Ch. 9-1: Inside Out - Inside
Ray slowly walked back into the gym with one hand in his pocket and the other on his cheek, still feeling the light peck he had gotten. He sat down at the table where they all were, minus Kim and of course Maggie.
"What happened to Kim?" Ray asked Robbie, who was sitting dateless, just as he was.
"She had to go do some stuff with the DJ and that kinda thing, She is the main DJ on Cougar Radio after all." He calmly replied.
"Of course." The four of them sat there, it was almost like another edition of RFR, the four sitting around a table, only it was fancier and well they were at Homecoming Dance. As the music glared on, Ray sort of sat and stared at Lily, his hand under his chin and his elbow on the table. She was busy eyeing the rest of the people there, looking at Jack every now and then. Ray thought she was probably thinking of things to talk about on RFR, but actually she was just looking, plain and simple. Robbie was drinking some punch, he was starting to get sick of it. He started thinking about the homework he hadn't done y--
"This music really is terrible." Travis piped up. Lily who was caught off guard replied:
"Yeah, Now if we were running this dance..It'd be something else."
"We already did, remember? Of course..it wasn't all sprazzly-dory and, uh, stuff." Ray mumbled, he always was not very good with words, usually lazy with his words too, no wonder he always put things together, "Best of both worlds."
"Oh yeah, huh. That day was hot..and speaking of heat waves, this gym is full of energy and is a bit stuffed, I think I'm gonna go get some fresh air!" Lily stood up.
"Sounds like a good idea, I'll come with." Robbie also stood up and followed her out. Lily looked back at Ray who still sat there, She felt sort of sad that he wasn't coming but went outside without him.
Travis and Ray both sat at the table, practically face-to-face. Should Ray confront Travis? Tell him how he really felt? He stared at Travis, his usual grin, he looked happy and calm. He was at a dance, for once doing something a little more normal than Buddhist practices...
"So how's Lily treatin' ya?" He decided to say.
"What do you mean?" Travis smirked.
"How's the date goin'?" He revised his previous statement.
"Oh. It's going just fine, I'll be sure to give you another picture of Lily, the ones we just got taken. You can cut out your picture and put you over me if you want." Travis let out a small laugh. 'What a good guy'Ray thought. "Do you still have the one with the heart around it, in your room?" He finished.
"Ohh." Ray turned red, "Yeah and she almost saw it too!" Ray was really lightening up to Travis, he never really had a conversation like this with him. Almost suddenly as it has started, the conversation ended when Robbie and Lily strolled back to their table.
"Alright ladies and gents, it's time for the final song. Find your partner or grab someone feelin' lonely." This would be the DJ's only words during the dance. But they were lasting words.
"Madame" Travis took Lily's hand. They walked off to the dance floor. Robbie also soon departed and met up with Kim.
"Robbie..I've never danced before.." Kim said.
"Don't worry, I'm a Pro." Robbie smirked. Ray was left standing by himself with his hands in his pockets. He looked around the gym, back and forth the eye went. He spotted Audrey, wait, Audrey? Popular Audrey??? He walked over to her, who was tending to herself, typical wallflower stance.
"Audrey?" Ray spoke up, "Where is your date?"
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Ch. 9-2: Inside Out - Out
Audrey looked up. She had sort of a frown on her face and you could tell that her make-up had been smeared somehow around her eyes. She pointed to the right of her, in which Ray followed her finger and looked to see her date, some Junior guy, making out with another girl.
"Audrey..I'm...I'm sorry, I don't know what to say.." Ray's voice became quiter as he talked. How terrible, he thought. He saw tears stream down Audrey's face and she dug her face into his shoulder and cried. He was a little taken back by this, but rubbed her back for her.
"It's not fair!" She said through a phelgmy cry.
"I know.. It isn't. Shh.. It's ok." Ray tried his best to comfort her. She pulled back and looked at him. Thinking quickly he pulled out his hankerchief and wiped her eyes for her.
"Thanks.." Audrey sighed, and then kissed him on the lips. Ray instantly moved back.
"Audrey, look, That doesn't help anything. It's just gunna make things worse. Now C'mon, I'm dateless, and you're dateless. So let's go dance." He told her.
"You're...You're right." She said, cheering up. Ray held out his elbow and she locked it and they walked out to the gym as the final song was already about 2 minutes in.
"Oh I looove this song!" Audrey said, finally realizing the song was 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin.
"Definatly a good one." Ray put his hands on her waist. She replied with putting her hands on his shoulders. Ray repeated what he had seen on tv over in his mind, Step 1, 2, 3..
Audrey smiled at him.
"You know, you're not to bad at this dancing thing." She complimented him.
"Hehe..Er..Thanks" He said. Lily looked over to them while doing a sort of slow dance tango to see Ray with Audrey, She couldn't believe her eyes. Ray with Her?? It wasn't possible, it wasn't true, she thought. Travis accidentally stepped on her foot and she realized she wasn't dreaming as she felt the small pain sear through her foot.
"Oh, Sorry about that!" Travis told her.
"It's....ow..Ok"
Couples started departing soon after the final song ended. Travis' father was already waiting for him and Lily outside the school.
"Didja kids have fun?" He put his hand on the passenger seat and looked back at them settling themselves into the back seat.
"Loads!" Travis said and the car took off.
Upon pulling up in front of the Randall's house. Lily wanted to thank Travis for a great time at her first true high school dance.
"Y'know I had a great time..Thanks a lot."
"It was nothing." He replied casually. Travis' dad looked through the mirror and smiled at the two of them talking.
"Well, I..Better go." Lily started to rush off, but before exiting the car gave Travis a small kiss on the cheek. She couldn't believe she had done that in front of Travis' dad but hurried along the cement path leading to her door, holding her dress and making sure she didn't trip in her high heels. She opened the door to her house and her mom was sitting on the couch. She turned around from watching the TV and grinned.
"Lilian! Oooh, how was it?" SHe merrily asked. Her father's footsteps could then be heard hurrying down the stairs to join in on the conversation.
"Hey sweetie! Did you have a good time??" They both were more excited then she was.
"Yeah it was great, had a good time. Maybe we can discuss this in the morning? I'm exhausted."
"Oh, alright. You get some rest, ok?" Her mother said, "Good-night!" They both chimed as Lily hurried upstairs. "'Night" She hollared back. She was greatly relieved to enter her room and close the door. She leaned against her closed door, slid down it and sighed. She then proceeded to quickly change into her pajamas, not bothering with hanging up or putting her dress in a neat place. She popped Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into her stereo, it was one of her favorites, and plopped down on her bed as Kurt Cobain's screams wallowed through her mind. Why did she all of a sudden feel so jealous after seeing Ray tonight? Why did she start feeling weak, when she saw him tonight? Why was he being so sensitive? Why Why Why? Her mind overflowed with questions as feelings unfolded. And then a thought struck her: She didn't like Ray, did she?
Ray slowly walked back into the gym with one hand in his pocket and the other on his cheek, still feeling the light peck he had gotten. He sat down at the table where they all were, minus Kim and of course Maggie.
"What happened to Kim?" Ray asked Robbie, who was sitting dateless, just as he was.
"She had to go do some stuff with the DJ and that kinda thing, She is the main DJ on Cougar Radio after all." He calmly replied.
"Of course." The four of them sat there, it was almost like another edition of RFR, the four sitting around a table, only it was fancier and well they were at Homecoming Dance. As the music glared on, Ray sort of sat and stared at Lily, his hand under his chin and his elbow on the table. She was busy eyeing the rest of the people there, looking at Jack every now and then. Ray thought she was probably thinking of things to talk about on RFR, but actually she was just looking, plain and simple. Robbie was drinking some punch, he was starting to get sick of it. He started thinking about the homework he hadn't done y--
"This music really is terrible." Travis piped up. Lily who was caught off guard replied:
"Yeah, Now if we were running this dance..It'd be something else."
"We already did, remember? Of course..it wasn't all sprazzly-dory and, uh, stuff." Ray mumbled, he always was not very good with words, usually lazy with his words too, no wonder he always put things together, "Best of both worlds."
"Oh yeah, huh. That day was hot..and speaking of heat waves, this gym is full of energy and is a bit stuffed, I think I'm gonna go get some fresh air!" Lily stood up.
"Sounds like a good idea, I'll come with." Robbie also stood up and followed her out. Lily looked back at Ray who still sat there, She felt sort of sad that he wasn't coming but went outside without him.
Travis and Ray both sat at the table, practically face-to-face. Should Ray confront Travis? Tell him how he really felt? He stared at Travis, his usual grin, he looked happy and calm. He was at a dance, for once doing something a little more normal than Buddhist practices...
"So how's Lily treatin' ya?" He decided to say.
"What do you mean?" Travis smirked.
"How's the date goin'?" He revised his previous statement.
"Oh. It's going just fine, I'll be sure to give you another picture of Lily, the ones we just got taken. You can cut out your picture and put you over me if you want." Travis let out a small laugh. 'What a good guy'Ray thought. "Do you still have the one with the heart around it, in your room?" He finished.
"Ohh." Ray turned red, "Yeah and she almost saw it too!" Ray was really lightening up to Travis, he never really had a conversation like this with him. Almost suddenly as it has started, the conversation ended when Robbie and Lily strolled back to their table.
"Alright ladies and gents, it's time for the final song. Find your partner or grab someone feelin' lonely." This would be the DJ's only words during the dance. But they were lasting words.
"Madame" Travis took Lily's hand. They walked off to the dance floor. Robbie also soon departed and met up with Kim.
"Robbie..I've never danced before.." Kim said.
"Don't worry, I'm a Pro." Robbie smirked. Ray was left standing by himself with his hands in his pockets. He looked around the gym, back and forth the eye went. He spotted Audrey, wait, Audrey? Popular Audrey??? He walked over to her, who was tending to herself, typical wallflower stance.
"Audrey?" Ray spoke up, "Where is your date?"
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Ch. 9-2: Inside Out - Out
Audrey looked up. She had sort of a frown on her face and you could tell that her make-up had been smeared somehow around her eyes. She pointed to the right of her, in which Ray followed her finger and looked to see her date, some Junior guy, making out with another girl.
"Audrey..I'm...I'm sorry, I don't know what to say.." Ray's voice became quiter as he talked. How terrible, he thought. He saw tears stream down Audrey's face and she dug her face into his shoulder and cried. He was a little taken back by this, but rubbed her back for her.
"It's not fair!" She said through a phelgmy cry.
"I know.. It isn't. Shh.. It's ok." Ray tried his best to comfort her. She pulled back and looked at him. Thinking quickly he pulled out his hankerchief and wiped her eyes for her.
"Thanks.." Audrey sighed, and then kissed him on the lips. Ray instantly moved back.
"Audrey, look, That doesn't help anything. It's just gunna make things worse. Now C'mon, I'm dateless, and you're dateless. So let's go dance." He told her.
"You're...You're right." She said, cheering up. Ray held out his elbow and she locked it and they walked out to the gym as the final song was already about 2 minutes in.
"Oh I looove this song!" Audrey said, finally realizing the song was 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin.
"Definatly a good one." Ray put his hands on her waist. She replied with putting her hands on his shoulders. Ray repeated what he had seen on tv over in his mind, Step 1, 2, 3..
Audrey smiled at him.
"You know, you're not to bad at this dancing thing." She complimented him.
"Hehe..Er..Thanks" He said. Lily looked over to them while doing a sort of slow dance tango to see Ray with Audrey, She couldn't believe her eyes. Ray with Her?? It wasn't possible, it wasn't true, she thought. Travis accidentally stepped on her foot and she realized she wasn't dreaming as she felt the small pain sear through her foot.
"Oh, Sorry about that!" Travis told her.
"It's....ow..Ok"
Couples started departing soon after the final song ended. Travis' father was already waiting for him and Lily outside the school.
"Didja kids have fun?" He put his hand on the passenger seat and looked back at them settling themselves into the back seat.
"Loads!" Travis said and the car took off.
Upon pulling up in front of the Randall's house. Lily wanted to thank Travis for a great time at her first true high school dance.
"Y'know I had a great time..Thanks a lot."
"It was nothing." He replied casually. Travis' dad looked through the mirror and smiled at the two of them talking.
"Well, I..Better go." Lily started to rush off, but before exiting the car gave Travis a small kiss on the cheek. She couldn't believe she had done that in front of Travis' dad but hurried along the cement path leading to her door, holding her dress and making sure she didn't trip in her high heels. She opened the door to her house and her mom was sitting on the couch. She turned around from watching the TV and grinned.
"Lilian! Oooh, how was it?" SHe merrily asked. Her father's footsteps could then be heard hurrying down the stairs to join in on the conversation.
"Hey sweetie! Did you have a good time??" They both were more excited then she was.
"Yeah it was great, had a good time. Maybe we can discuss this in the morning? I'm exhausted."
"Oh, alright. You get some rest, ok?" Her mother said, "Good-night!" They both chimed as Lily hurried upstairs. "'Night" She hollared back. She was greatly relieved to enter her room and close the door. She leaned against her closed door, slid down it and sighed. She then proceeded to quickly change into her pajamas, not bothering with hanging up or putting her dress in a neat place. She popped Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into her stereo, it was one of her favorites, and plopped down on her bed as Kurt Cobain's screams wallowed through her mind. Why did she all of a sudden feel so jealous after seeing Ray tonight? Why did she start feeling weak, when she saw him tonight? Why was he being so sensitive? Why Why Why? Her mind overflowed with questions as feelings unfolded. And then a thought struck her: She didn't like Ray, did she?