Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans. But I'm thinking if I did I'd still write Fanfiction just for the fun of it.

Title: Life As We Think We Know It

Summary: Strange visions have been haunting Dick Grayson's sleep, and they've only gotten worse since he met the new girl Kori. He's friend Vic thinks he's just stressed out but could it be that there's more to these dreams then everyone thinks...

Author: Silverflare07

Dedication: To the little voices in my head who will stay awake with me late at night and listen to me as I write this in my head. Cheers to you guys!

Author's Notes: This is going to seem like an AU fic but at the end you'll realize that it's not.

Stuff you need to know:

"Speech"

Thoughts or Dreams

L7

After a few rings (in which Gar was extremely nervous he'd been given the wrong number) a voice picked up and he sighed in relief as he recognized the voice on the other line.

"This is Terra, talk to me."

"Hey Terra...It's Gar. I'm just returning your phone call."

"Gar! Hey! I'm glad you got my message. And so soon. I like a guy that doesn't make me wait." She giggled into the phone. "So...about Dick's party…you want to go?"

Gar's face lit up. "You really want to go with me?"

"Of course! Actually I've liked you for a while but I didn't know if you felt the same way...I thought Dick's party was the perfect excuse to ask you."

Gar pinched himself. "Ow!"

"Are you okay?" Terra sounded genuinely concerned.

"Yeah," Gar laughed sheepishly. "I just pinched myself."

"Why on Earth did you do that?"

"Just to make sure I wasn't dreaming."

Terra giggled into the phone. "This had better not be a dream. I'd hate to wake up."

"Me too!"

Miles away in her own home Terra rolled her eyes at his over eagerness. He was sort of cute though...at least the week wouldn't be a total waste. If she was lucky he would just be happy to be near her and she wouldn't have to kiss him or anything like that.

Two hours later her mother called her down to help make dinner and Terra and had to hang up. As she placed her phone back on the cradle she felt a twinge of regret. He was a great person to talk to. She'd never had such an interesting conversation with a person for so long. It was a shame that when this was all over she'd have to dump him.

Shrugging Terra hopped off her bed and ran down to where her mother was waiting in the kitchen.

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Gar set down the phone and was sure he'd died and gone to heaven. There had to be some mistake, or this was a dream. He didn't just have a two-hour conversation with Terra. A real conversation. He checked his caller id again.

He had.

He whooped for joy and began to go up to his room and pick out what he would wear Saturday. Sure the party was 5 days away but you could never be too safe. He had to call Dick and thank him for throwing the party in the first place.

"DINNER GAR!" His mom's voice floated up to him.

But first he wanted to eat.

L7

Kori grinned foolishly as she relieved the day over in her head. Dick had captured her attention right away. She'd known better then to try and be anything with him other then friends because he already had Raven and they seemed very happy together. But she'd felt drawn to him, almost magnetically, and she was quite content being just friend.

"Hey little sister." Kori turned to face her sister.

"Hello Blackfire," She answered referring to her sister's nickname. "Might I seek your advice on a matter?"

Blackfire jumped over the back of the couch and landed softly next to Kori. "Of course you can. But nothing's for free."

Kori nodded, her sister often liked to strike deals with her. She was, after all, majoring in business in college. "What is it that you would like?"

"That purple shirt and matching skirt in your closet. I would like to borrow it for a date tomorrow night. The outfit in exchange for my advice."

Kori considered. This was not the most outrageous thing her sister had ever asked for. In fact it seemed perfectly acceptable. "Deal."

The two sisters simply smiled at each other. "Alright then Kori. What's your problem?"

Kori blushed. "It is not a what, I'm afraid, but a who."

"A boy?"

Kori nodded. "Yes. Dick Grayson. I was telling you about him and his friends. I fear I have acquired feelings for him but his dating my other friend Raven."

Blackfire whistled. "Wow sis...that's quite the little dilemma." Kori nodded. "Okay here's what I can tell you. Don't push anything. If it's meant to be it'll happen. Don't break them up. But...that doesn't mean if they do break up you can't go in for the kill!"

Kori gave her a blank look.

"Ask him out Kori. If they break up ask him out."

Kori nodded understanding at once. "Yes of course! But is that not called the rebound?"

Blackfire sighed. "Then wait a few weeks. No more then two, no less then one."

Kori nodded again. "Very well. Thank you for your advice." She slowly began to stand. "I think I shall go to my room and think everything over."

As she walked down the hallway she thought about what her sister had said. It was true that she very much wanted to be with Dick but she knew better then hope for anything. But sometimes she couldn't help but hope. Especially after today. Although he had been asleep most of the time she had been thrilled to be the one to calm him. Thrilled that she had been able to. And of course there was also the note. Hope grew within her with each step she took.

But there was Raven...

Raven was her friend and she seemed happy with Dick and she did not wish to destroy her friend's happiness. Not matter what. Slowly she nodded to herself.

"I will not destroy their happiness." She hung her head. "Regardless of my own."

Silently she continued down the hallway to her room.

L7

Wednesday morning found Gar leaning against the wall of the school waiting for his friends. Or Terra. Who ever he saw first. Last night she had called him and asked him to meet her in the morning. For what she'd refused to tell him but he was willing to go along with it.

A few minutes later he saw a blonde head heading towards him and after a few seconds Terra came into full view.

"Hey Terra!" He waved trying to seem casual and hide his excitement.

"Hey Gar. How was your day off?" Tuesday had been a teacher's day at Jump City High and the students had had a free day to themselves.

"Pretty boring. My friends were all busy. Kori and Raven had a girls' day out and Vic was busy with a French project and god only knows what Bruce had Dick doing yesterday. It was just me."

"That sucks." Terra sympathized. She had spent the day listening to Kitten tell her about Roy's addition to their little team. She wasn't completely thrilled about this news. Roy almost always meant trouble. Not that he wasn't fun to fool around with; he just wasn't a team player.

She shrugged and tuned back into whatever it was that Gar was talking about. "So...about Saturday...what time do you want me to pick you up?"

Terra shrugged again. "How 'bout 6. That's when it starts right?"

Gar nodded. "Great!"

"TERRA!" Kitten shrieked from across the courtyard. Both Gar and Terra flinched. "Terra! Come over here!"

Terra looked apologetic. "Sorry about this. I'll talk to you later." She jogged off towards Kitten and Roy.

Gar sighed happily. Life was going great for Garfield Logan! But he couldn't help but feel like something was nagging at the back of his mind. He just wished he could figure out what it was. He shrugged to himself and walked off into the school building.

From the shadow of the bushes and a large tree Raven watched what had just transpired between her friend and his long time crush and decided that this wouldn't be a good time to talk to him either. Sighing she turned to look for Dick who should be arriving soon with Kori. She'd just have to act like everything was normal.

Even if it wasn't.

L7

"Well? How's it going?" Kitten demanded as soon as Terra had joined them.

"Fine. He's crazy about me. He trusts me. And if he does then they all will."

Kitten scoffed and waved her hand carelessly. "I don't care about the rest of them. Terra your job is to distract Logan. That's it. Roy over here will be taking care of Kori."

Roy grinned almost hungrily, his eyes alive with lust. "Don't worry." His grin turned vicious. "I've got it all planned out. Kori will distract Dick and you can take care of Raven."

Terra's eyes were wide with wonder. "What are you going to do to her? You're not going to kill her are you?"

Both Kitten and Roy burst into laughter. "Kill her? God no. But Kitten found some very interesting information about her."

"I heard Mr. Descow talking to her. Turns out Ms Anders is a princess."

Terra gapped. "A princess!"

Kitten nodded. "Yeah of some tiny country that no one can pronounce except maybe them."

Speedy's smile grew larger. "I did some research about them and their culture. Ya know, know your enemy and all that junk. Turns out it really helps. See they're really proper over there. Do everything old school. Even relationships. The guy 'courts' the girl if he wants to go out with her. He needs her father's approval before a marriage, and sometimes even a relationship, depending on how strict her old man is, can happen. And you know how those old schoolers are about sex."

Terra's eyes widen in recognition. "Of course!"

Kitten grinned. "Kori Anders won't be a problem after Roy's done with her."

"After all," Roy added spelling it out for the girls incase they didn't understand fully. "The one who has his way with the princess is the one she has to stay with."

L7

Okay I know this chapter is almost a page shorter then my other ones but I just thought that was a really good place to end it. I hope you guys aren't to mad.

And yes the rating of this fic is going to go up to T for sexual references but there's nothing descriptive so don't worry about that either. There'll be some drug references in there too but nothing really bad.

I hope you guys are noticing how Raven's beginning to feel her relationship with Dick dissolving. It's supposed to, of course. But not to worry Raven fans she gets her happy ending too!

And once again sorry to all the Speedy fans out there! I love him to but every story needs a jerk and I'd already decided that Slade was going to be the principal and I didn't think, nasty as he is, the principal would be the person to do what Speedy's gonna do for Kitten.

R&R as always!

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