The next morning, Gar had to get an ice pack…Rachel had gotten him and hard.
"Dude! How can you hit so hard?" Gar demanded that morning at breakfast. Rachel just smirked before turning her attention to her toast.
"Oh, be quiet Garfield," Karen snapped. Gar make a sound and shut up. When Karen used you full name, you were not in a good position.
"Thank you," Jade said to Karen before turning to Wally…who had three plates.
"Wally?" Jade asked.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"I know Bruce has a breakfast buffet, and I know you were hungry on the plane, but….do you have to eat-" she eyed the huge stack of pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, French toast, regular toast and some fruit "-all of that?"
"Yup!" Wally grinned. Jade rolled her eyes.
"Jen, control your boyfriend, would you?"
"Wally, seriously," Jen narrowed her eyes before glaring at Jade, "and he's not my boyfriend."
"Kori!" Gar exclaimed as the red-haired girl came down the stairs.
"Kori!" Dick parroted, jumping up.
"You're up!" Karen smiled. "Sit next to me," she said, patting the chair between her and Rachel.
"Greetings friends," Kori said as she sat down.
"Ah, good morning Kori," Bruce greeted her as he came in with a cup of coffee. "You may help yourself to the buffet in the next room. Dianne and I are upstairs if you need anything and Alfred in in the kitchen."
"Thank you Bruce," Kori smiled. Bruce nodded before exiting the room.
"Buffet? Dick, how wealthy is Bruce?" Kori asked her friend. Dick laughed.
"Very."
"Well, if you could excuse me, I wish to get some nourishment food," Kori told them, standing up.
"So, what are we doing today?" Toni asked before biting into her eggs.
"I don't know….what can we do here?" Garth asked, turning to Dick.
"Let's see….there's the pool, hot tub and Jacuzzi, an outlet mall about a half-hour away, a ski lift and supply store up the hill, the arcade downstairs, a few televisions with cable, and-" Dick looked up to see that everyone had left.
"O…Kay." Dick raised an eyebrow before leaving himself.
Kori walked back in with a plate of eggs and bacon.
"Friends! I have returned to….to…." Kori had a puzzled look on her face when she saw that the table was empty. She raised an eyebrow but shrugged and sat down to eat.
Her meal was interrupted when someone came down the stairs. Kori looked up to see Dick.
"Oh my God! Kori! I forgot you were getting your breakfast!" He sat down next to her. "Do you mind?" Kori shook her head.
"Not at all! You do not have to wait for me Dick. I am almost finished-" she began to pick up her plate before Dick stopped her.
"Kori, you don't have to rush," he told her. Kori blinked. "No, seriously. I won't rush you."
"…okay," she said before sitting back down. It was a few minutes before she had cleaned her plate.
"Are you happy?" Kori asked, pointing to her empty plate. Dick smiled.
"Very. Now let's go!" With that, he grabbed her hand and the two of them ran upstairs.
"Hey Rach!" Rachel looked up from her spot on the window seat to see Gar standing next to her. "Do you mind?" Rachel shook her head.
"No, not at all," she replied. Gar grinned and sat next to her. The corner of Rachel's mouth turned upward into a small smile as she turned her attention back to the window. Gar fallowed her gaze and saw Dick, Kori and Toni outside having a snowball fight. It appeared to be Toni and Kori versus Dick seeing that Dick was being pelted with snowballs left and right.
"Poor Dick. Kori has a tough arm!" Gar exclaimed.
"Apparently, so does Toni," Rachel pointed out. The two looked at each other before they burst out laughing.
"I could get used to this!" Jade sighed in the hot tub. Roy nodded.
"So could I."
"Shut up Roy. You're just glad you get to see Jade in a bikini," Garth retorted as he and Wally broke out into laugher. Their laughing stopped when Jen splashed them both.
"Guys," she shook her head with a smile on her face. Jen stood up and got out of the hut tub.
"Where are you going?" Jade asked.
"Pool!" Jen told her as she dove in. Jade laughed.
"She never did like the feeling of being in hot water…physically and metaphorically."
"Since when did you use such big words?" Roy asked.
"Since you learned those words even existed," Jade answered.
"You mean, now?" Wally laughed. Garth and Jade started laughing as well and were finally joined by Roy-laughing at himself.
"Boy you need to take more classes," Karen told Victor. They were in the arcade, playing a basketball game, and Karen was winning: twelve to four.
"I'm just going easy on you," Victor said, not thrilled about the idea of a girl being better than him at his signature sport. Karen laughed.
"You said that when I had six point and you had zilch!" She tossed the orange ball to him and Victor made another shot.
He missed.
"Damn," he cursed. Karen rolled her eyes.
"You," Karen said as Victor threw her the ball, "need some down time." She shot at the basket and the ball went in the net.
"You're too competitive," she told him. Victor grumbled. Karen out her hands on her hips.
"Seriously."
"Whatever you say, mom." Karen rolled her eyes again but laughed.
"I know you feel very relaxed, and I'm glad you're having a good time, but I have something you should know," Bruce told them that night at dinner.
"What?" Toni asked.
"I'm having a party the day after tomorrow. It's the annual office stock Christmas party," Bruce explained.
"Okay, what does that have to do with us?" Gar asked.
"You all have to attend."
"WHAT?!" The teenagers asked in shock.
"But Bruce! You've never made me come to these parties!" Dick protested.
"Now I do. I have some suits and other nightwear for you if you don't have anything formal to wear," Bruce told them, "you have today and tomorrow to prepare. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some things I need to do." Bruce stood up and left the table. Everyone turned to glare at Dick.
"What? I didn't know he was doing this! He always used to let me skip these things!"
"Oh this will be so much fun!" Kori clapped.
"Someone seems happy," Rachel said dryly.
A/n: ACK! I'm such a bad girl! My first update in like...a month! (slaps self) BUT! I have the next chappie this close to being done. Hopefully, I'll get it up today. Plus these next two chapters are longer than normal.
Happy holidays everyone!