Once Beast Boy finally caught up to Cyborg, he was practically out of breath. "Dude!" He barely managed to get out as he ran up to Cyborg, who already had a tray full of various food. "She totally likes me!" Beast Boy nearly yelled, which caused his friend to let out a small laugh.
"Already?" Cyborg asked. "She doesn't seem like she's that easy forgiving."
"Look!" Beast Boy said as he grabbed the paper from the stack of his other books. "She's letting me redo the paper that I totally screwed up." He said as he shoved the paper in Cyborg's face. "She didn't let anyone else redo it!"
Cyborg laughed, "Probably because you're the only idiot that messed it up."
"Hey!" Beast Boy yelled.
"I'm only kidding." Cyborg replied as he looked around for an empty table to sit at. Beast Boy followed behind his friend and they sat down at a table together. "So, what book are you doing your project on?" He asked as he took a bite of some pizza that he got.
Beast Boy shrugged, "I don't know yet."
"Better be a good one if you want to impress her," Cyborg started. "I suggest you go to the library and pick one out soon. All the good ones will be gone."
Beast Boy gave a nod with a thoughtful expression, what type of book should he get? What did she like? She liked books obviously but what kind? Was she into that suspense horror kind or that mushy romance? He groaned softly and ran his fingers through his thick green hair. "Man... This is harder than I thought it was going to be."
"I'll come with you." Cyborg offered. "I gotta get a book too, so why not?" He shrugged, taking another bite of what was left of the pizza.
Beast Boy smiled, "Thanks man, you're the best!" He said, holding up his hand for a high five.
"But, I gotta finish eating first." Cyborg smirked. Once the two were done at lunch, they then walked around on campus until they found the huge library. Beast Boy had never seen so many books in his life at once as he looked around at the tall shelves filled with different types of literature.
"There's so many!" He complained. "How are we going to find the right one?"
Cyborg shrugged, "I'm probably going to just close my eyes and pick one." He gave a small smile, "Then it'll be a surprise."
Beast Boy gave a slow nod, "Alright... I don't think I'm going to do that though..." He tapped his finger on his chin, "I know she told us about some guy who inspired her... Who was it though?" He questioned himself, getting slightly frustrated. "Why can't I remember?"
Cyborg chuckled at his frustrated friend. "Poe, B. Edgar Poe." He shook his head, "If I remember much from school, he's a dark dude. Have fun with that," His chuckling got slightly louder as he shook his head.
"Well, if she likes it, then I like it too." Beast Boy replied and walked over to the right section. His eyes scanned the area until finally, he found the appropriate books. "This guy has a lot of stuff Cy." He said, looking back over at his friend.
"That dark stuff ain't for me B." Cyborg said, and headed off in the other direction.
Beast Boy sighed, "Which one?" He mumbled to himself. Pulling out one of the old looking books, he read the cover. It was a collection of poems. Looking through it, he smiled. There were so many he could choose from! Oh he totally had this in the bag. Going to the librarian, he got the book checked out to his name. Before he could check out though, a familiar voice had called out to him.
"I didn't think you were the type for poetry."
Beast Boy turned to see who it was, and it was none other than Raven. His eyes widened in surprise, "Professor? What are you doing here?" He asked, the first question that popped into his mind obviously.
"Checking out books like everyone else." She replied sarcastically. "So I see you're actually going to do your project?" She said as she eyed the book that the green boy held in his hands.
Beast Boy gave a quick nod as he clutched the book in his hands. "I am... I'm going to prove to you that I'm a better student than you think." He said with a determined expression.
Raven smirked, "Well I wish you the best of luck." She glanced down at the book once more, "I look forward to reading what you think of Poe."
"I'll see you in class tomorrow, professor." Beast Boy said with a nod as he finally made his way up to the check out desk. Now, he just wanted to get back to his dorm and get the project done and over with. And he wasn't going to be lazy on it either, he was actually going to do hard work. After all, he had to win Raven over somehow, so he might as well do it this way.
"You find a book BB?" Cyborg asked as he approached his friend.
"Yeah." Beast Boy nodded. "You wanna come to my room to work on our stuff together?"
"Nah." Cyborg waved off. "I'm gonna go work in the café. I need food."
"You just ate!" Beast Boy pointed out.
"So?" He retorted.
Beast Boy sighed, "I'll see you tomorrow then." He said, and left the library. Going straight to his room, he got a pen and paper out. Opening the book, he stared at the words before groaning. This was boring. Setting the book down, he whistled softly to himself as he looked around. Video games seemed really interesting right now unlike this stupid paper. Maybe he should have picked a more exciting book? This was hopeless... But, he told Raven he was going to get it done. So, without any further fuss and muss, he began to write down his thoughts about these boring poems.
