"Oh, does it?" I asked, trying to sound indifferent. How did I not see this
one coming? Okay... maybe she's just playing some sort of mind game. Right?
Yes, right. I need a subject change.
"Ray!" I blurted out, not really thinking about it. "You... Him... Like each other?" Good going Maggie, great way to keep your cool.
"I know he likes me, but I don't feel the same way about him." I watched Lily as she slid off the desk and into the chair, putting both her hands on the desk I was sitting in. Her finger tips were just almost touching mine, but that space may as well have been a mile.
"You don't? Friends make great couples, I could totally see you two working out." I questioned, not taking my eyes off her nails.
"I know friends make great couples, but all my friends are guys. Except for Audrey that is, but she can be to high maintenance for my wallet. Plus she's straighter than her hair is. But I kind of..." She paused.
Why is she pausing?! I could feel my heart beat quicken, it was deafening to my ears in the silent detention room. I saw her fingers move closer to mine and I looked up at her. Her gaze was centered at the four hands between us. She took both her hands and wrapped them around my left hand. Her eyes closed lightly.
"...found a friend that might work out for me."
I could feel my hand being lifted to her soft lips. She placed a kiss between my third and fourth knuckles. I melted into my chair. She began to rub my fingers and caress my palms and placed delicate kisses all in between. Just then, a small bell made just for this little room rang.
"I've got to go, and get home..." her eyes opened and met mine, "...and I'll be at RFR tomorrow at this time. But on Monday, I think that there needs to be a nice outburst of hatred in English class. See you in a few days."
She placed one last kiss on the back of my hand and set it down on the desk. She rose and smiled at me. I watched her leave. This was going to be a long weekend.
Friday afternoon. I decided to skip pissing off Waller so that I could enjoy RFR from the comfort of my room. I turned on my stereo and layed back on my bed.
"I'm Question mark, and I'm wondering: Is it wrong to be in love with someone when you know that society would never accept the relationship?" Robbie started the show.
Kim Carlisle no doubt. How can he be so insecure sometimes? He wants the reassurance that it's okay to go after her when everyone else calls him crazy.
"We'll be taking your calls after this song." Pronto's voice came through a speaker.
"And this one's going out to a special lady, no doubt sitting in a chair right now for a wrong-doing of the day." Shady Lane said.
A song started. I'd never heard it before. But I knew the voice... Lily! This is one of her masterpieces. She wrote me a song...
My thoughts went wild with images of her sitting for hours searching for the right lyric and the perfect chord, all for me! Whoa, ego inflation... Robbie's question crawled back into my thoughts. Love is love, that's all there is to it. It doesn't matter what society thinks. I picked up my cell phone and the song was just ending.
"We are now taking your calls." Question mark said. "Detention Junkie, you're on the air."
"Hey, Question mark. Love is love. It doesn't matter if one of you is the most popular senior in school and the other is just a dorky freshman. It doesn't matter is one of you looks like an elephant, and the other model. It doesn't matter if you're both boys or both girls. Society's opinion is nothing. All together the human race is horrible, but one by one we are the wonderful. So forget them and go after your lucky lady!"
I clicked the end call button and smiled.
"That's right folks. We're not just talking about differences is popularity or appearance. There's nothing wrong with dating the same sex. You can ponder that during this next song."
A song came on and I heard my phone ring. "Hello?" I said into the end of it.
"Hi! Are you busy tonight?" I could hear a smile in her voice.
"Ray!" I blurted out, not really thinking about it. "You... Him... Like each other?" Good going Maggie, great way to keep your cool.
"I know he likes me, but I don't feel the same way about him." I watched Lily as she slid off the desk and into the chair, putting both her hands on the desk I was sitting in. Her finger tips were just almost touching mine, but that space may as well have been a mile.
"You don't? Friends make great couples, I could totally see you two working out." I questioned, not taking my eyes off her nails.
"I know friends make great couples, but all my friends are guys. Except for Audrey that is, but she can be to high maintenance for my wallet. Plus she's straighter than her hair is. But I kind of..." She paused.
Why is she pausing?! I could feel my heart beat quicken, it was deafening to my ears in the silent detention room. I saw her fingers move closer to mine and I looked up at her. Her gaze was centered at the four hands between us. She took both her hands and wrapped them around my left hand. Her eyes closed lightly.
"...found a friend that might work out for me."
I could feel my hand being lifted to her soft lips. She placed a kiss between my third and fourth knuckles. I melted into my chair. She began to rub my fingers and caress my palms and placed delicate kisses all in between. Just then, a small bell made just for this little room rang.
"I've got to go, and get home..." her eyes opened and met mine, "...and I'll be at RFR tomorrow at this time. But on Monday, I think that there needs to be a nice outburst of hatred in English class. See you in a few days."
She placed one last kiss on the back of my hand and set it down on the desk. She rose and smiled at me. I watched her leave. This was going to be a long weekend.
Friday afternoon. I decided to skip pissing off Waller so that I could enjoy RFR from the comfort of my room. I turned on my stereo and layed back on my bed.
"I'm Question mark, and I'm wondering: Is it wrong to be in love with someone when you know that society would never accept the relationship?" Robbie started the show.
Kim Carlisle no doubt. How can he be so insecure sometimes? He wants the reassurance that it's okay to go after her when everyone else calls him crazy.
"We'll be taking your calls after this song." Pronto's voice came through a speaker.
"And this one's going out to a special lady, no doubt sitting in a chair right now for a wrong-doing of the day." Shady Lane said.
A song started. I'd never heard it before. But I knew the voice... Lily! This is one of her masterpieces. She wrote me a song...
My thoughts went wild with images of her sitting for hours searching for the right lyric and the perfect chord, all for me! Whoa, ego inflation... Robbie's question crawled back into my thoughts. Love is love, that's all there is to it. It doesn't matter what society thinks. I picked up my cell phone and the song was just ending.
"We are now taking your calls." Question mark said. "Detention Junkie, you're on the air."
"Hey, Question mark. Love is love. It doesn't matter if one of you is the most popular senior in school and the other is just a dorky freshman. It doesn't matter is one of you looks like an elephant, and the other model. It doesn't matter if you're both boys or both girls. Society's opinion is nothing. All together the human race is horrible, but one by one we are the wonderful. So forget them and go after your lucky lady!"
I clicked the end call button and smiled.
"That's right folks. We're not just talking about differences is popularity or appearance. There's nothing wrong with dating the same sex. You can ponder that during this next song."
A song came on and I heard my phone ring. "Hello?" I said into the end of it.
"Hi! Are you busy tonight?" I could hear a smile in her voice.