A/N: Next chapter. Don't hate on me for some of the stuff that'll happen…
Just a quick question for people to leave reviews to answer… Should I change the rating to M and make it more… lemon-y? I noticed that there are some sexual innuendos that make this seem more M than I want. If you don't, I'm just warning people that this will be incredibly borderline M, so if that makes you uncomfortable, stop reading, grow a pair, and come back.
Warning: There is a little gay romance here. There is also a little… Lime content.
Richard Grayson walked into his high school, feelings incredible. He walked over to Rachel, who was talking to Jennifer by her locker. He made eye contact with her as he made his way over to her, exchanging a quick glance. "Hey."
She smirked at his casual greeting before replying with her own, "Hey."
The two continued staring at each other, daring the other to look away. Jennifer waved a hand in front of Rachel's face, stopping them and drawing the attention towards herself.
"I swear, you guys could be secretly dating from the way you act around each other." Rachel's eyes widened at her friend's blunt comment as she heard Richard start to laugh.
"Sure, Jen. Rachel and I are secretly going out. And we're totally fucking around, too." Rachel punched his arm while glaring at him. She threw it off with a smile. "As if I would ever want to be with you like that."
Richard mock-glared at his lover. "What's wrong with being with me?"
"What isn't?" The trio laughed before Jennifer walked off to her first period. Richard leaned against the lockers. He lowered his voice so that only the two could hear what was being spoken. "There's not really anything wrong, right?"
Rachel shook her head before taking a couple books out of her locker. "Not that I know of." Richard nodded grimly at her once, and then proceeded to take the books out of her hands to hold them for her. Rachel shut her locker and tried to grab the books back from him. He pulled them out of her reach and put a hand on her shoulder to keep her at a distance.
"Give them back, Rich." He stuck his tongue out and she pouted. It was one of her last resorts that she didn't like to use, but she needed her books back.
"It's the gentlemanly thing to carry a lady's books for her."
Rachel rolled her eyes. "It's also the thing that a boyfriend would do for his girlfriend. Last time I checked, we weren't exactly that."
"We're close enough."
"That doesn't matter! Just give them back." He leaned down, his mouth dangerously close to hers.
"What's the magic word?" Rachel's eyes looked over Richard's lips, and he spotted her small pink tongue peeking out of her suddenly dry lips.
He was about to lean down to close the distance between them when Victor and Garfield came over to them. They pulled away with deep blushes on their faces, and Richard silently handed back his lover's books. He cleared his throat once and began talking to the other guys.
"So, Gar. You lost yesterday…" Gar had a bright red blush and everyone started laughing at the younger boy.
"Do I seriously have to?" Everyone nodded. Gar sighed before looking around for the one person. He set his eyes upon the older boy and walked over to him. His three friends watched him pull the man off to the side and ask him something. Everyone knew that Gar had been homosexual since he came out in the beginning of high school. They also knew how he had been crushing on another guy, who happened to also be gay. The three had made a bet the previous day that if Gar were to lose the laser tag war, he would have to ask out the guy, and everyone had ganged up on the poor boy, causing him to lose.
Gar and the other male exchanged a smile before Gar went back over to his friends. They all looked at him expectantly before he gave them a huge smile. "He said sure." Everyone congratulated him and then parted ways to go to their first period classes. Richard and Rachel went off together, having almost every class but one together. Gar went off with Victor since their classes were in the same direction.
It was finally lunch, and Richard left to go do something. Rachel was sitting with Victor, Garfield, Garth, Roy, Jennifer, and a bunch of her other friends at their usual table. The only two people missing were Kori and Richard. Rachel had been hoping that he wasn't doing what she thought he was, but the chances were pretty likely. Everyone knew that Kori had a huge crush on Richard, and thought that it was returned. She stood up, saying she needed to go to the bathroom. She wandered the halls, but it didn't take long for her to find the two. She hid behind a wall, hoping that neither of them had spotted her yet.
"You want to go out with me?" She felt her heart drop from her chest all the way down to her toes and back. The feelings were overwhelming, and she couldn't do anything to stop them. Except one thing. And she couldn't do that to him. Her feelings for him wouldn't let her. She had just found out about it the night before, and was already worried.
She continued to listen in on their conversation, and could hear Kori's squeals. Richard had definitely just asked her out, and of course, Kori had accepted. Rachel squeezed her eyes shut, and took a couple of deep breaths. She stalked away and back in the direction of the lunch room. Rachel made sure to hide the fact that anything was wrong from her friends as they continued to laugh and enjoy each other's company around her. They all walked out to the front of the school building to hang out before their next class would start, and ran into Kori and Richard.
"Hey, y'all. What's going on?"
"Yeah, we missed you at lunch. Are you guys starting some starvation thing?" Gar interjected.
Richard shook his head and smirked towards Kori. Richard was about to say something but Kori beat him to it. "Dick and I are going to be boyfriend and girlfriend!" Everyone went over to congratulate them, and Rachel could feel Richard's eyes boring into her. She refused to look at him, and grabbed Jennifer's arm. She dragged her friend back inside the building. "I'm not feeling well. Can you cover for me next period?"
Jennifer nodded. "Sure. But isn't that normally Dick's job? I mean, he is in almost all of your classes."
"He's just busy right now. I don't want to interrupt him."
Jennifer nodded. "Are you sure that's it?"
Rachel grimaced. "Why does everyone think I like him? I really don't. We're just friends, and it's been the same way since elementary school!"
"Rach-"
Said girl sighed. "Can we just… drop this?"
"Sure." Rachel walked over to her locker, Jennifer trailing behind her. She opened it quickly and grabbed a few of her books out to take home. The two girls failed to notice Jason Todd walking over to them. "Hey Rachel… Jinx."
Jennifer stuck her tongue out at the nickname she had received in elementary school from always being such bad luck. No one ever used it anymore, except Jason Todd. "I'll see you later, Rae. I don't want to ru8in my reputation by being seen around such trash." Jennifer walked back outside to where everyone else was.
"So, Rach…" Rachel sighed at Jason's attempt in seducing her. He had been trying for a while now, but refused to do anything with him.
"So, Jason. What do you want now? I'm busy."
He smirked at her. "Are you busy on Saturday?"
"I'm busy for the rest of my life, or at least the next 20 years. Why?"
"Calm down, babe. I just wanted to see if you wanted to go see a movie with me or something."
"Yeah, and choke on your overstretched balls? I don't think so."
Jason's eyebrows furrowed together in anger. "Listen here, bitch-" He was cut short by Richard coming over to talk to Rachel.
"Who's the bitch? Since I know you're not talking about Rachel." Jason walked up to Richard, getting in his face. "And what if I am, Dickie?"
Rachel grabbed Richard's arm and pulled him closer to her. "I'm fine. Just leave him alone."
"No. If he's calling you a bitch-"
"It's fine. I was being a bitch. It doesn't matter. I'm fine." Richard blew out a sigh and glared back at Jason, who had a cocky smile on his face. "Fine."
Richard pushed passed Jason and stormed off to his locker. Rachel saw him grab a couple things out of his locker before walking back over to her. "You ready?"
Rachel cocked her head. "What?"
He looked down at her belongings in her arms. "You're leaving early, right?"
"You're not coming with me."
"Yes, I am."
"No. I'm not feeling well. You're fine. You have practice after school anyways."
"So do you. But you're not staying, are you?"
"Because I'm not feeling well."
"Then neither am I."
"You're fine. I'm going home. You're staying here. End of story. Got it?"
Richard glared at his friend. "No. If you're sick-"
"Then I can go home. My mom is a nurse, so she'll have everything I need at our own house."
"Bruce is rich. He'll have everything too."
"Don't you have to stay with your girlfriend?" Richard winced at the jab.
"I have to go."
"Fine. But we're talking after school. I'm coming over." Rachel nodded before walking out of the school.
Alone Together ~ Alone Together ~ Alone Together~ Alone Together
Rachel sat with her laptop, typing up the Psychology paper she had due in a couple days. She was expecting Richard in a couple minutes, since his date with Kori should've been over by now. She glared at the computer screen and saved it. She pulled on a sweatshirt that Richard had left there earlier in the week, and turned on the TV. She jumped back into bed and skimmed through the channels. She was still looking through a couple when she heard a knock at her bedroom door.
"Come in." Richard walked in and closed it behind him. He saw Rachel lying on her bed and sat near the bottom. "Hey."
"Where have you been?"
"Calm down, Mom. I was just out with Kori. I told you that."
"Well, sorry for wondering where you were. Almost as if it was a crime, asshole." Richard sighed.
"Rae, we need to talk."
"Are you breaking up with me now?"
"Why would you think that?"
"That's the classic break up line. 'We need to talk.'"
"No, I'm not-"
"Seriously. That's what all guys say if they're breaking up with someone."
"Rae-"
"So are you?"
Richard crushed his lips against Rachel's to shut her up. She quickly fell into his kiss and pressed her lips against his. He licked her bottom lip and she opened her mouth. Their tongues fought against each other as Richard's hand traced up Rachel's side, and stopped on her breast. He didn't do anything for a couple moments, but he pulled away from their kiss. He trailed kisses down her jaw and neck, meeting her tank top. He moved to pull off her tank top, and she allowed him.
She put her hands on his shoulders and trailed them down over his hard chest, down to his abs. He moaned into her mouth, and he ran a thumb over one of her nipples. She moaned into his mouth and reached to undo his shirt. He quickly threw it off and reached back for her mouth. Their tongues met again and he moaned. "Kori…"
Rachel pushed Richard away. She sat away from him, panting. "What?"
Rachel looked at him, eyes wide and almost glaring at him. "Are you seriously asking me that?"
"Yeah. What the hell is up with you?"
"Did you not just hear yourself? You specifically said 'Kori.' Not Rachel, but Kori. Last time I checked, I wasn't Kori."
"Fuck." Richard stood up and grabbed his shirt. "Rae, I'm so sorry."
Rachel pulled her blankets up to cover herself from him. "Get out."
"Rae-"
"Get out!" Richard winced and ran his fingers through his hair. He walked over to the door, but paused before opening it. "Rachel."
"What?" Her eyes were shut, and Rachel was trying to not cry. Not in front of him, at least.
"The thing I wanted to talk about earlier…"
She raised her eyes to look at him. She had no expression, which he recognized as the face she used when she felt abused or hurt. It was the same face she used when she was in elementary school, when her father still lived with them. When he was hurting her. He always hated that look, and had worked most of his life to keep it off of her face. It killed Richard inside to know that he was the one who put it there this time.
He looked down before glancing back up at her. "I don't think we should see each other anymore."
Rachel raised an eyebrow. "It's wrong of us to be sleeping together while I'm with Kori."
"Then what was that? One last fuck?"
"I wasn't trying to hurt you. I just don't think its right."
"Fine." He sighed and walked out of her bedroom. Rachel took a couple of seconds to swallow down her sobs, and grabbed her shirt off the floor. She put it on before hugging her knees to her chest. Rachel sat for a while, watching the TV with empty eyes. She grabbed her laptop and quickly looked up something. She spent half the night looking through websites, but finally found the right one.
There was a school in England that was for pregnant teenagers that wanted to finish their education. It would provide a nanny service that is completely trustworthy, and she could take days off for her child. Rachel had wanted to go to Yale, but she knew she couldn't if she had a baby to take care of. She refused to consider abortion, and had heard about these types of colleges from one of her friends. This one she found in England had many alumni that she saw were successful, and was going to send her application in.
Rachel wasn't planning on ruining Richard's happy life with a baby.
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A/N: Kinda angsty near the end. Sorry for the… borderline M stuff though. But I did warn you!
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