Chapter 10: Things Change
"I can't do it," Kori said, chickening out again.
"Kori it's now or never," Rachel said as the two entered the lunchroom together.
"Easy for you to say you already have a date," Kori said giving her friend a slight glare.
"Hey he asked me," Rachel said blushing.
"But you said yes," Kori said. Rachel stopped to think for a moment. The two got in line to get their lunch. Once they paid they walked over to their table where Gar was already eating the lunch he had brought in. he never ate the school's food. Rachel sat down next to Gar and Kori sat across from Rachel.
"Just go over and ask him," Rachel said.
"I can't he's been a jerk to me," Kori said.
"I know my cousin," Rachel said. "He probably been beating himself up for what he did to you," she said.
"She's right you know," Gar said pointing at her with his fork.
"But out," Kori said, but she knew they were right and she hated them for it. "Fine I'll do it," Kori said she stood up and walked across the lunchroom towards Richard who was to busy talking to Duncan and Isaiah to noticed her.
"Oh Richard," Kori groaned it was Kate. She sat down next to Richard. "Are you taking anyone to prom yet?" she asked.
"No," Richard said. Kori stood there and watched.
"Well maybe we could go together," she said. Richard looked to Isaiah and Duncan for help but they looked away trying hard not to laugh.
"I don't know Kate," he began.
"Are you waiting for someone else to ask you?" she asked. Richard shook his head. Kori crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. Neither he nor Kate noticed her.
"No but-" Richard began.
"No buts are you or aren't you?" she asked.
"Well no," he said.
"So you'll go with me?" she asked. By this point Kori was angry.
"Fine, Kate I'll go to prom with you," he said louder than he intended. Kate smiled and got up and left. Kori stood there a second longer before turning and going back over to her table. Victor and Roy were nowhere in sight.
"What happened?" Rachel and Gar asked together.
"He's going with Kate." Kori said letting a tear slide down her cheek. "I hate him," she said. She grabbed her tray and left. She dumped her tray and left the lunchroom. She soon found herself sitting on the stairs where her, and the others usually sat.
"Hey Kor," Kori looked up and saw Roy.
"Where were you?" she asked forgetting about Richard and her newfound hate for him.
"Victor and I had to finish something in comm. Tech." He said. He walked over to her and sat down next to her. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
"Richard's going to prom with Kate," Kori said.
"Oh," Roy said, he knew she was going to ask him. "How did that happen?" he asked.
"She asked him, and wouldn't leave him alone, I just wanted to go over there and hit her," Kori said. "But I didn't and I don't know why," she said. Roy laughed slightly.
"Love stinks doesn't it?" Roy asked.
"How would you know?" Kori asked an eyebrow cocked. Roy shrugged. Kori got an idea. "Will you go to prom with me?" she asked. "As friends?" she added.
"Sure," Roy said. "Beats sitting around doing nothing," he said. Kori smiled.
"You did what?" Rachel asked.
"It was a moment of weakness," Kori said as she fell back on her bed. Rachel was sitting in Kori's desk chair. She rolled it over to Kori's bed and rested her hands on the back.
"Moment of weakness?" she asked. Kori nodded.
"I was mad at Richard, I don't know what came over me," Kori said. "But we're just friends," she said. "I made sure he understood that," Kori said.
"Are you crazy Roy has had the biggest crush on you," Rachel said. "Just like Richard that's why they fought, well part of the reason," Rachel said.
"No, you see when we first met he had a crush on me, but he's dating Dona he told me," Kori said. "And if you tell anyone I told you that he'll kill me,"
"Oh," Rachel said taken aback. She relaxed a little.
"Why are you freaking out I didn't when you told me you were going with Gar," Kori said sitting up grinning at her best friend.
"Yeah I believe your exact words were, 'About time'," Rachel said. Kori smirked.
"Oh come on Rae he's had a crush on you for forever," Kori said, "It was totally obvious," she added. Rachel blushed, "except to you," Kori said.
"oh ha ha you're so funny," Rachel said.
"Well it's true," Kori said. She looked at her watch. "Speaking of gar where are they she asked. "They were supposed to be here an hour ago," she said as she sat up.
"I don't know," Rachel said.
"Come on we have to go we were supposed to be at Kori's an hour ago," Gar said.
"Hold on just let me get my bag," Roy said. He grabbed his backpack from the ground and a disc fell out. He grabbed it and looked at it.
"What's that?" Gar asked.
"I don't know," Roy said confused.
"Well put it in your computer and find out," Victor said. Roy nodded and put the disc into his computer. The DVD player popped up and Roy hit Play.
Richard's face appeared on screen. He backed away and sat down in a chair.
"Roy if your watching this," he began, "I just want you to know I wish we could be friends I wish we didn't do the things we did when we were younger, but you can't change the past. Now can you?" he asked. He sat there for a moment. "Wally, Donna and Garth put this together for me but I think you should watch it," he said. The screen went black for a second then, Wally's face appeared on the screen as he backed away Donna and Garth could be seen.
"Richard if you're watching this it mean you too the DVD from Babs." Wally said.
"We've tried to get a hold of you but you won't talk to us," Garth said.
"Please just listen," Donna said.
"I put this video together for you," Wally said. The song How to Save a Life by The Fray started and Picture from They're childhood together began to show on screen.
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came
So far all the pictures didn't have Roy in them. The song stopped and Richard was on screen again.
"Roy I remember the day we met, a few days ago I regretted the day we met but now I see that us meeting has changed my life so much," he said. He laughed slightly. "Roy you were my best friend," he said. Wally, Donna and Garth appeared on the screen again.
"You remember the day we met Roy," Wally asked.
"How could he forget he's the one who forced us to be his friends," Garth said.
"No he guided us," Donna said. "And Rich we thank you for that," she said smiling. The next pictures included Roy.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And would I have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And I pray to God he hears you
And I pray to God he hears you
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And would I have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
You will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And would I have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
The first Skit the five ever did together started.
"Hey, Roy" Richard said. Roy groaned from his spot on the floor.
"What's Wrong?" Donna asked from her spot in a char across from Richard.
"Have you ever noticed how extremely boring out lives are?" Roy asked sitting up.
"Yes," Richard said, "But there's nothing we can do about it," he said.
"AH but there is," Garth's voice came from off screen.
"What?" Donna asked Wally and Garth as they came into view.
"It's Very simple," Wally said.
"Move to Hollywood, no one's boring there," Garth said.
"True everyone there is famous and if you not famous you become famous," Wally said. The scene changed and three were on the screen again.
"Richard, we've been friends for quite awhile," Wally said. "But lately we've heard you've been acting a little weird," he said.
"Yeah," Garth agreed with him.
"We just wish you'd be our friend again," Donna said. "I mean all four of us," she said. The scene changed again. This time it was Roy Sleeping this had to have been done recently. I looked at the date in the corner of the screen this was done yesterday. Garth walked into the shot.
"Roy wake up," Garth said kicking Roy's foot. Roy jerked up.
"What did I miss?" he asked.
"We're done," Wally said from off screen. He and Donna could be heard trying not to laugh. "Oh you were drooling by the way," he added as he walked away. There was a thump and Donna laughed.
"What's with you lately?' Wally asked turning the camera back on Roy. The way he was swinging it around he probably thought it was off. "You more irritable lately, and crank all the time," he said.
"Dude he's PMSing," Garth teased. Roy kicked the dark haired teen.
Roy glared at the screen that's what he got for trusting Wally. He thought for a moment Richard had seen this movie and changed it
"Garth that wasn't funny," Donna said annoyed.
"I am not a girl," Roy said angrily. "It's Richard," he said. "He's avoiding me he won't even talk to me,"
"Why?" Donna asked sitting down in a chair. Wally walked over to Roy and sat down on the couch next to Roy. he set the camera down so all I could see was Roy and part of Donna.
"I have no idea," Roy said. "He's acting really weird according to his friends, now he won't even talk to ay of us," he said. "I just want things to go back to the way they were but I know that can't happen," he said.
"Before what before he left the show before the..." Wally asked.
"Before the show before the fame and all that," Roy said. "When it was just the five of us," he said.
"Roy I think we all want that," Garth, Wally and Donna said together. They laughed.
"But we can't always get what we want," Garth said.
"Hey is that on?" Donna asked looking at the camera. Wally grabbed his face was close.
"Oops," Wally said, grinning his cheeks pink. "I thought I turned it off," he said the screen went blank. Richard appeared on screen again.
"Roy I don't know what to say except people change, we grow up and grow apart, I hope you can understand that things change," he said. "I'm sorry but your just too much for me from the drugs to the fights to your big headedness, I don't think we can be friends unless you change, I did now it's your turn," the screen went black.
Roy stared at the screen shocked. What did he mean now it's your turn? He turned to Gar and Victor.
"I need to go, tell Kori and Rachel I had a last minute thing with the show," he said as he grabbed his jacket and the DVD and ran from his room. He ran out to his car and started it. This was going to be a long night.
A half hour later he was in Gotham, he pulled his cell phone out, dialed Wally's number, and got a busy signal. He closed his phone and drove to Wally's. He hurriedly walked up to the door and knocked. The door opened to reveal Wally fully dressed and wide-awake, not typical for 11:00 at night.
"Roy what are you doing here?" Wally asked shocked.
"Where are Donna and Garth?" Roy practically demanded.
"They're here why?" Wally asked confused as he stepped aside to let Roy in. "What's the problem?" he asked. Roy held the DVD up.
"Chill I'll delete it when I get home?" Roy said angrily.
"Oh he left that part in it?" Wally said scratching the back of his neck nervously.
"Wally what's wrong?" Donna asked as she came from the living room.
"I said that stuff in confidence that you wouldn't tell anyone much less put it in a video," Roy said.
"Roy keep your voice down my parents are in bed." Wally said.
"I trusted you three," Roy said
"Roy we did it because Richard deserved to know how you felt about this whole situation," Garth said in a calm voice.
"Not only did he see it, it pushed him over the edge he no longer wants to be my friend," Roy said.
"What?" Donna asked shocked. Roy held out the DVD to Wally who took it. The three watched it. "Roy we never meant-" Donna began.
"Save it," Roy said. "I know what you indented, but things don't always go as planned," he said. He was calmer now than he was, 30 minutes ago.
"Roy we're sorry," Wally said. Roy finally sat down on the floor.
"Why does everything have to be so hard?" he asked Donna walked over to Roy and sat down next to him.
"Hey at least you still got us," she said. "We'll never abandon you," she said. Roy looked at Donna.
"Of course you won't," Roy said. Donna smiled and leaned in and kissed Roy.
"Get a room," Wally who had his right hand on the back of Donna's neck lifter it and flipped Wally pulled out of the kiss and turned to Wally.
"Now you know what it's like we don't like seeing you and Jen make out," she opened his mouth to retort but closed it.