Chapter Two
Lily jumped up and screamed. It was Travis, sleeping
under his little table thing in his booth.
Travis: "AHH!"
Lily: "Travis what are you doing here? You almost gave
me a heart attack."
Travis: "I sleep here, and what about you?"
Lily: "Just another night in an empty house, nothing
new."
Travis: "An empty house?"
Lily: "It has been the same almost every night now. My
dad has been away on business, and Simone never comes
home. I haven't seen my mom since I was like nine. So
only God knows where she's been. The only thing I
remember is that she left one day and never returned."
Travis: "Sounds a lot like me. Except I never met my
mom."
Lily: "Well I suppose you did meet her once right?"
Travis: "Well yes, but my dad got a divorce with her
when I was about a year old. I never really asked too
many questions about it. I suppose she never cared
enough to want any kind of custody over me, so why
should I care about her?"
Lily: "You should care about her because she is the
mother who gave birth to you."
Travis: "Enough of this. You going to stay here all
night?"
Lily: "I have nothing better to do."
Travis: "My point exactly. That is why I stay here."
Travis walked back over to his booth and pulled out
some food.
Travis: "Candy?"
Lily: "Sure."
Travis: "So um...What do you want to talk about?"
Lily: "Have any other good stories?"
Travis: "That depends on what you would call a good
story."
Lily: "We have all night. I am not going anywhere."
Travis: "You can go first."
Lily: "About?"
Travis: "You have a sister, that could give you a lot
to talk about. "
Lily: "Simone would be such a fun topic but why not.
Let's see...My name is Lily Randall and everybody
thinks my life is so great. I have a mom I haven't
seen in five years, a dad who is always away, and a
sister who everybody thinks is perfect. She is really
an annoying nineteen year old who decides to come back
every other week because she can't manage to support
herself. When she does come home it is a total blast.
She says the usual, 'Lily you need to change your
room, find some friends, get a boyfriend, and live a
little.' "
Travis: "Wait a second, your sister is nothing like
you."
Lily: "Yeah I know. It sucks."
Travis: "Sounds like my sister Rachael."
Lily: "Rachael?"
Travis: "She is twenty five and owns my house and if I
go back there, perhaps me too."
Lily: "You don't go back?"
Travis: "Of course I go back, but only right after
school when she isn't there, so I can get some money
and a change of cloths."
Lily: "What would happen if you did go home?"
Travis: "Don't know. I haven't gotten that far."
Lily: "Well we seem to have a lot more in common then
I thought we did."
Travis: "Guess so."
Lily: Yeah, so it's almost the end of the year."
Travis: "Thankfully."
Lily: Ever thought of doing RFR in the summer?"
Travis: "I guess I never thought we would last that
long."
Lily: "I think we should still do it in the summer.
Maybe we could change it to a later broadcast at like
eight or something."
Travis: "We will decide when the time comes.When do we
get out again?"
Lily: "In three weeks and three days. I can't wait."
Travis: "Oh yes, what fun it is studying for finals."
Lily: "Physics has always been such a fun thing to
study for."
Travis: "You will do fine. You're smart."
Lily: "At least someone can see it."
Travis: "Yeah. You know, I think its time I get some
sleep."
Lily: "What time is it?"
Lily looked at her watch and it said 12:30.
Lily: "Yeah we better get to sleep. We have school in
seven hours."
Travis: "You can stay on the couch if you want."
Lily: "Thanks, and where will you sleep?"
Travis: "Where you found me."
Lily: "You sure?"
Travis: "Yes, now get some sleep. Okay?"
Lily plopped her herself on the red couch and went to
sleep. Travis wasn't as comfortable as Lily was but he
fell asleep anyway.