Not much to say, other than get on to reading the important stuff! Not my lame-o author's note! Heh.

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It was a short quiet walk to Lily's house. Both Ray and Lily were at a loss for words after the game of choose. Once they got to her house, Lily began, "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah."

"Thanks for walking me home."

"No problem." Ray smiled.

Lily returned the smile. "You can be so sweet sometimes Ray."

"Uhh...thanks." Ray replied, not knowing how to respond.

"Well, it's cold out here, and I'd better be getting inside. I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Yeah, tomorrow." Ray began, when Lily hugged him. Ray discreetly smelled her hair. He loved how it smelled. It always smelled so good. Like flowers, or girl. One of the two. He held her close, she was cold.

"Well, see you tomorrow." Ray said as he backed away from her a step or two.

"Yeah. Goodnight."

"Goodnight. Sleep well."

Lily smiled. "You too."

Lily opened her front door and walked in. After she shut it behind her, she hurried over to the window to watch Ray as he walked away. Before he was completely out of sight, Lily thought to herself, "..Could I really like Ray? Is that even possible?"

~*~

It was 9:30 am when Ray woke up. He looked around in a dazed and confused state until he saw his alarm clock.

"Crap! I'm late!" He exclaimed. Ray frantically ran around his room in an attempt to get himself ready for his late arrival at school. When he finally made it downstairs, he noticed the answering machine beeping. He decided to quickly check the messages, even though they were most likely from the attendance office stating his absences so far today. Ray sat down on the couch and pushed the play button on the answering machine.

The monotone machine lady began, "Two new messages. First new message." Then, Robbie's voice took over. "Hey Ray! What's up? I bet you're still sleeping, but I wanted to check and see if you wanted to go sledding or something. Well, get back to me! Later!"

Ray thought to himself, "Sledding? ..but it's Tuesday."

As the second new message began, Ray got up and walked over to the window. All he could see was snow.

"Second new message."

Lily's voice took over. "Hey Ray! Can you believe we got a snow day? You don't need any more sleep! Get out of bed and get back to me ASAP! Bye!"

Ray was surprised to hear from Lily. He knew he would take her up on that offer right away. He decided to call Robbie back first though.

"Hello?"

"Hi Mrs. McGrath. Is Robbie around?"

"No, Ray. I believe he went out somewhere with Kim. She's such a sweetheart."

"Oh. Alright, thanks."

"No problem. I'll let Robbie know you called when he gets back."

"Okay. Thanks."

"Bye."

Ray hung up. He was glad that Robbie was already out. This meant he could have some alone time with Lily. He just hoped that she was still at home. It would really be a shame if she had already gone somewhere.

He decided to hit the speed dial and impatiently waited for someone to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Lily! Hey. You're still home."

"Yeah. I called you less than half an hour ago. I figured I'd wait a little while for you to wake up."

"Well, thanks."

"So, what are you up for today?"

"I don't know. Do you have any ideas?"

"Well, you could come over and we could figure something out here."

"Okay."

"Alright, see you in a few."

Ray hung up the phone, and then continued getting ready. As he was getting ready, the phone rang. He answered it.

"It's go time."

"Hey Ray." It was Travis. "Are you planning on going to the station today?"

"What do you mean?"

"I guess you haven't heard yet. We might broadcast a special snow day daytime RFR."

"Is Lily going?"

"I haven't called her yet. I was going to after I got off the phone with you."

"I can tell her. I was on my way to her house when you called. You caught me on my way out the door."

"Well, I guess I'll let you go then. I hope to see you two at the station later."

"Yeah, thanks. Bye."

After Ray hung up the phone, he grabbed his coat and scarf out of the closet and headed out the door. Luckily Lily's house was just a short walk from Ray's house, because it was definitely major snow day weather. Once Lily's house was visible Ray began to run. Before he could knock on the door, Lily opened it.

"Don't just stand there, It's cold out Ray. Come on in!"

Regardless of his hesitant nature, Ray entered. As he took off his coat and scarf, he looked around the living room of the house that once was as familiar to him as his own. Although it hadn't changed much over the years, it still seemed like it had.

"I'm gonna go upstairs and put my guitar away. If you want you can come up too." Lily stated. Ray followed Lily up the stairs and into her room. "So what time did you wake up?" She asked with a grin.

"Oh...a little after 9."

"Sure. I called you a little after 9."

"Okay, so maybe it was a little after 9:30."

Lily laughed. "That sounds a bit more like it."

"So?"

"I had a feeling you wouldn't be in any hurry to wake up."

"Well, there is a story behind it. I didn't know we had a snow day. I thought I was late."

"Oh." Lily laughed. "You must have been really upset in that case."

"I was!" Ray said in a tone obviously attempting to win a battle that was already won.

"Well, anyway. What shall we do today?" Lily asked.

"Did Travis call you?"

"No. Why? Was he supposed to?"

"No."

"Well, why would he?"

"He was calling around about having a daytime RFR since we have a snow day."

"Are we gonna have one?"

"Probably. If Robbie shows up."

"Why? Where is he?"

"His mom said he was out with Kim."

"Oh really?"

"Yep."

"Well, that's his business, not ours. Let it be."

"Yeah."

"So, do you want to head over to the station and see if that's where Travis is, and if we're having a special RFR today?"

"I suppose. I guess it couldn't hurt anything."

"Alright. Let me run downstairs and write a note so if anyone comes home while we're gone they'll have an idea of what's going on."

"Okay."

Ray and Lily walked back downstairs so Lily could write the note. She opened up one of the kitchen drawers and pulled out a stack of yellow post- it notes. On the top one she wrote, "I'm out with the guys. Possibly at Mickey's. I'll be home later. –Lily."

"Alright." Lily said as she peeled of the post-it note and stuck it on the front of the refrigerator. She put the rest of the post-it notes back in the drawer. "Let's get going!" She said with a smile.

They put on their outerwear, left Lily's house, and began walking in the direction of the station.

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