Raven's eyes narrowed as she held the drawing in her hand right up to Beast Boy's face, "Care to explain this to me?" She asked, his nervous smile only making her angrier. He thought that the next day of class would be much easier, and he would apologize for his stupid antics... But the professor was intimidating as hell, and as soon as he saw those angry violet eyes, all his thoughts of saying sorry were gone.
Beast Boy chuckled, "Well... You see..." He bit his lip, "I'm sorry?" He tried and hoped she'd forgive him. Maybe he'd give her his puppy eye look, that always worked on the ladies. Deciding it wouldn't hurt, he went with it.
Raven sighed, "That isn't going to work, and frankly, you're wasting my time, and everyone in this classroom's time." She answered, her voice a little harsh.
"Look, I know we got off to a bad start but-" Beast Boy tried to explain, but failed miserably when Raven interrupted him.
"I tried to give you something easy, and you want to throw it away." She said angrily. "I'm not letting you redo it, I'm just going to give you an F."
"F for Fantastic...?" He said weakly, his ears drooping as his eyes hit his desk. "Sorry for wasting your time..." He mumbled softly.
Raven let out a small sigh, "See me after this class." She set his paper down and went back to her desk. "Now I was told I can't be too easy for you guys even though it's the beginning of the semester so I made a project for you all. As of last class, I realized many of you don't have the same passion for reading as I do and this pay be hard for you. But I want you to find a book of your liking and write two notebook pages about what you thought about. I don't care if it's a three paged picture book, I want you to express in every way possible on those notebook pages."
A girl with red hair, Starfire was her name, raised her hand. "It can be any book?" She asked in confusion.
"Any book." Raven confirmed. Beast Boy's ears then perked up. This was his chance to show the professor that he wasn't a slacker after all. He'd do the best damn report he could think of, then she'd see that he was smart and mature like a college boy should be.
"When is it due?" Beast Boy asked.
Raven glanced at him and smirked, "By the next class, try to have this one done please." Ignoring the few groans from the class, she pulled up a picture over her overhead. "Now, since we are on the topic of expressions and such, I want you to tell me what come to your mind when you see this." She pointed over to a cheetah tearing apart its prey. She pointed to a boy, "Robin isn't it? What do you think of when you see this?"
Robin grinned, "It's pretty awesome to be honest. I kind of wish I was actually there to see it happen in person." He rubbed the back of his neck, "Is that weird?"
Raven shook her head with a smile, "No, its good!" She then looked over at Starfire who wore a disgusted face. "What are you thinking?"
Starfire looked away, "I'm thinking about that poor animal that just got killed! What did it do to deserve that?" She asked with a sad frown.
Raven clasped her hands together, "Do you see class? The same picture yet it brings different emotions and thoughts about it. Robin was brought in by the cheetah. Starfire was brought in by the prey." She smiled at the weird looks she was getting, "I'm sorry if I'm getting worked up, I love these types of things, makes me happy." Beast Boy listened as she talked and tried to remember every word. She was deep, he had to admit, but in a way, he liked it. "Beast Boy?" She asked, pulling the young man out of his thoughts.
"Hm?" He asked.
"What does this picture mean to you?" She asked and he looked up in front of him to look at the picture.
He stared at a black screen with a small white dot in the middle, he then glanced at her. "It's impossible to just have one meaning... This picture seems like it means death. You know how they say you see a white light when you're about to be dead? Well that white dot represents the light you see. This picture could also mean birth. Imagine yourself as a baby still in the stomach. All you see is darkness and then when it's time, you see that light that allows you into this world." He paused and looked back at his desk. "Or it's just a black screen with a white dot." He mumbled feeling like his answer was stupid.
Raven looked at him surprised, "Very good Beast Boy. I am impressed." She looked at the rest of her class, "A very simple picture yet it can hold so much meaning behind it." She then turned the pictures off. "The reason I showed you these pictures was just to get you thinking. This is to show you that if you can have such a thought about a simple picture, then you should be able to do this with a book." She smiled at them all, "Class dismissed."
Beast Boy stayed in his seat and watched all of the other students file out of the classroom. He stood up once they were gone, and approached Raven at her desk. She was scribbling something down in a notebook, but looked up when she felt Beast Boy's presence. "You wanted to see me?" He asked curiously. If he was being honest with himself, he did feel a little embarrassed. Hell, it was only the second day of this class and he'd already managed to make a fool of himself.
Raven set her pen down, "This will only take a minute, you may miss a little bit of lunch." She let a sigh out, "Why did you doodle on your paper instead of doing work? I would have given you all the credit if you would have at least tried. But instead, you basically gave me the middle finger to do what you wanted."
Beast Boy rubbed the back of his neck, "I should have taken it much more serious, I now know the consequences and will make sure I do work this time. I promise."
Raven nodded slightly and picked up her pen, "You know what I saw in that picture Beast Boy? I saw a person who was lost and alone, no one around him to go to." She paused and shook her head. "Just don't let this incident happen again." She pulled a paper out and handed it to him, "Do it right this time or I'm kicking you out of my class."
He looked down at the survey in surprise, "But you said..."
She gave him a frown, "Do you want another chance or not?" She asked annoyed.
He gave a quick nod, "Thank you so much!" He hugged the paper with his books. "See you tomorrow Raven!" He then rushed out in hopes to catch up to Cyborg. Raven sighed and ran a hand through her hair, why did she give him another chance? She didn't know, maybe she just felt bad for him. She was young once, she knew how guys his age acted around others. Just this once she'd look aside it.
