A/N: yay I'm back! Whatever there's no need for an Authors Message, so…dig in! (or…yea w/e)

Chapter 7:

There she was, standing in her dark beauty, or, really sitting, but that was besides the case.

Raven was sitting at the table drinking some herbal tea. Oh how Robin wanted to grab her right there. The moment was perfect, the time of day, the lighting, the mood, and they were alone…

"Robin! Hello?"

…well… except for that.

Oh why did I make things even harder for myself?

Beastboy and Robin just sat for a while, watching the mysterious girl both of them wanted.

"She sure does look pretty" Beastboy said with a sigh

"Yea" Robin said without thinking.

Beastboy stared at him, while Robin recollected what he had just said.

"I mean, I mean…for you! She looks pretty…for …you. I'm sorry BB, I was not really …er…thinking…" What am I doing?

"It's alright…"

"Yea…okay, so … what do you want to do?"

"Well, I mean, see, the thing is Robin, I don't think Raven thinks I like her at all. I need to start slowly, maybe just be a friend first."

Oh, that's good

"Makes sense"

"Yea…I've been thinking on it for a while, but…I just don't know how to get Raven to trust me…that's where I need your help."

"Right"

Okay, this is where I could help him, or help myself, make him look stupid. Yea, tell him to do something stupid…like, what? Hmm…

"Maybe if you make her laugh…yes, Umm, tell her jokes or something, even better, keep transforming while you tell her jokes…"

Oh yes, that will annoy her…wait…

Maybe it was because Robin was the team captain of the Teen Titans, or maybe every member of the Teen Titans was too much like a family to him, but whatever it was, after he told Beastboy to annoy Raven, he automatically felt ashamed of himself.

Beastboy trusts me, and I'm just making him look like a fool

"Hey! That's a great idea…I've got some real good jokes that she might like actually…thanks Robin…"

"Umm…wait, never mind, I don't think it's…"

"Robin, you're the best!"

Maybe it was because Beastboy was the goofball of the team, or maybe…he was just a green idiot, but whatever it was, Beastboy could never resist making people laugh, and he could never be pessimistic. Beastboy was very proud of his jokes, and he really hoped it would help win Raven's heart…or at least, friendship.

"Beastboy…please…I was just…"

"No, no, this is good…I can do this, don't worry about me Robin."

"But I am worrying about you…you're going to look like a fool in front of…"

"Say no more Robin, I like your idea, and I've made up my mind."

Oh no, what have I done

Beastboy walked towards Raven, she poured herself another cup of her tea and opened up a good book.

"Hey Raven!"

Oh no, Robin remembered, Raven hates being disturbed when she's reading…

"Yes Beastboy…" Raven drawled, obviously annoyed

"Wait, wait, I want to tell you something."

"Want to annoy me again Beastboy? Or just make fun of how creepy I am?"

"No, no, Raven…I just want to tell you some jokes, you'll like it"

"…how exciting…"

"Okay , okay, this is a good one…it's kind of long, so just listen, and watch me, I'll be morphing as well…"

"The animals were bored. Finally, the lion had an idea. "I know a really exciting game that the humans play called football. I've seen it on T.V."

He proceeded to describe it to the rest of the animals and they all got excited about it so they decided to play. They went out to the field and chose up teams and were ready to begin.

The lion's team received. They were able to get two first downs and then had to punt. The mule punted and the rhino was back deep for the kick. He caught the ball, lowered his head and charged. First, he crushed a roadrunner, then two rabbits. He gored a wildebeast, knocked over two cows, and broke through to daylight, scoring six.

Unfortunately, they lacked a placekicker, and the score remained 6 - 0.

Late in the first half the lion's team scored a touchdown and the mule kicked the extra point. The lion's team led at halftime 7 - 6. In the locker room, the lion gave a peptalk.

"Look you guys. We can win this game. We've got the lead and they only have one real threat. We've got to keep the ball away from the rhino, he's a killer. Mule, when you kick off be sure to keep it away from the rhino."

The second half began. Just as the mule was about to kick off, the rhino's team changed formation and the ball went directly to the rhino. Once again, the rhino lowered his head and was off running. First, he stomped two gazelles. He skewered a zebra, and bulldozed an elephant out of the way. It looked like he was home free. Suddenly at the twenty yard line, he dropped over dead. There were no other animals in sight anywhere near him. The lion went over to see what had happened. Right next to the dead rhino he saw a small centipede.

"Did you do this?" he asked the centipede.

"Yeah, I did." the centipede replied.

The lion retorted, "Where were you during the first half?"

"I was putting on my shoes.""

Beastboy put on a spectacular show for Raven, he enacted all the parts, and he transformed into each animal and gave them each little voices to entertain her. He made sure Raven wasn't going to be bored, he was a master at telling jokes. And this joke was perfect for what Robin told him to do.

But Raven didn't laugh once.

"Thanks Beastboy…you told me your joke, now please let me finish my reading."

The green changeling was crestfallen. That was one of his best performances he has ever done, especially without practice!

Wait! Animals aren't going to keep Raven interested…I got it

"Hey wait…I got another one"

"Oh please go on Beastboy…" Raven said in monotone

"What's the difference between a goth and a clown?"

Oh he was so going to get her this time

Raven looked slightly amused at this question. "Well, Beastboy, what exactly isn't different in a goth and a clown?"

"No no Raven, don't ruin the joke" Beastboy said teasingly

"sigh Fine Beastboy, what is the difference?"

"The clown has a life!" He looked at Raven with hope. Please don't get mad.

Raven looked at Beastboy for what seemed to be the longest 15 seconds ever.

Oh no…she's mad…I can see it in her eyes…

"Hahahahaha! That was a good one Beastboy…" Raven laughed, she actually laughed, well of course she laughed, it made perfect sense, it was too funny.

Yes! Said a Beastboy

Oh… said a slightly crestfallen Robin, who was hiding, watching the whole scene. The strange thing was…he half hoped Raven would laugh so BB wouldn't be sad, but he half hoped she wouldn't…so that BB would…be…sad…

HAHahahahAHhah said an…unnaturally happy Raven…

"That was actually a good joke Beastboy…"

Maybe because Raven could actually relate to the joke, or maybe because she actually understood it, these were both possible reasons to the strange happiness that afflicted Raven, they had to do a little bit with why she was going out of control in laughing…but mostly it was that darn pink spot on her cloak. It was still there. She tried all night to get it off…moping around, acting sad, but no, she could not, whatever she did that small, miniscule, horrid pink spot was still there. That's mostly why she laughed so much. She also actually thought the joke was pretty funny.

"Heh heh, so you liked it?"

After calming down and taking a few breaths. "Yea BB, it was pretty good. Now let me finish reading." She said this not with a voice of annoyance anymore. And Beastboy, and Robin noticed this new tone of voice coming from the dark girl.

Beastboy was overjoyed, and when he turned around to walk away, he had the biggest, ear-to-ear grin, sloppily placed on his green head.

The other one, was not so happy. Not so happy, at all.

A/N: wow so i tried to make this a long chapter, pretty good i say so my self (in the longness) though i think it's got a lot 2 do w/ that first joke...ah well

hope u enjoyed :D