Welcome to the second chapter of Falling For You. Thank you all for all the reviews. I appreciate the feedback. And now what we've all been waiting for... chapter two!
Disclaimer: Cookies are good but Teen Titans is better. Sadly I do own a cookie but I don't own Teen Titans. Maybe the owner would be interested in a trade...
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Kori walked through the mall mindlessly in the direction of the cafe. Her mind was still focusing on what happened yesterday.
'Was he not happy with our relationship? Why would he do such a thing?' She kept questioning her self on what she could've done wrong. Before she knew it she had reached the small cafe and snapped back to reality.
She stepped through the see through double doors taking a look around. There were very few people there. Merely three or four people sat at the tables scattered around the small enclosure. It had a pleasant and cozy atmosphere. There were comfortable large reclining chairs scattered about along with couches and loveseats that matched the style, and coffee tables in front of them. Along with a few regular chairs and tables.
Kori approached the counter slowly still looking around. There was no line, which she was thankful for so she walked straight up to the counter. She looked across the list of available items as someone approached the cash register.
"Hello, may I help you?" A woman a little older than her asked.
"May I please have a latte with the addition of vanilla?" Kori said kindly putting on a warm smile. The girl nodded looking at her a little funny for her unusual language. She turned around to some type of machine. She picked up a cup and put it under machine pressing a button. It poured out a light brown colored liquid into the disposable glass and she put a lid on it then put a jacket on it and handed it to Kori.
"That'll be $2.25 miss." The woman said. Kori nodded and pulled a wallet out of her purse hanging off her shoulder and took the correct amount of money out and handed it to her. She took her cup and walked out of the cafe.
She looked around. The cafe did not provide seating outside of it's walls. She enjoyed being out of the silent cafe. Truth be told she hated silence. She would rather hear the rambling of hundreds of people than have complete silence. She sighed walking over to a bench near the banister that kept people from falling off the second floor. She looked downward at all the people scurrying about. The events played back in her mind. Her eyes fogged up once again but she held back tears. She closed her eyes and counted to ten to regain her composure. Her mind drifted off into space and she took sips of her drink every once in a while.
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Richard Grayson walked through the mall absentmindedly in search of the spy shop. True one of these was rare but it had just opened. Being the adopted son of Bruce Wayne and the heir to Wayne Enterprises he had some expensive hobbies. Collecting gadgets happened to be one of them.
He reached the small store and entered through the single door. He looked around. There were manikins(sp?) with bulletproof vests and various types of camouflage and jumpsuits to his left and to his right there were various types of weapons and advanced devices.
"Hello, can I help you?" The cashier said looking up from his book at him.
"No." Richard replied rather bluntly. He walked through the store looking at different things but in the end he found nothing that he liked. The man noticed that he wasn't satisfied.
"We restock and receive new items every Tuesday mornings." The man said hoping to sell something eventually. Richard nodded and walked out the door. He sighed walking out from under the floor above him into the open. He sat down on a bench with a fountain and various plants behind him.
He looked around. There wasn't anything out of the norm. People walking about chattering happily.
'How can they be so happy? What's there to be happy about? They probably just haven't figure out life's a jerk. What can go wrong will go wrong.' He sighed. He hated his life. Not many people knew it. He put on a mask daily. Almost literally. His dark sunglasses that he almost never took off could probably suffice as a mask. The eyes are a window into the soul and frankly he didn't want anybody closer than necessary.
He sighed once more and looked up. Suddenly he heard a small scream and saw a girl falling off the second floor.
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Kori snapped back to reality. She finished her drink and got up and threw it away. She walked over to the railing and put her arms down on it looking over the edge. She began to think once more and tears started to form in her eyes. She let out a long breath and counted to ten in her head to calm her self down.
She felt someone tap her shoulder and turned around. She saw the same blonde haired blue eyed girl that was at Roy's house. She let out a gasp. The girl smirked.
"You're that slut that tried to take my Roy away from me." The girl said angrily.
"I assure you I did no such thing. You were the one that took Roy from me." Kori said pushing her. The girl's jaw dropped. She pushed Kori back twice as hard as Kori pushed her. Kori stumbled backwards a little bit and ran into the handrail. Kori regained her composure and slapped her across the face. The girl let out an oh-no-you-didn't gasp and shoved Kori as hard as she could. Kori got pushed backwards and flipped over the edge, head first with her arms out in front of her, preparing to try and block the fall out of habit. As she fell she shifted her gaze upward briefly to see the girl with a satisfied smirk on her face.
She fell through the air quickly. As she neared the ground she closed her eyes preparing for impact, except impact never came. She landed on something soft and warm. She opened her eyes looking up. She was in a boy's arms. She didn't know what to do. She just stayed there in his arms dumbfounded at what had happened. She came to her senses soon enough though and jumped out of his arms, blushing. People passing by were applauding for the boy's actions.
"Thank you for saving me." Kori said looking up from where she fell questioningly.
"No problem." He replied with a smirk on his face, happy that he saved someone that was good looking.
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Richreacted instantly. He rushed over to where she was going to land and stuck his arms out. All his martial arts training had to be useful sometime. It just happened that he needed his strength from training instead of the actual martial arts moves.
He caught the girl and let his arms fall slightly to soften the landing. She still had her eyes closed. He looked at her. She was beautiful. She had orange tan skin and auburn hair. Her eyes fluttered open. She had the most beautiful emerald eyes he had ever seen. He sat there staring like an idiot for a little while till she came to her senses and hopped out of his arms, bringing him down to earth once more. She stood up quickly looking unsure of what just happened.
"Thank you for saving me." She said looking up from where she fell and back to the ground. It looked like she was still processing what just happened.
"No problem." He replied.
"Richard Grayson." He said sticking out his hand.
"Kori Anders." Kori said taking it and shaking it, smiling. He looked down at his watch, forgetting that he had to meet Bruce to train.
"I'm sorry I've gotta run. Nice meeting you." He said running past her. And raising one hand in the air, waving.
"Nice meeting you to." She said dreamily under her breath, for nobody but her to hear.
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Woohoo! Second chapter is done. I hope ya guys liked this. I'll write the next one in a day or two. Peace out.
-Sass