A/N: Ahh...what's this? Ohh...interesting...you might wanna read
this...this chapter is fun! lol
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Ch 5: Possible Dates and Forgetfulness - 12/1/06 ~ Friday ~ 9:17am
Travis had decided that he wouldn't do it on the phone, he waited until the next Monday at school.
Riley was walking down the hallway when someone pulled her off her route and into a classroom. "aah!" When her eyes had adjusted to the darkness, Riley was shocked to see who had dragged her into the dark room. "Travis?"
"Hey, Riley."
"What's up?"
"Not much...."
"Did I miss a study session yesterday or..something?"
"No..."
"Oh, ok." Now Riley was confused. "Did you...have a reason to drag me off from my way to class? I mean, you don't have to have a reason it's just....it's not like you, ya know?"
"Yeah..uhh..I...I had a reason."
"Ok...." She paused, thinking he would go into the reason. When he didn't, there was a really awkward silence. "So..." Riley shifted her weight from her left foot over to her right and suddenly broke the uncomfortable silence, "What did you need--er--want oorrr...whatever?"
Travis said the first thing that came to his mind, and it all came out a bit odd, seeing as how there wasn't a full sentence out of all of it. "You. Me. Dinner. Movie. Saturday. Six-thirty." This all came out pretty fast.
"Are you asking me out?"
Travis licked his lips and nodded, "Y-yeah..."
Riley smiled, "Alright, where are we gonna go? And...uh...we'll have to figure out the moive too."
"Right..."
"But we can think about that over the week, I mean, it's only Monday, we've got till Saturday so....uh...later?"
"Yeah...later..."
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12/2/06 ~ Saturday ~ 1:07pm
1 day later....
Riley was downstairs in the living room, bored out of her mind. Her Aunt Marie came in, "What do you have planned for this wonderful Saturday, Riley?"
Riley looked at her Aunt, she was always like that, happy and all. "I have a weekend full of absolutely nothing planned."
"Oh, ok, dear. Maybe you could go out with you're friends or something."
"Yeah...maybe...I dunno, I'll probably Lily here in a minute..." At that moment, Riley was halfway upstairs when she head the phone ring. She shrugged and decided Aunt Marie would get it.
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12/2/06 ~ 7:27pm
After being closed in her room for the past several hours, listening to music and writing in her 'story journal' Riley decided to go downstairs and get a soda. She was about halfway down the stairs and her Aunt said, "Oh, Riley, you had a phone call."
"Who from?"
"Travis."
"What'd he say?"
"Nothing really, but he sounded like he was at Mickey's."
Riley's eyes widened. "Ohmygod!" she muttered to herself. "What time is it?"
"Almost seven-thirty, hun."
Riley slapped her forehead. "No no no no no no no!! This isn't happening, this isn't happening. This. Is. NOT. Happening!"
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"I'll be back down in a minute." Riley let out a whimper-like scream, ran upstairs to her room, dove onto her bed, grabbed the phone and dialed Travis' home number.
"Hello?" Came a woman's voice.
"Hi, Mrs. Strong, is Travis there?"
"No, sorry Riley, he's not here right now, I'll have him call you though."
"Thanks." Both hung up and Riley quickly dialed Travis' cell. "Please pick up..."
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12/2/06 ~ 7:30pm
Travis was walking through the park on him way back to his house. Riley had stood him up. He should have known better than to do this. Riley wasn't the kind of girl that would like him. She had probably just said yes because she knew he didn't date much and, who knows, maybe she felt sorry for him or something. Travis sighed and his cell phone rang. He picked it up and looked at the number. RileyBrennon 598-7642 He sighed again before answering, "Hello?
"Travis! I'm sure you don't want to talk to me after what you think I did. I really didn't mean to...not come. I completely forgot!" Oh that sounded great, huh, Riley?
Travis wasn't sure what to say, she wasn't making much sense, half of what she was saying was quite contradicting.
"Travis? Are you still there?"
"Yeah..."
"Oh...well...um...I wanna make this up to you...I really didn't mean for this to happen. I've been writing this story that I plan on sending in to a magazine or something and I got an idea and I dunno...I just got inspiration on top of inspiration, I lost track of time and..."
Travis cut her off, "Riley, calm down, it's ok."
"It's ok? Are you sure? I mean, I practically stood you up!"
"Riley..."
"I really wanna make this up to you...uh.." She sighed. "What do you want me to do? Name it and I'll do it...unless it involves serious injury or suicide."
Travis smirked. She was always coming up with the worst case scenario. "Alright..uh...I don't know."
Riley grinned, "I do. Come over to my house."
"Now?"
"Hold on." Riley put the phone down and went into the hallway. She leaned over the banister and saw Ray in the living room. "Ray! Are Aunt Marie and Uncle James still here? Or do they go off on their night out thing?"
"They're gone!" Ray called.
"Thanks!" Riley turned around quickly, her hair flying in her face, ran back to her room, dove for the phone on her bed and said, "Yeah. Now."
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12/2/06 ~ 7:53pm
Travis wasn't sure why Riley had told him to come to her house, or what she had planned, but he figured no harm could come out of going. What could she have planned that could cause permanent damage? Nothing that he could think of, even if it was Riley. Oh how wrong he was....sort of....
He reached the Brennon household and rang the doorbell.
Riley knew Ray would get to it before she did if she never said anything. "I'll get it!" She yelled as she ran down the stairs. She finally made it down to the door. She knew who it was, it was Travis. "Hey."
He was about to say something but Riley silenced him by putting a finger to her lips. "I don't want Ray to know, so go along, alright?" Travis nodded and hoped that he wouldn't have to imitate someone.
"So, Lily, what's going on?" Riley asked, shoving him in front of her. She knew that would get Ray's attention, even if he didn't turn.
Travis looked at her with an 'are you insane?' look on his face.
She nodded slightly but took out a recorder from her pocket. She coughed and hit play.
"Nothing really, just the usual. You know, trying to get R--" Lily's voice came from the recorder but Riley clicked it off. She didn't realize that she hadn't taped over that. She fast-forwarded a bit, hoping Ray hadn't noticed the time gap. "Some lyrics written, as always." With that, she turned the recorder off because Travis was already upstairs and there was no need for it anymore.
Once the pair were in Riley's room and she had closed the door, Travis looked her straight in the eye, "You're insane!"
"So I've been told. I've heard people think you are too..."
"People think I'm weird because of all the things I know! You're just out- and-out insane!"
"Ok, fine, whatever, you win, blah, blah, blah...anyway..."
"Yeah...so...why did you....want me to come here? And..why did you do the whole Lily on a recorder thing?"
"Well, Ray'll never know the difference, he just know's it's Lily's voice. And I wanted you to come here so I could make it up to you."
"Riley..." Travis sighed, "I told you, you don't have to make it up to me."
"But I want to! I feel really bad about all this..."
"But..."
Riley cut him off, "I asked you to come so we could discuss what I should do without using all you're cell minutes."
"How thoughtful of you."
Riley gave him a look, "Shut up. anyway, I told you that I'll do anything, you just have to tell me what to do."
"Why don't we just....start it all over Monday? Act like...this week didn't happen?"
Riley sighed but complied, "Alright, if that's what you want."
"Thanks.."
Riley smirked, "Yeah, now...you get to leave through the window."
"And how am I going to get on the ground?"
Riley frowned, "I dunno...we don't have a ladder around....hmm...scale the walls and widows?"
"You are insane..."
"I could distract Ray and you could leave, seeing as how he thinks Lily's here."
"Well, it's not great but it's better than climbing down windows and walls."
Riley ran downstairs to the living room, grabbed Ray by the arm and pulled him into the kitchen.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
She hopped up onto the island-bar in the middle of the kitchen, "I wanna talk to you."
"About..."
"About....uh...about Lily."
"Ok...what about Lily?"
"Well, we both know that you're like, madly in love with the girl, so, I'm wondering..." Ray thought she sounded like Robbie just then. "Why don't you just ask her out?"
There was the sound of a door shutting.
"What was that?" Ray asked.
"I dunno, probably Lily going home. Anyway, answer my question!"
"Wait...you were...saying all that...when she was in there?!"
Riley waved her hand, "She didn't hear me, trust me. Now, come on, out with it!"
"I can't...I can't do it!"
"If you can't do it in person do it on the phone. In an e-mail. IM her. Text her.I don't know, mail her a letter if you want to. Just do something!"
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A/N: I know this chapter was short, but the next one should make up for it a bit! ^_^
Chapter 6 Preview:
Title - Ch 6: Realizations, Confessions and The First Date From Hell - 12/7/06 ~ Thursday ~ 11:45am
Basics: - Travis still thinks that Riley stood him up, even though that's not how he came off. - Riley proves him wrong. - Ray and Lily talk - Lily kisses someone. - Robbie is thinking about stopping RFR this year (OMG! Robbie is in here!) - One of the two dates you all have (hopefully) been waiting for.
There's more but I don't wanna give anything else away *wink*
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Ch 5: Possible Dates and Forgetfulness - 12/1/06 ~ Friday ~ 9:17am
Travis had decided that he wouldn't do it on the phone, he waited until the next Monday at school.
Riley was walking down the hallway when someone pulled her off her route and into a classroom. "aah!" When her eyes had adjusted to the darkness, Riley was shocked to see who had dragged her into the dark room. "Travis?"
"Hey, Riley."
"What's up?"
"Not much...."
"Did I miss a study session yesterday or..something?"
"No..."
"Oh, ok." Now Riley was confused. "Did you...have a reason to drag me off from my way to class? I mean, you don't have to have a reason it's just....it's not like you, ya know?"
"Yeah..uhh..I...I had a reason."
"Ok...." She paused, thinking he would go into the reason. When he didn't, there was a really awkward silence. "So..." Riley shifted her weight from her left foot over to her right and suddenly broke the uncomfortable silence, "What did you need--er--want oorrr...whatever?"
Travis said the first thing that came to his mind, and it all came out a bit odd, seeing as how there wasn't a full sentence out of all of it. "You. Me. Dinner. Movie. Saturday. Six-thirty." This all came out pretty fast.
"Are you asking me out?"
Travis licked his lips and nodded, "Y-yeah..."
Riley smiled, "Alright, where are we gonna go? And...uh...we'll have to figure out the moive too."
"Right..."
"But we can think about that over the week, I mean, it's only Monday, we've got till Saturday so....uh...later?"
"Yeah...later..."
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12/2/06 ~ Saturday ~ 1:07pm
1 day later....
Riley was downstairs in the living room, bored out of her mind. Her Aunt Marie came in, "What do you have planned for this wonderful Saturday, Riley?"
Riley looked at her Aunt, she was always like that, happy and all. "I have a weekend full of absolutely nothing planned."
"Oh, ok, dear. Maybe you could go out with you're friends or something."
"Yeah...maybe...I dunno, I'll probably Lily here in a minute..." At that moment, Riley was halfway upstairs when she head the phone ring. She shrugged and decided Aunt Marie would get it.
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12/2/06 ~ 7:27pm
After being closed in her room for the past several hours, listening to music and writing in her 'story journal' Riley decided to go downstairs and get a soda. She was about halfway down the stairs and her Aunt said, "Oh, Riley, you had a phone call."
"Who from?"
"Travis."
"What'd he say?"
"Nothing really, but he sounded like he was at Mickey's."
Riley's eyes widened. "Ohmygod!" she muttered to herself. "What time is it?"
"Almost seven-thirty, hun."
Riley slapped her forehead. "No no no no no no no!! This isn't happening, this isn't happening. This. Is. NOT. Happening!"
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"I'll be back down in a minute." Riley let out a whimper-like scream, ran upstairs to her room, dove onto her bed, grabbed the phone and dialed Travis' home number.
"Hello?" Came a woman's voice.
"Hi, Mrs. Strong, is Travis there?"
"No, sorry Riley, he's not here right now, I'll have him call you though."
"Thanks." Both hung up and Riley quickly dialed Travis' cell. "Please pick up..."
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12/2/06 ~ 7:30pm
Travis was walking through the park on him way back to his house. Riley had stood him up. He should have known better than to do this. Riley wasn't the kind of girl that would like him. She had probably just said yes because she knew he didn't date much and, who knows, maybe she felt sorry for him or something. Travis sighed and his cell phone rang. He picked it up and looked at the number. RileyBrennon 598-7642 He sighed again before answering, "Hello?
"Travis! I'm sure you don't want to talk to me after what you think I did. I really didn't mean to...not come. I completely forgot!" Oh that sounded great, huh, Riley?
Travis wasn't sure what to say, she wasn't making much sense, half of what she was saying was quite contradicting.
"Travis? Are you still there?"
"Yeah..."
"Oh...well...um...I wanna make this up to you...I really didn't mean for this to happen. I've been writing this story that I plan on sending in to a magazine or something and I got an idea and I dunno...I just got inspiration on top of inspiration, I lost track of time and..."
Travis cut her off, "Riley, calm down, it's ok."
"It's ok? Are you sure? I mean, I practically stood you up!"
"Riley..."
"I really wanna make this up to you...uh.." She sighed. "What do you want me to do? Name it and I'll do it...unless it involves serious injury or suicide."
Travis smirked. She was always coming up with the worst case scenario. "Alright..uh...I don't know."
Riley grinned, "I do. Come over to my house."
"Now?"
"Hold on." Riley put the phone down and went into the hallway. She leaned over the banister and saw Ray in the living room. "Ray! Are Aunt Marie and Uncle James still here? Or do they go off on their night out thing?"
"They're gone!" Ray called.
"Thanks!" Riley turned around quickly, her hair flying in her face, ran back to her room, dove for the phone on her bed and said, "Yeah. Now."
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12/2/06 ~ 7:53pm
Travis wasn't sure why Riley had told him to come to her house, or what she had planned, but he figured no harm could come out of going. What could she have planned that could cause permanent damage? Nothing that he could think of, even if it was Riley. Oh how wrong he was....sort of....
He reached the Brennon household and rang the doorbell.
Riley knew Ray would get to it before she did if she never said anything. "I'll get it!" She yelled as she ran down the stairs. She finally made it down to the door. She knew who it was, it was Travis. "Hey."
He was about to say something but Riley silenced him by putting a finger to her lips. "I don't want Ray to know, so go along, alright?" Travis nodded and hoped that he wouldn't have to imitate someone.
"So, Lily, what's going on?" Riley asked, shoving him in front of her. She knew that would get Ray's attention, even if he didn't turn.
Travis looked at her with an 'are you insane?' look on his face.
She nodded slightly but took out a recorder from her pocket. She coughed and hit play.
"Nothing really, just the usual. You know, trying to get R--" Lily's voice came from the recorder but Riley clicked it off. She didn't realize that she hadn't taped over that. She fast-forwarded a bit, hoping Ray hadn't noticed the time gap. "Some lyrics written, as always." With that, she turned the recorder off because Travis was already upstairs and there was no need for it anymore.
Once the pair were in Riley's room and she had closed the door, Travis looked her straight in the eye, "You're insane!"
"So I've been told. I've heard people think you are too..."
"People think I'm weird because of all the things I know! You're just out- and-out insane!"
"Ok, fine, whatever, you win, blah, blah, blah...anyway..."
"Yeah...so...why did you....want me to come here? And..why did you do the whole Lily on a recorder thing?"
"Well, Ray'll never know the difference, he just know's it's Lily's voice. And I wanted you to come here so I could make it up to you."
"Riley..." Travis sighed, "I told you, you don't have to make it up to me."
"But I want to! I feel really bad about all this..."
"But..."
Riley cut him off, "I asked you to come so we could discuss what I should do without using all you're cell minutes."
"How thoughtful of you."
Riley gave him a look, "Shut up. anyway, I told you that I'll do anything, you just have to tell me what to do."
"Why don't we just....start it all over Monday? Act like...this week didn't happen?"
Riley sighed but complied, "Alright, if that's what you want."
"Thanks.."
Riley smirked, "Yeah, now...you get to leave through the window."
"And how am I going to get on the ground?"
Riley frowned, "I dunno...we don't have a ladder around....hmm...scale the walls and widows?"
"You are insane..."
"I could distract Ray and you could leave, seeing as how he thinks Lily's here."
"Well, it's not great but it's better than climbing down windows and walls."
Riley ran downstairs to the living room, grabbed Ray by the arm and pulled him into the kitchen.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
She hopped up onto the island-bar in the middle of the kitchen, "I wanna talk to you."
"About..."
"About....uh...about Lily."
"Ok...what about Lily?"
"Well, we both know that you're like, madly in love with the girl, so, I'm wondering..." Ray thought she sounded like Robbie just then. "Why don't you just ask her out?"
There was the sound of a door shutting.
"What was that?" Ray asked.
"I dunno, probably Lily going home. Anyway, answer my question!"
"Wait...you were...saying all that...when she was in there?!"
Riley waved her hand, "She didn't hear me, trust me. Now, come on, out with it!"
"I can't...I can't do it!"
"If you can't do it in person do it on the phone. In an e-mail. IM her. Text her.I don't know, mail her a letter if you want to. Just do something!"
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A/N: I know this chapter was short, but the next one should make up for it a bit! ^_^
Chapter 6 Preview:
Title - Ch 6: Realizations, Confessions and The First Date From Hell - 12/7/06 ~ Thursday ~ 11:45am
Basics: - Travis still thinks that Riley stood him up, even though that's not how he came off. - Riley proves him wrong. - Ray and Lily talk - Lily kisses someone. - Robbie is thinking about stopping RFR this year (OMG! Robbie is in here!) - One of the two dates you all have (hopefully) been waiting for.
There's more but I don't wanna give anything else away *wink*