The next morning, Beast Boy nearly drug himself into the classroom. He had stayed up almost all night to get that stupid project done. But it was worth it, all those boring poems were worth it. Now he'd get a good grade, and get on Raven's good side once he turned in his two notebook pages. Hopefully, she wouldn't assign another project for awhile. Walking over to her desk, he managed to pull a grin before slapping the two papers in front of her.
"Done, just as I said I would." He then turned and trudged his way over to his seat. Dropping down into his chair, his head hit the polished wood before groaning. That was going to leave a mark later on. His eyes slowly closed and he sighed softly, all he needed to do was just rest his eyes and then he'd be fine.
Raven picked up the papers and looked them over, his handwriting was quite terrible. A small smile formed as she read through it. He may seem dumb on the outside but on the inside, he did have a brain. Looking back up, her smile vanished when noticing him drooling on one of her desks. Shaking her head in disapproval, she stood to start her lesson. It was nothing too serious, she was just reviewing some writing skills that you ought to have, and when the bell rang, signaling class was over, Beast Boy was still fast asleep with his head down on the desk.
Raven walked over to him quietly, and tapped him on the shoulder, waking him up. "Beast Boy." She said plainly, not really looking forward to cleaning the drool off the desk.
"Five more minutes mom." He grumbled, not lifting his head at all.
"Beast Boy, class is over." Raven said, and his head shot up immediately.
"I slept through the whole class?" He asked incredulously.
Raven nodded, "Drooled and all."
"Aw man!" He whined. "What did I miss?"
"Nothing too important." She answered.
Beast Boy groaned, "Oh god... I'm so sorry Professor. I honestly didn't mean to, I just stayed up all night writing that paper and everything... I was just going to rest my eyes..." He groaned once more before running his fingers through his hair. "So stupid!" He huffed to himself.
Raven sighed, "Don't beat yourself up over it. Just clean up the drool and head out for lunch. I'm going to have to take points away because that wouldn't be fair to my other students." She headed over to one of her supply closets and pulled out some paper towels and cleaner. "Try not to fall asleep again." He gave a slow nod and proceeded to clean up the mess he had made.
Once he was finished wiping up all of his drool, he looked over at Raven, and saw that she was reading a book while sitting at her desk. "Is there anything I can do to make this up to you?" He asked hesitantly as he approached her desk.
"Hm?" She asked, as she looked up at him, and sat her book down.
"Is there anything I can do to make this up to you?" Beast Boy asked again. "You know, so you don't hate me?" He let out a small chuckle.
Raven sighed, "Beast Boy, I don't hate you. We all get tired. It's understandable." She answered.
Beast Boy smiled, "Come on Raven, I know there's got to be something."
She rose a brow before frowning, "What are you getting at? Just spit it out."
Beast Boy grinned and gave her a charming grin. "Let me take you out for coffee or tea or something, you like that don't you?"
Raven sighed, "Beast Boy, I am your teacher and you are my student. It may be allowed her but I do not want to be in any part of that."
His ears drooped slightly, "Not even for a small up? I'll pay? I know this great café and I'm sure you'd love it." He tried to persuade. He then watched as she contemplated her decision. It had been awhile since Raven had been to any nice cafés, and Beast Boy was just being nice, so she decided that she would go.
"Do they have herbal tea?" She asked with a small smile.
"Of course!" Beast Boy said with a big grin.
"Then we'll go tomorrow after class." She told him. "And that's it. This is a one time thing Beast Boy."
He gave a quick nod, "Of course, professor." He mentally high five himself. This was just one step closer than he already was to his goal. "I look forward to it then." Wearing a smile, he headed out to find Cyborg had been waiting there for him this entire time. "Oh, hey dude."
Cyborg smirked, "Who knew sleeping in her class would get you a date?" He asked with an amused expression. "Tea though? You don't drink tea dude. Or coffee..."
Beast Boy grinned, "I do now."
"Let's go get lunch." Cyborg said and took off in the direction of the cafeteria. Beast Boy followed close behind with a big goofy smile on his face. He had really hit it off with Raven lately. Maybe she didn't hate him as much as he thought she did, and when she read his paper on Poe, then she'd really see how smart she was. Beast Boy was definitely looking forward to their little date tomorrow.
Raven sat there, her eyes on the window as she watched some birds fly by. Sighing softly, she sat back in her chair. Why on earth did she agree on Beast Boy's offer? She told herself in the beginning of the semester that she would not have any relations with her students other that just that, a student. Glancing down at the stack of papers that she had collected, she noticed Beast Boy's was on top. Picking it up lightly, she began reading to herself:
After reading as many poems as I had, I soon realized this guy has many problems. From depression to anger to happiness. That isn't a bad thing though, I realized that while I read each poem, I began feeling similar emotions as he did while he wrote them. Many of them made me feel empty as I wanted someone to be beside me. Some were slightly disturbing to be honest, made me wonder why this guy is as famous as he is. I've never read something so dark before and I thought I would be the type to hate it. Yet I found myself reading my whole book. Emotions I expressed: All of the above. With this guy, there's no way you can just express one or two.
She continued to flip through, chuckling softly at his babbling. She could see erase marks in many of the places, was he really trying to make it perfect? Grabbing her pen, she wrote a 100 at the top. Setting it aside, she moved to her next one.
