Hello everyone! I've been writing a Miracle fanfic for a long time but at the moment, I'm lacking in the inspiration department. What has been inspiring me was the new RFR episodes. I know my other readers will not be happy but I can't help it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything about RFR. Sadly. This will never change.
"Ray, you really have to learn to pay attention."
"I do pay attention! But, come on Travis! How was I supposed to know Grace was right behind me?"
"If you were paying attention, you may have."
Ray could tell this conversation was quickly going nowhere. Travis was a handy friend to have some of the time but he also made life very difficult. Today's incident involved Grace catching Ray talking about how badly her breath smelled on their date the night before. It was a harmless conversation that he was having with Travis but Grace didn't take it so well. Normally Travis would spring to Ray's rescue but this time he just stood there and laughed.
"You are really lucky you don't have a girlfriend to worry about Trav. Don't get me wrong, they're great and all but a lot of work."
"Right," Travis murmured. It had only been days since he and Parker had spent the night together, waiting in line for tickets. He wasn't sure if Parker was his girlfriend necessarily but they had grown close every quickly. Travis wasn't sure he wanted to be confronted on a relationship he didn't know much about.
Luckily for him, Ray was very slow at times and did not think anything was between them, even though he had seen them holding hands and sitting together for the past 3 days.
"Hey Travis! Hey Ray. What's up?" Parker asked, coming up behind the two, resting a hand on Travis's shoulder. He tried to hide the shivers that pricked his skin. Three days and he still couldn't get used to her touch.
"Discussing Ray's inability to observe his environment."
"What Swami means," Ray said, shooting a look to Travis, "is that Grace snuck up behind me and misunderstood something I said. It was something stupid too! So what if I said her breath smelled? I don't like her any less."
"You have to be careful about things like that," Parker said, looking into Travis's eyes despite talking to Ray. "Sure, girls like it when you talk about them to your friends but you have to talk nicely. Don't hide her either. Just be careful." Parker gave a slight smile to Travis before looking back at Ray and punching him on the shoulder. "Paying attention would be handy too."
"See Ray? Parker knows what I'm talking about," Travis commented, raising his eyebrows at him.
"Fine. I'll pay attention more."
"Good," Travis said, shaking his head.
"I have to go guys. Huge chem quiz in about 5 minutes and I don't think I'll pass," Parker said worriedly, sighing quietly.
"You'll do great Parker. Don't worry," Travis said calmly, smiling at her and taking her hand off his shoulder into his own.
"Yeah, don't worry Parker! You can be confident knowing you'll do better than I would."
"Thanks Ray…I think. I'll see you," she said, giving Travis's hand a quick squeeze before walking off towards the stairs.
The two guys starting walking off in the opposite direction together. Ray watched Travis, confused, as Travis watched Parker walk away.
"What's the deal Trav? I know you like Parker, but is there more to it?"
Travis fumbled, his voice cracking slightly. "Well…I…we aren't," Travis said, stopped short by his sudden fall to the floor. He lay on top of a pair of jeaned legs, a pair of orange converse shoes sticking out from the right of him. The owner of the legs and shoes looked at Travis horrified.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! Did you just trip over my legs? I really didn't mean to trip you! I didn't hear you coming because of my headphones!" The mystery girl hung her headphones around her neck and leaned forward. Travis looked up at her, slightly stunned by her intense slate grey eyes and green streaked hair. "Are you okay? You didn't hit your head or anything? Can you hear me?"
Travis shook his head, jumping out of his daze. He hadn't been stopped like that since, well, since he's first seen Parker. "Yes, I think I'm okay. Are your legs alright? I fell pretty hard on them."
"Oh gosh no, I'm good. I'm indestructible, or at least that's what people tell me." She cocked an eyebrow at Travis, who was still lying on her legs. He was quite handsome and well-spoken, she observed.
"Right, that's good." Travis looked at her, laughing slightly. The girl could feel Travis laughing on her legs, which made her laugh. "I should be getting up soon," he commented.
"Yeah, considering I can't feel my feet right now. No hurry or anything."
Ray, finally finding his way into the conversation, leaned over the two. "Need any help getting up Travis?" Ray extended a hand to him, breaking Travis out of his spell.
"Travis?" she asked.
"Yeah, he's Travis and I'm Ray."
"Nice to meet you both," she said, taking Ray's extended hand as Travis got up on his own. "I'm Adam."
Travis finally stood up next to Ray, who was looking at her strangely. "You're name's Adam?"
"It is. Adam James Mariah's my full name. That's what I get for having hippy feminist parents."
"Nice to meet you too," Travis finally said. "Are you new?"
"Yeah, I just moved here."
"Where from?" Ray asked.
"Japan. Okinawa, actually. I lived in China before that."
Travis's mouth dropped open. "I lived in China too!"
"That's awesome! Where-" she started before getting cut off by the bell. "Oh crap! I have to go and I still haven't gone to my locker. I hardly know where the class is! Bye!" she said, running off towards the stairs. As she ran off, murmurs of a chemistry quiz were heard.
"Wow. Someone else from the East? Hard to believe, isn't it Travis?"
All he could do was nod. Ray continued anyway. "You still didn't answer my question Trav. What's the deal with you and Parker?"
The bell rang again, saving Travis for once. "I have to go too Ray. I'll find you after class."
Ray shook his head at him. "Yeah, I guess I'll see you later."