Temptations ⟪Kori Anders ○ Dick Grayson⟫

Chap II

The pretty redhead slowly opened her heavy eyes. She rolled to her side and unplugged her phone from her charger. 11:53am. Weird, she could have sworn she arrived here at 1:30pm. Different timezones, she thought before pulling her white sheets above her head, shielding herself from the bright rays of sunlight.

Then she realized she had already changed her timezones in her flight here. She shot up from her bed. I slept through the day??  Quickly, she ran to her bathroom, stripped down her clothes and jumped into the hot shower.

Reaching her hand to grab some shampoo, she occured to her that she didn't unpack and all her items and toiletries were still in her luggage. She didn't even have a towel with her. Fuck,  I'm so stupid, she thought.

She quickly stepped out of the shower, the cool air freezing her bare skin. She wrapped her arms around her body and tiptoed to her luggage, trying to get a little water on the carpets. She threw all the contents of her luggage aside and only took her toiletries and towel and rushed back into the bathroom, where she returned to the warm embrace of the water.

She shampooed her long auburn hair. Running her fingers through her curly locks, attempting to get all the tangles out.

After finally getting the soap and bubbles of her skin and hair, she brushed her teeth before getting dressed.

She packed a small purse filled with necessities such as her phone, wallet, key card and lip balm. She tied her hair into a high ponytail before grabbing a leather jacket and leaving her room.

Deciding to take the stairs she took hurriedly went down the steps. She looked left and right. She didn't exactly know where the campus yard was so she decided to do a little bit of exploring.

Walking through hallways filled with portraits of past successful alumni, she only hoped she could achieve a fraction of what they accomplished. She passed by the campus canteen where there were stalls lined up and a huge hall filled with dining tables and chairs. Students were chattering amongst themselves and the whole atmosphere was lively. She passed through the canteen, earning glimpse from people. Some were smiling, some were cat-calling, winking. And all she returned was a small smile.

Then, arriving from nowhere, stood in front of her was a redhead boy, right around her height. "Whoop, sorry to scare you there but I'm Wally West, but you can call me yours," he flirted and wiggled his eyebrows.

Kori let out a small giggle, amused by this boy who could almost be her twin if not for the obvious difference in skin tone. Normally, Kori wouldn't attend to this type of people but he seemed nice.

"Let's stick to Wally now shall we. I'm Kori Anders, pleasure to meet you." Kori flashed him a genuine smile.

"So how may I be of assistance? I may only be a Sophomore but I know this place like the back of my hand, "Wally proclaimed, showing Kori his palm. Kori raised an eyebrow, looking at his palm. Wally quickly realized his mistake before flipping his hand.

"Anyways, I can be your tour guide," he said, placing his hand on Kori's back, pushing her forward as he walked, "I'll take you anywhere you wanna go, show you anything you want to see." He mad exaggerated gestures with his hand, swiping the air with his palm.

"Well actually, I just want to go to the rally," Kori said.

"Why didn't you say so, c'mon." Before Kori could answer, she was dragged by the green-eyed redhead. All she could do was laugh as she followed along.

Arriving in the yard, her mouth was in awe. Colorful tents were spread across the yard. Chatters and cheers could be heard. Sororities and fraternities trying to recruit pledges.

"Hey Kori, I have to go, my fans are calling me," Kori looked to the group of girls waving at Wally to come over. "See ya around redhead." He winked and walked over to the group of girls.

"You're a redhead too Wally," she shouted back. She could hear a subtle 'oh yea' from him and couldn't help but giggle. She walked through the different tents, getting flyers left and right.

Out of the blue, a pair of girls, one a blondie and the other a redhead like her, only a darker shade as compared to hey fiery ones.

 "Hey there, we're from Sigma Kappa. I'm Babara and this is Kylie," said the redhead.

"Kitten actually," said the bleached blonde, rolling her eyes.

"Right, anyway, we think that you're a great fit to our sorority. You a great image for Sigma Kappa and we would like you to become a pledge." Smiled Babara.

Kori looked at them, they were pretty yes, but she wasn't really looking for a sorority.

"I'll think about it, but thank you for inviting me, oh and I'm Kori by the way," she introduced.

"Listen, Carrie, this is an exclusive sorority, so be honored that we even thought about inviting you," scoffed Kitten. Kori didn't even bother to correct the bitching blondie.

"That's enough, Kitten, go scout for more possible pledges, " Kitten rolled her eyes, muttering a 'whatever' before walking away. Barbara turned back to Kori, "I'm sorry for Kitten's behavior, she can be quite a bitch sometimes, despite her nickname. Anyway, we're having a party on Friday, everyone who is anyone will be there, so do come and tell us your answer."

Barbara smiled, handing her a slip of paper and walked away.

She continued walking through the different tents until a tent caught her attention. On the table were various type of medals and trophies. 'MIXED MARTIAL ARTS' was written on its signboard. She loved fighting, she had been trained by her dear uncle, the different arts of self-defense from Boxing to Taekwondo to Jiujitsu.

She approached the tent, the people greeted her warmly. Some were dressed in their uniforms, others weren't.

"Are you interested in joining?" Asked a brunette. Kori smiled and nodded.

"Well, auditions are on Thursday if you would like to try out? I'm Donna by the way."

"Kori, pleased to meet you. And I would love to come on Thursday." Kori flashed her a smile and wrote her name on the clipboard handed to her by Donna.

Well, today was certainly an eventful day for our favorite redhead. But the day isn't even over yet.

Hi, guys, okay sorry if its a bit messy, just wanted to introduce some characters here and there.

And I'm sorry if my English is a little messy too, I speak both UK and US English so I get a little mixed up.
I can't even tell or recognize the difference sometimes.
So I do apologize.