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
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Kori began to stir as light filtered into the room. She groaned and rolled over on her side, trying to block out the annoying sunlight. She was forced into consciousness when she hit the edge of whatever it was she was lying on and fell to the floor in a graceless heap. The sheets she had been wrapped up in curled around her feet and she was having a difficult time undoing herself. Laughter made her stop and look up from her task.
Dick sat in a chair a few feet away, his body shaking with laughter. Kori tried to blow a piece of her auburn hair out of her face. It flopped back down and caused the boy to laugh harder.
"Well I'm glade you find my situation most amusing. I however, wish to be free from your blankets so, if you wouldn't mind, I would appreciate some help."
Still laughing Dick got up from his chair and walked over to the fallen girl. "Of course. By the way...did you know you snore in your sleep?"
Kori flushed red with embarrassment at his statement. "I did not."
Dick smiled again. "No need to be embarrassed I was just kidding."
Kori sent him a glare that normally would have made him feel very frightened. But seeing her tangled up in his sheets and on the floor lessened the effect. "Okay, okay." He gently detangled her from the sheets. "I'm sorry your royal highness."
Kori stood up shakily, her head still woozy from last night's activities. If only she could remember last night's activities. "Tell me? Did you serve alcohol at your party last night?"
Dick blinked in confusion. "No..."
Kori nodded. "Then perhaps you can tell me why I have such a large headache and cannot remember last night's festivities."
"Oh...right. About that..." Dick pulled at his shirt collar, an unfortunate habit he'd picked up when he was nervous. "Well you see...Roy, um, sort of, um, he..." Kori tapped her foot impatiently. "Roy kinda, sorta, maybe, slipped some drugs into your coke last night."
"WHAT!" Her eyes flashed dangerously before her headache struck again and she had to sit down on Dick's bed.
Dick sat next to her. "Yeah, but don't worry. I kicked his ass."
"That is not enough!"
"Huh?"
"I'm going to hurt him so badly when I see him again."
Dick laughed. "Sounds nice, but I wouldn't if I were you."
Kori looked confused. "Why not?"
"Roy's friends with Kitten, who's friends with Mr. Descow...you beat up Roy and it's like beating up Mr. Descow."
"But didn't you just say that..."
"Yeah but Kitten's been after me for awhile. As in she wants to date me, so I don't think she'll try and get me in trouble."
Kori nodded slowly. Her head was still pounding and she wanted nothing more then to sink into a nice hot bath. Slowly she rose to her feet and brushed past Dick. "If you'll excuse me, I'd like very much to go home and take a nice long bath."
Dick nodded. "Of course you do. You wanna ride?"
Kori shook her head. "I do not think I would fare well on your motorcycle today. No matter how much fun it is."
Dick nodded his head in understanding. "Okay. Do you want me to walk you home?"
Kori smiled gently. "That is very sweet of you to offer. But I'm certain I will be fine, I am not a baby."
Dick nodded again. "Okay...just..."
Kori put a finger to his lips to cease his flow of words. "I will see you on Monday."
Dick nodded wordlessly as she walked out of his room. Once she was gone he left the room and made his way to the bathroom for a much needed shower. He shook his head as he climbed in and adjusted the water temperature. How could one girl render him speechless with just one finger! Even when he'd thought he'd been in love with Raven she'd never held this kind of power over him.
Unless of course, he'd never really loved Raven at all.
L7
Gar was wrenched out of his nice, peacefully dream by the shrill sound of the phone. He groaned in frustration and jammed a pillow over his head in an attempt to block out the unwelcome noise.
Apparently no one else was home because the phone just kept ringing. Groaning again and making a mental note to shut off his phone's ringer he reached out a hand and grabbed the phone from it's resting place by his bed.
"'Ello." His voice was still groggy with sleep and he reached up a hand to rub his eyes.
"Hi! Gar?"
Gar's eyes snapped open. "Terra!" He'd forgotten all about her after Kitten's little 'surprise' for Raven.
"Hey. I'm glad I caught you...listen about last night...you sorta ran off. Is everything okay?"
Something in her voice triggered a part of Gar's brain that he didn't use very often and he slowly pieced two and two together. "Hey Terra?"
"Yeah?"
"You didn't by any chance have anything to do with Kitten's little attack plan on Raven last night didjya?"
He could feel Terra hesitate through the phone and before she answered he knew what he'd hear.
"Yeah. But I-"
Gar didn't wait to here the rest. He promptly hung up the phone. Now absolutely furious he stormed across his room and grabbed a fresh set of clothing. How could he have been so stupid! How could he have ever possibly liked Terra? She was no better then Kitten. The phone rang again and he snatched it off the cradle.
"Hello." He snapped into phone.
"Gar?" A tentative voice asked from the other line.
"Rae?" He sighed. "Oh good it's you."
"What's up? Mad at your parents?"
Gar shook his head as he buttoned his pants. "Nope. Mad at Terra."
"Terra?"
Gar slipped his shirt on over his head before answering. "Yeah. Apparently the only reason she even talked to me was part of Kitten's big scheme against you."
Raven sucked in some breath. "Oh. I'm sorry. But hey can we talk?"
"I'm all ears."
Before she could reply Gar heard the sound of a yelling voice coming from her side of the phone. Raven shouted something back before returning to talking at normal levels. "Sorry about that. That was my dad. We're going to visit my grandmother. I won't be back until late this evening...can you meet me before school."
"Sure. The usual place?" He was, of course, referring to the door by which the five friends usually met.
"Yeah be there half an hour before the usual time." Gar did some quick calculations and grabbed a pen and paper to write himself a note.
Meet Rae at the usual spot at 6:30 a.m Monday.
"Okay. 6:30, Monday. I'll see you then. Bye."
"Bye. Oh and Gar?"
"Yeah?"
"Thanks."
Gar smiled gently into the phone. "No problem Rae."
L7
Raven flipped her cell phone shut to terminate her call with Gar. She opened it once again and punched in Dick's number. It rang for a few minutes before his voice mail picked up.
Hey, this is Dick! I'm probably at soccer practice or hiding from Kitten so leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!
Raven sucked in some breath as the familiar BEEP! rang through the phone.
"Hey Dick? It's Raven. We need to talk. Could you meet me at our usual spot about 15 minutes before the normal time? Thanks, bye. I- I'll see you then."
Raven flipped the phone shut, ending her call. This was it. If she didn't do it soon, she'd never do it. And neither of them deserved to be miserable. She'd been happy with Dick before Kori came along. It was Kori that had destroyed their relationship.
...but she still couldn't be mad at her.
L7
Gar walked up to Raven Monday morning at 6:30, just like he'd promised. "Hey Rae!"
Raven looked up from the book she was reading. She smiled slightly and rose from the ground to greet him. "Hi."
"So...what did you need to talk about?"
Raven sighed. "Dick...and Kori."
Gar nodded understanding. "So you can sense it too."
Raven nodded. "Yeah. I talked to Vic about it so, unless you've got something other then 'it was going to happen with or without Kori' we don't need to have the discussion again."
"Then how about if Kori hadn't come along you guys would have stayed together happily ever after until you got married and one of you realized it wasn't what you really wanted."
Raven looked at him surprised. "Huh?"
Gar smiled. "Would you rather realize it now and have it hurt for a little while, or wait till you take things to far and are stuck, miserable, for the rest of your life?"
Raven smiled. "Thanks, that makes it a lot easier."
"Makes what a lot easier?"
"Breaking up with Dick."
Gar sucked in some breath. "You sure about that Rae?"
Beside him Raven nodded. "Yes. I have to do this. For both of us."
Gar smiled. "Good luck." He looked over her shoulder. "There's Dick." He gave her a quick hug. "Go get him tiger!"
Raven almost laughed, but caught herself just in time. She was about to break up with her boyfriend. This wasn't a time for laughing.
Was it?
L7
"Dick!" Dick turned his head a caught sight of Raven walking towards him.
He smiled. "Hey! I tried to call you all yesterday but you didn't answer your phone."
"I was at my grandmother's house." Dick nodded. That explained it. Raven's grandmother thought all technology was evil. If you so much as spoke about most technology in her house she'd curse you while beating you with a broom. The back of Dick's head throbbed painfully at the reminder. He'd made the mistake of leaving his cell phone on and when Bruce had called him...
"So..." He could feel the tension in the air around them. "What's up?"
Raven sighed and sat down. Dick followed her example and settled himself in the grass. "It's about...us?"
Dick felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up. First off he hated talking about his feelings...he just didn't do it. And second, 'we need to talk' and just about anything about 'us' meant marriage or a break-up. And since Raven didn't seem the type to marry before graduating... "Us? Uh,"
"Dick..." Raven sighed, she was never one to beat around the bush...why start now. "I think we need to break up."
"We...we do?"
Raven nodded. "Yeah. I can feel it. You don't want to be in this relationship anymore and, after some thought, I realized neither do I."
Beside her Dick was silent for moment. "Is it okay if...if we're still friends?"
Raven smiled. "Of course. I'd curse you if you wanted otherwise."
Dick laughed. "That's good. Just because I don't like you that way-"
"Doesn't mean you don't like me at all. I know. And me too." She kissed him on the cheek. "I'm glad you understand."
Dick wrapped her in one last hug. "Good-bye Rae."
Raven laughed. "It's not like I'm dieing."
"Okay then good-bye girlfriend Rae."
Raven smiled and was surprised to find that it didn't hurt nearly as much as she thought it was. "Good-bye boyfriend Dick."
Dick made a face. "Maybe I should start going by Richard..."
Raven whapped his arm lightly. "Don't you dare! Richard."
Dick cringed. "Okay...maybe not."
The two friends smiled at each other before rising and joining Gar and Vic, who had arrived while they were talking.
"So...it's the end of the dynamic duo?" Vic asked as they approached.
Dick punched his arm. "Shut up. We were never called the 'dynamic duo'!"
"Maybe not to your face."
"VIC!" Vic cringed as both teens yelled his name.
"Hey..." Gar looked around as he tried to break up the fight. "Has anybody seen Kori? She's usually here by now."
All three teens shook their heads. "No idea."
"GUYS!"
Four heads turned in the direction of the voice. Terra was racing towards them as fast as she could, looking much like Gar had when Kitten and Kori had met for the first time. "Guys! You have to come quick!"
"What's wrong?"
"It's Kori! She's screaming at Roy...I think she's going to fight him!"
The four friends exchanged worried glances before racing off in the direction Terra had just come from.
"Gar...wait." Gar turned at the sound of his name. Terra's eyes pleaded with his. "Gar, please...will you just listen to me about Saturday."
Gar looked at her for a moment before turning around and running after his friends.
L7
Woohoo! There's chapter 10! YAY! I'm so proud of myself. And I was so happy writing this chapter! I finally got Raven and Robin to break up! I think 10 chapters is the record amount of chapters I've ever kept the main couple apart, or with some else.
Go me! Err, whatever. :shrugs: it's no big deal.
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