A/N: I'm back! lol a lot of people wished for this story to continue so I decided to continue it. I will still update the sequel and this story as much as I can :) anyway here is chapter 21! enjoy
Chapter 21: Waffles & Old flames
I wake up the next morning extremely tired. After getting ice cream after the chorus show, we went to a movie at midnight. My parents were pretty upset that I broke curfew but we a little lenient since they were so proud of me at the chorus show.
I get out of bed and go to the bathroom after almost failing asleep again while brushing my teeth and I take and extremely hot shower to keep me awake. I then dry myself off and go to my closet to get ready. My phone buzzes and it's a text from Richard.
"Morning Kori, you want to go and get waffles for breakfast?" His text reads.
"Sure", I texts back.
"Great see you in 10", Richard texts back.
I put on a pair of white shorts and a purple striped shirt with my purple converse. I put my hair in a ponytail, grab my book bag and go downstairs.
"Hi mom, bye mom", I say, "I'm going to go get waffles with Richard this morning".
"Oh, ok well have fun sweetie", my mom says.
I see Richard car pull up in the driveway. I say bye to my mom again and leave to go meet Richard.
"Morning", I say as I get into the car.
"Morning beautiful," Richard says.
We drive to the diner and park in the parking lot. We then go to inside at sit at one of the booths.
"Hi, I'm Linda how may I help –", the waitress starts to say and freezes.
I look up and notice she is staring at Richard and he looks uncomfortable.
"Dick Grayson, is that you?"She says. "It's me Linda! we meet at a club, remember?, you never called me back after we-", she says .
Richard face turns a deep shade of red and mutters something under his breath "Right Linda, hi", He says.
She glares at me as if putting the pieces together, "Oh I see, so is she your girlfriend or another one night stand like I was!" Linda says and storms off.
'Omg she was one of Richard's hookups', I think to myself.
"I'm sorry about that Kori", He says.
"Its fine…but I have lost my appetite could we just go to school now", I say.
Richard nods. We leave the diner and get into his car as he drives to school there is an uncomfortable silence.
I knew Richard was a playboy but being confronted with one of his formers hookups today. The reality had finally hit me. I say the hurt look on Linda's face when Richard didn't acknowledge her and I saw the hateful anger in her eyes when she looked at me.
'He really hurt her' I think to myself. The question that constantly floated into my mind was 'would he ever hurt me?'
We reach school and park in the parking lot. Richard and I get out and walk toward the school building for class.
"Kori, are you ok?"Richard asks.
"I'm fine", I say hoping that he will believe my lie.
We reach our biotech class and go and sit at the lab table. Gar is asleep and Vic looks like he is dozing off as well.
"Hey guys", Vic says and yawns.
"You're tired too?" I ask.
"Yea, I didn't go to bed till 3am ", he says "That chorus show and movie last night really wore me out, plus I had to take Gar, Rachel, and Bee home", He says. I pat his arm sympathetically and he smiles.
Gar continues snoring and drooling on the lab table and Vic gets a wicked mischievous grin on his face.
"Guys, I have a great idea", He says. "Anyone have a sharpie?" Vic asks.
Richard reaches into his book bag and blues out a black sharpie and hands it to Vic. Vic then takes it and looks mischievously at Gar. He then uncaps the sharpie and slowly and carefully lifts car head from the lab table.
"Uh oh what are you doing?" I ask.
"Just watch", Vic says.
Gar is still asleep as Vic takes the sharpie and writes 'I heart meat 'on Gar's forehead. He then puts 'Tofu is no food' on Gar's cheek.
Richard and I try to contain our laughter. Vic then carefully puts Gar face back on the lab table and Gar continues sleeping.
"Aww man, this is going to be so funny", Vic says and Richard and I nod.
Class begins and we start the new lab. Mr. Mod then explains that the purpose of this lab is to combine the ingredients to make cheese in a test tube and keep the cheese warm in order for the cheese to curdle.
We start the lab and combining the ingredients into our own test tubes.
"Man is he ever going to wake up", Richard says motioning to Gar.
Vic looks over and lifts of one of Gar's pointy ears, "YO GRASS STAIN!" he yells.
Gar leaps up and almost falls back in his chair. "Dude! What'd you do that for! How am I supposed to take my beauty nap!?" Gar says grumpy.
"You look fine to me", I say and Richard and Vic burst out laughing.
We finish doing the lab and put our tubes in the incubator. The bell rings and Gar still hasn't noticed the writing on his face.
"Should we tell him?" I ask Richard.
"Naw, he'll figure it out soon enough", Richard says
Richard then walks me to chorus and he reaches for my hand.
"Kori, I wanted to apologize about what happened this morning", he says, "I know it must have been awkward for you".
I nod "It was, rather surprising, I know you told me you were a playboy in the past but today the reality set in, you really hurt her Richard, and I am worried you will do the same to me", I say.
Richard shakes his head and looks into my eyes, "I will never hurt you Kori, I love you, I am not the same person I was back then and I never will be", he says.
"I believe you Richard", I say.
Richard smiles and kisses my hand, "I love you Kori", he says.
"I love you too Richard", I say and smile.
I walk into the chorus room feeling content. Richard had promised me he wouldn't hurt me and that he wasn't the same person he was. I choose to believe him, his actions and honesty toward me shows that he really was a different person.
I go to the sopranos section and sit next to Bee and Rachel. Since the chorus show was over we had plenty of free time in chorus to talk and chill and study for our final exams.
"I can't wait for junior year to be over, senior year here we come!" Bee says and I laugh.
"Rachel has you seen Gar lately?" I ask.
"No, why?" She asks.
"Oh nothing, he just got a very interesting make over by Vic in biotech that's all", I say
Rachel shakes her head, "Great", she says sarcastically.
After chorus the bell rings. I walk to my calculus class wishing it was lunch. My stomach growls viciously. I had eaten some chips in chorus but it still wasn't enough. As I walk in the calculus classroom and past the rows to my seat. Babs is staring at her desk silently.
'Hmm she must still be upset about last night' I think to myself referring to Bruce basically telling her to leave his family alone.
Calculus is over and it's finally time for lunch. Richard is waiting for me as always. His face lights up as soon as he sees me and he smiles his signature lopsided grin.
"Hi", He says and kisses my cheek.
I blush, "Hi"; I say and take his hand.
We walk to the cafeteria and get our trays. I pile my tray with as much food as I can get.
Richard chuckles, "Hungry Kori", he asks.
I stick my tongue out at him, "Why yes I am, sometimes it feels as though I have 9 stomachs", I say and grab more food.
As we walk over to the lunch table where our friends are sitting, I can hear Vic and Gar arguing.
"Dude, I can't believe you did this!" Gar says while pointing to his face, "You know I'm a vegetarian!"
"That's the point grass stain, it's called a prank", Vic says and takes a huge bite out of his burger.
Richard and I sit at the table with our friends.
"Hey Kori", I hear a male voice say.
"Xavier hi," I say and look over and see him standing by our table.
The lunch table is silent and I see anger spread across Richard face.
"What the hell do you want?" Richard says.
"I just wanted to say hi", Xavier says.
"Well you did, so leave", Richard says coldly.
Xavier nods and leaves to go sit with his friends.
"Dude, what was that all about?" Gar asks confused about why Xavier would come to our table in first place.
"That asshole has some nerve", Bee says.
Everyone seems upset and continues eating their lunches.
"Richard is you ok?" I ask and reach for his hand.
"I'm fine", Richard says and jerks his hand away. I flinch at his sudden harshness.
Lunch goes on as normal expect that Richard doesn't say much. I know that Xavier coming up to talk to me has upset him and probably brought back some bad memories. I wish he would open up to me and tell me how he feels instead of shutting me out.
The bell rings and Richard and I walk to English together. Richard reaches for my hand.
"I'm sorry for being so harsh earlier", He says.
"Oh, it's ok", I say.
"No it's not, I know I can be a little cold sometimes but that is just my way of dealing with things", Richard says.
I nod understanding "I understand, but I wish you would be more open with me instead of shutting yourself off", I say.
Richard nods, "I'll do my best", He says.
I kiss his cheek and smile "Thank you", I say.
We reach English and take our seats. As we watch the movie I feel relieved that Richard says he will open up to me more.
After class Richard takes me to the mall for some shopping. Which mostly consist of me trying on clothes and Richard carrying my bags around.
"Oh let's go there", I say pointing to a lingerie store and Richard blushes a deep red.
"Um, maybe you should go inside and I'll wait here", He says shyly.
"Oh c'mon Richard it's just lingerie" I say and drag him to the store.
I look at the racks and pick out a bunch of bras and panties. Richard's face gets redder and redder as I make more choices.
I giggle 'He is so cute when he is embarrassed' I think to myself and pick out a couple of corsets.
"I think I'm going to try a couple of these on", I say.
"Um ok, I'll just wait outside the store", Richard says.
"No it's ok, just sit outside the dressing room and enjoy the show", I purr seductively.
Richard's eyes grow wide and I take his hand and lead him to the chairs outside the dressing room.
I go inside a dressing room and pick out which lingerie I want to model first. I giggle as I think about Richard's reaction. Usually I am the one who is imitated and star struck by him so it's nice to see that I have the upper hand this time.
I put on a red lacy bra, with matching panties and a garter belt. I take a deep breath and walk out the dressing room.
"Well what do you think?" I ask spinning around to give him a full view.
"Grgireiweuwioia", Richard says his eyes look as though they will bulge out of his head and I see drool forming on the side of his mouth.
I giggle, "I'm guessing you like it", I say and Richard gulps and nods.
I swish my hips around and walk back to the dressing room. I decide to wear one more outfit just to tease him a bit more.
I put on a black corset top, with matching black underwear, and black tights with silver rhinestones on them.
"How about this one", I say and walk closer to Richard.
"Um...uh, wow," Richard says and I can tell he is lost for words.
I giggle, "Well I guess I should take it off now", I say and Richard face turns red.
I walk back into the dressing room and change back to my normal clothes. I grab the lingerie from the dressing room hook and go out to meet Richard.
"Ready?" I ask and Richard nods. I go to the register with the merchandise in my hands. I place them on the counter and prepare to buy them myself.
"I'll pay for it", Richard says and pulls out a black card.
I shake my head "You don't have to", I say. He knows that I don't like when he spends money on me.
"But I want to", He says.
After a bit more protest from me to no avail. I pout "Fine", I say defeated and Richard chuckles.
As we walk out the store Richard sweeps me up in my arms and kisses me. I feel breathless as soon as his lips touch mine.
"I never knew you could be such a minx", he says.
I grin, "I have no idea what you are talking about", I say innocently.
Richard chuckles "Right"; he says and takes my hand.
Rachel's POV
"How's your food?" Gar asks.
"Good", I say and continue eating my chicken salad.
Gar asked me to go to dinner tonight with him. I said yes of course but first we had to get marker remover to get Vic's artwork off his face. It took a while but after some elbow grease I got it off.
"Gar, I know you're a vegetarian and I've always wanted to know why?" I ask.
"I've always been interested in animals, when I was younger my parents used to take me to the zoo almost every week", Gar says and laughs, "As I got older I volunteered at a pet shelter and I decided to become a veterinarian" he says.
"And the not eating meat came when?" I ask.
"Well when you are around animals so much I started to think of them more as companions and well I don't think they like to be eaten" , He says.
I laugh, "Probably", I say.
Gar looks at me surprised, "Did I just make Rachel Roth laugh at one of my jokes?" Gar says.
I frown at him, "Hush it, grass stain"; I say and wink at him.
Gar laughs, "I always knew you thought I was funny", he says and reaches for my hand.
"It's true, I always did", I say.
A/N:Sooo what do you think? I am writing chapter 22 and will post it tomorrow so please review, follow, favorite or all 3!
Happy Reading!-TriniPrincess