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Chapter 12: Big time

Weeks past by and soon it was Thanksgiving break. The weather was colder and the leaves were falling to the ground. It was the beautiful season of Fall.

Rachel sat at the front desk of the bookstore she worked at. She flipped through the pages of her new book that was titled, 'Fallen' and let out a small yawn. It was 2 o'clock and her lunch break ha just started. She never really ate though. She'd rather just read.

The bell on the door chimed signaling a customer had walked in. She looked up and was surprised to see Gar. He was giving her a toothy grin and she inwardly smiled at his ridiculousness.

"Hey Rae!" He walked over to her and leaned on the counter, invading all of her personal space.

Rachel shut her book and stood up straight. "Don't call me Rae." She turned around and set her book on the other side of the desk. "What are you doing here?"

"Well I'm just really freakin bored dude so I just was walking around the city with my mom!" He pointed behind him at a lady with brown hair dressed in khaki shorts and a pretty pink shirt. She was outside in her cellphone and smiled once she saw Rachel and Gar.

"Mhmm. Well that's nice." She said giving his mom a small wave.

"Yeah..uhh we were just about to go eat. Wanna join? I mean..if you can!"

Rachel was a little surprised to hear Gar inviting her out to eat with him and his mom. She knew his mom, Loretta, and they got along. But seeing as Rachel was constantly annoyed by Gar, she didn't exactly know why he was being as nice as he was.

"Uhh..I don't know. Their might be customers soon and-

"Hey Rachel, aren't you supposed to be on break?" Said a girl with pretty pink hair and dark blue eyes. She had just emerged from around the corner and was carrying a stack of magazines. She was a cheerleader also and her name was Kole Weathers.

"Uhhhhhh.." Rachel mentally punched Kole in the face as she felt like an idiot for basically lying to Gar straight to his face.

"So...I guess that's a yes?" Gar asked leaning off the desk.

"We'll-

Rachel was cut off by Gar grabbing her arm and pulling her around the desk. Rachel nearly screamed and glared at Kole. The pink haired girl simply just laughed as she left to put away the magazines. Rachel's face cringed as Gar continued to pull her away.

But for some reason, she didn't mind as much as she used to.

TT

"Hey Roy!" Jade greeted on the phone to her boyfriend.

"Hey babe."

Jade shifted her position on her bed and laid the opposite way. It was a lazy day and she was clad in leggings and an oversized sweater. Thanksgiving was tomorrow and she decided to see if Roy wanted to hang out. She hasn't seen him since school got out which was about three days ago.

"So I was wondering if you wanted to hang out?" She said chewing on her thumb nail.

There was a long pause and he finally said, "I can't. I'm meeting up with the guys later."

Jade rolled her eyes and sighed. If course he was. And these 'guys' weren't just Vic, Richard ad the others. No, they were the asshole jocks that had turned Roy into a dick lately.

Ever since football season, Roy's been getting more popular and more distant from his friends. The group has noticed this but Jade had the most. It's been bugging her to no end and she just wanted her Roy back.

"Oh..okay. I guess another time?"

"Definitely."

"Okay...bye."

"I love-

Beep. She hung up before he could finish because she didn't want him to say those three words. To her, it felt like they didn't mean anything anymore.

TT

Richard and Kori sat in his room watching the Notebook. They decided to have a movie day together and she got to choose first. Of course it was a chick flick.

'You're dumb.' Said Allie in the movie.

'I can be that.' Replied Noah.

Kori laughed at that part and Richard smiled. He had to admit, it was a pretty good movie so far. And he did enjoy watching Rachel Mcadams.

Towards the end of the movie Kori was crying and Richard was close to crying. He was surprised at the fact the old couple died next to each other but though it was a sweet moment. After the credits started rolling in Richard turned the DVD player off.

Kori sniffed and wiped her eyes."Gets me everytime."

Richard laughed and wiped his thumb under her wet eyes. "Has anyone ever told you you look cute when you cry?"

Kori laughed and hit him. She leaned back on his bed and sighed. "Sooo...what next?"

He sat up and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't knowww."

"Hmm...have you noticed Roy's becoming more distant?"

"Yes I have..it's kind of dumb. Those jocks aren't his real friends."

Kori snorted and smoothed her hair down. "Yeah I know. And poor Jade. He barely pays attention to her."

Richard nodded his head and Kori looked down. She then said, "Richard...remember that promise you made me?"

Richard squinted his eyes in thought and slowly said, "Yeahhhh..." A memory of them on the beach came rushing back to his head.

"It's happening...I mean not only to Roy, but Vic and Karen have also been off in their own world sometimes."

Richard placed his hands on her shoulders. "Kori, it's nothing. Vic and Karen are just...in love. And Roy, well, someone will knock some sense into him. And if Jade won't, I will."

Kori laughed and leaned on her bestfriend. "We'll always have each other."

Richard nodded his head and inhaled her amazing scent. She smelled of strawberries and flowers. A typical girl smell. Then, he thought about this moment. Right now with Kori, his best friend and secret crush. It was so normal yet so...perfect.

He wished they could stay like that forever.

TT

As Kori walked home, which was a 30 minute walk, she thought about her time with Richard. After another movie, they'd eaten ice cream, danced stupidly, and just talked. Now, at 7 pm, she walked the lonesome street to her house.

Richard had insisted on giving her a ride and even waking with her but she said it was okay. She liked some time alone to just think. It was hard for Richard to not go, but then again, it was almost time for his patrol with Bruce/Batman.

"Huhhhh..." Kori sighed and smile to herself. Every time she hangs out with Richard it puts a smile on her face. But that's no surprise. It's no secret the two teens had feelings for each other but they will not, for the life of them, admit it.

As she walked on she kicked a nearby rock thinking about her 'real' home. After everything with Jason, they'd become good friends much to Richard's dismay. But she knew she could trust him but was a little disappointed that he, out of all people, was the only one who knew about her.

As the sun went down, Kori was about ten minutes away from home. She started to reconsider that ride from Richard and began to worry. It was dark and she was all alone on the street. She decided to walk through the farmer's market that was currently empty, just to feel safer. The farmer's market was always close to her house and she loved getting fresh produce every Saturday. But as she was walking through it now, she started to feel a little bit uneasy.

There was a low rustle behind her and she quickly whipped her head around.

Nothing.

Kori turned back around but when she did she was face to face with a guy who was dressed in all black and had on a black beanie.

"Hey pretty, what are you doing out at this time of night?"

Kori backed away as far as she could until she bumped into another guy, a bigger one. She turned around and almost shrieked. This guy was about 6'4 and had gigantic muscles. But what really made him scary was the scar going across his face in a diagonal way.

"How about we take you home sweetheart?" Said yet another guy who came up next to the first one. He was bald and had crystal blue eyes.

"No..I'm good." She walked around them but the first guy grabbed her wrist and slung her back into the gigantic one. He wrapped his arms around her so she couldn't move at all.

"Agh!" She kicked her feet in attempt to get out. "Let me go!"

The three guys began to pull her behind one of the stands. She kicked and scream but the big guy clamped a giant hand over her hand.

"No! Please! I begging you!" She tried to get angry so she could activate her powers but as the tears flowed down her face, all she felt was fear.

"Hold still!" The leader said as he tried unbuttoning her jeans. She kicked as much as possible until the bald one held her legs down.

"Stop! P-please!" She stuttered. She could hardly breathe at this point and tried Her best to keep moving.

"This will only hurt a little bit sweetheart." Just before the guy could do anything else, a batarang came flying towards him and hit him right on the arm.

"Agh!" The leader yelled out in pain as he clutched his arms.

They all stood up and left Kori lying on the ground. She was shaking from not only the cold but also the fear. Her face was tear stained and she was breathing heavily.

"Alright show yourself!" Yelled the bald one.

A few seconds later Batman and Robin appeared. The leader's eyes grew wide at the site if the legendary heroes. "Batman!" He spat.

Robin looked over at the girl lying on the ground and looked back at the guys. Then he snapped his head back at the familiar redhead and almost fell to his knees. 'Kori!?' He thought as his anger grew stronger.

'What the hell! How sick are these guys!? I'm gonna rip. them. To. Shreds.'

Robin quickly ran towards the bald one and sent a flying kick to his head. The bald one was sent flying back into a few crates. Then, he took out his Bo staff to fight the leader who had taken up a crowbar.

"How could you do this to a poor innocent girl you creep!" Robin slashed his Bo staff against the crowbar. The leader grunted as he realized he would lose this battle.

Robin then did a roundhouse kick and swept the guy's feet from beneath him. The guy fell hard on his back and Robin got on top of him and started to punch him various times.

"You," a punch, "stupid, lowlife," a bloody nose, "arrogant son of a-

Robin stopped as he felt his mentor's hand on his shoulder. He realized he had taken this too far. Their job was to be heroes, not murderers.

Robin growled and stood up. He looked over to see the bigger guy all beaten up and knocked out next to the bald one. He then looked at Kori.

She was staring at him with wide green eyes and she was sitting up at this point.

"Make sure she gets home safe. I'll handle these guys." Batman then threw the bald guy and then leader over his shoulders and headed to the bat mobile.

Robin walked over to Kori and bent down so he was eye level to her. "Are you alright, miss?"

At first she didn't say anything as she stared at the famous boy wonder who looked oh so familiar.

"R-robin? You-I mean- you're..its-"

Robin laughed as she stuttered. He picked her up bridal style and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Lets get you home."

TT

About 15 minutes later, Kori was up in her bedroom laying in bed with Robin sitting up beside her. They had climbed up the front thankful for the big tree that stood right in front of her balcony.

"Thank you for saving me today." Kori said as she stared at the masked superhero.

Robin brushed some hair out of her flawless face and chills were sent through her body. "You're welcome."

He smiled a small smile and she stared at him intently. She then sat up and they were face to face.

Kori brought up her hands to his black and white mask and was about to pull it off but Robin grabbed her hands and pulled them back down.

She was shocked at first but then realized he had to keep his identity hidden.

"You just look so familiar..." She whispered as she brought her face closer to his.

Robin stayed put as she looked at him. Then he quickly looked away in fear of her guessing who it was.

Kori stopped. Then, she brought we hands up and cupped his cheeks. They were full of warmth and she turned his face to face her. He stared at her behind his mask. He took in all if her beauty that he never got tired of seeing.

Slowly, their faces crept forward and she nuzzled her nose against his. Then, she kissed him.

It was like time around them had stopped and the only sound was their hearts beating. They moved their mouths in a perfect rhythm and Robin wrapped his strong arms around her waist and she moved her hands around his neck. Everything at this moment was perfect. She didn't exactly know why she kissed him but she was glad she did.

When they pulled away, they just stared at each other. Then, he stood up, kissed her forehead, and left through the balcony. She quickly got up to go after him but when she reached the balcony, he was gone.


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