A/N:I think I updated this story last week, I think...yea on Friday. HEY I UPDATED IN LESS THAN A WEEK ITS A MIRACLE! Uh sorry for that... Thanks for your reviews! I really appreciated them and I'm glad you guys still want to read this even though I've been really stuck and have had no idea what to write.
Disclaimer:If I owned them I wouldn't be writing this and I wouldn't be stuck bored on summer break
Chapter 13-Its What You Do To Me
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"Korina And-I mean Korina Grayson you better eat your damn lunch and stop your blubbering about your husband being an ass this morning."
Kori looked up from her salad that she was currently just pushing around with her fork to stare at her best friend, "Rach I'm telling you this whole him being pissed off at me thing was my fault, I said something I shouldn't have, and now he's all pissy."
Rachel rolled her eyes, "Kori you better listen to me and listen to me good, Richard is a dumbass who takes things the wrong wall all the time, and obviously today was another one of those times."
Slumping down in her chair, Kori crossed her arms as she stared at her salad, "Damn you Kitten, this is all your damn fault."
"Whats her problem?" Asked Karen as she sat down across from Kori.
"She and Richard had a fight this morning."
"Ouch, thats harsh, especially when you two are married and half the school thinks that it will never work out."
"Karen shut up."
Karen glared at Rachel slightly, then turned to her fries, "So Valentines Day is in a few days, what are you guys doing?"
Rachel slapped Karen in the back of the head, then turned to Kori, "Listen Kor, I'm sure everything will work out with you and Richard, I mean he's the one who asked you to marry him. If he wasn't sure that this whole thing would work out, then he wouldn't have asked you."
Kori continued to poke at her salad as she listened to Rachel, "I know, but Kitten made a good point today. What if I end up pregnant? Richard probably won't want anything to do with me then."
"Listen girl, I've know Richard since elementary school, he may be a playboy, but he's also a real sweetheart. I know for a fact that he would never leave you in a time when you needed him the most, like when you're pregnant. And who said you'd end up pregnant in high school anyways? It could be five months, it could be five years before you get pregnant, so don't let that bitch Kitten hurt yours and Richard's relationship." Karen smiled at her statement, "I give good advice."
Rachel and Kori giggled, then turned to the ebony haired man that sat beside Kori, "Hey Kor..."
Kori smiled slightly at Richard, "Hey..."
Richard took a bite of his fries as he watched Kori poke at her salad, just staring it down, "Kori, we need to talk."
Looking up at him, she sighed, "Yea I figured that was comming..."
"Its not like that Kori, I don't want to leave you, I love you so much, and I'd never cheat on you. What you said this morning really hurt though Kori, but I know its true as much as you do, yes I'm a notorious playboy, but you didn't have to take it as far as you did."
Kori felt bad now, worse than she had before, "Sorry that I'm not perfect." Pushing away from the table, she picked up her salad and threw it away in the trash can before heading out into the hallway.
Rachel looked over at Richard, "Way to go Dick."
Richard glared at his cousin, "Don't call me that Rach."
Karen rolled her eyes, "Listen here Richard, if you two are going to make this marriage work, you can't get pissed at her for every little thing she does wrong. You two are going to end up taking the name calling and stuff like that a little too far, but you can't be pissed about it forever."
"I'm not mad at her, I just wanted her to know that she'd taken things a little too far."
Rachel shook her head, "You've taken things a little too far before too Richard and no one's ever called you out on it. She's only sixteen, we're all seventeen, yea thats no excuse, but she's your wife. She's not going to be perfect, and neither are you, so just get past this whole little thing that went down earlier and do whatever it is that you two do to make up."
A mischevious grin spread across Richard's face, causing Karen and Rachel to look away, "Ok Richard, we kinda figured that you two did that when you made up..." Said Karen, still looking away.
Richard laughed, "You two are funny..." Looking up, he saw Kori walking back towards the table with a happy smile on her face. As she sat down beside Richard, the smile was still plastered on her face, "Well you're really happy, whats the good news?"
Kori turned to Richard, "Well I went to see my guidance councelor, and she said that I had enough credits to graduate a year early, so next year I'll be in classes with you guys since my old school was pretty much a year ahead of you guys anyways and I'm relearning stuff I already know."
Rachel smiled, "Thats awsome Kor! Now me and all my best friends can graduate together."
Karen clapped her hands, "Thats great! I agree with Rachel, now all of us can graduate together."
Kori turned to Richard, "So what do you think?"
Richard's smile widened as he leaned down and kissed her softly, "I think its wonderful that I can graduate with my wife."
Kori smiled as she kissed him back, "I'm gald you feel that way."
"Ok stop it right now." Said Karen, pretending that she was gagging as Victor Stone made his way towards the table.
"Ok so what did I miss now?" Asked Victor.
Rachel spoke up before anyone else could, "Kori and Richard had a fight this morning, Kori was sad so we consaulted her. Richard came to lunch, acted like an ass, Kori left, went to her guidance councelor and was told she could graduate a year early with us. Now Richard and Kori are making out at the lunch table, thats all you missed."
"Oh and you forgot the part about them having makeup sex when they got home." Added Karen.
Kori and Richard blushed as they suddenly found the table very interesting to look at. "Gee thanks Karen..." Muttered Richard, his hand finding Kori's.
Not able to contain his laughter, Victor cracked up, "You guys are so predictable..."
"Shut up Vic." Said Richard, glaring slightly at one of his best friends.
"Aww come on Richard you know I was just picking on you and Kori, you two are so easy to pick on."
Kori turned to Rachel, "So where's Gar at today?"
Rachel looked up from her lunch, "He's at home sick or something like that."
Karen noticed a poster hanging on the wall, and squinted to see it, "Talent show auditions next week." Turning to Kori and Rachel she smiled, "We should do something in the talent show!"
Kori and Rachel both rose a brow, "Um...no."
"Aw come on you guys! Kori I know you better do it, you're an awsome singer! And Rachel I've heard you sing too, you're really good too. PLEASE GUYS!"
Kori and Rachel looked at each other, then back to Karen who was begging, "Well I guess I'll go for it." Said Kori, looking over at Richard, then at Rachel, "Rach come on please! If we get Tara it'll be so awsome!"
Rachel sighed, "If you get Tara to do it, then I'll do it. I bet you wont get her to join though, she doesnt do stuff like that."
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Standing in Karen's basement, Rachel groaned, "Tara why did you have to agree to this?"
Tara smiled, "Because this is a great opportunity!"
"What did they bribe you with?"
"They said they'd take me shopping all day tomorrow and Karen was buying." Slapping a hand over her own mouth, she stared at Kori and Karen who just shook theirs heads in disappointment.
Rachel concealed her laughter, "Ok so what are we doing for the talent show?"
Kori grabbed a brush off a stool and turned to her friends, "We can do Spice Girls."
"HELL NO!"
Kori giggled at her friends' reactions, then thought about a song that required four girls to sing, then it dawned on her. "We can do Lady Marmalade!" Bringing the brush up the her mouth like a microphone, Kori began to sing a part of the song, even though her friends were shocked at her suggestion.
"Hey
Hey Hey!
Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth
Color of cafe
au lait alright
Made the savage beast inside roar until he
cried,
More-more-more"
The other three girls laughed as Kori swayed her hips and tried to act sexy as she sang that verse, "Wow, you dirty girl, I think that you will have to have that verse." Said Karen, trying to conceal her laughter.
Kori bowed as she walked over to her friends, "I think I should sing that part too! Tara, you should take the part of Mya, Rachel, you can take the part of Pink, Karen can have Lil' Kim and I'll take Christina."
Tara crossed her arms over her chest, "Why do you get to be Christina?"
Karen rolled her eyes, "Because she sings the part Kori just sang, duh."
"Oh..." Said Tara, now slightly embarassed.
Kori looked at the time, "Oh shit! I've got to go, I'm going to be late for work! I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Running up the steps, Kori grabbed her bag as she walked outside. There was no way she'd make it there in time, unless she ran in her high heeled boots, ha yea, like that was going to happen. Getting out her cellphone, she dialed Richards number, "Please pick up..."
"Hello?"
"RICHARD!"
"Kor? Whats wrong? Are you ok?"
Kori stifled a giggle, "Yea, I just need a ride to work, that is if you're not busy..."
"No, I'll be right there. Where are you at though?"
"Um I'm at the end of Karen's street, so can you please hurry?" Begged Kori, rubbing her arms with her free hand.
Richard climbed into the car and pulled out of the driveway, "I'll be right there."
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"Anything else for you today sir?" Asked Kori as she wrote down a customers order about a month later.
"No thank you miss."
Kori smiled as she walked behind the counter and handed the owner of the cafe the order since she made all the food herself. Grabbing another order, she walked over to the table, and handed the group of boys their food, "Here you go, anything else?"
"Yea a date with you." Said the boy with long red hair who was rather round.
Kori rolled her eyes, "I don't think so."
"Aw come on why not?"
"Because she's my wife."
The table of boys turned their heads towards the voice, their eyes widening as they did so, "Ri-Richard Grayson?"
Richard smirked as he walked over to Kori and pulled her into a soft passionate kiss, "The one and only."
Kori smiled at Richard as they pulled away, "Thanks."
Richard rubbed her back gently, "Its not a problem, is it almost time for you to get off? Its almost eight o'clock."
Kori nodded, "Yea I just have to finish taking care of two more tables, then I'll be able to go home. Aren't you so happy that its the weekend though?"
Richard chuckled, "Yes I am, and I get to spend it all with you."
Kori groaned, "Sorry Richard, but I'm working tomorrow all day to make some extra money. I'm sorry, its just that we really need the money."
Richard nodded in understanding, and kissed the top of her head, "Its ok Kor, I understand. I'll see if I can pick up an extra shift at the garage to earn some extra money too."
Kori smiled, "Thanks." Looking at the clock, she patted him on the chest, and smiled at him, "I better get back to work before I get fired."
Richard laughed as he kissed her softly on the lips, "Alright, I'll be waiting for you." Turning to the table of boys, he glared at him, "If I hear any of you making any comments about my wife like that again you'll wish you hadn't."
Kori chuckled as she went to pick up an order and hand it to a couple who's order she'd taken a few minutes ago. Richard stood there watching her, smiling to himself as he did so, how did he end up with a sweet and caring girl like her? She was everything he wasn't, sweet and caring while he was overprotective and rough around the edges. Kori looked up at Richard, smiling at him as she rang up an order.
About twenty minutes later, Kori walked back over to Richard, her apron in her hands, "Alright, you ready to go?"
Richard nodded and opened the door for them both as they stepped outside, "I've been doing some thinking."
Kori rose a brow, "Like what?"
"Like how you're so sweet and caring, yet I'm overprotective and rough around the edges. We're just so different and I wonder how in the world you fell in love with me."
Kori giggled, "Well you know what they say, opposites attract, besides you're romantic and stuff and its ok to be overprotective. God knows if you weren't we'd be having some serious issues, I mean more than we already are having."
"We're not having issues, we're married, we're going to have spats and stuff."
"Yea I know," said Kori, getting in the car as Richard did the same.
The ride home was quiet except for Hey There Delilah playing on the radio, and filling the car as Kori and Richard stared ahead at the road. Kori sighed as she rested her head against the window, causing Richard to worry slightly, "Kor are you ok?"
Kori looked over at Richard, and smiled, "Yea I'm ok, I just have a slight headache and I'm really tired. I just want to go home and go to sleep."
Richard nodded in understanding as he pulled into the driveway and got out. Running to Kori's side after she got out of the car, he swept her up in his arms bridal style, and smiled, "Lets go inside and I'll make you some tea."
Kori nodded as she rested her head against his chest while he carried her inside the apartment. Unlocking the door, Richard stepped inside and sat Kori down on the ground, "Thanks." Whispered Kori, wrapping her arms around Richard's neck.
Richard wrapped his arms around her, holding her close, "Baby girl, go get your pajamas on and I'll get you your tea."
Kori did as she was told and changed into pink flannel pajama bottoms and a white t-shirt. Laying down on the bed, she smiled to herself, "I'll just lay down for a few minutes..."
Richard had finished making Kori's tea and heard silence in the bedroom, that couldn't be good. Walking into their room with her tea in his hand, he opened the door and smiled as he saw her sprawled out over the bed asleep. Walking over to her, he placed her tea on the bedside table and removed his shirt before picking her up and placing her the right way. Covering her up with their white down comforter, Richard crawled into bed beside her and felt her roll over to him, wraping her arms around him as she did so. Wrapping his arms around her small frame, Richard kissed her forehead as he began to drift to sleep, "Goodnight my love."
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Psh, I suck at endings unless they're cliffhangers. Ok well I'm not sure how much I'll be able to update this summer seeing as how I do have to take driving classes, EEP! I also have to babysitt and I do tend to hang out with friends and go outside and a bunch of other stuff in the summer. I'll TRY to update atleast once a week, it may be more or less but I'm going to try. I'm not sure when, but after I finish my stories I might stop writing on here, but I may not, you never know about me.
Well please review and I'll update asap!
Mucho Amor
Aly