Top Ten Before the End
"Bleep! Bleep! Bleep!" Beast Boy's alarm clock sounded. A miniature
figurine of a monkey popped out of a branch, of the tree-shaped alarm
clock, clapping his plastic paws rhythmically. The time, 6:30 am, flashed in
bright green. Normally he would have impulsively pressed the snooze
button without thinking and slept until 10:00 am, but today he had
planned something special for Raven. Since she woke up at 7:00 am every
morning, BB decided to wake up earlier in order to get ready. He bolted
out of bed and hurried towards the kitchen, forgetting that he was wearing
boxers with little ravens that he had painted on. Since he was quite the
'artist', the ravens looked more like little black blobs with deformed wings.
As he arrived at the kitchen, he pulled some toast out of the cupboard and
popped it in the toaster. Then he opened the drawer and pulled out a
packet of Raven's favorite herbal tea. "How do you make this stuff ?!" he
exclaimed quizzically. He didn't give a thought to read the directions, so he
filled it half-way with cool tap water and dropped an ice cube in. Then he
dropped the tea packet in and reached for the sugar cubes. He remembered
that Raven always put in 2 sugar cubes every morning. But instead of
putting in sugar cubes, Beast Boy retrieved 2 tofu cubes that were in a
bowl next to the sugar ones. He toast popped out of the toaster with a small
thud. "Wait!" Beast Boy said confuzzled. "There shouldn't be a thud.
There should be a pop!" He turned to see the toast and the toaster astray
on the floor. He quickly picked up the toast and blew on it, removing most
of the dust. Then kissed it for Raven. He plopped the toast onto a paper
plate along with the tea and carefully brought it to the table. BB then
heard footsteps coming from the hallway. Raven appeared at the door. "Hi
Beast Boy." She said in monotone. She walked towards the kitchen and
said with an odd look on her face, "Nice box-" She stopped short and found
herself face-first on the floor. Beast Boy rushed over and offered his hand
to Raven who gladly accepted. "Sorry," he apologized sheepishly while
picking up the toaster she had tripped on. "I was making you breakfast."
She stared at him awestruck. "You made me breakfast?!" "Yeah." Said
Beast Boy. "After you told us about the end of the world yesterday, I
thought you deserved something nice for coping with it for all these 16
years." "I anything I thought you'd be mad at me." Said Raven with the
slightest shadow of a smile on her face. "Thanks" Raven bowed her head as
she pulled up her hood to hide her blush. BB leaned in to kiss her, thinking
that's what she meant when she bowed her head. As soon as his lips
puckered up, Raven lifted her head up and he immediately went back to
normal, well almost. His arm was wrapped around her shoulder but she
didn't seem to notice. "Right this way Milady." Said Beast Boy with a
phony British accent as he lead her to the kitchen table.
