(A/N) It's after midnight, and I'm writing up another short chapter. Long chapters to come? It all depends on how I feel the outline I wrote up should be played out. At this point I would say that there are bound to be long chapters, but I don't want to get anybody's hopes up, especially my own.
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The Annotated Raven – September 20th
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11:00 p.m.
I figured that it would be best to just get it over with, so I asked Beast Boy out yesterday. I was really surprised at how easily he accepted. We only went to get some pizza at the usual place, but it was actually nice. He was really calm and that helped me stop feeling like I was just going with him to get it out of the way. I didn't expect to have a good time. He's pretty nice when there aren't so many distractions around.
We ended up talking and I was smiling at him now and then. For some reason, he always stares at my smiles. I asked him why and I think he actually blushed. It's hard to tell because of his skin. He said that since I don't smile all that often, that he wants to see them the whole time they're there. I'm glad I had my hood up, because I was blushing after that.
We went home pretty soon after that. We had spent over two hours there, and that was a little shocking. Beast Boy just seemed to take it all in stride. He didn't look like his usual nervous self once, which was what I was expecting when he said yes to going for pizza with me.
It didn't stop there though. The rest of yesterday and into today, he's been exceptionally considerate of me. It's like he's been waiting for this to happen so that he can surprise me by acting this way. He asked if I wanted to see a movie with him today and I was caught off guard by it, but I said yes. It was a horror film, but this time I admitted when it scared me. It didn't really scare me all that much, since it was pretty lame. Afterwards we went to this place that Beast Boy goes for vegan desserts and he bought me a Tofutti ice cream sandwich, and it actually wasn't bad. We talked for a little while, making fun of the movie. It was fun. Happy better be satisfied with all of this or I'll lock her in her realm again.
We walked back to the tower and I wanted to hold his hand just to show him I was really starting to enjoy his company, but my cloak makes anything like that a little bit exaggerated, too awkward. At least he kept looking at me and smiling. My cheeks are tired from smiling so much. It's weird that it would be Beast Boy to make me feel like dating isn't so bad.
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(A/N) I like this chapter for what it does. I think it works well to create the effect I'm going for right here. Let me know if you agree or disagree, but keep it shut if you're just interested in seeing where I'm going with this. Future posts are going to keep coming in waves. ;-)