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Chapter 4

I turned quickly to get a last glimpse of Richard Grayson, but he was gone.

He was gone. I swore that he was there a few minutes ago. The bell rung. Crap. I rushed through the hallways and snaked through the corridors to my destination: Music Theory. The minute I got there, everyone had been seated. They stopped all their conversations, stopped talking and turned to stare abruptly at me. The awkward silence made me shake, I was never good at being around people. All the seats were filled, that is, almost all of them. The only one that was left….. was next to Richard Grayson. I stopped breathing.

Out of ALL people, the one person I had to sit next to was the most good-looking and HOTTEST guy in SCHOOL.

My pace steady and slow, I walked right to the empty spot and sat down. I yanked the blue scrunchie, now tangled in my untamed hair, and shook my head letting down a curtain of auburn, that seperated me from him.

"Today class, we are going to learn about the structure of a trio-sonata"

Great.

I let myself drift off, staring at the lines of my open manuscript book. My index finger ran over the lines, top, third, bottom, top, third, bottom, the paper felt rough against my skin, the tiny, minuscule bumps. Then, my thoughts began to drift to a new subject, a person, the one sitting next to me. I turned cautiously, looking through the curtain from the corner of my eye, I saw him staring at me curiously. I quickly turned away, shying away from him. But. Curiousity, got the better of me and I could not stop myself from facing him again. His expression was curious, his head slightly tilted on one side as if he was watching me the entire time, studying me. Always watching. A new expression took over one that was austere and made me shiver. From being impertinent to serious, was so fast. I turned swiftly, focusing on the lines once more. I did not look at Richard the rest of class.

The awkwardness was killing me. Please let is ring, please let it ring. That moment as if my prayers were answered the bell rung. In a blink of an eye, Richard rose from his seat and walked swiftly out the door.

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My lunch wasn't different from any other day, I sat next to Rachel, we would be the only ones, we sat in a table far away from the hectic cluster of tables filled with gossips, jocks, dorks, nerds and the rest. We were outsiders. It was just me and Rachel. Rachel and I. No one else. For one, its probably cause we weren't "cool" and second, no one really wanted to mess and come close to Rachel. She has some 'anger management issues', yep, let's just call it that for now. Jenn, my choir buddy, had told me about a time when Rachel had scared the living soul out of a poor first year, sending him to the rehabilitation center for a couple of months, just because he pulled off the hood of her jacket. To be honest, I get frightened by Rachel too, but she is the only friend I have. The only person who has enough courage to actually sit by this loner. I focused now on the bottle of water in my hand, the sides now covered with water droplets, shimmering in the light. While focusing deeply on the intricate formations of the precipitation, I heard footsteps. Someone was coming towards us.

"Rachel, I need to talk to you. Now." , came a smooth, yet serious voice.

Wait, why does that voice seem so familiar…

"What do you want." , Rachel replied in a monotone.

"Something came up, we need to go. Now Rachel.", the voice came, more firm in response this time.

I turned around and became face to face with Richard. I froze. I forgot how to breathe.

Richard, strangely enough, mirrored my own facial expression. His cerulean blue eyes locked with my emerald ones. A hiatus. No one spoke, but I could feel my heart beat 10 times faster then before.

"OK, RICHARD, we have to go. Remember?", Rachel said hastily, interrupting the gazing.

"Right." He turned around swiftly to face the entrance of the cafeteria. By then, my senses had returned and made me wonder. Where were they going?

"Rachel, where are you going with Richard?" I called in a faint whisper so he couldn't hear.

"Somewhere. Don't worry about me. It's really urgent, I'll see you tomorrow Kori", and with that said Rachel and Richard disappeared into the sea of people.

Tomorrow…

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Rain. The first sound I heard in the what was supposed to be, a perfect day. Great. I hated the weather here. California was sunny and always constant. Here, it was unpredictable. Not just the weather, but the kids at school too. In particular, Richard Grayson. He and Rachel show up one day, but are gone the next. You could never know when either Rachel or Richard were actually going to show up. Most of me was curious, wanting to know where Richard and Rachel go and what they do during their time missed at school. But, another part of me, the demon inside, was envious. Jealous. Whenever they missed school it was always TOGETHER. I knew that I didn't know Richard Grayson, but I knew I didn't want Rachel to be the one. I did. But, so did every other girl in the school. Only if Richard was held against his will would he ever speak to me or even look at me. I didn't have a chance with a guy like him. He was perfect. Not even fate could make him be with me.

Getting ready for school wasn't so much of a problem for me, partly because I didn't really care about my looks and second I don't own a lot of things to wear. I looked through my closet and picked a white turtleneck sweater and my dark blue jeans. I quickly scanned the room for any thing left behind, grabbed my rain coat and slammed the door shut.

"Bye, Ms. Brown, I'm going to school. I'm late already." I yelled as I ran out the door.

"Ok, be careful, sweetheart. Have a nice day at school" She called back.

Ms. Brown was guardian. She took care of me since the day my parents died. I never remembered my parents, it was too long ago to remember. She has been my caretaker and "mother" ever since.

By the time I reached school, the bell had rung, and it was time for first period. First period…..Music Theory. Argh. I didn't hate music theory, I dreaded it. I had already taken AP Music Theory back in California, so there was no point of me learning it again. The long, boring lecture did not make me not want to go to class. It was my partner that was the problem. Richard. Everytime I walked by, I couldn't breathe. Everytime we looked at me, I shied away. He probably didn't notice at all. My heels touched the ground first as I walked, making it slower and giving me time to think. Reaching my destination, I opened the door. Here we go again…

Once again, the class stopped talking, silence fell over the room. I quickly went over to where Richard was sitting. My heart beating faster every step I took. After plopping my self in the seat, I immediately created my curtain between me and him.

Minutes had gone by. Seconds. The lesson began and I found myself detaching from the world of music theory already. This time though, I was interrupted. By a voice.

"Hello" came a very attractive male voice.

"Hi", I said in a faint whisper

" I think I didn't get to introduce myself last week, my name is Richard Grayson, you must be Kori Anders."

I stared at him.

"Oh, I'm sorry, do you prefer Kori?"

"Um. No well Ms. Brown calls me Kori and other people do too, and I prefer it so, yes, I guess I prefer being called Kori" I replied dumbly, stumbling on every word I said.

"Oh" he said, and turned away to gaze out the window.

"Today class, we will identifying the different cadences from a excerpt of Schubert's Mass in G, this is a partner assignment so please do work together in your pairs."

With that said, Mr. Green, begun to pass out the excerpts and paper.

"Ladies first, partner." Richard said with a crooked smile.

My eyes quickly scanned the first line, I smirked. This was TOO easy.

"Imperfect"

"May I take a look?" he said. He carefully leaned more to my side and gently brushed his hand against mine as he reached for the paper. The touch was warm. I felt static go through my entire body and to my cheeks. I quickly used my auburn hair to cover my flustered expression.

"I'm sorry" Richard said in a small voice and swiftly took the sheet. He smiled, and nodded,

"Imperfect"

We went on for another five minutes with me answering 8 of the 10 questions and him verifying my answers. We finished before the other groups did.

Mr. Green noticed this and walked over in our direction.

"Richard, don't you think you should let Kori have a go"

"Actually she identified 8 of the 10"

Mr. Green turned to me, "Did you take advanced placement in California?"

"Yes"

"Have you done this exercise before?" he said

"Not with the Mass"

"Chopin's Etude No. 3?"

"Yes" I replied sheepishly

"Then it was good that you two are partners then" and walked away.

Richard turned to me. "Do you mind telling me, why did you move here?"

"It's complicated"

"I think I can keep up." He challenged.

"My parents….. are dead."

"So, I don't think that's complicated, and my parents are dead too."

"Well, the person taking care of me is originally from Jump, so she wanted to come back. And her fiancée lives here too."

"Do you approve?" he asked

"Does it matter? I want her to be happy, she's taken care of me as long as I can remember and she deserves it."

"Hm…. Would she approve of who ever you choose?"

"Hey, I'm an adult, I make my own decisions."

He flashed his crooked smile. "That's what I wanted to hear."

At that moment, the bell rung, and Richard was out the door before I got up.

That night was the first I dreamed about Richard Grayson.

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