Chapter 3
Richard looked down at Kori. She looked so peaceful-happy, just as he had remembered her to be. "I just…don't know what to do. Kori…I'm so confused." Suddenly Kori's grip on his hand got tight. "Huh what?" he look at Kori. She looked like she was in pain.
Suddenly the heart monitor that was beeping rhythmically in the back round began to beep faster. "Kori!" Richard looked at it and knew immediately that something was wrong. He rushed out of the room to get a doctor.
The doctor and two nurses rushed in. "I'm sorry sir; you'll have to wait outside." Richard wanted to be with Kori, but knew that she was more important and the doctors and the nurses needed to keep their attention on her.
Richard listened at the door and only heard muffled voices. Then reality set in when he heard the doctor yell "Hurry, she may flat line."
Richard's eyes widened.
Raven looked at the ripples in the water as she dried the tears falling in streams down her face with her coat sleeve. Raven was at the docks standing on the edge of the pier. She wasn't going to jump or anything, she wasn't going to kill herself.
She experienced pain before, this was nothing knew. She knew the feeling of rejection, all too well. She pulled up her coat sleeve and then her shirt sleeve and looked at her arm. It was covered in scars from her many attempts to make the pain go away. She ran her hand up and down her right arm.
She never cut herself to deep, just enough to feel the pain. She did stop…eventually with Kori's help. But she was considering going back. She grabbed her head and shook the thought away. With shaking hands she reached inside her coat pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. She lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply. Then began to cry. She rested on the pier and just…cried.
A man was watching her concerned. He walked very slowly and softly so as not to frighten the poor girl. She just looked so upset…being the caring person he was he decided to make sure she was okay.
"Hey…um are you okay?" He looked at her back. Startled Raven jumped up and dropped her cigarette in the ocean. "Yes" she said quickly whipping her tears away from her red stained cheeks. "I'm fine." She said still shaking.
He reached out a hand. "I'm Garfield, Garfield Logan." Raven reached for his hand and grasped it. "I'm Raven..." she sniffed in a continued "Raven Roth."
Richard was sitting in a hospital chair with his head in his hands. 'What if I lose her?' That one dreadful thought ran constantly through his head. Suddenly the doctor can out.
"Howisshe?" Richard asked in a rush. He just wanted to know that Kori was alright. "She's stabilized." The doctor replied in a stain voice. "And yes you may go see her." Richard thanked the doctor and then rushed in to the hospital room.
Kori was in the hospital bed quietly sleeping with the sound of the now steady heart monitor in the back round. "Thank g-d." Richard breathed in relief. "Uh… what?" Kori began to mumble and stir. Richard rushed over to her. "Kori how do you feel?" "What has happened?" Kori asked confused. "I'll tell you anything you want to know as long as you're okay." Richard said with a comforting smile. "Richard" "Yeah?" "Where is Raven?"
"So what happened?" Raven and Garfield sat in a booth at a restaurant overlooking the Pier. "It's a long story." Raven said looking down at her cup of herbal tea slightly embarrassed. For some reason she didn't feel like telling Garfield about her guy troubles.
After eating at the restaurant Raven went outside and took out a cigarette. Garfield, after graciously offering to pay the check stood outside with her. "You know you should quit." Garfield said looking out toward the water. "I know I should" said Raven looking down. "My friends are always telling me that." "Kori in particular." "Kori?" Garfield said. That name sounded so familiar. "Anders" Raven told him. "Kori Anders?" she sings at my bar. "Really? That's where she goes every night." "Yeah she's really really talented." Gar replied. "She's…in the hospital." "What! Why?" "She passed out of mal-nutrition a few hours ago." "If she's in the hospital then why are you here?" "I couldn't stay." Raven said shaking her head to get rid of the memory of hearing Richard. But for some reason it didn't hurt so much now that she met Garfield.
Richard told Kori what had happened. "I am, sorry" Kori said looking down ashamed. "Don't apologize to me." Richard told her. "I'm just glad your okay." "I need to call Roy." Kori suddenly said staring straight at the door wide eyed. Richard raised an eyebrow but handed her his cell phone.
Kori dialed the number and waited to hear his voice. But it never came only the answering machine. She didn't bother to leave a message.
She handed the phone back to Richard. "He wasn't there?" Richard asked. "No" Kori said bluntly. "He's a very busy man, with many responsibilities." Kori said defending him even thought she knew it was a lie, he never had time for her. "That's know excuse he should have time for you." Richard said a bit angry now. How could this guy ignore her? Her! Kori! "He's just-" Kori stopped as the door began to open.
Raven and Gar walked through the hospital room door. While Gar rushed over to Kori to make sure she was okay. Raven came up to Richard. She looked up at him and said "I know…and we need to talk."
PLEASE R&R
Chapter 4:
Raven talks to Richard.
"Richard Grayson meet Roy Harper."
