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Kori's POV

The lovely couple walked into the vast library where they found Babs exploring the books on the shelves. At the sound of their footsteps she turned sharply and stared not expecting to see Richard's companion, Kori. If anything the sudden change from her grinning lips to now sullen frown should have told him she wasn't happy to see her. She made a quick glance at their hands, which were intertwined, and made an effort not to roll her eyes.

"Hey Babs. I wasn't expecting you, is something wrong?" Richard asked with an uneasy enunciation.

"No Dick what makes you think anything is wrong?" she questioned with a quick temper.

He checked his watch and raised an brow. "Well it's 8:15 and I just thought something happened with your Dad."

"He's fine Dick. He'll be out tomorrow, thankfully."

"I'm glad he's going to be fine. I was hoping…" Kori was cut off by an impatient Babs.

"Actually I wasn't expecting to run into you uh…Kori, right?" she stated.

"Yeah we haven't been formally introduced." Kori took out her hand for Babs to shake. Babs looked at her hand as if she didn't understand the gesture but ultimately made a move to shake it.

"Barbara. Barbara Gordon." she said not making eye contact. The only thing her eyes were focused on was Richard. He suddenly felt like a fish out of water.

"Well actually I just came over to apologize to you Dick." His eyes bugged out and wanted to stab an end to this conversation quickly.

"Uh…don't worry about it Babs…" he stuttered with his heart racing wishing Kori had remained in his room.

"Why what happened?" Kori looked to Richard worriedly.

Babs looked to Richard then Kori and turned back to him with disbelief. "You mean you didn't tell her?"

"Tell me what?" she tilted her head to her side in confusion. Something was wrong but she didn't know what.

"You know my throat is so dry. Dick why don't you go get us something to drink." Babs requested. She noticed how Richard had remained immobile, hesitant to leave them alone. "Please." she added. A nervous Richard left the room almost tripping over the threshold on the way out due to his anxiety.

"Barbara what is this about?" she looked to her with skeptic eyes. Babs began pacing the room considering how in the world to tell her.

"There is no easy way to put this so I'll just come out and say it. I almost kissed Richard this morning when he came to see me." she uttered quickly.

"What! What do you mean almost." she narrowed her eyes at her. "Did he kiss you?"

"No! That's just the thing, he didn't. He couldn't!" She saw her hurt expression and hated herself. "By the time he knew what I was doing, he moved in time and I kissed his cheek."

Kori looked towards the door wanting to see Richard at the moment. "Look Kori, it was nothing. He told me he really, really liked you and wasn't going to do anything to ruin your relationship. And he meant it."

"If it was really nothing then why didn't he tell me about it?" Kori fumed.

"Because he was scared. He won't admit it but he's scared of losing you. I've never seen him act like this with anyone, not even me." Babs sighed dejectedly.

"Dick and I have always had each other since we were kids. But even when we dated, we couldn't feel that magnetism for each other. For awhile I thought it was just me, then I realized he felt the same way. But then he got with you and he felt things he never felt with anyone else. And I guess I was just jealous. I'm sorry if I hurt you or hurt his chances with you, but it wasn't his fault." After a long silence, Babs began to feel worry along with guilt.

"Don't worry. I don't blame you." she uttered softly.

"He didn't mean…huh…you mean you don't want to rip my eyes out?" she said quite shocked.

"Richard just has that affect on women, I guess. And the cutest thing is he doesn't even know it sometimes." she giggled. "But I understand your feelings for him. It's only natural to feel that way about someone you've grown to love."

There was a soft knock at the door before it opened. In walked Richard with two bottled waters. "So…is everything alright?" he said with uncertainty.

"Everything's great." Kori smiled as she grabbed a bottle from his hands. Relief started sweeping Richard from head to toe. Maybe Babs didn't tell her after all.

"I think I'll take this to go." She grabbed her bottle from Richard and started walking to the door. Before she exited she said one last statement, "Kori just remember what I said, Ok?"

"It's all in there." she joked pointed to her head. Babs said her goodbyes and left.

"So what happened?" he scratched the back of his neck nervously.

"Never mind that, why didn't you tell me?" Kori smirked avoiding his question.

"So she told you. I don't know why but I should've, it's just that…"

"You know what don't explain, she already did. I don't like it but I understand why you didn't. It's just that I want you to be able to tell me anything and everything, no matter what it is." she kissed his neck delicately tickling his senses.

"Alright, I got it. But now," he grinned sexily, "didn't I promise you we'd finish something…" he winked as he picked her up bridal style sprinting to his room.

Kori's POV

Now it was Monday. It was a shiny but serene morning which was soon clouded by the notion that school was going to begin in about twenty minutes. Richard had drove while Kori slept tiredly in the passenger seat. Let's just say, they had good reason to be tired. The weekend was an beguiling one. They had finally shared their first intimate moment together and Kori relished in his expertise.

After sharing their first period together, they reluctantly separated for their next class. The morning was passing by swiftly to all the student's pleasure. Thunderous racket was heard throughout the halls busy with teens.

Kori was at her locker gathering her books for Language Arts trying to drown out the noise coming from Terra who was chatting about a guy she had met at the mall.

"Don't you think so Kor?" she asked.

Kori looked up suddenly from her backup to face her. "Huh?" she said innocently. She became aware of her two friends staring oddly at her. She was about to ask what was wrong, when she was startled by two hands that went to cover her eyes playfully. She smiled thinking Richard was the culprit…

"Guess who?" he said, only this was not Richard's voice. It was so familiar though but she couldn't place it.

She went to feel his hands and turned in the process to face him. Her eyes widened hugely and her jaw dropped to the floor.

"Oh my God! Conner?" her face seemed frozen with surprise. Still wondering if she was right, she looked at him up and down. He had grown up dramatically.

"So you do remember me." he smiled sweetly at her. Immediately she went to give him a great bear hug. "Hey Kori, it's been a long time, hasn't it?" his voice had also matured over the years.

"What…when did you get here?" she shouted still smiling immensely. This was Conner, her longtime friend Conner, her very first boyfriend Conner.

"Yesterday. We just moved back to Gotham City. Donna told me you switched academies. Do you know how long I've been roaming this school looking for you?" Conner stated looking over to her friends who were in shock. He also noticed how Terra could not stop drooling at his appearance. Conner was a physically handsome guy.

"Are these your friends?" he motioned his head in their direction.

"Oh yeah, sorry." she giggled putting her hand to her mouth, a cute animation. "This is Bee and that's Terra." he waved to them but all the girls could do was blush, yes even Bee who was grateful Vic wasn't around.

"Hey Con…ner." Terra stuttered while Bee shook his hand savoring his skin.

"So what did you mean it's been a long time?" Bee said looking at Conner.

"Well Conner and I used to go to Gotham Elite together. Remember that private school I used to go to before I came here." The girls nodded in understanding.

"Actually we were friends long before that. She was my first girlfriend too." he laughed at the memory.

"So you guys were together, how long?" Terra said with mock disappointment.

"Well we together for about six months but then he had to move. And that was four years ago when we were thirteen." Kori said glancing at Conner once and awhile.

"Thirteen? It's been four years since you've seen each other?" they nodded their heads choosing not to respond in words.

Richard's POV

Richard had walked out of his third period class with Wally and Jinny trailing behind him. "Wally who cares who's faster, the twins were just screwing with you." Richard said bringing his hand to his forehead in frustration.

"Whoa who's the cutie?" asked Jinny who was pointing to the new student. "And what's with the red letterman jacket he's wearing?"

Richard looked to see an enormously muscular teen who was creeping slowly behind Kori. He was obviously signaling to Bee and Terra with a finger to his mouth indicating a 'shhh' motion. Just as he was close enough he placed his hands over her eyes. Who the hell is this guy? Richard was about to march over wondering if this guy was aimed at hurting Kori.

"Stop man. He knows her, see." Wally placed an arm in front of him to stop. Then he saw Kori embrace him, both with a hundred watt smile plastered on their faces. Richard took notice of how he towered over her consciously aware of how tall he was. At least six feet tall, a big difference to Richard's 5'10". His hair was a dark midnight black and his alabaster skin seemed resilient almost as if nothing could hurt him. He already had enough to worry about with Xavier trying to take her, now he had to worry about this guy too.

Conner had unintentionally stopped the flow of female traffic and the boys took notice. There they stood gawking at the attractive teen.

"Richard!" he heard Kori calling over to him waving her hand also. After dismissing himself to his friends he walked over anticipating to find out who this new fellow was.

Kori quickly grabbed his hand and kissed his lips generously. Conner's grin faded just a smidge. Richard had placed an arm around her waist and kept a firm grip. He would catch Conner looking towards it but then would look away quickly.

"Conner this is Richard Grayson, my boyfriend. And this is Conner Kent, a very great friend of mine." she hugged her arms around Richard's chest, hoping they'd get along well.

"So you're the lucky guy who swept Kori off her feet?" he joked as he shook his hand as Richard made contact with his eyes. They were a very light blue which stood out thanks to his dark thick hair which was gelled with spiky tips. He looked at his Metra-Polis Academy letterman jacket which was adorned with multi-sports patches. He excelled in basketball, baseball, football, weightlifting and what looked like a track patch. Great he's a young superman and I'm a schmuck. Kori must be very proud.

"Well more like bumped into her and spilled food all over her clothes." he teased at her. Conner looked at the two in confusion not understanding his humor. "So how do you two know each other again?" Richard asked changing the subject.

"We were best friends growing up but I moved four years ago and now I'm back." he merely decided to skip the unnecessary details.

"Oh so you're reunited so to speak." Terra chimed in showing off her pearly whites.

"Yeah something like that." he looked uncertainly to her. She still held her love-struck smile at him causing him to shift around awkwardly. Then a cat call was heard behind them. "Who's the looker?" Kolette had arrived with Manny behind her, who was fuming.

The warning bell rang for fourth period and they gasped as they clearly forgot all about heading to class since meeting their newest visitor. "Shit we're going to be late again Kole. If I'm late again then it detention for my ass." Manny said as he grabbed her hand happy to get her away from the new stud.

"Well I don't want you to be late Kor, I just wanted to see you again. But maybe you can call me later, Donna knows the number. I'm at my old house again and we just got our stuff in. Maybe you can come by when we've settled." If he didn't know any better he could of sworn he saw Richard look a little uneasy. "Well maybe you can all come by. I'd like to meet your new friends too, so we can catch up with lost time."

After her seeing her friends agreeable faces, she nodded. "Ok. We'll be there." she smiled. Before leaving she went up to Conner. "I'm so glad you're back!" she said excitedly and went to embrace him. Richard saw him inhale her scent as she hugged him goodbye, and he closed his eyes almost reminiscing about her. She placed a soft kiss on his cheek and then turned to grab Richard's hand to lead him away.

"Again it was nice meeting you Richard." he shook his hand once again. Richard knew he shouldn't be angry. This was Kori's best friend. And Kori acted maturely when it came to Bab's admission of her feelings for him. She didn't go ballistic like many girls would have. He had to be a bigger man and realize there were always going to be guys who will want her for themselves but he had her. That was the important thing. And I trust her completely.

Richard's POV

"Tell me again how did I end up with a 'party at Richard's house' this weekend?" he mimicked in Vic's tone. He laid down in the middle of the recreational room with his arms behind his head. Kori sat on top of him straddling her legs along his thighs.

"One rule, never say anything about a party near Vic. It's like his weakness."

"Granted. Well thankfully Bruce will be out of town…so maybe he doesn't have to know." he said. "And I don't think Alfred would rat me out."

"I don't know, they can get pretty wild."

"In fairness to Bruce, this will probably be one of the most normal things I've done." he laughed. She looked down to him and impulsively kissed him square across the lips, something she found herself doing a lot of lately.

"So this Conner guy, did you guys ever you know…date?" he asked looking up from his horizontal position. Kori was a little caught off guard with his question, she bit her lip trying to look away. "Kori?"

"You know the relationship you have with Barbara? The kind that no matter where you go in life, or not see each other for years…they'll always be there. Because they are a part of you. Well it's kind of like that."

"Why are you scared to answer my question?"

"I'm not scared." she pouted. She rolled her eyes hating his question. "We did date. We were together for about six months before he had to move so we had to break up."

"So the only reason you two broke up was because he had to move, not because you didn't feel anything for each other. So you see it's not really like me and Babs." he slowly pulled Kori up from her position to get himself up. She stood up and saw how he seemed distracted.

"That was over four years ago Richard and we've grown up so much. And besides I don't feel for him that way anymore. Just trust me…the same way I trust you." she held her arms around his neck. Richard gazed down at her and kissed her soothingly across her lips.

"I do trust you Kori." He went to wrap an arm around her waist while the other stroked her hair softly. She stopped suddenly to say…

"Then prove it. Tell me something you've never told anyone before, ever." she grinned resting her head against his chest. Richard shifted uncomfortably in her arms pulling away. She had seen the saddened expression he had made and felt terrible.

"Look I'm sorry. That was stupid of me, just forget I said anything." she said joking nervously. Aftera minute of contemplating in his mind he turned his head straight ahead at her direction.

"No. Come on." he grabbed her hand and began leading her out of the room.

"Look Richard it's ok really." Richard wasn't paying attention to her words as he kept traveling with her clinging to his arm. "You don't have to tell me really." Still there was not a sound coming from him and she was getting worried. "Where are we going?" After some more walking he had led her back to his room. They entered and he let go of her hand and motioned to his bed.

"Sit down. I'm not going to tell you anything. I can only show you." he said opening his closet door and came out with a small wooden chest. He joined her on his bed and placed the chest in his laps and opened it up. He pulled out what appeared to be a picture. He viewed it awhile before handing it to her.

"It's a little old but we moved around all the time, we never really got around to taking many pictures. Besides we didn't have much money. It's the only one I had." She took hold of the black and white photo of what looked like a handsome older man and a beautiful woman. Along with them was a young child. They were dressed in a funny costume standing in front of an elephant. This is his family.

"Is that them?" she asked delicately touching the images as if the sudden contact would make them come to life.

"That's them." he stared sideways at the picture while she inspected it.

"And this is you?" she went to feel the image of the boy and looked to Richard.

"I was ten. It's one of my last memories of them. It was taken days before they died. Not even Bruce knows I have it." his downhearted face broke away from the picture and looked away. Kori grabbed his chin and turned his head to face her. His deep blue eyes were glassy but he was hell bent on not letting anyone ever see him cry, ever.

"Richard…I love yo..it." she motioned to the picture still in her hands. Jesus what was I about to say! Get ahold of yourself Kori. I've never loved any guy before in my life. Strong feelings, yes. Deep feelings, yes. But never love……until now.

"I miss them." he sighed sadly grabbing hold of the picture back. He continued to gaze at the old photo. Kori knew the feeling summoning up her own parent's image into her mind.

"Come here." she pulled him closer to her and he laid his head down onto her laps. She stroked his locks away from his face in a soothing manner. "I'll never let you be alone Richard. I promise." she whispered into his ear and placed a calm kiss his on the crown of his head. They remained in this state for the next half hour simply because Richard had fallen asleep engulfed in her warmth. Kori didn't mind though, she could stay like this for all eternity.

Kitten's POV

Kitten was at her vanity prepping herself up for her date with Fang. It really wasn't much of a date but more of a stop at the local make out place over at Sundance Lane. But she was overjoyed, not because of her approaching smoochfest. She had received word that Richard would be having a banging party this weekend. Although she wasn't orally invited, being Kori's good friend automatically made her invited.

The weeks that followed after Kori decided to steal Richard away from her, she was determined to make her pay. Kori wasn't satisfied with being one of the most popular girls in school, being rich, being what some consider to be beautiful, with having Xavier and then broke his heart, now she had Richard too. That bitch! I mean she knew I wanted Richie and she had to take him from me to prove a point.

She was tired of it. She was sick of it. She wasn't go to take it anymore. She was going to get Richard if it was the last thing she did. If only she had taken him when she had the chance. But he was an outcast, a social reject. Oh but now that he was with Kori, everyone wanted to know him.

She pulled out a small drawer from her vanity and took out a small black cylinder.

"This is all I will be needing." she sneered. "I can't wait to see her pretty face at that party." she scoffed.

Ok, I know this wasn't an interesting chapter but what can you do. Now in case you didn't know Conner is supposed to be Conner Kent A.K.A. Superboy. I decided to write him in at the spur of the moment.

But since I'm writing this for your enjoyment, I'd like to know if you would like Conner to be part of the 'I Want Kori' fan club. Or would you like for him to remain a good friend. I know some would like it to be the more the merrier but some would consider too many suitors to be overkill. So you decide and depending what gets the most votes will be how the story goes. But please private message your answer so the winner remains a secret. And the quicker the better so I can begin on the next chapter soon.

And now, a special thanks to all my loyal repeat reviewers, I love ya. (well not really but you get the point) and a new one too: -angelfire8972-