After the drama of Linda had died down, Jen finally relaxed. And much to her pleasure, Linda moved that week. Kori was glad that Jen was no longer stressed since the two were friends and all, but it was also because Kori had her own problems to attend to…

Even since the Halloween dance, Dick had been…..withdrawn, and yet, possessive at the same time. Like he had to be with Kori every single second on every living day For example, he would call at seven thirty in the morning, and would talk to her until it was almost time for Victor to pick her up and drive her to school with Rachel, Gar and Karen, and sometimes Garth. Luckily for her, Kori was a fast dresser and didn't need breakfast everyday, so she never missed her ride.

But whenever she tried to talk to him in class or at lunch, he just pushed her away. Usually with a, "Sorry Kori. I missed breakfast and I'm really hungry." Or a "Sorry Kori, I have something after school and Bruce wants me to have my homework done." or "Sorry Kori, I have to really focus."

It was sorry this, sorry that. But Dick still called her ever day around seven thirty. And then he started to call her around eight at nigh and talked to her until after eleven, sometimes until midnight.

With Dick constantly calling her day and night, Kori was left exhausted and barely had time to grab a piece of toast in the morning.

Her exhaustion also showed in her grades and school work…

"Kori," Mr. Mod called her after class. Kori stopped and walked back to his desk.

"Yes?" she asked.

"Tell me duckie, is everything alright at home?" she nodded. "Are you out late at night?" she shook her head. "Are you doing drugs, or having sex with anybody?" Kori made a face and shook her head wildly. Mr. Mod frowned.

"Well, something must be going on, because your grade are atrocious." he told her, handing her the last quiz that they took last Friday. Kori took the paper and gasped; the paper was swimming with red pen marks. Many things were circled and some were crossed out with some side notes. Kori put a hand in her hair and ran her fingers through her bangs.

"Mr. Mod….how-what-but I never-" Kori cut herself off.

"You did tell me that you've read Wild Magic correct?" Mr. Mod asked. Kori nodded, still staring at the paper in disbelief. "Then why, may I ask, are you quiz answers wrong? Even the simplest answers like 'What is the name of Diane's horse?' The answer is 'Cloud'! Not 'Storm!' Or whatever you said." Mr. Mod sighed irritably. "For one of my best students, I expected more from you." he shook his head. "You may go." he scribbled something on a sticky note. "Give this to your next teacher if you are late for class." Kori took the note and ran out of the classroom.

Once she got to her locker, Kori sighed and looked down at her quiz.

35 percent. 35-freaking-percent. She blew it. She blew it big time.

"What's the matter cutie?" Kori turned to see Xavier leaning on another locker. Kori gasped slightly and faked a smile.

"Nothing is wrong. The red marks and noise from my intestines are quite enjoyable." Xavier was convinced, but looked concerned.

"Red marks? Like blood?" Kori shook her head and handed him her paper. "Whoa." Xavier looked up form the paper to find Kori hanging her head in shame. The two stood there in silence until it was broken the growl of Kori's stomach. She blushed.

"My apologies. I did not have any nourishment this morning." Xavier reached into his pocket and pulled out a bar of chocolate and offered it to Kori. She shook her head. "Oh no Xavier. I could not accept food from you."

"You wouldn't be taking it form me; it's more like a gift. I was going to give it to you anyway since you like chocolate so much." Kori took the chocolate and unwrapped the candy bar, nibbling on it.

"I give you thanks Xavier. I was in need of something to digest." Kori smiled and rewrapped the unfinished chocolate bar to put in her jacket pocket.

"Anytime cutie." Xavier checked his watch. "We have less than a minute until the bell rings." Kori gasped.

"Then we must make the haste! I do not wish to be delayed in class!" Xavier eyed the slip of paper in her hand.

"What's that?" He pointed to the sticky note. Kori looked down at it.

"Oh. Mr. Mod gave this to me so I wouldn't be marked as tardy." Xavier smiled.

"See? No rush." Kori cocked her head.

"But won't you be late?" She asked as the two walked at a normal pace to their next class. Xavier shrugged.

"Eh. I'm late anyway, so it won't really matter."

"Oh…" Kori blinked.

"So, how did you like the dance?"

"It was glorious! I never knew doing the cool moves would be so much fun!" Kori grinned. Xavier laughed.

"Did you like our dance?" Kori recalled the moment where she was Xavier has dance to 'Witch Doctor' together and nodded.

"It was very pleasing. They chorus sounded like a group of monkeys yes?" Xavier laughed.

"Yeah, I guess it did." He put an arm around her shoulders. "We should do that more often."

"Sound like monkeys?" Kori asked, confused. Xavier chuckled.

"No-dance together." Kori blinked a couple times.

"Okay." Kori grinned at him.

A/n: So that's why Dick was hanging all over Kori. Heh-heh.

(sigh) This is going to be the last chapter for a couple days or so. School starts today so that's going to slow my chapter production down. Sorry.

Congrats to Hidden Iris, katara12171, and Agent of the Divine One for guessing one of the lines that I stole from Jinx in Titans Together. The other line was, "You're out of style...and out of luck," from Mother Mae Eye, but I changed it to: "(Looks like) you're out of style, and out of luck," which is close enough. Oh well. And katara12171 wanted the Dick/Kori/X triangle back, so I hope she liked that.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter.