The next morning (Tuesday) the group sat on the staircase in school.

"Choose, Sam" Ray said. "Wearing the same outfit everyday for the rest of your life or making out with Waller"

"Oh that's disgusting" Robbie said.

"Ok bad images in my head" Lily said shaking her head and Travis chuckled.

"So what's your choice?" Ray said.

"Have to go with Waller" she said.

"You're kidding right?" Robbie said raising an eyebrow at her.

"No…" she started.

"Of course she picked Waller she could never wear the same thing everyday" Travis said casually. Sam looked at him but turned away.

"He's right" she said.

"That's crazy" Lily said.

Ring!

"Oh shoot, come on Lil" she said and grabbed her arm as they trotted down the hall. The guys stood up and shook their heads laughing and dispersed.

"Hello, my name is Ms. Shalanty.  I'm your substitute teacher for today and since your teacher didn't leave any work for you all you are free to talk amongst yourselves. Please keep the volume low."

"Yes!" Sam said and turned to Lily. "So what's up girl you going to tell me why you're glowing or what?"

"Oh you don't want to know"

"Yea I do! Did something happen with you and Travis?" she said suspiciously.  Lily nodded and smiled.  Sam scanned her face and gasped. "You guys did 'it' didn't you?" Lily's mouth dropped.

"How'd you know?"

"Its all over your face Lil"

3rd period English….

"Hey guys!" Ray said sliding into a seat behind Robbie and next to Lily. Travis sat behind Lily and Sam sat in front of her and next to Robbie.  Lily was turned around in her seat holding Travis' hand.

"Hey", "Hi", "What's up?" and "Hey you" Came from the group, Travis was reading a book and Lily continued touching him as she talked with the rest of the group until class begun.

"'Morning students" Ms. Mitchell said placing her briefcase on the table.  "Please review the sonnet I asked you to read last night and feel free to discuss it with each other"

"Crap! I forgot to read it" Ray said going through his textbook looking for the page.

"Surprise, surprise" Sam said.

"Whatever just discuss it without me for now ok?" Ray said.

"So did you guys like it?" Robbie said.

"Yea" Sam said sheepishly.

"It was sweet" Lily said.

"Why?" Robbie asked.

"Well, its about love" Travis said eyeing Sam. "He knows she's not perfect but he loves her anyway" Sam turned her head.

What is with him?

"I know he talks about how ugly she is"

"and how her breathe stinks" Ray laughed.

"Hey this Shakespeare kid is pretty funny." He said.

"Actually, I don't really like it." Sam said. "I mean if I was his girl I'd be mad that he said that about me not to mention for the whole world to read!"

"But his intentions were good, isn't that what matters?" Travis said staring Sam in the eyes.

"How do you know what his intentions were? How do we know what anyone's intentions are?" She replied.

"That's true" Lily said as Travis shook his head.

"Isnt love the most important thing though?" Lily said.

"What good is love if you don't show it right?" Sam said.

"Or express it?" Ray said looking at Lily but put his head back in the book.

"Ok. Choose, all of you.  Have someone love you and express it wrong and/or hurt you or just be friends?" Sam said.

"Friends"

"Friends"

"Uhhh I'm going to go with friends" Ray said.

"I have to go with the first choice" Travis said.

"Why?..."

"OK class…." The teacher said ending their conversations but Sam still thought about what Travis said.

Does he?.....He cant still be?......

Sam shook her head and turned her attention back to the teacher.

At lunch Sam sat in between Robbie and Lily who was sitting across from Ray and next to Travis. Sam dug into her Pringles and Robbie did the same.

"I think you rubbing off on him" Ray said to Sam and she laughed.

"What can I say?" she said shrugging her shoulders and smiling at Robbie. Ray started in on his lunch as Lily pulled closer to Travis.   She put her leg over his and kissed him but Travis remained cool and read his book. Lily started playing with his hair. Robbie nodded to Sam pointing her attention to Lily and Travis. Sam smiled and whispered in Robbie's ear "They did it last night" Robbie's mouth dropped and he looked at her searching for assurance with disbelief and shock in his eyes. She nodded and whispered in his ear again "of course why do you think she's all over him like that?"

Ray tried to ignore the whispering next to him and Lily fondling Travis but he couldn't.  He started a conversation with Robbie but Robbie soon turned his attention back to his girlfriend.  It seemed like an eternity to him before the bell rang.

Next period

"I hate volley ball" Robbie said throwing the ball in the air so Ray could set it back to him.

"I love volleyball" Ray said glancing over at the girls next to him.

Sam felt a tap on her shoulder she turned and Travis was passing her note she took it.

Love is worth risking everything.  Even if it hurts.

So is that your excuse for getting with Lily while you were with me.

Who said I was in love with her?

Oh great you left me for lust. I feel so much better.

No, that's not what I'm saying.

I don't want to hear what you're saying. Travis, we're done talking about this.  I love Robbie.

Travis wrote back but she wouldn't take it. Travis shook his head.

"So you got a date yet?"

"No!"

"Hey Ray"

"Why don't you ask them?" Robbie said pointing to the girls that just passed by.

"Yea right then I'd have to act like I remember what happened last Saturday."

"True, very true"

"I mean there's no one I'm really into but what can I say? the ladies love m--" a volleyball bounced off the side of Ray's head.

"Heads!" Someone called.

"Thanks a little late don't you think!" Ray called back rubbing his head as Robbie laughed.

Travis and Sam sat in silence till the bell rang.

"I'm not giving up"

"Travis what are you trying to do" Sam said sounding annoyed and flipped her hair around her shoulder.

"Nothing I-"

"Hey guys" Robbie said walking over to them.

"Hi." She said grabbing her bag and swung it over her shoulders. "We better go" she said taking Robbie's hand and walked off. Travis watched her leave longingly. 

"I'm Question Mark and I'm wondering how much is too much?" Robbie said and looked at his friends. "When is enough enough?" He said and sat back signaling the rest of the gang to chime in.

"When you start to annoy someone" Lily said.

"When you have no chance or no hope at what you're trying to achieve" Sam said. Travis avoided her glance.