Chapter Five
"How's your mom feeling?" Robbie asks as they walk toward Mickey's.
"A lot better than she was when she was taking her chemo, she's less weak and she can eat more." Lily responds.
"She looked good when we saw her earlier," Ray comments.
"Yeah," Lily looks toward Travis hoping that he will find a smooth way to change the topics.
"Ed and Ted called during the show, they want to call in tomorrow because they want to voice their opinion on the royalty race for prom." Travis informs the group.
"Should make for an interesting show," Robbie comments.
Lily slips her hand into Travis' as they round the corner near Mickey's and he smiles gently back at her, "so prom," Robbie brings the topic up again. "We're going? Bad music and all?"
"Yeah, the school makes a lot of money off of prom." Lily points out.
Travis nods, "I think this is choose your battles situation, if RFR goes up against Waller we'll loose."
Robbie gives Travis a look, "you mean to tell me Travis isn't going to do battle with Waller over this?"
Travis nods, "I won't fight him on this."
Ray nods, "good. I think we'll have fun."
Lily nods, "I think so too."
Walking into Mickey's Lily suddenly remembers that Audrey had recently begun working there and she drops Travis' hand and offers, "I'll order, my treat."
"If it's your treat then I'll get it." Ray suggests.
Lily shakes her head, "everyone wants their regulars right?" When the guys nod she nods and head to the counter where Audrey stands ready for her. They literally hadn't spoken since that night in Lily's bedroom years before when Lily told Audrey that she and Travis had kissed. Due to several occasional run ins where they had to get along Travis and Audrey had over their problems; but Lily figured, not to mention agreed with, that Audrey held the theory that a cheating friend is worse than a cheating boyfriend.
"So you and Travis." Audrey comments.
Lily nods, "yeah, I guess, it just happened."
"Finally." Audrey states.
That was not what Lily had expected, she knew Audrey was long over Travis but this wasn't the response she had thought was coming, "I'm sorry?"
"Well it took you guys long enough." Audrey smiles at Lily. Lily mut have a weird look on her face because Audrey states, "I'm sorry about the last couple of years."
"It was my fault," Lily shakes her head.
Audrey shrugs, "maybe, I blamed you for months afterwards. By the time I realized that if I was supposed to be with Travis you guys wouldn't have kissed it was just easier to keep ignoring you."
Lily nods, "I understand that."
"So maybe we can do something sometime." Audrey suggests.
Lily nods, "I'd love to, but I should get them their food."
"Do either of you think it's weird that Lily and Audrey are hugging AFTER Travis and Lily get together?" Ray questions.
Travis and Robbie shrug as they watch the two girls separate and Lily pay for their food and walk toward the table. "So you and Audrey are alright?" Travis asks gently touching Lily's arm when she sits with them.
"Yeah," Lily nods, "everything's fine."
"So," Ray takes a last drink of his soda, the straw making a loud slurping noise before he continues. "Should we rent movies and head back to my place or something? "
"I can't," Lily responds, "I should get going, I'm sure my mom and dad are done with dinner."
Ray looks ready to protest but Travis silences him with a brief look, "I'll walk you home."
"You don't have to." Lily counters.
"I want to." Travis states. "We'll see you guys later."
Lily and Travis walk out of Mickey's quietly until Travis asks, "everything all right?"
Lily nods, "I'm just tired, it's been a long day."
Travis wraps an arm around Lily's waist, "are you coming to school Monday?"
"Yeah, my parents will probably make me." Lily leans against Travis and once they get to her house Lily asks, "do you want to come in?"
Travis shakes his head, "I'll let you have family time."
Lily blushes a little, "I lied." Lily tucks her short hair behind her ear, "it's not that I don't want to hang out with Ray and Robbie but..." Lily shrugs, "I've been a little social inept lately, but just because I don't want to be in a group doesn't mean I want to be alone."
"Are you sure?" Travis asks again.
"I'm sure," Lily unlocks the front door, "come in."
"So where are your parents then?" Travis asks following Lily into the house.
"They were going out for ice cream after dinner." Lily states, "so do you want some ice cream, because we have a lot of ice cream in the house."
"Sure," Travis nods, "what kind?"
"Chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip or chocolate chip cookie dough."
"A lot of chocolate chips." Travis comments.
"We're a chocolate chip type of family." Lily smiles. "So?"
"Mint," Travis responds.
"Good choice, my favorite." Lily opens the freeze and pulls out the half gallon contain her quickly dishes out two large bowls of ice cream. They settle into a comfortable silence eating their ice cream until a couple spoonfuls into her bowl Lily pushes it away from her and Travis calls her on it.
"I thought it was your favorite?" Travis asks.
"It is, but there's just something wrong with mint chocolate chip ice cream that's not minty colored." Lily responds.
"Uh huh." Travis nods slowly at Lily not believing a word of what she is saying and he stares at her intently.
Lily shifts under his gaze but finally confesses, "it's really sad that I can't even stand to be in my own house."
"We can get out of here if you want," Travis states. "I know where we can go."
"You didn't tell me that we were going hiking." Lily states as she stumbles over rocks on her way following Travis up a hill.
"Yeah, sorry about that, it's not usually this rough but the rain kind of destroyed the path." Travis responds as he takes Lily's hand and helps her over a particularly rough patch on the path. "I come up here when I can't stand to be alone."
"But it's so quiet up here," Lily observes softly.
Travis nods, "yeah, it is. But somehow, looking over the city, watching all the people come and go it feels less lonely than sitting alone in my house."
Lily observes Travis for a minute and then nods, "I understand that."
A.N. sorry it took so long to update but I've been on vacation for the last month, but I'm back, yay and I got a lot of writing done while I was gone so you are rewarded...DO you know how hard it was being away from the computer for a month? I live in a technological age okay...I need my ff.net!
"How's your mom feeling?" Robbie asks as they walk toward Mickey's.
"A lot better than she was when she was taking her chemo, she's less weak and she can eat more." Lily responds.
"She looked good when we saw her earlier," Ray comments.
"Yeah," Lily looks toward Travis hoping that he will find a smooth way to change the topics.
"Ed and Ted called during the show, they want to call in tomorrow because they want to voice their opinion on the royalty race for prom." Travis informs the group.
"Should make for an interesting show," Robbie comments.
Lily slips her hand into Travis' as they round the corner near Mickey's and he smiles gently back at her, "so prom," Robbie brings the topic up again. "We're going? Bad music and all?"
"Yeah, the school makes a lot of money off of prom." Lily points out.
Travis nods, "I think this is choose your battles situation, if RFR goes up against Waller we'll loose."
Robbie gives Travis a look, "you mean to tell me Travis isn't going to do battle with Waller over this?"
Travis nods, "I won't fight him on this."
Ray nods, "good. I think we'll have fun."
Lily nods, "I think so too."
Walking into Mickey's Lily suddenly remembers that Audrey had recently begun working there and she drops Travis' hand and offers, "I'll order, my treat."
"If it's your treat then I'll get it." Ray suggests.
Lily shakes her head, "everyone wants their regulars right?" When the guys nod she nods and head to the counter where Audrey stands ready for her. They literally hadn't spoken since that night in Lily's bedroom years before when Lily told Audrey that she and Travis had kissed. Due to several occasional run ins where they had to get along Travis and Audrey had over their problems; but Lily figured, not to mention agreed with, that Audrey held the theory that a cheating friend is worse than a cheating boyfriend.
"So you and Travis." Audrey comments.
Lily nods, "yeah, I guess, it just happened."
"Finally." Audrey states.
That was not what Lily had expected, she knew Audrey was long over Travis but this wasn't the response she had thought was coming, "I'm sorry?"
"Well it took you guys long enough." Audrey smiles at Lily. Lily mut have a weird look on her face because Audrey states, "I'm sorry about the last couple of years."
"It was my fault," Lily shakes her head.
Audrey shrugs, "maybe, I blamed you for months afterwards. By the time I realized that if I was supposed to be with Travis you guys wouldn't have kissed it was just easier to keep ignoring you."
Lily nods, "I understand that."
"So maybe we can do something sometime." Audrey suggests.
Lily nods, "I'd love to, but I should get them their food."
"Do either of you think it's weird that Lily and Audrey are hugging AFTER Travis and Lily get together?" Ray questions.
Travis and Robbie shrug as they watch the two girls separate and Lily pay for their food and walk toward the table. "So you and Audrey are alright?" Travis asks gently touching Lily's arm when she sits with them.
"Yeah," Lily nods, "everything's fine."
"So," Ray takes a last drink of his soda, the straw making a loud slurping noise before he continues. "Should we rent movies and head back to my place or something? "
"I can't," Lily responds, "I should get going, I'm sure my mom and dad are done with dinner."
Ray looks ready to protest but Travis silences him with a brief look, "I'll walk you home."
"You don't have to." Lily counters.
"I want to." Travis states. "We'll see you guys later."
Lily and Travis walk out of Mickey's quietly until Travis asks, "everything all right?"
Lily nods, "I'm just tired, it's been a long day."
Travis wraps an arm around Lily's waist, "are you coming to school Monday?"
"Yeah, my parents will probably make me." Lily leans against Travis and once they get to her house Lily asks, "do you want to come in?"
Travis shakes his head, "I'll let you have family time."
Lily blushes a little, "I lied." Lily tucks her short hair behind her ear, "it's not that I don't want to hang out with Ray and Robbie but..." Lily shrugs, "I've been a little social inept lately, but just because I don't want to be in a group doesn't mean I want to be alone."
"Are you sure?" Travis asks again.
"I'm sure," Lily unlocks the front door, "come in."
"So where are your parents then?" Travis asks following Lily into the house.
"They were going out for ice cream after dinner." Lily states, "so do you want some ice cream, because we have a lot of ice cream in the house."
"Sure," Travis nods, "what kind?"
"Chocolate chip, mint chocolate chip or chocolate chip cookie dough."
"A lot of chocolate chips." Travis comments.
"We're a chocolate chip type of family." Lily smiles. "So?"
"Mint," Travis responds.
"Good choice, my favorite." Lily opens the freeze and pulls out the half gallon contain her quickly dishes out two large bowls of ice cream. They settle into a comfortable silence eating their ice cream until a couple spoonfuls into her bowl Lily pushes it away from her and Travis calls her on it.
"I thought it was your favorite?" Travis asks.
"It is, but there's just something wrong with mint chocolate chip ice cream that's not minty colored." Lily responds.
"Uh huh." Travis nods slowly at Lily not believing a word of what she is saying and he stares at her intently.
Lily shifts under his gaze but finally confesses, "it's really sad that I can't even stand to be in my own house."
"We can get out of here if you want," Travis states. "I know where we can go."
"You didn't tell me that we were going hiking." Lily states as she stumbles over rocks on her way following Travis up a hill.
"Yeah, sorry about that, it's not usually this rough but the rain kind of destroyed the path." Travis responds as he takes Lily's hand and helps her over a particularly rough patch on the path. "I come up here when I can't stand to be alone."
"But it's so quiet up here," Lily observes softly.
Travis nods, "yeah, it is. But somehow, looking over the city, watching all the people come and go it feels less lonely than sitting alone in my house."
Lily observes Travis for a minute and then nods, "I understand that."
A.N. sorry it took so long to update but I've been on vacation for the last month, but I'm back, yay and I got a lot of writing done while I was gone so you are rewarded...DO you know how hard it was being away from the computer for a month? I live in a technological age okay...I need my ff.net!