At last, here it is.
At two o'clock they were on the road and driving around. Richard was happy to get his bike out for a spin a show Jump City what his baby has got. Kori was just happy to get out of the house. After a while they decided on a change of plan: they were going to go sight seeing then go to the park after dinner with the guys. They saw all the sky scrappers and main buildings of the city. But that is not what Kori was thinking of.
.:With Kori:.
Ahhh, I always love riding with Richard on his bike. The feeling of being really close to Richard made her extremely happy.
.:With Richard:.
Ahhh, I always love riding on my bike. Just then, a guy cut across him in a red Ferrari with a unique license plate [[yeah, just guess. Crap, Richard thought. He swerved very fast to avoid the car and heard a squeal of surprise, excitement and a bit of fright coming form right behind him. He turned his helmet-covered head to address the girl behind him.
"Are you okay?" he asked. He realized just now that the swerve was kind of sudden and he forgot to warn his riding companion. He saw the twinkle of her eyes in her specialize helmet he got for her and realized that she was smiling.
"Yeah, just caught me off guard," Kori replied. He thought the he was going to hear along the lines of: "Don't you dare do that again!" Yet again, he was surprised; "Do that again, Richard!" He heard Kori say with excitement in her friendly suggestion.
"Okay! Hold on!!!" Richard warned her. He increased the speed, she tightened her hold on him and he swooned. He didn't know if it was that burst of speed or Kori. Whenever he rode with Kori, he was extra careful not to scare her like that but she liked those random bursts of speed. Wow, I didn't know that, Richard thought as her revved the motor again and her glorious laugh. He was smiling; I better to make sure that I do this more often.
They happened to ride on Richie's bike until they had to meet the others for dinner.
.:In front of Ricardo's:. [[Sorry for lack of creativity on the restaurant name
"That was so much fun!!! Why haven't you done that before, all those times I rode on your bike?" Kori said with a smile while trying to fix her horrible case of helmet hair.
"Well," Richard started, "I didn't know that you would like it. When ever I did that to my previous girlfriends, they hated it. And I also didn't want you to get hurt. So I only do that when I ride by myself."
"Oh contraire, my dear Richard," Kori said while reaching up and shaking his chin playfully, "that was so much fun and I liked it. We should do that again on your bike. Now, let's go in and meet the others." Richard opened the door for her a followed her in.
.:In the Restaurant:.
In the restaurant, they found their friends seated at their usual spot.
"What took you?" Vic asked. "You guys took so long that we ordered you food for you!!!" Vic said jokingly. Whenever they came here, they ordered the same thing every time; they have done that some many times, as soon as they walk in, the hostess gave the waiter the 'special nod' to let him know that they have arrived. Their group was well known here.
"Yeah, whatever," Richard said in good spirits. He and Kori took their spots among the gang seated around the table. They started eating and talking about the party.
"You guys got your invites today, right?" Kori asked while eating her dessert.
"Yep."
"Yes."
"Uh-huh"
"Yeah? Then Kori had a question for Karen and Vic.
"Hey Vic, Bee: can I see your invite?" Bee and Vic looked at her funny. Even so, Vic reached in his pocket and took out their invite.
"Why? Yours should say the same as ours," Vic said confusedly. He around the table for support and they all just gave him confused looks as well. But Kori ignored it and asked them another question.
"You guys only got one, right? Because you live together?" Kori asked taking the slip of paper from his hands and looking at the greeting while Vic and Bee nodded. Richard caught on then. He scooted over look and the letter. They read it at the same time and mouthed the words: Victor Stone and Karen Beecher… They looked up at each other, then to Vic and Bee.
"What the fuck?" Richard said. They had separate names on the invitation even though they have been living together for longer than they have.
"What the hell is the matter?" Vic said, somewhat losing his patience. Kori reluctantly, because she knew what their reaction was going to be, handed Vic their invite, while Richard put his head on the table. Vic read it aloud:
"Dear Richard and Kori Grayson you are cordially invited for the 400th anniversary of Wayne Enterprises…" Vic started reading and Gar cut him off.
"Dude, am I missing something? That is what my invite said," Gar said puzzled, and everyone nodded in agreement.
"Ok then, there is nothing wrong-" Kori said while trying to reach over the table to take the paper from Vic to avoid embarrassment. She was almost successful, until the listener picked out THE line: Rachel.
"Wait! Vic read the first line really slow."
"Um… okay. Dear… Richard… and …Kori… GRAYSON!!! Oh my effing gosh!!!" Vic exclaimed. They all burst out laughing, save Kori and Richard. Defeated, Kori reached over and took the paper from Vic. She joined Richard and put her head on the table. After the laughter subsided, Richard and Kori lifted their heads. Hopefully, they will forget this very soon, Kori and Richard thought. After they stopped laughing, they talked about other topics, like what stupid things Gar did today; they always had a good laugh about that. After they finished their meal, they split the bill, like they always do and said their goodbyes. Kori and Richard headed out the door and headed to the motorcycle. Kori noticed the sky was getting darker thanks to the clouds rolling in…
"Well… to the park now, right?" Kori asked. Richard nodded. They drove off on the bike.
.: At the park:.
They arrived at the park when it was already dark out: the sidewalk lights were on [[I would say that the moon was out also, but you know it s very cloudy. They got off the bike, took off their helmets and took a leisurely stroll through the park. They started on one of the main paths.
"Oooh! Look! An ice cream stand!!!" Kori exclaimed. She nearly ran to the stand and practically knocked it over in excitement.
"I haven't had ice cream since we came here!!!" Kori cried as she looked through her purse for a ten dollar bill. Then all of a sudden-
"One chocolate chip cookie dough and a mint chocolate chip, please," said Richard, smiling at Kori and forking over a twenty dollar bill. The ice-cream man got right on their order.
"Oh my gosh, paying for me again, Richard?" Kori said disbelievingly. She put away her wallet. "You shouldn't be spoiling me like this Richard; I could have paid for it you know." The ice cream man handed over their orders and handed Richard his change. Richard took the whole wad of change and stuck it in the tips box.
"Thank you, sir. You folks have a nice evening," the ice cream man said genuinely with a smile. Richard and Kori continued on their way around the park, ice cream in hand.
They had just finished their ice cream when they started talking about all the things they have experienced since coming to Jump City.
"Our place looks so good now that we have the furn -" Kori was interrupted when she heard the thunder echo throughout the sky. She looked up in the sky and let the raindrops pitter-patter on her head, while she tries to catch raindrops in her mouth. Richard chuckled at her kid-like nature. Kori splashes in the puddles and spins around with her eyes closed, enjoying the rain fall on her body.
.:With Richard:.
She looks so cute doing that… he just thinks that for a moment, while watching Kori. We have to get out of this rain… Kori might get sick.
"Kori?"
"Yeah?" Kori faces him.
.:With Kori:.
Holy crap. He looks so hot. She sighs inwardly. His red t-shirt is clinging to his perfectly sculpted body. His jet black hair is plastered to his face. He took off his sunglasses, well because obviously he can't see, to reveal his baby blue eyes. He is also dripping wet.
.:With Richard:.
Richard goes blank for a second. He looks at Kori and almost falls over.
[[you guys do remember what she was wearing, right? For those who don't, I'll recap in the next few sentences
Holy shit!!! Richard curses silently. Her gorgeous green eyes still sparkle, if not more in the rain. Her hair was sticking to her forehead and her shoulders. Kori shirt clung tight to her body, accentuating all her curves… more. What was not helping Richard was the fact that her white t-shirt is now, virtually, transparent. [[yeah, all you people, just imagine that. This sight made Richard feel a little hot in the face, despite the cold rain drops pouring on his head. He started stammering his next few words, then after a calming breath and a determination not to look down below Kori's face, he finally got his sentence out.
"Kori, we have to get home. You are gonna get sick," Richard said in a fatherly way. Kori chuckled.
"You worry too much Richard; lighten up," Kori lightheartedly said. She started spinning again. Richard sighed. Let's try plan B.
"We have to go home; my bike is gonna get ruined on the rain," he tried again. He sounded sort of pathetic, even to him using a lame excuse, but he was sort of distracted, if you catch my drift. [[he is not a pervert, well not a total pervert. He is still a guy. She stopped spinning and gave him a look saying something along the lines of, "are you serious?" or something like, "you got to get something better than that." She started spinning again without a word to Richard. Okay…plan C.
Richard started walking towards to spinning girl. She noticed this and stopped spinning waiting for him to what he was going to. He stopped right in front of her face. I didn't want to have to resort to this, but…
"Kori we have to go home." She looked playful.
"Why," she challenged. He smirked. He leaned down and put his face near her right ear.
"Are you forgetting what color shirt you are wearing?" Richard asked calmly. He moved back and watched her reaction.
.:With Kori:.
What is he talking about? Kori looked down and saw what he meant. My shirt is see-through!!!
She squealed and immediately hid behind Richard, grasping his wet shirt. She stood on tip toe and whispered into his ear, "You win," Kori said looking up at Richard. Richard smiled at her and Kori smiled back. They walked back to Richard's bike side by side, with Kori arms crossed across her chest.
.: At Richard's motor bike:.
Getting on that bike was slippery. Everything was wet.
"Well, let's head home." Kori nodded and got on the motorcycle.
The ride home was very squishy. The sound of wet clothing was ringing their ears. Kori's arms were around Richard. She was scared of slipping off, so she held on especially tight to him, with her whole front pressed to his back.
.:With Richard:.
Richard felt …weird…during the ride home, but he didn't mind it.
I am so confused: I kind of like Kori pushed up on me like that… we are so close together. Hmm… I do not know what to make of it.
He had to focus on the road.
.:With Kori:.
I like being pushed up against Richard… but hopefully I don't make him uncomfortable… I hope we get home soon, I need a nice warm shower.
.:At home:.
"Ugh, I need to get out of these clothes. I'm going to go take a hot shower and go to sleep. Good night, Richard." Kori said with her arms still around her chest. She patted Richard on the shoulder. He nodded.
"Me too. G' night, Kori." Richard listened for the sound of squishy clothes making their way through the house followed by the gentle shutting of a door. Richard went to the kitchen first. He went to get vitamin C. He popped a pill in his mouth and followed it by water. He took an extra pill and walked over to Kori's room. Wanting no repeats of the other night, he knocked on her door. When no answer came, he assumed that she was already in the shower. He walked into her colorful room and put the vitamin C pill on her bedside table, with a sticky note, found in her drawer. He took a sticky note and wrote her a message:
Please take this pill. I don't want you to get sick. Yours, Richard
Then Richard quietly stepped out of the room to take his own shower and go to sleep.
.:With Kori:.
Hmm… this shower feels good, she thought scrubbing herself down with her scrub. She finished with her shower turned the water and stepped out. She got a little chill when she stepped out. She did her after shower and night time routine, put on her Pj's and snuggled deep in her bed, not noticing the semi-affectionate from Richard.
the ending is a bit draggy, sorry ;(
okay, the reaction about the see thru shirt was not all that great, but i didn't know how to portray that...do you have any ideas?
i am sorry that this took so long, it took my a while to get used to the course work at school.
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