Allo, all! This is probably my favorite chapter! It's a song chapter to "Dirty Little Secrets" by All- American Rejects. I think this song fit the situation pretty well.
btw- Kori is a flyer in the cheer squad. It will come in handy if you know this. If you don't know what a flyer is, it is a girl that gets thrown up into the air and sometimes holds up like signs or stuff. Does that make any sense? o.O
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Chapter 8: Dirty Little Secrets
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-Let me know that I've done wrong
When I've known this all along-
Dick looked up in the large glass case that held the famous Rebel costume. It included a solid white tux with a "Jump City Rebels" shirt underneath, a cane, an oversized head with a white beard, and an oversized cowboy hat. He slipped the suit on and relaced his black converse. He slipped the oversized head on over his own and put the cowboy hat on top.
-I go around a time or two,
Just to waste my time with you-
He stared at himself in the mirror and wondered if Gar, Vic, and Rae were distracting Kori.
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Gar and Raven stood with Kori as the other cheerleaders stretched in small groups talking and laughing to themselves.
"Where is the mascot? Isn't he usually here before the game starts?" Kori said, completely oblivious to the irony of her question.
Gar and Raven exchanged glances, "Uhh….."
-Tell me all that you've thrown away,
Find out games you don't wanna play,-
Kori raised an eyebrow. Why was everyone acting so weird; first Dick, then Vic, now Gar and Raven? She remembered when she tried to speak to Dick a few hours before.
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-Flashback-
Dick kept eyeing the clock during study hall; the last class he had with Kori at the end of the day. Kori noticed his frequent glances, and whispered. "Is there something you're hiding from me?"
She had only meant it as a joke, but Dick began stammering madly, "N-n-no! Why w-would you think s-s-something like that!"
Hurt filled her eyes, and he saw this, "I didn't mean anything it was just a joke…" she mumbled.
Dick hung his head in shame, and turned away and left as the bell rang.
-End Flashback-
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-You are the only one who needs to know-
She knew he was keeping something from her. She frowned wondering what it could be, hoping it wasn't anything serious.
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Dick twirled the cane in his finger tips like a baton. "I guess I should go out there," he said to himself. He stopped twirling the cane and looked at the door. He pushed the huge doors apart and light spilled in over him, blinding him for a few seconds.
-I'll keep you my dirty little secret,
(Dirty little secret)-
He leaned his shoulder back as he took long strides in his sagging white pants, and used his cane to bring his shoulder back up. He kept this pattern up, just like he had see the previous "Rebel" do. The crowd of overly excited seniors made a bridge for him to walk under with their arms as they chanted "Rebel, Rebel!" over and over. Dick smiled behind the oversized head and ran through there hands.
-Don't tell anyone or you'll be just regret,
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret….-
When he came to the end of the bridge he continued running, threw the cane down, and completed a roundoff back tuck, which made the crowd cheer even more. But as Dick was in midair the oversized head had almost fallen off.
"Ack! Gotta watch that." he said to himself as he picked up the cane he had thrown down, and walked over to the cheerleaders. Some cheerleaders gave cat calls as he did his Rebel walk to them and struck a pose.
"Hello, ladies!" he said making his voice sound deeper.
The cheerleaders giggled as he his arms around two of their shoulders.
-Who has to know?-
"Maybe if I act out of character they won't know its me." he thought.
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Kori looked away from Gar and Raven to see the mascot running into a roundoff back tuck. Her eyes widened, "The mascot has never done that before." She said to Raven and Gar, who were just as shocked, if not more, than she was.
"I didn't know he could do tha-OOF!" Gar didn't finish his sentence as he was elbowed in the side by Raven. She glared at him.
Kori ignored them and stared harder at the mascot. Something seemed oddly familiar about him. As he landed the big head almost flew off, revealing a few black spikes. The mascot quickly pulled the head down and walked toward the track.
-When we live such fragile lives, it's the best way we survive-
Raven and Gar still stood off to the side on the track. Gar was hoping that he would get to warn Dick that Kori was getting suspicious, but with Dick currently "hitting" on two of the other cheerleaders it would be a little difficult.
"We need to warn him, Rae."
"I know, but how can we when he's flirting with the other cheerleaders?"
"Umm…just get him to meet me behind the bleachers."
"How do I-"
"Just think fast!" Gar said and ran into the crowd of teens.
Raven simply growled and looked around to see what would help her; she then spotted something that just might work…
-I go around a time or two, just to waste my time on you-
The two cheerleaders giggled and watched "the Rebel" show off by walking on his hands.
"Excuse me."
All three turned around to see Raven holding a camera and a pad of paper. "I need to borrow Mr. Rebel for a sec', it's for the yearbook."
The two cheerleaders looked at each other. "Sure thing!" one of them said, and they both walked off to join the stretching circle.
Dick landed and walked toward Raven. "So, how am I doing?"
"We can't really talk, people might get suspicious. But, Gar wants you to meet him underneath the bleachers."
"Alright. Thanks, Rae," Dick said and walked toward the bleachers.
"Anytime," she said and walked back to her post.
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-Tell me all that you've thrown away-
Dick searched around under the dark bleachers until he found his blonde and green haired friend. He jogged up to him and made sure no one was looking as he slipped "the Rebel" head off.
"Hey, man, what's up?" Dick said panting. It was really hot under that over sized head.
"You need to try to lay low. I think Kori is starting to catch on."
"What! How?"
"She's a smart chick, I guess. But take it easy out there; you still have to play in the game after this.
"Thanks Gar." Dick said and slipped the head back on.
They high-fived and Gar smirked "Love ya dearly, not queerly, man."
"Haha! Right back at ya." Dick turned and jogged back toward the track, but not before he heard Gar yell.
"And stop flirting with all the cheerleaders!"
-Find out games you don't wanna play.
You are the only one that needs to know-
Dick smiled under the head and made his way to the cheerleaders who were getting ready for a dance they had been practicing.
"Good thing I've memorized the dance from watching Kori for so long." He thought smugly to himself.
He positioned himself in the back of the three rows of five cheerleaders. He looked down at the end of the row in front of him. There was Kori, with the plastic smile she put on just for games. There was no telling what she was really thinking inside.
The music started to blast from the speakers around the stadium, removing him from his thoughts and wrapping around his ear drums.
-I'll keep you my dirty little secret,
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret-
He moved in beat with the others bringing his arms together, up, left, and right with the cheerleaders, and listened to the words of the song.
- (Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret,
Who has to know?-
The girls moved together, preparing to throw the flyers. Dick simply swayed to the beat and spun his cane.
- The way she feels inside (inside)-
Four girls at the base threw Kori into the air so she could stand on one foot in perfect formation. Dick spun around quickly and threw his cane into the air, catching it as he faced the crowd again.
-Those thoughts I can't deny (deny)-
Four more girls threw another flyer into the same formation as Kori. Dick completed a back flip, but not before he made sure the head was securely on. The lyrics to the song were lying heavy on his heart, but excitement and energy from the crowd urged him to continue.
-These sleeping dogs won't lie (won't lie)-
One last flyer was thrown into the same formation as the other two and all stood on one leg with perfect balance. All three stretched their one good leg up by their ears. Dick cartwheeled forward and bowed.
-And all I've tried to hide-
All three flyers placed their lags down and twirled free from the hands of the girls at the base, only to be caught safely, all in perfect sync.
-It's eating me apart-
Dick stood up and moved back to his original spot along with the other cheerleaders.
-Trace this line back-
The girls started a clapping break down routine. Dick, lost in the music, started to break dance.
-I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret),
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret)-
He spun on his head, down to his side and struck a pose. The crowd went insane!
-I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)-
The music started to fade and Dick stayed in his pose. All the cheerleaders threw their pom-poms in the air; they each did a front hand-spring and caught their pom-poms as they landed.
-My dirty little secret-
The crowd roared! An exciting tension hung in the air, as the football teams proceeded to start the first quarter.
Dick stood up and ran with the cheerleaders and jumped around with them. One of them clumsily smacked him in the head. Making the over sized head slide off of part of his face, exposing one of his ice blue eyes. He gasped and quickly covered his face once again.
-Dirty little secret,
Dirty little secret-
Kori saw the slip up and was frozen at her spot. She knew that eye. It hypnotized her with its beauty every time she was in the same room with it. The now masked mascot looked directly at her, and as if in shock walked quickly to a secluded part of the track.
-Who has to know?-
She slowly followed the mascot. There he stood before her. She was scared; she didn't really know why, but it was quite intimidating to stand this close to the Rebel.
"Who are you?" the words flowed from her mouth before she could stop them.
He hesitated made a noise that sound like a sigh.
"Why don't you find out for yourself……"
She swallowed hard and slipped her hands behind his neck to unbutton the giant head. She slid the back of the head up and toward her and watched as the once concealed black spikes and familiar blue eyes were right in front of her….
….and standing right in front of her was Dick Grayson….
-Who has to know?-
The over sized head fell from her hands to the pavement with a thud…
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Please don't hurt me! I know that was a terrible cliffhanger, but it seemed like a decent place to leave off. I'm SO sorry it took me so long to post this, but we had exams and then Christmas and New Years had me either franticly running everywhere or being lazy ;
So, yeah….that's my excuse…if anyone's confused about something in this chapter I would be more than happy to answer it. So…..I guess that's all I have besides-
MERRY BELATED CHRISMAHANAKWANZAKA!
And-
HAPPY NEW YEAR!