Chapter three: Venting on air and Mickey's
"You're not still mad about Charlie not liking your act are you?' Lily asked as she put her headphones on.
"Of course not." Robbie said leaning forward on to the table. "But who gives her the right to say that I don't give my opinion enough? Who does she think she is, Miss. Queen of the Radio? My asking question's isn't boring, if she doesn't like it there must be something wrong with her."
"Yea, you're not mad at." Ray said under his breath as he put his headphones on.
"I'm not!" Robbie said sitting up straight in his chair.
"Can we save this for later guys we're on in 5.4.3.2." and cued the others they were on.
"You're listening to." Travis aka Smog said
"Radio..." Lily aka Shady Lane said
"Free" Robbie aka Question Mark said
"Roscoe." Ray aka Pronto said
"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering is it always good to give your opinion?" Lily sighed at Robbie's question. "Should a person give their opinion on something or someone, even if they aren't asked for it? Should we just give our opinions no matter what, or should we use tact when we give them?"
"If someone is giving their opinion about someone or something to someone, who it isn't about then it's fine to give it. We can't deny them the right to speak their opinion, that's like saying we shouldn't say what we think." Shady Lane responded.
"I'm not saying that, Shady Lane."
"Then please tell us Question Mark, what's your opinion on it?" Lily said raising her eyebrows.
"My opinion is that when a person is asked they should give their opinion, they shouldn't just openly criticize someone or something."
"How about we take some callers and find out their opinions on the subject." Pronto said noticing the tension.
"Alright on line one, we have CM." Travis said
"Welcome, CM and what's your lovely opinion on this subject?" Ray said
"I have to agree with Shady Lane on this, a person should be allowed to give their opinion on almost anything, true a person should use tact sometimes, but not when they're not even talking to the person they're giving the opinion on."
"Thank you CM." Lily said with a satisfied smile and Robbie just sat there with an angry look on his face.
Lily sat in Mickey's waiting for Charlie to meet her there. It had been almost an hour since the RFR show, and Lily was still feeling that Robbie was being a jerk for taking someone's opinion that she didn't even know so serious. Lily looked at the door and say Charlie walking in through the doorway.
"Sorry I'm a little late; my brother decided that he wanted to know exactly why I was late, and then why the principal wanted to see me." Charlie said as she sat down across from Lily.
"You live with your brother?"
"Yeah, I moved in with him and his wife over the summer. We decided that it was best that my mother and I had sometime apart."
"I'm guessing that you and your mother don't exactly get along."
"Let's just say she doesn't like how I talk, how I wear my make up, how I dress, and pretty much everything about me. My brother asked my to move here from the states cause he thought its better this way then having my mother and I fighting non-stop."
"What about your father?" Lily asked feeling bad for Charlie.
"Dead."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"Its not you fault he died." Charlie paused and looked at Lily. "I'm guessing you're wondering how he died. He died when I was eleven of cancer. How about we talk about something else...like you and that guy you were staring at in English. Who is and what's up with you two?"
"He's name is Ray, and we're friends that's it."
"But you want more?" Charlie said leaning forward
"Yeah, I guess I do. At the end of last year we kissed."
"Ahh a kiss, and?"
"And nothing. He only kissed me to get his girlfriend to break up with him. Nothing had after that."
"But there's something there still?"
"I don't know, I would like there to be but I don't know."
"Lils, a guy never kisses a girl unless he wants to and likes her. Unless he's a player, or its truth or dare, or if he's seeing how many girls he can kiss. But if Ray doesn't fall under those categories then he must like you."
Lily laughed. "Thanks Charlie you make me feel so much better."
"That's what I'm here for." Charlie stood up. "Now, come on let's have a look at these CD's and see if there is any good punk music."
"Alright." Lily said with a smile and stood up and walked around Mickey's with Charlie.
"Lily, I know that that kiss might have meant nothing to you but it meant a lot to me. For a while now I've had these strong feelings for you and..and." Ray rehearsed to himself while he passed around the RFR station.
"The words we follow more easily if you speak from your heart and don't over think them." Travis said as he meditated on the floor.
"Thank you so much Swami, but I think I can handle telling Lily how I feel on my own."
"Then why have you been unable to tell her?" Travis said standing up.
"Tell who what?" Lily said as she entered the station.
"Telling my mother that she's been putting to much curry on the curry meatloaf." Ray said quickly.
"Oh, well you should just tell her." Lily said sitting down on the couch.
"So did you have fun with Charlie?" Robbie asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Yes I did actually. You guys should really meet her. She is just so cool. I mean she was telling me that back In Philadelphia, she and her friends started this little paper were they put in all their thought on music, school, everything. She also told me she was on her old school's radio station and that's why she joined Cougar Radio; she thought that it would be someone like her old school's."
"She does seem interesting."
"You're not still mad about Charlie not liking your act are you?' Lily asked as she put her headphones on.
"Of course not." Robbie said leaning forward on to the table. "But who gives her the right to say that I don't give my opinion enough? Who does she think she is, Miss. Queen of the Radio? My asking question's isn't boring, if she doesn't like it there must be something wrong with her."
"Yea, you're not mad at." Ray said under his breath as he put his headphones on.
"I'm not!" Robbie said sitting up straight in his chair.
"Can we save this for later guys we're on in 5.4.3.2." and cued the others they were on.
"You're listening to." Travis aka Smog said
"Radio..." Lily aka Shady Lane said
"Free" Robbie aka Question Mark said
"Roscoe." Ray aka Pronto said
"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering is it always good to give your opinion?" Lily sighed at Robbie's question. "Should a person give their opinion on something or someone, even if they aren't asked for it? Should we just give our opinions no matter what, or should we use tact when we give them?"
"If someone is giving their opinion about someone or something to someone, who it isn't about then it's fine to give it. We can't deny them the right to speak their opinion, that's like saying we shouldn't say what we think." Shady Lane responded.
"I'm not saying that, Shady Lane."
"Then please tell us Question Mark, what's your opinion on it?" Lily said raising her eyebrows.
"My opinion is that when a person is asked they should give their opinion, they shouldn't just openly criticize someone or something."
"How about we take some callers and find out their opinions on the subject." Pronto said noticing the tension.
"Alright on line one, we have CM." Travis said
"Welcome, CM and what's your lovely opinion on this subject?" Ray said
"I have to agree with Shady Lane on this, a person should be allowed to give their opinion on almost anything, true a person should use tact sometimes, but not when they're not even talking to the person they're giving the opinion on."
"Thank you CM." Lily said with a satisfied smile and Robbie just sat there with an angry look on his face.
Lily sat in Mickey's waiting for Charlie to meet her there. It had been almost an hour since the RFR show, and Lily was still feeling that Robbie was being a jerk for taking someone's opinion that she didn't even know so serious. Lily looked at the door and say Charlie walking in through the doorway.
"Sorry I'm a little late; my brother decided that he wanted to know exactly why I was late, and then why the principal wanted to see me." Charlie said as she sat down across from Lily.
"You live with your brother?"
"Yeah, I moved in with him and his wife over the summer. We decided that it was best that my mother and I had sometime apart."
"I'm guessing that you and your mother don't exactly get along."
"Let's just say she doesn't like how I talk, how I wear my make up, how I dress, and pretty much everything about me. My brother asked my to move here from the states cause he thought its better this way then having my mother and I fighting non-stop."
"What about your father?" Lily asked feeling bad for Charlie.
"Dead."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"Its not you fault he died." Charlie paused and looked at Lily. "I'm guessing you're wondering how he died. He died when I was eleven of cancer. How about we talk about something else...like you and that guy you were staring at in English. Who is and what's up with you two?"
"He's name is Ray, and we're friends that's it."
"But you want more?" Charlie said leaning forward
"Yeah, I guess I do. At the end of last year we kissed."
"Ahh a kiss, and?"
"And nothing. He only kissed me to get his girlfriend to break up with him. Nothing had after that."
"But there's something there still?"
"I don't know, I would like there to be but I don't know."
"Lils, a guy never kisses a girl unless he wants to and likes her. Unless he's a player, or its truth or dare, or if he's seeing how many girls he can kiss. But if Ray doesn't fall under those categories then he must like you."
Lily laughed. "Thanks Charlie you make me feel so much better."
"That's what I'm here for." Charlie stood up. "Now, come on let's have a look at these CD's and see if there is any good punk music."
"Alright." Lily said with a smile and stood up and walked around Mickey's with Charlie.
"Lily, I know that that kiss might have meant nothing to you but it meant a lot to me. For a while now I've had these strong feelings for you and..and." Ray rehearsed to himself while he passed around the RFR station.
"The words we follow more easily if you speak from your heart and don't over think them." Travis said as he meditated on the floor.
"Thank you so much Swami, but I think I can handle telling Lily how I feel on my own."
"Then why have you been unable to tell her?" Travis said standing up.
"Tell who what?" Lily said as she entered the station.
"Telling my mother that she's been putting to much curry on the curry meatloaf." Ray said quickly.
"Oh, well you should just tell her." Lily said sitting down on the couch.
"So did you have fun with Charlie?" Robbie asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Yes I did actually. You guys should really meet her. She is just so cool. I mean she was telling me that back In Philadelphia, she and her friends started this little paper were they put in all their thought on music, school, everything. She also told me she was on her old school's radio station and that's why she joined Cougar Radio; she thought that it would be someone like her old school's."
"She does seem interesting."