Kori's point of view.
I would like to give a big thank you to bb-and-raven-rock, Elven Dragon Rider, i feel awfully random, and Glaciours for their awesome reviews! You guys make me wish i could stay up all night typing. Unfortunately, I can't. :( And my computer time is getting limited (die stupid homework!) so the next chap might not be up for a while. I know what'll happen, its just the matter of finding time to type it. ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own the Teen Titans. If I did, Homecoming part 1 would not have been as amazing. That episode rocked! And without any further ado, my story!
"Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la ti, do! Do, ti, la, sol, fa, mi, re, do!" Kori sang out happily in her seventh period chorus class. She was standing in the second row of chairs, right next to a girl named Kat, or, as she liked to be called, Kitten.
"Very good, girls!" Mrs. Pontire praised the girls' Choral Ensemble as if they had just come in first place in a marathon. Kori smiled happily at her teacher's praise.
"I bet she says that to all her classes," Kitten said under her breath, so that Mrs. Pontire could not hear her. "Everyone knows we suck."
"I believe we sound very good, especially when singing the Hallelujah Chorus," Kori whispered to Kitten, making her jump. Kitten had obviously not realized Kori could hear her.
"Shows how much you know," Kitten rolled her eyes.
Kori chose to ignore this comment and focused all her attention on singing the warm-ups as best she could.
Chorus was Kori's favorite class of the day. Not only was it right after her lunch period, so she was full of energy, but it was also the only class Kori felt she could really push herself to her limits in.
Every other class was largely based on how easily you could grasp a concept, memorize vocabulary, and remember dates and names of long dead people. Kori was always able to remember all these extremely quickly, so those classes were a breeze.
Chorus, however, was a challenge. Kori was not the best singer in the world, and she had to train her voice to be able to sing all the high soprano notes she had to reach. She also worked very hard on her breathing exercises, which came in handy when she was singing a long phrase (or cheering the football team).
"Everyone take out Hallelujah Chorus," Mrs. Pontire pulled out her own battered copy of the famous piece and set it down on the piano so she could accompany the girls on the piano.
Kori quickly opened her chorus folder and pulled out her copy. It was a very old copy of the music, as it was taped together in many places, and the once white paper was rather yellow.
"Let's start at the beginning," Mrs. Pontire began to tap her foot in time with the beat. "Sopranos first. One, two, ready, go!"
"Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!" Kori sang out, matching every pitch, even the extremely high notes, perfectly. She noticed that Kitten was not able to reach all the high notes, and that her voice sounded rather raspy.
"Good! Now the altos. One, two, ready, go!" The altos began singing their lower part, and Kori followed along in the music.
"I feel like I'm at church choir practice," Kitten mumbled darkly.
"What is wrong with being at church choir practice?" Kori asked, looking up from her music. She herself was in a church choir, and she enjoyed it very much.
"At my church, everyone expects me to sing beautifully all the time just because I'm in chorus at school," Kitten answered. "When I can't match a pitch, the choir director makes me sing in front of everyone until I get the notes right."
"I believe that that is good practice," Kori said, trying to reason with this complaining girl. "Singing in front of your choir group can prepare you for singing in front of the church."
"Whatever," Kitten straightened her pink headband. She opened her chorus folder, and took out a small piece of pink paper. Almost every inch of the paper was covered with the words, 'Kitten and Robin forever.'
Kori felt a small pang somewhere in her stomach region. She did not understand why she all of a sudden felt like tearing that piece of paper up until it was confetti size. She had never had any feelings for Robin, so why should she feel so angry with Kitten for writing his name all over this piece of paper?
'I never had feelings for him until now,' Kori corrected herself, knowing what was happening. She was starting to like Robin more than just a classmate. More than just a friend. She was starting to like Robin.
"All together now, girls!" Mrs. Pontire called, jerking Star out of her confusing thoughts.
As Kori sang along with the altos, she barely paid attention to the beautiful harmony the voices created like she normally would. She was too busy trying to sort out her confusing feelings.
'If I like Robin, why did I not realize it until now?' Kori wondered. 'Why did something Kitten wrote on a piece of paper affect me like that?'
They came to the end of the phrase, and Mrs. Pontire cut them off.
"Good work girls," she said, tucking a lock of her blonde hair behind her ear. "Very good. Put that away, and let's move on to 'A Joyful Cannon'." Kori tucked her battered copy of the Hallelujah Chorus into her folder, and pulled out her crisp, new copy of the cannon.
"Altos first," Mrs. Pontire instructed. Kori placed her folder with the music neatly on her lap as the altos opened their music to begin singing.
"So, do you think I've got a chance?" Kitten whispered to Kori as the altos began singing.
"A chance of what?" Kori asked, puzzled.
"A chance that Robin will go to the homecoming dance with me, of course," Kitten said, half exasperated, half dreamily.
"Oh," Kori felt her newfound anger rising in her chest. "I don't know. Why are you asking me?"
"Because you're popular and know these kinds of things," Kitten rolled her eyes again.
"I do?"
"So you're telling me that you don't gossip about everyone?"
"Of course not. I don't gossip."
"Oh," Kitten sounded as if she thought Kori was lying. "Well, as long as Robin doesn't get a date before the day's over, I'm gonna ask him to go to homecoming with me." She hugged her chorus folder.
"Now the sopranos!" Mrs. Pontire called out, and Kori hastily opened her music. She began to sing, but her mind was not focused on her music at all. She had one thought permanently cemented in her mind: 'I have to ask Robin before Kitten does!'