Tick, Tock Timebomb Chapter 1: The Rising Actions
Them. It was all I saw. Them walking down the halls, holding hands. Him. He was the one I hated, the one I had dispised since freshman year, now 2 years later as juniors, I still hated him. "Swami, Buddha Boy" I had created a few awful names for him in the past. He deserved it, he betrayed me, he went behind my back and dated Lily for 6 months, before he decided to tell Robbie or Me.
"Hey Ray" Lily said cheerfully, as Travis kissed her goodbye and left for class, pulling me out of the i-hate-travis-cuz-he-loves-lily-and-so-do-i- but-i-will-never-get-her transe.
"Oh, Oh hey Lil, hows it going?" I said trying to be casual, to casual I guess, I can't be suave, as I tripped over a kid's strap of a bookbag, and found myself becoming very close and personal with the floor. Lily bent down laughing.
"Walk much?" she questioned smiling "Or just take a lot of trips?" she said lending her hand out to help me up, I grasped it and got up.
"Trips, believe me I rack up them frequent flyer miles" I said, joking with her, she laughed and we walked to our first class, Science.
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"In the anatomy of the average frog..." Ms. Musky went on about frogs. Frogs that lived in water, and on Lily pads. LILY pads. Wow, I just connected frogs to Lily, I'm surprised I havent' been arrested for being a stalker. Classes went on and on almost never ending. Specially History, I had it with both Travis and Lily, they sat near the back and glanced looks at each other, and I swore I saw Travis lay his hand on her leg. Lily. My Lily, now she was HIS Lily. Classes very slowly went by, and then lunch. Lunch with Lily and Travis.
"Hey" shouted Robbie, running from his last class of the morning, and into the lunch line.
"Hey" I said not smiling, or anything.
"Well, I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume something is wrong." He said sarcastically, obviously there was something wrong, a singing Spanish rat would realize there was something wrong...
"Yea, something is..." I started and glared at Travis and Lily, who had already planted themselves at the table, they were eating and had their fingers entwined in each others.
Robbie than glanced at what I was looking at "Ohhh, the Lily Love? I do have to admit that they look really cute together..." he gets cut off by Ray's evil glare at Robbie, "I mean bad, bad Travis, he should never of been interested in Lily and he's just an awful person!" he said sarcastically, I knew he supported Travis and Lily, because they were both great friends of his, and they looked really good together.
"I know you don't mind seeing them together, but I do"
"Well you should tell them"
"Yea, I can see how that would go, 'Hey Lily I have loved you ever since the first day of highschool 2 years ago, remember, when you hurt me so much by dating Travis behind my back, well here I am saying it, I love you Lily, and frankly I hate your boyfriend' yea that would work" Robbie just stares at me and motions for me to turn around.
"What Robbie" I say before I turn around. Then I do, I am met face to face with Lily.
"You have loved me since freshman year?!" Lily asked half surprised and half angered.
"No, No, we are friends, I love this girl I met at... basketball camp... and her name happens to be Lily McChully... and I'm not sure what I should do and..." he stops his lying to look up at a not amused Lily, "Fine I like you, a lot"
"Interesting, well thanks for letting me know" and with that she walked away. She had no interest with me. She sat right next to Travis and kissed him, very passionately. I couldn't believe this, I just announced my feelings to Lily and she goes straight to "Buddha Boy" and makes out with him (where's Ronnie when you need to make someone jealous...).
"Sorry Bro, we could sit somewhere else for lunch" Robbie said to me with a concerned look on his face.
"No Robbie, I'm not hungry" I sat my tray down and left, I was walking down the hall when Mr. Pulinowski, my math teacher, called me into his room.
"Ray! Raymond Brennan! Please come here, we need to talk about your last test grade" he said, I obeyed and walked inside
"Shoot sir"
"Ray, your last test grade was a 38% and before that 42%, these are beyond failing marks son, if you get one more test grade like these, you will fail math for this quarter." I swear my mouth dropped open and I started to drool on his desk, but it didn't. I left and leaned on my locker, I slowly slid down it. I brought my head to my knees, and started thinking about everything; Travis, Lily, Math, I was just awful.
"Hey Ray" a familiar voice sounded at me from across the hall.
This was good, I could finally talk to someone that knew how I felt, finally after everything I had been through, my day was looking up, lunch end in another 30 minutes now we could talk.
End of Chapter 1
SCENE FROM NEXT CHAPTER:
Someone he knew had an eating disorder? What if that someone was himself? Or even worse Lily? Maybe I was just coming to conclusions too early, or maybe I was right