Love Bites

Chapter 5

A/N: Hey all who reviewed. This chapter is way long, sorry about that, but it's exciting! And the bottom is a bit of a songfic so I really really hope you enjoy and review! You rock!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with RFR or Avril's lyrics. I don't own anything except maybe this plot line.

Lily's POV

Sighing, I sat back down in my chair and watched as Robbie quickly left the warehouse.

         "Mickey's doesn't sound so great anymore." I said.

         "C'mon, Lily, Robbie's just acting…." Ray tried to comfort me but I could tell he had no idea what was wrong with Robbie either. He sat down on the table beside me. I sighed again, standing up.

         "No one knows?" I asked, exasperated. It was then when I noticed Travis shuffling papers around, with his back to me. I walked up to him. "You do, don't you?" I asked, smirking. Travis could never lie. Now he'd have to tell me. He turned to look at me and breathed in.

         "It's just a girl. He has a new girlfriend." Ray was now listening, too.

         "Who?" I ask. Travis shrugs.

         "I shoulda known! Don't worry Lily, it won't last long." Ray said, walking up behind me. I smiled.

         "Ray, you're sweet." It was so cute how he was always so caring! I don't know why I didn't notice him that way before. He wrapped an arm around my waist.

         "Mickey's, still?" I asked Travis.

         "Sure. Give me a second." He put the papers away and we left.

THE*NEXT*DAY

         It was Thursday and Robbie was avoiding us. I was dying to figure out who his new girlfriend was, but every time I'd walk up to him, he'd remember something he had to do. Ray, Travis and I ate lunch on the staircase like we usually did, but Robbie never showed.

         "Hey guys, I'm gonna go see if Robbie's in the cafeteria." I set my stuff down on the steps and walked down the hall. I looked through the window and saw Robbie at once. He was dressed in the dressy clothes again I tried to see who was with him. Then a girl turned around and I recognized her as Judy Douglass. 'That's it' I thought, 'He must be dating Judy.' Before Robbie turned around, I left. 

         "It's Judy." I told Ray and Travis. Ray turned his head quickly.

         "Who?"

         "Judy. 'Starry eyes.'" I remind him, trying to jog his memory. Travis hardly even looked up.

         "Guess we'll find out tonight." He said, and I shrugged, sitting down next to Ray.

LATER


Ray and I went to the station right after school and started on homework. Ray was goofing off again.

         "C'mon, Ray. This is history time, remember?" I said, but not really wanting to study either.

         "I still don't understand why we have to learn about old dead guys anyway." He replied. I laughed, looking over at him.

         "Me either." I agreed. All of a sudden I was aware of how silent it was. Ray reached over and slowly closed the textbook. I looked up at him and moved a little closer, tilting my head. His lips felt soft on mine and I closed my eyes. He touched my cheek with his hand and the kiss slowly deepened. My eyes shot open when the door slammed and Robbie came stomping into the room. Ray pulled away, rolling his eyes.

         "Nice timing, Question Mark." He commented. I smirked. Robbie looked up and smirked and sat in his normal seat, across from Ray and pulled out his homework. I sat back in my chair – arms crossed and Ray rolled his eyes again. "Don't take a hint, do you?" Ray asked, and I kicked his chair. Robbie laughed, looking up. Seeing a bonding moment coming on, well, either that or something thoroughly disgusting, I decided to leave.

"I'm gonna go get a soda. You guys want one?"

"Sure, Lily thanks." Ray said and Robbie nodded.

"Yeah, me too."

"Alright." I said, heading out the door. I took my time so I'd be back just in time to give Travis a copy of my play list and to get stuff ready. Ten minutes would be enough.

"Hey guys." I greeted them, handing Ray and Robbie both their bottles of Coke.

"Thanks." They said in unison. I nodded and made my way back to the tech booth.

"Hey Travis, here's my play list." He read over it and looked back up.

"Why Avril? You hate her." He asked. The song was 'Complicated.'

"You'll understand when you hear the song." I began to leave the booth.

"Hey Lily, would it be okay to play some real music between the love songs?" He joked. I rolled my eyes. Once seated, I stared over at Robbie.

"It's Judy, isn't it?" I asked. I noticed him squirm a bit in his chair. "Isn't it?"

"Yeah, so what if it is?" He said.

"So what? You didn't reveal yourself, did you?" I asked.

"No! How stupid do you think I am?" Robbie replied, his voice growing louder.

"Guys!" Ray said, trying to break us up. I ignored him.

"Pretty stupid. Why would you even go out with her after she dumped you?"

"She didn't dump me, she was just disappointed! And why are you so worked up? Are you jealous?"

"Robbie I know girls like her she just breaks hearts!" I was just watching out for him.

"Girls like her! There you go again. Judy is not one of those girls!" Ray looked nervously from the both of us but Travis jumped in.

"Settle this guys, we're on in five, four," we put on our headphones. The blue light came on and Robbie started talking.

"You're listening to Radio Free Roscoe. I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering, what's in a stereotype? Aren't there exceptions? Some people say all jocks are mean. Or all drama people are freaks. Or all cheerleaders are stuck up."

"They are!" I said. Robbie shot me a look.

"No. They're not. Listeners, what do you think?" Robbie said into his mic.

"If you don't mind, Question Mark, I have a question myself." Ray stared at me incredulously. "Why is it that when you're trying to help out a friend they automatically think that you're jealous?"

"Helping?" Robbie said. "Is that what you think you're doing?"

"Yes. You're so blinded by your new 'status' that you see past what's really going on!"

"Thank you, Question Mark and Shady Lane for that…uh…here's a song by Blink 182. Enjoy." Ray said and Travis put the song on. We took off our headphones.

"I'm not blinded!" Robbie exclaimed, outraged.

"You are! You are forgetting about us and just hanging out with her!"

"You are jealous!" He yelled. I rolled my eyes.

"You wish! In case you haven't noticed, Ray and I are going out!" I saw Ray squirm.

"Don't get me into all this!" Ray said.

"Guys, we're back on." Travis said.

"That was Blink 182, First Date. Now here's a song I think our friend Question Mark needs to listen to." I nodded to Travis.

-Chill out, what you yelling for? -

-Lay back, it's all been done before-

-And if you could only let it be, you would see-

"What is this?" Robbie asked loudly, listening to the song. I shrugged.

-Somebody else, round everyone else-

-Watching your back, like you can't relax-

-Trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me-

I leaned back in satisfaction. Ray looked over at me in disbelief.

-Tell me, why do you have to go and make things so complicated?-

-I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated-

-Life's like this, you fall & you crawl & you break & you take what you get & you turn it into, honesty and promise me I'm never gonna find you faking-

-No, no, no-

Robbie yanked off his headphones, but we could still hear the song playing.

"Is this your idea of a joke?" He asked.

"No, actually, I think this has a lot to do with how you're acting. Don't you think, Travis?" We turned back to look at him.

"Yeah, I think Lily has a point."

"Travis, I can't believe you! I'd expect this from Lily but you?" Robbie exclaimed but the song continued.

-Laugh out when you strike your pose-
-Take off all your preppy clothes-
-You know you're not fooling anyone-
-When you've become…-

"Look, Robbie, Lily's right. You're like a different person." Travis continued.

"If this is about my clothing-"

"You're dressing like an idiot!" I claim "But what I really care about is the way you're acting." (A/N: Degrassi reference, huh?)

"I'm not acting different!" Robbie yells. "People can change. Maybe I don't wanna be this Robbie anymore." He stands up, still shouting. "But you? You'll still be the same, controlling bitch you always were!" He grabs his backpack and walks out. My mouth drops open. Ray stares over at Robbie and stands up.

"Hey! You can't get away with that!" He yells, following Robbie out the door.

"Ray, don't do anything stupid!" I call after him and put my head in my hands, closing my eyes hard, not going to let the tears fall. The rest of the song fades into the background.

-Promise me I'm never gonna find you faking-

-No, no, no-