Chapter 5
Lily's eyes flew open to the sound of ringing. She looked at her clock and saw that it was nine thirty. Then she noticed that her phone was ringing. She reluctantly picked up.
"Hello?" She answered in a sleepy voice.
"Lily, it's Ray. Get up, take a shower, get dressed, and come over."
"Why?"
"Just do it!" Then the line went dead. Lily stood up and looked in the mirror. She had bags in her eyes and her face was blotchy from crying. She let out a sigh and grabbed her robe. She emerged from the shower fifteen minutes later. She spent five minutes getting dressed and ten trying to get her makeup to cover the discoloration in her face. Then she grabbed an umbrella-since it was still raining-and headed over to Rays.
When she got there her stomach dropped. In the driveway was Travis's new, green, SUV that he had gotten for his sixteenth birthday. Lily took in a deep breath and rang the doorbell. Just then Ray opened the door.
"Ray! What is he doing here?" Lily signaled to the car.
"You two need to talk, and this was the only way to get you two in the same room."
"Nice trick but it won't work." Lily turned around and started to leave. Just then a strong hand gripped her shoulder. She turned around and her emerald eyes met a pair of glassy gray ones.
"Travis, let go of me." Lily was struggling to keep herself from breaking down in tears.
"Not until you listen to me."
"No!" Lily fell to the floor in a fit of tears. Travis knelt down next to her.
"Lily, please?" Lily looked up at him. He had a sincere look on his face so she reluctantly nodded.
"She was hitting on me and just kissed me on a spur of the moment. I was so discussed that I couldn't move."
"But you looked like you knew her?" Travis looked up at Ray then back down to Lily.
"I lied to both of you. I said she was a stranger but..."
"Who was she Travis?" Ray asked.
"Her name is Contessa and she went to the Academy with me back in London. She was my...girlfriend. I started dating her because she understood what it was like to always move because her dad was a diplomat like mine. She had just moved to London from Italy where she had lived all of her life and we started dating. But when I moved to Hong Kong I broke up with her. That still hasn't registered in her head I guess."
Lily had a blank look on her face as she stood up. "I-I need to think." Lily walked down the driveway and headed off to Mickey's.
Travis let out a sigh. "Please let her forgive me?"
"Travster, why didn't you tell me you used to date this girl?"
"I didn't think it mattered. But that was the only way Lily would believe me so I had to tell her the whole truth." Ray patted him on the back.
"You're a good man swami."
"Thanks man. I just hope she thinks that." Ray let out a sigh. "Oh, don't call me swami." Travis headed off towards the station.
As he entered the place that he considered home he remembered how just a night before he and Lily had fallen asleep here. He sat down on the couch and rested his head in his hands.
At Mickey's Lily stared at her hot chocolate. She couldn't get the image of Travis and Contessa kissing out of her head. Finally she fell into a fit of tears. She threw a ten on the counter and ran out of the store and headed to the station. She knew Travis would be there. When she entered she saw Travis sitting on the couch. Since his eyes were closed she figured he was asleep. She ran over to him and shook him till he awoke.
"Huh? Lily, what are you doing?"
"Travis, do you still have feelings for her?"
"Huh?"
"It's the only way I can ever forgive you. Travis, do you still have feelings for Contessa?" Lily's eyes bore into Travis.
"No."
"Why not?"
"You're really not going to give up are you?" Travis let out a chuckle but Lily's face stayed stern.
"I'm the one asking questions around here. Now tell me, why don't you still love her?" Travis sighed.
"I never loved her. I didn't know what love meant." Lily had a confused look on her face.
"Then why did you go out with her?"
"I guess in some ways I thought I could relate to her and when she asked me out I just said yes."
"Do you love me?" Lily's lip was beginning to quiver. Travis looked straight into Lily's eyes and answered.
"I think I do." Lily's eyes fell.
"Think?"
"Lily, I'm sixteen, how am I supposed to know what love is?" Lily turned her back to him and the sound of rain filled the room.
"You just get this feeling. I know that I'm in love." When Lily turned back around she had a flood of tears running down her face. "Travis, how could you lead me on like this? You made me think you loved me and then you go and throw my heart in a blender!"
"Lily, what does it feel like? Being in love and all." Travis continued to stare at his shoes.
"You get butterflies in your stomach, and whenever you see that person your head fills with air, and your legs turn into noodles. Most of all, you cant get that person out of your head. Morning, noon, and night your thoughts belong to that person. Your heart aches for their touch and you cant stand not being with them."
"That's how you feel about me?"
"Yes." The room was silent for a good five minutes.
"Good, because that's how I feel about you." Lily's head snapped in Travis's direction.
"Really?" Travis slowly looked up at her.
"Yah." Lily jumped into Travis's arms. As she looked into his eyes their faces became closer and in an instant their vision went blurry and their lips met is a romantic kiss.
In that instant something that had been troubling Lily for the past two years became very clear. The kiss that she and Travis had shared in freshman year was no mistake. It was just the one action that would lead them up to this very moment.
A/N: This is not the last chapter so don't worry. There is a LOT more to come. I really hope you like it. I had so much fun writing this story. I finished it around March and I just decided to start posting it.
Trina
P.S. Hey Dani!!!!!!!!
Lily's eyes flew open to the sound of ringing. She looked at her clock and saw that it was nine thirty. Then she noticed that her phone was ringing. She reluctantly picked up.
"Hello?" She answered in a sleepy voice.
"Lily, it's Ray. Get up, take a shower, get dressed, and come over."
"Why?"
"Just do it!" Then the line went dead. Lily stood up and looked in the mirror. She had bags in her eyes and her face was blotchy from crying. She let out a sigh and grabbed her robe. She emerged from the shower fifteen minutes later. She spent five minutes getting dressed and ten trying to get her makeup to cover the discoloration in her face. Then she grabbed an umbrella-since it was still raining-and headed over to Rays.
When she got there her stomach dropped. In the driveway was Travis's new, green, SUV that he had gotten for his sixteenth birthday. Lily took in a deep breath and rang the doorbell. Just then Ray opened the door.
"Ray! What is he doing here?" Lily signaled to the car.
"You two need to talk, and this was the only way to get you two in the same room."
"Nice trick but it won't work." Lily turned around and started to leave. Just then a strong hand gripped her shoulder. She turned around and her emerald eyes met a pair of glassy gray ones.
"Travis, let go of me." Lily was struggling to keep herself from breaking down in tears.
"Not until you listen to me."
"No!" Lily fell to the floor in a fit of tears. Travis knelt down next to her.
"Lily, please?" Lily looked up at him. He had a sincere look on his face so she reluctantly nodded.
"She was hitting on me and just kissed me on a spur of the moment. I was so discussed that I couldn't move."
"But you looked like you knew her?" Travis looked up at Ray then back down to Lily.
"I lied to both of you. I said she was a stranger but..."
"Who was she Travis?" Ray asked.
"Her name is Contessa and she went to the Academy with me back in London. She was my...girlfriend. I started dating her because she understood what it was like to always move because her dad was a diplomat like mine. She had just moved to London from Italy where she had lived all of her life and we started dating. But when I moved to Hong Kong I broke up with her. That still hasn't registered in her head I guess."
Lily had a blank look on her face as she stood up. "I-I need to think." Lily walked down the driveway and headed off to Mickey's.
Travis let out a sigh. "Please let her forgive me?"
"Travster, why didn't you tell me you used to date this girl?"
"I didn't think it mattered. But that was the only way Lily would believe me so I had to tell her the whole truth." Ray patted him on the back.
"You're a good man swami."
"Thanks man. I just hope she thinks that." Ray let out a sigh. "Oh, don't call me swami." Travis headed off towards the station.
As he entered the place that he considered home he remembered how just a night before he and Lily had fallen asleep here. He sat down on the couch and rested his head in his hands.
At Mickey's Lily stared at her hot chocolate. She couldn't get the image of Travis and Contessa kissing out of her head. Finally she fell into a fit of tears. She threw a ten on the counter and ran out of the store and headed to the station. She knew Travis would be there. When she entered she saw Travis sitting on the couch. Since his eyes were closed she figured he was asleep. She ran over to him and shook him till he awoke.
"Huh? Lily, what are you doing?"
"Travis, do you still have feelings for her?"
"Huh?"
"It's the only way I can ever forgive you. Travis, do you still have feelings for Contessa?" Lily's eyes bore into Travis.
"No."
"Why not?"
"You're really not going to give up are you?" Travis let out a chuckle but Lily's face stayed stern.
"I'm the one asking questions around here. Now tell me, why don't you still love her?" Travis sighed.
"I never loved her. I didn't know what love meant." Lily had a confused look on her face.
"Then why did you go out with her?"
"I guess in some ways I thought I could relate to her and when she asked me out I just said yes."
"Do you love me?" Lily's lip was beginning to quiver. Travis looked straight into Lily's eyes and answered.
"I think I do." Lily's eyes fell.
"Think?"
"Lily, I'm sixteen, how am I supposed to know what love is?" Lily turned her back to him and the sound of rain filled the room.
"You just get this feeling. I know that I'm in love." When Lily turned back around she had a flood of tears running down her face. "Travis, how could you lead me on like this? You made me think you loved me and then you go and throw my heart in a blender!"
"Lily, what does it feel like? Being in love and all." Travis continued to stare at his shoes.
"You get butterflies in your stomach, and whenever you see that person your head fills with air, and your legs turn into noodles. Most of all, you cant get that person out of your head. Morning, noon, and night your thoughts belong to that person. Your heart aches for their touch and you cant stand not being with them."
"That's how you feel about me?"
"Yes." The room was silent for a good five minutes.
"Good, because that's how I feel about you." Lily's head snapped in Travis's direction.
"Really?" Travis slowly looked up at her.
"Yah." Lily jumped into Travis's arms. As she looked into his eyes their faces became closer and in an instant their vision went blurry and their lips met is a romantic kiss.
In that instant something that had been troubling Lily for the past two years became very clear. The kiss that she and Travis had shared in freshman year was no mistake. It was just the one action that would lead them up to this very moment.
A/N: This is not the last chapter so don't worry. There is a LOT more to come. I really hope you like it. I had so much fun writing this story. I finished it around March and I just decided to start posting it.
Trina
P.S. Hey Dani!!!!!!!!