Chapter 6- Saying Goodbye
"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!" screamed the voice from the other line of the phone as Kori pulled the phone away from her ear. It had been a three days since the worst day of her life. To make it worse, she was moving from her house to another city she never even heard about. Gotham City had always been her favorite place since she had moved there and met Richard, who became her best friend, who now seemed like he wasn't lately.
"I don't know…maybe this move may be good." Kori said and sighed as she looked around her room. Already there were a few boxes with belongings in them.
"But, what about Prom and all that great stuff that we agreed we would go through? What about Winter Formal? What about Richard?" Raven asked.
Kori looked out her window and looked across the street as she stared the mansion in front of her. A light was on in the upper right window. Signifying that Richard was in his room, occupying himself.
Kori sighed and focused her attention to her conversation.
"One, I'll try and come to your prom, two, what stuff, four, I'm not even sure if I'm going to winter formal after the mess I've done and…." Kori paused as Richard's smiling face came up in her thoughts. "…what about Richard?"
Raven sighed. "Kori, you can't be serious. You're not just gonna leave him are you? I mean…look at him. He's sad enough as it is. Just imagine what will happen when you move away without a word?"
Kori slumped in her bed. Raven was right. She couldn't just leave Richard without saying goodbye. Not to mention, to express her feelings to him. She sighed.
"You're right…" she admitted and sighed again as she placed a pillow over her head. There was a short silence until Raven spoke.
"Hey, at least come to the winter formal. Tell him about your feelings for him and well…say goodbye." Raven said. Kori thought in her head and pieced all the words together.
"I guess I could do that." Kori said and looked on her nightstand. A photo frame contained a picture of her and Richard as twelve year olds smiling at the camera. Richard smiling happily as Kori smiled and flashed a peace sign with her smile full of brackets. Tears started to form in her cheeks.
"Say what, why don't we go get dresses tomorrow after school? That sound good?" Raven said, dreading every word she said. For her, she wasn't actually the kind of person to shop, especially for dresses. But for Kori, she could make a little exception. Raven waited for Kori's answer. But all she could hear was Kori's sniffles as Kori started to cry.
"You there?" Raven asked. Kori snapped out of her past memories with Richard and responded to Raven.
"I just can't believe it Raven. I'm moving away and I'll never see him again…I mean…we promised we would be friend forever," Kori sobbed.
"Look, why don't we discuss this tomorrow, I have to go." Raven sadly said, feeling uneasy leaving her friend to mope in her worries and doubts. "But look at the situation this way….at least you'll tell him how you really feel about him."
Kori gave a little smile. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
So then, the two girls said their goodbyes and hung up. Kori sighed and wiped her eyes. Again, she looked out the window and saw as Richard's light went out.
"Goodnight Richard…I love you…" she said and pulled the covers her and fell asleep.
The night of Winter Formal:
Kori sighed and lagged behind Raven, who was arm in arm with Garfield. Raven turned and whispered something to Garfield and went over to her. Kori looked at the outfit she bought. It was a purple dress. She liked it the first time she saw it. The hemline went above her knees and it was strapless. In the light the dress sparkled. Kori's hair was curled and was tied up into a loose half ponytail with a few strands of hair flowing down her head.
"C'mon, have fun tonight!" Raven said.
Another one of Kori's friends, Terra, came up behind her. Apparently, Terra was also updated on the dreadful situation that was going on.
"Don't look so sad." Terra said. Kori sighed as they all moved into the gym, where the lights were dimmed and a fast-rhythm song beat through the walls of the auditorium. Around, were couples and friends either sitting at tables eating or talking or they were out dancing, where the teachers were breaking any couple that got "too close". Soon enough, Kori, Raven, Garfield, Terra and all their other friends came along and sat down.
"Did Richard say anything to you Garfield? About me I mean…" Kori asked over the loud music that was playing.
"Sorry Kori, he's been secluded lately. Never talked to him since…you and him stopped talking to each other. But I'm sure he's here." Garfield assured.
One of Kori's friends placed a hand on Kori's shoulder. "C'mon don't be like that. Just think of all the guys that want to dance with you," the girl said cheerfully. But that didn't help Kori's feelings one bit.
"How can I, when I'm moving tomorrow…." Kori said and sighed as she slumped in her seat.
The night continued as all of Kori's friends, even Raven and Terra went off to go dance with their dates, until she was left sitting alone at the table. Dateless. Kori then started to scan the crowds for Richard. No luck until, she saw him sitting with Kitten, across the gym. Richard was staring at the crowd of people dancing. Kori found Richard extremely attractive, seeing that he was wearing black tuxedo pants and a tux jacket. But what made him even more attractive was that he had he jacket un-buttoned, which revealed his white shirt that was un-buttoned by three buttons. His hair was also his best feature seeing that it wasn't spiked up like it always was, but was down in a messy fashion and his eyes were covered by a pair of shades he occasionally wore, giving him a mysterious look. Kitten meanwhile, was insisting they dance, but was rejected every time by Richard. Kitten sighed after she again attempted to ask Richard to step onto the dance floor. She turned her head and saw that Kori was staring right at them. Kitten smirked.
"C'mon Richard, please dance with me…" Kitten said seductively as her breathe trickled down Richard's neck. But that seemed to have no affect on him.
"I said no!" Richard snapped and crossed his arms as he watched the crowd. Kitten sighed and saw that Kori was still watching. Kitten then grabbed the collar of Richard's shirt and started to kiss him. Kori gasped at what she was seeing and burst into tears and got up and started to head for the door, bumping into the people as she tried to walk out. Once outside she started to walk through the parking lot and head for the bus stop.
"KORI!" a voice called out. Kori continued to walk as she cried. Again, her voice was called and she stopped.
"Look, I don't want to talk just leave me alone." Kori said and turned around. She then noticed that Richard was running toward her.
"Hey," Richard said. Kori continued to cry. Richard took off his shades.
"What happened? What did Roy do? I'm gonna kick his—"
"I didn't come with Roy! I didn't come with anyone!" Kori sobbed out. Richard looked at her puzzled.
"What are you talking about? I saw you kiss him. You told me you liked him…" Richard said.
Kori sniffed and turned around.
"Richard, you're so stupid. I did that all to make you jealous. I wasn't thinking…" Kori said. Richard stood there.
"To make me jealous?" Richard asked. Suddenly the bus pulled up and opened their doors. Kori started to walk to the bus, but was stopped when Richard put a hand on her shoulder.
"Kori?" Richard asked. Kori turned to him and then lightly pressed his lips against his. They stayed there for only a few seconds, but for the two, it felt like hours. As Richard was about to arms around her waist, she pulled away.
"You coming miss?" The bus driver said. Kori turned and nodded as she stepped onto the first step. She turned back and looked at Richard who was staring at her, longing for another kiss.
"I've always had feelings for you Richard. I love you. But I guess….this is goodbye." Kori said and gave a weak smile as she stepped on and the doors closed.
Richard's eyes went wide as the bus started to pull away. He screamed for the bus to stop and come back. He chased after the bus, but gave up as it continued to drive on.
"I love you too…." Richard said, as the bus disappeared from sight. But the only thing that he couldn't say was saying goodbye.
Author's Note: OMG! Talk about drama! I also wanna say, sorry for brining up Terra so late in the story. I was thinking of whether to put her in the story. But I just threw her in to show as one of a character who will probably me a minor character in the story. Still not sure... But anywayz, sorry for the late update, I have been reeeallll busy lately! But now that I'm so bored out of my mind, I finally finished this chappie! Wow, this chapter took four pages of typing I might add. WHOO! That took a lot of work! lol. But hold you're horses there! This isn't the end of the story! Yes, there is still more! But I need you're help! Tell me which idea is better in your reviews:
-Show what happens the next day, but possibly short chapter
-Show what happens a few years later, but possibly long chapter
So, tell me what you think! You're reviews do tell help me in improving this story:) Ideas and constructive criticism are appreciated. But please, I don't want any criticisms stating on how things were orignally or should be originally done, between Richard and Kori, Starfire and Robin, etc,. That's why there is a reason on why it's called FAN FICTION! Notice how I put that word fan fiction. But anywayz, I wanna thank all those who have reviewed my story, especially those on the Robin and Starfire shrine. Which include:
ttrulytt (my shrine sis!), FallenTeenHearts, (here we go...-cracks knuckles-) MistyMagicWaterflower aka xImmortalxRomanticx, PaintballGodess36, sTaRfIrExrObIn, StarrGodess, InkBlottedChakra
Well thank you again for reading my story! And I will try to update my story as soon as possible! Reviews are greatly appreciated! Thanks again! And here comes Chappie 7!
-xxterraxx