Ch. 5: This Crazy Idea
He was going to ask Maggie. What else could he do? He knew she wouldn't have a date, and he also knew that she would probably understand things better. Maybe help him out. He didn't know, but there was only one way to find out. He didn't see her until after 2nd period, it took him a few tries to get her attention, but the third time was a charm. "What? Oh, hello Ray. Not used to hearing my name called out like that." "I see... So Maggie, Margaret, Whichever you prefer. Are you going to..uhh... homecoming?" "You're kidding right?" "So go with me." Maggie didn't know how to react to this, she sort of blushed while trying to keep her calm compusure. "What ever happened to you and Lily?" She asked, going back to being serious. "Well, Travis sorta... shes going with him." "Oh so you'd want me to go with you and make her jealous?" "Uhhh..." "I've seen this before. I'll do it. But nothing funny, and you pay for everything. Got it?" She paused and Ray didn't say anything. "Good." She then said, she pulled out a small piece of paper from her bag and handed it to Ray. "Let's hope you're not stupid enough to know how to use this." She said, and she walked off.
The next thing Ray did was to go and buy the tickets. While waiting in a small line, Travis came up behind him. "Hey, We're going!" Travis said, feeling rather important. Ray didn't know what to do, he decided to act like he felt happy for him. "Alright dude!" He said as he gave Travis a high five. And then for almost a second he felt the urge to hit Travis, but he knew better than that. This was a stupid dance, Travis didnt even like her. "Get over it" he thought to himself. As he walked away with his tickets he heard the girl in the student store say "Here ya go, cutie" to Travis. He felt a bit upset and just walked it off.
He transistioned from class to lunch and somehow he didn't wanna eat with friends. He ended up doing it anyway. "Hi Ray!" Lily came up and said in one of her cheeriest tones he had ever heard. "Oh... yeah...Hey." he said in a disgruntled voice while barely making an effort to lift his hand up and wave back. "Did you hear about me going to homecoming? Pretty crazy.. I usually hate dances but y'know, Since it's Travis and all.. Oh yeah, im going with him. Sorry, its been a crazy day!" She said, slurring her words in a hurry. "Cool, I heard. I'm going with Maggie." Suddenly Travis sat down, and then Robbie soon followed after that. "Sorry about taking so long, Had to go over my notes with Mrs. Whats-her-face...I like to call her that because I'd rather forget her." Robbie said with a smile. "So guys, I heard the news, congrats." Robbie didn't mean it of course. He had no clue about the Ray and Travis's talk the day before and so he was concerned about how Ray was feeling. He secretly frowned to Ray and took his seat. "I'm going with Maggie, guys." Ray said trying to act impressive. "W-w-wait, you? going with maggie?" Robbie asked "So did you have to pay for the tickets? I mean you could have got her to just steal them.." Robbie asked, trying to put more happiness into Ray's not-so-happy day. And to Robbie's surprise, Ray smiled.
After school, Ray decided to walk home. By himself. He put his hands in his pockets and walked in a slow way, with his feet half-dragging on the ground. He decided he was going to skip RFR today, he would make up some excuse. It would be easy. He got home, closed the door and walked up-stairs. He threw his backpack on the floor and plopped down on his bed. He looked at the ceiling and made shapes out of the popcornish look that the ceiling had. He was liberating his mind from all this newly-found drama he had and wasn't used to. He sat up and suddenly remembered the paper that Maggie gave him. He hadn't look at it yet, he dug threw his bag and umcrumpled it. It was her number.
He was going to ask Maggie. What else could he do? He knew she wouldn't have a date, and he also knew that she would probably understand things better. Maybe help him out. He didn't know, but there was only one way to find out. He didn't see her until after 2nd period, it took him a few tries to get her attention, but the third time was a charm. "What? Oh, hello Ray. Not used to hearing my name called out like that." "I see... So Maggie, Margaret, Whichever you prefer. Are you going to..uhh... homecoming?" "You're kidding right?" "So go with me." Maggie didn't know how to react to this, she sort of blushed while trying to keep her calm compusure. "What ever happened to you and Lily?" She asked, going back to being serious. "Well, Travis sorta... shes going with him." "Oh so you'd want me to go with you and make her jealous?" "Uhhh..." "I've seen this before. I'll do it. But nothing funny, and you pay for everything. Got it?" She paused and Ray didn't say anything. "Good." She then said, she pulled out a small piece of paper from her bag and handed it to Ray. "Let's hope you're not stupid enough to know how to use this." She said, and she walked off.
The next thing Ray did was to go and buy the tickets. While waiting in a small line, Travis came up behind him. "Hey, We're going!" Travis said, feeling rather important. Ray didn't know what to do, he decided to act like he felt happy for him. "Alright dude!" He said as he gave Travis a high five. And then for almost a second he felt the urge to hit Travis, but he knew better than that. This was a stupid dance, Travis didnt even like her. "Get over it" he thought to himself. As he walked away with his tickets he heard the girl in the student store say "Here ya go, cutie" to Travis. He felt a bit upset and just walked it off.
He transistioned from class to lunch and somehow he didn't wanna eat with friends. He ended up doing it anyway. "Hi Ray!" Lily came up and said in one of her cheeriest tones he had ever heard. "Oh... yeah...Hey." he said in a disgruntled voice while barely making an effort to lift his hand up and wave back. "Did you hear about me going to homecoming? Pretty crazy.. I usually hate dances but y'know, Since it's Travis and all.. Oh yeah, im going with him. Sorry, its been a crazy day!" She said, slurring her words in a hurry. "Cool, I heard. I'm going with Maggie." Suddenly Travis sat down, and then Robbie soon followed after that. "Sorry about taking so long, Had to go over my notes with Mrs. Whats-her-face...I like to call her that because I'd rather forget her." Robbie said with a smile. "So guys, I heard the news, congrats." Robbie didn't mean it of course. He had no clue about the Ray and Travis's talk the day before and so he was concerned about how Ray was feeling. He secretly frowned to Ray and took his seat. "I'm going with Maggie, guys." Ray said trying to act impressive. "W-w-wait, you? going with maggie?" Robbie asked "So did you have to pay for the tickets? I mean you could have got her to just steal them.." Robbie asked, trying to put more happiness into Ray's not-so-happy day. And to Robbie's surprise, Ray smiled.
After school, Ray decided to walk home. By himself. He put his hands in his pockets and walked in a slow way, with his feet half-dragging on the ground. He decided he was going to skip RFR today, he would make up some excuse. It would be easy. He got home, closed the door and walked up-stairs. He threw his backpack on the floor and plopped down on his bed. He looked at the ceiling and made shapes out of the popcornish look that the ceiling had. He was liberating his mind from all this newly-found drama he had and wasn't used to. He sat up and suddenly remembered the paper that Maggie gave him. He hadn't look at it yet, he dug threw his bag and umcrumpled it. It was her number.