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Teen Titans – Battle of the Bands

Chapter 21

Ballroom Blitz Part 2

Kori forced the smile to stay molded on her lips as Xavier swept her away onto the dance floor but in the back of her mind she was beginning to think that maybe making Richard jealous wasn't the best way to get him back into her life…..

As the night went on, things preceded much the same as they had begun with both Richard and Kori trying to both simultaneously avoid and annoy the other. Raven and Malchoir on the other hand, seemed to be having a much better time at least for the first part of the evening. However, Malchoir's interests seemed to be wavering more towards a certain blonde across the dance floor that just so happened to be Terra Markov of Prolific, who just so happened to be attending the dance with Gar Logan. She too seemed to have lost interest in her date and was busy nonchalantly flirting with Malchoir from a distance, her poor date was oblivious to this, so nevertheless he kept chortling on to her.

Raven, however was not so dense, she was quite aware of the flirtatious glances and winks that the two appeared to be sharing. She soon became fed up and grabbed her "date" by the wrist and hauled him over to the blonde.

"Malchoir, Terra. Terra, Malchoir. Come on, Gar." She said after releasing Malchoir's wrist and taking Gar's.

"A-Bu.. A-Bu.. A-Bu… Hey, what are ya doing?"

"Isn't it obvious," she asked pointedly to Gar, who shook his head. The girl rolled her eyes and sighed.

"I was jus.. we were jus.. "The boy's eyes grew wide as while he had been pointing and trying to explain to Raven how he and Terra had just been hitting it off, Malchoir and Terra had begun to get more physical. Raven made a face, as if to say, "see.. it's obvious" the boy's wide eye look of shock soon turned to that of anger and then to hurt. Raven's expression softened.

"I'm sorry, Gar…." She said trailing off; as there wasn't much else she could say.

Gar made a weak attempt at a smile looking up at the girl with now not so dancing sky blue eyes as she'd noticed the first time they'd met. "What do you get when you cross an Elephant with a Rhino?" he asked meekly trying to mask the hurt.

Raven rolled her eyes. "I don't know, Gar and now obviously isn't the time for jokes that girl has obviously hurt you…" she trailed off as the boy was looking at her pointedly needing her to just drop the subject and let him finish the joke. "achem" she cleared her throat "I don't know Gar, what do you get when you cross an Elephant with a Rhino?" She repeated his earlier query.

"Hellifino.." he said, perking up a little at his own joke. Raven rolled her eyes and gave one of her famous half smiles to the boy just as another boy dressed in stereotypical Goth attire, walked up.

"Hey, 'sup. My brother's the DJ, wanna dance?" He asked a bit too smoothly. Raven glanced at Gar who gave her 'the go-ahead nod.' But, Raven disregarded it.

"No, thanks. I think me and my friend here are just going to sit this one out." She stated gesticulating to a small table in the corner that was unoccupied and she and Gar left the Goth boy to take a seat.

Once they were both seated, Gar asked. "Did you really mean that?"

Raven gave him a confused look. "Did I mean what?"

"The part where you said we were friends." He told her, his eyes beginning to reclaim their shimmer.

Raven refrained from reaching her hand across the table to squeeze his, and instead simply nodded, and involuntarily blushed. Gar smiled a genuine smile.

"So, what's up?" Gar wiggled his eye brows before continuing his impersonation. "My brother's the DJ, wanna dance?" Raven rolled her eyes and once again, gave him a trademark half smile before answering sarcastically, "You're funny."

Gar, not quite catching on, missed her sarcasm and beamed. "Thanks." He told her innocently. "but, you never answered my question."

"What question?"

Gar rolled his eyes this time, "do you want to dance?"

"Oh, that question….." Raven started but before she could finish, Kori appeared.

"Raven, have you seen.. " she mouthed Richard's name to her. Raven shook her head.

"No, I haven't Kori, why?"

"No reason…." Kori stated as Xavier appeared behind her wrapping his arms around her waist and gently kissing her neck once in greeting.

"I'm back, my little Starfire…. I think I like that, I might just start calling you that from now on, maybe even title a song after ya. Would ya like that cutie?" He said, kissing her neck a second time. Kori, subtly mouthed the words, Help Me as he was pre-occupied with her neck. Gar gave a confused look to the girls as Raven made an excuse to save Kori from her perpetual daydream gone sour.

"Uh, Xavier, do you mind if I borrow Kori…." At this point she stood and whispered something in Xavier's ear to which the boy nodded and she and Kori made their escape. Gar gave Xavier a tilt of his head top signify again that he was confused to which Xavier mouthed the words "Ladies' troubles' to the other boy in response. Gar nodded but then gave another confused look, and Xavier shook his head.

"Raven… I don't know what to do, help me.." Kori whined from the bathroom stall.

"I don't know Kor, you're a month and two hours older than I am, can't you figure it out?"

"Raven!!" Kori whined again.

Raven rolled her eyes and sighed heavily. "I'm sorry Kori, but I don't know what to tell you." Raven admitted tiredly. "But I do know one thing Kori, we can't hide out in the Ladies Room all night."

"I know that.." Kori mumbled as she pouted in the stall a few more minutes before emerging head bent.

"Ready?"

"As I'll ever be." Kori mumbled, and they both exited the bathroom.

As they exited the bathroom, what they saw just about knocked Kori for a loop. Kate Moth presently had Richard pressed against the wall, her hands wrapped around his neck possessively. Her body pressed against his, making it impossible for Richard to push her away. Putting his arms on her waist, Richard attempted to push her back, but it only resulted her turning so that she was now against the wall, holding him so tightly that he could not wiggle free, though he struggled to do just that. To poor Kori though, however he looked to be passionately involved in the inappropriate display of affection. Kori gasped as their positions again switched and the couple oddly started to move and she motioned for Raven to follow as she tried to sneak stealthily after them. Luckily, the two were so engaged in what they were doing that they didn't notice Raven and Kori trailing behind…..

The heavy kissing and wall pining continued until they reached the elevators, as Richard and Kate entered one. Kori motioned for Raven to follow her up the stairs. Raven shook her head emphatically and whispered, "No!" As Kori gave her a pleading look and Raven caved.

The two ran up the many flights of stairs to Richard's room. While Raven lagged behind.. "Kor… you… owe….. me…" She panted.

Kori didn't answer but kept running up the steps . At last they reached the seventeenth floor, and left the stairwell. As they emerged you could just see Kate Moth practically pushing Richard into the room with her lips…….

Authors' Note: Hey guys.. We had a lot of fun writing this chapter and we hope that you enjoyed part 2 of Ballroom Blitz, and we also hope to have part three up to you guys as soon as possible. You know what to do, please review!

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