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Warning: It has one bad word in here so yeah…

Okay enough of my rambling…on with the story!

Chapter Four

"The Monster In Raven's House"

--August 24…Thursday—

"Man, seriously why do we have to take this class?" Gar questioned as he looked around the room. People were playing volleyball and basketball. He then looked to his left side and found Raven sitting next to him. He saw the big gap between them and rolled his eyes. She treated him like some contagious disease. "Where's Kor?" He asked Raven trying to start a conversation.

"Beside you." Raven told him without even making eye contact. Gar turned around and saw that Kori had been sleeping. Obviously, she had been bored all this time. Her emerald eyes open as she felt a pair of eyes on her. She looked at Gar sleepily. She yawned and tried to sit straight up. "You slept late?" Gar asked her as he stared at Terra who happened to be in the same Gym class as they were. Kori slowly nodded as she stretch.

"What kept you up so late?" Raven asked as she blankly stared straight ahead. Then a flash of blonde and a pink and yellow uniforms caught her attention. She rolled her eyes knowing who it was. Terra and Kitten. They were trying to make a basket but failed miserably. Raven thought about them actually playing basketball. Terra maybe could make it but she's better at volleyball. Kitten…puh-lese. She might break a nail.

Kori looked around since she had nothing else to do. "My sister, Manny." She answered. She thought back to yesterday night and had a disgusted look on her face. Galfore was not home since he was attending business with the mayor. Manny was being her usual rebellious self and invited a group of friends from the time she was last in here in Gotham. After they all introduce themselves to Kori they went into her room to play spin the bottle. Girls giggling and boys laughter was heard all night until Galfore came back home.

"What's up Kori, Goth Girl, and Freak." A familiar voice called out. The three teenagers turned to look at Victor walking towards them with a huge smile. Kori gave a weak smiled still not very fond of him. After all, he is calling her friends rude names and playing tricks on Gar.

"We do have a name." Raven growled as she looked up at him. He only mentioned Kori's name right. Either he hasn't thought anything for her or apparently, she wasn't 'labeled' yet. Oh, how she hated labels.

"Chill Rae." A female voice said. A blonde hair girl with her yellow tank top and black shorts came to view. Her long blonde hair was in a ponytail and her blue eyes stared at Raven.

"Don't call me that." Raven said angrily as she stared at her angrily.

Terra rolled her blue eyes and stared at Gar and Kori. "Hey." She said in a friendly way. Raven rolled her eyes as Kori and Gar responded with a quick 'hey'. Raven turned her attention to Gar who was trying so hard not to drool over Terra. She hit him the back of his head snapping him back to reality. Gar glared at her for a moment but then quickly remembered that Terra was standing in front of them. Raven went to see what Kori's first impression on Terra was. Kori gave a friendly smile at Terra and started a small conversation with her. Questions like what's your favorite color and stuff like that came up. Raven knew that was going to happen but then she didn't. Kori was confusing to her. She was always cheerful even though everyone is in a bad mood. Just like Gar…

"Vic, where you think the others are?" Terra asked as she turned her attention away from the group and onto the other teenagers in the Gym. Nothing. She didn't see Bee, Kitten, Richard, or Roy. A group that was laughing caught her attention and she immediately smiled. "There they are!" She announced excitedly as she motioned for them to come. The group started heading towards there direction.

Raven, Gar, and Kori frowned that they were coming. "C'mon let's go." Gar said as he stood up. Someone grabbed his shoulders and forced him to sit back down.

"Nope. The group missed ya." Victor told him half teasing and the other half in some sort of warning tone. Gar gulped as the group arrived and stood in front of them. He looked around and saw there were many open spaces in the benches. Maybe they could sit somewhere else and far away from him.

Kori looked up and the first thing she noticed was Kitten. She had on a pink tank top with black shorts. Unlike Terra, her hair was not on a ponytail.

Kitten's mouth was wide open and stared angrily at Kori. "It's you!" Kitten yelled angrily that probably the whole gym could hear. Kori rolled her eyes in response. Obviously, she didn't get over the sarcastic comment on their first encounter.

"Hey Rae." Richard said. Raven opened her mouth to say the usual 'Don't call me Rae' but someone interrupted her.

"She doesn't like to be call Rae." Terra mocked as she took a seat on Raven's right side. Leaving a gap between them. They were about two feet apart.

Raven stared angrily at her. Gar failed to notice what Terra said since he was helping Kori trying to get rid of Roy. "Get away from her Roy!" Gar shouted as Kori stared at him if he was crazy.

Roy stopped and stared at Gar. "Are you guys going out?" They both shook their head meaning a 'no'.

"Just friends!" They both shouted at the same time. Gar knows that Kori is pretty and has a great personality but still she wasn't his type. Besides, he likes Terra. Kori likes his personality and he wasn't bad looking but they are just friends.

"Okay, that's good." Roy told them as he stood next to Terra who was arguing with Raven. He turned to Richard and motioned for him to do something.

Richard ignored him. Roy was obviously trying to hard to get to her. Kori was different like any other girl… well, besides Raven. She's the one who's not into popularity or looks.

"Richard!" Kitten whined. Everyone was busy doing his or her own thing that she needed some attention. Okay, Kitten was the girl who needed attention on her all the time. Girls knew to not mess with Richard unless they are willing to get in a fight with her.

Richard turned his attention to Kitten. "What?" He questioned a bit angrily. She gave him smile, ignoring his anger. She wasn't stupid. She knew that Richard cheated on her with other girls. However, those girls are the ones that get beaten next day. If those girls got friends well…Kitten had friends too. Kitten can't blame him though. She cheats on him at some point of time. Mostly with Roy or this person called 'Fang'.

"Do we really need to hang out with these losers?" She asked as she waked towards him and hugged him tightly.

Richard rolled his eyes beneath his dark sunglasses. He didn't know why he went out with her in the first place. He thought back to last year when people kept telling him that the most popular girl in school, Katherine, liked him. He wasn't at all excited but hell that just would earn him a better reputation. Therefore, he asked her out. Guys envied him for having her as his girlfriend. Eventually, he got bored so he started going out with other girls behind her back. Who always managed to get beat up the next day. "You got anything better to do?" He asked Kitten.

"Just because you all are bored doesn't mean you use as some sort entertainment." Kori argued as she stood up and glared at the couple. Gar glared at them as well. He would stand up but Victor kept forcing him to sit down. Victor wanted to see how this girl is. Bee and Roy looked at Kori and then at the couple. They both weren't going to interfere unless it goes too far.

Richard chuckled to himself. She was definitely the first girl to do that to him. "Chill out, Kori." Richard told her motioning for her to sit back downes to far.itt gets a little bitets a little bit to serioush weren'ing him to sit down. Victor wanted to see how this girls is. . How did he know her name? Well, Victor eventually told him her name. Richard saw them talking the other day when he was going home with Gar. If he wanted to win the challenge, he needed to find out her name first. "Well, somones playing hard to get"

Kori looked angrily at Richard. "Yeah right." She said sarcastically. "I am not very fond of the great Richard Grayson." She told him as she sat back down and smiled. "I have heard that you were good looking but you seemed to lack that trait."

Richard gave her a death glare and in response, she just smiled innocently. Roy laughed in response. Raven and Terra apparently had stopped there argument and watched the whole thing.

"Ouch." Bee, Terra and Victor said at the same time.

Kitten stopped hugging Richard and gave Kori a death glare.

Gar and Raven stared at her in surprise. Not only she had the guts to say that in front of Kitten but also nobody ever told Richard that. Nobody.

"Why can't y'all get along for one minute?" Bee angrily asked the group. The popular group stared at her and shrugged. She let out an aggravated sigh. She wasn't into the whole teasing thing as they were. The only reason she hanged out with them was because besides their whole 'I'm popular and your not' thing they actually are pretty cool people. Besides, this feuding has been going on ever since the second day of school and she was now getting sick of it.

"Let's just go guys." Victor told his group.

"Let's sit somewhere else." Raven told Gar and Kori. Everyone started leaving except Kori and Richard.

Kori stood in front of him and smiled. "I had hoped this would stop you from bothering my friends but," She paused and stared at the dark sunglasses that were covering his eyes. "I am only kidding myself am I not?"

Richard smirked. "You are definitely one of a kind." Richard told her. He was using his charm to see if he could loosen her up around him. Instead of having her hate his guts.

"Thank you for the compliment." She told him. She stood from her seat, ready to follow her friends. "Richard may I tell you something?" She asked him innocently.

Richard for a moment thought on how she could act and sound so innocent but he quickly shrugged it off. "Yeah what is it."

"Your charm…it is not working." Kori chuckled and ran to her friends.

Richard couldn't help but blush. He hated the fact that he was blushing. Why would people think of him? He shrugged off the feeling and started acting his 'cool' self again. He walked towards his friends who were talking. On his way he was greeted with a 'hey'. He took a seat between Kitten and Terra. While the group was talking about a song, he was thinking of his encounter with Kori. That was the most embarrassing thing that happened to him. Here he was using his all too famous charm and then Kori had to tell him that it wasn't working. He sighed as he heard his name being called out.

"Well, I guess you're out the contest." Roy told him as he tried hard not to laugh. That moment was priceless.

Richard glared at him. "Don't worry I'm still in." He told him as he angrily stood up and left them to get out of the gym. Roy laughed while Kitten was confused on what they were talking about. Everyone else didn't really pay attention since they had a clue they were competing over girl but what Roy said just a few seconds ago, gave them the biggest hint of them all. Kori.

"What contest?" Kitten questioned.

"Nothing just forget about it." Roy told her not wanting to deal with Kitten. Kitten glared at him and then she stood up to go with Richard.

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"Well are you gonna actually head for your house this time?" Gar asked Raven as they walked out of the school building. Kori immediately turned to Gar who put his hand over his mouth. He wasn't going to confront her on this but he just couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Raven stopped walking and stared at him. She was indeed surprise that he had found out but she didn't show it. "Are you stalking me?" She asked monotonously but anger could be detected.

Gar eyes widen at what she said. "No!" He shouted quickly. Raven still did not believe him. "It's just I've notice that you lived a few streets away from me. You live on that big house made out of brick on the end of 'Azerath' right?"

Raven nodded and exhaled softly. She started walking again but this time not in the usual long way to her house. Gar and Kori quickly followed. Raven didn't know that Gar lived a few streets away from her. She was aware of Victor but he lived to far away from her. "How long have you lived there?" Raven asked Gar as they passed by students who where standing in the middle of the sidewalk talking.

"About eight years. Why?" He questioned as he looked at her. Raven did not make eye contact and responded with a usual 'nothing'. Gar sighed and started a conversation with Kori. Raven took note that they were talking about what happened earlier at Gym. She started wondering about her mom and eventually her dad.

----Flashback----

"Stop it!" A twelve-year-old girl shouted. Her violet eyes were filling with tears. "The neighbors can probably hear you!" She shouted as she grabbed her dads arm trying to stop him from throwing any more objects.

He yanked his hand away, which caused her to fall to the ground. She felt something stinging on her leg and she noticed that a piece of glass had cut her. "How dare you touch me." He said angrily not even bothering to help her with her cut.

"Just stop throwing stuff!" Raven blinked back the tears and glared at him. The cut hurt but she was not going to cry in front of this man. Her so-called dad.

Her father, Thomas Trigon, laughed at her. "You are only a child. You can't do anything." He told her as he walked passed the broken glass. He was obviously heading towards his room. She stood behind waiting for him to leave.

His long black hair and his dark gray eyes gave people the feeling that he wasn't the friendly. How right they were but they do not know that. That was always their first impression but he would always act nice and friendly so people wouldn't suspect the monster that he was.

The doorbell started ringing and her eyes widen. This was not the perfect time for guest to come and visit.

Thomas headed towards the door instead of walking to his room as he intended. He opened the door to find a small child about his daughter's age looking at him. He had a pair of dark sunglasses with jet-black hair.

"Is Raven home?" The boy asked. Thomas already hated the kid.

Thomas shook his head meaning 'no'. "She's out with her mom. Now buzz of kid." He said in an unfriendly tone. Richard glared at him behind his sunglasses. Thomas shut the door and walked towards his daughter. "Don't ever let me see him again." Her father growled. She stared at him in disbelieve.

"He's my best friend!" She protested. "What do you have against him?"

Thomas was now really angry. He bent down to be in the same eye level with her daughter. "You listen to me Raven. You better fuckin' make sure I don't see your stupid friend." He lifted his hand and Raven flinched. He laughed at her response. Thomas stood up and headed towards his room. He was going to walk up the stairs but something came to his mind. "Clean up the mess before Arella comes home." Raven slowly nodded and went to the kitchen to get something to pick the broken glass without cutting herself. As she came back to the living room, she started sweeping the broken glass. She felt the cut from her leg sting but she still did not cry. She won't cry in front of nobody…especially in front of that monster.

---End of Flashback---

Raven snapped out of her thoughts as she heard Gar's voice.

"Raven, we're here so let's go." He told her as he stood in front of the sign with the street name. She slowly nodded and noticed that Victor was standing next to Gar. Gar obviously knew but tried to ignore him. Raven started walking next to Gar and Victor was ahead of them. They didn't talk about anything. There was just a silence...

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Gosh, I hate her dad. Oh no offence to the people with the name Thomas. I just chose that name because it started with a T like Trigon so yeah. Same thing with anyone with the name Katherine. I just randomly pick those names. :)

The chapter name is original…I'm obviously rambling.

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