Ch. 4: Bothered
"Travis?? What are you saying?" Ray stood there looking back and forth into Travis's eyes. "Ray, I'm saying that I want to ask her. I just can't do it if it was anyone else. I've never been to a dance before Ray.. and Lily is the only person I have an interest in. Besides, you're not the only one that thinks she's beautiful." Travis replied back without hardly any emotion in his tone of voice. "Travis, do you, do you like her?" "No Ray, I just, I just wanna goto the dance.. As Friends. I mean cmon man" He puts his hand on Ray's shoulder, "I wouldn't do that to you." Travis put on a smile in hopes of getting Ray's blessing. "Alright, man.. But just this once. And nothing sneaky, alright?" "Ok Ray, Promise.. and she might say no anyways." He smiled at Ray and winked, indicating that Lily might say no because she might like Ray anyways. Ray left the station in a hurry and ran to catch up with Lily, he tickled her on her sides as he approached her. "Hey! HEY!! Ray!! stop!! Ray stop!!" She said as she giggled uncontrollably. "I gotcha there, eh?" Ray said with a wide grin on his face. Robbie departed, and soon after, Lily did. Ray was left to walk himself home. He didn't have much on his mind so he just started whistling "Silly Little Monkeys" and he started to remember how great it was being trapped in the closet with Lily....
Over the next week or so, things pretty much went the same. Ray was glad to not see Travis ask Lily yet. He even wondered if Travis was going to back out, but he dare not ask. The only out-of-ordinary thing that happened was Ray showed up to class late, with red cheeks, and it wasnt from being embarassed. "Ray, what's up???" Lily whispered to Ray as he took his seat. "What? Oh.. it was nothing, I just ran to class.. is all." He lay his forehead flat on his desk and then wrapped his arms around his head to be concealed. "Raymond, Sleepytime is over, now pay attention!" The teacher said to him. He lifted his head up, apologized, and that was that.
Thursday, October 25th. Today was the day for Travis. He opened the school door, he walked on with the usual half-smirk he always had upon his face. He made sure he looked extra cool today. He walked down the hall towards Lily like he was king of the school. And then--- he ran into a locker. He rubbed the small pain on his forehead and some kid he didn't know peeked around their locker "Sorry about that!" "It's alright..." He kept walking, hoping that nothing showed up on his forehead. Lily spotted him first. "Hey Travis!" She gleefully said. "Oh, hey Lily" He put on a smile. Ray turned the corner and saw them, he rushed back before the two of them saw him spying. "This is Travis's moment" he thought to himself. "So Lily, how about that homecoming, eh?" "Yea, kinda cheezy I think.." "Ohh, so you arent going..??" "Oh, well I never really thought about it." "Well then.. Wanna go with me?" Travis looked into Lilys eyes for a split second as he asked this, she looked back. There was a moment. A very small, but nonetheless moment. And she said "Yes." Ray's stomach sunk. It had bothered him so much about Travis, but he never told anyone about it, it hurt him a lot. The time he came to class with a blushed face was because it had gotten to him, and he got really upset about it. He didn't even want to goto school until his mom made him. But this was it, he couldn't believe his best friend was going to homecoming with someone he never felt so.. so.. so in love with. He knew what he had to do. And nothing was going to stop him.
"Travis?? What are you saying?" Ray stood there looking back and forth into Travis's eyes. "Ray, I'm saying that I want to ask her. I just can't do it if it was anyone else. I've never been to a dance before Ray.. and Lily is the only person I have an interest in. Besides, you're not the only one that thinks she's beautiful." Travis replied back without hardly any emotion in his tone of voice. "Travis, do you, do you like her?" "No Ray, I just, I just wanna goto the dance.. As Friends. I mean cmon man" He puts his hand on Ray's shoulder, "I wouldn't do that to you." Travis put on a smile in hopes of getting Ray's blessing. "Alright, man.. But just this once. And nothing sneaky, alright?" "Ok Ray, Promise.. and she might say no anyways." He smiled at Ray and winked, indicating that Lily might say no because she might like Ray anyways. Ray left the station in a hurry and ran to catch up with Lily, he tickled her on her sides as he approached her. "Hey! HEY!! Ray!! stop!! Ray stop!!" She said as she giggled uncontrollably. "I gotcha there, eh?" Ray said with a wide grin on his face. Robbie departed, and soon after, Lily did. Ray was left to walk himself home. He didn't have much on his mind so he just started whistling "Silly Little Monkeys" and he started to remember how great it was being trapped in the closet with Lily....
Over the next week or so, things pretty much went the same. Ray was glad to not see Travis ask Lily yet. He even wondered if Travis was going to back out, but he dare not ask. The only out-of-ordinary thing that happened was Ray showed up to class late, with red cheeks, and it wasnt from being embarassed. "Ray, what's up???" Lily whispered to Ray as he took his seat. "What? Oh.. it was nothing, I just ran to class.. is all." He lay his forehead flat on his desk and then wrapped his arms around his head to be concealed. "Raymond, Sleepytime is over, now pay attention!" The teacher said to him. He lifted his head up, apologized, and that was that.
Thursday, October 25th. Today was the day for Travis. He opened the school door, he walked on with the usual half-smirk he always had upon his face. He made sure he looked extra cool today. He walked down the hall towards Lily like he was king of the school. And then--- he ran into a locker. He rubbed the small pain on his forehead and some kid he didn't know peeked around their locker "Sorry about that!" "It's alright..." He kept walking, hoping that nothing showed up on his forehead. Lily spotted him first. "Hey Travis!" She gleefully said. "Oh, hey Lily" He put on a smile. Ray turned the corner and saw them, he rushed back before the two of them saw him spying. "This is Travis's moment" he thought to himself. "So Lily, how about that homecoming, eh?" "Yea, kinda cheezy I think.." "Ohh, so you arent going..??" "Oh, well I never really thought about it." "Well then.. Wanna go with me?" Travis looked into Lilys eyes for a split second as he asked this, she looked back. There was a moment. A very small, but nonetheless moment. And she said "Yes." Ray's stomach sunk. It had bothered him so much about Travis, but he never told anyone about it, it hurt him a lot. The time he came to class with a blushed face was because it had gotten to him, and he got really upset about it. He didn't even want to goto school until his mom made him. But this was it, he couldn't believe his best friend was going to homecoming with someone he never felt so.. so.. so in love with. He knew what he had to do. And nothing was going to stop him.