It's All Relative Ch. 3: Snausages and 'Meirdness'

by Tru Faith

A/N: Nope, I didn't abandon this story just cuz the Buffy crossover one is doing so very well(not to mention the Degrassi/Buffy x-over, "Three Among Many"). I love writing this one cuz I love making original characters! Wow. It's almost 3 AM...on Monday. Which means school. Gotta wrap this A/N up. Um, let's see... 'I'll be here all week! Try the veal!' Nope. Uh... 'fear lead to anger, anger leads to...' Not that either. 'First come the money, then comes the...' No....oh hell! Just start reading!

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Cailey glanced up at the clock, then down at her watch. 9:38. Not good on a school night, especially when tomorrow happened to her first day at Roscoe High. Between talking to Robbie and Travis, arguing with Ray, and explaining why they kept arguing about the stupidest things, she had lost track of time. She turned back to Ray. "Guess it's time to head 'home'. Well, so much for showing me around town."

He shrugged innocently. "Hey! Maybe I would've if you weren't so...meird."

"Meird?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Mean and weird." He nodded. "Best of..."

"Both worlds." She finished for him. Rolling her eyes, got up. Ray still sat there, ignoring the death-glare that was coming from his cousin. Cailey waved a hand in front of his face. "Hey! Brain-dead! You're the one who knows how to get back to the house!"

He got up reluctantly. "Well, I thought you'd eventually find your own way back, Lassie."

Robbie and Travis sat back, amused, and watched them bicker back and forth. Cailey scoffed. "I'm Lassie? Well, I'm not the one who mistook the 'Snausages' for 'Slim Jims' at the last family reunion!"

"Hey!" Ray then lowered his voice to just above a whisper. "No one's supposed to know about that!"

"Snausages?" Robbie queried, holding back laughter.

Ray glanced at his friends for a moment, trying his best to avoid Robbie's question. "We hafta go now. See ya tomorrow!"

"Bye, guys." Cailey said, flashing a quick smile at the two boys(okay, mainly one, but they don't know that yet).

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Ray practically shoved her out the door as quickly as possible, then started walking down the street at an even faster pace. Cailey caught up as he started to slow down.

"You just had to say that, didn't you?" Ray asked, irritated.

She crossed her arms. "Excuse me? Who called whom 'Lassie'?"

"Well..." Ray thought for a moment. "You started it."

"And I'm sure that would be a valid reason for any case if you're in 'six-year-old's court'." She replied mockingly. A long period of silence passed before she spoke again, a slight quaver in her voice. "Um, Ray? Does....not that I'm that interested or anything...but, uh...does Travis have a girlfriend?"

"Yeah..." Ray glanced at his cousin in shock. "You like him? You haven't even known him for a day!"

Getting past the initial dejection of Ray's response, she replied, "Your point being?"

Ray sighed as they reached the house. They entered, only less than a minute before ten o'clock. The house was dark and there was a bright yellow note on the end table next to the stairs, which they ignored. Both of them snuck upstairs successfully, figuring there'd be a long lecture about curfews and punctuality in the morning. Neither of them were worried, nor did they question, why the house was already completely dark, due to the unforgettable sound of Ray's dad's snoring. Ray entered his room, while Cailey entered the previous spare room, which happened to be right next the Ray's. Before closing the door, she popped her head out of the door way. "G'night, Brain-Dead."

"G'night, Lassie." he responded quietly. Cailey grinned and shook her head slowly, contemplating her first few hours in her new home. Let's see...getting settled in, arguing with Ray, meeting 2/3 of his friends, arguing with Ray, already developing a slight crush on one of his friends, arguing with Ray...not to bad so far, she thought jokingly. After getting changed, she tried her best to get settled in the temporary 'bed' -also known as a sleeping bag-. After about an hour and a half of thinking, tossing, and turning, she fell uncomfortably asleep.

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Meanwhile at 'RFR Headquarters'...

[Dun, Dun, DUN!!!]

Travis stayed up in the tech-booth most of the night, which he usually did, only for different reasons. Like he had said, Ray's cousin was definitely interesting...but why was he still thinking about her? She obviously wasn't of the norm. He liked that about her...not that I like her like that, he kept trying to convince himself. He pushed those thoughts as far away as he possibly could. It was funny the way her and Ray kept fighting, but I guess it wouldn't be easy living with Ray...So much for the 'pushing those thoughts away'. He closed his eyes for a few seconds, trying to think about other things. He had Audrey. And some girl he just met a few hours ago shouldn't make a difference...

...should it?

TBC...

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A/N:-in a sing-songy voice- I'm done chapter 3! I'm done chapter 3!-does a little dance-....okay, I bet Stephen King does the exact same thing...only without the little dance...REVIEW PLEASE!!!!