Going to Prom witha Stranger?
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Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans. Inspiration is all thanks to Elizabeth Craft.
Recap: Rachel an emotional wreck tries to find a way her "perfect" night could end and quickly.

Chapter Fourteen
The Prom: The Past and Memories
(Richard's POV)

Continuation...

(Rachel's POV) - 9:00 pm

I looked up to see Richard looking down on me.

I glared at him and we just stood there, him looking at me and me glaring at him.

Oh I should absolutely hate him! I should! I should!

Then why don't I?

Because it's not his fault... that he doesn't like you... it's not his fault he likes Kori better than you... because it's not his fault at all... it's yours for falling for him...

But still I glared... with every hateful bone in my body.

Before...

Location:JCH Football Field- 8:15 pm
Football Field - Richard sits on the bleachers and reminisces.

I looked up at the sky, it was really dark, like inside the Gymnasium. I could hear the music blasting but it's nice and peacefully quite out here.

I sighed, no matter how much, I just want to get away from all this love and shit I can't.

All the painful memories of my ex-girlfriend keep coming back, all of the ones that I tried so hard to suppress is haunting me now.

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Lcoation: Richard's Mind

This hurts so much just to think about her... but I guess I can't do anything to stop it.

My ex-girlfriend Barbara Gordon (That's Batgirl's name/alias).

Barbara... she was beautiful, like a goddess that came out of a flame, beautiful long bright red hair with bright glowing brown eyes that are fierce like a flare of a blazing fire.

She's known as fire, anyone who tried to play her always got burned.

Atleast those were the rumours I heard.

I first saw her on my first day of highschool (junior).

We bumped into eachother the first day, introduced but after that thought nothing of it. Then strangely, we were assigned the same locker. As if by fate. When our hands touched that dial at the same time,a crackling chill ran up my arm, and when I looked at her in the eyes I felt like melting and I knew that I was deeply and fiercly in-love.

We got together later that day after figuring out that we were in all of eachother's classes.

Those were the best two years of my life. Then I was popular, most sought after guy, incredibly sociable and had so many friends but Victor Stone was (still is) my right and left hand man, the best friend a guy could have... he stood by me through thick and thin. I was out every weekend, always came home late, I was living life that any rebellious and popular teenager lived.

She was my girl and I was her boo, we were always together, we were known as Barbara-and-Richard. Never seen apart... unless for well ...obvious reasons.

We were happy and in-love or so I thought...

I remember the dates we went on, the amusement parks we went to during the summer and all the festivals we participated in during the holidays. All the study-dates, the kisses, the hugs, the cuddlings, the gifts and the anniversaries.

Her laughter, her giggles, her smile, her kisses, her touches, her everything, they all burned me...

I thought at first it was burning passion, but I was wrong there too. They were right when they say don't play with fire, because you'll only get burned.

And she gave me one that I would never forget, one that left a still burning scar, one that hurt and never did stop hurting, one that had comepletely changed my life.

She was everything I wanted in a girl, she was sensitive, we would talk about anything and everything every time we talked, we laughed and we enjoyed each other's company... well I did... I don't even know if she loved me...

If she was just acting... well that was an award winning acting right there...

Life was going great.. until about a year and a half into our relationship... my mom... received a diagnosis that the doctor explained was a cancer.

She had leukemia a cancer disease that focused on her bone marrow.

I held a strong up front when I was with Destiny and Dad and anyone else.

I crumbled and fell when I was Barbara, I cried on her shoulder and told her all that I was feeling.

At first she was great, she let me cry on her shoulder and she listened to all that I had to say, but I guess she really hated cancer or a boyfriend who was too emotional or I have no idea what... but she did break my heart in the hardest time of my life...with the break-up, shemade my already hard life even harder.

I didn't notice at first it started slowly...she stopped coming over, she didn't return my calls, she rarely talked to me and we hardly ever saw eachother.

Soon I haven't heard for her in a whole week. Then my mom's doctor told us that she was getting worst and that they had to intensify the treatment.

I was bold and didn't shed a tear infront of Destiny or Dad, but I couldn't hold it in anymore. I had to find a release. So I showed up on Barbara's door step unnanounced.

I looked horrible, my eyes were bloodshot and my hair was a ruffled mess, she looked like a mess too (that should've been clue number one), at first I thought it's because she heard about my mom's condition.

I gave her a sad smile and said, "Hey... I've been missing you."

She looked at me nervously (clue number two) and stuttered, "Uh.. uhm... I... uhm miss... uhm would you like to uh.. come in?"

I smiled at her and nodded and I went inside.

I was about to head to our usual place where we talk (the den)... but she lead me to her family's formal living room (clue number three).

I looked at her strangely but I still had a smile on my face.

She looked like a nervous wreck, "So.. uh what are you doing here?"

"I came to see you... my mom's condition got worst..." I explained kind of confused.

She looked at me... and said, "Look... uhm Richard... we need to uhm... talk." (clue number four)

"Yeah... that's why I'm here." I said trying to understand where this was going.

"Well okay... because Richard... I want to uhmmm...-" She started but got interrupted.

"Hey Bee where'd you go?" A male's voice said.

The guy didn't seem to notice me, because he went right up to her and started to kiss her right in front of me.

My first instinct would've been to punch the lights out of the guy who was all over MY girl, but I saw that she was enjoying the kiss.

I decided that was my cue to leave.

I can't believe this... she... she cheated on me? She left me for some guy.

Damn...

I cried whenever I was alone. I kept my brave front up for my family, but I would always break down whenever I was alone. Barbara was the only one I showed all my emotions too... I couldn't tell Victor... I wasn't comfortable sharing emotions like the ones I had with Victor or the guys... so I kept it all inside.

Later my mom's condition didn't get any better... she was dying and we all knew it.

When she did die... I became a void of emotion. For weeks on end I was in my own little world.

I snapped out of it after awhile... but I swore off girls for the rest of my life, and with that promise I slowly moved on with my life...

I continued my life but without the perks of popularity, I started taking up sports again. I began smiling and fooling with friends... I didn't hang out with them every weekend, I became less popular and less social, but I was still happy.

But I was moving on. I showed emotions, I didn't take chances with my heart though. I refused (kindly) all the girls who tried to ask me out to dates and/or dances.

That was the way I liked it... until Rachel Roth came into my life.

Now I don't know what I like...

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Location: JCH Parking Lot - 8:45 pm
Parking Lot - Richard meets Kori.

I was walking while I was thinking of Rachel and how she turned my life completely upside down.

Then I saw a running figure. I recognized right away that it was Kori Anders and she was crying.

I felt my steps quicken, my thoughts kept jumping to the conclusion that her mother's condition just got worst and now was the time to help her.

I caught up to her, "Hey Kori?"

Kori looked up and saw me she gave me a small, sad smile and said, "Hey... yeah... Richard right?"

"Yeah..." I said.

"Hey nice to meet you but uhmm now isn'texactly a good time..." She said.

I smiled sadly at her and said, "You don't recognize me...we actually met earlier before..."

Kori looked confused and said, "Yes I do recognize you... your the hott boy Rachel was to ask to the Prom tonight and yes... we have met at the mall."

I shook my head and said, "We met at the Cancer Ward about a year ago... I saw you there... you were probably just receiving the news of the doctors diagnosis that your mom has cancer..."

She looked shocked and said, "Oh... your mother has.. the cancer too? How is she?"

Kori is a really nice girl... she didn't deserve this kind of pain. I sighed and said, "She died... the same day I saw you..."

Her eyes shimmered with true sadness... I feel bad telling her all this..now... I didn't want her to pity me, while her mom was the one in trouble now...so I said, "I'm okay with it now... I know she's watching over me, and it get's easier to deal with each day."

Kori smiled and said, "That's great...thank you...butI have to go now...my mom's in the hospital."

I smiled at her and said, "Hey if you ever want someone to talk to you can call me... I know how it feels and it would be impossible to go through it alone." I then reached into my pocket pulled out a pen and paper and wrote my number on it and handed her the piece of paper.

She smiled and said, "I will... merci beacoup (thank you very much) for your help Richard, you are really kind, oh and please... don't tell my friends about this... I don't want them to be sad on such a happy night." She said smiling pleadingly.

I just smiled and nodded to show that I would keep her secret and waved good-bye to her as she left.

I sighed... there... I did it... I helped Kori Anders... and somehow I feel a lot better... now to handle Rachel...

For the second time that night I saw a running figure and I recognized that it was Rachel, she looked really upset.

I ran infront of her to stop her and she crashed into me.

I held her as she looked up to see me and then glared at me with intense hate... I just looked at her. She continued to glare at me and I knew that ... I screwed up big time.

God... I really screwed things up this time... Damn...

END OF CHAPTER

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