AN: Hey guys~ Well I think I left you guys hanging for quite enough, eh? I don't mean to leave stories on hiatus for long, it's just either 1. Writer's block or 2. Life gets in the way

Anyways like I said, I don't know how long this story will be but we'll see! I definitely would love to someday write a story with Mar'i in it and if there's any Roy fans – I would love to include Lian! Maybe even Wally's kids – Jai and Iris. I say, the more Titans kids, the merrier!

But let's not get carried away here. So enough rambling and onto the story!

You'll Never Know

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It's been a few weeks since Barbara's return and she still had yet to visit Dick. In fact she was almost postponing their meeting. She didn't know why, but she was really uneasy about seeing him again. She's been waiting half a year for this but she couldn't bring herself to him and her feelings. She cared deeply for him and his words of endearment and love would forever be embedded into her skin with every touch they shared, his kisses, and his uplifting amazing personality. He was like no man she's ever met and he sure as hell rocked her world.

"Come on Babs, you're twenty for crying out loud! Be a woman and go get him!" She chanted to herself over and over as she applied natural color toned make up with a light rosy lipstick and decided that today would be the day when she would drive up to Wayne Manor.

Saying goodbye to her dad and brother who were in the living room relaxing watching t.v., she took the car keys and headed over to see her past lover.

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"Rich- ha ha Rich- hee Richard! Stop! Bwah! Richard stop! Ha ha – I can't breathe! " Kory gasped as she continued to giggle as she was being tickled by a restless Richard. She was laying on her back on the freshly cut grass with Richard on top of her. Her shirt was slightly lifted up as he tickled her sides. She had a light blush as their bodies would connect ever so lightly. His fingers would brush softly on her skin and burn her and make her feel butterflies in her stomach.

"Not in a million years, you vixen!" He smiled as he continued his assault. He had to hand it to her though; Kory sure could be sneaky if she wanted to. Just an hour ago, they were enjoying a nice lunch outside by the pool when he reached for the ketchup bottle just to see a glob of mustard squirt out of the red bottle. His fries were covered in the sour condiment as Kory stole his plate of fries for herself giggling. He decided to get her for that as he knew she was very ticklish. Kory loved mustard like no tomorrow; he on the other hand, wasn't so fond of it.

Richard hands got tired of his tickling assault as he laughed and got off of her and laid there next to her on the grass. That weird tingling feeling that would hurt suddenly returned as he tried to ignore it as well as ignore his ever growing perverted mind. He could easily take advantage of Kory if he wanted, he could easily cage her in while he's on top and then he could lift her shirt up and… "Nnngh" He audibly groaned. Kory slightly turned her head to stare at him, "You okay?" She asked him smiling. He faced her and nodded, "Y-Yeah, I'm just… ummm… thirsty!" He shot up from the floor and got up wiping off some of the grass blades. "Yeah, I guess I am too" Kory said giggling, "You know, from all that laughing" She got up as Richard helped her.

She went and sat at the table by the pool again as Richard went to get something to drink for the both of them not wanting to disturb Alfred and his endless chores. Richard rubbed his face with his hand as he turned the sink on and washed his face. He placed his hands on the side of it as he sighed and thought about what he was doing. There was no harm in playing a game like tickling each other as long as it didn't lead to other things right? But when he thought about it, he was on top of her and practically touching skin and if that wasn't bad, he thought that these were things couples did not just friends.

Kory confused him greatly and he just didn't know what to do so he shook his head and went to open the fridge. Getting the lemonade out and two glass cups, he walked out to Kory again. Kory sat outside and just viewed the poolside – it was a beautiful backyard and quite large at that. She was really happy since Richard kept his promise and since what happened last time, he paid more attention to her and kept their Friday nights routine. In her mind, sometimes and as ridiculous and pathetic as it sounded, she liked to believe that what they had going on could lead to more in the future.

Richard came out and as he started to pour the lemonade into their cups, he accidentally spilled some all over himself. "Aw crap" He muttered as he felt himself getting sticky. "Be right back" He apologized as Kory nodded and cleaned up the mess on the table with some napkins. After she was done, she headed into the kitchen to throw away the used napkins. Alfred was in there taking out vegetables for what seemed like dinner. "Is everything all right, Miss Anders?" Alfred asked as she nodded. "Just a tiny accident. Richard went upstairs to change" She said as he understood and turned his back to get something from the fridge again. He sighed, "Oh dear" He said as Kory asked, "What's the matter?"'

Alfred faintly smiled, "Nothing, nothing at all, my dear. It just seems I'm all out of a couple of vegetables I need for this evening's dinner."

Kory frowned, "Would you like me to buy them? It's no bother at all"

Alfred shook his head and smiled, "Thank you for the offer but as head butler of this manor, one must be qualified and ready to protect this fort. What kind of chef would I be if I did not have everything I need?" He said as Kory giggled and agreed. "I shall go to the market and purchase what we need" He said as he took the apron he was wearing off and headed to the front door.

Kory decided to sit on a stool in the kitchen while she waited for Richard to come down stairs again. Today is Friday and like all Fridays, it was their movie night. She wondered what genre they would choose this time. Ten minutes passed and still no Richard so she figured he probably took a shower. Getting up she was going to head back to the pool, maybe get her backpack and change into her bikini and go in for a dip or something but that idea was cut short when she heard the doorbell ring. She knew Alfred had the house key so it couldn't be him so she went and answered it herself.

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Babs stopped right in front of the manor, she looked herself over in the mirror to make sure she looked presentable. Once she was satisfied she closed her eyes and sighed. She really hoped that the reaction she got from Dick was a good one. Stepping outside her car, she walked up the few steps and rang the doorbell.

Expecting Alfred to open it like he usually did, she smiled but soon it faded when she saw a tall red head. She was without a doubt very beautiful with golden skin and bright emerald eyes. "Hello, can I help you?" The young girl asked as Babs noticed a slight accent on her. Finding her voice and reason why she came, Babs tried to smile, was this one of their new maids or something? She didn't care either way as she answered, "Yes, is Dick home? I'm Barbara Gordon" She mustered as politely as she could.

"Greetings! I'm Kory Anders" Kory introduced herself as she genuinely smiled and extended her hand. Babs took it and reluctantly shook it as she heard her name. "Babs?" The deep husky voice asked surprised as Richard came down the stairs with a white towel around his neck.

"Dick!" Babs nearly yelled in her excitement as Kory moved out of the way as she flung herself on Richard and hugged him like no tomorrow. "Oh Dick, I've missed you so much! I'm back and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon" She told him as she kissed his lips, forehead, cheeks, and neck. Richard was thrilled as he spun her around, "Really?" He asked to make sure. "Really" Babs replied as she kissed him on the lips again.

Kory's bright smile soon faltered and died until it was nothing. She felt her heart aching and crumbling into dust. She honestly hasn't seen Richard react that way to anything before, his eyes were filled with unrecognizable emotion, and his body language talked expressions and enthusiasm. She tried to smile since she liked to see him happy, she truly and whole heartedly love seeing him happy more than anything. She could tell instantly that this Barbara was someone very near and dear to him. She wondered who she was but at the same time she didn't really mind who she was. Barbara's presence didn't bother her, it was just that kiss. How she wished so, so, so much to be able to kiss him and spill her heart out to him but she couldn't.

She was no princess and dreams didn't come true.

Seeing that they needed their alone time Kory went back to the pool and decided to go in for that swim after all. If she was lucky, she might drown too.

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Moaning and groaning and slamming each others bodies against the wall, Richard gently laid Babs on his bed as they made out. He marveled at her figure, she sure did grow over six months. "I've missed you so much" Babs panted as she kissed his neck and unbutton the first three buttons of his shirt. His body reacted to her and it clearly missed her but mentally he didn't think much about her, he almost forgot about her if he were being honest with himself. Sure he missed her but not enough to go all the way tonight with her. Maybe in time he would get used to it again or not, he didn't know. Babs was the only girl who he's had a long term relationship with and by long term, he meant barely five months before she had to leave and all that. As she got ready to take his shirt off, he became numb and the sound of Kory's voice distracted him. "Rich- ha ha Rich- hee Richard! Stop! Bwah! Richard stop! Ha ha – I can't breathe! "

He ignored the pain he would get and ignored her voice and his.

"Not in a million years, you vixen!"

Richard closed his eyes as he tried really hard to concentrate on Babs and the way she made him feel six months ago. He needed to remember those words, those feelings, those moments but it became harder and harder to as her voice and her cries of 'I miss you' and 'I love you so much' started to slowly become Kory's voice. He was no longer hearing Barbara and he hated that.

Abruptly he stopped her and got off his bed as he fixed his shirt. "What's wrong?" Babs asked as she got up as well. Richard shook his head, "Nothing it's just that we left Kory"

"So?" Babs said and it came out a little rude. "Who is she anyways?" She asked so it wouldn't seem as if she were that insensitive.

"My best friend"

"I thought Donna was your best friend or Wally?"

"They are, I just haven't talked to Donna in years and Wally's busy"

"So this Kory is like a replacement?"

"No!" Richard nearly shouted defensively and surprised by the way she said it, "She's not a replacement, I've known Kory since middle school. She's just the one that stayed around"

"I see so there's nothing going on between you two?" Babs asked as Richard ignored her question and changed the subject.

"It's getting late Babs" He stated as he looked at his watch. He didn't want to push her to leave but he knew he was already blowing things with Kory since Fridays were always their night but at the same time, why did he care so much? So what if he's wasted time and they only got to see two movies instead of three?

Getting the feeling as if he wanted her gone, Babs nodded and tried smoothing out the wrinkles from her clothes. She hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I hope we can spend some time together next time" She smiled and stated, "Alone"

Richard didn't say anything as he walked her out to the front door just as Alfred was returning back from the market with a few groceries in hand. "Miss Gordon?" Alfred asked surprised, "Hey!" She smiled and then excused herself.

"Need any help Al?" Richard asked.

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Once Richard was done with helping Alfred bring in everything he bought, he went outside to find Kory as she sat at a bench near the pool and brushed her wet hair. "Hey" He said as she turned around and weakly smiled at him, "Greetings" she replied as she looked down.

Richard gulped; he knew that this was bad already. "Listen, I'm sorry about earlier. I really wasn't expecting to see Babs"

"It's fine. She seems quite passionate"

"Not as passionate as you" He thought but where did that come from? Shaking it away he slightly chuckled. "Yeah she is"

"So she's your girlfriend?"

That question caught him off guard. Was she? Well they did have history and Babs did come back thinking that they could resume from their paused short relationship. The real question was, did he want to? "Sort of"

"Oh" Kory quietly said as she sniffed. She was not going to cry, "He's not your boyfriend and he'll never be" Her mind kicked her as she stood up and took his hand.

"Kory?" Richard asked as he shivered from her cold hand touching his warm. "Let us go watch the movies for tonight, please?" She asked as he sensed she didn't want to continue talking about Babs.

He nodded as she led them into his small theater. Inside he crouched down by a cabinet where he kept his and her favorite movies out of the several closets of vhs, dvds, and movie reels they had. "What would you like to watch?" He asked her as she shrugged, "Anything"

"Okay" He closed his eyes and picked out two random movies from their rack. Opening them he cringed seeing as they were chick flicks from Kory's side of movie selection. He put the movie on as he went to sit in the large black leather couch with Kory at his side. As the movie went on he wondered why he had to pick this particular movie. It had so much kissing in it that it was unbearable, not because it was cheesy and made no sense to him but because he was losing control. He would constantly stare at Kory seeing as her eyes were glued onto the movie as she paid attention to it but his eyes would looked down from those gorgeous green eyes right down to those plump lips.

He bit his bottle lip as he balled up his hands into fists. "Do it, you know you want to capture those lips" One side of his mind said as the other fought with him and told him, "Don't do it, don't screw up everything you have with her"

"Do it"

"Don't do it"

"Do it"

"Don't do it"

He continued his inner turmoil until Kory broke his train of thought. "Richard?" She asked as he looked at her, trying to focus on her eyes only rather than her tempting lips. "Hm?" He replied as she smiled, "Thank you"

That caught him off guard as he asked, "What for?"

"For not ignoring me, I know Barbara is important to you but thank you for remembering our plans"

That really did it for him, he really did want to kiss her, she was just too damn adorable for him. Was this lust influenced by this stupid chick flick they're watching or something deeper and serious? Like always, he ignored it and gave her a thumbs up and wink, "No problem" was the only thing he could think of saying as they finished the first movie.

Halfway through the second film, Kory started to get sleepy so she cuddled against him. She felt so protected and comfortable that she wished they could do this always. Seeing as she was fast asleep already and mumbling, Richard picked her up and decided to take her to his room since his mind wasn't really thinking about getting her, her own guest bedroom.

As he set her down on his covers, he heard her mumbling. He smiled and moved strands of her beautiful red hair from her face as he tucked them behind her ear. Having the moonlight as their only source of light, he got into bed with her hoping he could understand what she was mumbling but he could only get bits and pieces which didn't make all that much sense to him.

"You'll… never…"

"C'mon Kor, finish" His mind begged as he waited for her mumbles.

"Know… h... mu... I… lo…"

And that's when she stopped mumbling altogether. He sighed but he didn't know why. Maybe because he was tired or because he was disappointed? He didn't know. All he did know was that Babs was back in his life, good or bad he didn't know as long as those pains he would get just stopped because he was getting tired of them.

If he and Babs got serious again then that would mean no more Kory or at least no more of whatever this was.

The playful tickling, the kisses on the cheek, the Fridays together, innocent touches; the closeness.

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Done! To be continued.

Well from the looks of it and the direction this is going, I'd say there will be about 2, 3, maybe 4 more chapters to this despite saying I didn't know. It just seems like a short fic to me. Even if it is then that means I can move onto the next story! Whatever that may be... xD

Anyways, what is this feeling Richard keeps getting?

Is Babs really sneaky and sinister like in most fics?

Just a couple of notes:

In this fic Dick is 18 and Babs is 20. In the comics, she has always been a couple of years older than him. Our Boy Wonder has always been a huge sucker for red heads.

Donna Troy aka Wonder Girl – Donna is the sweetest character ever. I adore her relationship with Dick in the comics. They were best friends, they loved each other like siblings – She loved Kory/Starfire and Dick gave Donna away at her wedding. She was a part of the original Fab Five aka Teen Titans.

Wally West aka Kid Flash – He and Dick practically have a bromance and they're always there for each other. If one falls, the other's there to pick him back up. Dick trusted Wally early on and told him his secret identity and he was also a part of the original Fab Five.

So ya know the drill!

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Until next time~ ;D