Love, Football, And Superheros - Your Average Highschool Story

Chapter Seven - Project Room Makeover

I'm such a hypocrite. I complain about Teen Tiatns Go just like like everyone esle, yet I've seen every episode. Now on to something story related. Like I said yesterday, I'm posting two chapters today because this was originally one chapter, but due to it's length I seperated them. It wasn't till I did the read through that I saw chapter seven wasn't strong enough to stand alone, so I'm posting chapter eight as well. However there is a stipulation. I'm not gonna post another chapter till the story has 60 reviews, rather that's one day or one week is up to the reviewers. Enjoy and review.

Saturday, September 6th 9:00 AM - Richard and Kori's house

Normal POV

Kori blinked her eyes open. She yawned and streched her body before rolling out of bed. She didn't even have to leave her room to know she was the first one up. Richard slep late on the weekends to beging with, but he had a game last night. He threw four touchdowns and led the steelers to their second win, but not without getting nailed a few times in the process. Seeing Richard get slammed to the ground by much heavier men was not something she liked to watch. She sat on her bed completely naked, watching a documentary about the oncean. It was very interesting for the first thirty minutes, but she found herslef becoming bored. Suddenly a smirk came over her face and she darted to her closet and put on a purple thong and a pink tanktop before scampering out of her room to Richard's door. She quitely opend the door and walked in to find Richard sleeping on his back. He laid on top of the covers, wearing nothing but a pear of blue boxers. Kori didn't seem to notice his lack of clothing as she tip-toed to his bed side, and carefully as possible climbed up on iy.

"Richard," she said, shaking him lightly.

"Mmmm," he mumbled.

"Richard, please wake up. I am most bored," she pleaded.

"No," he groaned, rolling away from her.

kori huffed and leaned over on him so that she could see his face. "Richaaaaagh," she squeld as he somehow mangaged to flip her so that she was laying parallel to him, her back to his chest. He wrapped his arm around her and nuzzled his nose into the back of her head.

She giggled, and she adjusted herslef. She was actually very relaxed in this position. "This is most nice," she commented.

Richard coverd her mouth with his other hand. "Shhhh, it's nicer if you go to sleep," he mummbled into the the back of her head before dropping his hand.

Kori rolled her eyes, but smiled regardless. She laid there quitely for a minute until she felt Richard's grip around her waist loosen, signaling he'd fallen back asleep. She rolled over to face him, which is when she realised how close their faces were. Leaning her forehead against his, she studied his face, specifically his lips. Her eyes lingerd on his them for a long moment. Smiling lightly to herslef, she rubbed her fingers across them. It must have woken Richard because a grin crossed his face.

He blinked his eyes open, until the adjusted to the light coming in through the window. "You're not gonna let me sleep, are you?," he asked, sounding playful.

Kori grinned and shook her head. Richard groaned and rolled back on to his back, pulling Kori so that she was on top of him.

Kori laid her head on his chest, but could still see his face. "Richard may we have the day of laziness today?, Kori asked, feeling like she could do this all day.

Richard chuckled. "As good as that sounds, we already got plans."

Kori raised an eyebrow. "We do?"

"Yep, I'm having a guys day, and you're going with Bee and Raven," Richard informed.

Kori frowned. This would be the fourth guy day Richard would have had this week. She really wanted to spend time with him, but she couldn't do that if he was always gone with Vic and Gar. "What do you do on these guy days?," she asked curiously.

"Today we're just watching a football game at Buffalo Wild Wings," Richard lied with a knowing smirk. Kori would find out what they really had been doing all week a little later today.

"Where are Bee, Raven, and I going?," she questioned.

"Well, I noticed you seem to like oncean animals, so you all are going to the aqarium," he informed.

Kori just looked at him blankly, having no idea what he was talking it about.

Richard elaborated. "It's a place where you can see dolphins, sharks, seals...," he began to list before being interjected by an enthusiastic Kori.

"And whales?," she questioned hopefully.

Richard smiled at her child like enthusiasm. "Yeah, whales too."

"Glorius," she ecxclaimed excitedly, getting off of him with haste and rolling off the bed. "I must go get ready. Oh, this shall be joyus. I cannot..." her voice faded as she exited the room and headed down the hallway.

Richard sat up in bed chuckeling. He stretched before rolling out of bed himself, deciding he'd better get ready as well. He had a long day ahead, but couldn't wait to see Kori's face at the end of it. Smiling to himself, he grabbed some close and headed to the shower.

Saturday, September 6th Huddle House - 10:30 AM

Normal POV

After showering and dressing, Richard and Kori met down stairs, where he informed her they were meetings there friends at Huddle House and would be going seperate ways from there. When they pulled into the restaraunt's parking lot, they could see Vic's car already there, meaning they were already inside. Kori and Richard eneterd, hands brushing as they walked.

They were instantly greeted by Vic, who had a huge grin on his face. "Hey lovebirds," he called teasingly from the booth the group occupied.

Richard didn't make any of his usual retorts or roll his eyes as he always did when their friend teased him about their odd relationship, which supriesed Kori. He simply greeted them. "Hey," he replied as he let Kori into to the booth before getting in himself.

"Greetings friends," Kori added, enthusiastic as ever.

"What took you two so long?," Gar complained. We've been here for fifteen minutes.

Kori looked at Richard. "Someone did not wish to get out of bed this morning," she teased.

Richard grinned. "Well, if someone hadn't made me watch Finding Nemo at eleven at night, I might have gotten up a little earlier."

"Finding Nemo was a glorius movie," she defended herself, "and you cannot say you did not like it. I saw you smiling on multiple ocassions."

Their friends just watched this back and forth continue. Gar raised up and whisped into Vic's ear. "They really just need to make out already."

Vic snickerd and nodded in agreement.

A moment later a waitress came to the table. The group, minus Kori's had eaten here hundreds of times over the last year, but none of them had ever seen the girl before. She had long brown hair and big brown eyes. Her skin was tan, almost as tan as Kori's, and she had a beaming white smile.

"Hey, can I take your ord...," she paused when she laid her eyes on Richard. "Oh my God, your Dick Grayson," she said breathlessly.

"I am," Richard smiled charmingly. Kori looked at him frowning. She didn't like this at all.

"Wow, I don't know what to say," she replied, sounding overly giddy.

"You could start by taking our orders," Gar mutterd under his breath as his stomach grumbled.

"It's really nice to meet you," the girl added.

"You as well," Richard glanced at her name tag, "Britney."

"Do you like come here often?," she asked.

"Um yeah, almost everyday for breakfast. These are my friends Raven, Gar, Vic, Bee, and Kori," Richard introduced, pointing to each one as he did.

She glanced at each of them, her eyes hanging on Kori a little longer, but she returned to Richard when he spoke. "So, you just started working here, right?," Richard asked.

"Actually I just moved here. Moday I start at Jump City High," she informed.

"Oh, we all go there," Richard replied.

"Well, looks like we'll be seeing more of each other then," she said, smiling flirtasiously. At this point Kori was seriously considering throwing the girl through the roof.

"Looks that way," Richard reponded, smiling politely.

The girl blushed. "I better take your orders before the manager sees me making small talk."

"Yes, that would be wise," Kori replied, making no attempt to hide her displeasure.

The girl looked at her oddly, before taking the orders of the group and walking off.

After a moment of awkward silence at the table Richard commented, "well, she seemed nice," earning a glare from Raven, Gar, Vic, and Bee. Kori just looked away from him and crossed her arms over chest.

"What?" he questioned, raising an eyebrow.

Before anyone could respond the orders were brought to the table, thankfully not by Britney. Everyone talked causually besides Kori, who was still fuming over the whole situation. Before everyone had finished, Britney returned to the booth. "Is there anything I can get y'all," she asked, looking only at Richard.

"No," Kori answered shortly.

"Actually I could use some...," Gar began before Vic elbowed him in the arm. Gar getting the message, retracted his statment. "Nothing, we're good."

"Alright, well I guess I'll see y'all monday," she said, smiling at Richard before walking off.

"Well," Vic began, y'all ready to go?"

"Yes, let us go," Kori replied surely.

They exited the booth one by one, and headed out of the restraraunt to the parking lot. "Well," Richard started tossing Raven his keys, we'll see you girls this afternoon." Richard then turned to Kori. "Have fun today," he said extending his arms out for a good-bye hug.

Kori crossed her arms over her chest and made "hmph" sound before turning on her heals and walking straight to Richard's car, getting in the back seat without another word. Richard raised an eyebrow, before turning to his friends. "Did I do something wrong?," he questioned.

Vic and Gar just shook their heads, before walking off to Vic's charger, while Raven looked at him blankly. "Idiot," she mummbled before walking off along with Bee, leaving a very confused Richard standing there. Sighing, Richard walked off to Vic's charger. Kori was obviously not happy with him for some reason, but after she saw the suprise he had for her when she got home this afternoon it would solve that problem. -
Saturday, September 6th 12:30 PM - Jump City aqarium.

Normal POV

The girls arived at the aqarium. When they enterd the building Kori's eyes widend in a amazement. There were tanks everywhere, some large, some small, but all carried some form of marine life. "This is glorius," Kori utterd

"Yeah, this is actually pretty cool," Bee agreed, as she looked around, taking in how blue the water was.

The girls made their way from tank to tank. Kori was enjoying this greatly, and even though she was still mad at Richard, she had to admit he was really sweet for getting the girls to bring her here. Around two o'clock they went to the dolphin show, which was amazing. Kori was suprised by how smart the creatures were. The highlight of the day for her was when she got to see a baby whale. She believed it to be the single most glorius thing she had ever seen. Bee was taking pictures of everything with her phone, while Raven was just gliding along behind them. Even though she wouldn't admit it, both Kori and Bee knew she was having a good time. At three they sat down at a restraraunt inside the aqarium, all haungry from the walking they had done.

"Today was really fun," Bee commented.

"It was okay," Raven agreed.

"I believed it to be most glorius," Kori exclaimed gleefully.

"So, your not mad at dummy anymore?," Raven asked.

Kori didn't have to question who 'dummy' was. "No, I am still very much upset with him," Kori replied assuridly

"It could have been worse. We've seen Dick be attacked by fangilrs before, that was just mild," Bee informed.

"I am not mad she did the flirting, although I do not like it. I am mad because he did the flirting back," Kori explained.

"Dick's just got that way about him sometimes. He usually doesn't even realize he is doing it," Raven replied.

"Yeah, sometimes you just got to grab your man by the balls and remind him you're still there," Bee added, making a squeezing motion with her hands.

Kori giggled. "I do not believe that is necessary. I have decided that I will just give him the shoulder of coldness."

"Yeah, he didn't seem to happy you didn't give him a hug when we left," Bee said grinning.

"I plan to ignore him when we return as well," Kori replied.

Bee and Raven traded glances, Knowing once Kori saw the suprise Richard had waiting for her she would completely forget about her cold shoulder plan.

Saturday, September 6th 5:00 PM - Richard and Kori's house

After the girls finished their meal, they began the long drive back toward Richard and Kori's. Bee had texted him on the way to make sure the boys had finished setting up her suprise. He responded that they had, and were just waiting on the girls to return. Raven parked the car in the garage and they girls made their way inside. When the girls eneterd the house, Richard, followed by Vic and Gar, instantly greeted them.

"Hey Kor," Richard said.

"Hmph" was her only reply, as she walked past him, and turned to go upstairs.

Richard smirked before motioning for everyone to follow him, as he headed off behind her.

Kori opend the door to her room and her jaw dropped. Nothing looked the same. The once grey walls were now purple, with green trimming. The covers on her bed were also purple, and a giant stuffed whale now sat on top the blankets. The once bare wooden floors were now coverd by a layer of purple shag carpeting, and in the corner of her room, where the recliner once was, sat a pile of purple, pink, and green been bag chairs. On the ceiling, glow in the dark stars were attached, already glowing dimmly due to the fact that the lights were off. Two new purple night stands were on each side of her bed. Each had lines of green tiger stripes on their legs, making them very eye catching. On the nightstand closest to the door, sat a framed picture of her and her friends at the mall. They had taken a picture in the photobooth, which wasn't easy to fit six people in. The girls's had to sit in the guy's laps, which Raven didn't act to happy about because she'd have to sit on Gar. Kori smiled to herself as she picked up the piture and rubbed her hands across it. In it Vic was kissing Bee on the cheek, Gar was smiling widely, while Raven looked blank, and Richard and her were both smiling, as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a large wooden desk with a canvas sitting on it. Beside the desk was a paint kit, filled with brushes of differnt sizes, pencils to scetch out the painting, and every color of paint imaginable. As she turned back to the door, she found all her friends standing there smiling at her.

"I figured, or at least I hope, you'll be staying with me awhile," Richard began, "and I wanted to make you feel as home as possible, so I got everyone to help me. This is what we have been doing all week. I got the girls to distract you so me and the guys could find the supplies, and today, while you were gone, we sat everything up," He informed with a soft smile.

A tear rolled down her face, as he talked. They did all this for her. She had never been this happy in her life. The room was great, but it wasn't the cause of her hapiness. She now knew for sure that these people loved her, she was family to them now, and they were hers. Running, she lept into Richard's arms and hugged him tightly, before moving to Vic, then Bee, then Gar. She paused in front of Raven, knowing she didn't like hugs. Raven saw the pleading look on her face a sighed. "Go ahead."

Kori "eeped," before hugging Raven. She held her a little longer than the rest because she didn't know if she'd ever get to do it again. After she had her fill, she centerd herself in front of her friends. "I cannot believe you did all this for me," she exclaimed, tears still falling.

"It was Dick's idea, we just helped," Bee replied.

Kori turned to Richard and took a step toward him. "Thank you," she smiled at him.

"So, you're not mad at me anymore?," He asked hopefully.

"No, I am still not happy with you... but I believe this deserves the forgivness," she said, moving in to hug him, which he gladly accepted.

"We'll just be down stairs," Vic smirked, ushering everyone out.

Once they were gone Richard turned back to Kori. "You mind telling me what I did?" he asked, as the hug continued.

She leaned back a little so that she could see his face. "You truthfully do not know?," she asked.

He shook his head. "I'm a guy, sometimes you have be blunt with us," he half joked.

Kori suddenly found the floor interesting. She couldn't just come out and say how she felt, afterall they weren't together. It wasn't her place to tell Richard she didn't like when other girls flirted with him or when he flirted with them. After a moment of silence Richard continued. "C'mon Kor what's up?"
I can't fix it if I don't know what I did."

Kori sighed. "That girl at the Huddle House, she was flirting with you, yes?," Kori asked, trying to lead him.

"Yeah, I guess so, but girl's do that all the time," he replied.

Kori frowned. "You seemed most interseted in her as well."

"I was just being nice Kor," Richard assured.

"You are saying you do not think she was attractive?," Kori asked, not believing him.

"Well, yeah she was cute, but so are a billion other girls. I couldn't care less about that," he replied, as he brushed Kori's hair away from her eyes.

"Then what do you care about?," she asked curiously.

Richard smiled. "I care that she is a good person, I care that she isn't after my money or fame, and she wants to know the real person, not the one the media makes me out to be, and I care that she he has a good heart, and cares for people. That's really all that matters."

Kori smiled. "You can be very...," Kori paused, seaching for the word, "charming at times."

Richard chuckled. "Well, I'm glad you think so." He dropped his hands from around her waist, and took a step back. "I'll just let you and your room get to know each other," he joked. She gave him a smile and nodded, and turned and headed down stairs. Kori smiled as she walked over and took a seat on her bed. She looked over the room once again, and that is when she noticed something she hadn't noticed before. On her nightstand, behind her lamp, was a black box. Kori picked it up, and glanced over it for a moment before opening it. When she did a small, folded up peice of paper fell out. She picked up the paper and read it.

'Hey Kor, saw this at the mall, it reminded me of your eyes and I had to get it.'

'Love Richard'

'PS. No complaining, it's non refundable.'

Kori looked from the peice of paper to inside the box and gasped when she saw what laid inside. In it was a gold necklace with and emerald attached to it. Now she understood what he ment by 'it reminded me of your eyes,' It was absolutely beautiful, and must have cost a fortion. She hated when he spent money on her, but this was insane. She put the necklace down on her lap, and picked up the paper again. She read over it twenty times at least, each time pausing on the 'Love Richard' part. 'I cannot love you. One day I may be called to return home, and then what shall happen? I cannot love you Richard... but I do,' she sighed.

She couldn't help but to love him. He was the first human to show her kindness, he took care of her, stood up for her, and all the touching. On her planet touching was much more intament than it was here on Earth, and they touched constantly. She never stood a chance, and her heart could very well pay for it. For Tameranians love was differnt. When a Tameranian fell in love they woud love that person, and only that person for the rest of their life, which was scary considering all the unknown factors. She didn't know if one day she'd have to return home, or even what Richard's feelings were toward her. Could he possibly love her as well? The answer to that would decide if this was a blessing or a curse. Only time would tell. Sighing she stood from the bed and hooked the beautiful, emerald necklace around her neck. She walked into the bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror. It really did match her eyes. She smiled softly before stripping off her close and getting in the shower. As she let the water run down her back she held the neclace with one of her hands. Right then she promised herself no matter where she was or what Richard's feelings were for her, it would never leave her neck. To her it was a symbol, a symbol of hope, hope that just maybe there was away that he loved her as well, that they could be together no matter what happend. She exited the shower and dried off, but instead of putting on clothing she went straight to bed. It had been an enventful day to say the least, and she was very tired. She got under her purple covers, and closing her eyes, fell quickly asleep, dreaming of the man she now knew she loved with all her heart.