Author's Note: I'm conflicted. Should I keep the Raven-Juliet x Lex, or change it with a Raven-Juliet x Diana pairing. On one hand, Lex reminds me of an excited, evil puppy who looks like he just needs a cuddle. One the other hand, Diana is a lonely soul with an intriguing, mysterious air around her. What do you guys think? Do you think I should replace Lex with Diana? Or add Diana to the list of pairings? Please let me know.

Also, I made some changes last chapter, check them out.


Butterscotch eyes flickered open as sunlight peeked through the bedroom window. The summer sun wasn't what woke her up though, what woke her up was the tiny paws that batted at her nose.

As Raven-Juliet stared into Loki's emerald green eyes, she vaguely remembered letting the little black kitten sleep curled up in the crook of her arm when she fell asleep last night... When she FINALLYfell asleep last night.

Raven-Juliet's muse was on a creative high after her encounter with Batman. As soon as she got back to her apartment, she ate her takeout while painting vigorously.

Gathering Loki up in her arms, she headed to the kitchen to get them both something to eat. After she exited her room, she caught the two paintings that kept her up most of the night perched on two of the many easels that now occupied her apartment. Raven-Juliet's head tilted to the side as she observed her creations.

She looked at the one on the left first. The theme was about the harmony between light and dark. A man with demon wings and wearing dark clothing was holding hands with a woman with angel wings and wearing a white dress. While their hands were tightly clasped, they were looking away from each other into their respective kingdoms. On the woman's side, was purity and life. And on her partner's side was darkness and death. The idea of the painting was that even though they were from separate worlds, harmony could always be found in the middle.

The second one was Gotham. A shadow was spread across the sky, looming over the city dauntingly over the city. Although it looked to be formidable, harsh, and cruel, Raven-Juliet used softer brush strokes to make it seem as if the shadow's intentions to protect it's beloved city.

Raven-Juliet narrowed before taking a step back to look at the painting from another angle. After scrutinizing the painting for some time, she realized that the shadow looked like a pair of wings.

Bat wings.

An aggravated meow broke the butterscotch-eyed young woman out of her reverie. Raven-Juliet smirked as she looked at her furry green-eyed companion who was glaring up at her cutely.

"What's that look for?" She asked coyly.

Loki's stink eye worsened/got even cuter as he glared up at his mistress. The look on his face said Feed me Woman!

Rolling her eyes at Loki's oddly human-like personality, Raven-Juliet set him down on the floor and filled his bowl before getting coffee for herself.

As she sipped at her coffee, the corner of her eye caught the card that Katherine gave her yesterday. Picking it up, she looked at it before flipping it to the back, where Katherine's email was imprinted. She stared at the card for a bit before looking back at the painting. After a while of silently pondering to herself, she felt Loki paw at her leg.

She picked up her furry friend and cuddled him to her chest. "What do you think Loki? Do you think she'll like it?"

The kitten looked at the painting before looking back at his mistress. The only answer he gave was rubbing his head against her chest and purring comfortingly.

Looking at the card, she walked toward the painting and ever so lightly tapped at the painting with her fingertip. It was dry, but still a little moist.

I'll email her to set up a pick up time this afternoon. Just to be safe.

So, after emailing Katherine for the paintings, Raven-Juliet stretched out on her couch and stared up at the ceiling. It was far too late in London to call Gran and Romeo, and Raven-Juliet had no desire to go outside until Katherine emailed her back with a pick up time. So instead, she grabbed her laptop and got to work on lesson plans for her classes.

About two hours later, the butterscotch-eyed young woman got an email notification from Katherine.

Well done my dear, shall we meet up at say 4:00? At the Royal Cafe? Just give them my name and they'll bring you too me.

I look forward to seeing what you've created.

Katherine Williams

Raven-Juliet smiled. But when she looked up the Royal Cafe, her smile turned into a grimace. The Royal Cafe was a very high-profiled place, way too high above her pay grade.

I just won't buy anything.

Seeing that she had about two hours before she had to leave, the raven haired, London born woman finished up her lesson plans and played with Loki.

Seeing that she now had an hour to get ready, Raven-Juliet jumped in the shower and cleaned herself up. After drying up, she slipped into a purple sundress and black cardigan.

Putting on a little makeup than she usual wore - especially around her nose to hide the bruise that formed - Raven-Juliet took one last look in the mirror and deemed herself ready. Putting on a pair of purple ballet flats, the butterscotch-eyed woman wrapped the now completely dry paintings in paper, pressed a kiss to the top of Loki's head, tucked the paintings under her arm, and headed out.

-Time Skip-

Since the Royal Cafe wasn't far from her apartment, Raven-Juliet opted to walk there. Well, technically she jogged. After rounding the corner, the two story cafe came into view.

Oh yeah, way above my pay grade.

Taking a deep breath, the ravenette walked into the cafe with her head held high towards the hostess station with a polite smile on her face.

"Hi, I'm here to see Katherine Williams?"

The hostess gave her a once over before smiling tensely. "Right this way please."

She led Raven-Juliet up the stairs to a private room where Katherine was sitting. The older woman looked up and smiled when she saw the London born woman walking towards her.

"Thank you Natalie."

The hostess - Natalie - smiled. "Of course Miss Williams."

After Natalie walked away, Katherine smiled and gestured to the seat across from her. "Hello Raven-Juliet. Please, have a seat."

Raven-Juliet smiled back and obliged, gently propping the two paintings against the side of her chair. "Hi Katherine."

The older woman immediately saw the layer of makeup on the ravenette's nose. "What happened deary?"

Butterscotch eyes widened slightly. "What do you-"

"Raven-Juliet, I have lived in this city long enough to tell when someone's trying to hide an injury. Now, what happened?"

Raven-Juliet pursed her lips and sighed. "I got mugged on the way home last night after getting takeout. I'm fine though, they didn't take anything."

Katherine frowned. She could sense that there was more to the ravenette's story, but decided to leave it alone for now.

"I must admit, I'm a bit surprised you had a painting produced this early. And two none of the less."

A waiter walked up to the table with a notepad. "Anything to eat or drink madams?"

Raven-Juliet frowned and started to shake her head. "No than-"

Katherine cut her off. "Just my usual please Maurice. And for you, Raven-Juliet?"

The younger woman shook her head. "I'm fine-"

"Don't worry about money, I'm paying."

Raven-Juliet shook her head. "Oh no, you don't have-"

She stopped talking when she saw the grin on the look on the older woman's face. "I can't talk you out of this can I?"

Katherine grinned. "No."

Raven-Juliet sighed. "Okay then. Can I get a white chocolate mocha please?"

The waiter wrote down her order before leaving. The ravenette took the opportunity to grab the paintings and hand them to Katherine. "Here are the paintings."

The older woman carefully unfolded the paper around both paintings and was wide eyed. "These are fantastic!"

Raven-Juliet blushed. "Thank you."

Katherine looked at angel and demon in the first painting. "The harmony between light and darkness."

Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the second. "Daunting wings, yet the intentions are to protect, not terrorize."

Katherine raised a half playful, half inquisitive eyebrow. "Strange that they look like bat wings."

The butterscotch eyed woman ducked her head a bit so Katherine wouldn't see the light red blush that was spreading across her cheeks. "W-well, Batman has been watching over Gotham for what, twenty years know? So really-"

"You met him, didn't you?"

Raven-Juliet sighed before nodding. "Yeah, he helped me when I was unsuccessfully mugged last night."

The older woman accepted her answer before re-wrapping the paintings. "I'll take both of them"

The waiter - Maurice - brought their orders and set them down on the table. Both women smiled in thanks before turning back to each other.

"You want to buy both of them?"

Katherine nodded. "Yes."

Raven-Juliet looked at the paintings and pursed her lips as Katherine reached into her purse and handed her the money. The butterscotch eyed young woman looked at the pile of green paper, and her jaw dropped.

"Twelve hundred dollars?!"

The older woman looked up as she sipped from her tea cup. "I know good art when I see it. You deserve it."

Raven-Juliet looked at the money and pursed her lips. Her parents taught her don't accept what you don't need. But, technically, she is going to need the money. For rent, groceries, art supplies, etc.

The younger woman sighed. "This is probably way too much."

Katherine smiled. "Think nothing of it my dear. Now, you said you came here to be an art teacher?"

-Time Skip-

Raven-Juliet took a deep breath as the bell rang. It was the first day of school, for both the students and her.

She gave her students a friendly smile as they sat down when the final bell rang. "Hi guys! I'm Miss Philips and I will be your art teacher this year. The rules are simple, respect me and I'll respect you. I'll grade your art work based on three things. Effort, time, and creativity. Say it with me."

"Effort, time, and creativity."

The ravenette smiled. "Good. Now, I'd like to hear everyone's first and last name, and age."

After hearing fourteen students's names, and saying all of them repeatedly in her head, Raven-Juliet smiled. "So your first assignment will be a painting of your favorite thing and favorite hobbies..."


Author's Note: Filler chapter. There will be more excitement next time, I promise.

Coming up:"All of the children simply adore her. Oh, Raven-Juliet! These are some of the charity board members."

The ravenette smiled at the obviously very rich people. "Hi, I'm Raven-Juliet Phillips."

A - very - handsome man stepped forward and offered his hand with a lopsided smile. "Bruce Wayne."