"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering, does love really walk the hallways of Roscoe High?" Robbie McGrath stated.
"I'm Pronto and I'm wondering, does love even walk? I mean is love like a person? No, score one for the Pronto master," Ray shouted triumphantly. Lily reached across and smacked him.
"You would think by now that wouldn't hurt, but it still does," Ray whined.
"Well, I don't know if it's love as much as lust that walks amongst us," Lily answered. "I mean all you really see are people engrossed in a lip-locking session and running their hands at places we don't want to know about. Last time I checked, love was about feelings and talking. Did the definition of love change and I don't know about it?"
"Yeah but love is also about showing your feelings," Ray said. And if you ask me there's a lot of feeling showing going on." It's like a… feeling showing place."
"Yeah but it gets to the point where the whole world doesn't need to know. There's times where love should be kept private and sacred," Lily retorted.
" I agree with Shady," Robbie sided with her. " What makes love special is when it's shared between two people. Yeah it's good to show your feelings and stuff, but all the time in public and with such… interesting methods?"
"Well here's a song about true love by 'Justincase' called I'm There," Lily said and started the song. Ray took off his headphones.
"Where is Travis?" he asked.
"He said he'd be here on time," Lily answered him. "He had to finish a history paper, but he said it wouldn't take him long."
"When will you people learn?" Ray asked. "When a teacher gets you to finish a paper after school and they say it won't take long, it means bring supper, you blankie and your toothbrush cause your in for a long night."
"Hey Ray, have you ever stayed after school to finish a paper?" Lily asked him
"Well obviously since I…. And you know and…. Yeah no," he said.
"Yeah I thought so," Lily said. "And your still sleeping with your blankie?"
"Pinky means a lot to me," Ray said. "It's just too hard letting her go."
Just then the door slammed and Travis came running in.
" Great timing man, your just a little late," Robbie said as he looked at his watch. "Only 20 minutes."
"Sorry guys, I ran into someone and they kinda wouldn't let me go." Travis said as he put his headphones on.
" And that was Justincase," Lily said. "So listeners what do you think love should be like? Call us up and tell us."
Soon the phone was going off the hook. Travis' head was spinning. He could barely keep up with all the callers and their definitions of love.
"Alright well that's all the time we have today," Robbie said. "But be sure to tune in tomorrow when we talk about… well whatever. Bye."
"So man who kept you? Was it Audrey? Is she asking you out again? Are you going out again? Are you…"?
"Whoa slow down Ray. Breathe," Robbie told his friend.
"No an old friend from the Academy transferred to Roscoe," Travis told them. "I ran into him and we talked for a while."
" Is he a what do u call that statue dude… you know, well is he like you?"
"You mean Buddha?" Travis asked. Ray smiled and nodded.
"Yeah that's the little monkey I was thinking of," he said.
"No actually, he's the total opposite of me," Travis replied. "I guess you can all meet him tomorrow."
"Sounds good," Robbie retorted. "But I gotta go. It's meatloaf night. And if I'm late I'll suffer the consequences."
"If you're on time you'll suffer consequences too," Ray said. "It's a lose lose situation."
"You don't have to tell me that," Robbie groaned as he walked out.
"Lily, your chariot awaits you," Ray said as he bent down and indicated her to hop on his shoulders.
"Gee, as tempting as that sounds, I'm just gonna walk today," Lily told him.
"Humph, just cause I'm not the handsomest horse, you shut me down," Ray grumbled as he straightened out. "Will you at least walk home with me?"
" Yeah, why not," she said. "Coming Travis?"
He nodded and grabbed his bag. They started down the street. As they walked, Travis told them about Lucas and all that happened between them. As he was explaining, he looked at Lily and thought about Lucas and what he said about her.
"He wants to meet you guys and see what my friends are like," Travis told his friends. "So after 1st period you wanna all meet at my locker?"
"Sure," Ray stated as they walked up Travis' driveway. "Lily, shall thou take my offer nowth of thy horse drawn carriageth?"
"Um… noeth," Lily said. "See you tomorrow Trav." Travis walked into his house and threw everything on the floor. He closed his eyes and let out a sigh. He was not looking forward to tomorrow, at all.
The Next Day after 1st period…
"Tonight, I'll be your Naughty Girl," Ray sang out loud at the top of his lungs.
" Whatever happened to 'Man I Feel Like a Woman,?" Robbie questioned. Ray ignored him and continued singing. Travis secretly prayed in his head that Ray's horrible singing would scare Lucas away. After all, it was scaring everyone else away.
"Hey, is that him?" Ray asked. Travis turned and saw that unmistakable brown spiky hair making it's way towards them. "Damn," Travis secretly swore.
"Hey Trav, are you just gonna stand there or are you gonna introduce me?" Lucas asked.
"Well Lucas this is Robbie," he indicated pointing to Robbie.
Lucas stuck out a hand and said, "How's it going?" Robbie smiled and returned the handshake.
"This is Ray," he continued pointing at Ray.
"Hey Ray," he said.
"Haha, you're a poet and you don't know it," Ray stated. They all looked at him. "And not gonna talk anymore.
"And this is Lily," he finished off. Lucas looked at Lily and smiled.
"And I didn't think it was possible to be anymore beautiful then you were in your picture," he offered. She blushed and shook her head.
"Yeah right," she said.
"Well, I gotta go now or Mr. Hliston is gonna hurt me," Lucas stated. "Uh, it would help if I knew where that was though."
"Oh I have him next," Lily offered. "I'll walk with you there."
"That would be really great," He said. He gently thread an arm in hers and said, "Lead the way."
"See ya guys at lunch k," Lily said. Then she and Lucas walked towards the class.
" I'm too sure about Ole Pucous," Ray retorted angrily looking as Lily laughed at something he said.
"Ray, get over it and stop being an ass," Robbie said. "Your jealousy gets a little tiresome."
"No, yours does," Ray said, acting like a 2 year old. Travis just shook his head and watched as Lucas pushed back some of her hair. He got that uneasy feeling again. He could see Lily laughing. He couldn't believe how much he could make Lily laugh. Something inside of Travis told him to keep a close eye on Lucas.