Hi! Welcome to chapter 2 of Best Friends between lovers! Enjoy!

From the lovely,

T.T.rox

P.S. This chapter is dedicated to…. LONGHAIREDHORSE! She was my first reviewer for this revised story!

"I hate math! I'm no good at it!" Kori yelled while pounding her fist on the desk she was sitting at. It was first period and Richard and Kori had just walked into math, Mr. Wilson's class.

"Please, Kori hate is such a strong word. Try dislike next time." Richard teased her.

"Shut up, Richard!" Kori cried punching Richard's arm playfully.

"Silent Class! Today may be the first day of school but we will still have a test everyday! So here is a test that will indicate what you already know." Once Mr. Wilson explained that, he passed out the test.

"Oh no, a test! I'm going to fail it and they'll put me in the lower math class!" Kori whined to Richard.

"Well, I could-," Richard tried to finish but was interrupted by a guy about his height with gray eyes and brown hair.

"I could tutor you in math." The mysterious gray-eyed boy said interrupting Richard right in between his sentence.

"The name's Xavier." Xavier extended his hand to Kori. Of course, like any girl, Kori blushed and took his hand.

"My name is Kori." Kori responded. And just like any guy who has a girl for a best friend, Richard got jealous, very jealous (A/N: Aww! Poor Richard!)

"So… How 'bout it? Could I tutor you?" Xavier asked her.

"Um… okay, I guess." Kori stated shyly.

'I can't believe it, this is Xavier Redd! I thought when I moved to Jump City I left him and all the other losers at Gotham Academy! Well, if he thinks that he could just step in on my Kori then he's got another thing coming!' Richard thought to his self.

After Xavier went to his seat Kori asked, looking concerned, "Richard… Richard… oh my god! Richard your burning up, do you need to go to the nurse?"

"No, I'm fine. I'm just… never mind." What was he supposed to tell her, he was just being a jealous idiot?

"Oh, well… good because I just got a date with this cute new guy named Xavier." Kori sighed dreamily after she said his name. "Isn't that just the cutest name?" Kori squealed like a schoolgirl.

"Isn't that just the cutest name?" Richard replied, mimicking her.

"Are you mad me or something?" Kori asked looking confused.

"No it's just… you already have date and it's only the first day of school and you all ready have date. I'm happy for you, really." Kori didn't believe him, but before she could say anything the bell rang.

Raven and Garfield (Math class)

"Pst… pst… hey, Rae… pst…!" Garfield whispered to Rae.

"What Garfield!" Raven whispered back.

"What number are you on?"

"12," Raven simply stated

"What?"

"12,"

"Oh… well I'm on number 2."

"What have you been doing this whole time?" Raven asked wide-eyed.

"Just sitting here… drawing. Hey, Raven can you just give me all your answers?"

"No, that would be cheating!" She said incredulously.

"So," Gar shrugged, then grinned, "you've never cheated have you?"

"No, I've never cheated in my life. That's just plain wrong."

"So, I cheat at least… 5 times a day, tops."

"Well, that's you." After 5 minutes of waiting, Raven sighed and shifted her paper a little so Gar could see.

"Okay, okay you're done." Raven took her paper back.

"No, I'm only on number 10!" Unfortunately, Gar did not whisper that last part.

"Raven and Garfield, I will se you two after class." Mr. Wilson shouted pointing at them both.

20 min. later

"I can't believe I have detention!" Raven kept staring at the slip after class.

"Oh, well I get detention at least a hundred times a year. It's not that bad. Trust me." Gar assured her.

Kori and Karen (In language Arts)

"Karen, do you know what is wrong with Richard? Today in math class, he ignored my notes and did not look at me at all. In addition, he did not say bye when he left to his next class." Kori pouted at the thought of this again. Now, Karen was another one of Kori's good friend. Karen was chocolate-skinned and always wore two afro puffs in her hair. When it came to boyfriend problems, Kori always went to Karen for help. Karen was also good at fashion advice; today Karen was wearing her favorite colors, yellow and black. She was wearing black jeans, a yellow halter-top, and yellow and black K-Swiss. Her name was Karen, but everyone called her 'Bee'.

"Well, what did you say to him when you got to class?" Karen asked.

"When we walked in this really cute guy named Xavier Red asked me out and Richard just glared at him the whole time. Oh, Karen I don't know what to do!"

"Well, first off there are two things: 1. He likes you-," Kori blushed at number one. "2. He hates, and when I say hates I mean hates Xavier Red. He's like Richards worst enemy! Them two together is like a pickles and peanut butter sandwich! Them two together is like-," Karen was cut off by Kori.

"Calm down Karen! I understand, okay." Kori yelled.

"Whoa… excuse me girl… I need my inhaler." Karen panted uncontrollably.

"Seriously girl, just listen to me; you don't want to get mixed up with guy like Xavier. Just drop the date; you'll be glad you did." Karen whispered to Kori. Kori didn't bother to say anything because the teacher was looking right at her.

(Gar and Richard in the Men's Locker room)

"Hey Richard what's wrong with? You always hurry and get your things early for gym." Garfield questioned him.

"I just don't feel good that's all." Richard lied, quite badly actually.

"Come on there's gotta be something bothering you!" Gar whined.

"Okay, come with me." After moments of hesitation, Richard gave in and spoke under a low voice. When he was done telling him his admiration of his admiration of Kori and why he was so glum.

"But Gar… just… don't let it get around." Richard said getting his thoughts together.

Gar just had a smug grin on his face, "I knew it! I knew you liked Kori! I mean, it was so obvious. Don't worry, soon your relationship with Kori will be as good as me as Rae's.

Then Richard mumbled under his breath, "That's what I'm afraid of."

P.E. Scene (with Kori and Richard)

"Okay class listen up! Today we're playing dodge ball." Coach Rancid explained.

"I'm going to split you up into two teams: Girls vs. Boys. Okay everyone on their teams… good, let's start!" Coach Rancid blew his whistle, signaling to everyone that the game had begun.

As soon has Coach Rancid had blown his whistle Richard jumped up and grabbed a ball. His first target was Kitten and her crew. Slam! He got her right on the hand.

"Ow! I broke a nail! I can't believe it! I just got a manicure yesterday!" Kitten screamed aloud before sitting down on the bleachers. Richard chuckled to himself.

After knocking out numerous targets, Richard found another target: Kori.

Finally I'm done! Here is the poll:

Should Babs be in this story?

If so, should she be mean or nice to Kori?

For the other poll, Robin is in the story, Kori should not know, and Xavier is going to be in it.

Review please! It's for a good cause! Well, maybe it isn't, but oh well!

From the lovely,

T.T.rox :)