A/N: The story will end on Chapter 15. It will be very very... well I can't say, I need to keep you guys on your toes. I already have it planned out.
Ch. 11: One Answer
Walking.
As I stared at the dusking sky with my hands in my pockets, I looked to the pinkish clouds glowing from the sun as it set. How beautiful it was.
My mind was swimming, and atleast the clouds and sky set me at some tranquility.
Lily, everything about her was so perfect, and I was quick to suddenly realize it. I started thinking about everytime I had looked into her eyes.
I'm not one to look the person in the eyes, to me it's almost like looking into their souls. And maybe I'm just shy, either way it wasn't something I fancied.
Suddenly, I started hearing a buzzing sound, then my leg was shaking in conjunction with the buzzing, what was going on?! It came back to me, of course, my cell phone. I forgot I had brought it with me. I took it out of my pocket and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Travis, hey, it's Robbie."
"Oh, hi." I had expected, or rather wanted, it to be Lily.
"Yeah, listen I heard about what happened, tough luck. That was Ray's friend, Melissa."
That much I figured, but friend? I thought it was his girlfriend?
"Don't you mean girlfriend?" I asked.
"No, just friends, she liked him, but of course Ray always had to turn her down..."
"Why?"
"Why? You know why Trav--"
"Oh yeah." I suddenly remembered that Ray had a crush on Lily also. I wasn't the only one. "How come I've never heard of this Melissa before?"
"She was kind of new to Ray, she only met him like two months ago, I guess it was always just kept between Ray and I, wasn't a big deal. Anyhow, she's moving, which is why you saw him kiss her on the cheek, I gotta say Ray has certainly become much more of a gentlemen with the..." I didn't hear the rest of what he was saying, I just knew that Ray had kissed his friend on the cheek... not Audrey on the lips. I had wrongly thought Audrey was cheating on me, I had wrongly thought Ray was the culprit, and now I liked Lily.
"Travis?" I suddenly came out of my thought-pool.
"Yeah... Robbie, can I tell you something? In that you promise not to tell anyone else?"
I could tell he was smiling through the phone, "You sound like a 5th grader, but yeah of course I'll keep it a secret, what's up?"
"I... I like Lily too."
"Oh..." His voice turned from light to dark. "Well I don't know what to tell you other than... Good luck."
"Thanks..." I shouldn't have told him.
"What are you going to do about Audrey?"
A difficult question. "I don't know, I think I have to break up with her, it's just not fair to her."
"Hmm... Well I have to go, I'll catch you later."
Click.
I kept walking, hands in my pockets, just as before. This would be difficult.
I punched in the numbers on my phone and pressed it to my ear.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Audrey, it's Travis."
"Oh hi!" Great. She sounded perfectly happy to hear from me.
"We need to talk." Those four fateful words pretty much explained it all.
"Ok..." Her mood easily changing.
"Lately, I haven't been feeling the same for you as I did when we first went out..." My voice trailed with every word.
"It's... It's over isn't it?" Her words becoming soggy, she was starting to cry.
"Yes, it is. I'm sorry..." I really didn't know what to say.
Click. She hung up just like that, she would be crying, I would be blamed, she would turn everyone against me.
I'm such a fool!
It had to be done, there was no way around it. Now, I could fully concentrate on Lily, apologies to Audrey would come later.
A sharp pain struck the back of my head, I pressed my fingertips against it... The bump was still there.
It seemed forever ago... but had been so recently, it's amazing how I was to able to just put it behind me as quickly as I did. Something I'd intentionally tried to block out.
Odd thoughts were going through my mind directly after the pain had surprised me and reminded me of the incident. I started seeing spirals in my thoughts...
I had finally arrived at the front door of the RFR warehouse, I slowly walked down the stairs and entered the door to the station... Finally sometime to think by myself.
I looked onto the couch, Ray was kissing somebody else this time, not on the cheek either. This time I had to make no double take to know who he was kissing.
It was Lily.
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Ch. 11: One Answer
Walking.
As I stared at the dusking sky with my hands in my pockets, I looked to the pinkish clouds glowing from the sun as it set. How beautiful it was.
My mind was swimming, and atleast the clouds and sky set me at some tranquility.
Lily, everything about her was so perfect, and I was quick to suddenly realize it. I started thinking about everytime I had looked into her eyes.
I'm not one to look the person in the eyes, to me it's almost like looking into their souls. And maybe I'm just shy, either way it wasn't something I fancied.
Suddenly, I started hearing a buzzing sound, then my leg was shaking in conjunction with the buzzing, what was going on?! It came back to me, of course, my cell phone. I forgot I had brought it with me. I took it out of my pocket and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Travis, hey, it's Robbie."
"Oh, hi." I had expected, or rather wanted, it to be Lily.
"Yeah, listen I heard about what happened, tough luck. That was Ray's friend, Melissa."
That much I figured, but friend? I thought it was his girlfriend?
"Don't you mean girlfriend?" I asked.
"No, just friends, she liked him, but of course Ray always had to turn her down..."
"Why?"
"Why? You know why Trav--"
"Oh yeah." I suddenly remembered that Ray had a crush on Lily also. I wasn't the only one. "How come I've never heard of this Melissa before?"
"She was kind of new to Ray, she only met him like two months ago, I guess it was always just kept between Ray and I, wasn't a big deal. Anyhow, she's moving, which is why you saw him kiss her on the cheek, I gotta say Ray has certainly become much more of a gentlemen with the..." I didn't hear the rest of what he was saying, I just knew that Ray had kissed his friend on the cheek... not Audrey on the lips. I had wrongly thought Audrey was cheating on me, I had wrongly thought Ray was the culprit, and now I liked Lily.
"Travis?" I suddenly came out of my thought-pool.
"Yeah... Robbie, can I tell you something? In that you promise not to tell anyone else?"
I could tell he was smiling through the phone, "You sound like a 5th grader, but yeah of course I'll keep it a secret, what's up?"
"I... I like Lily too."
"Oh..." His voice turned from light to dark. "Well I don't know what to tell you other than... Good luck."
"Thanks..." I shouldn't have told him.
"What are you going to do about Audrey?"
A difficult question. "I don't know, I think I have to break up with her, it's just not fair to her."
"Hmm... Well I have to go, I'll catch you later."
Click.
I kept walking, hands in my pockets, just as before. This would be difficult.
I punched in the numbers on my phone and pressed it to my ear.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Audrey, it's Travis."
"Oh hi!" Great. She sounded perfectly happy to hear from me.
"We need to talk." Those four fateful words pretty much explained it all.
"Ok..." Her mood easily changing.
"Lately, I haven't been feeling the same for you as I did when we first went out..." My voice trailed with every word.
"It's... It's over isn't it?" Her words becoming soggy, she was starting to cry.
"Yes, it is. I'm sorry..." I really didn't know what to say.
Click. She hung up just like that, she would be crying, I would be blamed, she would turn everyone against me.
I'm such a fool!
It had to be done, there was no way around it. Now, I could fully concentrate on Lily, apologies to Audrey would come later.
A sharp pain struck the back of my head, I pressed my fingertips against it... The bump was still there.
It seemed forever ago... but had been so recently, it's amazing how I was to able to just put it behind me as quickly as I did. Something I'd intentionally tried to block out.
Odd thoughts were going through my mind directly after the pain had surprised me and reminded me of the incident. I started seeing spirals in my thoughts...
I had finally arrived at the front door of the RFR warehouse, I slowly walked down the stairs and entered the door to the station... Finally sometime to think by myself.
I looked onto the couch, Ray was kissing somebody else this time, not on the cheek either. This time I had to make no double take to know who he was kissing.
It was Lily.
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