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We fell short this time

Chapter 53: We fell short this time

Monday mornings, Dick hated Monday mornings. Especially when his alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. His hand wandered around his desk and came in contact with the loud contraption. When his fingers brushed against the alarm clock he pushed it to the floor, cutting off the sound it was once emitting and probably breaking it, though he could care less about that.

Dick felt groggy as he sat up in bed and he rubbed his head due to the minor headache. He wasn't surprised that he had woke up with a headache. he had spent all of last night drinking his new favorite drink, vodka. Dick seemed to have sticky fingers when it came to Bruce's liquor cabinet.

But then again he had his reasons. Having the love of your life taken away from you wasn't an easy thing to deal with, especially after you were said cause of separation. Dick hung his head low in sorrow. He loved Kori, he really did and he wanted to go back to her, but he couldn't. Not with the image of her being shot scarred into his memories. Dick wouldn't, and couldn't, bring himself to put her in danger. He would just have to deal with her not being in his life.

And today he would take the first step. Today was Monday which meant a brand new school day. Dick was lucky, he wouldn't have to deal with the consequences of his decision just yet. Kori was still recovering in the hospital and wouldn't be back in school for awhile.

Once Dick was dressed he styled his hair into spikes and put on his thick black shades. He grabbed his book-bag and took a moment to see if he was missing something. That's when his cell phone began to ring. He checked his pockets only to come up empty. Dick looked around his room. He spotted his cell phone and hurried to answer it before the person on the other line hung up. Dick picked up his cell phone and flipped it open.

"Hello?"

"Dick?"

Dick froze at the sound of Kori's voice.

"Dick, please just talk to me. Please."

Dick felt like he was being torn apart by the sound of her voice. She sounded so sad and he wanted to respond to her but he couldn't bring himself to talk to her. He removed his cell phone from his ear and closed it, ending the sound of Kori's voice. He took a mental note to check his caller id before answering his phone. Dick sighed, this was going to be a lot harder then he thought it would be. That's when he spotted the bottle of liquor on his table.

Nothing like a little drink to help ones problems.

The school day was slowly passing by and Dick found himself loathing the entire school. When he passed by the halls students would whisper to each other and Dick already knew why. Word had gotten out about the incident in the park. Everyone knew about the shooting though they didn't know the full details. Dick felt so drained and barely talked to any one. He was glad that it was now his lunch period, at least now he wouldn't have to deal with his teachers.

Dick grabbed a lunch tray and sat down with his friends. The whole table was quiet as the five friends glanced at each other. Raven looked over at Dick and couldn't help but to notice the ever so present sunglasses on his face. Raven sighed, it looked like Dick was right back in his shell. Gar looked around the table and opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. He looked down at his lunch and lazily poked his tofu with his fork. Vic sat quietly and looked over at Raven, expecting her to say something. Next to Kori, she was the strong one in the group.

Karen looked at her friends with hope that someone would say something. It was to quiet. Hell, she could even go for one of Gar's jokes right about now. Finally, it became to much and Karen slammed her fist down on the table in frustration. The others were wide eyed by her actions.