Chapter 3 Friends and Foes
Diana woke up from the sound of her alarm clock. She got up and got dressed in a pair of pain blue jeans and a light red blouse and made her way down stairs to see what Alfred had prepared for breakfast.
'Ah what that's that horrible fishy smell?' Diana thought to herself as she entered the kitchen but stopped in her tracks at the site before her, Kori was on the floor scrubbing it like a man-women.
"What are you, doing?" Diana asked, Kori who finally noticed her got up and bowed.
"Good Morning Mother, tell me did you sleep well?" Diana ignored her and walked over the oven and opened up the lids on the 2 pots. One relived grilled fish while the other had fresh steamed rice.
"I was cleaning the floor well I waited for breakfast to finish cooking." Diana shot Kori a dirty look.
"What is my house not clean enough for you?" Kori looked down again thinking she did something wrong again. "No I just wished to help."
"Well you're not helping! Its Alfred's job to clean and cook, and we do not have fish and rice for breakfast!" Diana grabbed both the pots and through them in the trash. Kori covered her face and ran out of the kitchen, passing Bruce and Richard along the way.
"What's wrong with her?" Bruce asked as they watched her run out the back door.
"I don't know but I'm going to find out." Richard ran after Kori while Bruce went into the kitchen.
"Diana? When did you get up?" Bruce asked as he saw his wife leading over the sink.
"A little while ago." she muttered not turning around. Bruce then noticed the clean shiny floor.
"Wow I can see my reflection, did Alfred do this?" Diana didn't answer she just stomped away, and Bruce just shrugged.
*Garden*
Kori sat on the stone bench in the garden a wept, while Richard sat next to her and tried to clam her down but rubbing her back slightly.
"Oh Richard I'm afraid you're mother hates me, I try to pleasing her with cleaning the floors and cooking for her but she just yells at me." Richard smiled Kori as so cute when she acted like this.
"It's okay Kor, it doesn't matter we're married and happy you don't need her approval." Kori looked up at her husband and tried to smile but couldn't
"I wish for her to like me at least." Richard smiled again. "She will soon just wait. Now why don't we go get you some new clothes?' Richard mentioned toward Kori's blue-green kimono.
"If will help me fit in then alright." Richard helped Kori up and made their way to the house to go shopping.
*Bruce's Home Office. *
Diana walked in her husband's office with a cup of coffee. "Hey how is everything going?" Diana asked leaning over Bruce's shoulder and handed him his coffee.
"If I could just land the Anderson account I would only have to work a least 2 days out of the week." Bruce turned his chair and pulled Diana in to his lap. "Oh that would be amazing!" Diana said.
"How are you this morning?" Bruce asked before kissing his wife's neck.
"Upset, I was hoping yesterday was a horrible dream but I was wrong." Bruce sighed.
"I thought we talked about this why can't you let it go?" Diana stood up from her husband's lap.
"Because she after something I know it! And I wont let Richard get hurt!" Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose, and looked up at his wife who had the words 'I HAVE AN IDEA' written all over her face.
"What are you planning?" Bruce asked as if he didn't already know. Diana gave him the fake sad face.
"What me? I was just thinking about what I would like for lunch."
"Diana if you interfere with their relationship in any way you'll be the one who's going to hurt Richard."
"Me interfere? You're crazy." Diana playfully kissed his nose and walked out of the room.
*Down Town *
Kori walked out of a dress shop wearing a pale yellow sundress that complained her figure, she walked very carefully as if she had just learned but it was only because of her new white high heels. Richard fallowed close behind with a few shopping bags.
"Think of them a training wheels, soon while be able to wear any inch high heel shoes you want." Kori smiled. "Please do I fit in now?" Richard laughed.
"It doesn't matter if we both don't fit in as long as we have each other." Richard then looked at his watch and gasped. "We have to get back to the house Bruce wanted me to help him with some stuff before a meeting he has."
"Okay." Kori took off her high heels and jogged with Richard back to the car.
*House*
Diana hung up the phone and made her way back into the dinning room where Babs was waiting.
"Everything set?" Babs asked before sipping her tea.
"Yes now and we have to do is wait." Diana took her seat across from Babs.
"Good the sooner we get our 'dirt' we can finally convince Dick to dump the gold-digger." Alfred walked into the dinning room with a fresh plate of finger sandwiches and mail.
"You're mail Mrs. Wyane." Alfred handed Diana a few envelopes. "Thank you Alfred, that will be all."
Diana looked through her mail and gasped when she got to a pale pink envelope. "Oh dear Miss. Moth's annual tea party/picnic I cant believe I forgot!"
"So what we go every year." Babs took another sip of tea. "But what if Dick finds out he'll want Kori to go!" Babs spit out her tea.
"Oh God! She'll make a fool out her self and make us look like idiots!" Babs Yelled.
"Don't Worry Dick been gone for 3 years he must have forgotten, so he wont ask and if he does we'll just say the Moth family isn't having it this year."
Babs sighed with relief "Thank god you have a plan for everything!"
"Well I am a mother and deserving my child is something I'm good at." Babs and Diana laughed. Till they heard the front door open.
"Oh lord their home." Diana whispered as she stood up along with Babs to greet Dick.
"Maybe if we're lucky he left her there!" Babs whispered back as they made their way to the front door.
"My Miss. Kori that is a most beautiful dress!" The two heard Alfred said. When the girls got to the door Babs gasped, she and Kori were wearing the same dress.
"Alfred I'm wearing the same dress! You haven't complemented me on it!" Babs whined.
"I'm sorry Miss. Barbara but yellow isn't you're color." Alfred muttered as he took Kori's shopping bags upstairs while Babs glared.
"I'll be in the study if you need me." Richard kissed Kori's cheek before heading of to Bruce's office. The 3 girls just stood there in silence.
"I'll be in my room." Kori whispered before running upstairs.
"I really hate that girl!" Babs growled. Diana patted her shoulder. "I know honey, I do too."
Later that night Kori was still in her room napping, Richard sat on the sofa reading, and Diana and Babs watched TV, well they did till the door rang.
"Who could that be?" Diana got up to see who it was but Alfred had already beat her to the door.
"It's Master Dick's Friends Mrs. Wyane." Alfred informed Diana who gave him an angry look,
"Well let them in!" Diana hissed. Alfred moved a side and let Richard's friends in, who carried pizza, soda, beer and many bags of junk food.
"Hey Mrs. Wyane!" Victor said before hugging Diana. "Hello Victor! Rachel, Karen and Garfield." Diana said to Richard's childhood friends. Victor Karen and Rachael giggle at Gar's full name.
"Ah Mrs. Wyane please call me Gar!" Gar blushed he hated his name.
"Dick's in the living room with Babs please make yourselves at home!" Diana walked the 3 to the living room.
"Don't we always Mrs. W?" Victor and Gar laughed while the girls just rolled their eyes
"Dick my man!" Victor yelled out when he saw his friend on the sofa. Richard looked up in surprise when he saw his friends there.
"Hey guys what are you guys doing here?" Richard stood up and hugged his friends.
"Well we knew you came home yesterday so we decided to visit after you rested." said Karen as she took a seat on the sofa along with Rachel while the guys sat on the food, while the food was spread out along the coffee table.
"It's great seeing you guys I wished you would have called first!" Richard rubbed the back of his neck nervously because he knew the question would come up soon.
"Why did you already eat?" asked Rachel, Gar jumped up in excitement, "I call his slice of pizza!"
"No I didn't eat yet I'm just surprised." Gar groaned in sadness he wanted Richard's pizza.
"Not as we were to get these wedding invites." Said Victor as he pulled out a folded piece of paper and through it at Richard. "It's got to be a joke, Dick we all know you to well, wouldn't get married unless the girl's old man was standing behind you with a shotgun!" Everyone laughed. There it was the question or insult Richard had been waiting for.
"Well it's not a joke, I am getting married, she upstairs I'll get her." Richard crawled over his friend's and made his way up stairs.
"She better not be a blow up doll!" Gar yelled out as he and Vic laughed the girls again rolled their eyes.
Babs who also was sitting on the couch completely ignored finally spoke up. "Be prepared she's going to make you wish you never meet Dick!" Everyone looked at her.
"Oh hey Barbara when did you get here?" Rachel asked Babs glared.
"I'm serous she's a total loser!" everyone rolled their eyes this time Babs was so annoying!
When Richard came back he had his arm around his sleepy wife. "Everyone this is Kori, Kori these are my friends, that Victor, Rachel, Karen and Gar."
"Hi." was all Kori said she didn't know she'd meet them all at once, she suddenly be came shy.
"Hey!" Everyone said at once.
"Kori come seat with us!" Karen said and she scooted over to make room so Kori could sit in the middle of the girls.
"Wow she real!" Gar muttered to Vic. "Ah man Richard! Don't tell me you knocked this poor girls up!" Victor said. Richard's face was red with angry he was about to say something before Kori beat him to it.
"I am not with child but someday I hope I can bear Richard beautiful daughters or strong sons." Richard's face was now red from that pleasing thought along with Kori's small blush.
"Beautiful daughters my ass." Babs muttered to herself.
"Really? Then you must be pretty special to get Dick to settle down so soon!" said Karen.
Everyone was having a great time well all excepted Babs of course. "Come on Kori lets go in to the dinning room so we can talk just us girls!" Kori followed Rachel and Karen to the Dinning room leaving the guys alone.
"Damn man she is gorgeous!" Gar said, as the girls were gone.
"Yea man and she seems really sweet too!" Vic said, but his cheery smile turned into a naughty one. "How she in bed?" Richard's face light up so bright. Babs just rolled her eyes and went to find Diana since she wasn't invited to be with either group.
*Dinning room*
"So tell us Kori, What really attracts you to Dick?" Said Karen as she leaned in real close wanting to know the answer. Kori blushed, "His eyes."
"His eyes? Really it isn't way thing else like his butt?" Rachel rolled her eyes she hated girl talk.
"Well everything about him makes me attracted but my favorite thing is his eyes, their so amazing, so warm and tender, full of kindness and the color is so beautiful."
"Wow." Rachel said bored out of her mind. "Please I wish to know you two more, Richard couldn't not stop talking about all of you."
"Yea Yea will get to us but first tell me when did you two first do it?" Karen asked with a huge smile, Rachel's eyes got wide well Kori's blush got huge!
"Karen! That's really something I don't want to know!" Rachel growled.
"I do not know why you wish to know this!" Kori became very embarrassed. Karen just smiled. "It's what girls here talk about, so dish girl!"
*With the guys*
"So who's the best man?" asked Gar Victor sighed, "I am DUH!" he said before grabbing another slice of pizza.
"Well you never know! Dick could want me to be his best man!" Gar yelled at Victor.
"Dick whose you're best man?" Victor yelled as he pushed Gar out of his face.
"I was hoping you two could figure it out but I guess I was wrong." Richard Sighed this was going to be a long night!