Chapter 6: A horrible date

Richard arrived at Sam's house at eight he got out of his car and walked up to the door and knocked. The door opened revealing the girl he met in the park. She was wearing a red dressy shirt and black pants and black high heels. Richard looked her up and down. She looked great and he felt under dressed.

"Oh Richard, you're here, ok just let me grab my coat and we can go," Sam said surprised.

"Ok," Richard said. Sam grabbed her coat and they left. He took her to a restaurant. He wanted this to work, Sam seemed like a nice woman. THere was only one thing he was really looking for. Was she great with kids. He did not want to date a woman who didn't like kids.

"So Sam tell me about your self," Richard said as they sat down at their table.

"Well I'm the editor of the Jump City news paper, I make all the decisions on what goes in the paper. I love to swim, read and write," Sam said.

An hour later Sam was still talking about herself and how she had always wanted to be a model. Richard was half asleep. All Sam had talked about was herself and what had wanted to do at one time. He had not pegged her as the self centered type. THen again he had only met her that moring. He didn't know much about her until now. She was basically giving him her life story.

"...and my mom said I couldn't do it but I'm gonna prove her wrong," Sam said.

"Uh Sam maybe we should go don't wanna miss the movie," Richard said. He wanted to get her stop talking. This date had turned out to be a total bust. Sam was self absorbed all she could talk about was herself.

"Oh right, lets go," Sam said as I she had only just realized what time it was.

Richard paid for their dinner and left. All the way to the movie Sam continued to talk about herself. It was like nothing couldn't her to stop. He regretted ever asking her to tell him about herself. This was going to be a very long night.

"Ok Marie do you wanna watch some T.V.?" Kori asked. They had played Life and Candy Land, now she wanted to relax. She loved Marie, but she was so full of energy. She was tiring Kori out. She now understood why some parents complained about how much energy kids had. She didn't mind though.

"Yeah." Marie said. She ran to the living room and started watching T.V. She laid down on the floor in front of the couch. Kori grabbed her cell phone from her purse, and decided to call Rachel.

"Hello?" Rachel said.

"Hey Rae, sorry I ran off like that," Kori apologized. She hadn't wanted to run off like that but Brian seemed like a bored to her. He seemed like a nice guy, just not for her. The truth was she just wasn't ready to date anyone yet. She was still getting over her last relationship. Rachel did not understand what she was going through. She hadn't gone out with that jerk like she did.

"It's Ok," Rachel said.

"Was Brian upset?" Kori asked. She hadn't wanted to hurt his feelings, but she just wasn't ready.

"I'm not sure," Rachel said honestly.

"Oh well could you tell him I'm sorry," Kori asked.

"Ok I will," Rachel said.

"And that I'm not ready to date just yet, thanks," Kori added sneakily.

"Fine, so why did you leave like that?" Rachel asked curiously.

"Oh A friend need me to babysit for them," Kori said.

"Who?" Rachel asked.

"Richard," Kori said.

"Richard who?" Rachel asked.

"Grayson," Kori said slowly. she bit her lip as she waited for Rachel to freak out.

"The Richard Grayson?" Rachel asked slowly.

"Yeah," Kori said.

"When did you meet him?" Rachel asked.

"A few days ago, I teach his daughter Marie," Kori said. She didn't realize she hadn't told Rachel yet. She remembered being a teen and having the hugest crush on him. He bad been the poster boy for Wayne Enterprises until he quit. Even then he was still pretty well known, that is until a few years ago. He went MIA and now Kori knew why.

"He has a daughter?" Rachel asked shocked.

"Yeah she's not his daughter per se, but he knida adopted her," Kori said. She felt like a teenager again. She was talking to Rachel about Richard. She hadn't done that in years. It felt so weird now that she knew him and was watching his daughter. She looked into the living room and saw Marie was zoned in on the T.V. and not aware of her surroundings.

"Oh," Rachel said.

"Oh Richard, wasn't that was a wonderful movie?" Sam asked as she clasped her hands together.

"Yeah," Richard said. 'Like you even know what the movie was about seeing how talked non stop through out the movie,' he thought. They were back in Richard's car again. He was bringing her home now. It had been a long night and it was almost over. He was going to get to see Marie soon. If she was still aswake it was past her bed time after all. She usually stayed up until he got home from date though.

"What did you like about the movie" Sam asked curiously.

"I don't know I think it was all good," Richard said shrugging. He just wanted this night to end. Sam was a nightmare. He could not stand her, and that was saying alot since it took a lot to get under his skin the way she had. Only a few others had gotten to him like she had.

"Yeah it was," Sam agreed. She stopped talking for waht felt like the first time since she had started talking. RIchard was relieved. The rest of the ride was spent in a nice silence.

"Well here we are," Richard said as he stopped his car outside Sam's house.

"Well bye," Sam said as she got out of the car.

"Yeah Bye," Richard said. Sam walked into her house. Richard started his car and drove home. He never would've guess that, that was the same woman he had net that morning. She had seemed so different than the woman he had met that morning. She had seemed nice and caring not self centered at all. 'It just goes to show you can't judge a book by it's over,' he thought. 'That was the worst date I ever went on.' He shook his head and decided to forget it ever happened. He would call Sam and tell he had his daughter to worry about and that he wasn't looking for a relationship. Marie was his number one concern right now. That seemed like a good lie. It wasn't a lie though, it was true Marie was his concern. It took a lot of energy to keep up with her and he had his job to worry about too.

Marie fell asleep watching T.V. so Kori brought her to her room. She went back out to the living room and grabbed a book from her purse and started reading. She was just getting into her book when the door opened. She went to go see who it was.

"Oh hey," Richard said, "how was she?" he asked.

"Good, but she's asleep now," Kori said closing her book. She stood up.

"Oh good," Richard said.

"D-dad?" Marie said through a yawn.

"Oh I guess she's awake," Kori said smiling slightly.

"Hey Mar," Richard said softly.

"Well I'm gonna go," Kori said. She grabbed her purse and put her book away.

"Thanks again for comming," Richard said.

"Yeah your welcome," Kori said, "It's no trouble at all," she said waving her hand.

"Yeah if I got stuck with Alfred I would die," Marie said more awake.

"I thought you liked him?" Richard said looking down at his daughter.

"I do but Miss Anders is so much more fun" Marie said. Kori smiled and walked over to Marie. She could definately get used to babysitting this girl.

"Good night Marie," she said."Good night," Marie said. She hugged Kori around her waist.