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
Half an hour later the party was in full swing. Over half the school was present at what would soon become the party of the year. Music poured out from the many speakers situated around the house and everyone was dancing. A few of the more rowdy guests had grabbed an empty soda bottle and started a game of spin the bottle. Most everyone else, however, was dancing.
Dick watched from his spot next to Raven as Kori swayed to the beat. Turns out she already knew how to dance like everyone else, and very well at that. She'd already danced with a handful of guys and was now just enjoying some solo movement.
"Come on Rae, let's dance."
Raven looked up at Dick in surprise. It was the first boyfriend-ly thing he'd said to her in about a week. And of course it had to be about dancing. Something Raven hated doing. She sighed, if she wanted to have any chance of saving her relationship with Dick, or what was left of it, then she'd have to meet him halfway. If he wanted to dance then...
"Sure."
The two moved onto the dance floor and began to move together. Raven wasn't nearly as good a dancer as Kori but the two still managed all the same. Dick placed his hands on her hips and she moved closer. To observer's they must have seemed like every other couple in the room. Blissful, happy, and unaware of the people around. But Raven could feel it. Dick was tense, or at least he wasn't where he really wanted to be.
She didn't move as well with him as Kori did. And she knew they could both sense it. "Dick?"
He looked down at her. "Yeah?"
"You know dancing not really my thing...but thanks for offering." She would make it easier for them both. "I'm going to go make some more tea."
Dick nodded understandingly. Dancing wasn't Raven's thing, he never should have asked her to do so in the first place. But he'd felt like he should still act like a good boyfriend, even if he really wasn't. "Sure, no problem. I'll just keep dancing...is that okay."
Raven sucked in her breath and nodded slowly. It was bound to happen anyway...so what was the harm in pushing it along. "I don't think Kori has a dance partner right now, you should go dance with her."
Dick's face brightened up immensely at the suggestion. "Yeah okay!"
Raven left to go make her tea and Dick made his way over to Kori. Or tried to. The room was so crowded with partygoers that he could barely move three feet without being blocked by someone. Finally, after five minutes of struggling and pushing his way through the crowd he managed to make it to wear Kori was. His heart plummeted in his chest.
Kori was dancing with Roy.
Kori swayed to the beat of the song that was currently pouring out of Dick's many speakers. She had been hoping she would get a chance to dance with Dick but he had been by Raven's side all night. Still, she had to admit, she was having fun.
"Hey there pretty lady."
Kori stopped dancing and turned to face Roy. He threw her a dashing smile but she simply shook it off. "Hello Roy."
Her cold tone didn't go unnoticed and Roy cocked his head to the side in confusion. "You sound mad? Did I upset you?"
Her glare became indifferent. "I know that you are merely talking to me for sex."
Bingo! Out loud, however, Roy pretended to be hurt. "I see you've heard of my reputation. But you have to understand. All those girls, they came on to me! Now I know that I should have told them to stop. I'll admit that, but I can't help it if I'm a slave to my hormones. You'll find that most boys in America are."
Kori eyed him skeptically. It was true that reputations could be given instead of earned, but that didn't mean that was the case for Mr. Speedy Harper. "I see."
Roy could sense that she still didn't believe him. Just about anyone could sense that she still didn't believe him. "Listen, I came over here tonight to ask you if you wanted to dance. Just one dance. Then if you still hate me I'll call it quits. Deal?"
Kori looked at his outstretched hand and raised an eyebrow. She grabbed his hand and shook it. "Deal. But I highly doubt that you can change my mind with one dance."
Roy grinned as a more Latin sounding pop dance blared through the speakers. He lifted her hand, still clutched in his, and spun her around gently. "Well then you've never seen me dance before."
He dipped her low and smiled. One dance is all it'll take. Don't worry Kitten; I've got your back.
The song ended and Kori grinned at her dance partner, her face flushed and her body hot and sweaty. "That was most entertaining. You certainly kept me on my feet." She fanned herself with her hand.
"You look hot." Roy smiled sympathetically. He was feeling the heat from their constant motion as well.
"I am a bit hotter then we started." Kori admitted, laughing at herself.
"Well then let me get you a drink." Roy offered her a gentlemanly smile and she nodded.
"That would be wonderful! Thank you!"
Roy walked away and his smile became evil. "Oh so very wonderful indeed Kori."
He reached the drink table and poured himself a cup of Sierra Mist before pouring Kori a cup of Coke. Easily the darkest drink there (there was no alcohol) and the one whose taste would affected the least. He checked quickly to make sure no one was looking and pulled a small plastic bag out of his pocket. He dumped the two white tablets onto his hand and slipped them in her drink.
A dose or two of ecstasy should loosen Kori up wonderfully.
"Here ya' go." Roy handed Kori her drink and watched with excited eyes as she downed the whole thing in one gulp.
"That was most refreshing Roy. I thank you again."
Roy grinned. "Not a problem. Absolutely not a problem."
She eyed him suspiciously as she drained what little she had left of her drink. She didn't have time to ponder his actions because a new song came on and he grabbed her hands and pulled her closer.
"One more dance?"
Kori giggled, enjoying the sudden feeling of lightness she'd gotten. "Of course I would!" She threw her hands up over her head and began to sway wildly.
Roy smiled. It seemed little miss princess was already feeling the effects of the 'present' he slipped into her drink. Kori moved closer, pressing herself against him. She began to grind with him, getting as close as humanly possible.
Roy was surprised. He hadn't known ecstasy was also an aphrodisiac. Not that he was complaining of course. The feeling of her small frame pressed against his was something he quite enjoyed. Kori turned around to face him and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Suddenly it seemed that dancing wasn't enough because Kori brought her lips up to Roy's. Caught by surprise by her sudden, bold actions it took Roy a few minutes to register that her tongue had slid inside his mouth and was exploring as it pleased.
He moaned and wrapped his arms around her waist. Whatever the hell the drugs were doing to her wasn't bad. Surprising yes, but not bad. Not in the least. His job was going to be that much easier.
A few minutes later he broke off the kiss grinned. It was time. "Hey Kori," He grabbed her hand and kissed her palm. "How's about we get out of here?"
Kori's head was fuzzy and things around her where swimming in and out of view. "But...where would we go?"
"We could go back to my house," He kissed the corner of her mouth and was pleased to hear her moan. "And just...relax."
Kori's head was still spinning and relax did sound like a very nice word. Roy was a very nice person. She would have done whatever he'd asked. If only she could stop the world from spinning around her. Slowly she nodded, cringing a bit as the motion hurt her already sore head.
Roy's smile widened. "Great!" He gently pulled her to the exit.
While a small voice in the back of her head told her this was wrong Kori seemed to have lost all control of her body functions and followed Roy obediently.
Dick watched with clenched fists as Kori threw herself at Roy. He could feel his anger rising, could see the red spots flash before his eyes. Roy must have pulled something. There was no way that Kori could ever like a guy like Roy.
He felt his teeth begin to grind together in anger as Roy lead Kori to his front door. Roy was pulling his famous moves. He tricked poor, innocent Kori into thinking he was in love with her and now he was going to take what he wanted and leave her heartbroken.
Dick growled. Like hell he would! Dick pushed up his sleeves (even though they were already short) and stormed out after them. If Roy thought he was going to have his way with Kori then he was wrong.
Dead wrong.
He pushed the large oak doors open and stomped down the walkway. He reached them just as Kori was fumbling onto Roy's motorcycle. She jammed the helmet on her head and just as Roy was about to start the engine Dick made his presence known.
"ROY!"
Roy looked up and grinned. All according to plan. "Hey Dick."
Dick growled. When Roy said his name he made it sound so disgusting. It made Dick's skin crawl. "And just where the hell do you think you're going?"
Roy shrugged nonchalantly. "No where special. Kori here just decided she wanted to go to my place. It's not a crime."
"Over my dead body!"
Roy grinned again and got off his bike. "Is that a threat?"
"Damn straight!"
Roy's smile widened showing his pointed canine teeth. "Good."
Dick didn't wait to let him finish. He raised his fist and brought it straight in Roy's face. Kori gasped in surprise and Roy shook of his shock with a smile.
"Not bad Dick." He wiped the small trickle of blood that was coming from his mouth. "But you shouldn't have done that."
He pulled back his fist and grinned again. "You really shouldn't have done that." Then, he let his fist fly.
Kori screamed and shut her eyes.
Raven watched as Dick's heart broke as they both watched Kori suddenly lean up and kiss Roy. She could almost feel the knife stabbing into his heart and ripping it to shreds. Now all he had to do was turn around, give up, and come back over to her. Things could go back to normal now.
She watched with wide eyes as Kori followed Roy, somewhat clumsily, out of the house. She knew where this was going, and she knew Dick knew it too. Come on, She pleaded with him silently. Just turn around and walk away.
Dick chased after them and was out the door before Raven could blink. She sighed. It really was over now. He'd chosen and it hadn't been her that he picked. She sighed again and walked up the stairs, past Gar and Terra who were talking animatedly, and out to the balcony.
The balcony overlooked the front yard and she could just see the figures of Dick, Roy, and Kori but she chose to ignore them. She sighed and leaned against the railing. She looked up at the night sky and smiled bitterly at the twinkling stars.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
She turned surprised to see Gar standing just in front of the door, smiling. She smiled in return despite herself. "Is that all they're worth Gar?"
Gar joined her and shook his head. "Of course not Rae. But at the moment it's all I got."
He smiled sheepishly and she gave a weak laugh. "Thanks Gar."
"No problem. But seriously, what's wrong?"
She shook her head. "Nothing. I just...I guess I just finally realized that Dick's in love with Kori, not me."
Gar gave her a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I'll be all right."
"You know Rae...Just because Dick doesn't love you doesn't mean that-"
"Well hello Raven! And Gar to, what a surprise!"
Both teens turned to face the surprise intruder and gasped. "Kitten!"
She smiled brightly. "Hi guys! It's just great to see you both out here. Although I was really looking for Raven."
"What do you want?"
"Just to teach you a lesson."
Raven raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me? What could you ever possibly teach me?"
Kitten's eyes narrowed and flashed dangerously. "Not to go messing around with my man!"
Again Raven was bewildered but Gar was starting to catch on. Has Dick mentioned anything about me? She wanted to get to Dick and thought the best way, the only way, was through getting rid of Raven.
Without warning Kitten jumped at Raven, surprising the girl and knocking her off her feet. Kitten yanked her violet hair and pulled her face closer. "Listen you little witch, Dick is mine! Not yours, not some stupid foreign princess's, MINE! And if you ever try to screw that up I will-"
Kitten was forced to cut her speech short when Gar lifted her roughly from on top of Raven. "Okay princess you're done."
"WHAT!" She shrieked and Gar cringed. He'd forgotten how unbearably loud Kitten could be when she wanted to. "You put me down!" She began to struggle against him. But Gar was clearly stronger and she remained tight in his grasp.
"Tell you what princess. I'm going to put you down by the door and you're going to walk through and not come back out here...or near Raven, ever again."
Kitten glared at him but said nothing. Taking her silence as a yes he walked over and placed her down by the door. She didn't move towards the door but she didn't move toward Raven either. In fact she didn't move at all. After watching her for a few seconds Gar deemed that she was in too much shock to do anything dangerous and ran over to Raven, who was still lying stunned on the floor.
"Rae, are you okay? She didn't hurt you too bad did she?"
Raven's reply was cut short by a shriek.
"LOGAN!" Gar looked up just in time to see Kitten hurl herself at him.
Natural instinct and self-preservation took control of Gar's motions and before he could comprehend what he was doing he'd grabbed her by the arm and swung her over his shoulder. She shrieked again and went flying over the edge of the balcony into the grass below. There was a subtle 'oof!' and everything was silent for a moment.
Gar looked over the edge of the balcony and began to look for Kitten.
"Don't worry about her." Raven's voice made him stop. He turned to her. "Dick and Roy are down there with Kori. If anything's wrong they'll help her."
Gar nodded and looked at Raven again. She had gotten up and was dusting herself off. "Are you okay?"
She nodded. "Of course I am. Kitten scared me more then she hurt me."
Gar sighed in relief. "That's good. I can't believe she attacked you."
"It's fine. No harm done. You can go back to Terra."
Gar looked surprised. "But…Terra doesn't matter."
It was Raven's turn to look surprised. "But you...she...this is what you've always wanted."
Gar shook his head. "Terra can wait. You're hurt, emotionally. You're what matters most right now."
Raven could feel her eyes watering up. Felt the unfamiliar sting of tears hiding just behind her eyes. "Gar..." That was as far as she got before she burst into tears. For the first time in years Raven hung her head and cried out her pain and frustration.
Gar just smiled soothingly and took her into his arms. He rubbed her back and waited patiently for her to calm down.
"It's okay now Rae. It's okay now."
And even though the tears refused to stop flowing, deep in her heart, Raven knew it really was.
Kori opened her eyes again after she was sure she hadn't heard the sickening sound of skin on skin. Slowly she peeked one eye open and saw Dick and Roy exchanging blows and blocks. Neither one seemed to be any worse for the wear, although Roy's mouth was still bleeding and it looked like Dick might have a black eye in the morning.
She gripped the seat in front of her and tried to keep herself steady. Why was everything spinning around her so much? It was all kind of blurry too. Maybe there'd been something wrong with the coke. She felt her stomach lurch and was quickly distracted from the fight.
Dick watched Roy, trying to anticipate his next move. He wanted to end this quickly. Roy moved towards him again and Dick blocked the attack, unleashing a mighty kick to Roy's gut as he did so. Roy stumbled back a few feet and had to take a minute to catch his breath.
"You son of a bitch!" Roy leapt at Dick again, this time actual anger as his fuel. He lashed his fists out in a wave of fury and it was all Dick could do to block them. Even still a few punches landed. A particularly powerful one hit him right in the stomach and sent him flying backwards. He groaned and sat up ready to fight again.
Apparently Roy had the same thought because he had already launched himself toward the unsuspecting boy. Dick watched, wide-eyed, as Roy's fist came towards his face.
What would have been a very painful, and probably fight winning, blow was stopped short as something blonde and blue fell on top of Roy and sent them both spiraling to the ground in an ungraceful heap.
It took Dick a few seconds to realize the ungraceful heap that had saved his life, or at least his nose, was none other then Kitten. And boy did she look livid.
Roy sat up quickly, knocking Kitten to the ground in the process. "Come on pretty boy! Let's finish this fight."
"Oh knock it off Roy." Kitten snapped as she got up, miraculously unhurt from her fall, and dusted off her outfit.
"What?"
"I said knock it off. Obviously tonight didn't go as planned. At all. We'll-" Again she was cut off by a loud thud as Kori slid from the motorcycle and fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Holy shit. What happened to her?" Kitten asked, eyeing the sleeping girl with disgust.
"I think maybe her body couldn't handle the drugs. Are you sure it was only ecstasy you gave me?"
Dick's mind was whirling. Drugs? What the hell where they talking about?
"Well," Kitten flipped her hair. "One was. But I gave you something to...you know...spice things up."
Even Roy wanted to hit her now. "You dumb ass! You don't mix drugs. Ever! The effects could be lethal! No wonder she was so messed up."
"Chill," Kitten flipped her hair again and Roy gritted his teeth in aggravation. His mission had never been to kill the girl. Just to sleep with her. "She's still breathing everything's fine."
Dick, who had been listening in shocked silence, finally regained control of his limbs. He very carefully (so as to not leave any permanent damage) pressed the pressure point that would put them both to sleep; leaving them slumped on the ground. "I'll deal with you two later."
Then he hurried over to Kori and picked her up gently. Apart from being unconscious she was fine. There was no blood anywhere and nothing was twisted in a way that it shouldn't have been. Dick sighed in relief and made his way inside and up the stairs to his room.
He placed Kori gently on his bed and watched her for a few minutes. Roy's words about the drug mixing being lethal had scared him but the steady rise and fall of her chest helped ease some of that fright.
"Sleep tight Kori." Dick placed a gentle kiss on her forehead and left the room silently.
He walked down to the party feeling both relived and weighed down by his latest discovery. What was he going to tell everyone? What was he going to tell Raven? He was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice Raven dancing with Gar. If he had he might have taken the time to be surprised that Gar's once horrendous dancing had become smooth and...well...really good.
But of course he didn't see them so he didn't realize that Raven wouldn't be hurt about his discovery. Well, not as hurt as he kept thinking she would be. Even if he had seen them, and he had known it wasn't going to hurt her like he was afraid it would, he still wouldn't have known what to tell her.
After all, how do you tell your girlfriend that you've fallen in love with someone else?
YAY! I finished chapter 9! This is my longest chapter to date! :throws confetti:
And I finally got BB and Raven together! Well...sort of. They're not quite together yet but they're really close. It should happen in either chapter 10 or 11. Robin and Star still have a little ways to go but not much.
Okay here's a quick explanation on Gar's dancing. You all know I kept saying he was really bad at dancing through out the fic but he starts dancing with Raven and BAM! He's good. If you remember in the...I think it's the 5th chapter, Cyborg tells us he can't dance very well either but then last chapter he's dancing with Bumble Bee and he's much better. He says that it's dancing with Bumble Bee that helps him be better at it. So it's like when he's dancing with the right girl then he gets more control over his limbs. Same concept with BB. He was still dancing like a goof ball with Terra but once he started dancing with Raven he got better. It's just a way of showing you that they're supposed to be together...ahhh I'm confusing myself, and probably all of you too so I'll just shut up now.
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