Chapter Fifteen
"Hey Ray, why so down?" I sat on the large trunk of the Weeping Willow in my front yard next to my childhood friend. The last time I had seen him cry was in eighth grade when he didn't make the softball team.
"Audrey and I broke up. No big deal." Ray had to be the worst fibber on the planet.
"You cheese plug. How can you say no big deal with tears running down your face? What happened?" I wiped his tears away with my index finger. He turned to me and clutched my wrist.
"Lily?" I stared at him with worry in my eyes. I knew something was going to happen that I didn't want.
"Yah Ray?"
"I don't love Audrey. That's why we broke up. I was in love with the idea of being in love with someone who cared for me back. I never got that with you." My entire body went numb. Please tell me Ray doesn't still have feelings for me?
"Ray don't do this."
"Please? Just let me kiss you for real. Not as a sabotage to get someone to break up with me?" No, no, no!!! I am not hearing this.
"Ray, what about Travis?"
"What about Travis? Lily he won't find out." I stayed quiet. Ray tilted my face up with his index finger and his lips met mine. It was just as I had remembered. I felt as if we were back at Mickey's two years ago in front of Veronica. As he pulled away I looked into his eyes. He was still the same old Ray. He quickly stood up and ran off.
After a few moments of utter shock I stood up and climbed the stairs that led to my porch. When I reached the top I stopped in my tracks. I was standing face to face with Travis. Tears gleamed in his eyes and I knew he was hurt because he never cried in front of people.
"Nice to see you put up a fight Lily. You and Ray make the perfect couple." Travis threw a single lily at my feet and ran off. I fell to the floor and picked up the flower. As I smelled it's sweet fragrance I felt burning tears stream down my face. My illusion had been shattered. My knight in shining armor was gone.
"Hey Ray, why so down?" I sat on the large trunk of the Weeping Willow in my front yard next to my childhood friend. The last time I had seen him cry was in eighth grade when he didn't make the softball team.
"Audrey and I broke up. No big deal." Ray had to be the worst fibber on the planet.
"You cheese plug. How can you say no big deal with tears running down your face? What happened?" I wiped his tears away with my index finger. He turned to me and clutched my wrist.
"Lily?" I stared at him with worry in my eyes. I knew something was going to happen that I didn't want.
"Yah Ray?"
"I don't love Audrey. That's why we broke up. I was in love with the idea of being in love with someone who cared for me back. I never got that with you." My entire body went numb. Please tell me Ray doesn't still have feelings for me?
"Ray don't do this."
"Please? Just let me kiss you for real. Not as a sabotage to get someone to break up with me?" No, no, no!!! I am not hearing this.
"Ray, what about Travis?"
"What about Travis? Lily he won't find out." I stayed quiet. Ray tilted my face up with his index finger and his lips met mine. It was just as I had remembered. I felt as if we were back at Mickey's two years ago in front of Veronica. As he pulled away I looked into his eyes. He was still the same old Ray. He quickly stood up and ran off.
After a few moments of utter shock I stood up and climbed the stairs that led to my porch. When I reached the top I stopped in my tracks. I was standing face to face with Travis. Tears gleamed in his eyes and I knew he was hurt because he never cried in front of people.
"Nice to see you put up a fight Lily. You and Ray make the perfect couple." Travis threw a single lily at my feet and ran off. I fell to the floor and picked up the flower. As I smelled it's sweet fragrance I felt burning tears stream down my face. My illusion had been shattered. My knight in shining armor was gone.