Chapter Five: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
The next morning, Raven awoke and climbed down from her bunk bed. Her feet hit the floor with a small thud. She pulled on her boots and walked out of the room. After starting some water for her tea, she went back to Beast Boy's room. Beast Boy was still asleep in his bed when she returned. Raven stared at him for the longest time before she finally managed to tear her eyes away from him. Raven scanned the room with her eyes and spotted a brush sitting on Beast Boy's dresser. He won't mind, she thought as she ran the brush through her purple hair. It hurt a little because it had been so long since she'd last brushed it, but Raven didn't care much.
When Raven was satisfied with her appearance, she walked out of the room, closing the door softly behind her.
"What should I do now?" she asked herself.
No one else was awake so she had no one to talk to.
"Maybe I should wake Beast Boy up," she suggested aloud. "
"I'm already awake."
Raven whipped around.
"You've got to stop doing that!"
What?"
"Sneaking up on me!"
"Aw, did I scare little Raven?"
"Yes and don't do it again!"
"Well sorry."
"Whatever, you did it on purpose!"
"I said I was sorry!"
"Prove it."
Beast Boy morphed into a kitten and gave Raven "the face".
"Oh alright, I believe you.," she said picking him up.
"Meow."
"Meow yourself," she said setting him back on the floor.
Raven walked into the kitchen and saw that her water was boiling. Beast Boy soon followed her in and walked over to the refrigderator. He pulled open the door and got out a bowl of left over tofu. He carried his soon-to-be-breakfast over to the stove and piled it into a frying pan.
"You want some?" he asked glancing over at her.
"No thanks," Raven said making her cup of tea.
"Sure?"
"Yeah," she said smiling at him.
"Ok, but you don't know what you're missing."
"Fake meat?"
"Ha-ha, very funny."
"I know."
Raven watched as he cooked the tofu, and soon found herself becoming hungry. Her mouth watered at the sight of the tofu. Beast Boy looked over at Raven and caught her look pof hunger.
"You do want some," he said laughing.
"Ok so I lied!"
"Get a plate and you can have some."
Raven walked over to the cupboard and pulled out two plates and then retrieved two forks from the silverware drawer. When the tofu was completely done, Beast Boy split it between the two of them.
"Thanks," raven said, raising her eyes to his.
"No problem," he said taking a bite.
Raven sat down at the table and slowly poked a piece of tofu with her fork. Slowly, she brought it to her mouth and ate the small amount.
"What'd you think?"
"It's ok," she said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's great."
He nodded and they continued to eat their plates of tofu.
"I'm glad you tried it."
"Why?"
"Sandra won't even look at me if I even offer her some."
"Oh."
"She won't even try it!"
"Well...I tried it," Raven said.
"Yeah..." he said smiling.
They sat there, staring into each other's eyes, for a long moment. Finally, Raven stood up and put their plates into the sink. Beast Boy followed Raven as she walked into the living room. Raven plopped down onto the couch and heaved a large sigh.
"I'm bored," she said sighing again. "Well, what do you want me to do about it?" Beast Boy asked sitting on the coffee table.
"Entertain me," she said putting her hands in her lap.
"What?"
"Entertain me.You like joking around so...show me somthing."
"Raven..."
"I know! You could sing!"
"Sing?! Raven, I don't sing..."
What's the matter? Afraid you'll embarrass yourself?" she asked with a smile.
"Raven...singing isn't really my thing," he said nervously.
"Liar!"
"What?!"
"Liar. I've heard you singing before! You sing in the shower!"
"How would you know?" he asked blushing fiercly.
"I used to listen to you," she admitted blushing immediately.
"You used to listen to me? How?"
"Stand outside the bathroom door," she told him meekly.
"Really?"
Raven nodded.
"Well, I used to go in your room when you weren't around."
"You did? Why?"
"I don't know. It just interested me."
"Well I used to try on Starfire's clothes," Raven revealed.
"Really? I used to try on Robin's!"
They continued on like that for a while, revealing secrets they'd had and things they had done. they were so involved in their conversation, they didn't seem to notice the other Titans that were awake.
"You guys were naughty," Cyborg said laughing.
"Hey, you were listening to us?!" Beast Boy asked, embarrassed.
"It's kinda hard not to hear you," Cyborg said laughing harder.
Both teens flushed a deep red. They hadn't realized that they had been that loud.
"I won't tell anyone," Cyborg said.
"You better not!" Beast Boy said.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Cyborg said. "Sandra called earlier and wanted to know why you'd missed your guys' date."
"Date? Oh yeah...we were gonna have breakfast together!" he remembered. "I gotta call her!"
"Yeah, you better. She sounded pretty angry on the phone."
"Crap! How did I forget? She's been talkin aboutthis date for, like, a month now! Dang!"
"Man, he's really serious about her isn't he?" Raven asked as she and Cyborg watched Beast Boy run off to the nearest phone.
"Has been for a while now," Cyborg said.
"How did he meet her?"
"Don't know exactly. He just kinda... brought her home one day."
"Oh."
Beast Boy re-entered the room about ten minutes later, a large smile on his face.
"She forgives me," he said happily.
Raven nodded, thought it had hurt her to hear it. What did yopu expect, she asked herself. You can't just leave him for two years and suddenly come back expecting him to fall in love with you!
"You ok Rae?" Beast Boy asked waving a hand in front of her face.
"Oh, yeah. Just spacin out."
Beast Boy smiled at her, shaking his head.
"What?" she asked.
"You're hiding something from me," he said stepping closer to her.
"Hiding something? How would you know if I was hiding something?"
"You never used to space out," he said raising an eyebrow.
"I'm a changed person."
"Mmmmhhmmmm, sure. I've got my eye on you," he said before walking away.
Raven stood there staring after him, a surprised look on her face. It amazed her how he had been able to see right through her. He had read her like an open book. Am I that obvious? Looks like I'll have to be more careful around him, she thought as she walked into the kitchen. He pays more attention to me than I thought.
So, how did you like the fifth chapter? Tell me in a review. Oh and I did check over this one, but just to let you know, no one is perfect. Thank you for your reviews,
Hal (robinstar)