Chapter 7: One More Day…

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"So, he said 'yes'?" Raven asked with a rare smile.

"Ummhmm!" Kori shook her head madly with a grin.

"I knew he would."

Kori rolled her eyes. She and Raven were sitting together during their Spanish II class.

"I just hope he doesn't get hurt during the game," Kori said, worry now filling her green eyes.

"Oh don't worry, he won't" Raven said without taking her eyes off her homework, but a small smile still spread across her lips.

Kori raised an eyebrow, "Why are you being so optimistic today?"

"What, afraid I'm going to take your job?"

Kori frowned, "No, it's just unlike you."

"Heh, don't get used to it."

Kori sighed, "Yes, I feared such would happen,"

Raven let one last smile linger before she and Kori packed their stuff and walked into the crowded hallway.

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"AHHHHH-mff!"

"Would you shut up?!" Dick hissed as his hand covered Gar's mouth.

"Man, I can't believe she did it!" Vic stared wide eyed.

Dick had just told them that Kori had asked him to the homecoming dance. He finally released Gar's mouth.

"Dude! The world must be coming to an end! One of them finally did it!" Gar shouted with his hands gripping his blonde and green spikes.

Dick rolled his eyes but couldn't help but smirk at his friend's amazement. "Just how long have you been waiting for this to happen?"

Gar jumped in Dick's face, "Oh, um, probably the day you both met. Which was, what, two, three, maybe four years ago!"

Dick's eyes widened. Had it really been that obvious that he had loved her for so long? Apparently so.

"Oh, don't give us that look. You know it as well as we do that you've always been madly in love with her." Vic said leaning against the wall.

"….Yeah…….so….."

Vic and Gar smirked.

"So, how ya gonna add your date to the to-do list for homecoming night?" Gar asked.

"Well, guess we'll just have to be extra careful not to slip up," Dick shrugged sheepishly.

"Sweet," Gar said as he started to hum the Mission Impossible theme song.

"Heh heh," Vic laughed as he watched Gar sneak around the halls and weave through random kids as they gave him weird looks. "You don't look too scared for someone who could lose their social status in one wrong embarrassing move, not to mention being embarrassed in front of the girl he loves."

Dick frowned, "Well, when you say it like that-"

-he was interrupted by a couple of screams and a gasp.

"EEK!"

"ACK!"

gasp

Vic and Dick looked down to see Kori, Gar, and Raven in a big pile on the floor. Kori was lying on the bottom on her stomach with a red faced Gar on her back with an equally red faced Raven sitting on his lap.

She quickly moved away from him brushed the dirt off her shirt. She then offered a hand to Gar who gladly took it. He scratched the back of his neck still pink as he stuttered, "S-sorry 'bout that, Rae."

She just glared at him and muttered, "Whatever," still red in the face.

Meanwhile, Kori still layed in the floor with swirly eyes. She blinked and noticed a hand reaching for her to grab. She slid her small hand into the larger hand; it was a perfect fit. She looked up to meet the ice blue eyes of Dick. He smiled, "Hello, there."

"Hi. Thank you," she blushed still hypnotized by her eyes.

"Anytime…"

They stared at each other for what seemed like hours…..until the bell rang.

"Crap! I gotta go! Bye, guys!" Dick said as he let go of Kori's hand and ran down the hall.

Kori sighed happily as she walked away in the opposite direction. "Friday will be amazing…" she thought contently.

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Hooray! I'm trying to get this posted before I leave town for Thanksgiving. Have you guys tried out this nifty new message system? It's quite interesting. Thank you to linkinparkh2over for warning me about the review reply rule, hope you got my message! I'll try to have Chapter 8 up as soon as possible. It's still under construction...

Well, I better be off. I'm about to take a two hour trip.

HAPPY EARLIY TURKEY DAY!

-RobinRox13-