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Chapter 3: She Loves Travis, Ray!

"Now, let's go to a song." Question Mark suggested, giving a nod in Smog's direction. Travis did nothing. He was leaning backwards in his chair, and you could tell by his eyes that he was thinking, thinking about something that was deeply troubling him. "Smog? Smog, you awake, bud?"

'Get it through your thick head, Travis. You love Lily. You love Lily. You love Lily. But if I love Lily so much, why does it hurt so much, being dumped by Audrey? No, no, that's not true yet. Lily warned me that Audrey was going to break up with me, so I can break up with her, first. No, what if she was just sweet talking Ray? She might not dump me... but I love Lily. There's no way to get around this. I... love... Lily.'

He hadn't realized it before, but now Travis heard the sweet, calming voice of Lily. But where was she? She was singing, singing a song from long ago... 'Lily, come back,' Travis willed her silently in his head, 'I have to talk to you... when are you coming home?' Feeling someone remove his headphones, Travis popped back to reality. Lily's singing stopped. Robbie had only played a recording of her song.

Travis turned his head to look at Ray as he began to talk, "God, Swami! We'd thought you'd slipped into a coma! What was up with you? We had to put on a CD, since we didn't know how long it would take just to wake you up, and not to mention finding out what the heck is wrong."

Travis looked down at his hands and began fiddling with his thumbs. Robbie laid a hand on his friend's shoulder, "In case you didn't know, that means we want to know what's going on with you. Obviously, something's the matter, Travis. We're your friends, you can tell us." He said, reassuring his DJ.

'I called Lily and she told me about you and Audrey, Ray. I'm going to break up with her; you can have her. I really don't care anymore. Do you know why? I love Lily. I'm going to deny it no longer. She was worried about you when I went to talk to her the other day, before she left for vacation. She kissed me. Only on the cheek, but it still meant something to me. She asked me to watch you, make sure you were okay, Ray. She really cares about you. The trouble is, though, that ever since then, I can't stop thinking about her. Ray, you can have Audrey, because I love Lily Randall.'

Travis shook the words out of his head. No, he couldn't say that... at least, not all at one time.

"I called Lily yesterday," He began. Good start, but Ray was already feeling uncomfortable. "I'll tell you why later. But, Ray, she told me about Audrey and you, talking..."

"She was there?!" Ray exclaimed.

Robbie nodded, "Yeah. She was real upset." He paused and sighed, wondering if he should say what's on his mind.

'...she was real upset, Ray, but not about what you said about her. I'm sure that really burned her, but she put her best friend before herself. What you said about Travis hurt her more than what you said about her. She was so worried about how he would take it. And that really made me think. That kiss, she said it meant nothing, but it clearly does. She loves Travis, Ray! Nothing mattes to her anymore – you can go out with Audrey and she wont care, not one bit.'

Both Ray and Travis were staring at Robbie, but the passions on their faces were like polar opposites. It was then that it occurred to Robbie that he had spoken his views out loud.

Ray glared at Travis, his eyes full of anger, and on the bridge of tears. "Why would you call her? Did you talk about me, is that why she told you that? Are you just here to ruin my life; is that your job, Strong?" Travis looked at Ray, his face going from ecstatic to hurt.

'She loves Travis, Ray!'

'Are you just here to ruin my life...?'

Travis couldn't take it anymore; he lost his cool. "No! She loves you too. I only called her because she was worried about you. She observed your strange behavior, and it truly scared her, Ray! It truly did! I was only trying to help her out..." He paused and took a deep breath, "...she asked me to watch you, and make sure you were okay. I didn't think you and Audrey were really friends, so I didn't know how you knew she was going to be on vacation before I did, especially since I'm her boyfriend, you know. But I don't care anymore!

I love Lily!"

Whatever happened next, Travis couldn't remember. He woke up on the studio couch the next day, and seeing Robbie messing around with some equipment across the room, he called him over.

Robbie was on the phone. He said, "Hold on, it's Travis," and Travis could just barely hear the words. Robbie rushed over, and held the phone out to him. "It's Lily. I figured she ought to know what happened." Travis squinted at his friend. The lights were on behind him. "But, Robbie, I don't even know what happened." Travis said groggily. Robbie still motioned for him to take the phone.

"So Lily," Travis said, "how's vacation going?"

Lily took a deep breath, "You have no idea what happened, do you, Travis?

Travis sighed, "No. No, I really don't."