Tick Tock Timebomb

The Final Chapter part II

Radio Free Roscoe

I was walking slowly to Mickey's realizing that Lily and I would never be together and Travis would always have his good luck with girls. Lily had an eating disorder, man, I would have never EVER though that. I felt a tear run down my left cheek, I brushed it away, yet to be greeted with another one from the right eye. Soon, tears were flooding down my face like streams, and I was outside Mickey's. I slide down the wall bringing my knees to my chin and laying my face down on my arms which were lightly resting on my knees. I was crying heavily still. I felt a hand rest on my shoulder, and a girl's figure sit next to me. I took my head off of my arms and looked at the girl who had her arm now around my shoulder. It was Audrey.

"Audrey, I thought you were already inside" I tried to manage out through slow sobs.

"I was, until I saw you outside, crying and sitting down outside Mickey's" she said still with her arm around my neck and her hand resting on my opposite shoulder. "Why are you crying like a train hit you?" she said concerned.

"It's Lily" I said as my crying had almost ceased.

"What's wrong with her?"

"She...She has..." I tried to say without crying, but soon tears were falling again.

"She has what? Ray, tell me!" she said her face in front of mine.

"She has Bulimia" I almost shouted out, like I had just gotten this huge thing off my chest.

"Oh My God" was all Audrey could manage out, her arm left my shoulder, and she sat back against the wall of Mickey's and stared at a piece of ground. Then she reached over and pulled me into a hug. By this time, I had finally stopped crying, and I needed this hug so badly, I hoped everything with Lily was alright, I had forgotten about my Math grade and Travis, it was just about Lily. When Audrey pulled away from the hug, she had a solitary tear, running a line from her left eye to the corner of her lip. I traced the line wth my hand and wiped it away.

"I thought you and Lily weren't friends"

"We aren't, but that doesn't mean I can't stop being worried and caring about her" she said as she got up. She reached out a hand and helped me up. I grasped it and stood up. I looked Audrey in the eyes, she was beautiful. WAIT, what am I saying? I loved Lily a lot... more than anybody else, so why did I get this fluttery feeling in the bottom of my heart when Audrey is around?

"Ready for some Math Ray?" she questioned.

"Yes, but go easy on me, I am very dumb" I said smiling, Audrey laughed.

"No Ray, you aren't dumb, just a little slow with Math" she said Matter-of- factly and guided me into Mickey's and sat us down in a booth in a far corner of the room.

"Ok, first let's look at this" she said pointing to the chapter entitled "Variables".

She started to explain why they were used, and what they actually were. I was learning something, finally. Mr. Pulinowski never got me to learn anything. He would just go around and around and end up confusing half the class. Audrey was a lot of help that night. After an hour of Math, which was about 5:05 pm. I offered to get us something to drink.

"Audrey, you helped me so much in just one hour, I have to do something to repay you, would you like something to drink?" I asked.

"Sure, some hot chocolate would be great" she said smiling.

"Alright" I left and got us some drinks, the total was $5.84, I was glad I decided to bring a ten tonite, instead of the 5 I had opted against.

"Here you go" I sad as I laid down the hot chocolate in front of Audrey.

"Thanks Ray, and since you are actually comprehending some math, we both deserve a break" she said as she relaxed back and took a sip of her hot chocolate.

"So Audrey" I began, she looked over at me, "I take it you haven't seen anybody since Travis and Lily went and kissed a gazillion times" she laughed.

"I have, I just haven't met anybody I connected with, the way I did with Travis, where we both knew how it was to be crushed, and even understood each other, a lot better then just being "cute" she finished.

"I know, I haven't dated anybody since Ronnie, and that was a disaster." I spoke with hilarity, as usual. I did this to make girls I like laugh...yes, I guess I had to decided sooner or later. I liked Audrey, a lot, but I couldn't bring myself to say it to her, or even drop hints.

"I remember that, it was almost border-line creepy" she said, I gave a small chuckle. We were sipping on our drinks for about 5 minutes before either of us said anything.

"So do you...like anybody right now?" I questioned Audrey, almost nervous to hear the answer.

"Yea, there is someone, but he is completely hung over another girl, so my chances with him are slim to none." She finished by drinking the rest of her hot chocolate.

"Oh, well, same here, except I think she still likes her old boyfriend" I said staring at Audrey.

"Really? Wow, I guess we are both screwed!" she laughed and smiled.

"So why do you have interest in this guy, you seem to like so much?" I asked her while I finished my latte.

"He was super-nice to me during some really hard times, and he is sensitive, I've seen him cry before."

"Wow, sounds like a great guy, the girl I love is beautiful, and smart, and just a lot of awesome."

"Are you referring to Lily?"

"No, she is dating your ex, I still like her, possibly love her, but I realize I need to move on now."

"You're really sweet Ray, and I think your sweetness has brought me the courage to tell the guy I like, that I do like him" She said confidently.

"I think your confidence, has given me the confidence, to confidently tell her that I love her" I said jokingly, although I was going to tell her.

"Well, here I go" Audrey began, "He's right here in Mickey's"

I glanced around and noticed we were the only ones here. And unless she had a huge thing for Mickey, then I realized it was me she was crushing on. I turned around and saw her blushing furiously, as she turned her head down and looked at the chair she was sitting on.

"Audrey" I said in a soft tone. "Is that guy me?"

Audrey nodded, still not meeting my eyes, still staring at her chair like her life depended on it. I took my right hand and pulled her chin up, to where we were looking eye to eye.

"What if the girl was you?" I said smiling.

"I would just about die" she said

"Well, it was, Audrey I have fallen for you"

Audrey smiled at me, and I smiled back. My right hand soon raised to her cheek and I leaned in to kiss her. Our lips met, and I could feel her hand on the back of my neck. I knew the kiss had to end, but I didn't want it to. Our lips broke apart, and we went back to talking, and finishing up with Math. There was one difference though. My fingers were entwined with hers. And occasionally I would kiss her cheek. She walked me home, we walked slowly, it was already going on 6:30, I had forgotten to call my parents, I don't think they would mind though. Our hands were still together, and we were talking about stupid things, things that most girlfriends and boyfriends wouldn't have fun talking about, like school, math, friends, music, anime, aliens, and stranger stuff than that. Soon we arrived at my house.

"Audrey, tonight was amazing, with your math help, and the fact that I now have the perfect girlfriend" I said staring onto her dark brown eyes.

"It was, even though you are still having some trouble, as your girlfriend, I will keep an eye on you" she said punching me lightly "I know it is Lily's job, and I'm fine with that, but it needed to be done" she said talking of the punch I had received. I looked into her eyes, and kissed her again. Our kiss goodnight.

"See you tomorrow Ray" Audrey said to me after our lips broke apart.

"See you then Audrey" I said as I walked into the house.

"Ray, you said you would call me if you were to be late" My mom told me.

"I thought I would make it home, but we got a little carried away with math" I lied through my teeth, my mom figured me out.

"Ray, it's ok for you to have a new girlfriend, you don't have to lie about it" she said reading my mind.

"Ok, well yea, Audrey is my girlfriend then, and I have more studying to do in preparation for tomorrow's huge math test" I said running up to my room.

As soon as I got there, my cell phone rang

"Hello"

"Hi, it's Travis" he said almost heartbroken

"Is something wrong"

"It's Lily"

End of chapter 3 part II

A/N: Yes, very shocking isn't it, I love cliffies, ahhhh. Anyway, I haven't writting the next chapter yet, but once I do, I will have ended it. So this is the second-to-last chapter. Sorry about how long this chapter was, I was reading through it and it was either keep it this long or cut out some not-nessacary deets, like some of the Ray/Audrey scenes, because that is mainly what this chapter is about. Robbie has shown up very VERY rarely in this story, Sorry about that. I will have another story out in a few weeks (after my writing break, see profile) and it should have some Robbie in it, more than this story does. Thanks for reading, and please please please please please continue to review!