A/N: alright, I am sorry. Sorry for the delay and stuff, but hey! I am always busy! As what I quote in my story, I'll quote at the moment, : Highschool is a bitch. Oh well, I hope you enjoy this chapter and freak out like I did.

Disclaimer: you see when you are someone like me and you love the show so much that you wish the show was still on even after all these years, you can already assume I don't own teen titans.

Chapter 10: promises broken, and secrets revealed.

Monday. Ugh, just that word makes almost every teenager groan. Why? It's the beginning of another week and waking up early to go to school.

Monday morning was pretty calm compared to the outrageous past weekend. The weekend was filled with mass Titan fans celebrating Friday night's victory, and parties that stayed up all night. Of course, the football team was the talk of the school, and with the jocks ego inflated, they became relatively confident in their actions.

At the moment, the entire clan of friends stood in the parking lot. Victor and Karen leaned against Victor's car, Gar relaxing on the hood of his jeep, Rachel, Connor, and Kori standing beside the said jeep,Jade, Roy and Artemis talking in front of Jades car, Jenn and Wally awkwardly listening to everybody's weekend along with Garth, and Dick with a thin ebony haired girl at the door.

Yes, Dick was a lost boy quickly heading back to his playboy ways. It all started with the football game. When the team had headed off the field, the cheerleaders and another small group of girls had invited the football team to a party. Of course at first Dick had disagreed, but after enough coaxing, he reluctantly agreed on which he was quickly whipped to his regular hormonal teenage boy self. This did not go unnoticed by the guys and Victor who was at the party with him, but he didn't seem to mind. It was almost as if, he had forgotten all about his love for Kori.

"Is he seriously doing this again?" Wally asked.

"Doing what?" Garth questioned with a raised black eyebrow.

"That!" Wally examined pointing over Garth's shoulder. Garth and everyone else who was curious, turned to see Dick giving a kiss to a girl then smiling and walking inside with her. Victor and Rachel released simultaneous growls while Jenn face palmed herself.

"Uh oh." Gar muttered.

Rachel rolled her eyes at the scene of Dick and groaned,before muttering to herself," The return of the boy blunder."

"What happened at that party you and Richard went to?"Kori asked in a small voice. When she had first witnessed the scene, her heart had been crushed. The entire week he had been acting like the boy she had used to known. The boy she called her Robin, and her best friend. Dare she say, her crush? Now, the side she never wished to see of him was now returning, and it seemed like he had never grown out of the phase.

"I don't even remember. I was at the back playing a game when I came out and he was just making out with some girl." Victor answered unsure. In all honesty, walking away from the back room to see a good friend of yours eating face with a girl, who's name he wouldn't remember was pathetic.

"You think he got drunk?" Roy asked.

"Of course he got drunk. He's the Dick Grayson. "

Quick glances were exchanged between the group as they tried to analyze the source of the new voice. Suddenly, Kori's eyes had slightly gotten brighter as she let out a delighted squeal and trotted to a smirking Xavier.

"Xavier!" Kori chirped hugging the unsuspecting boy. He stumbled at the surprising impact, before he caught his balance and soon returned the gesture.

"Hey cutie." Xavier greeted.

"Her names Kori! " Victor growled, getting into big brother mode.

"Yeah! And if she's gonna have any nicknames, it's gonna be Legs!" Wally exclaimed before getting slapped by Jenn.

"What?" Xavier asked completely confused. All he wanted to do was come by and say hello to a friend.

"It's okay Wally. I let him call me that, and it's fine. Besides, Richard calls me Star." Kori reasoned. Wally scoffed.

"Cause he's boss! He gets rights like that, and your special to him, remember?" Wally pointed out with a roll of his hands to gesture his point.

"Yeah, cause if she's was special then he would be here and not sucking faces with a random girl." Xavier deadpanned.

"Well, it's just... He just has a hard time showing it is all!" Wally retorted with a huff.

"Sure he does. Anyways, you want me to walk you to class cutie?" Xavier asked with a sly smile. Kori grinned and interlocked their arms making his grin double.

"Of course." She replied with a wink. The two soon walked away leaving a not so happy group of friends.

"I don't like him." Connor stated after a moment of silence followed when Xavier and Kori's bodies entered the school.

"He's a criminal. We don't need him corrupting Kori." Karen announced soon getting agreements. It all became rowdy when Gar suggested that they kidnapped Xavier and send him to a different country, while

Jade suggested they could bury him alive on which many people agreed on.

"I say we-" Wally was quickly cut off by Rachel who covered his mouth with her hand. Her violet eye twitched in annoyance before she released a sigh.

"Why don't we just leave Kori alone?" Rachel said leaving a stunned silence.

"We can't Raven! He'll get Kori involved in all his drugs and shooting and gangs stuff, and..." Gar trailed off. His early jump at the comments Rachel had made soon diminished when she sent him a cold glare shutting him up instantly.

"I know, but Kori's smart. She's capable enough to choose what's best for her, and if she thinks Xavier and her can be friends then let her. It's her life, not yours." Rachel retorted with a tone leaving no room for argument. Wally and several others frowned, but no one dared to challenge Rachel.

Shifting uncomfortably under the awkward circumstance of their earlier conversation, Gar soon found a source of excitement. Smiling wide, he soon ran off to seek his fellow companion.

"Terra!" Gar called. The oblivious blonde looked up from her phone to see Gar heading her way on which she smiled at. Reaching her, Gar grinned as she giggled.

"So Terra, I was wondering if you've..." Gar began.

"Let me guess? Played Mega Monkeys 6? Oh yeah dude, big time." Terra finished resulting with Gar smiling.

The two blondes walked into the school together discussing the popular game as Rachel grimaced. Wally; who now stood beside the dark beauty, noticed her discomfort and grinned.

"What's a matter Rachel? You jelly?" Wally asked with a smirk. She seemed stunned by the input and quickly shook her head.

"Jealous? Ha, me? No. Why would I be jealous?" Rachel questioned.

"I don't know, maybe cause you like the grass stain?" Victor commented. Rachel frowned.

"And what in the world gave you that idea?" Rachel inquired. Karen and Jenn began to laugh, causing Rachel to turn her head to the giggling girls and growl.

"And what's so funny?" Rachel spat. Jenn snorted and soon a giggling Jade joined in.

"Your denying it Rachel." Jade simply answered. Rachel grew wide eyed.

"Denying? There is nothing to deny." Rachel replied with much confidence.

"Denial!" Wally sung with a flutter of his eyelashes. Roy and Garth guffawed at the act while the girls seemed to giggle more.

"Look. I don't like Gar. I tolerate him at most. There is nothing between us. All he will ever be to me is a good guy." Rachel reasoned.

"A good guy, huh? How good is he? What do you like best about him Rae?" Wally asked with a raised eyebrow. Before any questions were answered, the ever present slaps of Rachel, came in contact with the speedsters head making him cry out in pain.

"Ow! What was- oh yeah! Your whole, 'don't all me Rae' thing." Wally sympathized before anyone could answer.

"You would have thought that you've learned that by now." Rachel grumbled with a roll of her eyes.

"Anyway! Moving on of Wally being an idiot. Why is Gar just a good guy?" Jenn asked earning a scoff from the track star.

"He likes me for me. He isn't creeped out by me, or makes fun of me. Gar helps me out when I need him, and I respect him for that. " Rachel answered.

"Mmm. You don't even think he's cute?" Karen asked with a mischievous gleam in her eyes. Rachel groaned.

"I'm not answering that." Rachel finished before leaving the group and walking towards the school. It was an awkward silence for a moment before Wally finally realized something.

"Hey Rachel! You didn't deny that you think Gar's cute!"

"So did you hear about the news?" Kori asked.

Xavier who was watching the hallway ahead of him, felt his ears perk up at this.

"What news?" Xavier questioned not completely understanding what Kori was talking about.

"About the new criminal called Red X. I heard he burnt down a warehouse, but I mean, why would someone do something like that?" Kori stated clearly not understanding. When the news of a warehouse down by the pier was burnt down by the top gang of Jump City, Kori was upset. She always saw people better then their actions, and she was extremely grateful that the warehouse was evacuated, but leaving behind dead bodies to burn was just wrong. She clenched her fists and hissed before drastically calming down to see a nervous Xavier.

"Are you okay Xavier?" Kori sweetly asked returning to her natural compassionate attitude.

In all honesty, Xavier was not okay. In fact he was the opposite. He had no remorse for the people in Fang's gang. Hell, they were all back stabbing assholes, but hearing Kori rant off made him feel bad. Not because of the killings, oh no he took pride in that, but because he had disappointed her. Why he suddenly grew so concern as to what Kori's feelings on the matter was, he did not know, but it terrified him nonetheless.

"I'm fine cutie, I'm just... Thinking is all." Xavier dismissed. Kori peered her green eyes at him before shrugging. She knew something was off, but if he didn't want to tell her then she wouldn't ask. She knew personal space when she saw it.

"Oh. Well I guess I have to head to class. Bye Xavier. Good luck on your, um thinking!" Kori called. She gave a quick hug to the conflicted Xavier before trotting off to class leaving him stunned.

What was it that she had that gave him this strange feeling? He was the dangerous Red X, and he was quickly summiting to a girl he had just met almost a month ago. Xavier didn't know why, but Kori was confusing him more by the second.

All Xavier knew was that the name; Kori Anders would be on his mind all day.

The gym was silent. Well as silent as the screeching of sneakers and bouncing basketballs on wooden floors can get.

Victor, Karen and Connor all watched the unfolding scene below the bleachers in amusement and envy.

It was Kori and Dick. Next to Dick was a small redhead with pale skin and brown eyes, but carrot color hair that wouldn't compare to Kori's fiery locks. Kori and Dick were arguing. Over what, the group hadn't found out yet, but it looked serious. It looked intense as the scene began to continue. Wally soon popped into the gym dressed in his gym clothes and noticed the bickering. Attempting to stop it, he was soon stopped when Karen shook her head and signaled for him to come towards them.

Making his way to Connor, Victor and Karen, Wally raised an eyebrow and jerked a thumb back to Kori and Dick with a frown.

"So what's up with them?" Wally questioned sitting down.

"Don't know, but we decided to let them at it. They need this." Connor answered not even sparing a glance towards Wally.

Wally snorted." Well if you look at them right now, they seem like an old married couple." Wally clarified getting a chuckle from Victor.

As the nosy teenagers watched their friends from afar, Kori and Dick continued to fight. It had all started when Kori walked into the gym today and saw Dick speaking and flirting with girls. This infuriated her to no end, because she and him had made a special promise before this weekend.

The promise? It was simple. All Dick had to do was stop his usual playboy ways and hang out with the group again. She just wanted him to be happy with the gang. With her, but I guess she wasn't enough because he continued. Kori had a limit and sometimes limits are broken.

"Why are you assuming that I was flirting with all of those girls?!" Dick asked in anger. Kori scoffed making the fire in his eyes ignite.

"Please, I mean c'mon! You instantly came into the gym and began your 'playboy mode' and started to touch those girls when you know all you needed to do was say a simple "hi" for a greeting." Kori retorted adding quotations around playboy mode. Dick growled in response.

"What is it to you?! It's not like we're dating or anything, and it was just a simple hug!" Dick spat. Kori glared at Dick with such an intensity that he would have shivered if he wasn't so mad.

"If I remember correctly, we don't grab other people's butts in a hug, Dick." Kori spat with much venom. The look on Dick's face resembled one of a person who had just gotten slapped. She called him Dick.

A long time ago, Kori was granted the privilege to call Dick, Richard. Saying Dick was adding insult to the argument. She was really mad if she used his real name. Too bad Dick was too stubborn to stop when he knew it would only get worst.

"Whatever. It doesn't mess with your life and doesn't hurt anybody. If it made them uncomfortable they would have told me, so there's no harm done. Your just jealous." Dick cockily called. Kori looked like she was going to murder him.

"You really have no idea, don't you?" Kori asked in a soft whisper. Dick looked confused on which she quickly noticed and released a dark chuckle that rumbled out of her throat. This made him uneasy.

"What am I talking about? Of course you don't understand! What am I supposed to expect when my best friend is the Dick Grayson!" Kori yelled. Dick noticed how her voice sounded so...cold.

"It's funny, really! I thought to myself, that he'll change. He'll get his act together. He'll stop being the playboy he is and be the best friend he was." Kori continued standing up with Dick following ready to defend himself.

"Kori..."

"Oh, how I'm such a fool to believe that Dick Grayson would be there for me. " Kori growled. Dick stepped towards her, but she quickly maneuvered out of his reach.

"No. I'm tired of the broken promises. I'm tired of you being a playboy. Ugh, I'm tired of you Dick Grayson." Kori spoke with such hate at the name that Dick felt like he was about to pass out. Did she just revoke their friendship?

Ignoring the agape mouths of Connor, Karen, Wally, Victor and half of the gym including Coach Stewart, Dick sighed. He really screwed up this time.

Wally walked home. Walked, not ran, but walked. He only went walking when he was in a bad mood, and today was a bad day. Seeing his best friend Dick looking so heart broken and Kori and him fighting is just a good way to put the Wall-man in a bad mood.

He was tired and mentally exhausted with all of the crap that was happening. Why was Highschool so difficult? I mean really, who had the brilliant idea to put so many teenagers in such a small space.

Whoever it was, Wally just wanted to slap them. Maybe that would knock some sense into them, but for now he just had to suffer.

Ugh, Highschool was a bitch.

Kicking a pebble into a the street he huffed in rage and soon perked at a noise. It was a voice not so far that sounded very familiar. Wally being the curios idiot that he was, crept slowly to the alley way across the street where he saw a familiar flash of pink.

Poking his head out the side of the building, Wally soon caught a very interesting scene.

There, before his very eyes was Jenn. She looked a little disheveled and was shaking a bit. Her cat like eyes were narrowed at a distant point in the shadows and she continued to mutter curses under her breath.

"What the fuck?" Wally breathed silently. Just what the hell was she doing?

At that very moment, a tall black haired, grey skinned boy came out of the dark depths of the walls. He had a large smirk on his face and a needle in his right hand. Wally watched as Jenn quickly tossed the delinquent his money and snatched the drug from his hands.

Just then, Jenn punctured her skin with the oh so sweet heroin she adored and relaxed. Wally gasped in shock and made his appearance know. Jenn seemed shocked by the boys reveal as Wally glowered down at her.

"Jenn, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to play Mega Monkeys 6! Then I'll make me a big tofu burger! Or, wait. Will I make a tofu burger and then play Mega Monkeys 6? or play Mega Monkeys 6 while eating a tofu burger?" Gar questioned to himself. Driving silently down a street he assumed was a short cut to his house, Gar mused over the possibilities to this afternoon.

Victor and Dick were in football so he couldn't mess with them.

Terra was in volleyball, Kori,and Karen were at cheer practice, Artemis and Roy were at Archery practice, and Connor, Wally, Rachel and Jenn were all at home not wanting to be bothered. Of course Gar had called them, but they all seemed too busy at the moment to answer.

"Ugh! I'm so bored!" Gar cried turning a street.

Gar soon noticed the dark and dreary road. It was graffitied all over and not a single speck of green in the ground, but hardly anything special. Driving further, Gar spotted Rachel. She was carrying her books and bag and looked pretty casual, but to Gar she stuck out like a sore thumb.

No one that beautiful should be in a place like this.

Driving closer to her, Gar was about to offer her a ride. Maybe she had gotten lost, because her house was definitely not on this side of town. Just as Gar was about to call, Rachel walked into a building. It was an old apartment building that could pass for a pile of bricks and this confused Gar to no end.

What was Rachel doing in here?

Gar being curios, popped out of the jeep and hurried into the building to follow Rachel. He wrinkled his nose in disgust at the smell in the building and almost vomited when he saw the mold and mildew covering the walls. He gagged a bit, but continued to follow Rachel until she pulled out a key and unlocked a door. Concern and confusion served through him at this very moment. Stepping lively, he watched as she placed her bags on the floor and released a sigh.

"Home sweet home." Gar heard Rachel mutter sarcastically.

"She's living here?" Gar breathed to himself. This made him almost want to cry. Why was she living in a place like this? What other secrets was she hiding? What happened to her parents? Finally tired of the personal twenty questions in his head, Gar stepped into the room.

"Rachel..."

*sigh* it's all been released. The secrets, the fighting, the drama, it's all about to burst. Also, every story I've been been in live with is just ceased. I mean, have any of you EVER been so into a story that you adore so much, but they don't update for awhile?

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