RUN TO ME
Disclaimer: Same old song, different tune. Only putting up a disclaimer due to overwhelming desire to not be sued. "On The Radio" is owned by Nelly Furtado.
A/N: I realize that the above title is not the complete song title, but the complete title does not apply to RFR. And I apologize for the long time between updates. School was being evil and giving me lots of work, but I'm sure everyone knows that about school.
To Tara: Thanks! I'm glad this story is getting appreciative reviews. Keep reading, reviewing, and enjoying!
To Infinity86: Thanks for your review. I read your story too, and I really like your ideas. And I will try to be more careful with the song lyrics. For instance, there are no song lyrics in this chapter. And I agree with what reload said too. I will try to do better.
To eyes of a child: Thanks for the review. I have received a review calling the date an 'adorable piece of fluff' and I have to agree, but I will try to refrain from too much fluffiness in the future. And I would've updated sooner, but like I said above, school and teachers decided to be evil these last few weeks.
To Anna: Wow, talk about weird coincidences. My name's Ana also, but as you can see, spelled differently. I like the Lily/Ray fics too, but I felt it was time for Travis to get someone. And in response to your question, 16/f/PA
To reload: Darn, you caught me. In my defense, it's only a little crush, and I have a boyfriend already. Thank you for your honest opinion and willingness to help. I appreciate it. Yes, I understand that Robbie was not very much in character, and I understand what you're saying, but they did mention Lily's full name in the episode "Political in Pink," the one where Lily runs for class president. But if it will help my story, I will try to keep from doing that. Yes! Yes! I am not the only one sick of Lily/Travis stuff! There will be more Lily/Ray action, but I am sorry to say that you might have to wait for the next chapter for it, unless I get a sudden burst of inspiration. But never fear, it will be there! I have tried every possible thing to fix the spacing. I will try to give the characters' dialogue separate lines, and I will try putting a space in between paragraphs. I understand about where you're coming from with the date being OOC, but since Travis has never gone out on a date on the show, we don't know what he would do. However, now that I look at it again, it does seem a little inappropriately placed. Once again, thank you for your honest opinion, and I would appreciate it if you kept reviewing, and if there's something you don't like/want me to change, I will do my best.
ON THE RADIO
The next day, after school, Kayla made her way to the RFR warehouse with Travis and Robbie.
"Where are Ray and Lily?" Kayla asked, looking around for her other two friends.
"I don't know," Robbie said, shrugging his shoulders as they reached the warehouse, "Maybe they're already here."
"It's quite possible," Travis said, "In fact, I'll bet they're inside waiting for us."
Robbie and Kayla nodded as Robbie opened the door. Kayla poked her head in, then quickly pulled it out and motioned for Robbie and Travis.
"What's going on in there?" Travis asked.
"I think Ray's gonna tell Lily that he likes her," Kayla said, "It sure sounds like he is."
"Finally!" Robbie said, "It sure took him long enough."
"He just needed to gather enough courage to tell her his true feelings," Travis said wisely as always.
"Yeah, what he said!" Kayla said, "Now let's listen! I wanna hear what's going on!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, Lily," Ray was saying, "I wanted to tell you something that I've been wanting to tell you for a long time."
The two of them were sitting on the couch inside the RFR warehouse. Outside, Kayla, Robbie, and Travis were trying to hear what was going on.
"What is it?" Lily asked curiously, wanting to know why one of her best friends was being so weird.
"Well," Ray gulped, tripping over the words, "I've wanted to tell you this for a long time, and I think I can now."
"Fine then," Lily said, "Tell me."
"Lily," Ray began, swallowing hard. Outside, Kayla and the others were silently chanting, "Tell her! Tell her!" as they watched their friend finally tell Lily the truth.
"Lily," Ray began again, but Lily cut him off, saying, "Just tell me what you want to tell me, Ray. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's not that hard to say."
"If you only knew," Ray thought, then said, "Lily, I like you. A lot. That's why I tried to sabotage your date with Lee Johns. That's why I gave you the frog, to replace Jumpy, and before you ask what a dead frog has to do with love, it apparently got stunned when you shook the box. Robbie saw the frog after you left, and it was alive, you can ask him. That's why I wanted to walk you to that guitar lesson, why I said anyone would be lucky to have you, why I gave you the flicorice, why I've been acting so weird around you. It's all because I like you Lily." As he finished speaking, he watched Lily's expression go slowly from one of patient waiting to one of great shock, and finally to one of understanding and comprehension. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outside Robbie and Travis were celebrating with Kayla, high-fiving each other and smiling. Kayla looked in the door again and said, "Guys, she's gonna say something!" at which time the celebrating stopped and they all began to eavesdrop again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily sat silent for a long time, processing what Ray told her. It all made sense, every word of it. The sabotage, the frog, even the "best of both worlds" flicorice, all of it made sense. It was all Ray's way of telling her how he felt, and she-whether intentionally or unintentionally- never picked up on it.
"Wow," Lily said slowly, "Ray, I never knew."
"Well, naturally," Ray said nervously, "You really never knew until today."
"I know that," Lily said, trying to phrase her response as delicately as possible, "And there's something I want to tell you too."
"What?" Ray said, holding his breath and waiting for what he was sure was going to be a cold rejection.
"Wonder what she's going to say?" Robbie asked Travis and Kayla, who shrugged their shoulders and turned back to watch what was going on inside.
"So, what's the big news Lily?" Ray asked.
Lily took a deep breath and said, "I like you too Ray."
"What?" Ray said in disbelief. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What?" Robbie, Kayla, and Travis said. Apparently they said it a little too loud, because a few minutes later, Ray and Lily came out yelling at them about eavesdropping and privacy, but it didn't matter, because the yellers were happy that the yellees knew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"5......4....3....2."
"This is Radio."
"Free."
"Roscoe."
"I'm Question Mark, and I'd like to start out today's show by introducing our newest DJ, Sodapop. Welcome to RFR Soda, we're glad to have you." Robbie said, by way of introduction.
"Thank you Question Mark, glad to be a part of the famous RFR, or, if you're Principal Waller or a certain Cougar Radio DJ, infamous RFR," Kayla said.
"So Sodapop, how's Ponyboy doing?" Ray asked, earning a punch in the right arm from Lily and a punch in the left arm from Kayla.
"Stall the 'Outsiders' jokes for now Pronto," Travis said, "We've still got to do the show."
"Smog makes an excellent point," Robbie said, "While we get Pronto off his 'Outsiders' kick, here's a song by the Ataris." Travis flipped the switch to turn off the microphones, and they all removed their headphones. Kayla sat back in her chair and began to hum the tune of the song, "The Boys Of Summer," eliciting grins from Robbie, Lily, and Travis, and weird looks from Ray, looks that earned him another punch from Lily.
When the song ended, the gang put their headphones back on and went on with the show.
"So, we're gonna take some calls from people on the outside," Ray said, "Tell us what you think of our new addition." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Well, Ed and Ted, I'm flattered that you like me as an addition, but I'm spoken for," Kayla said with a grin.
"Darn," said the boys, "Well, thanks for the honest response." With that they hung up.
"That was rather upsetting Soda," Travis said, "Why'd you turn them down?"
"I told you-and them-already Smog," Kayla said, "I'm spoken for."
"If you say so," Ray said, "Then that's good enough for us. Anyone else want to comment on our new DJ?"
Travis held up the chalkboard, and Kayla smiled when she saw the names on it: 'Aqua, Confucius, and Eek'
"Hi all, what's you're comment?" Kayla asked with a grin.
"Hi, this is Confucius, one of the DJs of ACE 76.8, and on behalf of our station, we'd like to congratulate you on joining RFR."
"Yeah, we're really proud of you Ka-" Kayla heard Michelle say, and began to panic. But Jordan came through and cut Michelle off, saying, "Aqua's just saying, 'We're really proud of you, ok?' We just say OK that way. Well, gotta go, hope you have a good run!"
"So, with that comment in mind," Kayla said, "here's an old song by the Plastic Ono Band."
Travis flipped another switch, and the sounds of "Give Peace a Chance" flowed through the studio. Kayla picked up her cell phone and dialed a number. The others watched as Kayla-obviously on the phone with Michelle-yelled things about blowing their cover and other things before forgiving her and making her promise never to do it again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the broadcast ended for the day, The RFR gang gave Kayla high- fives and pats on the back.
"Congratulations Sodapop," Robbie said, "Welcome to RFR."
That's all for tonight! Gotta get off computer before mom comes down to yell at me! More tomorrow!
Disclaimer: Same old song, different tune. Only putting up a disclaimer due to overwhelming desire to not be sued. "On The Radio" is owned by Nelly Furtado.
A/N: I realize that the above title is not the complete song title, but the complete title does not apply to RFR. And I apologize for the long time between updates. School was being evil and giving me lots of work, but I'm sure everyone knows that about school.
To Tara: Thanks! I'm glad this story is getting appreciative reviews. Keep reading, reviewing, and enjoying!
To Infinity86: Thanks for your review. I read your story too, and I really like your ideas. And I will try to be more careful with the song lyrics. For instance, there are no song lyrics in this chapter. And I agree with what reload said too. I will try to do better.
To eyes of a child: Thanks for the review. I have received a review calling the date an 'adorable piece of fluff' and I have to agree, but I will try to refrain from too much fluffiness in the future. And I would've updated sooner, but like I said above, school and teachers decided to be evil these last few weeks.
To Anna: Wow, talk about weird coincidences. My name's Ana also, but as you can see, spelled differently. I like the Lily/Ray fics too, but I felt it was time for Travis to get someone. And in response to your question, 16/f/PA
To reload: Darn, you caught me. In my defense, it's only a little crush, and I have a boyfriend already. Thank you for your honest opinion and willingness to help. I appreciate it. Yes, I understand that Robbie was not very much in character, and I understand what you're saying, but they did mention Lily's full name in the episode "Political in Pink," the one where Lily runs for class president. But if it will help my story, I will try to keep from doing that. Yes! Yes! I am not the only one sick of Lily/Travis stuff! There will be more Lily/Ray action, but I am sorry to say that you might have to wait for the next chapter for it, unless I get a sudden burst of inspiration. But never fear, it will be there! I have tried every possible thing to fix the spacing. I will try to give the characters' dialogue separate lines, and I will try putting a space in between paragraphs. I understand about where you're coming from with the date being OOC, but since Travis has never gone out on a date on the show, we don't know what he would do. However, now that I look at it again, it does seem a little inappropriately placed. Once again, thank you for your honest opinion, and I would appreciate it if you kept reviewing, and if there's something you don't like/want me to change, I will do my best.
ON THE RADIO
The next day, after school, Kayla made her way to the RFR warehouse with Travis and Robbie.
"Where are Ray and Lily?" Kayla asked, looking around for her other two friends.
"I don't know," Robbie said, shrugging his shoulders as they reached the warehouse, "Maybe they're already here."
"It's quite possible," Travis said, "In fact, I'll bet they're inside waiting for us."
Robbie and Kayla nodded as Robbie opened the door. Kayla poked her head in, then quickly pulled it out and motioned for Robbie and Travis.
"What's going on in there?" Travis asked.
"I think Ray's gonna tell Lily that he likes her," Kayla said, "It sure sounds like he is."
"Finally!" Robbie said, "It sure took him long enough."
"He just needed to gather enough courage to tell her his true feelings," Travis said wisely as always.
"Yeah, what he said!" Kayla said, "Now let's listen! I wanna hear what's going on!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So, Lily," Ray was saying, "I wanted to tell you something that I've been wanting to tell you for a long time."
The two of them were sitting on the couch inside the RFR warehouse. Outside, Kayla, Robbie, and Travis were trying to hear what was going on.
"What is it?" Lily asked curiously, wanting to know why one of her best friends was being so weird.
"Well," Ray gulped, tripping over the words, "I've wanted to tell you this for a long time, and I think I can now."
"Fine then," Lily said, "Tell me."
"Lily," Ray began, swallowing hard. Outside, Kayla and the others were silently chanting, "Tell her! Tell her!" as they watched their friend finally tell Lily the truth.
"Lily," Ray began again, but Lily cut him off, saying, "Just tell me what you want to tell me, Ray. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's not that hard to say."
"If you only knew," Ray thought, then said, "Lily, I like you. A lot. That's why I tried to sabotage your date with Lee Johns. That's why I gave you the frog, to replace Jumpy, and before you ask what a dead frog has to do with love, it apparently got stunned when you shook the box. Robbie saw the frog after you left, and it was alive, you can ask him. That's why I wanted to walk you to that guitar lesson, why I said anyone would be lucky to have you, why I gave you the flicorice, why I've been acting so weird around you. It's all because I like you Lily." As he finished speaking, he watched Lily's expression go slowly from one of patient waiting to one of great shock, and finally to one of understanding and comprehension. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Outside Robbie and Travis were celebrating with Kayla, high-fiving each other and smiling. Kayla looked in the door again and said, "Guys, she's gonna say something!" at which time the celebrating stopped and they all began to eavesdrop again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily sat silent for a long time, processing what Ray told her. It all made sense, every word of it. The sabotage, the frog, even the "best of both worlds" flicorice, all of it made sense. It was all Ray's way of telling her how he felt, and she-whether intentionally or unintentionally- never picked up on it.
"Wow," Lily said slowly, "Ray, I never knew."
"Well, naturally," Ray said nervously, "You really never knew until today."
"I know that," Lily said, trying to phrase her response as delicately as possible, "And there's something I want to tell you too."
"What?" Ray said, holding his breath and waiting for what he was sure was going to be a cold rejection.
"Wonder what she's going to say?" Robbie asked Travis and Kayla, who shrugged their shoulders and turned back to watch what was going on inside.
"So, what's the big news Lily?" Ray asked.
Lily took a deep breath and said, "I like you too Ray."
"What?" Ray said in disbelief. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What?" Robbie, Kayla, and Travis said. Apparently they said it a little too loud, because a few minutes later, Ray and Lily came out yelling at them about eavesdropping and privacy, but it didn't matter, because the yellers were happy that the yellees knew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"5......4....3....2."
"This is Radio."
"Free."
"Roscoe."
"I'm Question Mark, and I'd like to start out today's show by introducing our newest DJ, Sodapop. Welcome to RFR Soda, we're glad to have you." Robbie said, by way of introduction.
"Thank you Question Mark, glad to be a part of the famous RFR, or, if you're Principal Waller or a certain Cougar Radio DJ, infamous RFR," Kayla said.
"So Sodapop, how's Ponyboy doing?" Ray asked, earning a punch in the right arm from Lily and a punch in the left arm from Kayla.
"Stall the 'Outsiders' jokes for now Pronto," Travis said, "We've still got to do the show."
"Smog makes an excellent point," Robbie said, "While we get Pronto off his 'Outsiders' kick, here's a song by the Ataris." Travis flipped the switch to turn off the microphones, and they all removed their headphones. Kayla sat back in her chair and began to hum the tune of the song, "The Boys Of Summer," eliciting grins from Robbie, Lily, and Travis, and weird looks from Ray, looks that earned him another punch from Lily.
When the song ended, the gang put their headphones back on and went on with the show.
"So, we're gonna take some calls from people on the outside," Ray said, "Tell us what you think of our new addition." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Well, Ed and Ted, I'm flattered that you like me as an addition, but I'm spoken for," Kayla said with a grin.
"Darn," said the boys, "Well, thanks for the honest response." With that they hung up.
"That was rather upsetting Soda," Travis said, "Why'd you turn them down?"
"I told you-and them-already Smog," Kayla said, "I'm spoken for."
"If you say so," Ray said, "Then that's good enough for us. Anyone else want to comment on our new DJ?"
Travis held up the chalkboard, and Kayla smiled when she saw the names on it: 'Aqua, Confucius, and Eek'
"Hi all, what's you're comment?" Kayla asked with a grin.
"Hi, this is Confucius, one of the DJs of ACE 76.8, and on behalf of our station, we'd like to congratulate you on joining RFR."
"Yeah, we're really proud of you Ka-" Kayla heard Michelle say, and began to panic. But Jordan came through and cut Michelle off, saying, "Aqua's just saying, 'We're really proud of you, ok?' We just say OK that way. Well, gotta go, hope you have a good run!"
"So, with that comment in mind," Kayla said, "here's an old song by the Plastic Ono Band."
Travis flipped another switch, and the sounds of "Give Peace a Chance" flowed through the studio. Kayla picked up her cell phone and dialed a number. The others watched as Kayla-obviously on the phone with Michelle-yelled things about blowing their cover and other things before forgiving her and making her promise never to do it again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the broadcast ended for the day, The RFR gang gave Kayla high- fives and pats on the back.
"Congratulations Sodapop," Robbie said, "Welcome to RFR."
That's all for tonight! Gotta get off computer before mom comes down to yell at me! More tomorrow!