Chapter 16

As Lily walked down the halls of Henry Roscoe High she saw Travis talking to Audrey. She felt her stomach tie into knots. She quickly turned around and saw Ray heading out of his history class. She ran up to him and kissed him on the lips.

"Hey pretty lady."

"Hey Ray." Ray pressed Lily up against the wall and kissed her more passionately than before. As they broke apart Lily saw Travis looking at them. Take that Travis Strong.

"Audrey, you said you said you talked to her."

"And you expect everything to change in only one day?"

"No but...it's almost as if she did that to spite me." Audrey placed her perfectly manicured hand on his shoulder.

"Travis, in case you didn't notice, Lily can be quite cruel sometimes." Travis watched as Audrey walked away. Her powder blue dress seemed to flow perfectly with her body is a way that it almost seemed evil. Why do I have an uneasy feeling about this?

That afternoon Travis skipped RFR. Instead he went to Mickey's. He ordered a cup of green tea and sat down on the orange couch in front of the fireplace to rest. His P.E. coach, Mr. Gray, had made him jog two miles in the rain, and then he had to do pulls ups. Travis knew he wasn't doing well in P.E. since he currently had a C but he didn't care. He still worked out so to him it didn't matter that he couldn't run two miles with out hurting someone from frustration. Right now all that was on his mind was Lily.

As he sat listening to RFR someone walked up behind him and covered his eyes.

"Guess who?" Travis swatted her away.

"What do you want Audrey?" The chestnut haired girl sat on Travis's lap but he quickly pushed her off.

"Travis, I just need to make sure you really want to be with Lily."

"Of course I do!"

"Well think about it. She's sometimes cruel, selfish, spoiled..."

"What are you talking about? Lily's none of those things! Are you sure you're her friend?"

"Positive." Audrey crossed her fingers behind her back. "It's just, even a friend has to be honest. It's called constructive criticism."

"Well to me it just sounds harsh." Travis and Audrey fought back and fourth for the next ten minutes. They were so busy arguing that they didn't see Lily walk in.

"Wow, I didn't know loving couples were supposed to fight this much." Travis looked up and saw Lily standing in front of him. She was wearing a pair of denim hip huggers and a forest green tank top with a silk green pocket resting on her rib line.

"What?" Audrey felt her nausea rising.

"Well, Audrey told me how much you two like each other and I didn't think loving couples fought this much."

"I think I better go." Audrey stood up to leave but Travis grabbed her arm.

"No you don't Audrey Quinlan, you're staying right there. Lily, Audrey and I aren't dating."

"But Audrey said..."

"I know." Travis eyed Audrey suspiciously. "Audrey has some explaining to do." Audrey sat back down.

"It's just...Travis, once Lily started dating you all she ever talked about was you. It made me remember all the good times we had and I just had to have it back."

"So you risked your friendship with Lily?"

"You call that a friendship? I just had her give me info on you back in freshman year and she never left me alone." Travis saw Lily look away with hurt in her eyes.

"How can you be so cruel?"

"Lily knew my rep when she became my friend so she knew the consequences. I just pretended to be her friend. All that time I was giving her makeovers it was just a way for me to pass the time. Plus she really needed it. I consider it charity work." Travis saw tears flow out of Lily's eyes. He stood up and grabbed Lily's hand and left.

"Lily, are you okay?"

"Yah, I'll be fine."

"Okay." As Travis saw more tears come he wrapped her in a hug.

"Travis, I just can't believe she would do that to me."

"I know. Lily I'm sorry."

"Travis?"

"Yah?" Both stopped talking as their eyes met. They seemed entranced, if only for a few moments.

"Is it true? Do you still love me?" Travis looked into her glassy green eyes.

"I never stopped loving you." Lily looked away and picked up her backpack.

"I have to go." And with those last words she was gone.