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I messed up in the other chapter I said X's last name was Maxell when it's really Aguiano, my mistake sorry. But I fixed it in the last chapter and now it's fixed in this chapter too.
I want to dedicate this chapter to sTaRfIrExrObIn! Thanx for everything and you are an awesome reviewer! And I know you celebrated Christmas so Merry Christmas!
This chapter is my excuse as a whatever-you-celebrate present to all of you who read this, I really hope you enjoy. Yeah I know it's a day late, I was gonna post it on Sunday but I figured that hardly anyone would be online they'd be with family and celebrating whatever-you-celebrate so I decided to post it today, Monday. Hope you all had a great whatever-you-celebrate!
I wanted to tell ya'll to always read my little notes in the beginning and the end of the chapters because they are important sometimes I tell you what you should expect in the next chapter. And stuff that is vital for you to know in the chapter too.
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Morning came and it was Friday, when X woke up he immediately dressed and was off. Leaving Blackfire running around like a crazy chicken trying to get everything ready for tonight. Yeah Starfire was helping but she really didn't care, tonight could be the worst night of her life.
X was walking around town all morning trying to look for this Richard guy.
Black hair blue eyes black hair blue eyes.. He kept repeating in his head.
He had been walking for hours when he decided to stop and rest at a nearby outdoor cafe. He ordered a glass of orange juice and looked at the passer-byers as he sipped from his glass. When finally he saw the two men he was looking for, one with black hair and blue eyes and the other, a little shorter than the first one, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He saw them with smiles on their faces chatting away as they walked up a pair of small stairs and entered what seemed like a newly opened business.
That's them. He thought. He quickly payed for the drink and followed after the two men.
He entered and noticed that the two men turned silent when they saw him. The man with black hair and blue eyes spoke first.
"Well Gar it seems like you have a customer already, I'll leave you two alone." He started to walk across the room towards X.
"Wait, are you Richard Grayson?" he said holding his arms to the side so he wouldn't pass.
Richard raised an eyebrow "Who wants to know?"
"Well isn't it obvious me." X rolled his eyes. This guy's just another genius isn't he? he asked himself.
Richard glared at him but decided to answer "Yes, why?"
"I came to offer you a deal."
"A deal?" Richard didn't even know this man, how would he have anything Richard wanted? "Well first of all what's your name?"
"My name's Xavier Aguiano, you can call me X"
"Well X how could you have anything that I would be interested in?"
"Well actually you have something that I'm interested in." X told him.
"Really. What is it?"
"The deed to my house."
Right then it hit Richard, Xavier Aguiano was the same name of the man whose name kept appearing on the records yesterday at the loaner's office.
Garfield also realized who X was for he ran from behind his desk and in between Richard and the man he was just about to pumble. Richard was trying to get through to X while X was just standing there confused.
"Your him!" Richard yelled while Gar was doing his best to restrain Richard in his arms.
"What are you talking about! You're crazy! I don't even know you!" X yelled back in his defense trying to act like he didn't know what Richard was talking about, even though he knew exactly what Richard meant.
"Both of you stop it!" Gar interfeered. "You're both acting like a pair of lunatics. Rich come on, calm down."
Richard calmed down and backed off X. "So you're the guy who's been ripping my former father off for years, aren't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." X looked away.
"Oh please save the goddamn drama and at least act like you have the balls to accept what you did." Richard said harshly.
"Fine, yeah it was me." X said angrily, he had already figured Richard to be a guy who was obviously a hot-headed jerk who wasn't afraid to show what he felt or thought.
"Good, now that that's out of the way can you explain to me why the hell you've stolen from my father all these years? And it better be good."
"That's none of your damn business." X bit back.
"Excuse me? None of my damn business! Hello! I'm the new owner of that office!"
"So?" X crossed his arms.
"So!" He said outraged but he paused and thought for a moment 'Wait, if this guy came looking for me then he must really want the deed back. Maybe I'm asking the wrong questions.'
"Ssooo..why should I give you the deed back?"
X was taken aback from the sudden change of mood he got from Richard. "Uh..because I have these." He took the pouch from his side pocket as he walked across the room and threw them on the desk, some jewels slid out from inside the pouch and revealed themselves to be a selection of golden necklaces, chains, bracelets, and rings. Some even had a gem or two.
Richard made his way to the desk and picked up a handful, he dropped them not long after holding them, uninterested. "Those don't interest me." He said dully "I could have hundreds of each of those if I wanted to. You've waisted your time just leave."
"No, you don't understand. I need that deed back." X said panicking.
"I think it's you that doesn't understand. Why would I sell you the house for something in return that I don't want or have the least interest in?"
"Because you have to."
Richard raised an eyebrow.
"Please." X continued. "If not for me than my family." He decided to use the family card.
"How do I know your family even deserves to have the house back?"
This was it. X's brilliant plan, or at least it was brilliant to him. He pulled out an envelope from the inside pocket in his jacket and handed it to Richard. "Find out for yourself tonight." He put the jewels back in the pouch and in his pocket and walked off without giving Richard a chance to ask what the envelope was.
Outside on the streets X was smiling to himself as he made himself back home. It had been perfect. Blackfire had given X the job of inviting Richard to the dinner and he did. She would never have to know in what terms he had left the invitation, all he needed was for Richard to come and have a good time, in the morning X would go back to see him and he would for sure take the jewels.
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Back with Richard and Gar after X left...
Richard chunked the envelope without even opening it.
"What are you doing, aren't you even going to open it?" Gar asked.
"Nope." Richard crossed his arms as he sulked in Gar's chair.
"Well if you're not I am." Garfield walked over to the trash can and picked the envelope out, he opened it and started to read. He smiled.
That caught Richard's attention "What?"
"Richard it's an invitation! and your invited, and you can take one guest, and it's at that house, and-"
"Well that's too bad because me and my guest aren't going." Richard sulked even lower. "Who does that X guy think he is anyway? Walking out on me and leaving me to talk to myself." he mumbled.
"Aw come on Richard he probably just wanted to make an exit. And besides this will give us a chance to get you some new clothes." Gar pointed at Richard.
"What's wrong with the way I dress?" Richard looked down to see the same pancho he used yesterday.
"Nothing." Gar put his hands up in defense. "It's just that..well we're going to a dinner tonight and rich people tend to have..standards"
"We're not-" Gar pulled him off the chair and out the door before Richard finished his sentence.
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With Starfire...
She had been in the tub for hours. Seriously, Martha seemed to never get tired of scrubbing and pouring water over her head. She had used so much shampoo Starfire was certain her hair would smell like roses for weeks.
"Martha pllleeaassse stop." Starfire pleaded. "My skin cannot take anymore of this."
"Sweetie, you know Blackfire wants you flawless tonight."
"It's always what Blackfire wants." She sighed.
Martha lowered her eyes and poured one more bucket of water. "I'm done Sweetie." She said trying to make Starfire cheer up just a little.
"Thank you." But by now Starfire had lost interest in her throbbing skin and thought about what could happen tonight.
"Martha?"
"Yes dear?" She said while wiping strands of wet hair from Starfire's face.
"When you had Nina, were you in love? With her father that is."
"Yes I was, I was really in love with her father."
"Did he love you back?" she asked curiously.
"Well I would hope so, we were married for twenty-two years and we had a beautiful daughter together."
"Martha?"
"Hmm?"
"What did it feel like?"
"What did what feel like?"
"Love." She was acting like a schoolgirl, twirling a wet strand of hair with her finger.
"Starfire." She sighed. "Love, our love, was beautiful he and I would have the best of times when he courted me. And even after we were married he never stopped showing me how much he loved me. Whenever money was tight he would always apologize and blame himself for making me go through hunger. I would always tell him that I didn't care though, I would go through anything with him as long as we were together." That's when Starfire heard her sniffling.
"What happend to him?"
"He died from a plague when Nina was two. She doesn't remember him much." Martha stopped her tears, she didn't want to make Starfire cry right now, she couldn't afford to cry now.
"Why do you ask about love dear?" Martha changed the subject.
"I wanted to know what it felt like since..since I will never know what love feels like." Her eyes lowered and her voice was cracking.
"No no no Starfire come on get up, you can't cry, not now come on." Starfire got up and silently nodded while she tried to get rid of her tears by waving her hands and blowing air towards her face.
Martha wrapped a towel around Starfire. "Now let's get you dressed."
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At Richard's house...
Richard was looking at his reflection in the mirror. He had to admit, wearing expensive clothes sure beat the heck out of wearing his old itchy farm clothes. He and Garfield had spent the entire afternoon looking for new clothes for tonight and for the future.
He was wearing a black and white suit, one of those new ones that had the penguin tail that split in half at the back. Black, sleek shoes, black pants, and a black overcoat. The parts that were white were his tie, his vest and a thick long sleeved shirt that went under his vest and under his coat. His tie was neatly tucked under his white silk vest.
He looked good, in his opinion. His hair was ready too, it was spiked. Before he had inherited his father's money he had also spiked his hair but it never stayed the way he wanted because of all he sweated from being in the sun all day. Yes, he was ready. He walked out of his room and stood outside of Gar's.
In a few minutes Gar was ready too. He had the same design on as Richard, only in different colors. His suit was a baby blue, except the silk vest was more of a classic blue, the long sleeved shirt was still white and the tie was baby blue. His shoes were white and shiny.
"Oooh, sexy beast Richard." Garfield growled after he closed his door.
He received a blank face from Richard as he said "Don't make me hurt you." Through clenched teeth.
"Geez, accept the compliment won't ya'?"
"Let's go."
"Party pooper." Gar mumbled after him.
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At the Maxell house...
The house was filled with guests. It was true that everyone knew the Maxell's had trouble with money. But they had to see for themselves how bad it was. Almost everyone they had invited came, there were a few people that had cancelled because they had other plans and there were some that were still not there because the night had just begun.
"Attention everyone!" Blackfire yelled politely trying to get through to everyone. She was lightly tapping her glass filled with champagne.
Outside Richard and Gar were just arriving and about to come in through the front door.
"I want everyone to direct their attention to the front stairway if you will please!" Blackfire continued.
Richard and Garfield were giving themselves last minute alterations to each other's suits.
"I want to present to all the single men here tonight.." she winked. "To my sister, Starfire! Come on down sweetie." She gestured sweetly, she lifted her glass in the air and everyone did the same "Cheers!"
"Cheers!" Everyone bellowed after her. Starfire had slowly started to make her way down the stairs when she heard their cheers. She wanted to turn around and run but she couldn't, they'd hunt her down easily.
Garfield opened the door. "Richard fix your collar real quick" He whispered as he entered.
"What?" He didn't hear him. He looked down at himself and couldn't find anything wrong. He walked into the room brushing his shoulders and looked up, there she was.
Starfire was half way down the stairs when she saw the door open out of the corner of her eyes. She didn't pay much attention she was too busy looking at other people's reactions, they had all gathered around the staircase to look at her. She was scared to see all the men present. What were all these men thinking? Were they undressing her right now? It made her want to stop and vomit all over herself just to make them stop looking. Her hands were icy cold, she was so nervous, which one of these men did Blackfire choose as her husband?
Richard was amazed at what he saw, she was beautiful, to say the least. She was dressed in all white, like a bride ready to be married. Her dress was fully strapless, all around. She had a see through sort of jacket, it looked like it had been hand made from white yarn and it formed a bell bottom all the way from her elbows to her palms. The whole dress formed a perfect bell around her and you couldn't even see her feet. To Richard, she was floating in mid-air like an angel. The closer she got the more people dissapeared into a background of white. She looked from left to right but never straight at Richard but he didn't care he had the best view of her. Her hair was crimson red, you could tell from far away that it was healthy and thick. It was up in a high bun except for two strands that were left out.
Starfire was looking down at the stairs now, finding the carpet on the ground quite interesting. She tried to find something that would keep her mind off the people that were staring at her. 'I wonder who was at the door?' She asked herself randomly. She glanced up real quick and saw him. He was standing there, just watching her, his eyes were wide and his mouth was slighty opened in awe, it seemed. He looked funny, when she got to the bottom of the stairs she was about four feet away from him she lifted her hand to her mouth and giggled. It was hard not to, his collar was all messed up, the whole left side was flipped upwards.
Did she laugh at me? he asked himself dreamily.
She walked up to him and fixed his collar. While her hands were fixing his collar he couldn't move and when he did they landed on top of her hands. They were cold, her hands. He looked straight at her face and she looked back. Her eyes were beautiful but they were missing something, something important. It was like they were only half full. Half was bright and just grateful to be alive but the other half was dark and asked the world why she was alive.
She looked into his eyes too. But they held nothing she needed. He was very handsome but she didn't know him. He could be like all the other men in this room, he also came for only one reason. She pulled away quickly and walked off. Leaving Richard with the sting of rejection but the wanting to know her better.
She left to find the only person she was actually looking forward to meeting tonight, Rachel.
Once she had left Richard snapped out of it and looked around for Gar. He noticed that he had drooled slightly and wiped it off. He had probably looked like an idiot when she had first seen him. Probably had on a dreamy looking face, yeah that's pretty accurate.
Someone tapped him on his left shoulder. "Hey Casanova" He saw Gar with a huge grin come from behind him.
"Shut up." Richard grumbled.
"Real smooth Rich, real smooth."
"I said shut up."
Garfield just chuckled, Richard gave him a menacing look and he stopped. "What was I supposed to do? I've never courted a rich girl. What do you think she was expecting from me?" Richard rambled.
"Well I'm sure she wasn't expecting you to drool all over yourself." Gar laughed Richard glared "I'm sorry it-it slipped." Gar defended himself.
"I want her Gar."
"You want her? Or do you want want her?"
"I want want her."
"Well then what are you waiting for?" Gar slapped him hard on the back. It made Richard stumble forward. "Good luck I'll see you later!" Gar waved. "I'm gonna go find me someone too. Can't let you have all the fun." he turned and left Richard, he saw him grab a glass of champagne off a silver platter from a nearby waiter.
Richard breathed in slowly. "Okay here we go." He breathed out.
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It was dark and cold in the cell they kept him in. He realized he was still tied. How much time had passed? He asked himself. Ever since the General had sent him here he had spent the days eating nothing but stale bread and dirty water. His whole body was weak he had stayed still for far too long, his muscles were sore. He had woken up because he heard the slide on the door open, he had barely caught a glimpse of a soldier's arm leaving a tray of barely edible food on the hard floor with a clank. He made his way toward's the tray and landed on his stomach he ate the bread with only his mouth like a dog eating out of his bowl. He drank the water by lifting the ceramic cup with his teeth and tilting his head upwards slightly enough for him to drink. The water was thick but he was so thirsty he gulped down the entire liquid. He let go of the cup and it landed with a broken crack, he dropped his own self and landed with a thud on his side. He lay there gasping for air for a while and when his breathing became stable he made his way back to the corner he was in before.
"I wonder what she's doing right now." He asked himself.
"Is she thinking about me? Does she know I'm here?"
"She'll wait for me I know she will." He told himself reassuringly. He was beginning to drift off to sleep when he heard the hinges on the heavy door creak and he saw the shadow of a man. The light was really bright he hadn't seen so much light in days it was like he was staring directly at the sun. The man wasn't a soldier he could tell he wasn't wearing a uniform as he squinted.
"Take him to the Valley." He heard a voice behind the man, he couldn't tell who it was, was it the general?
He saw the glimmer of the man's teeth as he roughly picked him up.
"No! Wait!" Speedy couldn't keep his eyes open the room he went through was so bright, he heard other men around him but who? Were they just there because they happend to be there? Or were they the ones who were sending him away to the Valley?
"Stop! Let me go!" He tried again.
He felt the cool air hit his skin when they reached outside and his body felt a surge of pain when he hit the floor of the wooden wagon. He almost fell out when he felt the sudden jolt of the horses going into action.
Outside in the dark he could see better, he took a look at the men surrounding him. There were three of them, two on horseback and the other one, which he supposed to be the leader, was also on horseback but he also pulled the wagon Speedy was on. One of the men was on his left and the other was on his right.
He felt something hit the back of his head painfully and was out like a light. "Can't have you seeing our faces now can we?" The man on the left said as he put his pistol back in his belt.
The man on the right took a cover out of his saddle and covered Speedy up, if anyone saw a man tied up in the back of a wagon heavily guarded by men with guns they'd say something was suspicious, wouldn't they?
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Longest chapter ever by like 800 words! Well anyways like I said this is my whatever-you-celebrate present to all of you hope you liked the way they met. Yes I know it's not the 'love at first sight' type of love but this love story will be much more interesting I promise. Next chapter will still be the night of the dinner party, I might throw in some Gar and Rachel. In this chapter I added Nina, she's not important but I had her originally in the fic from the beginning when I had the character info (to those of you who have been reading from the start). Don't worry people who didn't see the character info, it really wasn't an official chapter. I'll add Nina once in a while from now on. Expect a new chapter by Friday or Saturday night!
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