raised a curious eyebrow.
"He left me Richard! Please I need to you NOW!"
Richard hung up furiously. "I've got to go."
As Richard walked out the door, Kori stared after him like a lost puppy.
"Ok…That hurt." Kori's head fell down limply and she sat down in the same chair, obviously crest fallen, and hurt by Richard's antics.