Picture
Three girls smiled up at her, their faces unchanging. The sun shone bright, the world was green with summer life, and the sky as blue as her cloak. Orange arm over pale shoulder, pale arm over gray shoulder, the girls' arms snaked in a line behind each others necks. The whites of their smiles gleamed for the camera.
Was it fake? she wondered.
"I always liked that picture."
She turned, more green filling her eyes. Emotion erased from her face instantly, the pang of regret twisting a silent pin hiding in her dark heart.
"I was jealous. She had you."
Luck
The Titans alarm rang throughout the Tower. Raven waited patiently, having already been in the main room, for the others to arrive. Cyborg was first, having made two steps from the garage. Robin was next, followed by Starfire, and Beast Boy, who looked as if he'd been napping. i What a bum /i , Raven thought, scaring herself with the affection she that flirted with her mind.
Robin checked the computer. "Just a run of the mill robbery. Beast Boy, Raven, you stay here. Titans, GO!" They ran.
"Looks like you're stuck with me," Beast Boy teased.
"Lucky me." She suppressed a smile.
Movie
"No."
"Come on, Raven!"
"No."
"It wouldn't kill you to take a break from your dusty book and watch a movie—have some fun for a change," Beast Boy whined.
Raven slammed her book shut. "I'll watch the movie if you shut up."
He smiled. "Deal."
He kept his promise. Kept it so well, in fact, that the dullness of the movie drove Raven into slumber. Beast Boy shifted to make the weight of her head on his shoulder more comfortable, and brushed a strand of wandering lilac hair out of her face with a tentative finger. He smiled again.