Bet 4

she made her way out to the common room, on her way to the kitchen she barely notices beast boy watching TV, her mind still trying to decipher Wisdom's message if she could see outside of herself..or possibly if she hadn't of been distracted she would of noticed her gait had a bit more of a sultry quality to it than usual..looking through the fridge she bends over trying to reach the last slice of pizza in the back..unaware of the seductive effect she was having on the changeling just as she had reached it..a loud voice boomed breaking the spell as Raven shot up hitting her head on the shelf.

"Hey y'all I got pizza come an' get it while it's hot." Cyborg came in carrying one extra large meat lovers, a medium veggie pizza, and two two liters of soda.

It was a quiet dinner as all of them had been as of late. Beast Boy raised his thumb in the cool gesture as he grabbed two slices off the veggie pizza sitting near Raven his mind curious about Raven's actions..other than a few fleeting looks before hand she had seemed non committed one way or the other about this bet..but now things seemed different.. nothing that a casual observer would notice..all of the hints were subtle taking a few extra seconds to pull away when they both reached for the same slice of pizza.. a slight blush then just the barest hint of a smile when looking at him..

Back within nevermore several days later

Love looked at her movement a bit surprised..just four days ago it had only been the three of them now she paused to count in addition to Happy, Desire, and herself Wisdom, and Bravery, had shown up..

which left..Rage,Timid Knowledge, and Rude.. she knew Knowledge was on the fence now, curious about new experiences..which meant new information for her to learn. Rage wouldn't care one way or the other..though she had acted on their behalf a handful of times, Rude would be counter productive... Timid would be the real challenge..as the emotion was afraid of change in any form..good or bad and had a surprising amount of influence on the real Raven.

Timid didn't like this..she knew in the pit of her stomach that Beast Boy didn't really like her..after all the mean hurtful things that Raven has done or said to him, and all he knew about her.. why would he?

Which meant this new change would result in more pain..but it was becoming increasingly more difficult to get Raven to listen with each passing day..hope was spreading through Raven like a plague faster than she could squash it. She knew this was going to be bad..so she would have to think of something to take care of this situation..

it was in Raven's best interest to forget this and return to the status Que. Maybe if she made a deal with the devil..reminding Rage of all the annoying..hurtful things he had said..she could scare him away and this would all blow over..

Which left a new problem..her opposite the green cloaked brave had been watching her.

Back in the real world..she was acting happy at least for herself, just relaxing enjoying a good book..when the sound of Beast Boy's show started to give her a headache and she was getting annoyed..looking up from her book "Do you mind?" when that failed to get him to turn it down enough..she reacted once again without thinking..smacking him in the back of the head hard enough to send him flying off the couch "I said turn it down I'm trying to read!" switching off the TV she immediately felt bad at the confused look of hurt he gave her.. as he walked out of the room

To say Beast boy seemed a bit confused..would be an understatement..he had been doing so well fifteen days into the bet he was half way there..and until this morning she had seemed to be acting nicer..even perhaps subtly flirting but that could have been his imagination..

All this time not talking had made him think a lot more.. he definitely didn't say anything to offend her this time..so that was out, and he's had the TV louder without annoying her..so it wasn't just at face value.

Like usual when he wanted to get some thinking done his feet found their way to his rock, even a few good skipping stones within easy reach. He was a creature of habit..no pun intended taking a seat he let his mind wander

it wasn't the mean action that was confusing him..it was that defensive look in her eyes that had been slowly disappearing suddenly springing back trying to think what he could of done..or was this another test..perhaps? He wasn't sure..and if it was he didn't know how to pass this one..but he knew that he couldn't afford to fail it either.

Perhaps a gift could earn him some extra credit..and if it was something he did, it might smooth things out..but he didn't have much on him.. and Raven wasn't one for gifts just for the sake of gifts which meant..it would have to be something special dropping the stone in his hand an idea pops in his hand as he shifts into a bird not even noticing Raven coming out making her way to the stone.

She had come out to apologize..to be honest she didn't know why she had done it..she had been much meaner to him in the past..but it was always for some reason of his causing. as soon as she saw the green bird in the horizon she realized she was too late..sitting on his Stone..she began to meditate and think about what was going on.

Walking through the wilderness on the outskirts of the city for at least two hours Beast Boy remembered seeing it a few weeks ago when they had been chasing down a criminal who thought this area would be a good getaway but he couldn't remember exactly where..a Wild Rose bush a big one the crook had fell into. wincing when he realized he didn't have any scissors or pruning shears..as he found his quarry

She was just about ready to give up waiting for him..the stone was making her uncomfortably sore She was worrying that maybe she had put the straw to break the camels back.. when she sighted something in the distance.

when he shifted back near the shore.. holding his right hand behind his back..he looked like he had been tag teamed by a lawnmower and an alley cat and lost but still flashing that goofy grin at her.. did he have a concussion or something?what he hell could he be grinning about looking like that? Then he held out what he was holding behind his back..

looking a bit surprised her pulse quickened silencing her thoughts at the sweet gesture for the second time she did something without thinking hugging him..then just as fast as it had came on she smacked him in the head with the flowers taking a swing with them between each word"If you ever do something that bone headed again just to get me a present.." rolling her eyes she stopped..this had all started from her over reacting.."Come along Beast Boy..from the looks of it I've got a long day of taking care of your tendency to act before thinking" flashing a secret smile as she sniffed the now mangled roses. She would heal him..but first she was going to try to hopefully make him think before repeating this endeavor no matter how sweet the intention..

She was complicated..that was sure..it was always hard to read her..but he thought for sure this was another test passed..then he saw her grab the Iodine and he whimpered.. his smirk faded quickly as he realized this test had painful lessons of its own. As the real test of the bet began.

A/n

hope you like how this is going everyone, after this it shouldn't have more than 3 more chapters so I did it a little longer this chapter so I could begin working on my other project the first non BB/Rae fic I've started The Mantle of leadership. No real pairings as it's meant to be a character development piece..but I might return to my comfort zone to finish it out if I get enough Reviews