A/N your reviews inspired me to write this next chapter! Thank you so much for your reviews, remember I'm open for more!

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So on with the story!

Sweet Scent
Chapter: 2

Changed Feelings
By: xStarfirex

Richard listened to his ipod nano in the back seat of the car. Alfred was dropping him off at Summer's house. Summer lived in a townhouse on the other side of town.

"We have arrived, Master Richard," announced Alfred as soon as they reached a tan colored building.

"See ya later, Alfred," said Richard as he got out and Alfred drove away.

"Baby!" yelled an annoying but girlish high-pitched voice of a female. She wore a black mini skirt, a matching halter top, and matching high-heels.

"Hey Summer," Richard said in a monotone voice, as if he wasn't very excited to see his girlfriend. He wore jeans, a blue polo, a leather jacket, and converse sneakers.

"Ok, so I, like, picked this perfect restaurant we could have a romantic dinner at."

"Um…ok."

"Come on, it's, like, only a few blocks away, let's walk there."

"Yeah, whatever."

They were walking on the sidewalk. Summer was going to take Richard's hand to hold on to, but Richard immediately put his hands in his pockets. They arrived at the restaurant in just five minutes. Richard was a little surprised she chose that restaurant. There were so many other restaurants to choose from, why did she have to choose that?

"Here we are! I love this restaurant! Island Beach Restaurant!" announced Summer.

"Déjà vu," Richard quietly said to himself.

"Your waiter or waitress will serve you in a minute," said the lady who seated them.

"Yeah I know," said Summer impatiently.

"Baby, its cold," complained Summer, as soon as the lady left.

"Why didn't you bring a jacket?" asked Richard.

"I didn't think I would be, like, this cold."

"Too bad then."

"Aren't you going to offer me your comfortable leather jacket like other nice boys?"

"Hmm…….I'm actually comfortable in this jacket, so…….no."

"Hmph!"

In a few minutes, their waiter or waitress came. The person who served them shocked Richard. It was someone he'd least expect.

"Good evening, I'll be your waitress tonight. What drinks would you like? And would you like to start out with some appetizers?" asked the waitress.

Richard didn't look up, but he knew that sweet scent anywhere.

"Kory?" said Richard.

"Richard?" said Kory.

"Who is this?" asked an impatient Summer.

"Summer this is Kory, my friend, Kory this is Summer, my girlfriend," said Richard.

"Hi. Nice to meet you," said Kory, holding out her hand.

"Yeah, sure, whatever, so are you going to take our orders or what?" asked Summer.

"Summer!" Richard gave her a 'be nice' glare.

"What? How did you meet her anyway?" she asked.

"I met her this morning, we bumped into each other and sort of became friends," Richard explained. Summer gave Kory a mean look and examined her, head to toe.

"She's ok, but not as perfect as me," bragged Summer. Richard rolled his eyes and began talking to Kory.

"So, what are you doing here, Kory?" asked Richard.

"I work here. I get lunch here for free cuz I'm the assistant manager/waitress," Kory explained.

"No wonder they never gave us the check earlier."

"Correct."

"What check? And what "us"?" questioned Summer.

"Well, Kory and I had lunch here earlier," explained Richard.

"Lunch? You two had lunch here? Together? Without me? Alone? That's why you missed our lunch date? You had to have lunch with this tramp?" yelled Summer and pointing to the innocent Kory.

"Kory, can you come back in a few minutes?" asked Richard and Kory simply nodded and walked off.

"She's not a tramp. She's my friend and I have every right to have lunch with anyone I want," said Richard.

"Who says you have a right to have lunch with anyone you want? Ever hear of 'girlfriend's permission'? That means you don't get to have lunch with anyone else unless I approve!" argued Summer.

"I don't need your approval. Ever hear of 'Civilian's rights'? That means I have the right to do anything I want. I can go out of town without you. I can stay up with my friends, partying at clubs without you. I can also have lunch with anyone, without you."

Summer was now fuming. She threw down her napkin and ran outside. Who cares what she does next?

Kory was only a few feet from Richard. She had heard every word they said. Richard stood up for Kory. Twice now. What was happening? Kory silently smiled and inside she knew she had met a true best friend. She walked towards Richard.

"Are you ok?" she asked him.

"I'm fine, but I bet she's not," Richard responded.

"Why don't you go after her and make up?"

"Because I don't want to. I don't know why, but something inside me is saying that I don't love her as much as I used to. This is a new feeling for me and I don't know what to do." Kory sat down where Summer was sitting and took Richard's hands. He was a little surprised at first, but the feeling soon faded.

"Listen to your heart, wherever it takes you. People's feelings change over time and that's normal. It just means that she wasn't the right girl. Who knows? Maybe the right girl is someone you'd least expect," said Kory. 'Wise words. Maybe it is someone I least expect. But who?' Richard thought to himself.

"You must be hungry, I'll get you something to eat," said Kory and in a few minutes came back with a platter.

"Thank you, but why are you doing this for me?" questioned Richard.

"Because that's what friends do. They help each other."

"Thank you, best friend," and with that Richard ate his platter while Kory was smiling. She was happy to be called 'best friend'. Especially by someone she'd met this morning.

Richard lay in his bed, tossing and turning. It was now 11pm and he couldn't sleep. His mind kept flashbacking into the events that happened earlier in the restaurant. He sat up and sighed. 'I have to get my thoughts straight' he thought. Then he changed into jeans, a black shirt, and his black leather jacket. He decided to take a walk and clear his mind. He walked towards Jump City Park and with every step he took, he pictured Kory in his mind. He loved her sweet scent. Come to think about it, he loved her smile, her hair, her eyes, everything that made her her. 'Why do I get so nervous around her? Why am I trying to impress her? Why did I disrespect Summer? Why is it that whenever I'm around her, I feel complete? NO! I met this morning, that can't be! Is it love? Maybe it was love at first sight? I'm sure this feeling with eventually fade' Richard thought as he made his way to the swings. But he was wrong, oh how he was wrong.

He sat on one of the swings. He swung himself a little and started thinking some more. 'Last year, I met Summer at the beach. She was practicing her surfing skills, boy did she SUCK! I arrived there just on time to see her wipeout. I waited for her head to pop out of the water. When it didn't, I panicked. I just jumped into the water and swam after her. I pulled her on shore and did a mouth-to-mouth. When she opened her eyes, I just instantly fell in love with her. Now, it's as if I don't love her anymore. Kory told me she might not be the one. Maybe she's right' as Richard was thinking this, the image of Kory's face popped into his mind, 'Maybe I love………' but his thoughts were interrupted by a gust of wind carrying chills down his spine. He checked his watch and it read 11:40am. He had been thinking for a little over half an hour.

Flashback

Richard had just arrived at the beach. He was wearing swimming trunks with flames at the bottom. He had no idea why he was at the beach. But lately, he had been having this feeling he should come. He looked on the horizon and caught glimpse of a beautiful blonde headed girl with blue eyes. She was surfing on quite a large wave. After a few minutes, she fell off. Richard's eyes went wide as he waited for her head to pop out of the water. He waited for about three minutes and, without thinking, jumped into the water. He searched for her body and finally found it gradually sinking to the bottom. He swam after her and brought her on shore. When her eyes wouldn't open, he did a mouth-to-mouth. She recovered consciousness and looked up to see a slick black spiky-headed boy with blue eyes. She smiled at him and he smiled back. She sat up and asked what had happened.

"You were drowning," Richard said. Who knew three words can make a girl panic?

"I was? Oh my god! Thank you so much for saving me!" I girl said.

"No problem."

"By the way, my name is Summer Kitten Moth."

"Kitten?"

"Yeah, my middle name. My father nicknamed me Kitten for some I-don't-care reason. Hey, haven't I seen you somewhere?"

"Yeah, I'm Richard Grayson."

"Grayson……oh right! You're the heir to the Wayne Enterprises, I remember you! I always see you on tv."

"Yup, that's me."

"Hey, it's, like, really hot, wanna get something to drink?"

"Sure."

'Summer Kitten Moth……what a ……..unique name. She has blue eyes, too. (sigh) I wish she'd have emerald eyes though. I would totally fall for a girl with green eyes. She actually looks kinda……cute. I mean……she looks…….hot……get a grip, Richard! She probably already has a boyfriend. I mean she's so pretty and all that it's probably hard for her to stay single. Why do I suddenly have interest in knowing if she has a boyfriend or not? What is wrong with me?' Richard thought as they walked to a small bar. They ordered their drinks and tried to make conversation.

"So what's it like being famous?" Summer suddenly asked.

"Well, the paparazzi follow you everywhere, it gets pretty annoying," he responded.

"Do you like being famous?"

"Not really. I mean sometimes popularity has its rewards."

"Like what?"

"Like discounts on every single thing I buy."

"Must be great."

"Yeah, but I really don't need all this money. And plus, I only have three wishes in life."

"What are they?"

"I wanna finish school, find the girl of my dreams, and get away from Jump City. Maybe go back to Gotham where I was born."

"Girl of your dreams?"

"Yeah. I wanna find love." 'And I think I already found her' Robin thought as he gazed upon Summer.

"What a coincidence, I'm trying to find a boyfriend too, my ex broke up with me to be with some slut."

"Oh."

"Yeah, so I thought the beach might be a good place to look."

"Hey, do you wanna go have lunch sometime?"

"You mean like a date?"

"Well, you could say that, I guess."

"Ok, I'll go on a date with you, Richard Grayson."

Words couldn't express the feeling Richard felt at that exact moment. For the remainder of the day, he got ready for his big date with Summer. She had given him her address so he would pick her up.

7pm

Richard took his silver Ferrari to Summer's place on the other side of town. At exactly 7pm, Richard picked her up. She wore a black spaghetti strap dress.

"Where are you, like, taking me, Richard?" Summer asked.

"Somewhere. You'll see."

Twenty minutes later, they were in front of Stargazer restaurant (A/N you may have noticed in most of my stories, this restaurant is always there. Sorry about that, I just love that restaurant).

"Stargazer? But this place is impossible to get in unless you make a reservation a day before, and the prices are high!" said Summer in astonishment.

"I'm Richard Grayson, remember"

When they got in the restaurant, paparazzi immediately took pictures of them. They were seated by the window with an ocean view. Even though it was night, they can still see the bay and the full moon.

For the next two hours, they ate, talked, and laughed. Richard dropped her off at her house and guess what…they have another date.

Richard got home at around 10pm. He was exhausted. He even scored her phone number and email address.

"What a day! I met a hot girl at the beach and even went on a date with her! All in one day! I'm the luckiest guy on earth. Maybe I should take her to the movies on our next date" Richard silently thought to himself.

Guess what…they actually did go to the movies for their next date. Richard even scored a kiss…on the lips! It was official, they were a couple. Magazines had a picture of them kissing with headlines like 'Sorry girls, but Richard Grayson is taken!', 'Richest Bachelor makes his move', or 'Could this be the girl Richard has wanted all along?' Summer and Richard didn't care one bit about the headlines, all they knew is that they were in love. Every weekend they would go out. They never had a week where they didn't see each other. No! That was impossible for them. They even went to New York for a week to celebrate their 1st anniversary as boyfriend/girlfriend. Richard was overjoyed. Love was the only thing he wanted out of life. And he found it. He vowed to himself to love her, day and night.

End Flashback

It was now 12:30am and Richard was still on the swings. His thoughts were interrupted by a smell. Actually more like perfume.

"That sweet scent just follows me everyone, doesn't it?" Richard whispered to himself.

"Hi Kory," he said out loud, not even looking up.

Kory came out of the bushes.

"Hey Richard, fancy seeing you here. How did you know it was me?" Kory asked.

"Easy," he simply said.

Kory sat on the swing next to him and began rocking herself.

"What are you doing here so late at night?" Richard asked.

"Actually, it's morning. I woke up and I couldn't fall asleep again, so many thoughts ran through my mind. I thought I might take a walk in the park," Kory said.

"It's dangerous to be out her alone at night."

"I know, but I've only done it a couple of times. What are you doing here?"

"Same as you, I had a lot on my mind."

"Like what?"

"Summer."

"Are you having seconds thoughts about your relationship?"

"Maybe, I don't know. I was thinking if I should breakup with her or not."

"Listen to your heart," Kory reminded him. Richard smiled and swung himself a little higher.

"I'm listening, but my heart is beating to fast and loud for me to hear anything." Richard thought to himself. He looked over at Kory, who didn't seem to notice. She was lost in her thoughts. What Richard didn't know was that Kory was thinking the exact same thing. She was also thinking about Richard.

To be continued…

A/N that was kinda short for me. Hoped you liked it! I am soooo sorry I couldn't update sooner, my comp had a virus. I'll try to update faster now. Don't forget to review!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

xStarfirex