A/N: As you may know, if you read "The Author's Note" on "The Most Ridiculous Fic" then you would know that "Days of the Week" was deleted. I had a good half a chapter written out, but that disappeared... However if that disc ever decides to work again I'll make a "missing chapter." But now I'm starting fresh with this chapter 6. Enjoy my little fic-minions.

Ch. 6: Patience Is A Virtue

Homework. RFR.

I should just stop there.

RFR means so much to me anyways it's not like anything I do after that is all too important.

After Audrey was missing from school, I felt sort of sluggish that day zoning in and out of the teachers' lectures all day.

I looked at my watch: 11:30 PM 3-24-04.

Lunch was edging closer to starting, and frankly I couldn't wait. I also couldn't wait until after school, I just wanted to get over to RFR so bad and just get everything back to normal after the "incident." It's really stressful when something unexpected happens to you. I hate stress. It causes ulcers.

Lunch.

I sat at the usual table and pulled out a small styrofoam box out of my bag.

Left-Overs.

I opened the container and started chowing down on the various vegetables and noodles mixed together in the small box. You never realize how hungry you are until you actually start eating.

I saw Ray before he saw me, and he sat down.

"Travis," he nodded his head at me. The nod. One thing I like about being a guy in America is that there is hardly any use for language, well actual talking that is. It's almost as if men are just carrying on the cave-man traditions.

Robbie entered the cafeteria talking on his cell phone, I wonder who it was.

I didn't even have to ask.

"Who was that?" Ray asked Robbie as he put away his phone and sat down.

"Uh.." Robbie gave me a quick glance, a nervous glance. "My dad, has to, pick me up.. after school." he let out a sigh of relief after studdering out the sentence. It obviously wasn't his dad, but I would just give Robbie a break and I knew Ray was a little too unintelligent to figure it out.

I wonder what he would make up after he got on the bus with Ray after school.

Finally Lily sat down, she looked into my eyes first.

Those green eyes.

Home again.

I thought I would call Audrey and ask her if she was alright before I headed over to RFR. But before I picked up the phone, a note was on the table.

"They caught him"

I knew exactly what it meant, and althought puzzled as to why there wasn't a bigger celebration or even notification about it, I felt a large wave of relief rush through me.

The phone rang twice.

"Hello." It was her.

"Audrey, why weren't you at school today?"

"Oh.. hey Travis.. Yeah, I've got a cold."

Something in the background, it was cut off.

"MMM-MMM" Audrey cleared her throat blocking off any sound in the background. It was probably nothing.

"Yeah, you don't need me to come over do you?" I asked her. On one hand I felt I needed to, but on the other I didn't want to. RFR came first.

"No no!" She quickly said, "I wouldn't want you to get it too."

We said our good-byes and I was out the door.

Finally.

It had only been a matter of days but I felt so departed from our underground (literally) station.

I sat soaking up the familiar sights and smells of the station for a good half an hour, just thinking about my life.

I couldn't wait for the rest of the crew to get here. I wanted to start the show already, wondering what Robbie, Ray, and Lily had in store for the discussion.

And so I waited.