The following week, the group sat together at lunch on their usual steps
discussing their camping trip tonight. Things were still weird between
Travis and Megan who had not spent too much time talking to Travis, but
instead to Robbie. It was starting to annoy Travis a little bit and he
couldn't understand why. He didn't want Megan as a girlfriend, but just as
a friend cause he knew he could talk to her.
Ray was excited cause this meant spending the whole night with Lily.
So they sat. Ray talking to Lily, trying to make her laugh coming up with a plan in his head and Megan laughing with Robbie, Travis with his face in a book. Normally, Travis could listen to his friends talk and read about his idol at the same time, but listing to her laugh with him was driving him crazy, and the fact that it was driving him crazy, was making him even crazier.
The bell rang and after a few minuets Lily and Megan got up to walk to history.
"Oh. damn." Lily said.
"What?" Megan asked?
"I forgot my book in my locker, I have to go get it."
Ray perked up. "Ill walk you." He offered, "My class is over there anyways."
She looked at Megan who nodded. "Cool, thanks." And she walked off with Ray.
Megan looked at the guys. "Well, Ill see you guys after school?"
Robbie nodded and smiled. "Definitely, are you coming to the show?"
"Yeah, I still have some stuff to talk to Lily about."
"Ok, bye" he said to her, and walked away.
She remained there looking at Travis.
"Ill walk you." He offered. His class was the opposite way, but he wanted to patch things up between the two of them.
"No its ok, really." She began to walk slowly, just incase he wanted to walk with her.
Which he did, walking next to her "I'm sorry."
"Travis, you have to stop saying that."
"I can't stand that things are weird between us, I want so much to talk to someone."
"And I told you I was here for you."
"And I took advantage of that, I just-"
"Travis!" she stopped. He had been driving her insane with his sad looks and saying sorry. "What do you want from me?"
He looked at her. He read her eyes and could tell she was annoyed. He shook his head, hurt. "Nothing." He responded as the final bell rang and turned and walked to class.
She simply sighed to herself and walked into her classroom.
After the show, Megan and Lily walked home together. They had grown up close together, and Megan's mom still lived in the same place close to Lily when she was a kid. They were talking about the night they had planned a head of them.
"So. what's the deal with you and Ray?" Megan asked.
"Um, me and Ray? How about you and Travis?"
Megan sighed. "Nothing is going on between you and Travis. How did you get that in your head?"
"He's been talking to Ray about you a lot, I guess. Ray told me. He feels bad for um, kissing you?"
She sighed again.
Lily smiled. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know," she said. "Cause he's your friend?"
"So are you. So. do you like him?"
"He's cool, Lil, really he is... I just. he's."
Lily waited.
"He's been driving me crazy about it. He won't stop giving me desperate looks and saying sorry. He needs someone and I told him I was here for him and he wont. accept it, I guess."
"Listen, Travis is a great guy, he wouldn't do anything to hurt anything. And he wont because he's been hurt so many times before and he knows what its like and he doesn't want that anymore."
"He just wont let me in and-."
Lily cut her off. "It's driving you crazy. I know, you've always worried about people and wanted them to talk to you, and its great because he sees that. So just let him say he's sorry and get it over with."
Megan half laughed and explained to her what had happened between them today after lunch.
"Well, just talk to him tonight."
"Yeah. So about you and Ray.."
Ray was excited cause this meant spending the whole night with Lily.
So they sat. Ray talking to Lily, trying to make her laugh coming up with a plan in his head and Megan laughing with Robbie, Travis with his face in a book. Normally, Travis could listen to his friends talk and read about his idol at the same time, but listing to her laugh with him was driving him crazy, and the fact that it was driving him crazy, was making him even crazier.
The bell rang and after a few minuets Lily and Megan got up to walk to history.
"Oh. damn." Lily said.
"What?" Megan asked?
"I forgot my book in my locker, I have to go get it."
Ray perked up. "Ill walk you." He offered, "My class is over there anyways."
She looked at Megan who nodded. "Cool, thanks." And she walked off with Ray.
Megan looked at the guys. "Well, Ill see you guys after school?"
Robbie nodded and smiled. "Definitely, are you coming to the show?"
"Yeah, I still have some stuff to talk to Lily about."
"Ok, bye" he said to her, and walked away.
She remained there looking at Travis.
"Ill walk you." He offered. His class was the opposite way, but he wanted to patch things up between the two of them.
"No its ok, really." She began to walk slowly, just incase he wanted to walk with her.
Which he did, walking next to her "I'm sorry."
"Travis, you have to stop saying that."
"I can't stand that things are weird between us, I want so much to talk to someone."
"And I told you I was here for you."
"And I took advantage of that, I just-"
"Travis!" she stopped. He had been driving her insane with his sad looks and saying sorry. "What do you want from me?"
He looked at her. He read her eyes and could tell she was annoyed. He shook his head, hurt. "Nothing." He responded as the final bell rang and turned and walked to class.
She simply sighed to herself and walked into her classroom.
After the show, Megan and Lily walked home together. They had grown up close together, and Megan's mom still lived in the same place close to Lily when she was a kid. They were talking about the night they had planned a head of them.
"So. what's the deal with you and Ray?" Megan asked.
"Um, me and Ray? How about you and Travis?"
Megan sighed. "Nothing is going on between you and Travis. How did you get that in your head?"
"He's been talking to Ray about you a lot, I guess. Ray told me. He feels bad for um, kissing you?"
She sighed again.
Lily smiled. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I don't know," she said. "Cause he's your friend?"
"So are you. So. do you like him?"
"He's cool, Lil, really he is... I just. he's."
Lily waited.
"He's been driving me crazy about it. He won't stop giving me desperate looks and saying sorry. He needs someone and I told him I was here for him and he wont. accept it, I guess."
"Listen, Travis is a great guy, he wouldn't do anything to hurt anything. And he wont because he's been hurt so many times before and he knows what its like and he doesn't want that anymore."
"He just wont let me in and-."
Lily cut her off. "It's driving you crazy. I know, you've always worried about people and wanted them to talk to you, and its great because he sees that. So just let him say he's sorry and get it over with."
Megan half laughed and explained to her what had happened between them today after lunch.
"Well, just talk to him tonight."
"Yeah. So about you and Ray.."
