Hey everyone. Thanks so much for reviewing! Just so you know, I'll be gone on a trip for around two weeks. I'll try to write when I'm gone that way when I get back, I'll just have to type everything and update.

Here's chapter 3 :)

Enjoyyyyy!

''I LOVE this one.'' Kori said pressing her finger against the glass window, pointing to a certain dress. She examined it well and she liked it a lot.

''Then go try it on, what are you waiting for?'' Karen asked, pushing her in the store and towards a salesman. ''It would be perfect for tomorrow night.''

Kori bumped into the salesman and asked him for the dress. He grabbed the dress and walked to a free cabin, Kori and Karen following not far behind. Kori quickly practically threw herself in the cabin and changed quickly, talking to Karen.

''Did you find yourself a dress?'' Kori questioned hanging her clothes on the small hook.

Karen tapped her foot on the floor and looked at the elegant dressing room. ''Yeah, I have that brown dress at home. You saw it right?''

''Yeah I did. You look fantastic in that dress and I'm sure Vic's eyes will pop out of his head of something.'' She laughed and looked at herself in the mirror. ''Where's Tara?''

''Must be eating something stinky or looking for a dress somewhere else.'' Karen said sitting down. ''Are you ready yet? We should soon be going. It's getting' late.''

Kori stepped out of her cabin and twirled around a few times before asking, ''So? Waddaya think?''

Karen smiled and wiggled her eyebrows. ''I say you buy it and hide it from Roy. Keep it a surprise, he'll freak!'' she said, getting exited.

Kori changed and hurried to the counter to pay for the dress then rushed out from the shop, proud of herself. ''Where too now?''

Vic walked over to them. ''To the food court!''

''You're going to become a giant teddy bear if you keep on stuffing yourself up like that!'' Kori said, tapping his tummy. ''Look. It wiggles.'' She poked it once more. Karen joined in.

''Vic this is serious.'' Karen said hitting the back of his head.

''What's up with you woman? You keep on hitting me all the time.''

Bee sighed. ''It's called love.''

''NO! This is abuse! You hear me?!''

Karen sighed once again. ''Oh please.''

Vic grabbed Bee around the waist and leaned in closer and kissed her. She wrapped his arms around his neck and responded. He pulled away for a moment. ''And let me remind you miss, that this,'' he pointed to his stomach, ''is muscle and abs!''

''Yeah… right..'' and after Bee's comment they resumed whatever they were doing in the mall. People passed by them and didn't pay much attention.

Kori pocked Karen. ''Did you forget? We need shoes you boob!''

Karen pulled away. ''Right. See ya Vic!'' she walked away with Kori, laughing. Victor made his way to the food court or more specifically to the 'all you can eat'.

Kori grabbed Karen's arm and dragged her in a new shop. ''They say that this place is crawling with hot guys! And shoes of course.''

''Aren't you engaged?'' Karen asked, raising an eyebrow and looking about for shoes to match Kori's dress.

''You just had to remind me, didn't you?'' she asked jokingly. ''But I'm not married yet. Technically I—''

''Take a look at these shoes!'' Karen said grabbing a pair and shoving them in Kori's face. ''Em. Nice.'' She said sitting down and trying them on.

Karen starred at her then back at the shoes. ''You were saying?…''

''I was saying that, technically I can still look at any guy I want to. Me and Roy haven't technically tied the knot yet.''

''You'll never change will you?''

''Nah.''

She walked around with the shoes on. ''These are perfect.''

Karen bent down and checked another pair. ''But you know, a lot of guys are jerks. Roy's a good guy. You're lucky that he's no jerk-pervert.'' She threw a shoe down the alley.

Kori twirled around few times. ''Don't worry; I know how to differentiate a good guy with a jerk-ish guy. I learned the hard way.''

''The hard way?''

Kori sighed and stared at herself in the mirror. ''Before I came here, I 'dated' this guy… Richard Grayson.''

''The Richard Grayson?''

''Yeah.''

''So you went from Richard Grayson to Roy? Wha the hell happened girl?!'' she asked, shocked. ''Girls would be dead jealous of you, but you get engaged with a carrot-head instead?''

''Why does everybody call Roy carrot-head?''

''Cause he is!'' Karen replied. ''Now tell me everything about this Richard guy. Why didn't you stay with him?''

Kori sighed once again. ''Look. Long story short, we loved each other, I knew it wouldn't work because of this sick stalker and I broke up the hard way. I wrote him a note telling him how I felt and I left on a plane to come here. He was too late.''

Karen threw another shoe down the alley. Kori dodged it. ''You heart-breaker.''

Kori smirked. ''Anyway it's over now.'' She said with a little sadness in her voice. She was going to marry Roy and Richard was part of her past, but Karen had to know… someone had to know. But Kori knew that in a day Victor, Wally, Tara and all the gang would know.

Joy.

Kori waved goodbye to Karen after she dropped her off a few blocks away from her house. She walked away, purse in one hand and her shopping bags in the other. It was late and not many cars drove down the street, which made everything so much darker.

She took a left and continued her way down the street. She could identify her place anywhere since it was one of the rare places that would have a lot of lights on at the front door and a red light that would occasionally turn on or off to call for a cab.

Kori saw it not to far away and couldn't wait to take off her high heels and jump in the shower. Suddenly the thought invaded her mind: she was getting married.

How could she forget?

Her heart started to pound so loud that she thought it would echo in the street. She tried to take deep, slow breaths but nothing seemed to calm her down. What would she wear? But…

When would the wedding be?

She looked at the ring around her finger… she wasn't supposed to wear it but she just couldn't resist. It was beautiful and wondered how much it cost…

Damn.

But a smile tugged the corner of her lips. She would soon be Miss Kori Harper.

''Kori Harper…'' she repeated. ''Not bad. Not better than Kori Anders but it still sounds… good.'' Then she thought for a moment and wondered. ''…Miss Kori Grayson.''

That sounds good. Her conscience said.

''Hey you're back!'' Kori exclaimed. ''It doesn't sound that good and I was just wondering. Purely innocent.''

Admit it! You like the sound of it! Innocent my ass.

Kori sighed madly. ''Maybe it sounds… good.''

It DOES sound good.

''Ok so maybe it does sound good but it doesn't sound better than Kori Harper.''

'Harper'. Is he related to the president of Canada or sumthin'?

Kori shook her head and walked faster. ''I'm soon going to be called Kori Harper. Deal with it.'' She said. Kori knew that she would sometimes imagine her and Richard walking down the aisle instead of her and Roy. But she was just wondering how it would feel… just wondering.

She stopped and looked at her left… then at her right. She extended her leg to cross the street but froze in her place. Someone was standing in front of the building, in everyone's sight. You just couldn't miss him… and she knew that he was waiting for her. Her heart pounded harder than before and she felt chills running down her back.

She was so close at getting home but he was blocking her way.

Richard Grayson.

Why did he have to come back?

''Klorbag!'' Kori mumbled. She walked away and hoped he hadn't seen her from the other side of the street. She took out her cell phone and flipped it open, then dialed Xavier's number. It rang a few times until he picked up.

''…………………………hello?'' he asked slowly, obviously half asleep.

''Hey. Um. Did I just wake you up? You have the voice of a hurdy-gurdy deadened woman.''

Xavier stayed silent for a moment. ''Huh?''

''Yeah, I did wake you up.''

Xavier yawned. ''What do you want before I hang up?''

''I need your help.''

''The last time you wanted my help, you said you didn't need it anymore, so why would you need it now?'' he asked.

''Hun?'' she felt confused. ''Richard's back.''

''Oh. The comeback.'' He said, as if watching a sport of some sort. ''He wants you bad.''

''DUH!'' she yelled. ''He's right in front of my apartment building door! He's like a stalker or sumthin'. What should I do?''

''How the hell should I know?!'' he asked yawning once again.

Then Kori heard a female voice. ''Xavier? What are you doin' up?''

Kori's eyes widened. ''Who are you sleeping with this time?''

''Gotta go. Talk to you later.'' He hung up.

''YOU BOOB!''

She fumed with anger. She would have to manage on her own. She took a deep breath and started crossing the street then saw Roy making his way outside and looking nervously around. She held herself back from screaming with joy. She ran up to the door and to Roy who was further somewhere down the street but someone had grabbed her arm.

She looked over her shoulder and saw Richard standing there, holding her arm. ''Kori. You changed…''

She tugged her arm. ''I'll take that as a compliment.'' She walked angrily away, to Roy.

''Wait!''

She turned around to face him. ''What?'' she asked dryly.

''We need to talk.''

She sighed. ''About what Richard? We have nothing to talk about.''

Her words cut him to pieces and surprisingly, it hurt her too. He had changed as well. It was the first time she hadn't seen his hair in spikes. They fell on his face and hid his blue eyes. She missed those eyes… never had she seen anything like them…

''About us Kori! We have a lot to talk about!''

She rolled her eyes. ''Oh please! Your first day on the job and you waste your time coming here! Aren't you supposed to be bathing in money?'' she took a breath. ''and I remember telling you or more specifically writing you NOT to come after me. I never want to see you again! Never.''

He crossed his strong arms on his chest and looked at her. ''The first thing I wanted to do on my first day was to find you. I don't care what you tell me to do or not. I love you and you can't change that Kori.''

She approached him in a seductive manner. ''And you can't change the fact, mister Grayson, that I am engaged!'' she said waving her hand in front of his face, visibly showing her ring on her finger.

He stood there in shock. She was slipping away fast.

''Kori!''

She turned around hearing her name and spotted Roy running over to her. ''Where have you been?'' he said, grabbing her by the waist.

She looked at Richard but just played along. She wanted to prove to him that it was over. ''Sorry I was late. But I'm here now.'' She smiled sweetly and pushed him gently against a wall and pressed her lips gently against his. He didn't hesitate to answer her as passionately and keep his lips there for a long time…

Richard just looked away.

''I'll soon be in, okay? I just need some air.'' She told Roy as he walked back inside. Then she glared at Richard and walked over to him. ''See?'' she said.

He looked at her with daggers in his eyes. Then he turned around and grabbed a blond girl and kissed her there, on the sidewalk, in front of Kori. She gasped and her jaw fell. How dare he………

She tried not to puke on them.

She wasn't supposed to feel like this… not ever!

Richard had finally pulled away, leaving an astonished Kitten breathing heavily. ''Like, what was that for?'' she asked, almost druling all over Richard

Richard immediately let go of her and stared at Kori leaving Kitten in the dust. Total confusion for her…

''Don't try to make me jealous.'' He hissed, his eyes expressing more anger than anything else. He tried to hide the sadness in the back of his mind, where nobody, not even him, could find it.

''Don't you even try either,'' she replied, waving her hand in front of his face once again, ''cause I'm not.''

Richard's baaccckkk!!! Yay! Please review!!! The next chapter will be up in a week or two since I'm leaving on a trip! Sorry!

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