Richard hadn't slept all night. He kept tossing and turning on his bed thinking about anything that could have gone wrong when he tried talking to Kory. What if Gar sees me? What if she doesn't forgive me? He knew how ridiculous he was being, but the thoughts kept coming to his head all the while as he did his morning routine.
As he walked down stairs, he could see Bruce watching the morning news and sipping coffee from a brown mug. Selina was somewhere in the kitchen. He went quickly to where his book bag stood , grabbed it and walked down the hall as quick as he could, only to be stopped by Bruce's hand.
"Where are you going?" Seriousness in his voice.
"School?" Richard said nonchalantly.
Bruce cocked an eyebrow and tilted his head to the side. Richard sighed giving up, he definitely knew where this was going.
"Fine, you can take me to school." He said. Bruce put his hand off the door knob and smiled satisfactorily. As Richard stepped out and got to the car he was getting more and more nervous. Bruce just stayed quiet, and pressed his lips into a thin line, not a word escaping his lips.
After some time in the car Richard brought his head up and saw that Bruce was taking some kind of alternate route or something, because he didn't remember his school to be near this neighborhood.
"Uh Dad?" Richard said bringing a finger to tap his shoulder.
Before he could finish the sentence he stopped the car in front of a huge house, that looked strangely familiar.
"We are here." He said, pulling the hand break.
Richard turned to see the house and questioningly looked at Bruce, than again at the house, then it hit him. Who knew who's house this was.
"No." Richard said, crossing his arms over his chest stubbornly.
Bruce sighed. "Richard, you are almost an adult, please." He said.
"I'll wait for school." He said.
"No, you won't, go talk to her, now." Bruce said pointing at the house.
"Order." He said firmly, looking into Richard's eyes.
Richard narrowed his eyes but gave in. He kicked the door's door open and stepped onto the pavement closing it hardly then he stumped over to the entrance ringing the doorbell. He turned to look at Bruce with a high thumbs up sign and a smile over his face. He smiled sarcastically.
Second later, he heard faint footsteps and then an old looking butler opened the door, carrying a tray of various foods and drinks.
"May I help you?" He scanned Richard head to toe and scoffed lightly. "Sir."
Richard looked behind him and then at the Butler again, pushing a finger in his chest he mouthed the words. 'me?'
The butler rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Oh, yes is Kory Anders here?" He said, rubbing the back of his head.
"One moment please." Almost immediately, the butler left the tray resting on a nearby wooden table and grabbed a white classic phone. Richard was surprised when he saw his clothes. White gloves and a suit..
He talked in some 'yes' into the phone and then hung up, taking the tray to his control again, he opened the door further.
"Ms. Kory will meet you in the living room." He motioned the boy to take of his sweater and took it in his own hands.
"Thanks man." Richard said, he bumped his fist on his shoulder playfully, but the butler kept a straight face.
The butler shook his head silently. "You are welcome, dude." He said rather elegantly.
Robin walked through classy statues and family pictures and got to the central room, where the curtains danced in the wind and flapped against each other. A white coffee table with it's legs curved upward and little details built in it stood in the middle of the white room, and the couches were wrapped in vintage flowering. Tea cups and pits rested on the table and classical music played. The elder butler moved his arm to Richard's side and Richard moved and took a seat, letting the wind blow through his hair and troubled mind. As the butler disappeared, he took the chance to look around the room. He saw a picture, a family picture. Kory's mom and dad sat down on a chair. Her mom's hand resting on the father's lap, and smiling proudly. To their left side, a girl, tall and with black braided glossy hair had an innocent grin with almost violet eyes looking out at him, wearing a long black dress. In the middle, sitting on the floor, a baby with bright red hair had an open mouth grin, wearing baby blue straps over a white shirt and blue baby pants, then he saw Kory. Her arms stretched to the sided, her hands uniting over her heart and her head tilted to one side, smiling. Her long red hair could be seen perfectly thanks to the position, and she had a green dress that got to her knees. Richard smirked and kept creeping through the living room's wall.
His jaw dropped. Over the top of that family picture, Kory wore a long black dress that hugged every curved in her body. Her hair was curled and brought to a side, and she smiled boldly over a white background. She was utter perfection.
He figured maybe this was some sort of family photo shoot or something, but he didn't care, it looked really good.
"Yeah yeah, whatever works for you Roy." Richard heard Kory's faint talking by the hall and quickly he went back to his place, trying to look relaxed, and failing.
"I'll talk to you at school okay? Bye." She said. Richard questioned this, but still didn't get distracted. Kory walked through the door wearing high waist orange shorts and a black shirt, her hair fixed in a pony tail. She turned to look at Dick.
"Richard?" She said. She placed her phone on a near shelf and walked forward slowly. Richard stood up.
"Kory, I need to tell you something." He said, nervously.
"What can that be?" She said with a serious tone. This shocked Richard, maybe she WAS mad after all.
"I am sorry about yesterday, I was such a jerk and I didn't know what I was doing and I messed up…. Big time." He said. Then he brought his eyes to Kory's smiling face.
"It's fine." She said.
"No, it's not. No one should ever scream like that to a girl, especially a sweet one like you." Richard brought his gaze to the floor.
"Dick, everyone deserves to explode at times, well, some people more than others, I know you didn't mean to do it." Richard heard these words and smiled, looking once more at her.
"So, you don't hate me?" He asked innocently.
"Hate you? Richard you are like my brother, how could I?" She said, opening her arms and smiling. Richard gave in and wrapped her in a hug. When they broke apart, Kory was looking past his face smiling shyly. As Richard turned around, he saw Garfield, arms crossed over his chest, Raven and Victor standing and smiling as well.
He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Uh… hey?"
Gar uncrossed his arms and walked to Dick, until he was inches from his face, staring at him seriously. He sighed.
"We're good." He said. Richard laughed, joyous and then he heard a 'booyah' coming from behind. As he shook hands with Garfield, Kory went to talk to Raven.
"So, are we ready to go to school or what?" He said.
Victor screamed from the kitchen. "Not until I get some food yo!"
Raven sighed and plugged her headphones on her ears.
"I'll talk to George while you guys wait." She walked to the hall.
"George?" Garfield looked at Kory.
"Oh, he's new. My parents want to keep the butler thing, for some reason, come on let's just, wait for Vic in the car." Kory said walking in front of Richard with Garfield.
Richard followed them. When he stepped out, he discovered that Bruce was gone. He smiled.
Smart move he thought.
He slipped into the backseat with Raven and Gar started the klaxon.
"MOVE IT VICTOR!" He screamed into the house.
Victor came out of the house, with pancakes half falling from his mouth and ran to the car. He waved to the butler standing at the door. Kory pushed in a giggle. As Victor entered the car he noticed Garfield's look.
"What?" He said through a mouthful of food.
"One of these days, you'll leave Kory starving." He said starting the car.
"Whatever, I don't eat that much." Kory crossed her seatbelt across her chest and shrugged.
"She doesn't eat that much." Victor said triumphantly, imitating Kory's tone.
Garfield rolled his eyes, and before they knew it they were off for school.