Author's Note: Well, you guys keep telling me to keep going so here's chapter three! This is gonna be a pretty short one though… Next chapter will be way longer though, I swear! I'm on writing… Mania, I guess so I wanna crank out as much of this story as I can before I fall into a writing slump. So, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Still don't own Teen Titans.

Chapter 3

Rachel returned from her walk a few minutes after Galfore had flown away and by that point I managed to put on a straight face. I had to act like nothing happened because if I told her my story, she'd have me committed. So instead we went on with our shopping, finding nothing at the dollar store and a hipster-y boutique. I'm not sure how we ended up at the dollar section of Target, but at this point I was getting frustrated.

"Ugh! What do you get a hipster for Christmas?! Do hipsters even believe in Christmas?!"

"I'm pretty sure Christian hipsters believe in Christmas, it's a lifestyle choice, not a religion."

"Well it's a lifestyle choice that's impossible to shop for with $10. Maybe I'm just too mainstream for-"

"Need help shopping for our good buddy Roy?"

I jumped and standing right behind me is my friend Wally. It always freaked me out when he'd seem to magically appear behind me.

"Wally! I told you to stop doing that!"

"I would Kori, but it's just too much fun. And why don't you just get Roy a gift that's an inside joke? Maybe something from our improve troop?"

I was about to tell him that I didn't have any inside jokes with Roy when I remembered the joke of his uniform for improve.

"Wally, you're-"

"Brilliant, ingenious, wonderful, and devilishly handsome? I know. And you don't know what you'd do without me."

"Took the words right out of my mouth."

Wally, Rachel and I started to laugh and Wally opened his mouth to say something but stopped and was staring at something behind us. I turned to see what it was and sighed.

It was Jenny, naturally dragged along by Rowena. Jenny used to be our friend. She had been my best friend since the 7th grade until Rowena came to town. Rowena became obsessed with Jenny and Jenny, being slightly gullible, believes that Rowena is a good and true friend. She has no idea how wrong she is. Rowena is completely crazy. Like borderline personality disorder crazy. I have no idea what Rowena is really like because it seems like she's a different person every time I tried to talk to her. So when Jenny started blowing all of us off to hang with Rowena and her creepy friends, we all realized what a bitch Jenny had always been to us. She seemed to emit this weird negative energy that brought anybody around her who was happy and positive down. We decided it was time to stop trying to save her. Most of us still talked to her, when Rowena wasn't around, but we stopped trying to tell her how terrible Rowena really is.

The only person who had a problem with this was Wally, mostly because he has a huge crush on Jenny. Anyway, Jenny waved at us and Rowena scowled at us and dragged her away. I heard Wally sigh and I rubbed his back.

"Hey. Cheer up; maybe she'll come to her senses someday."

"I just… I just can't believe she's abandon us all like that. There's gotta be SOMETHING I can do to get her back."

Rachel, always being the voice of reason, filled in for me.

"There's nothing you can do that won't make her completely hate you. She just has to see the light for herself. Now let's get this shopping done."

LATER THAT NIGHT; DINNER AT THE ANDERS' HOUSE

Dinner was a celebration that night. Koma was home for winter break, so mom made her special meatloaf. Which meant it was now time for dad to start his interrogation.

"So Komila, how are your studies going?"

"Well, I passed this last semester, but I think I'm going to drop out."

We all dropped our silverware and stared at Koma. My mother broke the silence.

"Dropping out? You're already a junior, why on earth would you drop out?"

"College just isn't the right fit for me anymore mother. Please try to understand, I NEED to do this for me."

"But you had a full ride! And you're doing so well at college!"

Koma wipes her mouth with a napkin.

"I'm not hungry anymore. And I don't want to talk about this anymore tonight. I'm an adult, I make my own money, and I can make my own decisions. I'm going to the guest room."

Koma gets up and leaves, then we hear the door slam. I sigh.

"I'll go talk to her."

I go to see my sister sitting on her bed.

"Kori, you know I have a reason for dropping out, right?

"I'm sure you do Koma. Even if you don't wanna tell mom and dad, you can still tell me anything. You know that, right?"

"I know Kori. And I am going to tell you. You might wanna sit down for this, baby sis. It's a pretty long story."

Ooh, what do you think Koma's gonna tell her? Find out next chapter which should come out very soon! R&R! -starprincess