It's Tuesday afternoon and it's been a week since Ray's plea for reconciliation among his friends on RFR but they haven't spoken since. Ray has been floating between our favorite couple – Travis and Lily and Robbie and Sam. The show definitely has seen better days but response is still high so there is nothing to worry about except their friendship.
"So did Travis or Lily say anything to you in class today?" Robbie said as can of soda and her iced coffee down and took his seat at their table at Mickey's where they have spent the last week together talking, laughing and listening to RFR.
"No. Lily just looked kind of nervous and Travis didn't even look at me" Robbie lets out a little laugh.
"Sounds like Travis. Oh man, in Physics today he told off Ed and Ted, who think they know everything, in a way that only Travis can" Sam sighs "I'm sorry I shouldn't have brought him up, did I offend you? I didn't mean too, I…"
"No" she says putting her hand up "I'm fine" she says and fiddles with her straw for a minute. "You miss them don't you?" Robbie was a little thrown off by her question, he nods feeling guilty about what he's admitting "and RFR too, right?" he responds the same way. 'Breathing' by Yellowcard ends and Shady opened up the phones for personal gripes as Robbie, Sam and most of Roscoe listened.
"Hey Shady, my gripe is how come your locker always gets stuck when you're trying to look cute? I was going to give my crush the notes from English class and my stupid locker wouldn't open. He just laughed at me and told me to forget it and left but as soon as he walked away it opened" a fast talking high pitched female voice said over the air.
"That sux" Shady said empathetically
"Lockers are evil" Pronto said.
"This is RFR and you're on the air" Smog said.
"My gripe is that it's been almost a week and no Question Mark"
"Yea and what about Sktzo Stylz?" Ed and Ted practically yelled over the phone as they usually do. Robbie and Sam just looked at each other. There was silence on the air for a couple of seconds.
"I miss Question Mark and his riddles that question life and our own motives in a form of self reflection and self discovery"
"Yea and I miss Sktzo Stylz and her sexy voice… not that your voice isn't sexy Shady"
"Thanks Ted" Shady said sounding a little grossed out.
"Question Mark and Sktzo Stylz are on vacation, they will be back soon" Smog said. And Pronto picked another caller but instead of listening he texted Robbie asking him if he was listening and Robbie responded and told him Sam was listening with him. Ray texted him back asking if they're ready to talk yet.
"Ray what's to know if we're ready to talk" Robbie said.
"Yea…let's go now" Sam said and began to gather her stuff.
"You sure?"
"Yes, tell Ray we're on our way" Robbie texted Ray with the good news.
I'm not ready to talk but I have to do this for Robbie…he needs his friends. He misses RFR….I'm holding him back but not any longer. I guess I have to face Travis eventually…and Lily too...I do miss RFR…Oh well Here goes nothing….
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"What? Are you serious?"
"Yea he said they're on their way now" Ray said happily to Travis and Lily when they were safely off the air while a song played.
"Good, I'm glad this is going to be over. It's messing up my concentration during meditation" Lily smiled at Travis, the not so average guy that turned out to be her perfect guy. "I'm going to need to talk to Sam alone" he said to her.
"Okay, I need to talk to Robbie anyway" she said not sure of what he was going to say to her.
"We're on in 5…4…3…"
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"Why do you want to talk now?" Robbie questioned as they left Mickey's.
"Well, I miss RFR and I hate having fights with people. I rather just forget the whole thing"
"You sure? You know, I don't want you to do this for me"
"I'm sure and I'm not" she said as they continued on towards the station.
She can't be ready this fast, there's no way….well, she did say that she was just mad not hurt and that was like a week ago…Maybe she's not doing it because of me maybe she is ready…But then again it wouldn't be unlike her to sacrifice her feelings for my sake…I don't know…its not like I haven't been missing them anyway. It's still ridiculous what they did…I don't know I guess you can't fight true love, that's now excuse though but….OH FORGET IT! Can we just forget the whole thing?! I won't my life back, my friends and my show…I have Sam now anyway…well not officially but we got something…at least I think we do…She hasn't said anything since I told her I loved her, and I really do. Even though she didn't say it back I think she feels the same…I think we can really be something special to each other…she may even be "the one" for me…
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Everyone is paired off but me…I don't really like anyone though…I used to like Lily but we could've never been more than friends, we've known each other for too long, we're like brother and sister…there was Veronica but that was shallow…Travis will be good to Lily I think regardless of what happened between him and Sam, he'll take care of Lily, I know he will…
"Earth to Pronto" Lily said waving her hand in his face
"Huh? What?" Lily shook her head.
"Now that you're back from dreamland, we're talking about peer pressure, any thoughts?"
"Yea" he said sitting up and paused for a second, "why is it that when everyone around is doing something that you feel like you should be doing it too?" Lily was shocked by the remark from the usual 'too-silly' Ray. He said something worthwhile for a change and she was impressed, with the recent events Ray has really stepped up on air.
"Its human nature to judge yourself based on your surroundings and then attempt to adapt, whether that be in the jungle or in High School" Travis said. The show went on and ended easily and they sat in almost total silence as they waited for Sam and Robbie to arrive.
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"Sam?" Robbie almost croaked out she turned towards him as they walked to the station "What is…How do you…I mean…What are we to each other?" Robbie finally managed to get out. Sam thought for a second.
"I don't know" she said she put her head down for a minute and then looked back up at him. "I…have a lot of feelings for you…what do you want us to be?"
Husband and Wife sounds good…
Robbie wiped the thought out of his head.
"I would like to be as close to you as possible" he said unsure of how she was going to respond.
"Well I think we've got the friends thing down…what's our next step then?"
"Umm" Robbie said nervously. "How about boyfriend and girlfriend?" his head was down now as if to shield himself from rejection. Sam smiled.
"Sounds good to me" she said taking his hand. Robbie looked up at her as to make sure he wasn't dreaming.
"You sure you're ready for this?"
"Yea I am" she said squeezing his hand and Robbie smiled and they walked hand in hand for a little while.
"We're here" he said as they reached the alley way "You ready to do this?" he said as they stood in front of the door and he glanced over at her.
"Yes" she said and Robbie reached for the door.
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"Ahh! The silence is deafening, play a song would ya!" Ray said shocking both Travis and Lily out of there trances. None of them had moved from they're places since the show went off.
"Sorry Ray" Travis said knowing he hadn't been much company for Ray or Lily and he put on a Blind Melon CD and took a seat on the big red couch.
"This waiting is killing me" Lily said impatiently.
"Yea I know…Do you know what you're going to say to Robbie?" Travis asked concerned for Lily.
"Yea, I think so" she said in a long sigh. "Do you know what you are going to say to Sam?"
"Yea, I do"
"Hey what am I supposed to do while you two guys are talking?!" Travis laughed and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Ray why don't you head home we'll tell you what happened later" Travis said.
"Yea, Yea, I always have to leave" Ray said grabbing his stuff and Travis walks over to him and lays his hand on Ray's shoulder.
"Thanks for everything Ray, the only reason they're coming is because of you. I really appreciate that man" Ray let out a slight laugh at the use of his friend using the word man.
"Yea just don't start hugging me and stuff alright" Travis shakes his head and laughs as Ray heads up the stairs. His voice could be heard greeting someone at the top stairs Travis and Lily look at each other quickly to reassure each other.
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"Let's go" He said opening the door with one hand and holding her hand with the other. She squeezes his hand and he turns his head to make sure she is ok. She nods her head and they walk through the door only to be greeted by Ray.
"Hey Ray"
"Hey" Sam managed to get out.
"Hey guys, look I'm going to let the 4 of you talk alone so I'm out"
"Ok" as Ray passed by him he called out "I'll call you tonight" Ray nods and continues "Oh and Ray…thanks for everything" Ray winked and left and Sam and Robbie headed down the steps.
