It was a few days later and the gang was just about ready to leave the station.

"That was a great show today guys" Travis said as he slid a cd away "That was a great take on the glue situation at school"
Robbie smirked at the remark and looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall. The clock had never looked so pale and white to him before, with the black written sign above it. He could tell something was going on with Ray and he couldn't tell what it was, but had a feeling it might have something to do with Lily. He signed when he noticed the time "I have to go and meet Kim guys. I'll see you tomorrow. Remember the mall, at three"

"Gotcha" Lily said as she stood up and grabbed her bag. She leafed through it until she found a paper and handed it quickly to Robbie, "Remember, to give it back to me this time"
Robbie looked down at the paper Lily gave him and laughed "I won't forget to give you your math review back. Bye guys" he said as he walked through the door.

"I should get going too, and get home for dinner" Ray said as he started to walk out the door "See you guys tomorrow at the mall"
"Bye Ray!" Lily said happily as she swung the strap of her bag over her shoulder.

"Later guys" Ray said as he left through the door. He got to the top of the small set of stairs and went to stand behind a little small ridge, not wanting to spy on Lily or Travis, just to see if what he kept seeing was real. He sat there quietly waiting for any sign of movement that he could find, coming from the station stairs.

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"We should probably get going" Travis said placing the last cd back in the cd holder.
"Yea, I was thinking that too. It's almost supper… and I want to get my homework done tonight mostly, so I don't have any tomorrow" Lily said sighing and leaning against the wall.

"Exactly" Travis said as he shifted from where he was standing and gave Lily a small kiss on the lips, "Let's get going"

Lily opened the door and walked out onto the stairs, followed by Travis. They stopped at the top of the steps just before a little ridge in the wall.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" Travis asked putting his arm around Lily's waist.

"Sure, if you want to" Lily smiled and kissed his cheek, as she walked closer to Travis then she was before. They walked in silence for a minute when they heard someone walking behind them. Travis quickly took his arm from around Lily's waist and turned around. Lily turned around at the exact same moment and saw Ray standing there, looking slightly more angry then she had ever seen him before.

"Hi guys" Ray squeeked out as he walked up to them.

"Hey Ray" Travis said looking at him with a steady eye.

"Don't hey me" Ray said finally getting to where they were and stood in front of Travis.

"Ummm… okay" Lily said shrugging and looking from Travis to Ray. She could see something in Ray's eyes. It almost looked like hostility. She knew Travis could see it too because she noticed how Travis's face had gone from laughing and cheerful looking, to very distraught and stone like within seconds.

"I know what you two are doing!" Ray boasted looking like a man who had known everything about the world.

"Walking home together like friends do?" Travis asked in question, even though it wasn't fully a lie, it wasn't fully the truth either.

"No" Ray retorted as quick as he could then took it back, "Well you are but that's not what I meant"

"What did you mean then Ray?" Lily asked looking at him with a blank look on her face.

Ray stood there for a second. He didn't want to hurt either of his friends, one of which he'd known his whole life… but they had hurt him, or so he thought. Travis knew Ray liked Lily… and that he liked her a lot. He took a big breath, hoping he wouldn't regret what he was about to say for the rest of his life.

"You guys are dating behind everyone's backs! Including me and Robbie's" Ray said folding his arms across his chest as the look on his face turned back to that angry looking state.

Lily looked at Travis and then looked back at Ray. She knew something was about to happen, but she didn't know how to stop it.

"Ray, we can date. It's not like Lily was your property! You wouldn't even tell her you liked her!" Travis exclaimed. All of a sudden he felt very small, even though he knew it was the truth.

"But what if I was going to, today, or tomorrow" Ray said back. He had raised his voice a bit and it was surly going to turn into a shouting match.

"Or in a month… or a year… or an eternity." Travis said shaking his head and looking Ray in the eyes, but talking calmly "I liked her too Ray, but I took the opening, because she seemed to like me too"

Lily looked nervously between the two guys. Her boyfriend and her best friend.

Ray was starting to get red in the face. He took a big breath and did something he never thought he would do to Travis again. He clenched his fist tightly and thrust it, hard, at Travis's face. Just hoping it would land anywhere.