The awaited chapter twelve. Well, not really. One more chapter after this! I'm so excited! Haha, anywho.
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans.
And to answer an anonymous reviewer's question, no...Richard isn't Robin. Sorry!
"I love you, Garfield Logan." Rachel whispered, not knowing that he was actually awake.
Garfield couldn't believe what he had just heard. Rachel Roth? Loved him? No, this couldn't be right. Could it? Did he love her? Too many questions swirled around Garfield's head. He heard Rachel get up and whisper a barely audible 'bye' and the door shutting.
He opened his eyes and looked at his watch.
"2:37. I should be getting home; the folks are probably worried." He muttered to himself, getting up and stretching. He walked towards the door, making sure he had everything, and left. He decided to call Kori to see how she was holding up. "Hello?"
"Hey, Kor. How are things going?" Garfield asked. She sounded a lot better.
"Same. Where are you?"
"The main lobby. Everyone else left. Victor had a job interview, Karen went with him because they had a lunch date after that, and I don't know why Rachel left..." He trailed off.
"Oh." She paused. "Do you wanna come and see Richard?" She asked hesitantly.
"Yeah. Is Bruce still there?"
"No. The room is number 27. See you there." Kori said, waiting for his reply.
"Okay, bye, Kor." He hung up his phone and walked silently down the long lobby. He came to door 27 and hesitantly knocked.
"Come in." He heard Kori's muffled voice and opened the door, closing it as he came in. "Hey Gar." She greeted with the best smile she could muster.
"Kori, I know this might not be the best time, but..."
"Go ahead." Kori encouraged, looking at him curiously. Why was he acting so strange?
"Well, after Victor and Karen left, it was just me and Rach. I tried to go to sleep, but that wasn't gonna happen. So I sat there with my eyes closed, trying so hard to go to sleep. Rachel leaned over and kissed my forehead, and whispered she...loved me." He explained, saying the last part quietly. Kori's eyes were wide with shock. She then let out a loud squeal.
"I knew she liked you!" She exclaimed, jumping up from Richard's bed and hugging Garfield, who looked very surprised.
"Yeah, but...W- I-I don't know if I...ya know...like her." He struggled for words, and Kori let go of him. She lightly punched his arm and smiled.
"Yeah...You do." She said sitting in one of the chairs.
"How do you know?" Garfield shot, getting a little angry. Kori sighed.
"Because you would always mess with Rachel and she would mess with you the most and Rachel has talked about you on the phone and IM. It's obvious to me." Kori briefly explained, telling he truth.
"Should I ask her if she wants to see a movie tomorrow? Just as friends, though." Kori nodded. "Okay...What movie does she wanna see?" Garfield asked, there were a lot of horror movies out and he didn't know which ones she saw or wanted to see, or didn't want to.
"Um...This may shock you, but Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest." Kori said. Rachel normally liked scary stuff...
"Cool! Something I'll watch too!" Garfield shouted, throwing his hands up in the air. Kori giggled and turned back to Richard. Garfield stopped doing his little dance and watched Kori for a few moments.
"I'll leave you two alone."Garfield said, but was ignored my Kori. He left the room, walked down the hallway, and exited the hospital.
Karen sat down and signed on AIM on her laptop. She checked her buddy list. Thirty-six people were on, but she was looking for certain names; as usual.
"Aha!" She muttered, right clicking the name and selecting "Send Chat Invitation". After she typed in three names, she clicked send.
BeeGurl06: heyyyyy, what's up
Car Freek: jc , u guys?
Goth xo Angel: nothin
BeeGurl06: nm
AnimalLuver: tired
Goth xo Angel: when r u ever not tired
AnimalLuver: idk
BeeGurl06: weren't u gonna reschedule ur date?
AnimalLuver: yea, its at 5 now
Car Freek: ya better dump her
AnimalLuver: I am, I am
BeeGurl06: good, she's just gonna hurt u
AnimalLuver: brb, fone
Car Freek: don't take long
BeeGurl06: rach, ur so quiet
Goth xo Angel: sry, just...thinking I guess
BeeGurl06: think kori will cum home soon?
Car Freek: ya cuz she just signed on
BeeGurl06: lemme invite her
HottPrincess: hey guys!
AnimalLuver: hey kor
AnimalLuver: gtg, bye
AnimalLuver signed off at 3:38:15 PM
Car Freek: hey lil lady, what's up
HottPrincess: nm, rach is quiet
BeeGurl06: she's been quiet, sumthing's up
Goth xo Angel: shut up, gtg
Goth xo Angel: bye
HottPrincess: bye rach
Goth xo Angel signed off at 3:41:19 PM
HottPrincess: they should get 2gether
Car Freek: who?
HottPrincess: gar and rach
BeeGurl06: no way
Car Freek: karen, I bet u $50 they get together
BeeGurl06: ur on, hope ya have the money
HottPrincess: lol, can u 2 ever agree?
BeeGurl06: no
Car Freek: no
HottPrincess: HAH! u agreed!
Car Freek: w/e, gtg fix up sum cars
HottPrincess: kk, bye
BeeGurl06: bye
Car Freek signed off at 3:53:23
HottPrincess: u two r sooo cute together
BeeGurl06: thanx, so r u and rich
BeeGurl: I hope he gets better
HottPrincess: yea...me too...im going back at 8
BeeGurl06: I'll cum too, no vic
HottPrincess: kk, thanx karen
BeeGurl06: gtg, I'll call u at 7:45, bye
HottPrincess: bye
BeeGurl06 signed off at 3:57:26
Karen sighed and shut off her laptop.She knew Garfield and Rachel are going to get together, but she had to be competitive with her boyfriend. Oh, well. It's only fifty dollars, right?
"Hello?"
"Hey, Gar."
"Rachel, what's up?" Garfield asked. His was the perfect chance to ask her to the movies.
"Oh, nothing. Like I said on AIM." Rachel responded.
"Hehe, right...Are you doing anything later?" Garfield asked hesitantly, why did he have to be so blunt? He barely heard her gasp on the other line.
"No, why?" She asked, sounding excited for once. Garfield chuckled.
"Wanna catch amovie at, let's see...seven?"
"Yeah, but what about...?"
"Tara? I rescheduled it to five." Garfield said, jumping on his forest green bed.
"Oh."
"I'll pick you up at 6:30." Garfield said, staring at his ceiling.
"Okay...Well, I have to go. Bye, Gar." Rachel said semi-dreamily.
"Bye, Rach." Garfield chuckled, hanging up his green cordless phone. He picked the phone up again and dialed Tara's number."Hello?"
"Hey, Tara." Garfield said smoothly. "We gotta talk."
"Okay?" Tara said on the other line, clearly confused.
"Look, I-I don't like you anymore. I thought I would after all these years, but I don't. I love someone else." Garfield said, trying his best not to hurt her. He heard sniffing and muffled sobs coming from Tara.
"O-Okay G-Gar. Maybe I-it's best if we-we're not t-together!" She said in between sobs and hung up the phone.
"That didn't go like I expected it to." Garfield muttered to himself.
6:25 PM
Garfield knocked on Rachel's front door, surprised that he was early instead of late. Rachel's mom, Angela, answered the door and smiled warmly.
"Hi, you must be Garfield. Come in." Angela greeted, motioning towards the huge living room. Angela had medium length black hair, dark brown eyes that were almost black, well tanned skin, and dark red lipstick looked natural on her.
"Rachel, dear, Garfield's here!" Angela called up the steps, receiving an 'okay' from Rachel. A few seconds later, Rachel came downstairs with a black Abercrombie and Fitch shirt, a dark blue denim mini skirt, black semi-sparkly flip flops, and her hair in a Chinese bun.
"Wow...You look...Great." Garfield said, not wanting to say hott in front of Angela. Rachel smiled.
"Let's go." She said seriously, and the smile vanished. "Mom, I'll be back around ten." Rachel said to her mother, who nodded.
"Do you want to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest?" Garfield asked, remembering what Kori had said. Rachel nodded.
"You have good taste, Gar." She complimented, getting in the passenger's seat of his silver convertible Mercedes Benz.
"Thanks. Do you like to sit in the back or the front during the movie?"
"Back." Rachel replied.
"Good, cause so do I." Garfield said, stopping at a red light.
Chapter twelve of Normal High School Life. One more to go! I plan on getting the next chapter up next weekend, then the sequel up the day after I get it up. I hope everyone liked this chapter, I kinda rushed it. I'm pretty proud of it, though. Anyway:
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