Chapter 14
The next day Travis walked to Lily's house. He still wanted to talk to her about Contessa. Lily let him in and they walked up to her room. When he entered he sat down on her bed.
"Lily, why aren't your parents here?"
"They're seeing with a lawyer." Travis saw a glimmer of water in her eyes.
"Why? Lily, what's wrong?" Lily stood up and picked up a glass figurine of a fairy.
"Some things look so beautiful in one piece." Lily chucked the figurine at the wall and it shattered into a million pieces. "And in an instant it can turn so ugly." Travis was taken aback.
"Lily, what's wrong? You starting to scare me." Lily looked to Travis and he saw her eyes turn to stone.
"I always thought my family was so perfect and beautiful, but like the fairy it's now dead. Travis my parents are having a divorce!" Travis held Lily in his arms.
"When did you find out?"
"Last night when I came home from Rays. Travis, I don't think I can take any more of this. So far in the past three months I've had to deal with car crashes, a new girl, a COMA, more break ups than I can count, make ups, cutting, DEATH, and now my parents are getting a divorce! Someone has it in for me."
"I know how you feel. This is happening to Ray, Robbie, and me also."
"I know but it just feel like it's hitting me the hardest. I mean, I was hit by the big rig, I was in the coma, My boyfriend is the cutter, My parents are getting a divorce, I've been breaking up and getting back together with my boyfriend, and I'm the one about to have a nervous breakdown!" Travis looked into Lily's eyes. He gently leaned down and kissed her on the lips.
"Lily, everything's going to be fine. You've recovered from your coma, I'm not cutting anymore, our relationship is gonna be fine, your parents will be okay, and you're not gonna have a breakdown. We all love you, this is just one of those times that everyone goes through that really makes things hard for themselves."
"But why do I have to get loaded with all this crap now?"
"You can't control when these things will happen. You just have to learn to work through it." Lily looked into Travis's eyes and felt a jolt run throughout her body. It was the same jolt she felt four months ago when she and Travis had fallen asleep in the warehouse. Lily tilted her head up and pressed her lips to his soft smooth ones.
"I'm glad you're here to help me through all of this." Travis tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I'm glad I'm here also." Lily saw Travis look away and knew that he was avoiding her gaze.
"Travis, what's wrong?" He was silent.
"Travis? Talk to me please?" Still no answer. Lily's hand caressed his face and made him look at her. She saw tears brimming his eyes. " Travis..."
"Lily, I think we should...take a break, from our relationship."
"What? Why?" Lily was searching his face frantically for an answer but she found none.
"Right now I just don't think I can be in a relationship. I think it would be best for you to see someone else. Maybe even Ray."
"I don't want to be with Ray, I want to be with you!"
"Lily, I know that you have some feelings for Ray and right now he needs you more than I do."
"No! You need me. You're cutting and..."
"And I'm fine Lil. Please, be with Ray? He can help you more than I can."
"But..."
"Lily, I'm still your friend, just right now I can't be in a relationship."
"Why? Just tell me that."
"Because look what happened to your parents. I don't want that to happen to us. I don't want us to start hating each other." Travis whispered the last sentence and then walked past Lily and out the door. Lily stood in the middle of her room for a few minutes before she fell to the floor crying.
The next day Travis walked to Lily's house. He still wanted to talk to her about Contessa. Lily let him in and they walked up to her room. When he entered he sat down on her bed.
"Lily, why aren't your parents here?"
"They're seeing with a lawyer." Travis saw a glimmer of water in her eyes.
"Why? Lily, what's wrong?" Lily stood up and picked up a glass figurine of a fairy.
"Some things look so beautiful in one piece." Lily chucked the figurine at the wall and it shattered into a million pieces. "And in an instant it can turn so ugly." Travis was taken aback.
"Lily, what's wrong? You starting to scare me." Lily looked to Travis and he saw her eyes turn to stone.
"I always thought my family was so perfect and beautiful, but like the fairy it's now dead. Travis my parents are having a divorce!" Travis held Lily in his arms.
"When did you find out?"
"Last night when I came home from Rays. Travis, I don't think I can take any more of this. So far in the past three months I've had to deal with car crashes, a new girl, a COMA, more break ups than I can count, make ups, cutting, DEATH, and now my parents are getting a divorce! Someone has it in for me."
"I know how you feel. This is happening to Ray, Robbie, and me also."
"I know but it just feel like it's hitting me the hardest. I mean, I was hit by the big rig, I was in the coma, My boyfriend is the cutter, My parents are getting a divorce, I've been breaking up and getting back together with my boyfriend, and I'm the one about to have a nervous breakdown!" Travis looked into Lily's eyes. He gently leaned down and kissed her on the lips.
"Lily, everything's going to be fine. You've recovered from your coma, I'm not cutting anymore, our relationship is gonna be fine, your parents will be okay, and you're not gonna have a breakdown. We all love you, this is just one of those times that everyone goes through that really makes things hard for themselves."
"But why do I have to get loaded with all this crap now?"
"You can't control when these things will happen. You just have to learn to work through it." Lily looked into Travis's eyes and felt a jolt run throughout her body. It was the same jolt she felt four months ago when she and Travis had fallen asleep in the warehouse. Lily tilted her head up and pressed her lips to his soft smooth ones.
"I'm glad you're here to help me through all of this." Travis tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I'm glad I'm here also." Lily saw Travis look away and knew that he was avoiding her gaze.
"Travis, what's wrong?" He was silent.
"Travis? Talk to me please?" Still no answer. Lily's hand caressed his face and made him look at her. She saw tears brimming his eyes. " Travis..."
"Lily, I think we should...take a break, from our relationship."
"What? Why?" Lily was searching his face frantically for an answer but she found none.
"Right now I just don't think I can be in a relationship. I think it would be best for you to see someone else. Maybe even Ray."
"I don't want to be with Ray, I want to be with you!"
"Lily, I know that you have some feelings for Ray and right now he needs you more than I do."
"No! You need me. You're cutting and..."
"And I'm fine Lil. Please, be with Ray? He can help you more than I can."
"But..."
"Lily, I'm still your friend, just right now I can't be in a relationship."
"Why? Just tell me that."
"Because look what happened to your parents. I don't want that to happen to us. I don't want us to start hating each other." Travis whispered the last sentence and then walked past Lily and out the door. Lily stood in the middle of her room for a few minutes before she fell to the floor crying.