Ray Free Roscoe

Disclaimer: I do not own RFR, or, sadly, Travis. I only own this story. But don't you worry. The first chance I get, I'll own Travis.

Author's note: OK, so my last story, 'Is it really you, RFR?' was BAD!!! But I hope this is better.

Summery: Ray has the choice to move away. Due to his bad timing, Lily makes a choice that persuades Ray to do something RFR doesn't want him to do, and neither does he.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~AT THE RFR STATION~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"This is," Question Mark, aka Robbie, started.
"Radio Free Roscoe," Pronto, aka Ray, put in.
"Signing off." Smog, aka Travis, finished.
"Good bye!" Shady Lane, aka Lily, added right before Travis shut them off in her best "Weakest Link" host voice.

"My dad's insane!" Ray said suddenly after the show.
"Well, what's new?" Robbie asked.
"No, I mean, he told us a dinner last night that we might move." Everyone gasped.
"And....???" Travis urged.
"And he told me it was my choice."
"What?" the other DJs asked in unison.
"I know! He said since my brother's in college, I'm going to be the man of the house soon. I have to learn to make good decisions."
"Will you?" Lily asked.
"Nope. I'm not going anywhere....Except out. Later." Ray went out the door and Robbie followed.

Travis continued cleaning up the sound booth when he looked at Lily.
"Will you move of do I have to turn the hose on you?" He asked the girl staring at the ceiling.
"Travis, am I a loser?" She asked, ignoring his question.
"No, Lily, of course not!"
"Then why didn't anyone ask me to the prom?"
The prom was that Friday night---Tomorrow. Lily had been waiting to be asked for a month.
"Well, since you want to go so bad, I could be your escort, if you want me to."
"Are you asking me to the prom?" Lily's face light up.
"Yes, as a friend helping another friend."
"YES! I mean, thank you, Travis. Pick me up at 7 at my place."
"Dinner and the prom?" He asked politely.
"Whatever you want, it's your money being spent!" Lily joked. She ran over and hugged her friend. "Thank you, Travis."

Outside the station, Ray was talking to Robbie.
"Just ask her, Ray. Say, 'Lily, do you want to go to the prom with me?'" Robbie instructed.
"OK. Here she comes."
Lily and Travis came up the stairs.
"Travis," Robbie said. "Come here, I have an idea for you..." Robbie and Travis walked away, leaving Ray and Lily alone.
"So, Lily. The prom's coming up."
"I know." She said looking him in the eye.
"So, I was wondering if you wanted to go. With me, I mean."
"Sorry, Ray. But I'm going with Travis. He just asked me." Ray smiled a weak smile.
"What?"
"Travis. I'm going to the prom with Travis."
"Why?"
"He asked me, I said yes. As friends, though."
Ray was only half listening. "Yeah, Lily, that's great. I was just going to ask you as a, uh, friend, too." He lied. "I, uh, have to go. Curried meatloaf night." With that, he left half heartedly. The other half of his heart had been ripped out and stomped to death by Lily.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Author's note: I don't like Ray, can you tell? Ha ha, I like to hurt his heart, emotionally and physically. I don't know why, but he's my least favorite RFR DJ. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"That's it. I can't stand Travis!" Ray yelled to Robbie on the phone. "He's and evil alien life-force that's been sent out to destroy me!"
"Yeah, Strong told me that he asked Lily to the prom."
"Who?" Ray asked ignorantly.
"Strong. Travis Strong." Robbie was getting frustrated with Ray's child-like actions.
"I know no Travis Strong."
"Yes you do. He's your fellow RFR DJ, the one in the sound booth. Your FRIEND."
"No friend of mine would betray me. Robbie? ROBBIE??"
It was no use. Robbie had hung up. 'Ray can be such a baby' he thought to himself.

"Travis, why is Ray so mad?" Lily asked her date through her phone.
"Well, It's a long story."
"I have time."
Travis sighed. "OK. Ray has loved you for, well, ever. I didn't know that he was going to ask you to the prom after today's show. So, when he's mad now, and won't talk to me. Robbie said that he and I aren't friends. But the show will be interesting, tomorrow."
"He's still doing the show? Wait, Ray's in love with me?"
"Yes, that's what I said. Ray is in love with you."
Lily couldn't speak. Ray? In love with HER? It didn't seem possible. But, oh. It was all coming together now... "Pretty Lady", flicorice, brownies, "Anyone would be lucky to have you."
"Travis, I have to go..." Lily said staring at the picture of her and Ray on her wall.
"Going to call Ray?" He asked.
"Yeah." Lily answered plainly, then hung up.

"Ray, we need to talk." Lily said into the phone.
"OK, If Travis wears a Tux, then you'd look best in baby blue." Ray responded sarcastically.
"Ray, you are acting really childish."
"At least I'm going to dance with an ALIEN!!"
"Ray, that's it, never mind." Lily hung up and sighed. 'Ray can be such a baby' she thought to herself.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* THE NEXT DAY AT THE STATION.....

"This is Pronto, and I'm wondering," Ray started the day. "Who else has been stabbed in the back?"
"Pronto." Robbie warned.
"Question Mark." Ray glared back. "I'll take calls now. Ladies, Men, call in and tell about your betraying friend."
"Sorry guys," Lily said to the listeners. "Pronto's going through a phase. He's jealous that Smog asked me to the prom before he could."
"Calls! I'm taking calls!" Ray said rather loudly.
"Pronto, I'm outta here." Travis said, and left the station.
"Caller 1, you're RFR." Ray said after the phone rang.
"Hey, this is Jenn. My friend, Elise, stole my boyfriend!"
"Really?" Ray asked. "OK, time to tell all, Jenn."
"Thanks, Pronto. Well, I was dating this great guy Ben, and we'd been dating for three months. But then I found out that Elise liked him, too. Well, at a party, I found out that they made out, and they were completely sober, too! Well, I talked to him and he said that he'd been cheating on me with Elise!"
"What did you do? Betrayed by the two you hold dearest." Pronto asked, hoping Jenn could help him, too.
"I let them both go. It's what they wanted."
"Wow, thank you, Jenn. Well, we'll go to a song now. Shady? Can you put Reliant K in?"
"No." Lily answered and left.
"OK, well, I'll do it, then." Ray walked over to the tech booth and started the song.

~ ~ ~ The song, 'Forward Motion' by Relient K played loudly through the station.
'I've been banging my head against the wall / for so long it seem I knocked it down. Yeah, it got knocked down /and my heating bill went through the roof / and the wall I knocked down is the proof / that my landlord needed to kick me out....'

"Ray, mope by yourself!" and with that, Robbie left. Ray sat in sad silence and started to cry.
"That's it." He said to himself. Ray picked up the phone and dialed his home number.
"Dad? It's Ray. I wanted to tell you that I made up my mind. I think it would be great to move. Where, again?.....Oh, right, San Francisco, USA."

~ ~ ~ The song continued on, but Ray didn't hear it.
'...I see that it's good / to experience the bittersweet / to taste defeat / then brush my teeth...'

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N: OK, how do you like it? Review and I'll post more. :-) On the edge of your seat, aren't you?