Chapter 8, right? checks Yeah. So...lemme just think of what else I'm gonna write...OK. I figure that I'll have anywhere between 6 and 9 more chapters. And, every time I get 6 reviews, you guys get 1 sentence from a future chapter. A good sentence. Maybe a few. K? K. Even if it takes 6 chapters to get 6 reviews. Which I hope it doesn't -.-

Travis arrived at Mickey's at 5:30. He knew he was early and he shouldn't expect Lily for another half hour, but he had nothing better to do. Before he realized what was happening, Mickey was sitting next to him.
"If I was counting right, that's your third cup of tea in the past half hour. Somethin' buggin ya, kid?"
"Kind of. It's too hard to explain, but in attempt to avoid naps, If I'm supposed to be saving a friend from what could be her death, then why does it feel like every time I help her, she just gets closer to what's killing her?"
"That's a pretty confusing question. Does this girl know you're her knight in shining...denim?"
Travis looked down at his rough jeans and rolled his eyes. "I don't know. She might, she might not. I said it's hard to explain. I'm supposed to meet her here in like 2 minutes, but the problem is that if she isn't getting the same messages that I am, then she'll think I'm insane and wont' believe me."
"Well, it sounds to me that you're trying pretty dang hard to help her if she doesn't even know what you're doing. Maybe you could explain exactly what's happening, and she could be more careful."
"That's another thing. It's way too unbelievable. She'll think I'm just trying to mess up her relationship with this other guy, who's actually the one I'm supposedly saving her from."
"Well, here she comes now," Mickey said, motioning towards the door as Lily walked in. Travis frowned in confusion then looked at Mickey, who shrugged and left. Before Lily could spot him, Travis went out the back door and called Lily's cell number.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Lily. It's Travis. I'm sorry I'm not there, but I got caught up in something else and I can't get away from it. Just forget this, what I needed to talk to you about wasn't that important anyway..."
Lily frowned at nothing in particular. "You sure, Trav? When you asked me to meet you it seemed pretty important."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm sure."
"OK..."
Mickey sighed and shook his head in disgust.

So? Did you expect Travis was gonna talk to Lily? I decided the outcome would be better if he didn't talk to her about it. tweaks voice a little But the only way you could have thought Travis would back out was if you had mind reading powers. The only way you could have read my mind to find out what was gonna happen was if you had...FAIRY GOD PARENTS! -twitch twitch twitch-