Perfect

Disclaimer: Radio Free Roscoe is one of the GREATEST Canadian shows, and, although I'm Canadian and would love to own the show, I don't... But, the great Canadain Channel "Family" does, so, next best thing :-D

The Angel With Me

The next day, Lily headed back to the hospital. Travis and Robbie took the day off school aswell but Lily told them she wanted to spend some time alone with Ray. Travis and Robbie really wanted to see Ray so they agreed that they would give Lily a hour alone and then they were heading in, no matter what. After all, Ray was their friend too.

When Lily arrived at the hospital, she checked with the nurse at the front desk. The nurse told her that Ray was awake and that she could go ahead and see him.

When Lily entered Ray's room, she saw him sat up in bed talking to the T.V in one of his many voices. Lily laughed to herself. She could see things were starting to get better.

"Don't go in that room!" Ray said to the T.V. He was watching Dawson's Creek, one of the many rerun shows he liked to watch. "The lady killer is in there!"

"Hey" Lily said. Ray jumped, he got a fright because he didn't realize anyone was in the room with him.

"Oh, hey" Ray smiled at her.

"So..." Lily said sitting in the same chair she had been rushed out of just twenty-four hours ago.

"So..." Ray repeated back.

"I saw your parents in the waiting room." Lily tried to make conversation.

"Oh yeah, they spent the night, they're just out now to get some food! Sounds good I think!" Ray smirked.

"I see everything is back to normal. Awesome. You're doing so much better. You'll be back out in no time. We'll be able to ride our bikes to the show together again. All that stuff we used to do." Lily smiled at Ray.

"Actually..." Ray sighed. "Riding my bike is out of the picture from now on."

"What do you mean?" Lily's face went from happy to worried.

"Well..." Ray started. "You see, what happened to me was, I was walking to school through the construction site. I was totally oblivious to the fact they had faulty equipment. Anyway, as I was walking I heard someone yell 'KID, GET OUT OF THE WAY'" Ray made one of his voices. "When I looked up, I saw one of those huge metal beam things falling down towards me. I tried to run Lily, but the last thing I remember is that it hit my back and I was out. The doctors say I'm VERY lucky it never crushed me. They say it's a miracle I'm alive and that there must have been an angel with me at that moment."

"So? What does that have to do with riding bike... doing our show... all the old things?" Lily asked feeling a bit worried and sick of what she might hear.

"You see Lily, it hit my back. It crushed my spin... I'm paralyzed from the waist down."

"Oh Ray." Lily shed a tear as she jumped from her chair to hug Ray. "It's not fair, it's just not fair. Something like this shouldn't have happened to someone like you!"

"Listen Lily" Ray said, "I thank God every minute that He took my ability to walk instead of taking my life. He does everything for a reason and I'm thankful to be alive. You do realize today could have been my funeral?"

"I know" Lily shook her head as she wiped the tears from her eyes and sat back down. "I guess I should thank Him too for answering my prayer and waking you up."

Ray smiled at Lily. "I think you should."

"Ray, I also have to tell you I'm sorry. I don't ever want to argue with you again. Please forgive me."

"Lily, on my way to school yesterday I was going to try and make up with you again. Guess I never made it there to do so."

"I guess I shouldn't have started the arguement in the first place. We're gonna be friends in or out of uniforms right?" Lily smiled.

"Well..." Ray laughed. He was thinking more then friends, but who knew what the furture held. "Of course!"

Lily smiled. "So why'd you want uniforms so bad anyway? And don't give me that whole 'girls in skirts' thing again!" Lily laughed.

"To be honest Lily, I haven't told anyone this." Ray looked sad now. "Last year my dad lost his job. Right now we barely get by. My mom makes enough money to feed us of course. I'm properly taken care of. The thing is, for wants like expensive clothes, we just don't have the money. We only have enough for what we need. You know, bills, food, that kinda stuff. I figured that if we were supplied one outfit, then that's only one outfit we would need to buy. No more buying clothes to fit in. That's why I made that remark on the fifty dollar jeans you wear. This is also why I don't think I'm perfect." Ray stared at the T.V with a blank expression on his face. It's hard you know. I have to wear my brother's hand-me-downs. I feel at times I may be the laughing stock of the school, but I didn't want to tell anyone my problem because then people would only take pitty. They'd probably offer me money and stuff. I don't want to be that kind of person either. But, it's gotten to the point where, last Christmas our church supplied our Christmas dinner, as they do all the families who need it at our church. The church is also helping on the expenses of me getting these treatments that I need. Mom and dad are trying to sue the construction site for faulty equipment, and although we're going to get some money out of it, they say it was private property and I shouldn't have been going through there anyway. So we aren't going to get everything we deserve. But I do have one more thing to say..."

Lily looked as if she was going to cry. She didn't know what that thing could be. She didn't feel like she could talk but she managed to ask, "Yeah, What's that Ray?"

Ray looked straight into Lily's eyes. "The angel the doctor said was with me yesterday. That angel was you. And although I may not be..." Ray smiled. "You're PERFECT!"

Chapter 6 over and out... Perfect over and out. That's it for my fanfic. I hope y'all liked it! I may write more RFR fanfics in the future so stay tuned. Right now I'm working on a couple of other fanfics in different categories, so go check them out on my profile. I also have upcoming fanfics there if you want to see what's in store! Please review this chapter if you read. Tell me what you liked or what you hated about this story and I'll try and write my next fanfic to suite those who are reading my fanfics! Thanks all who have listed me/this story as a fave, I appreciate it SO much!