Chapter 5: Getting Started
I slowly walked down the street, tears running down my face. I was sad to leave, but I had to. It wasn't safe at the tower anymore, and the others wouldn't let me leave if I told them. I only told Raven because I knew I could trust her. I walked down the street and soon stopped at a car shop.
"Hello and how can I help you?" A lady with curly blonde hair asked. She was sitting behind the desk with a phone next to her. She was painting her nails a bright pink with a coffee next to her. Then the phone rang,
"Please wait," the lady said to me and then picked up the phone.
"Hello. How my I help you?" the lady asked. I got closer and looked at her name tag. Her name was Kim Palmer.
"Sorry for the wait. How may I help you?" she asked.
"I'm here looking for a car," I said walking forward.
"One moment please," Kim said and then picked up the phone.
"Sir there is somebody here to buy a car," Kim said and then hung up before saying ok. Then from behind a door a man came jumping out from behind me. I screamed and turned around, starbolts ready to fire.
"Starfire!" the man cried, staring at the glowing orbs in my hands.
"Why so far away from home?" the man asked looking at me.
"I left," I said before bursting into tears.
"Well don't you worry. I'll give you a good car, at a good price," the man said and the started walking with me.
"Thank you… um what is your name?" I asked looking at the short man.
"Call me John, John Hartmen," the short man said smiling.
"Alright. Thank you John," I said wiping away my tears.
"What should I call you? I can't go around calling you Starfire with a bunch of boys here. You would be tackled to the ground!" John said, laughing lightly.
"Right… call me Kori Anders," I said, shaking his hand.
"Well Kori it's a pleasure doing business with you," John said and then opened the door to cars and bozo boys.
"Now what are you looking for?" John asked me as guys walking by started whistling.
"Something fast, and cute," I said, looking at all the Hummers around me.
"So we should probably get away from these cars," John said and then we started to pass by some B.M.W s. We stopped at Mercedes, Convertibles, and Ferraris.
"Is this what you were looking for?" John asked pointing to the cars in front of us.
"Oh it is just what I was looking for!" I said as I started looking at all the cars. I stopped in front or a midnight blue Ferrari.
"I want it!" I said jumping up and down. My jumps were high because I was starting to fly with joy.
"Calm down Ms. Anders. You can have it for 59 thousand," John said. I just picked a price for the car. I don't really pay enough attention to the car commercials.
"Oh right, sorry," I said smiling.
"No problem. Now lets go talk in my office," Mr. Hartmen said and started walking back to the building.
"Do we have a buyer?" Kim asked John from behind me in a low whisper.
"She found a car she wanted!" John almost yelled with excitement. I turned around and they acted like nothing had happened. They were good; they probably did this a lot. I walked in and sat in a chair in front of his desk.
"So how much do you have?" John asked.
"Two million," I said weakly. He fell back in his chair and I was about to help him when he came jumping up. I screamed and almost fell back.
"Well you got yourself a car!" John said shaking my hand. I soon drove out of there with my new car. I drove around town, cars filled with boys honking at me. I soon stopped at a house that had a for sale sign in the front lawn. I walked up to the sign and pulled out my phone.
"Hello?" a man asked from the other line.
"Hi, I'm Kori Anders. I saw your house and I wanted to see inside," I said walking around the front yard.
"Um why?" the man asked.
"I'm looking for a house and I'm willing to pay on the spot if I like it," I said looking through the window.
"Oh. I'll be there in 30 minutes top," the man said. I could tell he was happy.
"Alright. Bye," I said and then hung up. The house was white with a green lining. There was a plum tree in the back and a beautiful green lawn in front and back also. In the middle of the backyard there was a pool. From what it looked like I could tell it was at least 9 feet. I waited there and in about 15 minutes a black car pulled up.
"Hi I'm Kevin," the man said shaking my hand.
"Hello Kevin. As I already told you I'm Kori Anders. I saw your house when I was driving by and I love it," I said looking at the house. He looked me over and I quickly added,
"I'm new here and I need a house so I can care for my baby girl," I said.
"Aren't you a little young?" Kevin asked, looking at me.
"No. I'm just not that tall," I said, lying.
"Oh. Well come on in," he said opening the door. Inside was the living room. A black circular couch sat in the middle facing a huge T.V that rested on the wall. There was white carpet and not that much glass.
"This is the living room. It has a door out to the backyard and down the hall is the kitchen and dinning room," Kevin said walking down the hall. The kitchen had tile floors and black marble counters. Next to it was that dinning room with hard wood floors. The table was wood and sat 8 people. Above it was a chandelier that lit up the room.
"Wow its beautiful," I said looking at it.
"Thank you. My wife designed the house," he said looking out the window.
"Where is she now?" I asked looking at everything in the kitchen.
"She passed away 6 months ago. That's why I'm selling the house," he said.
"I'm so sorry. I recently lost a loved one also. The father of my child, we were torn apart by somebody that I used to call a friend," I said looking at him.
"Well looks like we're all sorry for eachother. When were you torn apart from him?" Kevin asked.
"Less than a week ago," I said sadly.
"Wow," he said.
"Well there are bedrooms down the other hall from the living room and a bathroom in all four rooms," he said.
"Excellent. So how much?" I asked him.
"You want to buy it now?" he asked.
"Yes. I want to start my new life now. I want everything to be ready for my baby. She's due in 5 months," I said.
"Alright I'll get the paper work," he said and then left. He came back with a packet of papers.
"I've already signed everything. All you have to do is sign the papers and then house is yours," he said.
"Alright," I said and took out my pen. (She now has a pen with her) I signed the papers and soon Kevin was leaving with a $600,000 check and leaving me with a key.
"Now I need to get furniture," I said before locking the door and driving away. I stopped at Lazy Boy. (I just picked a store)
"Hello. How may I help you?" a man asked.
"Hi. I'm Kori Anders," I said shaking his hand.
"Hello and welcome. I'm Kyle," Kyle said.
"I just moved in and I need some furniture," I told him.
"Well let's get started with a bed," he said. About two hours later I was leaving while being followed by a moving van. All of it only cost $40,000. They gave me a discount when I told them my sad story about Xavier and the baby. They set everything up in my house because they didn't want me to hurt the baby. Five hours later they left with a batch of cookies. (She made them for them to show her thanks)
"Good-bye, and thank you," I said waving as they left. I looked at the clock and noticed it was 9:30 p.m.
"Wow. Today has been a long day," I said walking to my room. I lied down on my bed and pulled out my cell phone. I called the Titan's Tower and waited for an answer.
"Hey Star," I heard Cyborg say.
"Hey Cy, and call me Kori," I said smiling.
"Oh sorry, hello Kori," Cyborg said like a gentle man.
"Hey…. So no sign of Robin yet?" I asked.
"No," Cyborg said.
"Well what's left of the Teen Titans will find him," I said trying to cheer him up.
"Kori the Titans are splitting. Raven is already packing," Cyborg said sadly.
"What? No you can't!" I yelled.
"Sorry Kori, but the Titans are no more. Now that you and Robin have left there's just no point in staying together," he said.
"Then can I please speak to Raven?" I asked.
"Sure," Cyborg said before I heard him yell for Raven.
"Hello?" Raven asked.
"Hey Raven, it's me."
Sorry that's the end. It might not be that great of an ending, but it was going to be too long if I kept going. Please review! Oh and Kori kept the stuff that was in living room, she just bought more stuff.
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