"RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET UP YOU'RE LATE, AGAIN!!!!!!!!!"

"Arghhh..." he slowly got up.

"Ray, when you get home today, you are grounded from your Playstation!" his mom yelled furiously.

"But Mommmmmmm....." he whined. "I've almost beaten Sauron to a bloody pulp in level 38 on Lord of the Rings!"

"That is what you get for not setting your alarm." she yelled back.

Ray shook his head. "Yeah, I know, you told me once."

"I TOLD YOU OVER 10 TIMES, RAY BRENNAN!!!" she yelled back.

He got up and put on his clothes, fixed his hair, grabbed breakfast, got his cell phone and backpack, and he went off onto Henry Roscoe High School, on his beloved bike.

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"Hey guys," Lily said. "Anything new?"

Travis looked up. "No, just listening to a few mixes I made yesterday."

"Ooh, can I listen?" Lily said.

"Well, that might ruin the surprise." he said with a mysterious look on his face.

"Oh c'mon Trav let her listen, there is no surprise he just doesn't want you to listen because he thinks is sucks." Ray commented.

"Ray, do you have an off switch? You haven't been able to shut up ALL DAY." Lily said.

"Arghh, it's the constant pressure of being a teenager stuck in a life of hidden emotions, being caught up in all teenage difficulties and--" Ray was cut off.

"Ray, this is all about you not being able to play your Playstation. I know it's leading up to that." Travis said.

"Yes. You caught me. I-I don't see how I will live..." Ray started going into panic. "WHAT IF MY MEORY CARD FORGOT TO SAVE AGAIN??????"

"Umm...yeah, anyways Trav, you look really upset. Are you okay?"

Travis was in a trance. "Oh, yea yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"I dunno, you just look really upset. Are you sure nothings wrong, you can tell me, just make sure Ray doesn't hear."

"Lil, can we take a walk before the bell rings?" he asked.

"Sure." she replied.

They walked out to the front of the school and sat by the bench by the flagpole.

"Lily, I have something to tell you." he said.

"Okay Travis." She looked down at his khaki pants. She could see a faint blood. Then she looked on his shirt, and saw even more little stains.

She held his hand.

"Travis, what do you want to tell me? Is everything okay with you?" she said panicked.

He hesitated. "Lily, I-I-I gotta go."

"Travis!" she yelled.

Travis ran back into the school and went into his classroom.

Ray was sitting on top of his desk, there were only a few minutes until the bell rang for class to begin.

"Hey, you guys just took off! Did you tell Lily how you feel about her Swami?" Ray asked.

"Ray," Travis grabbed his arm and squeezed it.

Ray scremed like a little girl.

"Don't EVER call me Swami." he said.

"Sorry..." Ray said.