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Over an extended period of time, Ray had come to realize that not only did Lily not want to be his girlfriend, but she didn't want to be his friend either. He was sorry for letting his anger loose and would do anything for lily just so she could forgive him. He never hurt her! ...Did he? No...no, he couldn't have. He only hurt Tim. No Lily Randalls were hurt in the making of this fanfic. Well, not physically...Ray mentally kicked himself for weeks since that night. He couldn't believe he could have been so stupid. He decided he needed to make Lily forgive him, so they could at least be friends. As Ray made his way over to the steps, he thought about what he'd tell Lily. The first thing he heard was her angelic laugh, started by a joke that Travis shared. As he neared the steps he saw them laughing together. Travis was sitting right next to Lily, and Lily was near the bottom, so Ray took a seat on the same step as her, three feet away. "Hi Lily..." Lily kept a smile in place of her laugh at she looked at Ray. "Oh, hi Ray." Travis nudged Lily's shoulder lightly and whispered something in her ear. They both broke out in laughter again and Ray looked hurt. Lily stood up and Travis followed her actions, leaving Ray's gaze to follow as they walked away.

Little did Ray know that his gradual break up with Lily was indeed caused by Travis. Not only did Lily's instinct keep her distant, but Travis also filled up her schedule. Day by day, Lily grew apart from Ray and left him wondering if Travis and Lily really were just friends...

Lily had actually stopped having her weird dreams for about a month or two. She pretty much forgot them, until a particular Saturday. The Friday before, Ray caught up with her as she walked to the station.
"Hey, Lil! Wait up!"
Lily stopped and turned to face Ray. She waited until he met her side, then continued walking.
"What's up, Ray?"
"Nothin much...I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out tomorrow. Catch a movie, go to the golf park, get some grub, chill at Mickeys..."
"Um...I-" Lily silently thanked God for being cut off by her cell phone. She hit SND and raised it to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lily. You got any plans for tomorrow? I was hoping we could spend the afternoon together."
Lily tapped on the side of the phone with her fingernail a couple times, hoping Travis would figure that Ray was near by. "Mom, I was gonna spend Saturday with Ray. Do I have to?"
Travis chuckled a bit. "Yes Lily, it's mandatory that the entire family is present at your Aunt Rachel's wedding."
Lily sensed Travis beaming at the other end, knowing he just saved Lily from an awkward moment with Ray. "Fine. I'll tell him." Lily hung up and stuck the phone in her pocket. She and Ray continued to their destination.
"Bad news. My Aunt Rachel is getting married tomorrow. I have to go to the wedding."
"Oh. Where's she getting married?"
"Um...it's a small town like really far from here. I don't think you've heard of it."
"Shoot. Geography happens to be on of my strong points."
"Um...it's in... Win...chester.ton...fields...ville. The small town of Winchestertonfieldsville."
Ray looked at her with a look that said, 'You've got to be kidding me'. Lily nodded her head as if answering him, 'Totally true, what I just said.'
"The small town of Winchestertonfieldsville. Your inexistent aunt is getting inexistently married in the small inexistent town of Winchesstertonfieldsville because you don't want to spend the afternoon with me. God, Lily, if you didn't want to hurt my feelings you could have at least come up with something believable."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Well, sorry. It's not like I can forget what happened! It's a reflex of fear."
"Fear? You're scared of me?"
"No, Ray, I'm not scared of you. I'm scared of what might happen!"
"Well, Lily! I could of fixed that!" Ray casually took a step loser to Lily. "I'm sorry about what happened. But Tim' s healed. I went a little overboard with my anger but if you were listening to Simone talk like that about Travis and Robbie I'm sure you would have done the same. I'm sorry, OK? Can you forgive me?"
Lily looked Ray directly in the eye and he took a step closer to Lily. His face was about half an inch from hers.
"Please," he whispered. He raised his hand to Lily's neck and cupped the side of her jaw in his hand. He leaned closer and kissed her lips softly. He stayed like that for a minute and pulled away. Sticking his hand back in his pocket, he expected the worse.
". . .I'd be glad to spend the day with you tomorrow." Lily smiled and laced her fingers through Ray's and they continued to the station.

Saturday ended up being one of the best days in Lily's life. She couldn't remember a time she had as much fun before. She hoped she'd have pleasant dreams that night, but to top of the best day, she had the worst night. For the dream she had was the one that filled her with the most dread.

Lily was struggling to get herself out of the mud. Travis was right in front of her, holding on to her wrist so tight she could swear he was cutting off her blood circulation. She was staring straight into his eyes and could sense the love he had for her. He stuck his other hand down to grab her other hand, but it didn't help. The mud was pulling on Lily, trying it's hardest to keep her down.

:D Well? I've worked the entire fanfic through my mind and the only thing I have to do now is type it up. The ending is super cool! The more reviews I get, the closer you'll get to the really-cool-yet-not-as-long-as-this-chapter finale! BTW, here's that spoiler I said I'd give you guys for 6 reviews:
Lily gave a half-hearted laugh as Travis sprayed her with bug repellent. The two friends continued the hike up the mountain. Lily could hear a faint waterfall in the distance, and prayed her ears weren't deceiving her.