The Final Year, The Final Show

Disclaimer - Seriously starting to consider that whole song to ShadyLane thing...

A/N - Alright...basically there's people talking (will they ever shut up? lol) other people coming in and hearing it, other people hearing about what happened, somewhat harsh words are exchanged, and a solo-broadcast. I think that just about covers it.

Renjview! (That's...read, enjoy, and review...best of all three worlds...again...lol)

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Ch 5 - Boredom, Arguments, Hurt Feelings, and Apologies - 6/8/07 - TIME - Friday

Riley had called everyone that didn't live in the Brennon household and told them to come over. She was bored, Ray was bored, and from the sounds of it, everyone else was bored as well. So naturally, everyone agreed and within twenty minutes, everyone was there and upstairs in Ray's room. Ray's room because it was bigger and Riley wanted to spin in the computer chair. Currently, Riley was sitting in the computer chair, Ray, Lily, Kim, and Robbie were on the bed and Travis was in the center of the floor, meditating.

Ray looks at him, bag of chips in hand. "While you become one with the universe, I'm gonna become one with this bag of Doritos."

Riley grinned, "I wanna become one wiiiittthhh....." She thought about it for a second, and pulled something from behind her back. "Chocolate, caramel filled treasures!" She slid out of the chair and sat in front of her boyfriend. His eyes were still closed so she clapped in front of his face. Nothing. She did it again. Still nothing. And a third time, however just seconds after her hands had touched, he grabbed her hands and brought them down, opening his eyes. "Stop. Please."

Riley smiled and put the bag of candy in front of his face, "Treasure?"

"No."

She shrugged and took one of the small box-like candies out of the bag and unwrapped it. "It's a Treasure box!" She looked at it and bit the top off.

"That's probably something the pirates never thought of."

"What?"

"Let's just bite the top of the damn box off."

"Ray's right..."

"About what? Tell me this isn't about me being an alien."

Riley shook her head, "No...but I am a bad influence on you. You never cussed before I came along. Even when I was here you didn't. THEN we started dating." She grinned.

"I told you I'd be right about something one of these years." Ray said.

Riley turned her head to look at him, "Yeah...and you finally were! Seven years after you said so....but hey! It's a start! Maybe you'll be right about something sooner next time."

Robbie stood up, "I'll be back in just a sec..."

"Whatchaaa doooin?" Riley asked, imitating her boyfriend's position, rocking back and forth.

"Getting a soda."

"O--kay!"

Kim stood as well, "I'm gonna go see if my mom's home and if I need to be there any time soon."

The couple went downstairs in the kitchen. Robbie got the soda he was talking about but he stayed in the kitchen, leaning against the counter. Kim picked up the phone and dialed her house. She waited for three rings and her mom picked up.

"Hello, Carlisle residence."

"Hey mom."

"Oh hi, darling."

"I was wondering if I needed to be home any specific time."

"Um...well, honey, I'd like you to be home fairly soon."

"Alright. I'll be there in...about forty-five minutes, kay?"

"Ok. See you, dear."

Kim hung up and started back towards Ray's room. When she reached the door, she heard everyone talking and decided she'd listen before entering.

"I can't believe they're still going out." Ray said.

"I know. They're a really unlikely couple, Robbie and Kim." Lily commented.

"I don't think they should break up or anything but with their personalities being the way they are...I'm shocked they haven't broken up yet either..." Riley stated.

"I," Travis started, "Don't think you should look at any of this like you are. What would you do if either of them heard what you said? How would you feel then?"

Kim didn't hear anything else due to the fact that all the talking stopped when she entered the room. She didn't make eye contact with any of them because she didn't want them to see the tears in her eyes. She stood in the doorway as she said, "My mom wants me home real soon so...I'll see you later."

"Later." Came the unified response from the group.

Travis shook his head.

"What?" Riley asked.

"Didn't you see the look on her face?"

"What are you talking about?" Ray asked.

He shook his head again, "Never mind."

As Kim went back downstairs, Robbie had started back up. He saw her whipping away tears and stopped her about halfway, gently taking her by the arm. "Kim, what's wrong?"

"N-nothing. I...I'm going home." She ran downstairs and out the door.

Robbie didn't like this at all. What did Ray do now? He ran up the rest of the stairs and opened the door. "What did you do?" He asked immediately, looking pointedly at Ray.

"What? I didn't do anything. What are you talking about?"

"I was coming up the stairs and my girlfriend was going down...crying. Why was Kim crying? What did you say?"

Ray, Lily, and Riley looked at each other, one thing going through their mind. Kim had heard what they'd said.

Ray was the one to speak first. He sighed before saying, "Us three," He signaled Lily, Riley, and himself. "Were talking and...well...I said: I can't believe they're still going out."

"I agreed saying that you two are...a really unlikely couple." Lily said, guiltily.

"I don't think they should break up or anything but with their personalities being the way they are...I'm shocked they haven't broken up yet..." Riley simply repeated what she said.

Robbie couldn't believe what he was hearing. He'd thought they'd all gotten over all of this, but obviously they hadn't. He had a look on his face that entailed confusion, anger, and maybe a little hatred. He shook his head in disbelief and turned to leave. Before he left, he turned his head to face them, "I can't believe you..."

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After the argument, Robbie headed straight to the station. He didn't want to have any encounters with anyone right now for the fact that he thought that he might blow up at them and it wouldn't be their fault. When he reached the station he let the door slam behind him as he sat down in his chair. He couldn't believe what Ray had said. It was just...outrageous. Robbie leaned back on the legs of the chair and sighed. He caught glance of his microphone. Well, while I'm here, right? He let the chair fall back down and he flipped the microphone on. "I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering: Have any of you ever been in a relationship with someone that none of your friends like? If so, did you ever have to choose between your friends and your current other half? What did you do?" A few moments went by and Robbie thought that no one would call in. Finally, someone did call in. "Caller number one, you're on the air."

"This is Devil-In-An-Angel's-Disguise. I just wanted to say that I know what that's like. My current boyfriend is two years older than me and he's kinda popular but he doesn't care. Anyway, everyone thinks hie's this really mean,. pompous jerk but once you get to know him, he's really sweet. My friends just won't try and see it. I haven't had to choose between them yet but...I hope I don't have to. I don't know what I'll do." She paused for a moment before adding, "Thanks for listening Question Mark."

"And thank you, Devil-In-An-Angel's-Disguise, for calling in." Seconds later another call came in. "Caller number two, you're on the air."

"Hi. I'm Miss Smile Awhile. I can say that I know exactly what you're going through. My boyfriend is a year younger than me. We don't have any mutual friends and none of the one's we've got like our going out. All I can say to his friends is: Just because I'm a dragon, doesn't mean I can't change."

Robbie smiled. He had known who it was since she said, "Hi." It was Kim and she had just quoting something that had kind of started the whole thing. It was a "Donnie and the Dragon" quote and that stupid kiddie show was the reason they had ever shared the first kiss at all. "Thanks for your call, Miss Smile Awhile." Just as he finished this, another call came in. Three calls in the last seven minutes, that was pretty good for being solo and all.

"Hey, this is Ed...

"And Ted."

"Anyway, where's the rest of RFR?"

This had kind of caught Robbie off guard, he was thinking of that first kiss. "Ah..I'm doing a solo summer broadcast today."

"Oh...ok...glad that's cleared up."

Robbie chuckled. Those two were weird as ever. And a fourth call came in after a few minutes of nothing. "Caller number four, you're on the air."

"This is R-L-R, this is kind of a three-person call. We all have something to say and only one cell. Anyhow...We have a friend of ours that we need to apologize to."

Robbie frowned. Who the hell was this? She sounded so familiar.

"This is L...Robbie McGrath, if you're listening..."

"R1...We just wanted to say...."

"R2...We're all really..."

L - "Really."

R-L-R - "Sorry."

R2 - "I shouldn't have said what I said. It was wrong and stupid."

R1 - "What I said wasn't really meant to be said...even though at the time I meant it, I don't any more. I should have kept it to myself even though it was wrong. It would have been better off thought than said aloud."

L - "What all of said was wrong. It was just one or two of us. It was all three of us. We never should have brought any of it up...even if it was R2's fault." There was the sound of a smack of some kind and in the background, "Hey! That's my job!"

R-L-R - Really...we're all sorry about what we said, Robbie. We hope your listening and we hope you'll forgive us. Later..."

R2 - Oh! And one last thing. To your girlfriend...we're really sorry that we said what we said. We were stupid and...i don't know...but we think your right. Just because you're a dragon...doesn't mean you can't change, right?"

R-L-R - Well...that's all for now...

Robbie smiled. He knew who it was now. "I hope your friend and his girlfriend get your message." He paused and after a few moments another call came in but he turned to the microphone, "And...that's all for today. This is Radio Free Roscoe...signing off."

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A/N - Well...that was fun, eh? I know, I know! All wounds were healed quickly...maybe...you don't know what Kim thinks...then again, I'm not sure if I know. lol! anyhow...hope you liked the 3 chapters I put up. They were a little short...or they seem so anyway...maybe they're longer than I think *shrug*

Well, you've read, you hopefully enjoyed, you know what to do know. *crickets* Oooorrr maybe you don't...Ok, let's start this over: Well, you've read, you hopefully enjoyed, and now...you get to review! lol *grin*

Later days!

~PFB