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Days went by without the kiss being mentioned. It seemed to Lily that Travis always had something more important to do than even look her way. Everything now felt awkward between them and she hated it. If she caught Travis' eye, he would immediately turn his attention elsewhere as if he hated the sight of her. She had picked up the phone to dial his number at least ten times a day. Wondering what exactly she would say to him always made her put the phone back down, then she would just stare at it. She stared at it and prayed that it would ring for her. It felt as if she had lost each of her best friends in just a matter of months. She missed them. She missed the warm feeling his kiss had given her.

Travis stayed as far away from Lily as possible. Not even daring to glance at her for long, because he knew that if he would have, the feelings would surface again and he would ache for her. He knew that he couldn't go through it again, that he wasn't as strong as he had thought he once was. He did his best to push all memories of any intimate contact with her away. Vowing that he would not let her dive so deeply into his heart again.

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He had been concentrating on working the soundboard and was glad that the show would be ending soon. He would be away from the familiar smell of the station, the sound of her voice and the flash of blonde hair that seemed to stay in his peripheral vision. He turned the equipment off, thinking about meeting up with Robbie at Mickey's.

" Travis," she said, shocking him out of his train of thought. " Would you stay behind and help me with this new idea I have about another song?" she asked simply, as if she were asking the time.

Damn her. " Yeah," he said, concentrating on the sound system as if he still had more work to do. " Sure, Lil, I can stay for a few minutes."

" When you become a superstar, don't forget your loyal fans," Ray smiled, as he gathered his things to leave. " The little people. Never forget the little people," he winked at her as he passed by on his way to the door.

" Don't worry, Ray," she smiled back, the curve of her mouth turning to a smirk " I will never forget." She slammed her headphones down and looked up at Robbie before Ray could open his mouth again " I'll catch up with you later, ok," she said. Robbie nodded and quickly headed for the door, as he sensed the tension.

" So, you need help Lily?" Travis asked as he came out of the booth and took Ray's vacant chair, safely away from Lily.

" Yes," she answered, her voice now taking on a hurt tone. " And you know what about. Travis...I"

" Don't," he said, " It never happened ok? Let's forget it."

"That is always your answer isn't it?" she said, now growing angry " Yes, Travis, let's make things simple and pretend the serious stuff never happens. Is that what Buddha says?"

His eyes narrowed and he spoke a little more harshly than he had intended " No, but Travis says to forget matters that cause everyone else pain ok? I don't want to relive the past."

"This is hardly reliving the past," she snapped back " In the past, we had Ray and Audrey to worry about. We don't now. Why don't we do what feels right to us? For once, make ourselves happy?"

And you just hate that don't you? You would love to have Ray to worry about again. Travis stood, tossing his back pack over his shoulder. " That is exactly what I'm doing," he said as he headed for the door.

" Wait," she cried out as she jumped up and caught him by the arm before he made his exit. " Can we not do this? Can we just forget the past and start over?" she said softly, her grip tightening on his arm.

You weren't quick enough, Strong. Now, not only is she touching you again, but she is begging you, in that fucking soft sexy voice. He turned to face her " What is it that you want Lily? Do you even know?"

" This," she said, pulling him to her, kissing him as softly and sweetly as before. It worked, she could feel the pain fade away instantly.

He felt defeated again as he kissed her back. You should have left when you had the chance. He dropped his back pack and pulled her tightly against him.