Summary: So Travis left, Ray and Lily became a pair and Robbie started working with Kim in the new radio station. Now, new semester begins… what will happen to RFR?
Before we start I wanted to inform you guys that I do believe that the ending of the original RFR seemed like a perfect way to close the show. I liked it so much however that I still decided to write my version of what happened afterwards.
Travis fans can calm down coz he won't be left out… there will be few OC's too.
With that said, I believe we can start:
Episode #1: Back on Track
Sunrays entered the room by a small window. The morning was only starting, but the boy that slept in the room was already awake. He looked outside the window with a nostalgia showing on his face. The next moment his gaze stopped at the old-fashioned radio that stood on the night table. The frequency was placed at 88,1.
"I wonder how you guys are doing…" he said to himself. "The school year is about to begin…"
"Son, we're leaving…" came a voice from outside the room. "Get ready…"
"Okay…" replied the boy, turning off the radio.
Theme song:
It's all you ever hear.
Look like this, think like this, be like this.
How do you fight it?
We started our own radio station.
We keep our identities secret.
It gives us the power to say what we want,
as loud as we want.
We've changed the rules around.
We've got a different sound.
Tune into the underground.
Cause when it gets too much.
You have no choice.
Ah, yeah, you gotta make some noise.
Are you listenin'?
Are you listenin'?
Now, we're on the air.
You're listening to Radio Free Roscoe.
It was the first day of school. The main doors leading to the Henry Roscoe High opened and three girls ran inside, carrying huge suitcases. Attracting the stares of practically all the students in the hall, they run through the hall and barely coming to a stop before the stairs, they started running up.
Finally they reached their destination: the principal's office. They started fixing their dresses that got a looked a bit messy due to the run.
"You guys ready?" asked the one carrying a guitar suitcase, who had long, blonde hair, as she knocked on the door and after hearing 'enter' from the other side, they walked inside.
"Oh, if it isn't our rock stars…" noticed a man behind the desk. "Late…"
"We're sorry, principal Waller…" replied the one with long, blonde hair. "We got back from our tour just today… that's why we're carrying the suitcases… since we didn't really had a chance to get a goodnight sleep, we were wondering if it'd be possible for us to skip the first day of school this year?"
"And I'm suppose to allow this, miss Randall?" the man responded with a question.
"You want us to play few more concerts in the cafeteria again, right?" another girl cut in. This one had brown hair and was wearing rainbow-colored clothes.
"If you insist… miss Hayes" came a reply.
"It's a deal!" yelled the rainbow-girl as she grabbed the man's hand. "Nice doing business with you!" and with that she let go of the man's hand and lead her friends outside.
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"So, did you heard that Lily and the rest are back?" asked a black boy with an afro hairdo as he sat near the table in the school cafeteria during the lunch break. "I even heard they convinced Waller to free them from classes today…"
"And why do you think my cell phone rang during math?" replied another boy with raven-black hair. "I'm already seeing Lily after school… we got some catching up to do… but enough about me, how's your work at that new radio station going? Must be good working in the same place your girlfriend does… you can keep an eye on her so that she won't flirt with anyone…"
"Kim's not like that…" assured the afro-boy. "Besides…" he began, but his thought was interrupted by an entrance of a certain boy.
The one who entered the cafeteria seemed to be a year younger then them. He had long, brown hair, made in a light dreadlock. He had sunglasses on his nose and was wearing wide, green pants and a white t-shirt with something that seemed like Indian drawings on it.
The boy made few moves like he was dancing and then, pretending the moonwalk, he reached the place where the students picked their food.
"Who's that?" asked the raven-haired boy.
"Jack O'Toole…" replied the afro. "Freshman… I heard that he said to Waller 'chill out, dude'… he's a rebel…"
"Yeah well, you said to Waller 'dude' once too, remember?"
As he said that, the one called Jack finished eating and headed to the exit. But before he reached it, he stopped, spun on his left foot, turning to face the whole cafeteria and from the bottom of his lungs, he called out: "Thank you, Roscoe! Goodnight!" and only with that did he left.
"That guy is weiazy… weird and crazy…" announced the raven-haired as he shrugged and got back to eating.
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The afro-boy slowly walked into his favorite hangout place: Mickey's. The place was quite crowded, which wasn't that surprising as it was the first day of school and at that time most of the students came here after school.
The boy looked around for a moment before he finally spotted the girl who he was looking for. The female was black and had long, straight, black hair, She seemed to be a year older then him and was reading some magazine at the moment.
"Guess who…" he asked playfully as he covered her eyes from behind.
"Hi, handsome…" replied the girl as she bended her head back and looked directly into the boy eyes. "Oh, it's you… sorry, I thought it was somebody else…" she joked.
"Very funny…" said the afro-boy with a smile on his face. "So, Kim, tell me, did Waller already made you a proposition of running Cougar Radio this year? Or maybe you asked him yourself? I mean, now with RFR gone Roscoe could use a good radio station…"
"I'm not the type for it anymore, Robbie…" replied the girl. "Waller did asked me, but I turned his offer down… I'm sticking to being a DJ at that new station… besides, Waller already found someone for my place… I heard you dropped the job though… why's that?"
"School's starting… guess I just don't wanna have too much on my head… I wouldn't mind having you on it though…" and with that he kissed her. "Besides, radio isn't as… tempting as it used to be for me…"
"You miss RFR, don't you?"
"Guess I am…" nodded Robbie. "But I have no power in that matter… So, you wanna go somewhere else?"
"Why not… I could use some air…"
"And what if I won't allow you to?" and with that he kissed her again, grabbed her by the hand and ran towards the exit.
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The raven-haired boy and the girl with long, blonde hair from before were laying on the grass hill next to each other, staring at the starry, night sky. A moment later they turned to look at each other at the same second.
"Judging from what you told me, your mall tour turned out fanvelous… that's fantastic and marvelous, best of both worlds…" said the boy.
"Yeah, it was pretty good…" nodded the girl with a serious face. "There was one thing missing during it though…"
"And what might that be?"
"You…" replied the girl as she bended to kiss him. "So, was this kiss cawesome? Hope I didn't lose my 'touch'…" she joked.
"In your case, I don't think something like that is possible, Lily…" replied the boy and then he got back to observing the stars. After a short silence, he finally spoken: "Lily, tell me… do you… miss RFR?"
"Why did you brought that up?" she gave him a questioning glare.
"I don't, I just…" began the boy. "Guess I miss the old times… you know, when Travis was still around… that's all…"
"Ray… I know you miss him, but we have to face the facts: he's not coming back… as sad as it is."
"Yeah… but I still miss the Zenman…" admitted the boy.
"Maybe I can ease your pain a bit?" asked Lily as she kissed him again. As their lips separated, a smile appeared on Ray's face, but deep down he still couldn't forget about his friend.
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"Hey, guys!" yelled Robbie as he ran over to Ray and Lily, who were walking down the school hall, holding hands. The lessons were about to start. "You could wait up, you know…"
"Sorry Robbie, we just wanna get to the cafeteria and eat some breakfast before school…" explained Lily. "So, when is Kim gonna be on?"
"Not today…" replied the afro-boy with a little smile appearing on his face, even though he did his best to stop it. "Seems that Kim's through with Cougar Radio…"
"You seem happy about that…" noticed the girl.
"Well, I hate to admit it, but…" began Robbie, but was suddenly interrupted by Ray:
"Look out!" as the afro-boy turned around he spotted a certain boy with brown dreadlocks on a skateboard, coming right at him.
The two collided and felt to the floor hard. Robbie was laying on his back and the skateboarder laid on top of him, with his eyes staring at him from behind the sunglasses. Finally the dreadlock decided to get off.
"Sorry, dude…" he began. "I guess I haven't mastered turning yet… nor stopping…"
"Mister O'Toole…" they all heard a loud voice coming from behind and so they turned around to notice principal Waller standing right in front of them: "The school hall isn't a skate park…" and with that announcement he picked up the boy's skateboard.
"Dude, you're touching my skateboard" stated Jack with a dumb look on his face. "Nobody touches my skateboard…"
"I'm not your… dude, mister O'Toole…" responded the man. "And you just violated this school rules on your second day… I know your situation and I understand it must be hard, but that does not allow you to do whatever you want. You can get your skateboard back after school… that's also when you'll receive your detention…" and with that he walked away.
"Took away my skateboard…" dreadlock said to no-one in particular. "This mean war…"
The three teens looked at the brown-haired boy walking away with their mouths down.
"I take back what I said yesterday about him…" announced Ray. "This guy is siazy… that's sick and crazy… but you wanted to talk to us about something, didn't you Robson?"
"Em, yeah…" nodded Robbie. "I'm wondering… what would you guys say if we'll… get back to RFR?"
"You too, Robbie?" Lily gave him a questioning look. "Are you sure you wanna do this? I mean, Travis isn't coming back even if we do this… I mean, I love RRF, but… where's the point?"
The boys just exchanged glances.
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"So, who's that?" asked Ray, taking another bite of his sandwich, while he pointed at a girl sitting alone next to the window.
She had long, black hair, her skin was a little tan and her right ear was pierced with many earrings and her left eyebrow was also pierced. She wore black and her make-up could give you an impression she's a goth.
"Samantha Rogers" replied Parker, who joined the trio in the cafeteria. "She's yet another freshman. I've met her yesterday and we talked a bit… okay, actually I did most of the talking, she only said 'okay' and 'whatever' from time to time…"
"Hey, she's not that bad…" they all heard Jack's voice and they all turn around to see the skateboarder bending back from his table next to theirs. "I sit behind her on English. When misses Mitchell asked me about something, she gave me an answer… sure, as it turned out, the answer was wrong, but…"
"Peace, people, this is Lisa Carpenter speaking…" came a voice from the loud speaker. "The one who speaks for you. With the new school year starting I wanna remind all the cougars to treat the freshmen nicely and help them out in need. Also, principal Waller reminds you that skateboarding in school is forbidden and will be punished…"
"And here I was thinking that Cougar Radio is student's station…" sighed Jack. "Four years in this joint sure can suck… guess it's back to looking for a good frequency…" and with that he took his stuff and left.
Robbie, Ray and Lily only exchanged glances, which Parker didn't noticed.
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Evening arrived to Roscoe as three teenagers appeared in the same place at the same time. They looked at each other for a moment and then weak smiles started to appear on their faces. The first one to speak was a boy with an afro: "So, you guys too?"
"Guess so…" nodded Lily. "Whether we like it or not, RFR was an important part of our lives… we can't just leave it like this… not without a final goodbye…"
"So, you do not intent coming back?" Robbie ask to make sure.
"I love RFR…" replied the girl. "But I have a feeling that doing it I'll be imprisoned in the past… and I believe that it's time to move on…" and with that she thought about her band, a second later turning to Ray.
"What'd you say if we take a look inside?" proposed the raven-haired. "This one, last time…"
"Since we're all here anyway…" responded afro-boy as he headed to the door.
The walked down the stairs and opened the door with a bug posted on them from the other side. The place they entered didn't changed that much since the last time they were here, only it gathered more dust.
Robbie walked into the space Travis usual sat in and operated the whole equipment. He looked with nostalgia at the boxes full of buttons on them and then his gaze rested on a small blackboard with chalk laying around it. He could see Travis operating all of that in his mind.
Lily lifted up one of the microphones that were standing on the square table in the middle of the other 'room'. She smiled slightly as she looked to the place she used to plug in her guitar and play songs and RFR jingles.
Ray tried out his chair another time. It felt that just yesterday he was sitting in it along with his friends and talked about school life in a way that would drive principal Waller crazy. He couldn't help but let out a small sigh.
"I'm sure gonna miss this…" he said to himself as he looked around a little more.
"RFR won't disappear…" assured Robbie. "It just won't be transmitting anymore…"
The three walked around the 'studio' for few more minutes before turning the lights out and closing the door. They loved this place… yet they weren't planning to get back here. At least not to do what they usual did.
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"So this is the famous Lisa Carpenter?" asked Ray as he looked at the girl sitting behind a big glass, surrounded with lots of radio equipment in it.
The new voice of Cougar Radio turned out to be a girl their age with long, blonde hair, clipped in a ponytail. She was wearing a light, blue dress and a pair of white jeans. Her eyes were hazel and at the currently moment she was going over through some schedule.
"What did you expect, a beauty queen?" asked Lily with a smile.
"Actually, she is pretty hot…" began the raven-head, but instantly shut up after winking to his girlfriend. "Waller's still playing that schedule thing, isn't he? Some things will never change…"
Right then Lily punched him in the arm. "Hey, you're right..." she smiled.
"Very funny... now my arm is broken... besides we should get going, we're suppose to met Robbie on the stairs…"
And with that they headed to their favorite spot in the whole school, where Robbie was already waiting with Parker keeping him company.
"So, you finally showed up…" noticed Parker. "Took you long enough… or were you busy with… stuff?" she asked playfully.
But before any of them could answer the question, which was a rhetorical one in a way, they heard another, Cougar announcement: "Peace people, this is your favorite Lisa Carpenter, filling in for River Pierce yet again…I just wanted to say thanks to all the higher grades for welcoming the freshmen kindly… this song is for you…" and with saying that she played some song that spoke about friendship.
"Kind welcome…" repeated Robbie sarcastic. "I heard some bully flushed some poor freshmen's head in the toilet yesterday… the Cougar is hiding things again…"
"You're attending this school longer then I do, so I'd think you got used to that by now…" they heard Jack's voice and a second later noticed him coming their way on his skateboard again. Only this time he was able to stop in front of them.
"I see you learned to stop… finally…" said Ray.
"Yeah, but turning is a different story…" replied the dreadlock. "So, is Cougar always saying what Waller tells them to? Coz when you listen to it, which I do rather rarely, they present Roscoe High as paradise…"
"Unfortunately yes…" responded Robbie. "But why are you riding your skateboard at school again? You may not get it back if Waller catches you…"
"I don't care…" announced Jack. "I live how I want… and I like riding a skateboard. It is my freedom… just the fact that I can't turn that Carpenter girl off is enough power they have over me…"
"So, skateboarding is your way to show people the real you?" asked Lily.
"Yeah, dude…" nodded dreadlock. "Well, this skateboard is actually something more to me then just an item… it's both a memory and my own voice… anyways, I'm off to my class… even though I'd love to skip it… it's math…" and with that he ride off.
Robbie, Ray and Lily exchanged glances once more and this time Parker did noticed, but haven't said a single thing.
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Robbie looked at the clock. It was almost four in the afternoon. Switched the right buttons and left the small 'room' to sit next to the table where Lily and Ray already waited for him.
"You know, if you wanna bail out this is your last chance..." he reminded as he took his seat.
"No..." replied the girl. "RFR is needed... and it seems we won't be able to get away from it just like that... it still IS and important part in our lives..."
"Wonder if we can still do this the way it should be done…" said Ray as he started to put his headphones on.
"We'll see in a moment…" replied the afro-boy, as he putted his. "Welcome everybody. I'm Question Mark and with me are Shady Lane and Pronto… and we're Radio…"
"… Free…" continued Lily.
"… Roscoe!" finished Ray.
"We're back" announced Robbie, smiling at his friends.
And that ends the first episode of RFR third (or fifth, I'm never sure) season. This is just the beginning and if it'll turn out you like it, I'll submit the second episode before Christmas. All I need is reviews saying something like "I like it"... but critic is welcomed too, sometimes it can be helpful.
Until next time, I hope.