AN: Ok the last chapter was long and you are probably waiting to get to the
climax of the story, and because I am dying to write it, I'm going to skip
forward a bit.
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Within the next following weeks, things were different within the group. They were still the same friends and were still able to have lunch and talk and laugh, but things were different.
Travis and Megan was officially a couple. They would spend time after the show together in the studio. Megan loved the relationship she had with Travis. He was smart and always had something to say. Their conversations were endless.
Travis loved her. With his other friends: he knew he could talk to them but never would. But with Megan, he knew he could talk to her and he did. She always listened and always said something to make him feel better. But their relationship was scaring him. He had never been this close to anyone after his mom died and he didn't know how to deal with it.
Ray and Lily had also become closer, but nothing major had happened between them yet. They also had been hanging out more and talking a lot more. They hadn't kissed yet, mainly because they were such good friends and were scared to loose that.
"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering, what's your favorite song and why?" he asked on a Friday afternoon.
"Easy" Pronto said, and began to think about it.
The group laughed. "What about you smog?"
" 'Stand By Me' by Ben E. King."
"Whoa, dude, didn't see that coming." Pronto said expecting him to say some foreign song.
"Why?" Question Mark asked.
"My mom used to sing it to me when I was little."
"Passion?" Robbie asked Megan. This was her alter- ego when she filled in for Lily.
"There's too many." she responded.
"Try us"
"Well. Ok. 1) Drops of Jupiter, by Train. 2) Wonderful, by Everclear. 3) And Anything by the Goo Goo Dolls."
Travis watched her taking note of these songs.
After the show Ray picked up his stuff.
"Off so soon?" Robbie asked.
"Yeah, I told Lily Id meet her after her guitar lesson for pizza. You guys want to come?"
Megan smiled. "Is this a date?"
"Uh, no its pizza with my friend."
"And the girl your in love with." Travis added.
Robbie laughed. And Ray smiled "Later." He said and left.
Megan spun in Lily's chair and looked at Travis. "Got to work." He said to his girlfriend.
"On what?" she whined.
"Stuff."
She sighed. "Ok.. Later?"
"Maybe, Ill call ok?"
She nodded and got up, and looked at Robbie. "Off to Mickey's?"
"As always." He replied and the two took off.
Later into the night, Travis had tried Megan's house again and she still wasn't answering. He decided he'd take a trip down to Mickey's just incase she was still there. When he got there sure enough she was there. She was lying on the couch with a coffee close by and her computer in her lap. She had her headphones on and obviously had not seen him yet. He stared at her for a second and smiled. He was definitely falling in love with her. She closed her eyes.
He walked over to her and lightly kissed her. She opened her eyes as he pulled away from her and she smiled. She took off her headphones and licked her lips. He kneeled down next to her.
"Hey."
"How are you?" he asked.
"I'm good, did you finish what you were working on?"
"Yeah. How long have you been here?"
"Well Robbie went home around 7ish and I walked him and stopped off to get my computer and then I came back."
"Why'd you come back?"
"No ones home. Why?" she smiled. "Want to come over?"
"I don't know is that safe?"
"Well no my house is contaminated from the nuclear spill, of course it's safe."
"Funny."
She smirked. Megan sat up and closed her computer.
Dinner was going well, and Lily seemed more nervous than Ray and he noticed this.
"Everything ok?"
"What? Yeah, I'm. fine." She said and flashed a fake smile.
He raised his eyebrow. "Lil, you and I have been friends since we were two. What's going on?"
"I don't know Ray, this is so, weird."
"What us?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"You want to stop?"
"No, that's what scares me."
He smiled. "Why are you scared?"
"Because, like you said, we've been friends since we were two. I cant stand to loose that."
"Listen, either were meant to be friends or were meant to be together."
She smiled. "Still Ray-."
And he cut her off with a kiss.
Within the next following weeks, things were different within the group. They were still the same friends and were still able to have lunch and talk and laugh, but things were different.
Travis and Megan was officially a couple. They would spend time after the show together in the studio. Megan loved the relationship she had with Travis. He was smart and always had something to say. Their conversations were endless.
Travis loved her. With his other friends: he knew he could talk to them but never would. But with Megan, he knew he could talk to her and he did. She always listened and always said something to make him feel better. But their relationship was scaring him. He had never been this close to anyone after his mom died and he didn't know how to deal with it.
Ray and Lily had also become closer, but nothing major had happened between them yet. They also had been hanging out more and talking a lot more. They hadn't kissed yet, mainly because they were such good friends and were scared to loose that.
"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering, what's your favorite song and why?" he asked on a Friday afternoon.
"Easy" Pronto said, and began to think about it.
The group laughed. "What about you smog?"
" 'Stand By Me' by Ben E. King."
"Whoa, dude, didn't see that coming." Pronto said expecting him to say some foreign song.
"Why?" Question Mark asked.
"My mom used to sing it to me when I was little."
"Passion?" Robbie asked Megan. This was her alter- ego when she filled in for Lily.
"There's too many." she responded.
"Try us"
"Well. Ok. 1) Drops of Jupiter, by Train. 2) Wonderful, by Everclear. 3) And Anything by the Goo Goo Dolls."
Travis watched her taking note of these songs.
After the show Ray picked up his stuff.
"Off so soon?" Robbie asked.
"Yeah, I told Lily Id meet her after her guitar lesson for pizza. You guys want to come?"
Megan smiled. "Is this a date?"
"Uh, no its pizza with my friend."
"And the girl your in love with." Travis added.
Robbie laughed. And Ray smiled "Later." He said and left.
Megan spun in Lily's chair and looked at Travis. "Got to work." He said to his girlfriend.
"On what?" she whined.
"Stuff."
She sighed. "Ok.. Later?"
"Maybe, Ill call ok?"
She nodded and got up, and looked at Robbie. "Off to Mickey's?"
"As always." He replied and the two took off.
Later into the night, Travis had tried Megan's house again and she still wasn't answering. He decided he'd take a trip down to Mickey's just incase she was still there. When he got there sure enough she was there. She was lying on the couch with a coffee close by and her computer in her lap. She had her headphones on and obviously had not seen him yet. He stared at her for a second and smiled. He was definitely falling in love with her. She closed her eyes.
He walked over to her and lightly kissed her. She opened her eyes as he pulled away from her and she smiled. She took off her headphones and licked her lips. He kneeled down next to her.
"Hey."
"How are you?" he asked.
"I'm good, did you finish what you were working on?"
"Yeah. How long have you been here?"
"Well Robbie went home around 7ish and I walked him and stopped off to get my computer and then I came back."
"Why'd you come back?"
"No ones home. Why?" she smiled. "Want to come over?"
"I don't know is that safe?"
"Well no my house is contaminated from the nuclear spill, of course it's safe."
"Funny."
She smirked. Megan sat up and closed her computer.
Dinner was going well, and Lily seemed more nervous than Ray and he noticed this.
"Everything ok?"
"What? Yeah, I'm. fine." She said and flashed a fake smile.
He raised his eyebrow. "Lil, you and I have been friends since we were two. What's going on?"
"I don't know Ray, this is so, weird."
"What us?" he asked.
"Yeah."
"You want to stop?"
"No, that's what scares me."
He smiled. "Why are you scared?"
"Because, like you said, we've been friends since we were two. I cant stand to loose that."
"Listen, either were meant to be friends or were meant to be together."
She smiled. "Still Ray-."
And he cut her off with a kiss.