RUN TO ME

Disclaimer: I don't own the song "Cherry Pie," and I still don't own RFR. The band Poison owns the song "Cherry Pie," and I still don't know who owns RFR. I'll have to find that out later. And I still own Kayla and her friends.

CHERRY PIE

"Slop's on!" said Ray, as him, Lily, Robbie, and Travis got into the lunchline, "Wonder what gunk the school's trying to pass off as food today?" Travis shrugged his shoulders, saw Kayla walking into the cafeteria, and waved her over to the line. Kayla stepped into line behind Travis and said, "So, do they serve actual slop or actual food here?" Travis laughed and said, "If you talk to the faculty, it's actual food. If you talk to the students, it's actual slop. It could go either way." Kayla smiled as she put the "slop of the day," as Ray called it, onto her tray and noticed that the dessert of the day was cherry pie. "So," Kayla asked Ray as she stopped in front of the dessert tray, "Are the desserts real?" Ray nodded his head and answered, "The only thing in here that's actual food. You can sit with us, by the way." Kayla nodded her thanks, took a piece of pie, paid for her lunch, and followed Travis and the others to their usual table. "So, who's the über- bitch I ran into this morning?" Kayla asked, taking a bite out of her pizza. "Kim Carlisle," Lily answered, "She's a senior, and she also runs Cougar Radio." "And in her spare time, she's a major bitch," Ray said, "She's the reason that I got 'mummified' with masking tape by the entire basketball team last year." Kayla laughed and said, "What'd you do to get that done?" "I told the truth about a basketball game our team played that really sucked, and they attacked me," Ray said with a shudder, "It was horrible. So many jocks, so much masking tape, no means of escape." Kayla laughed, but her laughter stopped almost immediately as she saw Kim Carlisle walking towards their table. As she walked past Kayla, she kicked her bag a few feet away and said, "Oops, my bad," and walked away, smirking. "I think I've lost my appetite," Kayla said, reaching down to retrieve her bag. As she sat up, she looked at her cherry pie and got an idea. Robbie looked at Kayla and said, "What are you thinking?" Kayla smiled and said, "I'm thinking that I'm gonna give Kim Carlisle a taste of cherry pie." She then looked at Ray and said, "You think she could use some milk too?" with an evil grin on her face. Ray immediately picked up on what Kayla meant, and said, "You know what? I think she could," with the same grin on his face. The two got up from the table, Kayla carrying her pie, and Ray carrying his milk. Robbie, Lily, and Travis looked at each other, and then got up to follow Kayla and Ray, feeling that this was going to be something worth seeing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"OK, so we're clear on what's gonna happen, right?" Kayla asked Ray. Ray nodded his head in agreement, and Kayla smiled and said, "Let's go." Kayla began to walk towards Kim's table as the others caught up with Ray. "What is she doing?" Travis asked. "Something that will make her go down in Roscoe High history," Ray said, "And I'm going down with her, so if you'll excuse me, it's time for Ray Brennon to help make Roscoe High history." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla wanted to make sure this went off without a hitch, so as she neared Kim Carlisle's table, she made sure that she tripped in a spot that would cause her piece of pie to fly out of her hands and hit Kim. As she past Kim's table, she tripped herself, and the pie went flying into the air, and hit Kim Carlisle with a resounding SPLAT! Kim's eyes went wide with a mixture of horror and anger, and she stood up and screamed, "Look what you've done, you clumsy oaf! Look at my shirt! It's ruined! You're going to pay for this!" As Kim continued screaming, Kayla pretended to be "very very sorry" and "apologized" as best as she could without laughing her head off. While her "apology" continued, she turned for a napkin to "help Kim clean up" and gave Ray the signal. When she turned back to "help Kim," Ray walked past and did the same thing, this time throwing his milk right into Kim's face and on her shirt. This time Kim was really mad and screamed, "You two-you-you two did this on purpose! I know it! This couldn't be a fluke! This was a directly planned attack on me to try to embarrass me!" By now, a crowd had grown around the little scene, a crowd that included a wide-eyed Robbie, Lily, and Travis. The commotion got so loud that Principal Waller heard it and came over to see what was going on. What he saw surprised him. There was Kim Carlisle, covered in what appeared to be milk and the remnants of a piece of cherry pie, with Ray Brennon and the new student Kayla Adams standing in front of her, trying to help her clean herself up and apologizing for something. "What's going on here?" Principal Waller asked. "Those..two..miscreants intentionally tripped themselves and threw their food on me!" Kim screamed, pointing at Kayla and Ray, who gave Waller a couple of "we don't know what the heck she's talking about" looks. Waller turned to them and said, "Did you two do this on purpose?" Ray and Kayla shook their heads and Kayla said, "It was an accident, Principal Waller. I tripped on something, and when I was attempting to help Kim clean up, I must have stuck my foot out without knowing it, and Ray must have tripped over my foot." Waller studied the girl for a few moments, and then said, "Do you have any witnesses, other than Mr. Brennon's friends?" Kayla hesitated, and was about to tell him no, but then two boys who gave their names as Ed and Ted came forward and said, "We saw it, Principal Waller. She's telling the truth, it really was an accident." Then a few more students stepped closer and said the same thing, that it had been an unfortunate accident and that Ray and Kayla had not done it on purpose. Finally Principal Waller looked at the two students standing in front of him and said, "Just make sure you two are more careful next time," before walking out of the cafeteria with Kim screaming and following close behind him. Kayla gave Ray a high-five, thanked everyone who had helped her and Ray, and then they walked back to their table with Robbie, Lily, and Travis, getting high-fives and congratulations from everyone they passed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As they sat down back at the table, Kayla and Ray noticed that Robbie and Lily had their mouths hanging open and that they were staring at them. "What?" Kayla asked, grinning and looking baffled at the same time, "You've never seen someone stand up to the school über-bitch before?" "No, it's not that," Robbie said, finally managing to speak, "I'm-I mean, we're just amazed that you were able to pull it off." "Yeah," Lily said, "And all those people, they-they-they lied for you and Ray, like it was no big deal. How did you do it?" "I really don't know," Kayla said, looking even more baffled, "I guess it was just a matter of everyone not liking Kim or something. I'm having a hard time believing it myself." Travis smiled and said, "I think it was a matter of everyone's collective hatred for Kim, a well thought-out plan, and very good timing on the part of the people executing the plan. I think Kim Carlisle may have underestimated you greatly this morning." Kayla smiled back and said, "You know what? I think she's thinking the same thing."

Wow, bet you all never thought Ray had it in him, did you? Well, trust me, the story gets better. Here's a little preview of the next chapter.

Title: Band on the Run Summary: Travis invites Kayla to hang out with the gang at Mickey's Discs after school before they do RFR. What they don't count on is Kayla following them to the station afterwards and having to chase after her.