Title: It's All Relative

Author: MissSunnydale2003

Pairings: R/L, T/?, Ro/?

Summary: Ray's 14 year old cousin, Cailey, is coming to live with him and his family until June. How will she effect the gang's future? How will she effect RFR's future? How will she effect either Robbie or Travis?

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Distribution: RFRchive(obviously), ya know, this wouldn't be an issue if it weren't for FF.net!

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Another day at Henry Roscoe High. School had ended and listeners tuned their radios to 88.1 FM, Radio Free Roscoe. As the song, "In This Diary" (by The Ataris), faded from everyone's hearing, the DJ's began conversing once again.

Question Mark: This is Question Mark and I'm wondering shouldn't reality tv, have more...reality?

Shady Lane: I know. Where, in real life, do we eat live insects for fabulous cash prizes?

Pronto: Or get voted off islands? C'mon! How do they come up with this stuff?!

Shady Lane: And now, they have an Emmy category for reality tv. For one, they should have REAL people with REAL situations.

Smog: Just put a camera in the hall of a high school. That real enough?

Pronto: I got the perfect name for it! Survivor: Henry Roscoe High.

Question Mark: Or Fear Factor: High School Edition.

Shady Lane: I say they take these adults out of the jungle and back into high school for a month.

Question Mark: Make it two months.

Smog: I'd take the jungle.

Pronto: It'd depend on the reward.

Shady Lane: Do you have an opinion on the lack of reality in reality tv? Call in....Amanda? You're on the air.

Mandi: First off, it's Mandi, and what about the Real World?

Pronto: You mean the 'Get Drunk and Party All the Time' Show?

[click]

Pronto: What? Too honest?

Question Mark: Any other callers?...

[30 minutes later]

As they each signed off, Lily, Ray, Robbie, and Travis started out of the studio. It was yet another dull, hot, hazy day as they headed on their way to Mickey's. None talked much, due to the heat. But one of them finally broke the silence.

"Can someone please talk!" Ray just about shouted. All three heads turned in his direction, mildly irritated.

Lily rolled her eyes. "I think you have that covered for everyone."

They walked into Mickey's and sat at one of the tables. Robbie and Ray on one side, Travis and Lily on the other. Ray slouched in his seat. "Can this day get any duller?"

"Is duller a word?" Robbie queried.

"This is what we get for living in a one Starbucks town." Ray replied.

"Ray, there are no Starbucks here." Travis countered.

"Exactly!" he returned. The gang looked at him strangely. Almost like someone had shocked him in his seat, Ray sat up. He remembered something he was told days ago. "Oh yeah, I forgot to mention a week ago-"

"You finally got that brain transplant?" Lily chimed in.

"No. My cousin's coming to live with us for the rest of the Freshman year." Ray stated, less than excited about it.

"This wouldn't happen to be you're cousin Yolanda, would it?" Robbie asked in amusement.

Ray glared at him for a split second before answering. "No. This one's worse. A 14-year-old nightmare."

"Worse as in...?" Travis inquired.

"Worse as in: she's evil! She's annoying, and spoiled, and all gothic. She creeps me out." Ray responded, a disgusted tone seeping into his voice.

"Cheese Steak Pizza creeps you out, Ray." Lily replied flatly.

"Well, if someone wanted cheese steak, why on a pizza?!" He defended.

The others rolled their eyes and soon changed the subject.

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A very ordinary house on a very ordinary block. The Brennan residence. A taxi pulled up to the house and the door opened. A teenage girl stepped out and got her luggage from the back seat. When she set it down on the pavement, she dug in the pocket of her baggy, black jeans. The girl turned to the taxi and handed the driver the money through the window.

As the taxi sped away, the girl lowered her blaring headphones from her ears and pushed her long black hair from her face. She took a good look at the house she would stay in for the next couple of months. A smirk crossed her lips. "Home, sweet home."

To Be Continued...

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A/N: This is my first RFR fic, so I hope ya like it. Feedback would be nice. And, don't forget, E-MAIL FF.NET FOR A RADIO FREE ROSCOE CATEGORY!!!