School just started so I amy be a little slowon the update but I'll try my best.
No one got that key question (shrugs) it was a movie called Hitch starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes. Good movie I recommend,
Disclaimer- Teen Titans don't own em'. I also don't own L.O.V.E Nat King Cole does, What a wonderful world Luis Armstrong does, and Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles does.
-"His eyes have made love to me all evening." Camille,1936-"
Dick woke up, after only three hours of sleep. The alarm clock was extra annoying as the sun peaked through his window curtains and shone right in his blood shot eyes. He rolled over on his side and sighed. He couldn't get Kory out of his head. Why had she just left him last night? Worst of all he had to face her today at the meeting, he wasn't mad at her for leaving, he was afraid she thought that he was mad at her for leaving.
"Fuck damn it." he muttered as he stepped out of his bleach white sheets, and on to the cream colored carpet.
Dick had to go face Kory this morning, and he was reallt strarting to dread it. He wasn't mad because she just got up and left him last night, he was upset that she didn't give him an explaination for leaving. He expected things between them to be awkward, but for whatever reason she did it, he would understand. Dick walked off the elevator, and headed toward the conference room. Raven of course was there early.
"Hey, Raven." Dick said miserable putting his brief case next the door. Raven coughed, ignoring Dick's obvious attempts at getting some sympathy. Raven glaned at her clock, and began to gather up all the nessesary files needed to negotiate with Kory, Gar, and Bruce. Dick found it strnge that Kory wasn't there yet. He began to wonder if she was even coming.
"Relax, she'll be here." Raven said. Dick grunted, and went for some coffee. So his sucky day began. The employee lounge coffee, as terrible, then he spilled someon his shirt. Dick then made his way to the bathroom, to try and wipe it out, and blow dry it in the hand dryer. He glanced at his watch. Shit the meeting started in five minutes.The elevator was broken, so Dick basically ran up the stairs. By the time he'd gotten there, everyone was there including Kory. Techinally he wasn't late but he felt like he was. There was no time to talk to her.
Of course the meeting was boring on all ends. They basically talked money this, budget that. From the lack of sleep Dick had gotten, he almost dosed off. His eyes were wincing to stay awake. Raven more than gladly stepped on Dick's foot, whenever it looked like he wasn't going to make to make it. But then something made Dick feel way more awake.
Roy keot tossing notes to Kory under the table. Kory would read the notes, smile, and look up at Roy before writing something back. Dick watched this for the whole rest of the meeting, and he wasn't too happy about it. Sending notes, was so high school. Why did Kory keep sending him notes? Fianlly Dick put his leag out, and stopped one note short. He 'dropped' a pencil, and bent down to pick it up.
RoyH: Did it hurt?
Kory: No.
RoyH: Are you an alien?
Kory:No.
RoyH: Well I guess I am not good at pick up lines.
Kory: you think. But that's OK.
RoyH: Really?
Kory: I dig sweet sensitive guys, and I'll tell you it's been awhile since I've met a cute guy like you.
RoyH:So does that mean I can pick you up at eighto' clock on Saturday night?
Kory: I didn't say that.
RoyH: Will you say it now.
Kory: I'll get back to you
Dick stared at the note totally horrified, and angrier than a wet black cat. Then the meeting was over, and Dick was still staring at the note, with his mouth hung open. Dick quickly stood up and left as quickly as possible. By the time the meeting was over the elevator was fixed but, it wasn't moving fast enough. Dick wanted to avoid Kory at all cost. He felt like such an idiot to believe she would actually like him.
"Dick." Kory called after him. Dick stabbed the button on the elvaot again, but it was too late."Hey." Dick didn't say anything. Kory caught wind of that Dick was mad at her.But she thought it was because of last night. "I guess should explain."
"No, you don't." Dick said fiercely "Save it for someone who cares." Kory was shocked. Dick stepped onto the finally arrived elevator. "There is a formal event tonight I expect you'll come-"
"Dick please." Kory begged
"You can get the information from Raven." he said before the elevator door shut.
Dick stood in his designer tuxedo in the middle of a huge ballroom. Grand chandeliers hung gracefully from the ceiling, and a bar stretched all the way down the room. Dick hated these types of events with a passion. Tonight Bruce was honering a retired employee of his or a charity event, something like that. When Dick heard he had to attend this crucial event all he could do was privatly suck his teeth and roll his eyes. Currently his hair was slicked back, and his tux was making him very hot. The open rafters spun around in the corner of the room, and glass doors on the other side of the room were opened to expose the veranda.
Dick took a flute glass of champagne, and held the glass between his finger. He was so sick of champagne. He would kill for a beer right about now. But it was important to put on a fake smile and kiss up to these people, not only because he was competing for an internship, but also and most importantly because he as son of Bruce Wayne, which was a major pain in the ass some times.
Raven glided across the ballroom in a simple black, v- neck dress, with a plunging neck line. Her hair was in a french braid, and her face glowed with boredom. "You look nice." Dick said in a not convincing tone, kissing her on the cheek. Raven rolled her eyes.
"Are you kidding me? I haven't felt this stupid in a dress since my cotillion." she said. "I think this is the ninth black and white ball I've been to this year."
"That's what this is? I though it was a charity event." Dick said swirling the contents of his glass around. Raven shrugged and joined in Dick's leaugue of the extrodinarily bored. Dick and Raven stood there in silence for what seemed like hours, and in fact it had actually only been five minutes. Dick kept flicking his head bacl towards the entrance every few seconds.
"What are you doing?" Raven asked getting a little annoyed with his fidgetting. Dick just shook his head. For some reason he couldn't get Kory out of his head, all day she was on his mind, which aggrivated him since he was suppose to be mad at her. Suppose to. For some reason he couldn't be mad at her no matter how hard he tried, at least when he wasn't around her. This morning at the office he had been so furious with Kory he couldn't even stand to look at her, but the second he leaft her sight, he just wanted to kiss her. "You're looking for Kory aren't you?" Raven asked
"No, I'm"
"Dick stop it. You have said almost nothing since the meeting. I saw Kory and Roy, and I saw your face. I know it's bothering you, and frankly I don't think that you should get upset about it, it's probably nothing." she said placing her hand on the back of his shoulder.
"That's not what you were saying about Malcolm." Dick said harshly. Raven glared at him.
"That's different."
"How? Because every girl I seem to like, you shoot down immeadtely, but you like Kory, Raven, I know that you do, and for what ever bull shit reason you want to keep her around. What Kory did to me, is the exact thing Malcolm did to you, and your glad that your not the only hurting over someone for once." Dick said.
Raven was shocked. Dick was her friend and he never spoke so harshly at her like he did right now. And to bring up Malcolm was just crossing the line. She knew he was upset and probably didn't mean it, but that hurt her. Raven closed her slightly open mouth, and turned on her heels and walked away. Dick all of a sudden felt bad. After all Raven was just trying to help, and it wasn't at all neccessary for him, to bring up such a touchy matter. He was about to find her to apologize when she glided into the room.
Kory was wearing a white floor length dress. It had a black sash at the waist and was layered all the way down. Her hair was in a loose bun, and she just glowed. Dickfelt everyone in the room melt away, and it was just him and Kory, and then he remembered he was mad at her. He quickly turned his head away from her, before she could see him staring at her, and walked towards the other end of the room.For a second he forgot he was suppose to be doing something, and then he went to find Raven to apologize. That way he could avoid Kory, and have an excuse for gving her the cold shoulder.
The first thing Kory did when she entered the grand ballroom was scan around for Dick. The room was so crowded she couldn't see over anyone's head. Gar came into view next to her, in his black tuxedo, and too was scanning the room but for a different person.
"You know that Malcolm guy has thid gig in Las Vegas, and makes something like ten million bucks a year." He said with hatred streaming his voice. Kory rolled her eyes. Yesterday Gar had goggled Malcolm Warren (who had over two million hits) and just kept going on and on about his deep hatred for this guy. Appearently he was some sort of goth- magician and had contract at some hotel and casino on the Vegas strip. "How am I going to compete with that?"
Kory ignored him this time, and made her way through the room. Everyone she past would stop talking or whatever it was they were doing and stare at her. It was really strang, this didn't happen to her to often. That's when she saw him. Dick was talking to Bruce at the far end of the ballroom. She made her way over to him. She didn't know why she was so nervous, she hadn't been this nervous in her life. Kory could hear her heart about to break through her chest.
"Hello Richard." Kory said as she approached. She almost called him Dick, but was trying to be as professional as possible. "Hello, Mr. Wayne."
Bruce smiled at her pleasently. "Oh please call me Bruce. If we're going to be doing buisness together I want to think of us friends."
Dick wasn't amused, all the anger flooded back to him. "Excuse me." he said heading towards the opposite direction.Kory quickly followed him.
"I'm sorry." she said, walking fast to keep up with him. "I'm sorry." she said again.
"I heard you." he said trying to loose her. Kory stopped dead in her tracks as the cruel words from Dick hit her. As soon as she stopped, the crowd filled in the spaces between them, and she lost him again. Meanwhile Gar was having a specifically hard time looking for Raven, this would be the first time he spoke to her since their unofficial date, last night. He had never seen Raven in an evening gown, and there were so many people that he was having a hard time finding her. But then he saw her. She was gorgeous. Her smokey eyes complimented her so well. She was standing near the entrance being chatted up by some big guy. This gave Gar a pang of jealousy, as he made his way over to her.
"Oh, hello Gar." Raven said when he slid next to her. Gar nodded his head at her, and then sent an evil look over to the guy she was talking to. The guy noticed this and gave Gar a weird look. Even though this guy was three times the size of Gar, he was ready to fight for Raven's affection if he had to. The tension between the two went unnoticed by Raven. "This is Victor Stone, he will be sponoring you." Raven warned. "This is Garfield Logan he is the vice president of StarFire Incorporate."
"Please call me Gar." he said accepting Vic's handshake but squeezing it as hard as possible which turned out to be not so hard. Of course Vic noticed.
"Wow that's quiet a grip you got there. Building hand nuscle playing Halo two?" he said as a joke.
"Halo three." Gar said quietly. Victor's eyes went wide.
"You have Halo three! Man, I've been looking for that for weeks."
Raven was now confused. How could anyone of any intelligence have a conversation about video games for more than tweleve seconds? She left Vic and Gar to discuss the finer points of Halo, Tekken, and Fear Effect as she just shook her head. She saw Kory dash out of the ballroom and decided to follow her. Making herself as inconspicuous as possible. She slipped out the room and slithered s few feet behind Kory without being noticed. Kory quickly went out of the country club, in which the party was being held and into the parking lot. She leaned against a car, and slid down the side of a car a wept. She pulled herknees into her and put her head down.
She didn't reallt know why she crying, it was really silly and useless to be crying over a boy. But she couldn't help it. She wasn't sure why Dick was so angry with her. Perhaps he was being an egostistical male, or maybe he should be mad at her. It was weird she spent hours making herself up for him tonight, and she wasn't even sure if he noticed her. Then she heard the sound of gravel crunching beside her. She looked up and saw a lengthy figure next to her, and she started.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Raven said sliding down next to her.
"Thanks Ok." Kory said through her tears. Now felt slighting embarrassed. She never saw Raven so emotional and hear she was ruining an expensive gown, for really no reason. Raven pulled out a hankercheif.
"No more crying." she said rather gently wiping away Kory's tears.
"Oh Gawd I feel so ridiculous. Here I m making a fool of myself over a boy, this is so stupid." Kory almost yelled.
Raven pulled her dress down, as it was exposing her thigh, she strtched out her legs, and crossed her ankles, as she sat next to Kory. "It's OK," Kory looked at Raven strangely "to cry I mean. Maybe if I had cried a little when Malcolm and I broke up I wouldn't have had such bad head aches."
Kory hiccupped a little. "What was that like?"
Raven titled her head and sighed. "Well we were together for a long time. I guess in a way he was my first love, and when it was over it was so hard for me to get over it. But part of recovery is being emotional, that was mt mistake. I held everything inside and expected to be OK with it, and the truth was I wasn't. I was almost completely heart broken." she said simply. "Maybe I'm still not over it."
"Do you still love him." Kory asked.
Raven didn't say anything for a long time. "That's a good question Kory, and no matter how much I would absolutly hate to admit I do still have feelings for Malcolm. Eventually I will find someone who is right for me. Not neccessarily a man but, someone who does love me and I'll be over him."
"I feel so awful, like what did I do wrong. I thought we were good, and then I started thinking were we really together in the first place? I want to be loved so bad, and I guess that makes me impressionable. I gues maybe Dick and I aren't meant to be. I know that sounds strange since we haven't known each other that long but-"
"No, it's real." Raven interuptted staring into the distance. Then she looked at Kory again. "There comes a time in every relationship, official or not, where it's good until the guy goes and does something stupid. This is your time. DIck is just acting like a big baby."
Kory look this in for a second. This was true, whether it was infedelity or a forgotten anniverssary the gy always did something really dumb. dick was just kind of being an idiot right now, so wht tread on it. "What did Malcolm do to you?"
Raven gave a small laugh. "What most shallow men, who aren't happy with their current sexual intimancy do. He went and fucked some brunette, groupie he met after a show."
Raven stood up and held her hand out. Kory gazed at it for a moment, before grabbing it. Raven pulled her up. kory sighed and tried her best at not letting the tears left in her eyes spill, but it was in vain. Raven wiped the final tears. Kory leaned over and examined herself in the car window. She looked a mess. Her hair was falling out of the bun, and her eye shadow and mascara was smudged all over her eyes. which were red and puffy. Red and green eyes didn't mesh well.Raven took out her black clutch, and took out a tissue as if reading Kory's mind. She pulled out a tube of pitch black mascara, and dark, dark eye shadow colors from it.
"I know that this is a little caliginous for your taste but.." Raven's voice trailed off. She was starting to feel like the emotional girly girls she was dead set against. Was she going soft. Then she decided as of tomorrow no more sympathy for her, she was going to roll her eyes, and tell them to get over it like she always did. Kory gave her a sympthetic smile.
"It's fine." she said accepting Raven's peace offering. This looked like the start of a beautiful friendship. And if it was it was the first girlfriend both Kory and Raven had, had in a long time. Kory and Raven returned to the ballroom. Kory spotted Dick. He was sitting in a chair with his arm crossed with angry look on his face. Kory held her head up and started to march over to him. She was ready to give him a piece of her mind. Then when she half way there, she began to feel anxious like Dick take her back.
She then stopped. She thought about it. At the last second she backed out of it. With a sigh she turned around and disappered somewhere. Raven who had witnessed the whole thing, shook her head. What a weakling. Raven herself was starting to get a little annoyed with Dick's game heart-on-a-string.
"Your a real idiot, you know that?" Raven said sitting down in the chair next to him. Dick rolled his eyes, and went back to leaning in his seat. Raven groaned. "Are you going ruin the potentially best relationship you've ever had, because your acting like a baby?"
"Since when do you care so much about me and my personal affairs." Dick said stubbornly. "Besides I've known Kory for like what five weeks, can you really call that potential?" Raven sat back in her chair and sighed. Dick could be such asshole sometimes, most of the time.
"Truthfully, I just like having a...little bit of fun with you. You haven't been this happy with a girl since-" before Raven could say that name, Dick shot her a glare. "And then you went around hissing at anyone, mainly me, about everything fucking thing, from missing files, to if your coffee wasn't hot enough, and frankly I am not putting up with your shit any more."
Dick rolled his eyes again."I-"
Raven stood up and leaned towards him. "Look I don't personally give a damn what happens between you and Kory, regardless to what a few witnesses might claim, but I am going to give you two things. One is my advice, I am advising you to stop acting like a bay, and make up with the girl. The second," she said darkly "is a warning is you do decide to be a stubborn moron, don't tell me about it. I would rather not know but don't come in to work throwing me orders like I'm a fucking dog."
Dick sighed. "Must you always advise me on every aspect of my life?" Raven smirked.
"It's what I am good at."
Richard grinned at Raven before turning, to go find Kory. He carfully scanned over the crowd looking for her. suddenly the soft orchestra started up, and the guest begrudgingly started dancing to the music. Then Dick saw Kory. She was sitting in a chair with her head in her hand, and looking on ward at the dancing couples admirable. A short man with black hair, and white suit. he looked a little like Frank Sinatra, he grabbed the microphone, and started singing into it.
" L is for the way you look at me,O is for the only one I see, V is very, very extraordinary, E is even more than anyone that you can adore." he sang smoothly.
"Hey." Dick asid to Lory. Kory looked up at Dick, she didn't say anything. Dick awkwardly rubbed the back of his head, then he held his hand out. "Could I have this dance?" Kory smiled before putting her and in his, she stood up and walked with Dick over to the dance floor. Thet slowly started moving to the music.
"So what made you change you mind, about me?" Kory said when they arrived on the dance floor. Dick held both of her hand out slightly, and moved his feet back and forth.
"Well, I was talking to Raven, and she told me toforget about whatever it was I was mad about. And she was right, I was acting like a child and for that I am sorry. I just tend to lash out at people when I'm fustrated, and seeing you with Roy made me...jealous to no end, but like I said I was talking to Raven and she convinced me that it was nothing." he said. Both Dick and Kory started blushing, like two teens at the prom.
"Love is all that I can give to you, love is more than just a game for two, two in love can make it, take my heart and please don't break it, love was made for me and you."
"You want to know why I can't sleep with you?" Kory said more sultry than she wanted. Dick nodded. "I see the type of relationship that you have with Raven. She's like your best friend, and you have a brother- sister bond, I want to have that a real connection with you. every guy, which is not many by the way, that I've been with where like total jerks, and I don't want to ruin what we have. It's special." she said koily.
Dick shrugged, and then scoffed. "I wish that were true. Raven is my best, best friend. She's like the only friend I have, and we have know each other since we were eight, we even went to boarding school together. She's done more for me than I can ever repay her." Dick said sadly. " I feel like all I've ever done is let her down."
Kory frowned she felt confused. Dick and Raven seemed to have a great, friendly bond. What could possible be wrong with it. "What happened?" she asked. Kory gasped. She stopped dancing, and pulled her hands away from Dick's. "You slept with her." she whispered
Dick rolled his eyes. He grabbed Kory's hands again, and tried to pick up the beat again. "Don't be silly, that would be like doing it with my sister." he said, making a disgusted face.
"Then what happened?" Kory asked again.
Dick shook his head. "It doesn't matter, it was a long time ago. I dont' want to dissapoint you like I did her, so instead of trying to reinact my relationship, let's just try and create our own, special bond." Dick said. Kory smiled agin, and nodded.
"I would like that."
Raven watched the two love birds from a distance, and couldn't help but grin. If this lasted, and Kory and Dick ended up getting married and having kids, she would constanly remind Dick it was her who got them together. It was getting too hot and romantic in the ballroom for her personal taste. She stood up and made her way towards the veranda. It was a humid September night. Early Septembers always were. She walked down the white mable stairs and into the grand garden. She could still hear the blazing jazz music. The garden was a fountain surrounded by exotic plants. Raven sat down on the edge of the fountain. Unbeknowist to Raven Gar had followed her out. He silently slithered next to her. She knew he was there but she just kept staring at the beauty of the full moon up ahead.
"Lovely night we're having." gar said raising his eyebrows twice. Raven shrugged and turned to him.
"It's OK, I guess." It was silent after that, neither one of them felt like they needed to say anything, they were just there. "Is there a particular reason you followed me out here?" Raven asked after awhile.
"Hm, not really but I do want to get to know you." Gar said leaning back. "Good or bad girl?"
"Excuse me?"
"Are you a good girl or a bad girl."
Raven leaned back and thought about this. Today she didn't do anything all that wild or bad. She wasn't much of a drinker, she quit smoking, she even went to church. But then again she did have some very bad girl history. "I guess it depends on your definition of good girl or bad girl." she said shrugging.
"Well, there are certain characteristics of said good or bad girl." Gar explained. "Like piercings or hair styles, or tattoos."
Raven brushed the side of her leg. "I didn't realize a tattoo could tell so much about you." she said.
Gar stood up and balanced himself along the fountain. He scooted over towards Raven and they were now so close they were almost touching. "Well it's more rather where you put the tattoo." Raven made on O shape with her mouth, and looked back at the moon. "For instance places like ankle, upper back, wrist, and neck are good girl tattoos. Where as places like lower back, shoulder, and breast would be a bad girl place."
Raven stood up and looked around to make sure noone else was watching her. She then started to pull up her dress. She stop when she got to her hip revealing her lacey black underwear. She pulled down the top of her panties ever so slightly. Resting right above her right hip bone was a black tattoo that read: uranicus proeliator.
"It means heavenly fighter in latin." Raven said dropping her dress. Gar stared at the spot where the slightly provacative tattoo had just been, with his mouth open. "Is that a bad girl tattoo?"
Gar just stared for a second. "Uh, yeah I guess." he said not even really knowing what the question was. Then the music from the ballroom simmered from some fast jazz song down to a familiar, love tune.
"I see trees of green... red roses too, I see em bloom... for me and for you, And I think to myself... what a wonderful world."
Raven sighed indescently. Gar shuffled his foot in the grass. Honestly Raven was waiting for Gar to ask her to dance, but he was too bust acting like a hormonally charged teenager. "Well, aren't you going to ask me to dance?" Raven asked quietly. Gar's head shot up and he quickly nodded his head. raven stood up and Gar took both ofher hands in his, they moved slowly and got into the moment. Gar was glad they were out in the garden away from everyone else. He had Raven all to himself, and noone could ruin this perfect moment. Raven rested her head, on Gar's shoulder, as he lead them through the dance.
"I see skies of blue... clouds of white, Bright blessed days...dark sacred nights, And I think to myself ...what a wonderful world."
Gar moved so slowly, he was stuck there moving around in small circles, with this beautifulgirl on his shoulder. "From now on this is our song." he whispered to Raven causing her to release a small laugh.
"The colors of a rainbow...so pretty ..in the sky, Are also on the faces...of people ..going by,I see friends shaking hands...sayin.. how do you do, They're really sayin...i love you."
"Raven I-" Gar started but he was interupptted by a gasp from raven. Gar was facing the garden, and Raven was facing the veranda. Raven let go of Gar.
"Malcolm?" she said moving towards the veranda. The name made Gar's blood run cold. He whipped around to see a boy with longish, plaitnum blonde hair. In a black suit. Gar hated to admit it but, he looked good, sharp. He had this annoying grin on face, that made Gar want to slap in him. Raven arrived at him, and wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her wist. His hands were on the middle of her back. Gar had seen this in a movie too. If a boy put his hand on a girl's back it meant he wanted something. Too high meant just friends, too low meant he just wanted to grab some ass, and in the middle meant boyfriend. Malcolm's hands were definatly centered.
"What are you doing here?" Raven asked letting him go.
"I am in town for a couple of weeks, and I wanted to see you, but you weren't at home. I remember getting an invitation to this charity event, and I thought you'd be here." he said in his smooth British accent. Gar stalked over to them, with a glare piercing his face.
"That's what this is?" Raven and Gar said in unison. Malcolm then noticed Gar.
"Oh hello, I'm Malcolm Warren."
"Hi," Gar said pretty rudley. "I'm Garfield Logan."
Raven was starting to feel awkward. Gar stood there glaring at Malcolm and Malcom seemed to be totally oblivious to it, and stood there with this smirk on his face. Like were both acting like high schoolers. Strangly it felt oddly satisfying. No one had ever gotten jealous of her before. "We should go back in." she said. And the two boys followed her, at her heels.
"And I think to myself ...what a wonderful world."
"That's the ex-boyfriend?" Kory whispered to Gar as she continued her dance with Dick. They were both currently on the dance floor, next to each other. Kory was still dancing with Dick, and Gar took up some young brunette who was no older than eighteen. He looked over at Raven who was on the side talking with Macolm. Gar rolled his eyes.
"I hate him, Kory. You should have seen the way he was looking at me with his beady little eyes." he whispered. Kory looked over at Malcom and Raven.
"His eyes are blue." she said. Gar growled.
"Woah Woman, oh woman, don't treat me so mean, You're the meanest old woman that I've ever seen. I guess if you said so, I'd have to pack my things and go. (That's right)."
By the songs gar felt like the whole world was taunting him. Raven and malcolm came onto the dance floor and started dancing, which made Gar want to claw out his own eye balls. His face was flushed with anger.
"Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more. Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more."
He hated everything about him. The way that stupid looking black strip in the front of his head dipped into those stupid looking blue eyes. He hated the way his idiotic accent would make women swoon over him. And he hated, hated the way he touched Raven with those perverted thoughts in his head. In all fairness Gar couldn't prove that Malcolm had cruel intentions for Raven, but Gar liked to think so.
Dick scoffed. "There's something weird about him. Why would, after two three months, he just show up?" Gar growled as he watched Raven and Malcolm having an appearently good time. He said sorry to the girl he was dancing with, and made his way over to raven. Kory watched as he asked to to cut into their dance, in which Raven didn't look too happy to accept. Kory sighed.
"They're so hopeless." Dick nodded in agreement. The music slowed again, and a young girl with sparkling blonde hair took over the microphone, she sounded just like Sarah Vaughan and she started signing Over the Rainbow.
"I'm glad we got this chance to spend together with little hostility." Dick said. Dick shuffled his foot. "I was wondering if we could go out... on a real date." Richard coughed awkwardly "Sometime."
Kory smiled. "I can not tell you how long I've waited for you to ask me that." her eyes began to water. She quickly wiped the tears away. "I am sorry. I don't know why I'm all emotional."
Dick grinned. "So I take it you'll go out with me." Kory smiled, and laughed, then nodded. "I feel like such a teenager, I shouldn't be so nervous of asking a girl out."
"I know exactly how you feel." Kory and Dick didn't say much afterward, they just enjoyed each other's company. Gar on the otherhand was having a difficult time getting rid of Malcolm. He and Raven were always deep in discussion, and Gar felt like such a third wheel. But this wheel was very determined, and he would make sure that Malcolm stay as far away from Raven as possible, if he had to commit a felony to do it. So everyone was called into the banquet hall. It was glamoursly set up, with decadant table settings. There were many small round tables, with allusive table runners across them. Dick and Kory took a seat near Bruce, Dick being family. Raven, Malcolm, and Gar sat near the middle. When all the the dressed up guests filed into the room and were seated, Bruce stood up. He tapped his knife on a champagne glass.
"First of all I would like to welcome you all to this very pretigious event. I am very glad that all of you have tturned out for the Aida foundation first anual ball, to benefit those suffering from the disease." Bruce spoke.
Kory leaned into Dick. "That's what this is?" she whispered. Dick gave a quiet half laugh, then shrugged.
"As you all know Wayne Enterprises is donating money to benefit those suffering, not only here but in other countries, as well as awareness. We are proud to sponsor the National Aids Awarness Soiety, umong other new project in which we will announce a little later in the year." Bruce went on andon about..something. No one was really listening, as he droned on. Finally, to everyone's relief, he stopped talking. The caterers came out bearing large trays, of lavish food.
"It wasn't to long ago, I was doing that." Gar said with a heavy sigh. He remembered how not even two months ago he was the one serving organic food to people at places like this. He saw always an onlooker, looking through the window on the outside. Now he was on the outside, and he didn't feel too different. Gar sighed again. He didn't think anyone had heard him. For an hour and a half he'd been forced to hear about how Malcolm was better than Criss Angel, and how his ten million dollar deal with the Palms resort in Las Vegas. He was feeling like such an underdog. When dinner was done the guest moved rooms, yet again.
"What is this a musuem tour?" Gar said to Kory as they went into a room, that looked like a gymnasium. The light went out and, Bruce stood at a podium, at the front. All he did was hand out awards, to various employees. It was by far the most boring event of the night. Finally it was over, and the guest were free to socailize. Dicj had lost track of Kory, and wondered through the crowd, trying to spot her. when he did he stopped dead in his tracks,
Kory was leaning against the door frame, and Roy was whispering into her ear. Kory gave a smile, and blushed. Roy leaned in closer to her, and brushed the side of her cheek. Kory stared longingly into his eyes. Kory turned her head, and her smile quickly faded. Dick turned on his heels, and marched away. Kory chased after him.
"Dick, it's not what it looks like." Kory said grabbing his arm.
"Oh, so you know what it looks like?" Dick said harshly. "Fuck damn it Kory, you literally just told me Roy meant nothing to you and an hour later I see you.. Flirting with him!"
"I wasn't flirting with him. He was just telling me that my idead were very good quality and that he wished me luck." She said tired of Dick's immaturity. As Dick and Gar stood in the middle of the room arguing, no one seemed to notice. No one that is except Roy. He smirked as he watched their angry movements, and bickering, just like an old married couple. Dick once again marched away, and Kory quickly followed him. Roy did not take kindly to this, he slipped out of the room and made himself as inconspicous as possible. FLirting with Kory wasn't going to split them apart, that easily. He moved like a cobra, as he slipped downstairs, past an employees only door. He was now underneath the country club, where the pools were kept maintenance. He blocked his nose as the strong scent of chlorine gagged his sense. It was dirty, and creepy down there but that wasn't going to stop him. He walked along the long tile walkwayy until he saw a room marked Gymnasium. He opened the rusty door. Inside was a red button. He slammed his palm on it.
Upstairs Kory was still trying to reason with Dick, by explaining herself and following him like a lost puppy. There was a sudden commotion around the center of the room, that Dick completly ignored. He even ignored the fact that people were backing up.
"Kory I don't-" Dick was cut off. The floor was opening from the center. The floors pulled back to expose the pool underneath it. Dick was inches from walking right into it. Kory who also wasn't paying attention, walked into the back of Dick pushing him into the pool, and falling in herself. Dick pooped up from the water the same time that Kory did. They were both soaked. Then they did something unexpected. They both started laughing.
The people around found this interesting, and soon everyone was jumping in. After everything they'd gone through that day, for Dick and Kory, no more words needed to be said. And all was silently forgiven.
Gar would've like nothing more than to jump in the pool with the other eighty-eight percent of the guest but his goal tonight was to impress Raven. He slid out the room, and went into the lounge where another ten percent of guest were being served cocktails, Raven was slouched over in a chair, looking exhausted.
"Hey." Gar said sitting into the seat next to her. "Where's Malcolm?" he asked looking around for him.
Raven yawned. "He went home." she said uncaringly. "I've been menaing to ask you somethign." she said half asleep. Gar knew there was a possibility that Raven would only be asking him somethign because she was tired, drunk, or all of the above. It wouldn't be right for him to take advantage of her if she was, but that wasn't about to stop him.
"I don't know if you've heard of this band, Switchfoot, but they're having a concert ext Saturday, and...I was wondering if you'd go with me?" she asked a light bluush, spreading across her face.
Gar grinned. "Like a date?" Raven got really quiet. Then she shrugged.
"I guess."
Gar tried to conceal the giant smile that was spreading across his face. "I'd love to." he said. Mission accomplished.
Sorry this took sooo long. School started and I was sooo busy. I don't particularily like this chapter but I had to get something up.