Sorry about the absence of the lyrics…when I started this I had way more time on my hands and now I really don't. But ya know…what can ya do?
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The night was pretty boring, according to Lily. She'd rather be anywhere instead of inside Mickey's with Parker watching suck-ass bands and everyone act so happy around her.
"C'mon…cheer up a bit!" Parker encouraged for about the fifteenth time.
"Can I just go home?" Lily asked desperately after someone shoved through her and spilled her drink.
"Sure." Parker said after a minute. "I better get going too." She shrugged and followed Lily out. By the door, Ray was conversing with some seniors. He watched with sad eyes as Lily brushed past him; Parker playfully bumped his shoulder as she left. Ray quickly said goodbye to his friends and walked outside into the cold air. Lily was heading to the left but Ray ran to the right.
"Hey," He said, out of breath once he reached the brunette.
"Hiya Ray." Parker said, slowing her pace and laughing. "What made you make such a quick exit?"
"Oh, ya know…" Ray stumbled, caught off guard. "Once you left the whole place went totally boring." He said, smirking.
"Oh really?" Parker asked, laughing. "Good to know." They walked a few paces in silence. Abruptly, Parker stopped walking and looked up at Ray.
"Do you think I'm weird?" She asked him. Ray's immediate reaction was to laugh at the absurdity of the question. However, when he looked into Parker's eyes he realized that for once, she was being serious.
"No…" He said, shaking his head. "You're not weird, you're…charmingly eccentric." He said, raising his eyebrows and waiting for a response.
"Charmingly eccentric…?" She said and then smiled slowly. "I like that." She stuck her hands in her coat pockets and began walking again. "This is my house." She said, stopping in front of the sidewalk. "Thanks for walking me back." She grinned at him and innocently kissed his cheek. She watched his face for a reaction and then turned around, walking inside.
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Travis sat alone in his house. His parents were out at a convention of some kind and Travis didn't have it in him to go anywhere. No RFR, no Lily…nothing. So he sat and reminded himself that all of life was suffering and if he ended his desire to want things, his suffering would end to. But his concentration was broken by a knock on the door. Travis jumped up a little too quickly. He hardly ever got visitors.. He opened the door.
"Hey, Travis," Lily said cautiously.
"Hi Lily." He said, stepping aside. "Please come in."
"I can't stay for long." Lily continued formally. "I just…I need to talk to you. I don't know what to do." She collapsed on his couch. He sat beside her. "I want to go back to when everything was normal. I feel like…I feel like I made the wrong choice, but I can't take it back." She looked up at him pleadingly. "Please don't be mad."
"I'm not mad, Lily," Travis replied. "We're going to have to do everything we can to get our friends back, I guess."
"They have every right to be mad." Lily insisted, standing up. "We've crossed the line of no return. I kissed my best friends boyfriend! There's nothing I can do to make it right again!" Travis sighed.
"I know…but you can't go back in time and now you have Parker." He stood up and walked closer to her. "And me." He rubbed her arm, trying to comfort her. She turned away.
"I want my old best friends back. I want Robbie and Ray." A tear slipped down her cheek. "I want my old life."
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Robbie was also alone at this time. His parents were downstairs of course, and Kim was calling his cell phone, but he was still alone. He felt that now he went through his life alone, because he didn't have Radio Free Roscoe, and he didn't have his friends. Compulsively Robbie picked up the phone and dialed Lily's number. Her mother answered; Lily wasn't home. Robbie dialed the number to Travis' house and when the answering machine picked up, he waited a second, deciding what to say.
"Hey, Travis, its Robbie." He began.
Back at Travis' house, Lily and Travis stared at the phone, but neither moved to pick it up.
"I know that you betrayed my trust, and Ray's. And we have every right to be mad about it." Lily and Travis exchanged glances. "But, not speaking to each other isn't the way to solve things. We can't go just being mad at each other. I'm not saying I forgive you or Lily because, God, you guys totally screwed Ray and he's far from being over it but…you're my best friends and I just wanted you to know, and Lily if you tell her, that I'm willing to work this stuff out if we could all just give it a chance." Robbie stopped talking and sighed. Travis and Lily watched the answering machine intently. "So, give me call when you get in."
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LeAvE OnE