Chapter 7
Ray's face went blank and Travis looked like someone had hit him with a bat yet for some reason he still had a smile on his face. Travis patted Robbie on the back.
"Good to see someone found the kindness in her. She deserves someone like you." Rays gaze now fell upon Travis.
"You're okay with this?"
"Yah. As I once said to you, 'you can't control when love will pull a sneak attack on you.'" Ray still looked like a zombie. Lily and Travis decided to leave Ray and Robbie alone for a while. When they had finally left Ray spoke.
"Do you really love her, Rob?"
"Yah, I do Ray." When Robbie saw that Ray wasn't accepting this he become angry.
"Ray, I thought you of all people would be able to accept this!" Lily was standing outside the door. Travis went down to the lobby to get some water and she had decided to come back. She secretly looked into the room.
"What on earth made you think that!?"
"I thought that if you could accept Lily dating Travis even though you've liked her forever, you would be able to accept me and Kim!"
"Who ever said I was accepting Travis dating Lily? You don't understand, it's tearing me up inside but I can't show that! I just want Lily to be happy and if that means she gets to date Travis than that's what I have to do!" Lily saw the tears in Ray's eyes and felt her stomach tearing into knots. She leaned against the wall and slid to the floor. Tears cascaded down her face.
"I'm ruining everything." Lily stood up and ran down the stairs and past Travis all the way home.
The next day Travis called her around 11o'clock. She was still sleepy but she was just about to get in the shower. She had been up all night crying.
"Hey Trav, look can we talk at Mickey's? Say around one?"
"Yah, is something wrong? I saw you running out of the hospital yesterday."
"Yah, something sort of is wrong. Just meet me there. Bye." And then she left Travis with the sound of the dial tone.
One o'clock finally rolled around and Travis found Lily sitting on the red couch in the middle of Mickey's. She looked up and patted the cushion next to her.
"Travis, I'm ruining a friendship that I can't afford to lose." Travis was utterly confused.
"Lily please tell me what's going on?"
Lily took a deep breath and prepared for what she was about to do. Tears welled up in her eyes as she came to the realization that after this there might never be a second chance. I'm doing this for Ray. I can't lose his friendship. I can't. Lily took a quick glance to Travis. But how can I do this to Travis. I can't lose his friendship either. More tears fell down her face. It's now or never. Lily took in a deep breath and took the plunge that just might ruin her life.
"Travis, I think we should break up." Travis's face went sheet white.
"It's just, Ray still has feelings for me and..." Lily was interrupted.
"You don't want to hurt him. I understand." Travis has a blank sound to his voice.
"I just wish you could have considered my feelings too." Travis stood up and walked out of the store with the same blank stare on his face. Lily curled into a ball and cried into the cushions.
"What have I done, what have I done, what have I done?" Just then Lily felt someone sit down beside her. She lifted her head in hopes that she would see Travis but she slightly frowned as her gaze rested on Robbie.
"Lily?"
"When did you get here?"
"Just a minute ago. What's wrong?" Lily sat up and Robbie engulfed her in a hug. She cried into his shoulder for a few minutes before she finally got the courage to talk.
"I broke up with Travis."
"Why!?"
"I heard you and Ray talking in the hospital yesterday. Ray still has feelings for me and I can't hurt him like this. Now Travis thinks I didn't consider his feelings and only focused on Ray so now he's mad at me. But the thing is, I did think of Trav, but there is no other way." Robbie lifted Lily's chin so that he could look her in the face. Her eyes were red and baggy and her face was blotchy. The look in her eyes made him want to cry. She truly looked like she had just made the biggest mistake of her life.
"Lily, do you love him?"
"Yes, but Ray..."
"Forget about Ray. He needs to learn to not be so selfish. Look what his selfishness is doing to you. All you need to do is get the man you love. Ray will get over it in due time." Lily smiled but it quickly faded.
"How? Travis will never forgive me."
"Yes he will. You just need to talk to him." Lily nodded.
Ray's face went blank and Travis looked like someone had hit him with a bat yet for some reason he still had a smile on his face. Travis patted Robbie on the back.
"Good to see someone found the kindness in her. She deserves someone like you." Rays gaze now fell upon Travis.
"You're okay with this?"
"Yah. As I once said to you, 'you can't control when love will pull a sneak attack on you.'" Ray still looked like a zombie. Lily and Travis decided to leave Ray and Robbie alone for a while. When they had finally left Ray spoke.
"Do you really love her, Rob?"
"Yah, I do Ray." When Robbie saw that Ray wasn't accepting this he become angry.
"Ray, I thought you of all people would be able to accept this!" Lily was standing outside the door. Travis went down to the lobby to get some water and she had decided to come back. She secretly looked into the room.
"What on earth made you think that!?"
"I thought that if you could accept Lily dating Travis even though you've liked her forever, you would be able to accept me and Kim!"
"Who ever said I was accepting Travis dating Lily? You don't understand, it's tearing me up inside but I can't show that! I just want Lily to be happy and if that means she gets to date Travis than that's what I have to do!" Lily saw the tears in Ray's eyes and felt her stomach tearing into knots. She leaned against the wall and slid to the floor. Tears cascaded down her face.
"I'm ruining everything." Lily stood up and ran down the stairs and past Travis all the way home.
The next day Travis called her around 11o'clock. She was still sleepy but she was just about to get in the shower. She had been up all night crying.
"Hey Trav, look can we talk at Mickey's? Say around one?"
"Yah, is something wrong? I saw you running out of the hospital yesterday."
"Yah, something sort of is wrong. Just meet me there. Bye." And then she left Travis with the sound of the dial tone.
One o'clock finally rolled around and Travis found Lily sitting on the red couch in the middle of Mickey's. She looked up and patted the cushion next to her.
"Travis, I'm ruining a friendship that I can't afford to lose." Travis was utterly confused.
"Lily please tell me what's going on?"
Lily took a deep breath and prepared for what she was about to do. Tears welled up in her eyes as she came to the realization that after this there might never be a second chance. I'm doing this for Ray. I can't lose his friendship. I can't. Lily took a quick glance to Travis. But how can I do this to Travis. I can't lose his friendship either. More tears fell down her face. It's now or never. Lily took in a deep breath and took the plunge that just might ruin her life.
"Travis, I think we should break up." Travis's face went sheet white.
"It's just, Ray still has feelings for me and..." Lily was interrupted.
"You don't want to hurt him. I understand." Travis has a blank sound to his voice.
"I just wish you could have considered my feelings too." Travis stood up and walked out of the store with the same blank stare on his face. Lily curled into a ball and cried into the cushions.
"What have I done, what have I done, what have I done?" Just then Lily felt someone sit down beside her. She lifted her head in hopes that she would see Travis but she slightly frowned as her gaze rested on Robbie.
"Lily?"
"When did you get here?"
"Just a minute ago. What's wrong?" Lily sat up and Robbie engulfed her in a hug. She cried into his shoulder for a few minutes before she finally got the courage to talk.
"I broke up with Travis."
"Why!?"
"I heard you and Ray talking in the hospital yesterday. Ray still has feelings for me and I can't hurt him like this. Now Travis thinks I didn't consider his feelings and only focused on Ray so now he's mad at me. But the thing is, I did think of Trav, but there is no other way." Robbie lifted Lily's chin so that he could look her in the face. Her eyes were red and baggy and her face was blotchy. The look in her eyes made him want to cry. She truly looked like she had just made the biggest mistake of her life.
"Lily, do you love him?"
"Yes, but Ray..."
"Forget about Ray. He needs to learn to not be so selfish. Look what his selfishness is doing to you. All you need to do is get the man you love. Ray will get over it in due time." Lily smiled but it quickly faded.
"How? Travis will never forgive me."
"Yes he will. You just need to talk to him." Lily nodded.