RUN TO ME
Disclaimer: You know the drill, I don't own RFR, I don't know who owns it, but I own Kayla and her friends. Nor do I own the song "Band On The Run," an excellent song, which was written and is owned by Sir Paul McCartney.
To Sparkles2: Thank you for your very honest comment. I am not mad at you, or upset at you at all. On the contrary, reviews like yours are exactly what I was looking for, as taking the good with the bad is part of being a writer. Another reason that I am not angry with you is because I understand where you are coming from, as I myself have often been in your position before. I am not positive that my story will surprise you, but if it does, then I know you may very well change your mind. I hope it does, and I hope you will keep reading and reviewing my story, because I hope that you will come to enjoy it. But answer me a question, please: I've read all the stories in the RFR category on this website from beginning to end, and I found no other story that includes the idea of the girl being a part of another underground radio station before she moved, so can you truthfully say that my story is the same as all the other stories that have the new girl falling in love with Travis?
To Tru Faith: Thanks! I am now on the fourth chapter (this one) and the story is going to get better and better. Keep reading and reviewing, and also enjoying.
BAND ON THE RUN
"So Kayla," Travis said as he and Kayla walked out of school with Ray, Robbie, and Lily, "Do you want to go to Mickey's Discs with us for a bit? It has some really cool old records." "Sure," Kayla said, "I'd love to see a little more of the town." "OK Then!" Ray said, in the style of an old-fashioned knight, using his finger as a mock torch, "To Mickey's Discs!" Kayla, Travis, Robbie, and Lily all laughed and headed for Mickey's, shaking their heads and telling Ray that he was insane, comments that Ray answered with a sweeping bow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once they reached Mickey's, the group guided Kayla to their usual booth and introduced her to Mickey, the owner, who told Travis that he thought she was "a really cool kid, like you guys." After they got settled in and had some drinks, Travis showed Kayla around the shop. "Wow," Kayla said as she looked around, "This place is awesome. There's so many records here that I've only dreamed of seeing." She stopped suddenly in front of a stack of records and said, "Oh my god." Travis stopped behind her and asked, "What? Did you find something?" "Did I ever!" Kayla said excitedly, "Look!" Kayla held up a faded record album, and Travis could just barely make out to words "The Beatles: Yesterday and Today" on the cover. "Nice choice," he said with a smile, "But why all the excitement?" "My dad had this album for the longest time," Kayla said, "But he lost it a few years ago. He'll be so happy if I got this for him, it was his favorite." Kayla took the album to the counter and paid for it, then told the others she was going to drop her stuff off at home and come back. The guys and Lily said bye, and Kayla walked out the door with her schoolbag and the record. Robbie looked at his watch and said, "We're gonna have to leave soon for you-know-what." The others nodded in agreement, and 15 minutes later, they walked out of Mickey's on their way to the warehouse where they had their RFR headquarters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Kayla walked back to Mickey's, she saw her new friends leaving and said to herself, "I wonder where they're going?" Curiosity had gotten the better of her many times before, and this time was no different. She had made up her mind, and started to follow them. She followed them until she reached a beat-up old warehouse and watched them enter. "Now, what could they be doing in there?" Kayla wondered, and snuck up close to the window and peered inside. Inside she could see Robbie, Lily, and Ray sitting at a table, and Travis sitting behind a glass window in what looked like a control booth. "Wow," Kayla breathed, "It looks just like the FACE studio." Suddenly, she saw Travis flip a switch, and everyone started talking. Kayla then realized that she had found the secret headquarters of Radio Free Roscoe, and turned her pocket radio to 88.1 to hear what they were saying. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering: How can you tell if someone likes you?" Robbie said into his microphone, "Take the new girl Kayla Adams. She obviously likes someone in Roscoe High, and I happen to know who that someone is, even if the object of her affection can't." "Who who?" asked Lily and Ray. "Yeah, who is it?" Travis asked. "Whoa, Pronto, Shady, Smog, slow down!" Robbie said, addressing the others as their alter egos, "You'll find out all in good time. Give me a moment to get this information together."
Outside the studio, Kayla was listening on her radio, and as soon as she heard what Robbie was saying, she started praying "Please don't let him say anything, please don't let him say anything." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 hours had passed, and it was nearly the end of the day's broadcast, and Lily, Ray, Travis, and Kayla had been waiting to see what Robbie would do. The other DJs, inside the station, were waiting to find out who Kayla liked. Kayla, perched on the bench outside the station, was praying as hard as she could that Robbie kept his mouth shut and didn't say a thing. She looked into the station window, and saw what was unfolding inside as she listened on her radio. "Well, it's almost the end of the broadcast, and Shady Lane, Smog and I are waiting to hear what Question Mark promised he'd tell us," Ray said, "So Question Mark, is this real? Or are you trying to pull the wool over our eyes?" Robbie smiled and said, "No Pronto, this is true eyewitness information. What I'm about to tell you will shock and amaze you."
"No, no, no, no!" Kayla said as she watched and listened, "Don't do it Robbie, please don't do it!"
"I have information from one Robbie McGrath that Kayla Adams has a major crush on Travis Strong, and I mean major," Robbie said, pausing to watch the reactions of his fellow DJs, Travis in particular. Lily clapped her hand to her mouth; Ray's mouth dropped open, and Travis' face turned as red as a beet.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Kayla screamed outside the studio. She turned to look into the window again to see the reactions, when she lost her balance and fell to the ground with a crash. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What was that?" Robbie asked Lily, Travis, and Ray as they heard the crash. They had just ended their broadcast, and while Ray and Lily's reactions had worn off, Travis' face, while not beet red anymore, was still quite pink. "Let's go find out," Lily suggested, and they all headed toward the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla had gotten up onto her knees when she saw the station door open. "Oh crap," she muttered as the door began to open. Kayla jumped to her feet and turned away from the door, but she wasn't fast enough. She turned around slowly, and saw Lily, Robbie, Ray, and Travis looking out from the doorway at her. Kayla did the only thing she could think of: she began to run as fast as she could. The guys and Lily looked at each other and nodded before taking off after her, calling her name over and over. "Kayla! Kayla!" they screamed as they chased her. Kayla turned to look back over her shoulder at them, and in a split-second decision, stopped at the edge of the woods and dropped her radio in the leaves before continuing to run on into the woods. "You guys go on after her," Robbie called to Ray and Travis, "Lily and I will stay here." Ray and Travis continued running after Kayla, and Robbie turned to Lily, who was staring at something in the leaves. "What is it?" he asked. Lily bent down and picked up the object, and in her hand, Robbie saw Kayla's radio. "She heard you," Lily said, "There's no other explanation. She followed us, and then started to listen to the broadcast when she realized what she had found. She must have fallen when she heard what you said. But I could have sworn that I heard a scream before the crash, which means she screamed, turned around to see our reactions and then-" "Lost her balance," Robbie said, looking at the radio, "I shouldn't have broadcast it, but it seemed funny at the time. Who knows what she'll do now?" "What do you mean?" Lily asked, confused. "What if she's so angry that she tells Waller or Kim Carlisle about us?" Robbie replied, "What if by an innocent prank, I've brought about the end of Radio Free Roscoe?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla continued running through the woods, all the while getting more tired with every step, all the while hearing Travis and Ray's voices getting closer and closer to her. "They're catching up to me," Kayla thought, and turning her head, she could see them behind her, coming closer to her. She turned back around and used every last bit of strength she had to run through the last bit of woods and into the sunlight again. But then Kayla felt her foot catch a tree root, felt herself fall, heard herself scream, felt her body hit the ground hard for the second time that day, and heard Ray's voice say "She fell," to Travis as they came closer to her. Kayla forced herself to get up off of the ground, but when she attempted to run and swung he arms, she felt an unbearable pain in her left arm and dropped to her knees. By then there was no use running anymore, because Ray and Travis had caught up to her, but she once again stood up and forced herself, holding her injured arm close to her chest with her unhurt hand, to run a few more feet before she fell again onto her injured arm and screamed out in pain. Ray and Travis had caught up to her again by this time, and Travis was about to go to her when Ray put his arm out and said, "I'll get her," before jogging toward the girl, sitting on the ground, holding her arm and rocking back and forth in pain, and all Travis could do was watch as Ray attempted to help the girl who literally held the future of RFR in her hands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla had managed to pull herself into a sitting position, and was holding her arm when she heard footsteps coming closer to her. She looked up and saw Ray Brennon running toward her, and beyond him, Travis Strong, standing at the edge of the woods. Kayla closed her eyes and thought, "This isn't happening, this isn't happening, this isn't happening." Then she heard Ray's voice in her ear, saying, "Kayla, are you ok?" She opened her eyes, shook her head, and said, "My arm, it-I think-I think it's-." before another wave of pain coursed through her arm. Ray held out his hand, and said, "Come on, I'll help you get back to the station." Kayla took his hand with her good arm, wincing as her injured arm fell to her side. When she was standing again, she held her injured arm close to her again and let Ray guide her to the edge of the forest where Travis stood waiting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they reached Travis, Kayla's eyes closed again in pain, this time worse than the last. "Another one?" Ray asked her. Kayla nodded her head as Ray explained to Travis about her arm. Travis thought for a moment, then took off his jacket and made a sling around Kayla's arm, saying "This way, it'll stay in one place." Kayla nodded her thanks, but then sunk to her knees, holding her arm and trying not to scream, the pain in her arm written all over her face. "We'd better get her back to the station," Travis said as he and Ray helped Kayla to her feet. Ray nodded, and the three of them went back through the forest to where Lily and Robbie stood waiting for them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robbie and Lily were starting to get worried. It had been almost 15 minutes since their friends had run off after Kayla, and they were just about to go into the woods to find them when they heard Travis saying "We're coming guys, we've got her." Robbie and Lily turned to see Ray and Travis on either side of Kayla, whose arm was wrapped in Travis' jacket and held close to her chest, and whose head was dropped down to her chest, hiding what appeared to be a very pained expression, coming up to them faster and faster. "Are you ok?" Robbie asked with genuine concern. Kayla lifted her head up and looked Robbie straight in the eye and said, "Is my radio ok?" Lily held up the radio in question, and Kayla smiled before wincing in pain again. "Let's get her to the station," Ray said again. "I think we should get her to the hospital," Travis said, "I think her arm's broken." "It sure looks that way," Lily said, now getting a closer look at Kayla's arm, "Travis is right, we should get her to the hospital." The others nodded in agreement, and they all walked to the hospital together, Kayla with her head resting on Travis' shoulder, too exhausted now to hold it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They reached the hospital, and while the doctor was examining Kayla, Travis went outside and used his cell to call Kayla's mom and tell her what happened. 10 minutes later, Jessica Adams, leading a small girl by the hand, walked into the hospital waiting room to find 4 teenagers sitting on the chairs, one with his head in his hands. As she walked towards them, one of them saw her and got up to meet her. "I'm Travis Strong," he said, "I'm the one who called you." "Thank you for calling Travis," Mrs. Adams said, "I'm Kayla's mother and this is her little sister Shelby. What exactly happened?" As Travis explained what happened with Kayla, short of telling her mother about RFR, Shelby shouted "Kayla! Kayla!" and ran to her older sister, who had just come out of a room with a doctor following her. Kayla bent down and hugged her sister the best she could with one arm and said, "Hey Shelb. What are you doing here?" "Mommy said a boy called and that we had to come here to see you," her little sister replied. "Do you know which boy it was?" Kayla asked, and was shocked when her little sister pointed at Travis. Kayla's mother walked over to her and told her that the doctor said she could go home. Kayla nodded, sent Shelby over to her mom, and walked over to where Travis, Lily, Ray, and Robbie were standing and said; "I guess I'll see you guys later." Kayla then turned to Travis, whispered "Thanks," and left the hospital with her mother and little sister. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Kayla walked out of the hospital with her mom and Shelby, she heard her cell phone ring in her pocket. She fished it out and found a text message from Robbie saying: "We have to talk, all of us."
Ok folks, no more updates tonight! I have to get up for school in 6 hours, so I'll leave you with a preview of what's coming up later today!
Title: Low Summary: The gang goes to Kayla's house to talk to her about what she heard, but she refuses to see them because of what Robbie did. Travis resorts to desperate measures to make the meeting happen, something that includes a ladder and a window. Shades of Dawson's Creek here in this chapter.
Disclaimer: You know the drill, I don't own RFR, I don't know who owns it, but I own Kayla and her friends. Nor do I own the song "Band On The Run," an excellent song, which was written and is owned by Sir Paul McCartney.
To Sparkles2: Thank you for your very honest comment. I am not mad at you, or upset at you at all. On the contrary, reviews like yours are exactly what I was looking for, as taking the good with the bad is part of being a writer. Another reason that I am not angry with you is because I understand where you are coming from, as I myself have often been in your position before. I am not positive that my story will surprise you, but if it does, then I know you may very well change your mind. I hope it does, and I hope you will keep reading and reviewing my story, because I hope that you will come to enjoy it. But answer me a question, please: I've read all the stories in the RFR category on this website from beginning to end, and I found no other story that includes the idea of the girl being a part of another underground radio station before she moved, so can you truthfully say that my story is the same as all the other stories that have the new girl falling in love with Travis?
To Tru Faith: Thanks! I am now on the fourth chapter (this one) and the story is going to get better and better. Keep reading and reviewing, and also enjoying.
BAND ON THE RUN
"So Kayla," Travis said as he and Kayla walked out of school with Ray, Robbie, and Lily, "Do you want to go to Mickey's Discs with us for a bit? It has some really cool old records." "Sure," Kayla said, "I'd love to see a little more of the town." "OK Then!" Ray said, in the style of an old-fashioned knight, using his finger as a mock torch, "To Mickey's Discs!" Kayla, Travis, Robbie, and Lily all laughed and headed for Mickey's, shaking their heads and telling Ray that he was insane, comments that Ray answered with a sweeping bow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once they reached Mickey's, the group guided Kayla to their usual booth and introduced her to Mickey, the owner, who told Travis that he thought she was "a really cool kid, like you guys." After they got settled in and had some drinks, Travis showed Kayla around the shop. "Wow," Kayla said as she looked around, "This place is awesome. There's so many records here that I've only dreamed of seeing." She stopped suddenly in front of a stack of records and said, "Oh my god." Travis stopped behind her and asked, "What? Did you find something?" "Did I ever!" Kayla said excitedly, "Look!" Kayla held up a faded record album, and Travis could just barely make out to words "The Beatles: Yesterday and Today" on the cover. "Nice choice," he said with a smile, "But why all the excitement?" "My dad had this album for the longest time," Kayla said, "But he lost it a few years ago. He'll be so happy if I got this for him, it was his favorite." Kayla took the album to the counter and paid for it, then told the others she was going to drop her stuff off at home and come back. The guys and Lily said bye, and Kayla walked out the door with her schoolbag and the record. Robbie looked at his watch and said, "We're gonna have to leave soon for you-know-what." The others nodded in agreement, and 15 minutes later, they walked out of Mickey's on their way to the warehouse where they had their RFR headquarters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Kayla walked back to Mickey's, she saw her new friends leaving and said to herself, "I wonder where they're going?" Curiosity had gotten the better of her many times before, and this time was no different. She had made up her mind, and started to follow them. She followed them until she reached a beat-up old warehouse and watched them enter. "Now, what could they be doing in there?" Kayla wondered, and snuck up close to the window and peered inside. Inside she could see Robbie, Lily, and Ray sitting at a table, and Travis sitting behind a glass window in what looked like a control booth. "Wow," Kayla breathed, "It looks just like the FACE studio." Suddenly, she saw Travis flip a switch, and everyone started talking. Kayla then realized that she had found the secret headquarters of Radio Free Roscoe, and turned her pocket radio to 88.1 to hear what they were saying. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering: How can you tell if someone likes you?" Robbie said into his microphone, "Take the new girl Kayla Adams. She obviously likes someone in Roscoe High, and I happen to know who that someone is, even if the object of her affection can't." "Who who?" asked Lily and Ray. "Yeah, who is it?" Travis asked. "Whoa, Pronto, Shady, Smog, slow down!" Robbie said, addressing the others as their alter egos, "You'll find out all in good time. Give me a moment to get this information together."
Outside the studio, Kayla was listening on her radio, and as soon as she heard what Robbie was saying, she started praying "Please don't let him say anything, please don't let him say anything." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2 hours had passed, and it was nearly the end of the day's broadcast, and Lily, Ray, Travis, and Kayla had been waiting to see what Robbie would do. The other DJs, inside the station, were waiting to find out who Kayla liked. Kayla, perched on the bench outside the station, was praying as hard as she could that Robbie kept his mouth shut and didn't say a thing. She looked into the station window, and saw what was unfolding inside as she listened on her radio. "Well, it's almost the end of the broadcast, and Shady Lane, Smog and I are waiting to hear what Question Mark promised he'd tell us," Ray said, "So Question Mark, is this real? Or are you trying to pull the wool over our eyes?" Robbie smiled and said, "No Pronto, this is true eyewitness information. What I'm about to tell you will shock and amaze you."
"No, no, no, no!" Kayla said as she watched and listened, "Don't do it Robbie, please don't do it!"
"I have information from one Robbie McGrath that Kayla Adams has a major crush on Travis Strong, and I mean major," Robbie said, pausing to watch the reactions of his fellow DJs, Travis in particular. Lily clapped her hand to her mouth; Ray's mouth dropped open, and Travis' face turned as red as a beet.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Kayla screamed outside the studio. She turned to look into the window again to see the reactions, when she lost her balance and fell to the ground with a crash. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What was that?" Robbie asked Lily, Travis, and Ray as they heard the crash. They had just ended their broadcast, and while Ray and Lily's reactions had worn off, Travis' face, while not beet red anymore, was still quite pink. "Let's go find out," Lily suggested, and they all headed toward the door. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla had gotten up onto her knees when she saw the station door open. "Oh crap," she muttered as the door began to open. Kayla jumped to her feet and turned away from the door, but she wasn't fast enough. She turned around slowly, and saw Lily, Robbie, Ray, and Travis looking out from the doorway at her. Kayla did the only thing she could think of: she began to run as fast as she could. The guys and Lily looked at each other and nodded before taking off after her, calling her name over and over. "Kayla! Kayla!" they screamed as they chased her. Kayla turned to look back over her shoulder at them, and in a split-second decision, stopped at the edge of the woods and dropped her radio in the leaves before continuing to run on into the woods. "You guys go on after her," Robbie called to Ray and Travis, "Lily and I will stay here." Ray and Travis continued running after Kayla, and Robbie turned to Lily, who was staring at something in the leaves. "What is it?" he asked. Lily bent down and picked up the object, and in her hand, Robbie saw Kayla's radio. "She heard you," Lily said, "There's no other explanation. She followed us, and then started to listen to the broadcast when she realized what she had found. She must have fallen when she heard what you said. But I could have sworn that I heard a scream before the crash, which means she screamed, turned around to see our reactions and then-" "Lost her balance," Robbie said, looking at the radio, "I shouldn't have broadcast it, but it seemed funny at the time. Who knows what she'll do now?" "What do you mean?" Lily asked, confused. "What if she's so angry that she tells Waller or Kim Carlisle about us?" Robbie replied, "What if by an innocent prank, I've brought about the end of Radio Free Roscoe?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla continued running through the woods, all the while getting more tired with every step, all the while hearing Travis and Ray's voices getting closer and closer to her. "They're catching up to me," Kayla thought, and turning her head, she could see them behind her, coming closer to her. She turned back around and used every last bit of strength she had to run through the last bit of woods and into the sunlight again. But then Kayla felt her foot catch a tree root, felt herself fall, heard herself scream, felt her body hit the ground hard for the second time that day, and heard Ray's voice say "She fell," to Travis as they came closer to her. Kayla forced herself to get up off of the ground, but when she attempted to run and swung he arms, she felt an unbearable pain in her left arm and dropped to her knees. By then there was no use running anymore, because Ray and Travis had caught up to her, but she once again stood up and forced herself, holding her injured arm close to her chest with her unhurt hand, to run a few more feet before she fell again onto her injured arm and screamed out in pain. Ray and Travis had caught up to her again by this time, and Travis was about to go to her when Ray put his arm out and said, "I'll get her," before jogging toward the girl, sitting on the ground, holding her arm and rocking back and forth in pain, and all Travis could do was watch as Ray attempted to help the girl who literally held the future of RFR in her hands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kayla had managed to pull herself into a sitting position, and was holding her arm when she heard footsteps coming closer to her. She looked up and saw Ray Brennon running toward her, and beyond him, Travis Strong, standing at the edge of the woods. Kayla closed her eyes and thought, "This isn't happening, this isn't happening, this isn't happening." Then she heard Ray's voice in her ear, saying, "Kayla, are you ok?" She opened her eyes, shook her head, and said, "My arm, it-I think-I think it's-." before another wave of pain coursed through her arm. Ray held out his hand, and said, "Come on, I'll help you get back to the station." Kayla took his hand with her good arm, wincing as her injured arm fell to her side. When she was standing again, she held her injured arm close to her again and let Ray guide her to the edge of the forest where Travis stood waiting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they reached Travis, Kayla's eyes closed again in pain, this time worse than the last. "Another one?" Ray asked her. Kayla nodded her head as Ray explained to Travis about her arm. Travis thought for a moment, then took off his jacket and made a sling around Kayla's arm, saying "This way, it'll stay in one place." Kayla nodded her thanks, but then sunk to her knees, holding her arm and trying not to scream, the pain in her arm written all over her face. "We'd better get her back to the station," Travis said as he and Ray helped Kayla to her feet. Ray nodded, and the three of them went back through the forest to where Lily and Robbie stood waiting for them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robbie and Lily were starting to get worried. It had been almost 15 minutes since their friends had run off after Kayla, and they were just about to go into the woods to find them when they heard Travis saying "We're coming guys, we've got her." Robbie and Lily turned to see Ray and Travis on either side of Kayla, whose arm was wrapped in Travis' jacket and held close to her chest, and whose head was dropped down to her chest, hiding what appeared to be a very pained expression, coming up to them faster and faster. "Are you ok?" Robbie asked with genuine concern. Kayla lifted her head up and looked Robbie straight in the eye and said, "Is my radio ok?" Lily held up the radio in question, and Kayla smiled before wincing in pain again. "Let's get her to the station," Ray said again. "I think we should get her to the hospital," Travis said, "I think her arm's broken." "It sure looks that way," Lily said, now getting a closer look at Kayla's arm, "Travis is right, we should get her to the hospital." The others nodded in agreement, and they all walked to the hospital together, Kayla with her head resting on Travis' shoulder, too exhausted now to hold it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They reached the hospital, and while the doctor was examining Kayla, Travis went outside and used his cell to call Kayla's mom and tell her what happened. 10 minutes later, Jessica Adams, leading a small girl by the hand, walked into the hospital waiting room to find 4 teenagers sitting on the chairs, one with his head in his hands. As she walked towards them, one of them saw her and got up to meet her. "I'm Travis Strong," he said, "I'm the one who called you." "Thank you for calling Travis," Mrs. Adams said, "I'm Kayla's mother and this is her little sister Shelby. What exactly happened?" As Travis explained what happened with Kayla, short of telling her mother about RFR, Shelby shouted "Kayla! Kayla!" and ran to her older sister, who had just come out of a room with a doctor following her. Kayla bent down and hugged her sister the best she could with one arm and said, "Hey Shelb. What are you doing here?" "Mommy said a boy called and that we had to come here to see you," her little sister replied. "Do you know which boy it was?" Kayla asked, and was shocked when her little sister pointed at Travis. Kayla's mother walked over to her and told her that the doctor said she could go home. Kayla nodded, sent Shelby over to her mom, and walked over to where Travis, Lily, Ray, and Robbie were standing and said; "I guess I'll see you guys later." Kayla then turned to Travis, whispered "Thanks," and left the hospital with her mother and little sister. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Kayla walked out of the hospital with her mom and Shelby, she heard her cell phone ring in her pocket. She fished it out and found a text message from Robbie saying: "We have to talk, all of us."
Ok folks, no more updates tonight! I have to get up for school in 6 hours, so I'll leave you with a preview of what's coming up later today!
Title: Low Summary: The gang goes to Kayla's house to talk to her about what she heard, but she refuses to see them because of what Robbie did. Travis resorts to desperate measures to make the meeting happen, something that includes a ladder and a window. Shades of Dawson's Creek here in this chapter.