Chapter Six: Operation Couple
Charlie sat in the station thinking about what she should do about Ray and Lily. Charlie knew for a fact that Lily liked Ray, but the only problem was she wasn't sure if Ray liked Lily or not; she had a feeling, but Charlie was not about to go on a feeling when she was dealing with the matter of the heart with her friends. Charlie knew Travis wouldn't say whether Ray liked Lily or not, it wasn't his style, if a friend did not want something know, Travis was not going to be the one to say it. Robbie was the only other person that Charlie could think of that might know whether Ray liked Lily as more then a friend. Plus, in the pass week Charlie and Robbie had become better friends and had put whatever bad feelings they had towards each other behind them.
Charlie looked over at Robbie who was writing down ideas he had for the show. Charlie wanted to ask him now, but the only problem was everyone else was in the station as well, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to talk to Robbie with everyone else around. Charlie sighed it would have to wait until after the show, it was the only way she would be able to talk to Robbie without everyone else, hearing or wanting to know what they were talking about.
Charlie looked back at her laptop screen; there were over twenty emails that she had to answer for her segment on the show. Travis had set up an email account, so that listeners could email in their questions for Ask Riot and not have to say them on air, which might be uncomfortable for them. Charlie liked the idea; it gave her time to think about some of the questions instead of answering them on the spot. Its not that she didn't like doing it, but sometimes Charlie felt as if she wasn't giving the person the best answer, even if it worked out for that person.
Charlie clicked on the first email; it was from someone named Trouble with telling the truth. Charlie didn't find the name odd; since most people picked names that had something to do with their question or the problem they were going through at the time.
Dear Riot Girl,
I have recently in the past year, started to developed feelings for one of my best friends. I have known this friend since we were little and she knows everything there is about me. But about a year ago when she started to like this one guy and flirt with him, I became very jealous and at first I didn't think anything of it, but I soon realized that I liked her as more then a friend. I've tried to tell her a bunch of times, but every time I chicken out, and just make up something else. But the worst part of it is, when I got a girl friend thinking that this girl would help me get over my friend but did the opposite; my friend helped me get her to break up with her by kissing me. I know to her it meant nothing, but to me it meant so much. So I guess my question is what advice could you give to me, to help me tell my friend that I like her as more than a friend?
Trouble with telling the truth
Charlie read the email over again, she couldn't help but feel as if she knew the person writing it. So many of the things Trouble was saying sounded so familiar to Charlie, like she had heard them before. That's when it hit her, Lily had told her about almost everything that happened before they met. Lily had started flirting with a guy about a year ago and Ray had started acting weird; Ray seemed like he wanted to tell her something and then say something that made no sense. Then there was the kiss they shared to get Ray's ex to break up with him. Trouble with telling the truth was Ray. Charlie smiled to herself, so Ray liked Lily it was to perfect. She leaned back in her chair, Operation Couple was a go.
"Now its time for our newest segment, but becoming a RFR favorite; its time for Ask Riot." Lily said as Travis played the opening for it.
"I'm Riot and I'm here to help you with you questions, love, friends, and life. First let's take our first caller." Charlie said and then looked towards Travis, who was holding the board, which had Still Crazy written on it. "Our first caller is Still Crazy. Hi, what's your question Still Crazy?"
"Well, Riot about three months ago I broke up with my girlfriend because we both thought that it was time that we both see other people, but since then I seem unable to stop thinking about her and I've realized that I still love her and want to be with her."
"I have one question, has your ex started to see someone else, by any chance?" Charlie asked
"Yeah she has actually."
"Ok, well I hate to say it but it seems as if you might be jealous Still Crazy. This actually happens to lot of people they see someone they care for with someone else and become jealous. I'm not saying that you don't really care for this girl, but what you have to do first is make sure that the feelings you are having right now are real and that you're not just feeling this way cause you're seeing you ex with someone else. When you do figure it and if it turns out the feelings you are having are for real, then my only advice is that you should tell this girl how you feel and hope that she feels the same as you do. Hope that I helped."
"Thanks Riot girl." Still Crazy said and then hung up.
"Before we take our next call I'm going to read and answer a question sent in by a listener through email. Remember if you have a question and don't want feel comfortable saying it your self just send me a email at AskRiot@hotmail.com." Charlie said as she pulled up the email she had read early.
"This person writes Dear Riot Girl, I have recently in the past year, started to developed feelings for one of my best friends. I have known this friend since we were little and she knows everything there is about me. But about a year ago when she started to like this one guy and flirt with him, I became very jealous and at first I didn't think anything of it, but I soon realized that I liked her as more then a friend. I've tried to tell her a bunch of times, but every time I chicken out, and just make up something else. But the worst part of it is, when I got a girlfriend thinking that this girl would help me get over my friend but did the opposite; my friend helped me get her to break up with her by kissing me. I know to her it meant nothing, but to me it meant so much. So I guess my question is what advice could you give to me, to help me tell my friend that I like her as more than a friend? Trouble with telling the truth"
Charlie paused and looked at Ray from the corner of her eye. Charlie say Ray seem shocked and looked around as if he was hoping no one would notice him, squirming.
"The only advice I can give you Trouble, if you're listening, is that you have to just tell this girl the truth that you like her, just go for it and remember that it never hurts to tell the truth. But if you can't then all I can tell you is that if you and this girl are meant to be then it will happen for you, even if you feel as if she doesn't care for you like that and you can't tell her how you feel." Charlie then looked over at Ray and say he seemed to be really taking it and then he looked over at Lily. "Hope I helped."
Charlie smiled to herself getting Ray and Lily together was going to be easier then she had thought.
"Hey Robbie wait up." Robbie stopped waling and turned around to find Charlie running up to him. "Man, you walk fast."
"Charlie why were you running after me?" Robbie asked confused
"I thought any guy would want a girl running after him. Sorry had to say that, but I need to talk to you about something, you want to go talk somewhere?" Charlie asked
"Alright, we can talk at the park over there." Robbie said and then he and Charlie walked over to the park and found an area to sit down. "So what exactly did you want to talk about?"
"Ray likes Lily right?"
"Of course he does she's one of his best friends." Robbie said trying to cover up for his friend.
"That's not what I meant and you know it Robbie. Ray has a thing for Lily and I know it." Charlie said
"How did you find out?"
"You know the email I read during Ask Riot, Trouble with Telling the Truth?" Charlie said and Robbie nodded his head. "Well the person that wrote that email was Ray."
"How do you know this Charlie?'
"Everything Trouble wrote Lily told me happen with Ray. Ray getting jealous over that Lee guy, him acting weird sometimes and then of course there's the kiss."
"Lily was just helping Ray out, that's all."
"Robbie do girls ever kiss a guy if they don't mean it? No, we only kiss guys when we want to, when we like them more than just as a friend."
"Ok, so what do we do about it?" Robbie asked leaning back on to his palms.
"We are going to play matchmaker with Ray and Lily. Operation Couple in affect." Robbie looked at Charlie oddly. "What I'm from a military family, I like to make code names."
"You're nuts you know that?' Robbie said laughing.
Charlie sat in the station thinking about what she should do about Ray and Lily. Charlie knew for a fact that Lily liked Ray, but the only problem was she wasn't sure if Ray liked Lily or not; she had a feeling, but Charlie was not about to go on a feeling when she was dealing with the matter of the heart with her friends. Charlie knew Travis wouldn't say whether Ray liked Lily or not, it wasn't his style, if a friend did not want something know, Travis was not going to be the one to say it. Robbie was the only other person that Charlie could think of that might know whether Ray liked Lily as more then a friend. Plus, in the pass week Charlie and Robbie had become better friends and had put whatever bad feelings they had towards each other behind them.
Charlie looked over at Robbie who was writing down ideas he had for the show. Charlie wanted to ask him now, but the only problem was everyone else was in the station as well, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to talk to Robbie with everyone else around. Charlie sighed it would have to wait until after the show, it was the only way she would be able to talk to Robbie without everyone else, hearing or wanting to know what they were talking about.
Charlie looked back at her laptop screen; there were over twenty emails that she had to answer for her segment on the show. Travis had set up an email account, so that listeners could email in their questions for Ask Riot and not have to say them on air, which might be uncomfortable for them. Charlie liked the idea; it gave her time to think about some of the questions instead of answering them on the spot. Its not that she didn't like doing it, but sometimes Charlie felt as if she wasn't giving the person the best answer, even if it worked out for that person.
Charlie clicked on the first email; it was from someone named Trouble with telling the truth. Charlie didn't find the name odd; since most people picked names that had something to do with their question or the problem they were going through at the time.
Dear Riot Girl,
I have recently in the past year, started to developed feelings for one of my best friends. I have known this friend since we were little and she knows everything there is about me. But about a year ago when she started to like this one guy and flirt with him, I became very jealous and at first I didn't think anything of it, but I soon realized that I liked her as more then a friend. I've tried to tell her a bunch of times, but every time I chicken out, and just make up something else. But the worst part of it is, when I got a girl friend thinking that this girl would help me get over my friend but did the opposite; my friend helped me get her to break up with her by kissing me. I know to her it meant nothing, but to me it meant so much. So I guess my question is what advice could you give to me, to help me tell my friend that I like her as more than a friend?
Trouble with telling the truth
Charlie read the email over again, she couldn't help but feel as if she knew the person writing it. So many of the things Trouble was saying sounded so familiar to Charlie, like she had heard them before. That's when it hit her, Lily had told her about almost everything that happened before they met. Lily had started flirting with a guy about a year ago and Ray had started acting weird; Ray seemed like he wanted to tell her something and then say something that made no sense. Then there was the kiss they shared to get Ray's ex to break up with him. Trouble with telling the truth was Ray. Charlie smiled to herself, so Ray liked Lily it was to perfect. She leaned back in her chair, Operation Couple was a go.
"Now its time for our newest segment, but becoming a RFR favorite; its time for Ask Riot." Lily said as Travis played the opening for it.
"I'm Riot and I'm here to help you with you questions, love, friends, and life. First let's take our first caller." Charlie said and then looked towards Travis, who was holding the board, which had Still Crazy written on it. "Our first caller is Still Crazy. Hi, what's your question Still Crazy?"
"Well, Riot about three months ago I broke up with my girlfriend because we both thought that it was time that we both see other people, but since then I seem unable to stop thinking about her and I've realized that I still love her and want to be with her."
"I have one question, has your ex started to see someone else, by any chance?" Charlie asked
"Yeah she has actually."
"Ok, well I hate to say it but it seems as if you might be jealous Still Crazy. This actually happens to lot of people they see someone they care for with someone else and become jealous. I'm not saying that you don't really care for this girl, but what you have to do first is make sure that the feelings you are having right now are real and that you're not just feeling this way cause you're seeing you ex with someone else. When you do figure it and if it turns out the feelings you are having are for real, then my only advice is that you should tell this girl how you feel and hope that she feels the same as you do. Hope that I helped."
"Thanks Riot girl." Still Crazy said and then hung up.
"Before we take our next call I'm going to read and answer a question sent in by a listener through email. Remember if you have a question and don't want feel comfortable saying it your self just send me a email at AskRiot@hotmail.com." Charlie said as she pulled up the email she had read early.
"This person writes Dear Riot Girl, I have recently in the past year, started to developed feelings for one of my best friends. I have known this friend since we were little and she knows everything there is about me. But about a year ago when she started to like this one guy and flirt with him, I became very jealous and at first I didn't think anything of it, but I soon realized that I liked her as more then a friend. I've tried to tell her a bunch of times, but every time I chicken out, and just make up something else. But the worst part of it is, when I got a girlfriend thinking that this girl would help me get over my friend but did the opposite; my friend helped me get her to break up with her by kissing me. I know to her it meant nothing, but to me it meant so much. So I guess my question is what advice could you give to me, to help me tell my friend that I like her as more than a friend? Trouble with telling the truth"
Charlie paused and looked at Ray from the corner of her eye. Charlie say Ray seem shocked and looked around as if he was hoping no one would notice him, squirming.
"The only advice I can give you Trouble, if you're listening, is that you have to just tell this girl the truth that you like her, just go for it and remember that it never hurts to tell the truth. But if you can't then all I can tell you is that if you and this girl are meant to be then it will happen for you, even if you feel as if she doesn't care for you like that and you can't tell her how you feel." Charlie then looked over at Ray and say he seemed to be really taking it and then he looked over at Lily. "Hope I helped."
Charlie smiled to herself getting Ray and Lily together was going to be easier then she had thought.
"Hey Robbie wait up." Robbie stopped waling and turned around to find Charlie running up to him. "Man, you walk fast."
"Charlie why were you running after me?" Robbie asked confused
"I thought any guy would want a girl running after him. Sorry had to say that, but I need to talk to you about something, you want to go talk somewhere?" Charlie asked
"Alright, we can talk at the park over there." Robbie said and then he and Charlie walked over to the park and found an area to sit down. "So what exactly did you want to talk about?"
"Ray likes Lily right?"
"Of course he does she's one of his best friends." Robbie said trying to cover up for his friend.
"That's not what I meant and you know it Robbie. Ray has a thing for Lily and I know it." Charlie said
"How did you find out?"
"You know the email I read during Ask Riot, Trouble with Telling the Truth?" Charlie said and Robbie nodded his head. "Well the person that wrote that email was Ray."
"How do you know this Charlie?'
"Everything Trouble wrote Lily told me happen with Ray. Ray getting jealous over that Lee guy, him acting weird sometimes and then of course there's the kiss."
"Lily was just helping Ray out, that's all."
"Robbie do girls ever kiss a guy if they don't mean it? No, we only kiss guys when we want to, when we like them more than just as a friend."
"Ok, so what do we do about it?" Robbie asked leaning back on to his palms.
"We are going to play matchmaker with Ray and Lily. Operation Couple in affect." Robbie looked at Charlie oddly. "What I'm from a military family, I like to make code names."
"You're nuts you know that?' Robbie said laughing.