Starting a new story I know I shouldn't be but I am. Don't worry, I'm working on Bride Wars 2 too, so that has not been abandoned. As a matter of fact, I will try to have something finished for you by Thanksgiving Friday! I hope you enjoy this story. And as I say with all the movie fics I post up here, go watch it. But go watch it with your best friend this time. Watch it and talk to them about everything and anything you know they should.

DISCLAIMER!: I DO NOT OWN TEEN TITANS OR SOMETHING BORROWED! But I enjoy Emily Giffin's work. And I can't wait for Something Blue!(If they make it.)

Outside the NightClub

Rachel could hear the music inside the nightclub. It was loud and obnoxious. She really didn't want this party. But for her best friend Kori's sake, she played along and decided to show to her own surprise party. What kind of friend would she be if she didn't show up? And anyway, she could blend in and sooner or later Kori would be too drunk to notice she wasn't mingling at her own twenty sixth birthday party. The night air stung her face and as she wiped it away she remembered to try and look shocked she even knew it was being thrown in the first place.

"Here we go." Rachel commented. She walked down the red carpet practicing surprised faces. As she walked she tried multiple clichéd sayings. "Oh my god?" with her hand over her mouth. "Ugh. Doesn't even sound like me." she mumbled. "Oh wow. Amazing!" she tried again before shaking her head no and stepping inside. She entered the dark room and called out slowly, "Hello?"

"SURPRISE!" everybody's shouts bombarded her at once. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL!" The lights flicked on and revealed the entire night club and all of Rachel and Kori's friends.

"Gotcha!" Kori called out and wrapped a bright green feather boa around their necks. She wore a white mini dress with a missing back. Her black heels clicked as she jumped excitedly. Her long red hair was flipped to one side and held there with a lot of bobby pins. "I know you told me not to but I had to! I had to. It's your twenty sixth!" Rachel offered a small smile and shrugged. "You're not mad are you?"

"What? No. Of course not." she said unconvincingly. "It was…. sweet."

"Great! But were you surprised?" she asked too excited to notice her lack of enthusiasm. "Admit it we all got you!"

"Yeah I was surprised." she lied smoothly.

"Great now go get changed and lets all party!" Kori yelled and fueled the start of the celebration.

Rachel headed to the bathroom where she found a black dress hanging with her name taped on it. Her hair was already straightened so she pulled her bangs back with spare bobby pins to make a bump on top. The dress fit and hugged her body. It was strapless going down to the knee. It dipped just a little bit in the front, so Rachel pulled a small half jacket over it. She fixed the diagonal ruffles in the front so they were looser. She was zipping it up when she heard the door start opening. "Someone's in here." she tried to push the door closed.

"Hey!" Roy yelled in pain. "Ow. Its just me."

"Oh. Sorry." she let him in.

"Wow. You really put your back into it." He stepped in fully and closed the door behind him. He was wearing a light green silk material shirt with dark jeans. His hair was combed and styled perfectly. Not surprising considering he loved his hair like it was a child.

"Roy. What are you doing here? They call it the ladies room for a reason."

"What?" he asked innocently. "I saw you coming in here, looking all tragic, and I decided to check for razor blades."

"Please. You're not in here for me. You're dodging Kitten." she caught on. "See what happens when you sleep with people you don't love?"

"Hey that's offensive."

"Have I ever given a crap about offending you?" she smirked but struggled to zip up her dress. "Could you please zip me up?" he did so as she lifted her hair up granting him easier access. "Why don't you just go talk to her?" she asked.

"Rachel, she's insane." he looked at her seriously before they walked out.

"Speak of the devil." she teased.

"What?" he asked not sure of what she meant. Kitten fixed her shoulder-less long sleeved hot pink crop top and white mini skirt and made a beeline to him. Her hair was slicked back and her blue eyes pushed 'trying too hard sexy' to the other side of the room.

"Hey there stranger."

"Good God." he said quietly.

"Where have you been all night?" she tried to trace his chest but he promptly stopped her and moved closer to Rachel.

"Oh just…" he looked to Rachel for help, but she looked away, " hiding." he said finally.

"Hiding!" Kitten laughed obnoxiously and slapped his arm. He and Rachel laughed awkwardly along as the music played. "Its so, chaotic in here. Do you want to just go somewhere more…. intimate?"

"Nope. I'm good with the party and the music and chaos." he said trying to walk away.

"Yeah. Me neither. I love chaos. Oh." she stopped him "I want you to see me drop it like its hot!" she pulled him by his collar towards the dance floor.

"Oh that's um….." he looked back to Rachel desperately.

"Talk to her." Rachel mouthed. She looked around and spotted Richard standing alone and drinking something. His icy blue eyes were focused on other things and she could tell. She always had a knack for reading him. He blew out some air, probably bored, and that was when she decided to keep him company. She started to walk over to him, but before she made it all the way over, he turned and met her eyes. They met in in the middle.

"It was very nice of you." he commended.

"What was?" she asked hoping she hadn't been caught.

"Pretending to be surprised." he smiled.

"Please don't tell her. I'll never hear the end of it." she pleaded.

"I won't but-" All of a sudden a man with dark brown hair and brown eyes to match walked over. He had shorts and a blue Hawaiian shirt on, "Hey Birthday girl."

"Please don't call me that." she blushed.

"You are really smokin' hot when you blush." he said forwardly.

Richard cleared his throat. "This is Jason. He's a new co worker."

"I work in the post office part of the law firm."

"Ah." she shook his hand. "Nice to meet you."

"Oh gotta go, hot blonde." he walked by them and put his hand around said hot blonde.

"Wow." she said simply.

"Yeah I know, he's-" Richard started to apologize but was cut off by Kori on the stage with a microphone.

"Attention! Everybody, I've got an announcement to make, and I know you're going to want to hear it." Kori called from the stage.

"Huh, center of attention that's weird." Roy said sarcastically. Rachel hit him and told him to be nice.

"Okay first of all I'd like to remind everyone, that Richard and I are engaged. We will be married in 61 days. And in honor of that I should tell you, its not my first marriage." She pointed to the screen that showed slideshows of Rachel and her together. Everybody 'aww'ed. "That's right, Rachel and I go way back. We did everything together. Sleepovers, karate, and of course our school talent show dancing to Push-It where we should have placed first. But you know whatever." The crowd laughed. "We shared everything. Including Roy!" A picture of the three in junior high school popped up. He accompanied both girls to a dance in sixth grade.

"Oh god. Why am I in there?" Roy asked embarrassed. Rachel stifled a laugh.

"It was us against the world. That is until we graduated high school and she ditched my ass for some stupid law school." the crowd laughed. "Despite the fact that I turned down my acceptance to Notre Dame." the crowd 'awed' "Because for some reason they didn't let her in." Roy shook his head but Rachel didn't catch it. "But it all worked out because she ended up going to Gotham University where she met my soon to be husband and introduced us." Rachel smiled a little bit towards Richard who returned it. "And all I can remember thinking, when he proposed was, 'I wish Rachel was here sharing another milestone in my life.'"

"I'm sorry, who are we celebrating again?" Roy asked quietly but visibly annoyed that Kori was discussing herself, her favorite topic, at Rachel's ceremony.

"Shhh." Rachel hushed him.

"I mean, Rachel to say you are my best friend, is the understatement of the century." she looked her dead in the eyes. "You are the sister I never had. The mother, I often really do need and the reason I can fly without fear of falling is because you are always there. You are always always there. I love you Rachel."

Rachel mouthed an honest, "I love you too."

"Happy 26th! I'm so glad its not me yet!" Rachel rolled her eyes and the audience cheered. "Lets party!" she yelled.

Within a few hours she was on the bar dancing and people cheered her on excitedly. Roy smirked and turned to see Jason there with a questioning look on his face.

"So. Are you guys…?" he trailed off nodding to Rachel who was a few yards away talking to her friend Karen.

"Together? No." he shook his head

"No? Have you guys ever…..?" he make sexual innuendo with his hands.

"Nope." he shook his head again, a little bit disturbed.

10 Minutes Later

Dick walked over to Rachel with Kori slumped over his shoulders. He was trying his best to be patient with the whiny drunk woman that replaced her whenever booze was near.

"Rachel. Tell him to let me stay!" she slurred "I'm the one who threw the party. I'm the one who did it." Rachel didn't have time to respond as she threw an arm around her. "I love you."

"I love you too Kori."

"Did you like it?" she asked like a little child.

"I loved it." she reassured her. It wasn't completely true but it made her happy. They hugged and she hung her head down as she slid out of it.

"Oh my god." she snickered. "Remind me to get you some new shoes. I just hate your shoes so much." she slurred.

"Okay. Time to go." Richard interrupted before Kori could say anything else.

"They're just so ugly! I don't even understand why you would even think to buy those shoes!"

"She'll call tomorrow." he brought her out.

Over time the room cleared and Roy and Rachel were left outside trying to hail a cab. He whistled and waved his hand to no avail.

"You know whistling doesn't help. I just like to do it." he joked.

"I feel old. Not older, just plain old."

"Rachel you're not old. Okay? You're 26."

"I'm serious! I'm already in my prime child bearing years."

"Fine. Ten second pity party." he held up his watch. "Go."

" Roy! I'm serious!" she repeated herself. "I've wasted so much time. And I hate my job sometimes. Most of the time. I mean I don't even know why I went into law."

"Okay first of all, you went way over your time limit, second of all, you didn't waste time. You just grew up faster than all of us."

"Why won't you marry me?" she joked turning her head.

"I like you too much." he answered back earning a laugh from her.

A cab pulled up and Roy went to it immediately. "Perfect timing. I was about to start walking." he said as he opened the door. They were both surprised to see Richard stepping out.

"Dick. What are you doing here?" she asked.

"Kori lost her purse."

"Her new Coco Chanel?" she asked in her normal monotone. He looked at her surprised. "What? I'm the one who bought it for her."

"That's the one." he smiled, heading inside.

"Not the new Coco Chanel!" Roy said sarcastically. "Lets go." he pointed to the cab.

"I'm going to stay and help him find it."

"A purse?"

"A purse I spent two thousand dollars on for her."

"Dudes shouldn't know that." she gave him a kiss on the cheek and went into the building with Richard. He watched and sighed before mumbling something about the purse.

"Hey, in or out asshole?" the cab driver asked.

"You need a hug buddy." he said seriously before getting in and closing the door.

20 Minutes Later

"Hey. I found it." Rachel called after twenty minutes of thorough searching. It was under a table. She bent down and grabbed it. She stood up too quickly and bumped her head on the bottom of the table.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." she held out the bag.

"You sure?" he accepted it and moved closer to inspect her head.

"Yeah." she rubbed it and shook it off even though it hurt like hell.

"Thanks so much." he was grateful. To be honest he didn't even know what the bag looked like. He just knew it was one Rachel got for her. Kori had told him that through her drunken slurs.

"No problem really."

They went outside and tried to hail a cab. "So did you have fun?" he asked turning slightly.

"Yeah. I had fun." she said unconvincingly. He looked back at her and smirked. "I did." she insisted. She looked away. Richard caught this and put his hand down.

"Hey. Lets get one more drink."

"Oh no. I'm good."

"Come on." he insisted.

"It's okay. Really. You don't have to."

"I want to." she agreed and they walked to a nearby bar.

Richard ordered drinks and Rachel held a table for them. As she sat down and held her purse, she noticed a coaster on the table with the same picture the other bar had. The other bar where he and Rachel went, back when they were in law school. The other bar where he and Kori met. She flipped it over and look towards Dick. A woman was staring him up and down and he didn't even glance her way as he paid for the beers.

She snickered as he sat down. "Wow. You really don't notice the way women look at you."

"You are very funny." he said placing a beer in front of her.

"I'm not that funny." she said tipping her head to the side pointing out the woman again.

"You're right. You were much funnier in law school." he joked. She chuckled as a thought popped up in her head.

"If you could do anything? Be anything? Tomorrow, just wake up and be anything, what would you be?"

"Rap Superstar." he took a swig of beer.

"Seriously." she chided.

"I'd be a teacher."

"Really? Why?"

"Yeah. I've always wanted to teach." he sat up. "Maybe start at a high school and coach sports part time."

"So why aren't we? Why aren't we doing what we really want to do?"

"I don't know about you, but I'm not because I wasn't really given a choice of what I wanted. It was more of what was expected."

"Exactly!" she pointed out. With a slight glance to her right, she caught the same woman rolling her eyes and turning away from them. "Wow. We are really pissing her off." she laughed. "She probably can't imagine, what the hell you're doing here with me. Hot people are supposed to with other hot people."

Richard looked at Rachel for a moment. He got an idea, then turning to the other woman said, "Excuse me."

"Richard." she tried to stop him.

"I think you're making my girlfriend a little uncomfortable." he continued anyway.

"Dick. Stop it. Shut up." she hissed, embarrassed.

"What?" he asked innocently. The woman turned and walked away turning red.

"Was it something I said?" he called after her.

Rachel couldn't stop laughing. She took a few breaths and said through her fits, "Now I remember why I had such a crush on you in law school."

"No you didn't." he assumed she was kidding.

"Of course I did." he looked up at her seriously. "Oh come on you knew." she smirked. He kept the same look on his face as if the wheels in his head were turning a mile a second. Her face paled and they said nothing to each other. They went outside, hailed a cab in silence and Rachel climbed inside fiddling with her hands. Richard gave the driver the addresses.

"Two stops?" he asked.

"Two stops." he nodded.

"I'm so sorry. I don't even know why-" he cut her off with a passionate kiss. She was shocked. She had thought about it for so long but never expected it. He pulled back about to apologize and she didn't give him the chance to. She brought him in again and snaked her fingers through his hair. He slid her jacket down to her elbow on one side and kissed her shoulder. Her dress began riding up but she didn't really mind. Richard closed the very little amount of space between them and they didn't speak. The cab driver noticed and asked, "So I guess its just one stop then?"

A Few Minutes Later

She led them to the elevator of her building and once the doors closed, he pushed her back against the cold wall. The sting of the temperature made her back arch, pushing herself even closer to him. She kissed him and let her hands rest on the back of his neck. She never once thought of anybody else. Just him and her together in that moment. He kissed her neck softly. As he bit down a little bit on her collarbone she brought her leg up slightly to keep from making any noise. She felt that if she did then, that moment would suddenly disappear. As if it were too fragile to risk alerting each other of what they were doing. Her palms found the wall and gripped at anything she could as his lips moved lower. 'Had the elevator always been this slow?' she wondered.

As if reading her mind and trying to prove itself, the elevator made a DING noise before the doors opened and they broke apart. Rachel searched for her keys and Richard kept at nibbling her neck. She couldn't concentrate on anything but the sensation of his soft touch searching her stomach, so she jerked away from him, opened the door quickly, and turned to face him. She brought him into the room and laughed at his look of disappointment. She had some form of humor about the situation. She had to. There's no way that it could have been real anyway. But on some level, she knew exactly what she was doing. She knew she was about to sleep with the man she had loved and let slip out of her hands. And she was ready to accept it.

But there was one crucial fact she forgot to remember. One thing that should have stopped the both of them cold. One word. Kori.

A/N: Dun Dun DUN! I love this chapter when everything is so simple. I really do love this movie. One of my best friends and I have grown so much from watching this movie and reading this book. And I dedicate this to those best buddies who always tell each other the truth.

Much Love and Respect,

~Poppie~