CHAPTER 8
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Travis walked farther into the living room with the same shocked expression upon his face "Mr.Randall, Mrs. Randall, and
Simone, um what are you doing here?" Mrs.Strong just glared at Travis "Now Travis that is no way to treat the Randall's,
wheres Lily? is she with you?" Travis shook his head "No, i took her home a few minutes ago because we had homework to do
for tomorrow." "Awww thats a shame, i wanted to apologize and get to know her better" Mrs.Randall replied sadly.
"We decided to take your advice to get to know her, but we also thought it would be nice to get to know her family.
As it just so happens Mrs.Randall and I were very good friends back in high school but we lost touch when she married Mr. Randall's
and when your mother and I started moving around after we got married" Mr. Strong added. "Wow did you guys ever date?" Travis
asked letting curiosity get the best of him. Mr.Strong and Mrs.Randall looked at the floor. Mrs.S was shocked " honey Travis
asked you a question and for your sake the answer better be no." "That goes for you too dear" Mr.R piped in.
Travis finally spoke up through much confusion "i think I'm going to do my homework and leave you adults to whatever it is your
doing." He raced upstairs as fast as he could, picked up the cordless phone and dialed Lily's number as quick as he could.
Over at the Randall's Lily is sitting in the living room wondering to herself " i wonder where my family is" then all of a
suddenly she hears the phone ringing so she picks it up after the third ring "hello?" she asks. "Lily its me" a familiar voice
replies. "Travis, Hi whats up? you miss me already?" she asks with a light laugh. " oh you know it, anyways i know where your
parents are. They are in my living room arguing with my parents and with each other because apparently your dad went out with
my mom back in high school and they did not bother to tell my dad or your mom." Lily was completely shocked "oh my gosh, i cant
believe this, i have to see for myself. I will be right there" and with that she hung up the phone. Within a matter of minutes
she was at Travis's doorstep ringing the doorbell. The Adults in the living room did not notice the ringing because they were
so busy arguing and trying to find out what other secrets had been being kept from each other. Travis quietly crept downstairs,opened the door
letting Lily in and greeting her with a kiss. "Come on we can listen better from the kitchen" he whispered. They listened there
for what seemed like hours but what was really only fifteen minutes before it got quiet and Mr. Strong came into the kitchen
for a drink, it took him a moment before he noticed the two teenagers staring at him "Oh what are you two doing in here? I thought you
were upstairs Travis and I thought you were at your house Lily. She smiled "i was but i was a little lonely at home and decided
to come do my homework with Travis, it was just a bonus to find out this is where my parents have been all along" she replied sweetly.
Mr.Strong nodded "well maybe you two should go do your homework upstairs because this may take awhile." Travis and Lily nodded as they made
their way back upstairs to wards Travis's room. "Want to watch a DVD?, since you didn't actually bring your homework" he asked.
Lily smiled at him "sure how about we watch something scary" she winked at him. Travis just grinned as he searched through his
collection of DVDs for the scariest movie he could find, at last he found it "identity". He put the DVD in the player, shut off the light and then
joined lily on the bed.
About half way through the movie Lily started to get really scared and started cuddling up to Travis, which they both enjoyed of course
so Travis put his arm around Lily as if he was protecting her from the bad guys in the movie and he kissed the top of her head, she looked
up and smiled at him as she was content laying there in his arms. They stayed like this for the rest of the movie, except when the really
scary parts were showing then Lily would bury her face in Travis's chest as if she was hiding and Travis would just chuckle and
smile at her. When the movie was over Lily and Travis got up and went back downstairs for a snack, when they got down there Lily's Family
was gone home and Travis's parents were both in separate rooms with long scowls on their faces. Lily looked at the time and realized
it was past curfew "i think i should go home now, i will see you tomorrow morning" she said with a kiss before she whispered in his ear
"i love you" and with that Lily left the residence and walked the few minutes to her own home where she found her sister on the
computer and her parents also in separate rooms with even longer scowls on their faces. Lily thought to herself "wow this
sure has been an interesting night." She said good night to her parents and decided to finish her homework before heading off to
bed, where she was sure to have sweet dreams of Travis that night.
A Few weeks later School is out for the summer,
Lily is traveling with the Strong's to their summer cabin just on the other
side of the border. They had been traveling for quite a few hours and the temperature was just starting to reach 30 degrees.
Travis had just dozed off to sleep, Lily soon decided she was getting a bit tired so she removed her Cotton Zip-up jacket and
used it as a pillow and before long she too was fast asleep.
Not too much longer later Lily was awoken by a pair of lips lightly kissing her own, she kissed them back before pulling away
and opening her eyes to see a smiling Travis looking right back at her " we're here sleepy head." Lily sat up and looked out
the window and the sight she saw was amazing. There was a medium sized rustic looking log cabin that overlooked a sparkling
blue lake surrounded by mountains covered in thick patches of bushy green trees. "Its beautiful isn't it" Travis spoke up
finally breaking the silence. Lily turned to look at him " it's gorgeous Travis, I'm so happy you invited me to come with you
guys." He just shrugged and grinned " how could I go the whole summer without seeing you, anyways we should really be getting
in the house to unpack." Lily nodded and together they got out of the car and walked hand in hand up the dusty pathway to the
cabin, to where they were greeted by Travis's mother " oh I see your awake now Lily, we have 2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 bedrooms
down here. We have put Travis in his normal bedroom upstairs and your room will be the one across the hall from him. There is
a lovely view overlooking the lake, I am sure you will enjoy your stay in that room. Mr. Strong and I will sleep down here in
the bedroom just down the hall and to the left, just let us know if you need anything at all and we will be glad to help."
Lily just nodded as her and Travis turned and carried their luggage up the twenty something stairs, when they reached the top
they headed into their separate rooms to finally unpack.
As Lily was unpacking she began to notice just how pretty her room was with its double bed covered with a big navy blue comforter,
and light blue sheets peeking from underneath, and two over sized plain blue pillows to top it all off." This sure is a nice room"
she thought as she made her way too look out her window, just then she heard a knock on the door and Travis came in. "how's it
going? Feel like going for a walk or something?" he asked hopefully. Lily nodded "sure id love to see more of this place, it's so pretty here." Travis merely smiled with a glint of
Thoughtfulness in his eyes " yeah that's why I like it here, its so peaceful and relaxing. There's so much to see and do here. It's absolutely amazing. My family has owned this
Cabin since I was born so we've been coming here every summer since then. I'm happy I got to bring someone special with me to share it with."
They headed down the stairs together with Travis telling Lily all about his stays at the cabin, just before they went outside
they stopped in the kitchen to tell Mrs.Strong they were going for a walk outside " OK, but dinner is in half an hour,
so behave yourselves." Travis nodded "don't worry mom we will, I'm just going to show Lily my favorite spot by the lake a little
ways down the trai.." Mrs. strong nodded as she understood "OK but you better be back in time for dinner and you better be careful, just
remember about the moose and deer. You don't want to frighten them, they could get violent if you scared them." Lily was a little
unsure but smiled, " don't worry Mrs. Strong we will be OK, we will look out for each other." Mrs. Strong just smiled "OK, well
see you both later then."
"So where are we going?" Lily asked anxiously. Travis chuckled "why do you always have to know where I'm taking you? maybe
I'm taking you somewhere special as a surprise." They walked for a good twenty minutes before they came to a small clearing
in the woods, not much farther ahead was a small flat bedded cliff that over looked the lake and a small portion of the mountains
around them. Lily just gasped "Travis this is absolutely breath taking." He just stared at her devotingly. "What?" she asked.
"nothing, your just absolutely gorgeous. Here lets sit down over here" he said motioning to a few recently fallen logs.
Just as they are sitting down, Travis pulls a small velvet box from his coat pocket. "Lily, i have loved you from the minute
I saw you with your flowing golden hair, and your sweet inquisitive eyes. You have always been there for me and always made
me feel special and like i was someone when no one else did. I love you and i want you to have this, its a promise ring. It
promises that we will be together until either the day we die or until the day our love for each other finally burns out.
In my heart i don't believe our love will burn out, i think we will be together for the rest of our lives. who knows? maybe
we will even get married in the future. For now this ring is a symbol of my love for you, and my hope that no matter what
happens to us we will always love each other." Lily was absolutely speechless, she had happy tears in her eyes and she
could not make up her mind whether to hold them in or let them flow. Travis smiled as happy tears flowed freely down Lily's
face. He got up and moved closer to her before turning her face to ward his own and kissing her softly on the lips, before
long she was kissing him back with slow soft kisses. All of a suddenly the peacefulness of the forest was disturbed by a
ferocious growl, Lily and Travis broke apart and when they turned around there was nothing but fear in their eyes. A mountainous
grizzly bear was up on her hind feet, pawing the air while letting out a ferocious yet threatening growl. At this point Lily was
screaming while throwing large stones at the bears head to try and scare it off. Travis on the other hand was in complete shock
and was slowly backing up completely unaware of how close he was to the edge of the cliff. Lily finally scared off the bear when
she hit it in the eye with a fairly large stone, but as she turned around to assure Travis everything was OK now she Screamed
out in fear "TRAVIS WATCH OUT" but it was too late, As she got out the words Travis had already taken one step back too far and was
plummeting over the edge of the cliff. Lily screamed in fear as she ran to the edge of the cliff and was horrified at what she saw
I CAN TELL YOU GUYS NOW THOUGH, THAT WITHOUT ANY REVIEWS NO ONE IS GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
AND THANK YOU TO CAALAN WHO HAS BEEN REVIEWING MY FANFIC BASICALLY EVERY CHAPTER SO FAR. LOL I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, I LOVE ALL YOUR GREAT FEEDBACK. ITS WHAT MAKES ME WANT TO WRITE MORE :D
IN CASE YOUR WONDERING I HAVE REVISED THIS CHAPTER AND I ACTUALLY ADDED ANOTHER PART TO IT SO THAT IT NOW ENDS IN A CLIFF HANGER.
Travis walked farther into the living room with the same shocked expression upon his face "Mr.Randall, Mrs. Randall, and
Simone, um what are you doing here?" Mrs.Strong just glared at Travis "Now Travis that is no way to treat the Randall's,
wheres Lily? is she with you?" Travis shook his head "No, i took her home a few minutes ago because we had homework to do
for tomorrow." "Awww thats a shame, i wanted to apologize and get to know her better" Mrs.Randall replied sadly.
"We decided to take your advice to get to know her, but we also thought it would be nice to get to know her family.
As it just so happens Mrs.Randall and I were very good friends back in high school but we lost touch when she married Mr. Randall's
and when your mother and I started moving around after we got married" Mr. Strong added. "Wow did you guys ever date?" Travis
asked letting curiosity get the best of him. Mr.Strong and Mrs.Randall looked at the floor. Mrs.S was shocked " honey Travis
asked you a question and for your sake the answer better be no." "That goes for you too dear" Mr.R piped in.
Travis finally spoke up through much confusion "i think I'm going to do my homework and leave you adults to whatever it is your
doing." He raced upstairs as fast as he could, picked up the cordless phone and dialed Lily's number as quick as he could.
Over at the Randall's Lily is sitting in the living room wondering to herself " i wonder where my family is" then all of a
suddenly she hears the phone ringing so she picks it up after the third ring "hello?" she asks. "Lily its me" a familiar voice
replies. "Travis, Hi whats up? you miss me already?" she asks with a light laugh. " oh you know it, anyways i know where your
parents are. They are in my living room arguing with my parents and with each other because apparently your dad went out with
my mom back in high school and they did not bother to tell my dad or your mom." Lily was completely shocked "oh my gosh, i cant
believe this, i have to see for myself. I will be right there" and with that she hung up the phone. Within a matter of minutes
she was at Travis's doorstep ringing the doorbell. The Adults in the living room did not notice the ringing because they were
so busy arguing and trying to find out what other secrets had been being kept from each other. Travis quietly crept downstairs,opened the door
letting Lily in and greeting her with a kiss. "Come on we can listen better from the kitchen" he whispered. They listened there
for what seemed like hours but what was really only fifteen minutes before it got quiet and Mr. Strong came into the kitchen
for a drink, it took him a moment before he noticed the two teenagers staring at him "Oh what are you two doing in here? I thought you
were upstairs Travis and I thought you were at your house Lily. She smiled "i was but i was a little lonely at home and decided
to come do my homework with Travis, it was just a bonus to find out this is where my parents have been all along" she replied sweetly.
Mr.Strong nodded "well maybe you two should go do your homework upstairs because this may take awhile." Travis and Lily nodded as they made
their way back upstairs to wards Travis's room. "Want to watch a DVD?, since you didn't actually bring your homework" he asked.
Lily smiled at him "sure how about we watch something scary" she winked at him. Travis just grinned as he searched through his
collection of DVDs for the scariest movie he could find, at last he found it "identity". He put the DVD in the player, shut off the light and then
joined lily on the bed.
About half way through the movie Lily started to get really scared and started cuddling up to Travis, which they both enjoyed of course
so Travis put his arm around Lily as if he was protecting her from the bad guys in the movie and he kissed the top of her head, she looked
up and smiled at him as she was content laying there in his arms. They stayed like this for the rest of the movie, except when the really
scary parts were showing then Lily would bury her face in Travis's chest as if she was hiding and Travis would just chuckle and
smile at her. When the movie was over Lily and Travis got up and went back downstairs for a snack, when they got down there Lily's Family
was gone home and Travis's parents were both in separate rooms with long scowls on their faces. Lily looked at the time and realized
it was past curfew "i think i should go home now, i will see you tomorrow morning" she said with a kiss before she whispered in his ear
"i love you" and with that Lily left the residence and walked the few minutes to her own home where she found her sister on the
computer and her parents also in separate rooms with even longer scowls on their faces. Lily thought to herself "wow this
sure has been an interesting night." She said good night to her parents and decided to finish her homework before heading off to
bed, where she was sure to have sweet dreams of Travis that night.
A Few weeks later School is out for the summer,
Lily is traveling with the Strong's to their summer cabin just on the other
side of the border. They had been traveling for quite a few hours and the temperature was just starting to reach 30 degrees.
Travis had just dozed off to sleep, Lily soon decided she was getting a bit tired so she removed her Cotton Zip-up jacket and
used it as a pillow and before long she too was fast asleep.
Not too much longer later Lily was awoken by a pair of lips lightly kissing her own, she kissed them back before pulling away
and opening her eyes to see a smiling Travis looking right back at her " we're here sleepy head." Lily sat up and looked out
the window and the sight she saw was amazing. There was a medium sized rustic looking log cabin that overlooked a sparkling
blue lake surrounded by mountains covered in thick patches of bushy green trees. "Its beautiful isn't it" Travis spoke up
finally breaking the silence. Lily turned to look at him " it's gorgeous Travis, I'm so happy you invited me to come with you
guys." He just shrugged and grinned " how could I go the whole summer without seeing you, anyways we should really be getting
in the house to unpack." Lily nodded and together they got out of the car and walked hand in hand up the dusty pathway to the
cabin, to where they were greeted by Travis's mother " oh I see your awake now Lily, we have 2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 bedrooms
down here. We have put Travis in his normal bedroom upstairs and your room will be the one across the hall from him. There is
a lovely view overlooking the lake, I am sure you will enjoy your stay in that room. Mr. Strong and I will sleep down here in
the bedroom just down the hall and to the left, just let us know if you need anything at all and we will be glad to help."
Lily just nodded as her and Travis turned and carried their luggage up the twenty something stairs, when they reached the top
they headed into their separate rooms to finally unpack.
As Lily was unpacking she began to notice just how pretty her room was with its double bed covered with a big navy blue comforter,
and light blue sheets peeking from underneath, and two over sized plain blue pillows to top it all off." This sure is a nice room"
she thought as she made her way too look out her window, just then she heard a knock on the door and Travis came in. "how's it
going? Feel like going for a walk or something?" he asked hopefully. Lily nodded "sure id love to see more of this place, it's so pretty here." Travis merely smiled with a glint of
Thoughtfulness in his eyes " yeah that's why I like it here, its so peaceful and relaxing. There's so much to see and do here. It's absolutely amazing. My family has owned this
Cabin since I was born so we've been coming here every summer since then. I'm happy I got to bring someone special with me to share it with."
They headed down the stairs together with Travis telling Lily all about his stays at the cabin, just before they went outside
they stopped in the kitchen to tell Mrs.Strong they were going for a walk outside " OK, but dinner is in half an hour,
so behave yourselves." Travis nodded "don't worry mom we will, I'm just going to show Lily my favorite spot by the lake a little
ways down the trai.." Mrs. strong nodded as she understood "OK but you better be back in time for dinner and you better be careful, just
remember about the moose and deer. You don't want to frighten them, they could get violent if you scared them." Lily was a little
unsure but smiled, " don't worry Mrs. Strong we will be OK, we will look out for each other." Mrs. Strong just smiled "OK, well
see you both later then."
"So where are we going?" Lily asked anxiously. Travis chuckled "why do you always have to know where I'm taking you? maybe
I'm taking you somewhere special as a surprise." They walked for a good twenty minutes before they came to a small clearing
in the woods, not much farther ahead was a small flat bedded cliff that over looked the lake and a small portion of the mountains
around them. Lily just gasped "Travis this is absolutely breath taking." He just stared at her devotingly. "What?" she asked.
"nothing, your just absolutely gorgeous. Here lets sit down over here" he said motioning to a few recently fallen logs.
Just as they are sitting down, Travis pulls a small velvet box from his coat pocket. "Lily, i have loved you from the minute
I saw you with your flowing golden hair, and your sweet inquisitive eyes. You have always been there for me and always made
me feel special and like i was someone when no one else did. I love you and i want you to have this, its a promise ring. It
promises that we will be together until either the day we die or until the day our love for each other finally burns out.
In my heart i don't believe our love will burn out, i think we will be together for the rest of our lives. who knows? maybe
we will even get married in the future. For now this ring is a symbol of my love for you, and my hope that no matter what
happens to us we will always love each other." Lily was absolutely speechless, she had happy tears in her eyes and she
could not make up her mind whether to hold them in or let them flow. Travis smiled as happy tears flowed freely down Lily's
face. He got up and moved closer to her before turning her face to ward his own and kissing her softly on the lips, before
long she was kissing him back with slow soft kisses. All of a suddenly the peacefulness of the forest was disturbed by a
ferocious growl, Lily and Travis broke apart and when they turned around there was nothing but fear in their eyes. A mountainous
grizzly bear was up on her hind feet, pawing the air while letting out a ferocious yet threatening growl. At this point Lily was
screaming while throwing large stones at the bears head to try and scare it off. Travis on the other hand was in complete shock
and was slowly backing up completely unaware of how close he was to the edge of the cliff. Lily finally scared off the bear when
she hit it in the eye with a fairly large stone, but as she turned around to assure Travis everything was OK now she Screamed
out in fear "TRAVIS WATCH OUT" but it was too late, As she got out the words Travis had already taken one step back too far and was
plummeting over the edge of the cliff. Lily screamed in fear as she ran to the edge of the cliff and was horrified at what she saw
I CAN TELL YOU GUYS NOW THOUGH, THAT WITHOUT ANY REVIEWS NO ONE IS GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
