It's Not A Date

Don't own Anything. The title is how Richard and Kori are trying to explain how it's not a date. (It totally is:)

I just wanted Friday to end. I really liked spending time with Richard. I also had yet to tell Sarah and Gar what had almost happened when Richard took me home. It was lunch and I knew Sarah would find out one way or another.

"Sooo... how was the tryouts?" Sarah asked casually. Garfield leaned in wanting to hear as well.

"Well I ran into a locker. A basketball hit my head and I tripped on the bleachers having the soda and candies land all over me." I answered. Gar and Sarah looked sorry for me.

"Well there are other fish in the sea Kori." Sarah said. I was confused on why she was talking about fish instead of the embarrassing tryouts.

"I thought we were talking about Richard and I? Why are we talking about fish?" I asked.

"No Kori it means that there are other dudes out there." Gar answered.

"Well what is wrong with Richard? He helped me to the nurse, he almost kissed me, and he is still going to tutor me tomorrow." I told them. Then we all went into shock after what I just said.

"HE ALMOST KISSED YOU!?" Sarah asked and shouted at the same time.

"Shhhhh Sarah. I do not know if it would have meant anything we were interrupted by my grandmother." I said while trying to explain things.

"Uh Kori it totally meant something if he almost kissed you." Garfield said reassuringly. I smiled.

"You have to wear something nice for your date tomorrow." Sarah told me. I was drinking my water at the time and started to choke on it when she said that.

"*cough* What? Iit is not *cough* a date *cough*. He is merely *cough* tutoring me *cough*." I said, barely getting out my clarification. Gar and Sarah rolled their eyes.

"Sure Kori whatever you say." Gar said, not believing me. I was about to protest when the bell rang. We all got up to go to class. We were in the hallway when Garfield spoke up.

"So did anything else interesting happen?" he asked. By this time he was walking backwards facing Sarah and I with his arms behind his head. I was about to tell them about that klorbag Xavier when Gar ran into Rachel.

"Sorry" she said while trying to gather her stuff.

"No, I'm sorry I was walking backwards." Gar said trying to explain himself.

"Oh...then it is your fault." she said. Sarah and I giggled while helping Rachel with her things. Garfield looked petrified. I knew he didn't know what to do, so I decided to help him. I scooted a book closer to him so he could give it to her. Gar looked at the title.

"Romeo and Juliet?" he asked.

"I have to read the book for English." she answered a little a annoyed. She had gathered all he things when she looked a little worried.

"I'm missing a book." she said. Garfield looked around for the book. He noticed it by the trash can. He ran as fast as he could. The floor must have been a little slick because he passed the book and ran into the wall. We all ran to see if he was the o and k.

"Garfield are you alright?" Sarah asked worried.

"Yeah I'm fine pretty pixie." he said very dazed. Rachel and I helped him up.

"I'll take him to the nurse." Rachel said. She put his arm around her neck and started to walk him to Nurse Edd. Sarah and I smiled at each other. We were happy that Gar was getting closer with Rachel.

School had finally ended and Sarah drove me home. Rachel had come to us and said that Victor would take Gar home. I went inside the condo and noticed my grandmother was asleep. I went into my room very sneaky. I pulled out my phone of cells to call Richard. He answered it on the third ring.

"Hey what's up Kori." he asked.

"I am needing you to do me a favor." I answered him.

"Yeah anything." he answered willingly.

"Could you pick me up at the entrance to the condos? Because if my grandmother finds out that I am needing a tutor she will be very disappointed with me." I answered. I knew if my grandmother found out she would do the grounding of me. But on my other hand I will do the spending of time with Richard.

"Sure. I'll pick you up at 11:30." he said.

"Oh thank you so very much!" I exclaimed.

"Your welcome. See ya." he said.

"Farewell." I answered. I then started to think about Sarah calling it a date. I knew that it was not but mabey I should at least dress nice. I knew the outfit I wanted to wear, but Komma had the right shoes to do the matching. The were black heel of highness sandals. She would not be home until very late tomorrow. I stepped out of my room.

Grand mother was still sleeping and killer was in the yard of front. I did the tip toeing pass the room of living and the kitchen. I went down the hallway to my sister's room. I entered her room and went to her closet. I opened it up and looked for the shoes. They were on a rack of shoes. I was so happy that she had taken them with her. I took the shoes, and left her room. I was almost to my room when I heard my grandmother stirring.

"Kori get my jerky for those stupid mice. I hate when they're attacking my car." she said. I realized she was still dreaming. I went into my room and put the shoe under my bed until tomorrow.

I was waiting for Richard at the entrance when he showed up. I was wearing a red long sleeved henley sweater with a grey skirt. (Think of the skirt size as Starfire's usual skirt.)

"You ready?" he asked while handing me a helmet. I nodded and got on the motorcycle. We headed toward the park. The park was beautiful. It had a small playground, and several people selling food there, but the fall scenery just put it together. I had gotten off his bike and he led me toward a small table of picnic. I put my backpack down on the table (backpack form the episode 'Sisters') and took out my history things.

"Ok lets see what you've learned so far." Richard said with a smile.

"I have learned that the America was discovered in the year of 1492, by the man named Colombus. There were three ships the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria." I answered.

"Good, now lets move on to other famous people. The first president was George Washington." he said.

"Is he the one who did the abolishing of slavery?" I asked.

"No that was Abraham Lincoln. Washington helped America get its independence form England." he answered. I remembered going to England with my family when I was small. I missed that time with them. The tutoring lasted for an hour when my stomach did the embarrassing growling noise. Richard smiled.

"Do you want some pizza, or a hot dog for lunch?" he asked.

"You do the eating of dogs?" I asked. He laughed at that.

"No, hotdogs are...well I don't know what their made of, but their really good." he answered. I nodded in understanding. He led me up to the man selling these hotdogs.

"Two please." Richard said.

"That will be four dollars. The condiments and napkins are on the right." the man said getting out the hotdogs. Richard payed and we went over to where the condiments were.

"I could have payed for my hotdog." I told him.

"It's no big deal. I wanted to." he said. I smiled.

"Well then, thank you very much." I said with a smile. He smiled back and started to put these weird things upon his hotdog.

"What are you doing to your hotdog?" I asked.

"Oh this is ketchup, mustard and relish." he answered. I nodded and put some of the mustard upon my hotdog. I took a bite and it was the tastiest thing. I put on extra mustard and ate all of the hotdog. Richard handed me a soda when I was finished. We then headed back over to our table of picnic.

It felt nice being with Richard. I had never had this much kindness in a long time. The only people who were this kind were my parents, knorfka, and my new friends. Richard tutored me on things we did not even need to know for history. He had taught me that all of the America's presidents had siblings. (Unless Barack, but I'm not sure.) Richard told me Mr. Wreck would put the questions of bonus on our tests or quizzes about the America. He had tutored me for a while when I heard this strange music. I looked over and there was a van with a cone of ice cream on it. Richard looked over at me and smiled.

"Do you want some ice cream?" he asked.

"Yes but I wish to pay." I said while getting out my wallet that I had brought with me. Even though I could not see them I could tell Richard had rolled his eyes.

"Fine, but I will get it for you." he said. I agreed, and he went over to buy the ice cream. I was sitting at the table of picnic studying when I felt some one was watching me. I looked up and across the park I could see a man looking at me. He was standing under a tree, but the shadow of the tree was blocking me from getting a better look. Richard had finally come back.

"What are you staring at?" he asked me while handing me my ice cream.

"There is a man over there looking at me." I answered. Richard tensed up.

"Do you know him?" he asked a little worried.

"I can not tell, but I am having this bad feeling." I answered him. Then the man started jogging over to us. Richard put my stuff in my backpack and he grabbed my hand and he pulled me toward his bike. I could not help but blush at him holding my hand. I looked back and the man was chasing us. Richard and I got on his bike and he made the motorcycle go as fast as he could from the park.

Realization hit me, and I started to think that the man could have hurt me. He could have been from Tamaran that were angry with the royal family. There was no one else in the park, and Richard figured it out. I held on tighter to him scared now. He parked in front of my condo instead of the front entrance. We both got off the bike.

"I'm going to call commissioner Gordon and tell him about this." he said in an angry tone. I could not hold the tears coming down from my eyes.

"What's wrong?" Richard asked. His tone went from rage to concern.

"I...I..I am just...scared." I barely answered. I started to really cry. Richard then did something that I will thank him for the rest of my life. He wrapped his arms around me and held me close to him. I had never felt so secure and safe then when I was in his arms.

Author's Note :)

Richard does not know Kori is royalty. And there are several more characters coming up. And the man in the park is none of the characters mentioned before. Please review.