Ok here is the last Chap. Oh My God!!!!! Tears start to form in eyes but I must not cry. This Chap might be on the short side though. Ok I'll talk to y'all at the bottom. And the little Hero paragraph is by me.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Teen Titans. But I do own a bottle of apple cider!!!!!

What is a hero?

A hero isn't just someone with superpowers who saves the world. A hero is an everyday person. A hero can be a single mother who works 24/7 and still finds time to be at her child's school play. A hero can be a teenager ,who instead of doing drugs, does their math homework instead. A hero is a firefighter who is always running into burning buildings. Hero's are people whom you pass on the street everyday and never give a second thought to. You might not know it, but you are a hero to someone somewhere. To be a hero wouldn't that be great?

Chapter 8: Faith is All You Need

" And you just left him there!!!!!" yelled Lana as she hit Kori on the head with a rolled up newspaper. " What the fuck is wrong with you? You had a very romantic moment and you just left!!! Girl I don't care if he was sleeping I would've been riding him like Seabiscuit."

" Lana Smith! Hit me with that newspaper one more time and I swear to God I'll kick your ass!" Kori said giving Lana a threatening look.

" Fine I will wash off my anger in the back while doing inventory." Lana said as she walked off into the back office. That had been the 50th time she had been hit in the head with that newspaper .It had been three weeks since Kori had come back to New York City. After one week Kori finally told Lana what happened and Lana didn't take it so well. No, Lana yelled at Kori's blunt stupidly towards her feelings and kept hitting her with that damn newspaper. Lana said it was to " knock some sense" into her. Kori often sat in the front of the store just looking for something. But she didn't know what.

Lana came up behind Kori and hit her in the head once more. " Lana what did I just say about hitting me?!!!!" Kori yelled.

" You said don't hit me with a newspaper. While I got news for you, this is a magazine." Lana smiled slyly as she held up a magazine. Kori couldn't help but laugh. But then she sneakily rolled up another and hit Lana on the back of the head.

Lana let out a yelp of pain and turned to Kori. " What the hell was that for?"

" Revenge. I told you I was going to hurt you." Kori smiled evilly.

" Well bring it on." Lana said.

" Lana out of all people you should be the one who knows the most that I can kick your ass." Kori said matter-of-factly.

Lana sighed and put the magazine down. " Shit girl ,you right. Never mind. Hey so what's up with you and Matt?"

" I visited him last week. He's doing a lot better. We just told the police that some crazy guy came up and stabbed him. But, um, we decided not to see each other anymore." Kori said.

" Oh. Why?" Lana asked.

" Well I guess we both weren't ready yet. Me especially after seeing Nightwing. Matt knew and knows that I'm very in love with him. So we decided it was best not to be together at least not now." Kori said.

" Oh. I understand. Hey, is it worth it?" Lana asked.

" What is worth what?" Kori said confused.

" Being a superhero is it worth it? I mean you get you're ass kicked all the time and all the newspapers ever do is say that you're the villain. This last time you almost died. The man you love almost died. You saved the world. You save people everyday. And still you get no thank-you. So is it worth it?" Lana asked insightfully and wanting an answer.

Kori thought. " Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn't. Just depends on the day. Me being Twilight is like breathing, I just do. I've always been this way and I don't know how to be different. I know what I do and it makes me happy. I don't save people for the glory I save them because I can. Because I want to. In a way you're my hero Lana. Everyday you get up and then you go work long shifts. Hell you even pick up my shifts when I can't do them. You cover for me and you help me out. It's really because of you that I can be Twilight. So thank-you."

Lana smiled. " I do what I do." Just then the bell rang and Bobby came in bouncing his basketball. His mother Victoria followed.

" Hey Kori," Victoria said, " I love your outfit."

" Thanks." Today she was wearing red hip huggers and a white fuzzy sweater. " So you're not working at the post office today?" Kori asked.

" Yes I have a day off. Praise the lord!" Victoria said happily. She sat down next to her son at the counter. Lana had already given him hot chocolate and was now giving some to Victoria too. Bobby was looking at the baseball cards. He sighed.

" What's wrong Bobby?" Lana asked.

" You have the new cards in but I can't get them." Bobby said sadly.

Victoria frowned. " I'm still in debt from Christmas. I can't get anything extra until two weeks."

Kori looked at Bobby's sad face. " I'll get them for you Bobby."

Bobby's frown turned into a smile. " You will!"

" No Bobby. You can't keep having Kori buy all these things for you. That's imposing." Victoria said.

" Victoria it's really no problem. I like buying things for Bobby. I don't have kids or anything so I have spare cash. Don't even worry about it." Kori said smiling. She put the money into the cash register and handed the cards to Bobby.

" Thanks!!! I'm going to go show these to Ron!!! Bye." he said running out of the store.

Victoria smiled. " Kori I don't know what I would do without you. Oh, here. Bobby's class had an assignment. It was to write a poem or a paragraph about a friend that's a hero to you. He got an A. I want you to have it." She said taking out a small folded poster from her purse and handing it to. Kori a smiled and opened it. On it there was a drawing of her working in the store and under it was a paragraph it said:

My Hero

My hero is a woman named Kori Anders. I've known her since I was six years old. She is very pretty and smart ,too. When me and my mother are down on our luck she always helps in anyway she can. She always makes sure that I am happy and will do anything to get me to smile. She also makes sure that if I ever get fat I get fat off hot chocolate. Because hers is the best kind there is. She would help anyone in need. One time I saw her give an old homeless man food when she was hungry and low on money. She watches me when my mom is at work. Sometimes she even helps me on my homework. She believes I can do anything if I put my mind to it . Kori believes that the impossible can happen and she always makes it happen. She is the coolest adult I know and the funniest. She is an ordinary person she's not superman or anything like that, but she is my hero. She might not know it but she is a hero to all of us in the neighborhood. Ever since she came things have gotten a hole lot better. She is my hero and my number one fan.

Tears started to fill Kori's eyes. She quickly wiped them away. That was probably the most beautiful thing she had ever read and it was about her. She never knew anyone felt that way. She smiled.

" Everything he put there is true Kori. You are his hero. You're my hero too. Like I said I don't know what I'd do without you. Thank-you." Victoria said giving Kori a hug.

" No," Kori whispered, " Thank-you." She hugged back I guess I am a hero.

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It had been five hours since Victoria and Bobby had left. It was now 6:00pm and the sun was going down. Kori was off at 6:30pm .

" So Lana. What's up with you and Joe, huh?" Kori asked.

" Nothing." Lana said with a smile.

" Don't tell me nothing cause I know something is up." Kori said laughing.

" Well he took me on a date on the other night. It was wonderful!!!!!! He took me to a Broadway play, my favorite one by the way. Then he took me out for a very romantic dinner at this one place called Rubio's. It's just this little Mexican restaurant that only locals know about. It's so magical. And the we went on a walk through central park. Then he took me home. We shared a passionate kiss and then he bid me goodnight. And you'll never believe this……he paid for everything!"

" That is very romantic Lana. That would be wonderful. He's a great guy and he really likes you. But you didn't sleep with him? Now that I believe is a first." Kori said with a smile.

" Yeah I know. I never knew that date could be perfect without sex. I've been opened up to a hole new world, Kori. I think he might be the one." Lana said dreamily.

" Wow and after one date!!! Go Lana!!!!!" Kori said giving Lana a high five. Lana just smiled and spun around.

" We have a date tonight!" she said happily. The bell rang and Mr. Docey walked in.

" Hello girls. I've come to take your place." He said happily.

" Mr. D please don't tell me you're working all by yourself until 12:00am. Listen I will help you." Kori said.

Mr. D waved his hand. " Nah, I can do it. You've been working way too much lately Kori. You should be out with a sweetheart instead of in this store. There are plenty of young men ripe for the picking."

Lana laughed. " But Kori's heart belongs to someone else. I'll staying here until 8:30pm Kori so don't worry."

Kori nodded. " But if you need anything Mr. D I'm right upstairs."

He laughed. "I know my dear. You worry too much."

" Mr. D how did you meet you wife. I bet you were in the army and you were shipping out. And before you left you asked Marge to wait for you. And that was the only reason you were able to survive." Lana said dreamily.

Mr. D shrugged. " Actually I ran over her cat."

" You ran over her cat. How did that happen?" Kori asked in shock.

" I bet his name was Chippers and he had just ran out into the street." Lana said sadly.

" No. His name was Fluffers. He was this cute orange and white striped cat. He was in plain sight actually. I would've missed him but I had been drunk. I had too much to drink at the bar with the boys. I ran over him. And then there was a loud "Meow!!" and then he was dead. After I hit him I ran my car into the side of this building. Which at the time was empty and belonged to Marge's father. Marge was 16 at the time and ran out onto the road. And there was Fluffers all flattened and cut in half. She screamed." he said in a matter-of-factly tone.

" That's how you met your wife. That story was very disturbing on a high level." Kori said with her eyes wide.

Lana's eyes were wide and her mouth hung open. " You are a horrible person."

" Well I wasn't one of those "squares" I was a rebel. And she threatened to sew." he said proudly.

" I'm almost afraid to ask. But how did you end up together?" Lana asked.

" Well we were fighting for six months. She hated me… a lot. But then one night she had gone to a USSR party. She had way too much cocktails. After she came over to my house. She was yelling and screaming at me. Hell she even held a knife to my neck. I stopped her and apologized the millionth time. We ended up having sex on the living room couch and we've been together ever since." Mr. D smiled.

" Oh my god!!! You are unbelievable. I had thought I've heard disturbing things before, but that story defiantly blows those straight out of the water." Kori said laughing.

Lana frowned. " Did you love her?"

" Well not a first. At first I thought she was a bitch. But then over that six months I fell in love with her. Plus she was ,how you young people say, " a fox." And great in bed too."

" I don't want to hear anymore." Lana said in an shocked voice. "Hopefully that will never happen to me. Cause that is just horrible."

Kori was now laughing so hard she was on the floor. Her face was redder than a cherry and she held her sides because they hurt so much. Tears watered up in her eyes and she wiped them off. She stood and grabbed her purse.

" I'm going home now. Mr. D you have a very ……interesting past." She said as she waved goodbye and walked out of the store.

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Kori walked into her apartment. She took off her clothes and got into the shower. She got out and dried her hair. She put her wide curls into a low pony-tail. And slipped her glasses on. She got into her pajamas. They were light blue pajama pants that stopped at her ankles. It went along with a white tank top ( which she wore her bra under).

She went out into the kitchen and took out an instant meal from the freezer. She was going to take the night off from being Twilight. She tuned on the TV and the Simpson's came on. No matter how many times she watched that show it always made her laugh. This one was about when Homer was an astronaut . Homer was in the middle of eating floating potato chip when the microwave bell dang. She got up and took the lasagna. She sat back down on the couch.

At 8:00 her show Lost came on. Kori sat happily watching it. She finished eating and threw the little plastic plate away. She got out some wine she had and poured it into a glass. She sat back down on the couch sipping it. The show went out on a commercial and she took out a novel she was reading it was called The House Next Door. She was really into the book so she muted the TV. She put the wine on the coffee table next to her and laid on the couch reading.

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Meanwhile down in the store Lana sat watching Lost too. She got off at 8:30pm. She was already in her dark blue evening gown she was going to wear on the date. Joe was going to pick her up at the store. She circled pictures of clothes in magazines while listening to her headphones. Ciara boomed throughout her ears. Mr. D was in the back doing inventory so none of them heard the bell ring.

A man walked to the counter. He was wearing black pants with a white long sleeve shirt. . He stepped up to the counter where Lana sat with her eyes closed listening to the song.

" Excuse me, miss?" the man asked.

Lana was oblivious to him and sang, in a horrible voice, " Let me see that 1,2 step!"

" Um, miss?" the man said poking her shoulder. Lana turned and her eyes opened. She let out a yell and fell off the chair. She got back up by putting her hands on the counter and lifting herself. Her cheeks blushed from embarrassment. She stood taller.

" Hi. Welcome to Docey's. How may I help you?" Lana asked fixing her hair. She thought the man was handsome immediately.

" Um actually I'm looking for a woman named Kori Anders. I was told she lived here." he man said.

" Actually she lives upstairs she only works here. You just go out to the side of the building and go up the stairs. And there's her apartment."

The man nodded. " Thank-you." then he turned and walked out of the store. Mr. D came out from the back office.

" Hey, who was that man?" he asked.

" Hmmmmm….I don't know." Lana said almost lifelessly looking at her magazine. Mr. D just shrugged.

Lana's head turned up to face the door with a jolt. Mr. D turned. " Lana are you okay?" he asked worried.

" Oh my God!!! Was that--"

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Meanwhile in her apartment Kori sat reading. She was totally engulfed in her book. It was at a scary part. So when her door bell rang it made her jump. She stood and stretched. Putting a book mark at her page. " I'm coming!" she yelled. She walked over to the door. She was pretty sure it was Lana so she didn't check herself at the mirror. Some stands of hair fell out of the ponytail and hung by her face. But she still looked good.

"Hey Lana you're going to do fi---" she stopped. It wasn't Lana at the door. It was Nightwing!

Her eyes went wide. He wasn't waring his suit. He was wearing black pants with a long sleeve white shirt. His hair was as it normaly was, long and down. But he wasn't wearing a mask. Instead she looked into dark blue eyes.

" Hey." she said in shock

" Hey. Raven told me where you lived." he said also in shock. She's so beautiful. " I took a plane."

"Oh."

"The Titans broke up." he said.

" I'm sorry." she said sadly.

" It's okay it's been a long time coming."

" Oh. Is that what you came here to say?" she asked.

" No. Actually I have something to say." he answered.

" Okay." she whispered looking down.

" I heard what you said in the hostipial. I was a sleep and I heard what you said. I know that it was a risk for us to be together. But I don't care. I almost lost you the other day. And I realized that if I wasn't with you then my life wasn't worth living. I understand that this is your home. And I respect that you want to be here. I know that my coming here was probably a mistake because you were with Daredevil, but I love you. I love you so much that it hurts. I love you Kori Anders."

" Nightwing I--" she was cut off.

" Actually it's Richard now. I'm Richard Grayson." he said with a smile.

" Richard it wasn't a mistake coming here. I'm not with Daredevil. And I love you too." Kori said with a smile. Richard looked at her and she looked back. He put an arm around her waist and pulled her into him. The two kissed each other passionately under the moon light.

Kori broke the kiss and said. " So you are going to live here?"

" I suppose I am." he said back.

" Well, um , I have an apartment. It's really nice. And if you want you could stay there. With me. You could stay there with me." she said her arms around his neck.

" I would like that." he whispered.

" Me too." she whispered back. They kissed again. What they didn't know was that two people watched from below.

Joe put an arm around Lana's waist. " Guess we weren't the only ones who finally found each other."

" Yeah. Guess her heart is actatually there." Lana said with a sarcastic smile. They kissed each other and looked up at the kissing couple once more before walking off.

Kori took Richards hand and lead him inside. The door closed behind them. Finally after all these years they had confessed their love and now it was time to start a new life. Together.

The End

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Okay that's the end of the story. I hope you all liked it. Cause I know I liked writing it!!!!! Yes the Titans broke apart and that's sad but now Richard and Kori are together. And that's good. Okay I got the cat story from someone I once knew. I think it actually happened in just that way. Oh, poor kitty!!!!!!!!

Anyways I like to thank all reviwers who have read and reviwed this story. Thank-you so much I really apprcaite them all. You guys are so great. If you liked this story then review so I have more energy to write more!! Yes I do have three story ideas but haven't decied on which one I want to write. But I will get a new story up soon so stayed tune for that. If you have me on your author alert then you should be told when it's up.

Sadly next week I'm back in school so I won't be updating as much. Man I hate school!!! Don't you? I try to have all my stories end with an happy ending so I gave you guys one.

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Happy New Years and My b-day is 27 days away!!!!!,

Hailey