Kori smiled brightly to herself as she stared at her accomplishment. She was in her living room, setting up the final touch for her day with Dick. He was coming over to her house to watch a marathon of movies and eat junk food, all of which of what would be done kicking back on the couch. Kori had gone out of her way to rent all of Dick's favorite movies, including the horror ones she wasn't to fond of. Not only that, but she also had his favorite soda and favorite snacks, one of which being his favorite candy that she had to battle an eleven year old boy to get.
Today was going to be a perfect day, Kori could tell. Just her and Dick. No Gar and Vic fighting over tofu and meat. No Raven telling Gar and Vic to shut up. No Karen eating up all of the popcorn. Today it would only be Kori and Dick.
All alone.
"Hey sis, what do we have here?" Komi walked into the room and took a can of soda.
"Put that done," Kori replied, snatching the soda away. "That's not for you. That's for Dick."
"The dwarf with the spiked up hair?"
"He's not a dwarf," Kori snapped, glaring. "Why are you even still here? You should be gone already."
"Hello, I ran out of allowance money."
"So...?"
"So, no cash means no fun. Which means I'm staying home for today," Komi smirked. "Hey, maybe I can join you and Dick. You don't mind, do you, Kori?"
"I do so mind! You can't stay here! Dick will be here any minute!"
"If you want me to go so bad you can always lend me the cash." Komi grinned.
Kori hung her head. Her sister was as sly as they come. "Fine. Go upstairs to my room, my wallet is on my desk."
"Thanks! I owe you one." Komi squealed and ran up the stairs, running back down just as quickly and out the front door.
Kori sighed in relief. She had the whole house to herself. Now all she had to do was wait for Dick to show up. She looked at her watch, any minute now Dick would be knocking at her door...
Ten minutes passed and the clock read 1:10. Dick was ten minutes late. Dick was never one to be late.
"I'm sure he will be here soon." Kori mumbled to herself.
Kori began to munch on some of the popcorn. She checked the time again. Another ten minutes had passed by.
"Maybe I should call...," Kori grabbed her cell phone and called Dick up. Perhaps he had run into some traffic and that's why he was late. Kori waited a few minutes but there was no answer. "That's weird. Dick always picks up his phone."
Kori decided to wait it out. She turned the tv on and began to flick through channels.
Eventually a whole hour passed by, and still no word from Dick. It wasn't long until another two hours passed by. By that time Kori had finished about a quarter of the snacks. She had tried Dick's cell phone again, even Wayne Manor, but there was no response from him.
Kori looked over at her front door. Maybe is she concentrated hard enough Dick would knock at the door. She closed her eyes real tight and waited.
Someone knocked at the door.
Kori jumped up off the couch, a wide smile on her face. She jolted to the door, stopping for a quick minute to fix her hair, before opening the door. The wide smile on her face fell into a frown.
On the other side of the door was not Dick, far from it. On he other side of the door was, in lack of a better word, a nerd.
"Hi, would you like to sign this petition to ban smoking in front of the library?" asked the boy. After he finished his sentence he took a breath of air from his inhaler.
Kori sighed. So much for a perfect day. "Sure."
She signed the petition and the boy left. Kori went back to the living room and plopped herself on the couch. She looked at the time, then at the stack of movies, and finally, the table full of junk food.
It was clear to her now that Dick wasn't coming over.
With the perfect day perfectly ruined, Kori began to clear up everything she had gotten for Dick and herself.
TT
Dick spotted Kori by her locker Monday morning. He could tell by the look on her face that she wasn't happy, and he was pretty sure he knew why.
Dick gulped. It was time to face the inevitable.
Strolling up to Kori he waved a white tissue. "I come in peace."
Kori rose a brow at him. Turning her head she slammed her locker door shut and walked away. "Hmph!"
"Aw, c'mon, Kori. Don't be that way." Dick pleaded, chasing after her.
"How should I be then, Dick? Would you prefer that I be bubbly and forgiving?"
"That forgiving part doesn't sound so bad," Dick winced at the glare Kori gave him. "Okay, about the other day... I didn't mean to be a no-show, but I was busy. Some things came up and--"
"What things?"
Dick chuckled sheepishly. "Well, you see, you are totally going to laugh when I tell you this. As I was saying, I was ready for our movie marathon, but I got a call from someone..."
"Who?"
"Uh... Trisha Valentine."
"The senior girl who's on the cheerleading team?"
"That's the one," Dick said proudly. Kori glared at him. "Yeah, so, anyway, she called me and we spoke for about twenty minutes or so... One thing lead to another and she invited me to a party--"
"So you ditched me to go to a party," Kori said dryly. "Nice."
Dick frowned. Kori's comment sounded like something Raven would say. This meant that Kori was querulous and not as forgiving as she normally is.
"Kori..."
"I can't believe I waited hours for you to show up. I brought all of your favorite snacks and I got your favorite movies. I even paid Komi to leave the house just so she wouldn't bother us," Kori's voice was rising, and with each sentence she poked Dick in the chest, hard. "And I did it all just so we could hang out together! I wanted the day to be perfect, and you ruined it! You and your... your playboy ways!"
Dick was against the lockers now, and Kori wasn't done with him just yet.
"All you care about is getting girls! And you're been ditching me a lot lately... and... and it sucks! I want my best friend back! Not some man whore!"
"Oooohh!"
A crowd of teens who had stopped to watch gasped. It was quite a sight to see Kori Anders, a sweet girl, yelling at the top of her lungs.
Dick sighed deeply. "You're right. I am a man whore. Kori, I've been a jerk to you lately and I'm sorry."
Kori's mouth was agape. "You... you are?"
Dick nodded. "I made a promise to hang out with you and I broke it. Let me make it up to you."
"I don't know. Remember that last time you promised to make it up to me? We went ice skating and you let me fall on my butt chasing some girl.
"This time it's different."
"You said that last time."
"But I really, really, really, mean it. Don't you trust me?"
Kori had the perfect opportunity to kick Dick even lower, but decided against it. "I trust you."
"Good." Meet me by the hotdog place at the mall. After school, four o'clock," Dick gave Kori a quick kiss on the forehead. "I promise, I won't let you down this time."
"I hope not." Kori mumbled to herself.
TT
Kori released an exasperated sigh. It was 4:30 and Dick still hadn't shown up. A vein throbbed in Kori's temple. He had promised her that he would be here. Kori dropped her head on the table she was sitting at. She felt like such a fool.
"Ruff day?"
Kori looked up. Standing by her table was a boy with shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes.
''Define ruff." Kori responded dryly.
"Well I'd be happy too. Mind if I pull up a chair?"
Kori shrugged indifferently. She was far to upset to humor someone.
The boy smiled, took a seat in a backwards fashion, and folded his hands. "Judging by the look on your face, I'd say you are both upset and... disappointed."
Kori rose a brow. "That's very observant of you... Are you a stalker?"
The boy chuckled. "No, I just work here. Selling hotdogs is a good time killer."
Kori giggled.
"Ah, lookie at what we found. Your sense of humor. I'm Geoff by the way."
"Kori."
"So, Kori, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"No, not at all."
"Why is a pretty young girl like yourself alone, on a beautiful day like this?"
"My friend ditched me, again. He promised to meet me here and he's thirty minutes late," Kori explained. "So, Geoff, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"Not at all. Strangers are the best people to talk to after all, unless you're a little kid. But it always works out in the movies for the adults and t--"
"Why did you come over to my table?"
"Well, you looked like you could use a pick-me-up," Geoff answered. "I hate to see people upset."
"And that's why you came over here?"
"Yes. And the fact that you're totally hot was a bonus."
Kori giggled.
"Looks like I've done my job."
"I thought selling hotdogs was your job."
"It is, but I like to make people laugh," Geoff caught a glimpse of his watch. "Wow, would you look at the time. I do believe that a new romantic comedy will be starting soon at the movie theater. Care to join me? I'll pay for your ticket if you buy the popcorn."
"I don't know. What if my friend--"
"Shows up? Yeah, I understand. I'll see you around, Kori." Geoff left the table, leaving Kori alone.
Kori bit her lip as she mentally debated with herself. She had waited long enough for Dick, it was obvious that he wasn't going to show up, and Geoff seemed nice enough.
"Hey, Geoff! Wait up," Kori ran to go catch up with the retreating blonde. She finally caught up with him. "Does that movie offer still stand?"
Geoff smiled and nodded his head.
TT
Dick was by Vic's locker door come Tuesday morning. Yesterday he had ditched Kori, again, thanks to Trisha (who had wanted to meet with him again). Dick was trying to get one of his friends to lie for him, hoping that it could help him escape Kori's wrath, so he came to Vic for help. He couldn't ask Raven or Karen, that was a defiant no, those girls were like sister. And he couldn't ask Gar, since Gar has trouble keeping his mouth shut when needed.
"Please, Vic," pleaded Dick. "If Kori finds out that I went to go see Trisha instead of her she'll hurt me. And you know how freakishly strong Kori is."
"Man, I already told you no," Vic answered. "Kori is like my little sister. And I admit, us boys got to stick together, but what you did was messed up. I ain't helping you out of this one."
"But, but...," Dick sighed. "Fine. I guess I'll just have to tell Kori the truth then."
"I'm glad you think so, because she's coming this way."
"Hey guys," Kori chirped. Dick quickly hid behind Vic. "I can see you, Dick."
"Aw man." Dick reluctantly stepped away from Vic to face Kori.
"I'll leave you two alone." Vic said, walking away.
Once they were alone, Dick prepared himself to tell Kori the truth.
"Listen, Kori, I'm sorry about--"
"You're off the hook."
"Wait, what?"
"I said, you're off the hook." Kori repeated.
"Seriously? But why?"
"As it turns out, you not showing up was a good thing," Kori explained, a dreamy smile on her face. "I met the sweetest guy. His name if Geoff and he is totally awesome."
The bell rang and students began to clear the halls.
"Come on, Dick. We're going to be late." Kori said, walking away.
Dick narrowed his eyes. "Geoff? What kind of name is Geoff?"
TT
About two weeks had passed since Kori's first meeting with Geoff, and ever since then, Dick had become very jealous.
At first it was just a small feeling, but it soon grew. It all began with the way Kori would talk about Geoff. Her face would light up and the biggest smile would come to her face. Then there were her conversations with Geoff. On one occasion Kori had actually hung up the phone on Dick just to talk with Geoff. Plus, to make matters worse, Kori had passed up a movie marathon at Dick's house to go see Geoff.
Dick couldn't take it anymore. He wanted Kori back. If he didn't act now, it was very much possible that Kori would leave him completely for Geoff.
Dick had to split them up before that happened, but he needed help. So, he went to a romantic expert.
"Go home, Dick!" Karen yelled angrily, shutting her front door.
Dick pushed the door open. "Please, Karen. I need your help. If I don't do something now I could loose Kori forever!"
"So? You don't deserve Kori's friendship after what you've done," Karen hissed, struggling to push the door close. "Besides, you always have Trisha."
"Oh to hell with Trisha! Kori is way more important!"
Karen stepped away from the door, causing Dick to fall on the floor.
"Ow..."
"Did you mean what you just said?"
"Of course I meant it," Dick answered, standing up. He brushed himself off. "Kori is my best friend. I don't want to loose her."
Karen paused to think to herself. Dick's sudden outburst was good. It was one step closer to him being Kori's boyfriend. For years Karen had been playing the meddling friend, always hoping she would be able to get Dick and Kori together. Now was her chance. If she could collaborate with Dick, then maybe he would stand a chance against Geoff.
"Alright, I'll help. But under one condition! You have to do whatever I say, when I say it."
"... fine."
"Okay, the first thing I want you to do is call up Trisha."
"Why? She's the whole reason why I'm in this mess."
"Hello, I'm the expert here," Karen snapped, pointing a finger at Dick and glaring at him. "Now shut up and do what I say!"
"Okay, don't bite my head off." Dick responded, grabbing his cell phone in the process.
TT
Kori had caught up with Geoff after he was done with work. Instead of heading out, they both decided to hang out in front of the hotdog place Geoff worked at, the way they normally did.
Currently, Kori was in a fit of laughter and Geoff had two straws stuck up his nose.
Dick spotted them easily and quickly grabbed Trisha's hand. If he followed Karen's exact instructions, then Geoff wouldn't be a problem anymore.
"S then he says--"
"Kori, is that you," Dick interrupted Geoff's sentence, strolling up to the pair with Trisha by his side. "It is you! What are you doing here?"
"I'm with my boyfriend, that's what I'm doing here." Kori uttered, rather irritated that someone was interrupting her time with Geoff.
"Wait a minute, this is Geoff, isn't it," Dick grabbed Geoff's hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you man. I'm Kori's friend, since like, forever. And this is my girlfriend Trisha."
"Hi." Trisha meekly waved, blushing a bit at the sight of Geoff.
"It's nice to meet you both." Geoff responded, looking at Trisha and smiling.
"Hey, since we're all here why don't we get to know each other." Dick suggested.
Kori eyes widened. "I don't think--"
"Sounds good." Geoff said.
And just like that, Dick had put Karen's plan into action. All Dick had to do was sit back and watch the fireworks.
TT
Dick sipped his soda happily. "I can't believe that both Geoff and Trisha like surfing. What a surprise."
"Yeah, surprise," Kori muttered. "Can we go back to our table now?"
"Just let me finish my soda," Dick had to keep himself from laughing. This was too easy. Karen's plan was working perfectly. Geoff and Trisha were bonding over their common interest, and Dick had pointed out how different Kori was from Geoff many times, just like Karen told him to do. Dick finished his soda and brushed off his hands, a smirk present on his face. "Okay, let's go."
By the time Kori and Dick returned to their table, Geoff and Trisha had gathered up their things.
"Kori, I'm glad you're back," Geoff said, some what awkwardly. "Can we talk?"
"Sure, Geoff," Kori said, moving to the side so she and Geoff had some privacy. "What is it?"
"Listen, this is hard for me to say, so I'll just say it," Geoff sighed. "I was talking with Trisha and... we bonded."
"Bonded." Kori bit her lip.
"Me and her just have so much more in common, and we're both seniors in high school..."
"Hey, don't worry about me, I get it," Kori said calmly. "Go with Trisha."
"Thanks for understanding, Kori. See you around."
"Yeah, see you."
Geoff walked away with Trisha, and Kori couldn't help but feel livid, but not because of Geoff and Trisha. Kori turned her attention towards the smiling Dick.
"What?" he asked innocently.
"I am going to hurt you." Kori growled, grabbing Dick by his shirt and pulling him forward.
"You have every right to hurt me, but please just hear me out."
Kori pushed Dick away and crossed her arms. "Talk."
"Okay, so I was totally jealous when you told me about Geoff, so I got Karen's help to break you two apart. Then I brought Trisha to the mall because she told me a lot about herself, and Karen realized she had a lot in common with Geoff, because you were talking about him all the time and I was talking about her all the time. So I brought the two together to break you two apart because I missed you! Please don't hurt me!" Dick threw himself at Kori's feet and hugged her legs.
"So... you did all this just because you missed me?" Kori asked, amazed. She couldn't help but feel flattered at the lengths Dick went to just for her.
"Yes," Dick whimpered. "Are you going to hit me now?"
"No, but under one condition."
"What?" Dick asked, standing up.
"No more ditching each other. You don't ditch me, and I don't ditch you. Deal?"
Dick smiled. "Deal."
"Good. Now give me a hug you dwarf." Kori said happily, wrapping her arms around Dick and smiling.
"Hey! I am not a dwarf... Gar is."
TT
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