"It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would!" called Kori.

I peered over my shoulder from where she sat on the couch in nothing but a blanket. "It'll feel better the next few times. I promise."

She looked at me with a deep red blush. She touched her cheek. "Oh I must be glowing."

"You're always glowing." I looked back down to my task and made sure the chicken was well cooked. After the make up sex we both got hungry and I offered to make dinner. "Weren't you supposed to make dinner?" I asked turning around.

She stuck out her tongue. "I just got de-virginized. I think my boyfriend needs to do something special like prepare dinner."

I shook my head and turned back to the food.

"What do you think we should name him?" she asked.

She's talking about the fish. "How do you know if it's a him?"

"Lucky guess?" she asked laughing.

I laughed and turned the stove off. I placed a chicken breast on one plate and another on a different plate. I poured some sauce on top and sprinkled some cheese.

Kori walked over with the fish bag in her hands. "Red?"

I placed the plates down and chuckled. "You couldn't come up with a better name?"

She giggled. "Red it is then."

I shook my head and motioned for chair. "Sit down."

She placed 'Red' on the kitchen counter and took a seat. "This smells delicious."

I smiled proudly. "Thank you. Want some noodles?"

She nodded. "Yes please."

I placed some noodles on her plate before placing some on my own.

"I think we should go to Petco before it closes tonight," I told her.

She looked at 'Red' before looking back at me. "Can we get pink rocks in the fish bowl?"

Where did I ever find this girl? "Whatever you want babe."

She clapped her hands and continued to eat her food.

We did go to Petco that night. I let Kori borrow some of my clothes and it was very comical the way the worker there looked at her in my oversized clothes. Yea buddy I'm getting some! Are you? Probably not!

"Ooh look at the fish!," she exclaimed.

I walked over to the fish tank against the wall and looked at the different sizes and color of fish.

Kori grabbed my hands and intertwined our fingers together. "Doesn't Red deserve a girlfriend?" She let out a pout.

I laughed. "He's just a fish."

"He is not just a fish!" she exclaimed angrily. "He is our fish."

I lifted my hands up in defense. "Okay pick out a girlfriend for him."

She squealed and wrapped her arms around me. "I love you."

Whatever this dreamy state of hers is...I like it. "I love you too." I connected our lips together. It would have gotten steamy if the worker didn't interrupt us.

"Excuse me but can I help you?" he asked.

I turned to him and nodded. "We're looking for fish supplies and this one right here wants to pick out a fish."

Kori beamed at the worker. "I like this one over here."

He followed her to the fish tank and she pointed to the purple and pink fish.

"I shall name her Pink," she proudly stated.

I wrapped my arms around her waist and watched as the worker climbed up the fish tank. He used a fish net to place the purple and pink fish inside a bag of water.

"I'll bring out the stuff you need out front," he told us.

I nodded and followed Kori to the cash register. We walked hand in hand.

"Now red has a companion," Kori beamed. "Just like how you have me!"

I smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "You're so happy! If I knew sleeping with me would do this then I would have done it a lot earlier."

She twirled and wrapped her hands around my neck. "Once we go home you can make me happier."

I smiled at the thought of how she said 'home' not 'your home'. "Let's go pay."

She nodded and skipped to the cash register. The man was standing there. He had a medium sized round fish bowl and some fish food.

"Can we please get the pink rocks?" asked Kori.

The man nodded and reached under the cabinet of the register. He brought a bag of pink rocks out.

Kori turned to me and clasped her hands together. "Can we get a small plant too?"

I sighed and nodded. "Go ahead."

She smiled as the man placed a green leaf plant in front of us.

"Your total comes out to twenty seven dollars and fifty six cents," the man said.

I took out my wallet and passed him my visa credit card. He ran it through and gave me back the card. I looked past the man. There was a guy who looked very familiar in the next lane. I can't put my finger on it but-

"Ryan!" I exclaimed.

I pushed Kori down to hide her behind the cash register.

Ryan turned to me. "Dick? What the hell are you doing here?"

I nervously laughed. "Fish?"

Ryan raised an eyebrow. "Getting lonely at your place?"

I nervously nodded. My heart pounding and I swear everyone could hear it. "Something like that. What are you doing here?"

"Dog food," he said. He let out an annoying sigh. "You'd think Kori would take care of her own dog. She's too busy with vocal school and going over Donna's place. I swear she's at Donna's place more than she is at home."

I shrugged. "Well you know how girls are."

Ryan nodded. "Yea." There was an awkward pause. "Well I should be going now. Nice seeing you."

I nodded and waved. "I'll see you soon." I let out a big sigh of relief once he was out the door.

"Can I stand up now?" asked Kori.

I looked down and helped her stand up. "Sorry."

Kori kept her eyes on the door. "That was close."

"You can say that again," I said. I rubbed my eyes. "Let's just go home."

She nodded and quickly grabbed the supplies so we may go home.

Kori left that night. We had fun setting up the fish bowl and seeing the fish interact with one another. Kori had more fun in trying to persuade them to mate. I didn't like the idea of having a hundred fish swimming around.

I went to bed early that night. I've been back to school for a while now and the professors handed me a ton of work. And to make it worse, I have finals in two weeks. Glad and frustrated at the same time. Kori's graduating high school this year and I'm graduating college this year...not weird?

Kori and I spent time together the next two weeks. She also had finals so we studied together. I was surprised at the amount of studying we actually got done...especially since we'd take breaks and have sex. The sex grew more passionate the next two weeks as well. I showed her some new positions and knowing my girl I knew she'd enjoy them.

We almost got caught together. Vic had come over claiming he needed help with some of his studying. He couldn't have knocked at a worse time. Kori had to quickly dress and leave from the fire escape through my bedroom window. She wasn't too happy about that one.

I finished with my finals and Kori only had a few more days to finish. My graduation would be held on May twentieth and Kori's is held on the twenty second of May. It wouldn't be weird or suspicious if I went since Tim is also graduating. The only thing I'm worried about is going to Kori's summer music thing. I'm gonna have to talk to Kori about it.

Ryan called me today and told me to come over. I haven't done anything with the guys for a while and since I'm done with school I told him I will. I knocked on the front door and Kori answered.

She smiled and gave me a hug. "This is a surprise."

I squeezed her waist before letting her go. "Ryan called me over."

She raised an eyebrow. "I didn't know."

I fished something out of my pocket. "Guess where I'm taking you once finals finish."

"Where my beloved?" she asked.

I passed her the flyer.

"Comic Con!" she exclaimed. She wrapped her arms around me. "You'd go?"

I nodded and kissed her cheek. "Anything for you."

"Dick?"

I quickly pulled away from Kori and I hid the flyer behind my back.

"Hey Ry," I greeted.

Ryan smiled. "We're in the garage."

I nodded, smirked at Kori, and made my way out back.

The guys were already in the garage sitting around.

"So I was doing research online and I found this abandoned garage downtown," Ryan told us. "I called the guy who used to own it and he told me he'd sell it for me."

I raised my eyebrows.

"That's great man," said Vic. "How much are we talking about?"

"He said he'll give it to me for thirty grand," he said.

Thirty grand is not that bad compared to what others would sell it for.

"Are you gonna do it?" asked Gar.

Ryan nodded and rubbed his chin. "I'm going to talk to the bank about it tomorrow and hopefully they'll loan me some money for supplies and machines."

"Well congratulations," said Wally.

Ryan smiled. "Enough about me, let's talk about the graduates."

Wally lifted his bag of chips in the air. "My parents said I couldn't do it but I proved them wrong."

"Anyone having a party?" asked Gar.

"Bruce is throwing Tim and I a combined grad party," I told them.

They made an annoyed sound.

"Formal?" asked Ryan.

I made a face and nodded. "Still free booze."

They looked at each other and nodded.

We all helped prepare dinner this time. It was actually funny seeing Wally and Gar attempting to cook something. Wally can't cook for his life and Gar can only prepare tofu...which tastes really gross.

"Kori dinner is ready!" called Ryan.

We set up the table and I took my seat. Kori took a seat on the opposite side next to Gar.

"Studying?" asked Ryan.

Kori nodded. "What else would I be doing?"

Ryan shrugged. "Grace everyone?"

Saying grace only took a few minutes before we all dug into the food.

"So I bought us tickets," said Ryan.

Kori looked up from her food and raised an eyebrow. "For what?"

"Take a look," he said.

He handed her an envelope and she looked inside. "Comic Con?"

Great.

Ryan smiled. "I thought it'd be nice to take you after finals."

"Dude!" exclaimed Gar. "So lucky!"

Kori didn't know what to say. "This...this is nice of you but you didn't have to."

"I want to go!" Gar whined.

Kori beamed up. "We can all go!"

I looked over at Ryan who seemed like he didn't like the idea.

"I heard there's supposed to be some hot chicks dressed up as superheroes," Wally pointed out. He wiggled his eyebrows.

Kori turned to Ryan. "What do you say?"

Ryan sighed but smiled. "Sure."

"Dude this is going to be so awesome!" exclaimed Gar. He rubbed his hands together. "Should I go as Superman or Batman?"

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I changed my username from Arabian-Princess1001 to Stefanotis. Stephanotis is a type of white flower, my favorite actually and since someone already had that name I just changed the letters. I thought since I'm going to college that I deserve a name that doesn't seem like a little girl picked it out.