Chapter 9

Dinner Reservations?

Kori's POV

As I let the water from the tub wash over me, all the anger I had felt earlier about Richard washed away too. As I thought about my plan I felt my Stomach jerk. Was destroying Richard's life really worth all my time and effort? And all for my pride? I couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt at what I was going to do. I was going to make Richard fall in love me, make him want me so bad and then right when it gets to where he needs me the most, I'll break his heart. Yeah it was worth it…a wicked smile spread across my features as I pictured his face when I dropped the bomb on him. I'd tell him he never really mattered to me at all. That he was just a little toy I liked to play with. All I had to do was figure out how to make him dump Babs and fall madly in love with me. I jumped at the sound of my cell phone ringing. Without even bothering to look at the caller id, I picked it up. It was Xavier of course; he had been calling nonstop for the past two hours.

"hellooo" I said overly sweetly.

"Well…well long time no see! And where have you been cutie? And what have you been up to? Up to no good, knowing you"

"Well…you're right, I'm always up to no good…but right now you interrupted me during a very relaxing, very hott and wet bubble bath…" I said in a sultry voice.

On the other line I heard him try to suppress a groan…I said try. I felt a little bad toying with Xavier, considering that he really never did anything wrong, but I needed him to want me just as much as Richard would, to make my plan work. "Baby do you have any idea what you do to me?" he chuckled.

"Umm…some what." I smiled to myself….I knew exactly what I was doing to him.

I heard him groan again and then sigh. "Well I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner with me tomorrow night?"

I bit my bottom lip and thought about it. "Well…I suppose that doesn't sound too horrible. Pick me up at 8." And with that I hung up the phone.

Kori's POV continued at school

After hearing my alarm clock go off for the 18th time I decided to get up. I looked up at the clock and saw it read 10 minutes to 8. Great, I had 10 minutes to get up, get dressed and look really hott…and then get to school. No problem. I unwillingly got out of bed and trudged over to my dresser. Sleep still beckoning me back to bed I tried to rid myself of my lethargy. I swiftly shook my head and began to pull clothes out of my dresser. Finally I settled on a pair of low rise jeans and a lavender off the shoulder t-shirt. Finding myself too late already I resolved just to put my hair in a messy yet very cute bun. Grabbing a cereal bar I ran out the door and unfortunately to school.

I got there and immediately found Rachel at my locker with a not so happy look on her face. As I got nearer she stocked over to me and frowned.

"Gar won't leave me alone! I really can't talk to him right now Kori! DO SOMETHING!" she yelled, and the vein on the left side of her head began throbbing out. I shook my head and laughed inwardly. I hated the position Rachel was in but seeing her mad is kind of funny.

"You got it babes" I said reassuringly. I walked over to Rachel's locker only to find Gar sitting on the floor surrounded with what looked the remnants of roses. I leaned against the locked and shook my and sighed disapprovingly at Gar. He looked up for a second and then back at the floor.

"Hey Kor, please don't tell me you hate me too? I can't lose some other friend like I lost Rae." His voice sounded defeated but very desperate.

"No Gar I don't hate you…I'm extremely mad at you but I don't hate you." I said giving him a parental look of dissatisfaction. "Gar, leave her alone for now." He sighed as I took a seat down next to him. "My honest opinion is that you guys get back together. But not if you don't let her cool down for a while, let her try and move on. She loves you Gar, more than anything. And you hurt her pretty bad. You need to let her try to get over you; so she realizes that you're the only person she wants, needs and loves. So just let it be for a while." Gar gave a defeated sigh. He nodded his head, got up and walked the other way. As I watch him walk away I hoped to God that Rachel would forgive him. He needed her just as much as she needed him.

I walked back over to Rachel and found her talking to Xavier. I rolled my eyes at the sight. I knew I needed him to like me but I mean come on! I can't get a break from his guy. Shaking off the feeling of wanting to run in the other direction I put on a totally fake smile on that only Rachel would notice…I hope.

"Xavier Redd, you're just every where I go now aren't you." I said putting my hands on my hips. Rachel and Xavier turned around and Xavier smiled at me, I could tell he was very, very happy to see me.

"Lookin good today cutie. And how am I supposed to help it if I am just drawn to you?" he said raising an eyebrow at me. God I love when guys do that. I felt myself smirk and relax. Then I felt Xavier put his arm around me. I stiffened at his sudden movement; Rachel noticed my obvious discomfort and then nodded to someone behind me. I sent her a look of confusion and then heard a loud booming voice. That voice belonged to Victor, he had already graduated but he was volunteering as the assistant football coach. My discomfort and uneasiness went away and I felt an evil smile form on my face. Wherever Victor was Richard would always be there. They were best friends, and always together. Now that Richard was here I could put my plan into action. I gave Rachel a 'how do I look' look and when she approved I wrapped my arms around Xavier and smiled sweetly up at him. This not only captivated his attention but of a certain someone coming our way.

"My man Xavier…and Kori?" I heard Victor question from behind us. Xavier and I spun around still in each other's embrace only to see the astounded faces of Victor and especially Richard.

"Hey Vic!!" I gasped trying to make a big show of saying hi to him. I left Xavier's arms only to envelope Victor in a tight hug. "I feel like I haven't talked to you in ages." Now this was real, Victor has always been like a big brother to me, so I wasn't playing him. But if my attention toward him made Richard mad …well hey all the better! I decided to give Richard a little attention, considering that he was the one I was trying to destroy. So broke my hug with Victor turned to Richard and said; "Richard" as coldly as I could. I could see him scowl through his sunglasses. I turned back to Xavier and let him put his arm around me.

"Well I didn't know that you and Xavier were…umm…together?" Victor stammered trying to figure what was going on.

As I watched the emotions that played out across Richard's face a smile formed on my own. I saw anger, confusion, jealousy and more anger. Things were going better than I had planned. It was about then that I realized that Victor was still talking to me.

"O yeah well Xavier and I are together." I said in a matter-of-fact kind of tone. Right when I said that I felt Xavier hold me tighter, I made a face at this action and unfortunately the only one to notice was Richard. Then he had to open that pompous, arrogant mouth of his.

"You guys really do look so happy together! You're the perfect couple. Don't you think so Kori?" he said raising his damn, horrible...really sexy eye brow at me. I glared at him and then looked up at Xavier, who was smiling proudly while holding my waist a little too tightly. I shook off the feeling of disgust with Xavier's arms around me and smiled as sweetly as I could.

"Why yes Richard I do." I answered. I looked over at Rachel, who sent a me a knowing look and rolled her eyes. She was enjoying the show. "Actually Xavier and I have plans tonight at one of the most expensive restaurants in town! Isn't that right Xavier?" Xavier simply smiled and nodded his head.

"Well what a coincidence! Babs and I have dinner reservations tonight too. And at the most popular restaurant in town!" Richard said trying to match my plans.

"Wow that is sooo funny, because so do Xavier and I. We have reservations at Pier 15! And we are going in his new car...you know the black jaguar out there in the parking lot. I'm sure you know which one it is; it's the one you were practically drooling over this morning." I said haughtily. I knew Xavier hadn't planned any of this but I didn't care if one bit of it actually happened; I wanted to beat Richard at who had better plans.

"That's very nice there Kori...but I think I'm going to take Babs in a stretch limo! And I'll be a monkey's uncle if we aren't going to the exact same place." I inwardly groaned at what he said. Great now I'd have to see that stupid Babs tonight.

"Wow that is amazing! Why don't you and Babs join us?" Xavier stupidly chimed in. I felt myself start to panic.

"No no! I don't think they'd want too. We would just be interrupting their evening. We couldn't possibly do that." I said hoping he'd turn down Xavier's stupid offer. But nothing in life is fair...

"We'd love too" Richard stated looking directly at me.

"Awesome." I said as dryly was I could. "I guess we will see you and Fabs at eight."

"It's Babs and yes you will." Richard returned giving me a look like he had just won. O no!! I wasn't about to let him win. I smiled sweetly at him and turned to leave but not before planting one of Xavier. I heard Richard inhale as I wrapped my arms around Xavier pulling him closer to him. I broke the kiss, gave Victor a hug good-bye, merely looked at Richard and then winked at Xavier and strode on my way down the hall. This was going to be harder than I thought but it was still worth it. Now all I needed was a dress.

Rachel's POV

After watching Kori's little show, which was hysterical to be exact. We decided to go to the mall and find Kori a dress to wear tonight.

"Rae!!!!!!!!!! I found it!!!!!" Kori screamed jumping out of the dressing room. My mouth fell open. It was perfect. It was Roberto Cavalli, magenta silk sleeveless dress. With a low V neck, beautiful jeweled detail at waist and a ruffle hem. With it she had paired, some Roberto Cavalli pink shoes and a small but very stylish black clutch purse. She looked amazing. As a watched Kori pay for the dress, bag, and shoes I couldn't help but think that what she was doing with Richard and Xavier was going to bite her in the butt. Even though she won't admit it I could already tell that she liked Richard. I mean why else was she doing all this? Going to all this trouble? It wasn't like Kori to care about what people thought of her, she was very smart, good looking and independent. She never needed anyone's permission or acceptance to feel good about herself. I envied her for that. I didn't care what people thought of me but I wanted someone to be proud of me, to love me. My mind drifted to that person...I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. No, I couldn't think about it, I couldn't cry over him...I promised myself I wouldn't do that again. I noticed Kori walking my way and tired to shake off this feeling of grief before she got over here.

"You ok Rae?" Kori asked me. I nodded my head and smiled at her; hoping it would be enough to drop the subject for now. She seemed to sense my point because she dropped the subject after that. Although every once in a while would notice her look over at me and give me that 'compassionate kori look' she gives all her friends. I knew she knew I was upset but I didn't want to ruin the day. And she knew if I didn't bring it up when she asked that I didn't want to talk about it.

We walked up and down the mall for like 20 minutes before Kori broke the silence. She wanted to know why I was not talking about Gar. Now I know Kori means well, but I have had pretty much enough of Gar, or anything to do with Gar. I mean wouldn't you be tired if you had half the school coming up to you and asking if you were ok? yeah I thought so...

"I'm fine Kori..." I could feel myself getting irritated.

"No Rachel! I know when you're upset! Don't lie to me!" she persisted.

that's when I lost it. I knew that she didn't mean any by it; but I just snapped. "Of course I'm not ok Kori! Terra seduced Gar, I broke up with him, you're getting yourself into something I know you're going to regret and o yeah the love of my life cheated on me and I have no idea what to do about it!!! I'm a mess right now, so forgive me if I don't want to talk about it!!!!!" my face was hot and red, and I was visibly shaking. When I finally brought my eyes up to meet Kori's I was surprised...they didn't show hate, sadness or fear they shone with worry and concern. Her bright green eyes pierced my heart and made me feel even worse for yelling at her. I knew she wasn't mad but I just couldn't be around her right now. "I'm sorry Kor, I just need to get outta here." I sighed and made my way toward the exit.

well there you go, sorry it took so long but ive been extremely busy you have no idea! o well please review it if you read it!!!! that makes me write faster, i think i can get the next chapter out in a about a couple of days, i've already started it and everything...i just need some encouragement :-D anyways if you want to see the dress kori will be wearing in the next chapter (the one she was trying on in this one) im going to put a hyperlink in my profile at the bottom; so check it out and tell me what you think. thanksssss

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