This is the third chapter. I'm trying to get as much updates before I go back to school. Which is in like two weeks. It lok more time with this chapter because I didn't really know what to do and I wanted it to be a little bit longer. Sorry to anyone who is not christian, no offense I promise this might come back as something important later.
Discalimer- I do not own the Teen Titans, and I'm not catholic, I'm baptist.
-"Hello, gorgeous." Funny Girl, 1968-
"Nervous?" Raven asked Dick. She could probably tell by left his leg jittering uncontrollably, which annoyed Raven to no end. They were currently sitting outside a large laboratory waiting on a meeting from Victor Stone, a multi-millionaire, who they wanted his company S.T.A.R Labs to also invest in StarFire Inc. Victor never invested in anything, never ever. Dick didn't have much hope in getting him, to now. He had his eye on a couple other investors worthy when he turned them down. Raven, however, was more than confident Vic would say yes. But Dick was losing sleep over this. He only had two days to get an investor.
"I don't have a good feeling about this." Dick whispered to Raven. She rolled her eyes. 'What makes you so certain he'll agree?"
Raven leaned in and whispered to Dick "Victor and I go way back. I did him a favor, and gave him something very, very...precious to me. Something I can never get back." Raven had this smug grin on her face as she turned away from Dick. Dick squinted his eyes. What the hell was that suppose to mean? Suddenly Dick eyes widened at the sudden realization of what she said. His mouth dropped wide enough to be a bug net.
"You had sex with Victor!" he sort of whispered, but loud enough for some passing doctors, or scientists to hear. Raven quickly shushed him. She pulled him to his feet and lead him around the corner. She looked around for a near by discreet location, and settled on a supply closet. She closed the door behind Dick, and pulled the string that ignited the light bulbs above their head. "Oh my Gawd!" Dick whispered "When?"
"It's not that big of a deal." Raven said crossing her arms "It was years ago." She leaned against a book shelf stocked with paints, gloves, sterile pads, and such.
"When?" Dick said fiercely. Dick and Raven engaged in a long silent battle of the glare. Raven stared at Dick unblinkingly, telling him to let it go. Dick stared at her, looking for an answer right now.
"I was seventeen. We met in Las Angeles back when I was going through the dark times of my life. Him and his family were invited to my father's Christmas party, which my father blatenly ignored me. There we met, we talked on the roof, smoked a little, and I... gave him my virginity." she said a light blush wiped across her face. Dick didn't know what to say. His partner had a one night stand with a big corporate giant, and she planned to use that against him. "Don't worry about it we remained friends. And I don't plan on bringing that up at all, this is strictly business. You know how I was back then. I was starving for my father's attention, and I would do anything to get it"
"Did it work at least?" Dick said sarcastically.
"Actually he the one who gave me the condom." Raven said nonchalantly. Dick looked absolutly stunned, this was the saddest, most disturbing, and graphic story he'd ever heard. But it was pretty funny. If her father knew she was going to do it, he didn't even care? What kind of jerk was he?
"So he knew that you were...and he didn't intervene?" Dick said shocked "I want to kick his ass and I'm not even your father." Raven gave a small smile, like she found this all amusing, and she did. It was funny to her how much she wanted her love, and how quickly she found out it would never happen. Here she was almost eight years later, and she now didn't even bother speaking to her father. She had gotten where she was in life, with no help at all from him.
"Actually he walked in, on the middle of us doing it and told us to keep it down. It wasn't the most glamorous experience of my life." Raven said crossing her arms. Dick was suppressing his laughter, but he lost. Raven hit him on the arm. "It's not funny. That was the most embarrassing moment of my entire life, to this day."
"No Raven, that's really funny." Dick said laughing. Raven shot him her infamous death glare. "Any other secrets?"
"Yeah, I'm adopting a fourteen year old orphan from Hong Kong. Shh don't tell my mother yet, it's a surprise" she said sarcastically. Raven rolled her eyes, slowly opening the door. She peeked out to see if anyone was around. When the coast was clear she stepped out, Dick closely following. They went back to the waiting area they had just left. If dick was nervous before, he was wasn't any better now. After a long moment of silence and waiting, the tall, dark, and handsome Victor Stone emerged from his office. Dick and Raven immediately stood up.
"Hey, Raven how are you?" he said giving her a quick peck on the cheek, in which she graciously accepted.
"I'm Ok." she said. "This is my employer, Dick." Vic held his hand out and shook Dick's hand kindly.
"It's nice to finally meet you." Dick said. Vic lead them both into his office. It was large but cluttered in boxes and files were spread across the desk. Raven and Dick sat in chairs on the opposites die of Vic. "I spoke with your father awhile ago." he said to Raven. Raven scoffed. She could just imagine how that conversation went :
"Hello Mr. Roth."
"Hello Victor. The last time I saw you, you were on top doing my daughter."
Raven shook the thoughts from her head. "How is he?"
"The same." Victor said simply. Dick was starting to feel more awkward by the second. He the more awkward he felt the more he felt like this was a horrible idea. He wanted nothing more than to jump up from his seat and run, but that was unprofessional. So he sat there like a good boy pretending to be interested in Vic and Raven's walk down memory lane. "Anyways I hear you have a business proposal for me."
Dick gulped, he knew everything he was suppose to say to impress him, but none of the words wouldn't come out. Raven looked at him, waiting for him to sat something, she caught his nervousness and spoke for him. "We are looking for a sponsor to fund a new project, that we have recently taken on."
Vic was silent. Dick felt like ice dropped into his stomach. " Go on." he said
"Well, we have decided that StarFire Incorporated is going to be the next money making corporation to be funded by Wayne Enterprises. It's a restaurant idea, new and different to anything Bruce has done before. And it's not a fab thing, or hot for the moment. As you know there is growing number of vegetarians and vegans in the area, not mention the millions of people who want a healthier lifestyle." she said
Vic again was quiet he seemed to be thinking for awhile. Dick was too nervous to say anything. Finally Victor sighed. "I don't think now is the best time, to invest in anything."
"But-" Raven started
"I'll tell you something that needs to be kept out of the public eye. S.T.A.R labs is losing a lot of money and we're not getting anywhere. It has cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars. If the public found out they'd shut us down. We're doing the best we can, but our technology cost a lot of money. Money we don't have."
Dick sighed and hung his head for a second. He couldn't wait to tell Raven off for this. "I totally, and fully understand your dilemma, but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity Bruce Enterprises doesn't offer partnerships everyday."
Vic sighed again. "Believe me if I had the money I'd seriously take up the offer, but we're on a budget of twenty-five million a year, I don't think I'll have enough to invest half into StarFire Inc. and still have enough for our project-"
"You don't have to invest half." Raven interjected. Dick shot her a what-the-hell-are-you-doing look, Raven turned back to Victor. "Not half but.. we can bring it down to a fifth."
Dick was holding in the urge to slap Raven in the face. Raven avoided eye contact with him. She nodded her head towards the stapled file sticking out of her bag. Once Dick caught on he reached in his bag and pulled it out. It was a document of the estimated cost to build the restaurant which was about ten million. He made his mouth in the shape of an O. "Yes, five million is about how much..."
Vic looked at Raven and then at Dick and then at Raven and then at Dick again. "If you show me your plans and make sure this is a steady deal, I'm up for it, we really could use the money."
Dick smiled Raven shot him an I-told-you- so look. After two hours of convincing and near grieving Victor finally agreed. Dick walked out of the office and for the first time since they entered he could breath properly. As the sunlight shone off his eyes, Raven spoke to Dick directly since the started the meeting. "You so owe me a raise."
"How did you get the graphics for the design so early?" he asked. Raven hailed a cab, opened the door.
"What do you think I was doing last week?" she said as she got into the cab. Dick just shook his head. "You're welcome." she said before shutting the door.
"I really need to start trusting her decision," Dick said as he hailed his own cab. "Maybe then I'll be able to sleep."
"Hurry up Gar, it's embarrassing coming into church late." Kory said hurrying down the street. She'd wore her most conservative outfit, and prepared full well for church this morning. She made Gar get up early and dress properly. They, well Kory, used to go to church every Sunday but when she moved to New York, she started slacking. She hadn't been to church in like three months, and she was started to feel very guilty. So, she heard of this church not to far away and decided to go.
Gar on the other hand wasn't too enthusiastic about having to get up at eight. "I'll hurry up a little later in the day." Gar said dragging his feet on the concrete. He did look sharp in his suit. They were going to a Roman Catholic church called Our Lady of Lord, although none of them were catholic, but why not try something new. They came around the corner and saw the lovely, kind of small, church just being opened. A crowd of people were going in. "Oh, good we're just on time." Kory said
Gar groaned. Kory pulled him towards the crowd. A few minutes later Kory and Gar were seated in the middle sections of the pews. Kory listened intently to the priest, Gar shamefully, felt like falling asleep. "I'm going to...confess." he whispered. Truthfully he just wanted something else to do. He stood up and walked to the back of the church were there was a confessions box. He could hear someone inside, so he waited a moment. The voice sounded oddly familiar. After a few minutes, Raven stepped out of the confessions box. This shocked Gar. "Raven?"
Raven looked up at him. Now she seemed surprised. "Oh, Gar...Hello." she said kind of bashfully.
"I didn't know you went to church, I didn't even know you were Catholic."
Raven looked around, as if this were some sort of secret, and she wasn't even suppose to be there. "Yeah, I converted." she said quietly. She looked at the floor and tried to go back to her seat, but Gar blocked her. He was determined to get some answers.
"What were you before?" Gar asked. He realized he was being a little nosey and this wasn't really the time or place. But he was so curious about her. She seemed like a total mystery, like the books. She had a dark past, and was really bent on keeping it in the past, but regardless Gar wanted to know everything about her. Raven didn't say anything for a moment. She twisted her black rosary beads around her arm.
"It doesn't matter." she said meekly. "Excuse me." she said stepping past him. She walked to the back of the isle and bowed her head. She appeared to being saying a Hail Mary. At the point Gar totally forgot about confessions. He almost raced back down the isle back to his seat.
He leaned in and whispered to a praying Kory. "Oh, my G-" he was interrupted by Kory's deep glare. "Word. Guess who I saw on my way to confessions?" Kory ignored him and went back to praying.
"Tell me later." she said irritable, opening one eye. Gar was at the edge of his seat for a half hour, he kept glancing at the back corner of the pews, just to catch a glimpse of Raven, but she always had her head down praying or reading the bible. Finally he couldn't take it anymore he had to tell Kory. "I saw Raven." he whispered
"What." Kory whispered rather loudly. Gar nodded towards the back of the church, gritting his teeth. "Great." Kory said uncaring.
"That doesn't interest you?"
"It'll interest me later, now leave me alone." she hissed. Now Kory was mad, which didn't happen to often. Gar knew to back off. So he waited until the end of the service to gossip. Kory just rolled her eyes, as they walked back into the sunlight, which slightly blinded them. Gar searched over the crowd of people for Raven.
"There she is." he said louder than he meant to. She was walking across the street. Her heels clicking, as she placed her bible in her pocket book. She was dressed mostly as she was in work, which made Gar wonder why she was so serious. She walked into a drug store across the street. He started to pull Kory in Raven's direction. "C'mon."
Kory stood her ground. "Gar, you can go stalk our business if you want to but I'm going to respect her privacy, not to mention her space. Gar shrugged, and decided not to heed Kory's warning, and looked both ways before crossing over the street. When we was there hebdashed into the store, and hid in an unknown isle. He whisked up the isle and peeked around the corner, and saw Raven standing at the back desk, where people picked up prescription medicines.
Raven turned around and Gar quickly turned to whatever the shelves were stocked with. Raven walked past him, holding a small brown bag. Gar waited in the isle until she past, before looking around for her. She was n a different isles flipping through a magazine. Not one of those superficial magazine where all they show is anorexic models, and stupid sex advice, but an intelligent magazine about poverty in Africa. She grabbed the magazine and the "New York Times." and went to the register. Gar lurked behind her watching her every move. Now he really was turning into a stalker.
Gar took a deep breath, and when he turned his head Raven was staring straight at him. "Oh, shit." he muttered under his breath.
"Gar?" Raven said surprised. She looked at him strangely. "Were you just following me?"
Gar gaped at her for a second. She sure did catch on quickly. "N-no, I was just picking up a few things." he said picking up whatever was on the shelf in front of him without looking. Raven choked a small laugh. He was holding a box of tampons. Gar blushed a bright red."Uh, Kory she just-"
"Right." Raven said stopping him while he was still ahead. Raven looked around, and Gar was paralyzed with embarrassment. With Raven the fun never stopped.
"Raven, can I ask you something?" he said. Raven looked at him through the corner of her eyes, and raised her eyebrows at him.
"Thats depends... what are you asking." Gar cupped his hands and took a deep breath. Raven waited nodding her head in his approval to ask her questions.
"H-how long have you been Catholic for?" Alright so it wasn't a real question, and Gar didn't really want to ask her anything, but that was the first thing he could think of. Raven searched her mind for an answer. Why was she answering this anyway?
"I converted to christianity about eight seven years ago around the time of my eightteenth birthday." she said meekly
"I thought you were twenty four." Gar said rubbing the back of his head. Raven rolled her eyes, but he could she had a had a grin hiding in the corner of her mouth. Gar really liked it when Raven was mysterious without trying. She would throw out simple signs that under her serious skin, she was a person. He could see it in her eyes and small smiles, and laughter.
"I am." she said "But my birthday is in a few weeks, so I rounded." she said shrugging. Gar just nodded. After yet another silence "Well, I must get going, but I'll see you tomorrow."
"Wait-" Gar said. "Why don't I walk you home or to your car or whatever." Raven nodded, and Gar smiled at his achievement. He walked silently next to Raven just gazing at her. Her sleek, and curvy, but skinny body stalked the sidewalks with such grace and confidence. It was funny, Raven was as fierce as a cheetah, but under her exterior, deep into her soul, she was a shell of a person. She wanted to hide, because deep down she was afraid. Afraid people wouldn't like her, and truthfully she didn't like herself. Gar could see past her, and he like who she was. Smart, beautiful, strong, independent. What wasn't to like? None the less he wanted her to open up more.
"Why do you find me so fascinating?" Raven said out of nowhere. This caught Gar of guard. Was it really that obvious, that a part of him, that he didn't want to admit pined for her.
"I just want to get to know you." he said. His voice was raspy and unfamiliar to him. Raven stopped she looked at the ground and then at Gar.
"Why?" she asked as she started walkeing again only faster this time. "Why does everyone want to know me." of course this was a returicle question.
"Because Raven you are different. You have this stride to sacrifice and fight for what you want and still care for your friends-"
"Friends?" she interuptted with a scoff.
"Dick whatever. I know that want the best for everyoe. And you have a dark side because-"
"Because what? I have a past. I'll admit Gar, I did a lot of stupid irresponsible things when I was in high school. But don't you think you would have to if you were raised by my father. My father didn't give a damn about me, he still doesn't. Don't you think I'm tired of the whole world judging me because I was presented as daddy's percect princess back then, when the truth was I hated him just as much, maybe even more than everyone else. And I am so tired of people thinking I'm some sort of lost soul that needs to figured out. I don't need to be figured out. Not by you or Dick or anyone else." And with that she stomped off. Gar was stunned.
"I think that all chicks need to be figured out."
Monday 10:28
Dick walked into the office that Monday morning totally refreshed. It had been months since he felt this confident about a business deal. He was holding all the right cards, and everything was going exactly how he wanted it to go. All that needed to be done was Bruce make it official, and then he could rub it in Roy's face. He was surprised that Raven hadn't called him that morning to go over things, like she usually did. Maybe she lightened up. Dick was also excited to see Kory again. For reasons he just didn't know.
He walked into Raven's office to see her talking on the phone. "No, really I'm fine...I wish you wouldn't...no really you...you don't have to... I wish you wouldn't worry about me...I know but I'm fi-...yes...yes...I'm fine really, if I weren't alright I'd tell you trust me... I'm sure...I love you too bye."
Dick smiled at her. "Who was that?" he said playfully "Your boyfriend." Raven rolled her eyes and rolled at her chair back and pulled a file off the shelf.
"You are so childish. That was my mother." she said irritable. "As you may realize she calls me day and night."
Dick sat on the chair on the opposite side of Raven's desk. He leaned back and rubbed the sand out of his eyes. Suddenly he felt like he needed coffee. "Yeah, I was wondering why she calls so much."
Raven sighed as she ran an orange and blue highlighters across the files. "I know. She worries about me all the time, me living out here and her living in Santa Barbara. I've been ignoring her calls lately and it sent her into a worry tizzy. So I had to reassure her I wasn't dead." Raven continued running the highlighter. Dick took another file and made sure everything was right.
"So, the big two five is coming up in two weeks." Dick said his blue eyes scanning across the page. "Any big plans?" Raven didn't even lift her head. They did this every year. Dick would try to get her out the house, and have a "formal" birthday like dinner or a club. Raven just wanted to spend it alone in the bathtub with a good book and scented candles. This year she had a plan.
"Nah, I think maybe I'll visit my mother or maybe I'll go see Kia." Kia was a young woman battling AIDs in Africa. A couple years ago Raven decided to take her as sponsor. So Raven sent her money and paid for her to live. It was unusually noble of her.
"Then we have to do something fun this weekend." Dick said with a grin. Raven pretended not to hear this. She looked up past Dick, and stood up.
"You'll never guess who I ran into yesterday." Raven said as she made her way over to the fax machine. Dick closed the file he was looking at. and picked up a new one. "Who?" he said rather uncaring. Raven grinned, not that Dick could see her.
"Kory." she said simply. Dick's head snapped up at just the mention of her name. It was becoming increasingly hard to keep his cool about her, again for reasons he didn't know.
"Yeah," he said unimpressed. Raven took the file out of his hand and started to fax it. "How nice."
Raven realized that it was kind of a lie, technically she saw Gar. What the hell close enough. Raven took the rest of the files and saved it to her computer. Dick tried to read as much of them as possible before Raven snatched them away, then the phone rang, in which Raven automatically answered. "Richard Grayson's office, Raven speaking...Mr. Grayson is unavailable on that date... thank you."
Dick awaited Raven to say something about the phone call, but she didn't say anything for a moment. "That was Kitten Moth."
"Who?"
Raven spun in her chair slightly and rolled her eyes. "This stupid spoiled heiress, who is hot for you." she said. Now Dick rolled his eyes. "Shit, I left my binder in my car." he said scratching the side of his mouth. Raven ignored him, as her phone rang again. Dick got up to leave but, he could hear Raven's voice from the elevator.
"No mother, I'm fine!"
Dick shook his head as he awaited the elevator, it stopped with a ding. Without looking Dick walked into the elevator knocking into to someone. "I'm sorry." he said upon seeing that it was Kory. "Oh, Kory hi, I um didn't see you there."
Kory just smiled pleasantly. "How are you Dick?" Dick smiled at her. Gar whom Dick didn't see just rolled his eyes.
"So, aren't we going to settle some business some business?" Gar said. This broke Dick and Kory out of their in official grinning contest. Dick should them the way to Raven's office since, the meeting didn't start until eleven. When Raven asked what happened to the binder he was supposable getting he said he had to make sure Kory and Gar didn't get lost which of course meant he actually forgot all about the binder, and needed an excuse. Raven responded with a whatever, so Dick went back to his car, to get the binder. Kory excused herself to the bathroom, which left Raven and Gar alone, and in awkward silence.
"About Sunday-" Gar started finally.
"Forget about it." Raven said keeping her eyes on the computer. He shut his mouth until Kory arrived. To no one's surprise she came in with Dick giggle ling like little girls, about some inside joke they shared in the hallway. Raven kept rolling her eyes and seemed to be getting distracted. "I'm going for coffee." she said irritable.
"Me too." Gar said following her. To his surprise she didn't interject. Now it was Kory and Dick's turn for alone time. Kory ran her fingers across the side of Raven's desk, and whistled lowly.
"If this is your manager's office I can't imagine what your office looks like."
Dick grinned to himself. His own office was nowhere neat or organized as Raven's. She spent a weekend buying shelves and hatboxes, to organize everything, While Dick was always worried would just tack it to a bulletin board that wrapped around his office. The only other things he had were two chairs, a desk, a paper shredder, and a window.
"Let me guess," Kory said playfully "You have a poster of... Halle Berry in there."
Dick chuckled. "You know me all to well." he said sarcastically but in a kind way.
"Actually I don't know you at all." she said "You can't just be some workaholic, smart buisness savvy. Don't you ever get out there and do something fun? With all this work how do you find time to date or-"
"I don't." Dick said fiercely
"All work and no plat makes Dick a dull boy." Kory said as if she were making a point. Maybe she was right. Dick had been in a serious relationship since Barbara broke up with him a year and a half ago. He had been on a regular date in almost one year. He didn't realize it until just then, that he had worked every single day since he'd gotten the damn internship.
"C'mon the meeting is about to start."
The meeting had gone surprisingly well. Dick made all his points on finances and radicals. Bruce nodded occasionally but it was still hard to tell. Dick had to give it to Roy he'd chosen some sort of all natural chemical for house cleaning that was no poisoning. It would've been impressive just not next to StarFire Inc. Unfortunately for Roy he went after Dick. It was hard to tell who had the better project. Dick won major points getting Victor Stone to invest five million dollars to the cause, but Roy's product was safe for kids and effective. After literally hours the groups were called out of the room and told to come back in an hour. It was suspenseful and everyone was tired but couldn't wait to hear the deliberation.
Dick stared out of the window at Raven's window it was drizzling outside and really set a New York type of mood. It was already five O' clock! He was alone but it didn't bother him.
"Hey." Kory said meekly in the door way.
"I thought you went to the café with Gar." Dick said. Kory shrugged and slowly crossed over to where Dick was sitting. She towered over his seated form, and from his view she seemed lengthy. Her warm face glowed even though it was gray outside. She glowed with uber confidence, and a light hearted spirit that never seemed to stop. She was always happy, Dick liked that about her. He'd been around so many work addicts for so long it was refreshing to see someone who wasn't buried under files. "Are you nervous about the decision?"
Kory sat down on the window sill next to him. "I've been let down before. If we don't get this oh well, there will be other chances. I'll catch a break eventually."
"How admirable." he said. After that he didn't know what to say, Dick always made sure his work was perfect so he was hardly ever let down. When he was he would stop at nothing to do better the next time. "I think we did good, so you don't have to be worried."
Kory wasn't paying attention her glaze carried out to the window. She watched the drops of rain fall on the window pane, and wiggle out of her sight. "I bet you by the time we get out it'll stop raining."
"Kory that doesn't seem-"
"Watch." she said yet again smiling at him. No more words were exchanged between the two. Finally just Dick, Raven, Roy, and Garth were called into the conference room. It was the moment of truth. This was the big comeback that Dick needed. His stomach was in knots. Raven on the other hand was as cool as a cucumber. She handled defeat very well, not like Dick. Roy had this annoying smug look on his face, and damn it made Dick want to punch him in the face. Roy always acted like they should announce him the winner, so he could go screw the new intern in the copier room already.
"This was an especially hard decision." Bruce spoke slowly, he liked to build up dramatic suspense, not one of his finer qualities. "I personally am very impressed at your unique suggestion. Dick got Victor Stone at S.T.A.R Labs to invest with us very good. None the less you both have some bugs to work out in these projects if we're really going to do this. Anyway I am about to make someone's dreams come true and it either going to be Radlen Corp. or Starfire Inc. We have made our final decision and we want to go with a company that is groundbreaking and smart we're going with... Starfire Inc."
Dick held in the overpowering desire to jump on the table and do a victory dance, yelling "In you Face" at Roy. Luckily he kept his cool. Raven didn't look surprised at all, she mostly looked like can we please leave now. Roy was biting his lower lip, and Garth was hanging his head sighing deeply. Bruce congratulated them, said some things and they were dismissed. Kory was waiting anxiously outside the door, when the doors opened she jumped up from her seat. "Well?"
Dick held out his arms and had a smile cursing his face. "We got it." he said. Kory let out a squeal of excitement, and her and Gar started jumping up and down. It made Dick proud that people's lives were going to change because of him, with a whole lot of help from Raven too.
"We did it finally!" Gar almost yelled. Kory had the biggest smile on her face.
"Look it stopped raining." she said with enthusiasm. Dick's head snapped in the direction of the window it had indeed stopped raining. Raven didn't seem excited she actually looked a little sick. She was pale, and tired.
"I am going home early." she said Dick. Dick looked confused. she was fine a minute ago, but if she wasn't feeling well he wasn't going to force her to stay, especially since it wasn't necessary. She left quietly without another word, but Gar and Kory were too excited to notice. On the elevator down, and trip through the lobby all they talked about was their future restaurant.
"I have to go quit my job!" Gar said when they were outside. He ran off in the opposite direction screaming goodbyes to Dick and Kory. Kory again turned her attention to Dick.
"Care to celebrate with me?" she said. Dick grabbed her arm.
"Of course my dear, I'll personally drive you to anywhere your heart desires."
"Well, I am in the mood for ice cream." she said. It was adorable how she was like a little kid. "But can I drive." she said when they arrived at Dick Mercedes-convertible. He threw he the keys, Kory daintily clapped her hands as she got into the driver's seat. She revved up the engine, and they were off. The sun was shining and they were both happy, what more could they ask for?
"So we're does Kory get her ice cream from Ben and Jerry's or Frozen Cow Juice." Dick asked as she scanned the store on the sidewalks for a place for ice cream.
"Hmm, nah, you can't get good ice cream from New York no way." she said
"Then wher are-"
"New Jersey of course, you don't find ice cream in New York as you can in New Jersey." she said as if it we're nothing. If this were any other person Dick would have thought that they were crazy, but with Kory he didn't feel like she was crazy.
"So we're just going to drive down to New Jersey just like that?" he asked. Kory nodded. "What about work?"
"Screw it, it's not like your actually going do anything. Work is like school once you have a big test they go easy on you for a couple of days." Dick laughed he loved how spontaneous Kory was. So that's what he did she drove halfway, then stopped at a rest stop and switched places. The whole ride Kory and Dick discussed everything from boy bands to politics to which celebrity they'd pay to punch in the face.
"Now promise me you won't turn around and drive back to Manhattan, I mean we're already half way there let's not make this trip for nothing. "Dick smiled "I promise." he said. Kory then held out her pinky finger and told him to pinky promise. He found it hard not to laugh but, he did.
"Mr. Grayson do you always sit in the dark or do you ever let the sunshine in?" she said. Before Dick could ask her what that meant she pushed the button that pulled the top on his convertible down. The warm sun spilled in, and the wind wildly tangled in Kory's hair. She giggled at this. "Next step in you boring man recovery is dusting out your electronics." she turned on the radio and scanned over the stations pointing out to Dick what was not to be listened to by anyone for more than three minutes, and she stopped on Don't Let Me Down by No Doubt. "I love this song."
Gwen stefani's voice rang."Oh, I can't believe that you're still around, Almost forgot how you let me down." Kory joined in. "Come on Dick you know the words. "Crying so deep, That I think I might die, Your mistakes I keep in the back of my mind, So hard to let go but I'm, comin' round, The scars are still fragile ,Don't let me down" she sang.
She then unbuckled her seat belt and raised her upper body so she was in the wind. Her hair twisted around her gorgeous face, like in the movies. Like Marilyn or Audrey only more modern, but just as glamorous.
So don't blow it
No not a little bit
Cause now you're all mine
Don't you forget it
Don't blow it
Even a little bit
Cause now you're all mine
Don't you forget it
They finally drove up a dusty abandoned road, a few minutes from a strip of farm houses, it was dark outside by now. Goats, and sheep dogs openly wandered. There was a few people waiting at a small ice cream stand in the distance. "This is where you want to get ice cream?" Dick said
"Give it a chance." Kory said. And she was absolutely right. Kory got strawberry and Dick got chocolate. It was made of real milk and cream. Dick raved about and they even got seconds. In the field Dick grabbed a blanket out of the trunk of his car and they stared at the star invisible to them in New York.
"I have never seen or done anything so crazy in a long time." Dick said amazed they for no reason he left the state. He dropped all responsibility and work ethic he held. Raven would probably chop off his balls, for leaving with no notice. But he didn't care. He didn't care about anything, just the moment in the grass with the beautiful girl, and starry night.
"You should get out more." Kory said. "Before I moved I would sneak into the barn house and sleep with the chickens. My window was blocked with trees so I couldn't see the stars. So I snuck in the barn house. I even saved up my allowance and secretly bought a telescope, and I hid it in the hay." Kory giggled. "The barn house. So many memories."
Dick laughed. "Your fondest memories was in a barn?"
"Oh yeah." she said "I rode by first bike in there, I lost my first tooth, I punched my sister in the face for the first time, I even had my first kiss in there. A lot of first."
"Alright so tell me about your first kiss."
"Well I was fifteen and I met Bobby Plunk in church, so one hung out, one night on the homecoming dance we left early and came in the barn and..kissed."
Dick thought about it. "Now tell me about your last kiss."
"My last kiss? I can't remem-" before Kory could finish her sentence Dick kissed her clear on mouth. She was stiff at first, but totally relaxed herself, and melted against his lips. Dick then broke away from the kiss.
"Now tell me about your last kiss." he whispered in her ear.
Kory smiled at him for the millionth time that day. "Hm, it was fantastic."
Alright this is the longest chapter I have ever written ever, ever. There are probably a lot of mistakes and you know what I don't care. This is where the story picks up.