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. Okay nice quick update this time because I'm leaving for Europe in a week and I want to get this finished before I go. The last two chapters should be out next week sometime.
Stuff you need to know:
"Speech"
Thoughts or Dreams
L7
"YOU KLORBAG!"
The four friends arrived just in time to hear Kori's screech rise up through the crowd.
"Uh, dudes...what's a klorbag?" Gar asked, looking confusedly from Dick to Raven then to Vic.
Raven shrugged. "Must be something in her language."
"Something pretty nasty." Vic added. "Look at how furious she is!"
The four teens pushed their way to the front of the crowd where Kori was standing in front of Roy, hands on her hips, and looking ready to kill.
"How dare to you try to take advantage of me like that?"
Roy was beginning to look nervous. Kori had managed to pull herself at least a few inches taller then him and had her fists clenched together in anger. Roy tried, unsuccessfully to place a confident, suave mask over his fear. "Hey chill out, it was just some harmless fun."
"Did you believe that slipping something into my drink, therefore making me incapable of controlling my own actions, is just some harmless fun!"
"Uh, yeah." Roy didn't sound half as nervous as the majority of the student body thought he should have.
Kori growled and Dick could hear her teeth grinding together in aggravation. "Well you were sadly mistaken!" She brought her fist into the air and aimed it straight for Roy's face.
Smirking her caught her fist in his hand. "Sorry babe, you're just not tough enough to beat me."
Kori's frown became an eerily calm smile. "Well, I am sorry to disappoint you, but I am stronger then I look." Her leg came up, quick and sharp, and Roy dropped her hand as his eye bugged out in pain.
Quick as a whip Kori had grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. "Perhaps you will remember this the next time you try to be 'speedy' with me or any other girl."
She dropped Roy's arm and he fell to the ground with a thud. Whispers shot through the student's gathered around them, spreading like wildfire on a dusty plain. Nobody had ever taken a stand against Roy before. Then this new girl comes in, and not only does she stand up to Roy but nearly kicks his ass to!
"What is going on children?" The crowd fell silent as Mr. Descow made his way to the center of the ring of students. He looked down at Roy then up to Kori and smirked. "Well, well Miss Anders, causing more trouble I see. That would be the second time since you joined us at this school. I am quite aware that you are used to being pampered and spoiled back in your own land but I would appreciate it if you would be nicer to those you disagree with here on American soil. Not everyone has to like you, you know."
Dick growled and step forward. "Wait a second! You have no right to talk to her like that! She wasn't acting for that reason at all! She-"
"That's enough out of you Mr. Grayson. You will learn to hold your tongue and respect me." Mr. Descow growled. "That's another detention for you and your princess!"
"Leave. Him. Alone." Kori turned, her green eyes flashing dangerously.
"Excuse me?"
"I told you to leave him alone. He was merely trying to explain the whole situation. As a responsible leader it is your job to hear both sides of the story and judge them fairly and equally. That is what I am taught in my home country."
Mr. Descow made a face but didn't say anything back. Instead he scribbled something onto a pink detention slip and shoved it in Kori's face. "Well maybe you could be so kind as to explain all about your country's teachings...in detention!"
Mr. Descow turned and stalked off threw the crowd. Kori looked at the pink slip in her hands before looking up and sticking her tongue out at his back. There were a few moments of silence as the students waited to see if Mr. Descow would return. When it became apparent that he wouldn't the teens let out a cheer.
Kori turned to Dick and smiled. "Although it has gotten me into some trouble...I must it admit...That did feel very good."
Dick laughed. "It looked pretty damn cool too."
"To bad about your detention though."
Kori shrugged. "It was worth it."
"Uh... not that it isn't nice to see someone finally stand up to the jerk but…why were you so mad at him to begin with?" Vic asked rubbing the back of his head in confusion.
Kori's eyes flashed a dangerous shade of green as Dick answered him. "Remember my party?"
"Yeah." All three friends nodded.
"Remember how we saw Kori dancing with Roy, Rae?"
Raven nodded.
"Well...he slipped some drugs into her drink."
"WHAT!"
Dick shook his head in disgust and turned to look at Kori who was wringing her hands around an invisible Roy's neck. He sweat dropped and turned back to face his friends. "Yeah... It happened like this..."
The three friends listened in silence as Dick told them how he'd stopped Roy from taking Kori home and fought him, only to be stopped as Kitten came flying over the balcony. Gar just smiled sheepishly at that part. Once he had finished his friends stared at him, mouths a gap and eyes widened as far as they could.
"Dude..."
"Whoa..."
"Wow..."
Dick rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Yeah..."
The bell rang, cutting off any conversation that might have occurred. The five friends glanced at the school before grabbing their backpacks and rushing inside.
L7
The bell rang, signaling the end of the day, and the large student body of Jump City High dashed for the doors. Only 6 students remained on the property longer then was necessary.
Raven, Kori, Dick, Gar, and Vic all met up in the student parking lot like they did on the days that Dick (and now Kori) didn't have practice. They usually met up and then went to the local pizza joint to hang out together, and listen to Vic and Gar fight about meat or non-meat pizza toppings.
"So? The usual? Two large, vegetarian, pizzas." Gar smiled.
"No..." Vic corrected. "Two large, meaty pizzas!"
"Veggies!"
"Meats!"
"VEGGIES!"
"MEATS!"
VEGGIES-"
"Excuse me?" A timid voice broke into the argument before it got largely out of control. All five teens turned to face the newcomer. Terra looked up sheepishly and scoffed her shoe against the pavement.
"What?" Gar's tone was harsh and caused three of the remaining four friends to raise an eyebrow in confusion.
Terra looked down at the ground again. "Gar...could we please just, uh, talk."
Gar gave her a cold glare and Dick, Kori, and Vic backed away silently and slipped into Vic's new car. Seeing as Dick's car was still in the shop he and Kori were getting a ride with Vic. Raven stayed behind and watched the exchange with silent interest.
Gar turned away from Terra and made off for his own car. "Sorry Terra, I gotta go."
"Gar..." Terra trailed off and looked at the ground.
"Gar wait." Gar turned back in surprise as Raven stopped him. "Just listen to her. If you don't you're no better then she was."
Gar turned to look at Terra, then at Raven. Finally he nodded and waved his hand towards Vic to go ahead and he'd be coming soon. Raven stood up to join Dick and Kori in the car, but changed her mind at the last minute and settled herself on the hood of Gar's car to wait for him.
Gar faced Terra has he heard Vic's car leave the parking lot. "Okay Terra. You wanted to talk so, talk."
Terra took a deep breath and stepped towards Gar. "I'm so sorry about Saturday. You're right, I did call you just because of Kitten's plans but, but that changed! You're...you're the nicest guy I've talked to in a long time. And I really do like you! I didn't at first but I got to know you, and now..." Tears began to stream down her face.
Gar's expression was torn between pain and an unreadable emotion. Terra stepped forward and sought the comfort of his arms. Slowly he placed his arms around her small frame and looked down at her.
"I'm sorry." He withdrew his arms and stepped back. "But now there's someone else who needs me. And," He looked towards Raven who was reading her book on the hood of his car. Sensing his eyes on her she lifted her head and sent him a small, encouraging smile. "I think it's time I started paying attention to her."
With that he walked back towards his car. As he drew closer Raven slid off the hood and was struck with the similarities between this time and when she had meet Dick after school the day Kori came.
Only this time it was Gar who was walking towards, smile plastered on his face, not Dick.
L7
The car ride to the local pizzeria where Gar and Raven were going to meet up with everyone was a silent one. Or at least it was silent until they hit their 3rd red light. There were a total of 7 traffic lights between the school and the pizzeria and Gar and Raven had managed to hit every single one of them.
So Gar decided to break the silence. "Thanks Rae, you know for staying back and making me talk to Terra." His eyes weren't on her, they were focused on the road but his tone was sincere and made Raven smile.
"Your welcome."
Gar smiled as the light turned green and he gently sped up. After a few seconds of total silence he was beginning to think they were doomed to spend the car ride that way (silent, which was something Gar didn't do very well) when Raven spoke up.
"Actually, I'm sort of surprised."
Gar's eyebrows shot up. "You were?"
He saw Raven nodded out of the corner of his eye. "Yeah, I just thought that when she apologized you'd forgive her and invite her to have pizza with us."
"No way Rae. Terra...Terra's not important anymore. Not to me."
It was Raven's turn to raise her eyebrows. "Really?"
It might have been Gar' s imagination but the word came out with a bit of hope attached to it. And real or not, it gave Gar the courage to say what he wanted.
"Yeah really. You're the important person in my life."
He heard Raven give a soft gasp and immediately knew he shouldn't have said it. Duh Logan! Of course she wouldn't feel that way for you! She just broke up with Dick for God's sake!
"G...Gar...?"
He sighed. "I know, you don't feel the same way but that doesn't change how I feel." He began to ramble, his unfortunate habit, displayed only when nervous...or very excited. "I mean this won't change anything between, of course it won't. You're still my friend, first and foremost, and if that's all you want to be that's ok. And you're not the only reason I turned Terra down. I mean, yeah you're a big reason, but I really don't feel that way about her anymore. I guess I must have for so long that I didn't even realize I'd stopped. It wasn't until I had a good reason to not like her that I realized I didn't anymore. And I-"
"Gar?"
"What?"
"Would be quite for 5 seconds so I can speak?"
Gar took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and then nodded.
"Good. First off, I know that nothing would change between us if, if, I didn't return your feelings. No need to be nervous. It's just me." Gar nodded again. "And secondly, I just broke up with Dick so of course I'm not going to return your feelings," Seeing his crest fallen face made Raven's heart lurch in way it hadn't in a long time. She placed her hand on his shoulder.
"But that doesn't mean I never will."
He turned to her, his olive eyes shinning with hope. "Really?"
Raven smiled softly at the green-haired boy. "Just give me a little time to move on."
Gar squeezed her hand lightly as the pulled into the parking lot of the pizzeria. "Don't worry Rae, we've got all the time in world."
L7
YAY! I finished chapter 11! A bit shorter then last chapter but I thought it was a really nice place to end it.
I'm not sure how much more 'together' Raven and Best Boy will get in this fic because the main focus was Robin and Star. But the squeal (yeah there's a squeal, you'll see why in the last chapter) will defiantly have to the two of them officially getting together.
I'm seeing maybe 2 more chapters for this story...yeah I think two. Next chapter is the BIG chapter the chapter when Dick's weird dreams finally become complete and the truth is known!
What truth? Well...you'll just have to wait and see!
I'll give you a cookie if you can guess!
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