A/N - Not much in this one, guys, you know the basis already. Enjoy!
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Ch 4: Blowing Off, Berating, and Other Random Things: 11/23/06 - Thursday Afternoon ~ 1:43pm
Travis was finding it harder and harder to keep his mind off Riley. She was in most of his classes, she sat with the four at lunch everyday, he saw her in the hallway more than needed, and there were the two times a week Chemistry study sessions. Wasn't it was bad enough that he was starting to think that he might have a crush on her? Obviously not, she was everywhere and it was getting kind of weird. Sometimes Travis would think that it might seem as if she was stalking him, but he knew that wasn't it.
Riley was finding it harder to catch Travis. Sure, she had most of the classes he did. Yeah, she saw him at lunch everyday. And of course she saw him wherever they decided each week for the Chemistry study sessions, but she never really got to talk to him one-on-one about anything. She really wished he would just...be more open, talk to her more. Most of the time she saw him in the hallway at school, it was almost like he tried to ignore her, or escape from her. Maybe it was her imagination, but she could have sworn that during a few of their little study sessions, he was kind of spaced out or something--And that was very unTravis-like.
Riley was standing at her locker, getting her books for her first class. She had just closed the locker door and started walking towards her class when someone ran into her. Since this had been unexpected, Riley tripped, lost balance, as well as her books, and fell. The person that ran into her stood as she started to pick up her books.
He didn't know it was Riley he had run into. "Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."
Riley's head whipped around, her hair flying around, "Travis?"
Travis looked surprised...or maybe the right word was jumpy. "Oh, Riley." Was all he could manage.
Riley picked the rest of her books up and stood again, "What's up? You're all....jittery..."
"I....I gotta go to class."
"But, Travis...class isn't for..." She stopped, he was gone. "Another twenty minutes..." she whispered, feeling dejected.
Lily had been watching everything as it happened. "Hey, Riley."
Riley turned around. "Oh, hey Lily."
"What's up?"
"Nothing, just...waiting for class to start..."
The two girls walked down the hallway until they entered their home room. They sat in their seats, right next to each other.
"I saw what happened."
"What do you mean?"
"With Travis and all..."
"Oh..."
"Yeah, so...I'm gonna talk to him later..."
"Ok..."
"Well..."
"Well, what? I don't care, whatever."
"Alright..."
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11/23/06 - Later...
Lily ran down the hallway to catch up with her blonde haired friend. It wasn't working very well, he was too far ahead of her. "Travis!"
Travis turned around. For once it wasn't Riley calling for him, it was Lily. He waited for her to get to him, "What is it?"
"Today. After school. I need to talk to you. Mickey's. K?"
"Ok...."
Lily left a very confused Travis standing in the hallway. "What was that all about?"
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11/23/06 ~ 3:39pm
After school...
Travis and Lily were at Mickey's, sitting where usually the five would sit.
"What is this all about, Lily?"
"I wanna talk to you, that's all."
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Lily waited a moment, not sure weather she should get straight to the point. "Alright, I'll cut to the chase. I saw what happened in the hallway."
"What?"
"You. Riley. Hallway. This morning. I saw it."
"Oh...that..." Travis said. He shifted in his seat, it was obvious he didn't want to talk about this.
"So, anyway, I wanted to talk to you about that."
"What's there to talk about?"
"You totally blew her off! That's what there's to talk about!"
"What?"
"Oh come on, Travis. You were there. She asked you what's up and you were all, 'I gotta go to class' You know class didn't start for another twenty minutes!"
"So?"
"She was making conversation and you practically ignored her! I wanna know why!"
Travis glanced around. "Could you tone it down a bit? People are staring..."
"Fine, whatever. Why?"
"Why are people staring? Because you're yelling." Travis said, trying to avoid answering Lily's true question.
"Travis...answer me."
"What?"
Lily sighed and rolled her eyes, both out of annoyance. "Why did you blow Riley off like that?"
"I..I don't know...I just...I didn't want to talk."
Lily leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms over her chest. "Travis..."
"I don't know...I just...it's annoying...I mean, I didn't ask for this to happen..."
"What are you talking about?"
"This...whole...thing with Riley...I didn't want it, I didn't ask for it!"
"I don't get it...what thing are you talking about?"
"This..." He sighed and leaned back, eyes closed. "Thing..."
"Travis, stop rambling, and explain what you're talking about...."
"This...." He sighed again and mumbled the rest and Lily didn't hear.
"What? Quite muttering!"
Travis sat up, leaning forward on the table. He swallowed. "This...crush I've got on Riley..."
Lily grinned, "So you like her, eh?"
"No Lily, I just throw the word crush around alot." Travis said sarcastically.
"So, what are you gonna do?"
Travis looked up at her, "What do you mean?"
"Well...I mean, you're gonna ask her out or something, right?"
"Iii dunno...."
"Why not?"
"I dunno...I don't know if...she likes me..."
"Well you never will if you don't do something about it, ask her out or something."
"But...I...I don't think I can do that."
"Why?"
"I....No...I couldn't do that."
"But why not?
Travis slid to the corner of the back of the booth. "I just couldn't...there's no way...I could do that."
Lily rolled her eyes as she stood and sat in the booth side of the table. She sat in it sideways, half leaning against the table, looking directly at Travis.
"Why not?"
"I can't...I'm...She..." A few more words that never came were mouthed but they didn't matter.
Lily gave him a look and Travis sighed for the third time since they had started their conversation.
"Look...I can't do it. I mean, sure, I've thought about it but...I just don't think it would work."
"but you'll--"
"Never know, right? I get that, Lily." Travis stood up and said, "Look, I gotta go, alright?" He started walking away.
"But Travis!" Lily called out after him. He didn't turn but she continued. "Just call her! Talk to her! Try it!"
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11/23/06 ~ 7:07pm
That night....
Travis was sitting on the edge of his bed, cordless phone in hand. He was thinking about something. Should he call her? Or should he wait...and do it in person? He wasn't sure if he could do it in person, but over the phone may make it seem like he didn't want to do it in person. Why does being a teenager have to be so difficult? He fell backwards onto the bed, letting the phone drop to the floor.
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Ray was pacing his room. He couldn't understand why he hadn't just asked her. Why it turned out the way it did. Why nothing with Lily never went as he planned it. It just never made sense. Every time he tried, it went terribly, dreadfully, horribly, extremely wrong. He sighed and fell onto his bed.
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Lily was sitting in her chair, leaning on the back legs. She was trying to figure out what Ray had been trying to say the other day. But none of it made much sense. Most of it was stuttering and repetitious. Basically, he had been, repetitiously stutter-rambling.' Lily was tired of thinking about this. She fell into her pillows on her bed and screamed into them.
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Riley was laying on her back on her bed, head off the side, blood rushing to her head. She wasn't so sure she liked being a teenager. Kids were always wanting to be older, be sixteen, seventeen, and by then they wanna be eighteen so they could be free. Riley never understood that. Sure, when you're eighteen you can move out, be on your own, but it also meant you had tons more responsibility. If you get an apartment, you have to pay rent and all the bills and everything, she just never understood. She couldn't take the blood going to her head any more and sat up. "Maybe I should call him..." She thought aloud. "Naw..."
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Well....what'd ya think? ^_^
Chapter 5 Preview:
Title - Ch 5: Possible Dates and Forgetfulness - 12/1/06 ~ Friday ~ 9:17am
Basics: - Someone asks another someone out (ooohh...who is it? lol) -The someone that gets asked out accidentally fogets about their date and freaks out. - The someone who forgot about there date apologizes for it. - Talking (does this surprise you?) - The two someones decide to start over on Monday
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Ch 4: Blowing Off, Berating, and Other Random Things: 11/23/06 - Thursday Afternoon ~ 1:43pm
Travis was finding it harder and harder to keep his mind off Riley. She was in most of his classes, she sat with the four at lunch everyday, he saw her in the hallway more than needed, and there were the two times a week Chemistry study sessions. Wasn't it was bad enough that he was starting to think that he might have a crush on her? Obviously not, she was everywhere and it was getting kind of weird. Sometimes Travis would think that it might seem as if she was stalking him, but he knew that wasn't it.
Riley was finding it harder to catch Travis. Sure, she had most of the classes he did. Yeah, she saw him at lunch everyday. And of course she saw him wherever they decided each week for the Chemistry study sessions, but she never really got to talk to him one-on-one about anything. She really wished he would just...be more open, talk to her more. Most of the time she saw him in the hallway at school, it was almost like he tried to ignore her, or escape from her. Maybe it was her imagination, but she could have sworn that during a few of their little study sessions, he was kind of spaced out or something--And that was very unTravis-like.
Riley was standing at her locker, getting her books for her first class. She had just closed the locker door and started walking towards her class when someone ran into her. Since this had been unexpected, Riley tripped, lost balance, as well as her books, and fell. The person that ran into her stood as she started to pick up her books.
He didn't know it was Riley he had run into. "Sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."
Riley's head whipped around, her hair flying around, "Travis?"
Travis looked surprised...or maybe the right word was jumpy. "Oh, Riley." Was all he could manage.
Riley picked the rest of her books up and stood again, "What's up? You're all....jittery..."
"I....I gotta go to class."
"But, Travis...class isn't for..." She stopped, he was gone. "Another twenty minutes..." she whispered, feeling dejected.
Lily had been watching everything as it happened. "Hey, Riley."
Riley turned around. "Oh, hey Lily."
"What's up?"
"Nothing, just...waiting for class to start..."
The two girls walked down the hallway until they entered their home room. They sat in their seats, right next to each other.
"I saw what happened."
"What do you mean?"
"With Travis and all..."
"Oh..."
"Yeah, so...I'm gonna talk to him later..."
"Ok..."
"Well..."
"Well, what? I don't care, whatever."
"Alright..."
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11/23/06 - Later...
Lily ran down the hallway to catch up with her blonde haired friend. It wasn't working very well, he was too far ahead of her. "Travis!"
Travis turned around. For once it wasn't Riley calling for him, it was Lily. He waited for her to get to him, "What is it?"
"Today. After school. I need to talk to you. Mickey's. K?"
"Ok...."
Lily left a very confused Travis standing in the hallway. "What was that all about?"
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11/23/06 ~ 3:39pm
After school...
Travis and Lily were at Mickey's, sitting where usually the five would sit.
"What is this all about, Lily?"
"I wanna talk to you, that's all."
"What do you want to talk to me about?"
Lily waited a moment, not sure weather she should get straight to the point. "Alright, I'll cut to the chase. I saw what happened in the hallway."
"What?"
"You. Riley. Hallway. This morning. I saw it."
"Oh...that..." Travis said. He shifted in his seat, it was obvious he didn't want to talk about this.
"So, anyway, I wanted to talk to you about that."
"What's there to talk about?"
"You totally blew her off! That's what there's to talk about!"
"What?"
"Oh come on, Travis. You were there. She asked you what's up and you were all, 'I gotta go to class' You know class didn't start for another twenty minutes!"
"So?"
"She was making conversation and you practically ignored her! I wanna know why!"
Travis glanced around. "Could you tone it down a bit? People are staring..."
"Fine, whatever. Why?"
"Why are people staring? Because you're yelling." Travis said, trying to avoid answering Lily's true question.
"Travis...answer me."
"What?"
Lily sighed and rolled her eyes, both out of annoyance. "Why did you blow Riley off like that?"
"I..I don't know...I just...I didn't want to talk."
Lily leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms over her chest. "Travis..."
"I don't know...I just...it's annoying...I mean, I didn't ask for this to happen..."
"What are you talking about?"
"This...whole...thing with Riley...I didn't want it, I didn't ask for it!"
"I don't get it...what thing are you talking about?"
"This..." He sighed and leaned back, eyes closed. "Thing..."
"Travis, stop rambling, and explain what you're talking about...."
"This...." He sighed again and mumbled the rest and Lily didn't hear.
"What? Quite muttering!"
Travis sat up, leaning forward on the table. He swallowed. "This...crush I've got on Riley..."
Lily grinned, "So you like her, eh?"
"No Lily, I just throw the word crush around alot." Travis said sarcastically.
"So, what are you gonna do?"
Travis looked up at her, "What do you mean?"
"Well...I mean, you're gonna ask her out or something, right?"
"Iii dunno...."
"Why not?"
"I dunno...I don't know if...she likes me..."
"Well you never will if you don't do something about it, ask her out or something."
"But...I...I don't think I can do that."
"Why?"
"I....No...I couldn't do that."
"But why not?
Travis slid to the corner of the back of the booth. "I just couldn't...there's no way...I could do that."
Lily rolled her eyes as she stood and sat in the booth side of the table. She sat in it sideways, half leaning against the table, looking directly at Travis.
"Why not?"
"I can't...I'm...She..." A few more words that never came were mouthed but they didn't matter.
Lily gave him a look and Travis sighed for the third time since they had started their conversation.
"Look...I can't do it. I mean, sure, I've thought about it but...I just don't think it would work."
"but you'll--"
"Never know, right? I get that, Lily." Travis stood up and said, "Look, I gotta go, alright?" He started walking away.
"But Travis!" Lily called out after him. He didn't turn but she continued. "Just call her! Talk to her! Try it!"
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11/23/06 ~ 7:07pm
That night....
Travis was sitting on the edge of his bed, cordless phone in hand. He was thinking about something. Should he call her? Or should he wait...and do it in person? He wasn't sure if he could do it in person, but over the phone may make it seem like he didn't want to do it in person. Why does being a teenager have to be so difficult? He fell backwards onto the bed, letting the phone drop to the floor.
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Ray was pacing his room. He couldn't understand why he hadn't just asked her. Why it turned out the way it did. Why nothing with Lily never went as he planned it. It just never made sense. Every time he tried, it went terribly, dreadfully, horribly, extremely wrong. He sighed and fell onto his bed.
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Lily was sitting in her chair, leaning on the back legs. She was trying to figure out what Ray had been trying to say the other day. But none of it made much sense. Most of it was stuttering and repetitious. Basically, he had been, repetitiously stutter-rambling.' Lily was tired of thinking about this. She fell into her pillows on her bed and screamed into them.
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Riley was laying on her back on her bed, head off the side, blood rushing to her head. She wasn't so sure she liked being a teenager. Kids were always wanting to be older, be sixteen, seventeen, and by then they wanna be eighteen so they could be free. Riley never understood that. Sure, when you're eighteen you can move out, be on your own, but it also meant you had tons more responsibility. If you get an apartment, you have to pay rent and all the bills and everything, she just never understood. She couldn't take the blood going to her head any more and sat up. "Maybe I should call him..." She thought aloud. "Naw..."
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Well....what'd ya think? ^_^
Chapter 5 Preview:
Title - Ch 5: Possible Dates and Forgetfulness - 12/1/06 ~ Friday ~ 9:17am
Basics: - Someone asks another someone out (ooohh...who is it? lol) -The someone that gets asked out accidentally fogets about their date and freaks out. - The someone who forgot about there date apologizes for it. - Talking (does this surprise you?) - The two someones decide to start over on Monday