Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Teen Titans.
AN: Just a little warning, there might be a little more cursing than usual in this chapter. I'm sorry if that offends anyone. There is no actual POV in the beginning of this chapter, its the entire Anders' household.
"Well Kori, you don't seem too happy to see me. If I didn't know any better I'd say you almost hate the fact that I was here." Koma quipped.
"Don't be silly Koma, I'll just continue to ignore you like I always do when you're here."
"Girls that's enough!" shouted Luanne. "Can't you two just get along for once, for our sake?"
"Like I'd do anything for you, Luanne." glared Koma. She hated her with everything she had, the woman who took her mother's place. And here was Kori, the one who was trying to take Koma's place in her father's heart. Everything was fine until those two decided to invade her personal space. But if anyone knew Koma, she wasn't going to take this standing up. It pleasured her knowing she made their lives miserable.
"Koma you apologize to your stepmother this instant! I will not have such disrespect in my home!" exclaimed Myan.
"Of course take her side like you always do father." she seethed. With that she marched up the stairs and into her room. She reached for her phone and dialed. After repeated rings, answer damn it, the machine came on. Left with no other choice she left her message. "Hey I'm in town and I want to see you. You know who this is." she then hung up the phone.
"Why does she always have to act like this?" frowned Luanne.
"Just don't worry about it, Luanne. She's starved for attention. Trust me, I know her." Ryan tried reassuring her.
The doorbell rang in the Anders' household startling everyone. After a few minutes Xavier entered followed by the butler who had let him in. "Hello Xavier, Kori said you might be stopping by." Luanne went to give him a gentle hug.
"Hi honey, I'd like you to meet my brother Ryan. He just arrived today with Koma. Ryan this is Xavier. Xavier, Ryan." she introduced the two as they exchanged looks.
"Nice to meet you, Xavier." he said shaking his hand. But it felt as if Kori's beau tightened his grip a little too hard. Yep, I definitely don't like him.
"Nice to meet you too, Ryan." he had already heard quite enough about him. He didn't really need to be introduced. The two just continued to glare at each other for a few moments. Myan cleared his throat causing the staring contest to conclude.
"Well if you don't mind the misses and I are just a bit tired. We will reside to our room now. Ryan we will see you first thing in the morning alright?" stated his father.
"Yeah dad. I'll just get better acquainted with Xavier here." he smirked looking back at him. Something about Ryan bugged the heck out of Xavier. He had a good mind to just punch him right square in the jaw but Kori…where the hell was Kori?
"Xavier?" she said a little above her normal voice trying to break him out of his trance by gently grabbing his chin. "Are you OK? What's wrong?" she said concerned.
"Nothing just calm down." he said rather rudely. He noticed the fierce look displayed on Ryan's face.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean for you to get upset but I had called you three times." a melancholic look on Kori's face appeared. She feared he was going back to one of his tempers and in front of Ryan nonetheless. This was not the first impression she wanted him to portray.
"Yeah so don't get your panties bunched in a twist." scolded Ryan. He had just about enough of Ryan's mouth. Xavier was about to charge at him but stopped when Koma entered the room.
"Well Xavier isn't it a little past your bedtime?" she remarked. She looked at the two and added "Don't tell me you boys aren't playing nice?"
"They are fine Koma why don't you mind your own business?" Kori was already getting irritated with her antics.
"Anything that happens in this house dear Kori is my business. At least when my mother was here we were all happy." declared Koma.
"Yeah Koma that's why it ended in a divorce because my father was so happy." she hated when she rehashed old bad memories.
"Well at least my mother has class."
"Well at least my mother wasn't on drugs when she named me. What the hell kind of name is Koma, anyways?" She immediately apologized to Ryan when she realized what she had said. Ryan just waved it off knowing full aware Kori didn't mean it. He knew his sister Koma had a way of making people feel terrible about themselves.
"It's a family name you bi-..." Koma was about to let outher obscenity when the phone placed on the end table rang. Only after about two rings did the kitchen maid enter with the cordless phone in hand, "Miss Anders it is your friend Victor Stone. Would you like to converse with him?" she asked in her European accent.
"Oh yes thank you Helena. I'll be back you two. Don't do anything stupid." she looked at Ryan as she exited. He just chuckled in return. Koma decided to follow Kori into the kitchen not caring if her conversation with her friend was a private one or not. The two men were left in the large living area. They both decided to take a seat pending Kori's return. Ryan stared at Xavier not daring to back down until he finally scoffed at him.
"What the hell is so funny?" Xavier said in a venomous tone. He wasn't in the mood for one of his jokes.
"It's just funny, is all. It seems as if I know everything about you yet I've only met you today." he said.
"And?" he wondered what the point of this discussion was.
"Well Kori rarely told me about you. But do you know who did talk about you nonstop?" he waited for his answer but only got a quizzical stare. "No, well I'll tell you…Koma." he noticed Xavier stiffen his body to some extent.
"She talked about me, so what?" he reiterated. Ryan then jumped off the couch and stood glaring defiantly. He couldn't hold in his anger any longer.
"So cut the bullshit!"
"What the hell are you talking about, what bullshit?" he questioned.
"Listen shit for brains, I'm not stupid. I love both my sisters very much and if you hurt any of them in any way you're the one who's going to need protection. I'm used to Koma's crap already but I'm not going to let you hurt Kori. So I'm going to make this easier for you. You're going to tell her exactly what's been going on between the two of you. She deserves to hear it from you. And if you don't then I'll tell her myself. Have I made myself perfectly clear?" Ryan was hoping he'd be the bigger man and agree.
"Listen you over pompous jerk, nothing is going on between me and Koma. I love Kori. I wouldn't want to hurt her like that." he disclosed.
"Listen pal, don't think for one second I'm going to buy into your charms, save it for the ladies, however many you might have." he started walking away slowly. He suddenly stopped in his tracks once he heard Xavier speak.
"I'm not someone you want to piss off kid. You don't want to mess with me. Because when you mess with me, I react. And you don't want to see me react." Xavier demanded harshly. Ryan had already turned fully around to stare at the cunning eyes that Xavier held. Something is definitely wrong with this guy. Is he like this with Kori?
After her conversation Kori entered the living area once again. "Sorry honey, that was Vic. Everyone is going to Whirlwinds tomorrow. I told him we'd be there. Is that alright with you?" she asked having no idea of prior conversation the gentlemen just had.
"Uh yeah cutie. That's just fine with me." he smiled at her. "Listen I'm going to use your bathroom, right away." Kori nodded and he left her to chat with her brother.
Xavier's POV
He entered the bathroom and turned on the faucet. He splashed cold water on his face somehow hoping it would make him feel better. He grabbed a small towel off the rack and attempted to dry it. He suddenly felt warm arms snake around his well-developed waist.
"I've missed you baby." a voice said seductively. He rolled his eyes almost immediately. He turned only to have her assaulting him with butterfly kisses on his neckline. He shoved his neck away defending it and pried her arms off his waist and held them back to her almost as if he was trying to escape.
"Koma what do you think you're doing?" he didn't have time for one of her scenes.
"What do you mean, aren't you happy to see me?" she wondered with hope.
"Damn it Koma I told you not to do this anymore. It was one night and I was drunk."
"Correction baby, it was twice and you weren't drunk the second time." she smirked. Evidently she was right. He just tried to forget.
"That was different. I had just argued with Kori and I was mad. Besides I love her and…look I've got to go." he started exiting but was grabbed back by her.
"Wait a minute, so this is it? You think you can have your fun with me and just take off whenever you feel like it, like I'm just your little whore."
"If you don't want to get treated like one, then don't act like one." he reached for the doorknob and was about to turn it. She stood there shocked with her mouth hung wide open. Seeing he was about to leave she decided to speak...
"Oh by the way Xavier," she saw him turn but only his profile came into view,"I'm pregnant." She noticed his body jerk and his eyes widenwith shock.
I'm sorry I didn't get to thank all the reviewers last chapter, I arrived home late and was a bit tired. Thanks to all the repeat reviewers and the new ones: pixiepuff101, samuraigurl1213, Crimson Black, E-luusive. All you guys are great, and I'll try to keep up with this story. I just hope its not boring you to death yet. Thanks, again.