Goodbyes and Fresh Starts
Chapter Eight
Lily walked into Mickey's noticing it hadn't changed much since she had last been there. She spotted Audrey sitting in a booth sipping coffee out of a famous Mickey's mug.
"Hey!" Lily said; Audrey got up and they hugged.
"It's so good to see you, Lil," Audrey said. "So are you and Ray still together?"
"Me an...and Ray?" Lily replied, "Actually no, but that's one of the reasons I came home. I want to win him back, Audrey. Will you help me?"
"Of course I will; I remember the way he looked at you and how you looked at him. It was true love; you two were meant to be, he's your soulmate," Audrey said.
"There's one thing though." Lily said. "He has a girlfriend…Katie."
"That should be no problem girl." Audrey laughed. "I can help!"
Lily didn't know that Ray had broken up with Katie. She didn't stay at Mickey's long. She wanted to get home to see her dad before he went to bed, so she left early. Audrey had wanted to stay, saying she would walk home. Audrey sat alone, looking up occasionally; she heard the door open and looked up to see if it was anyone she knew. It was none other then Robbie, Travis and Ray. Wow, she hadn't seen them in years. They hadn't changed much, last she heard though Travis was in London. They saw her staring at them and approached her.
"These seats taken?" Robbie asked.
"Oh, hey guys, no please join me." She said not taking her eyes off of Travis. "So, you, I thought you left for London."
Travis smiled, seeing her brought up so many good memories. "I did but London wasn't for me. I came back and I plan to attend TU this fall."
"TU?" she asked. "I'm going there too!"
"That's great!" He replied, suddenly realizing that he and Audrey weren't the only two there.
"So Ray, Robbie, your show, it's great!" Audrey exclaimed.
"Really? You think?" Robbie asked.
"Cool, we're still working on making it better, but thanks Audrey, it means a lot to us that you listen." Ray said.
"So you guys just missed Lily." Audrey told them.
"Lily? She was here?" Ray asked.
"Don't act so surprised, Brennan. She got in earlier today and gave me a ring; she looks great and she seems happy." Audrey replied.
"Great," he mumbled.
"So how's your girlfriend, what's her name?" Audrey asked.
"Katie and we broke up," Ray replied.
"Oh, really? I'm sorry to hear that." Audrey lied.
"I'm sure you are, Audrey." Ray replied.
"So, Aud," Robbie began, "You going to Lily's concert on Friday?"
"Wouldn't miss it." She smiled, "I assume you're going too, Trav?"
"Sure am!" He replied. "Say, you wouldn't want to go together, would you?"
"Like a date?" She asked.
"Well it wouldn't have to be but..." He replied.
"I'd love to Travis, thanks for asking." She told him.
"Listen, I really have to get going; I've been sitting here since like six and I promised my parents I wouldn't be late getting home. By the way, Ray, just in case you're wondering, Lily is single. She and Charlie broke up weeks ago." Audrey said getting up. "Ta ta for now, call me Trav?"
"Sure thing!" Travis replied.
They watched Audrey leave and as soon as Ray could no longer see her, he jumped in.
"Did you hear that? Lily and Charlie broke up!" He said.
"Yea, that's great! No Katie and no Charlie to stand in the way of true love." Robbie replied.
"So what exactly is your plan to win her back Ray?" Travis asked.
"I don't know but I'll think of something." He replied.
"It's got to be good, Ray." Robbie said, "Something that says I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"I know; I don't know what I plan to do yet but I will...soon enough." Ray replied.
Later that night, Lily was getting ready to go to bed when her phone rang. She picked it up.
"So, Lil, I ran into the guys at Mickey's after you left and you'll never believe it!" Audrey began.
"You saw Ray? How does he look?" Lily asked excitedly.
"Never mind that," Audrey began, "Ray and Katie broke up and he acted surprised when I told him he had just missed you."
"Wait…like surprised as in a good way or surprised in an oh-that's-nice-Lily's-back kind of way?" Lily asked.
"His face said Wow-Lily's-back-Wonderful kind of way, in other words, he is glad you're back!" Audrey replied.
"Really, so you think I have a chance?" Lily asked.
"Well, yea," Audrey said. "You want this and I know he does too. This is good, Lily!"
"What should I say to him?" Lily asked.
"I think you need to wait till the concert to say anything. I was thinking, oh dedicate a song to him, but don't say it's for him specifically, just say something like this song goes out to someone in the audience who means the world to me." Audrey said
"Do you think that'll work?" Lily asked.
"Yea, I mean, who wouldn't want a song dedicated to them? It's perfect; it says I love you without actually saying I love you." Audrey told her.
Lily smiled, "You're right; it's perfect! I'm going to do just that, thanks Audrey!"
"Anytime!" Audrey said.
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