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As the sun rose the light shined right in Lily's eyes. She yawned and groggily propped herself up on the couch. She could tell that her hair was a disaster and her shirt was inside out. She opened her eyes and the realisation hit her. She was still in the station. She had never gone home. Lily began to panic. She looked around for her jacket, and she noticed that Ray was right beside her. He seemed to be still sleeping.

"Ray," Lily said in a panicky voice, "wake up." She nudged him in the shin as she continued to frantically search for her jacket.

"Lily?" Ray was slowly getting up.

"Ray, we have to get out of here!"

"What's going on?" He was still half asleep.

"We stayed here all night! Our parents will kill us!" Lily found her jacket and put it on over her inside-out shirt.

"We…stayed here…all night…together?" Ray stood up and looked at Lily. Her unbrushed hair was in her eyes.

Lily paused, "yes we did." She wasn't sure whether she should smile or not. She was happy about what happened. It was something that she had longed for for so long. Last night was amazing. It was everything she hoped it would be. She couldn't think about that right now though, she knew she had to get home.

Ray lightly graced his hand against her wrist, "I…"

"Ray not now! I want to talk, I really do, just not now. My Dad can never find out that I stayed here with you all night or I'll be grounded until I'm 40." Unsure of herself, Lily leaned forwards to hug Ray. He felt exactly as she remembered. She whispered in his ear, "I'm glad it happened though." She laughed. It was the same laugh he had heard so many times before. Something about that was comforting. Suddenly Lily realised what she was doing, "Sorry Ray, I have to go." And with that, she was gone.

Lily was standing at the front steps of her house thanking herself for remembering to bring keys. Although she was worried, there was something intriguing about sneaking into her own house after having been with Ray. She fumbled with her keys and ever so slowly slid them into the door. She tip toed her way towards her bedroom, praying that nobody would see her. As she reached the kitchen a familiar figure was sitting at the table. He was reading the morning paper when he looked up and saw her.

"Dad! Uh…hi there…good morning I mean." Lily was flustered.

"Your home early Lillian." Her Dad didn't put down the paper, but continued to read it and talk to Lily at the same time. She wandered if he actually was reading the paper or if he was just pretending to.

"Um…I guess…wait I'm what?"

"So you had fun at Parker's house?"

"Ab…absolutely…"

Lily's father put down the paper and offered her a seat beside him, "I am glad you let me know where you were."

Utterly confused, Lily sat down. She poured herself a cup of coffee, just the thing she needed that morning.

"Dad…"

"I did find it unusual that Parker was the one who phoned, but seeing as you were sick. Are you feeling better?" Lily's father looked her straight in the eye. He looked as if he was ready to take her temperature at any moment.

"I'm…doing…alright I guess. I think I should…possibly…get some more rest though." Lily was so nervous that her coffee cup was shaking.

"That's probably a good idea Lillian."

Lily breathed a sigh of relief and headed downstairs. What was that about? Why did her Dad think she was at Parkers. Lily threw herself on the couch and grabbed her phone. She dialled Parker's number as fast as she could.

"…yeah?"

"PARKER!" Lily practically shouted through the receiver.

"Lily, it's 7:00 in the morning" Parker sounded like she was still in bed.

"Parker what happened last night!"

"I should ask you the same question."

Lily tried to calm down, "did you call my Dad?"

"Sure did"

"why?"

Parker rolled her eyes, "I was worried about you. You seemed so strange yesterday that I thought you might be doing something you might regret. I called at midnight and your Dad picked up."

"You didn't! Parker I was fine! What did you tell him?"

"I asked if you were there, and he said that you still weren't home yet. I knew you didn't want him to know that you were still out with Ray, so I told him you were with me. He said 'why would you ask for Lily if she was with you?' I got nervous and told him it was an April fools prank."

Lily couldn't believe what she was hearing, "but Parker it's July!"

"You know how bad I am at lying! I told him that I was just practicing for April Fools Day. So then he asked if he could speak with you."

"And…?"
"And I told him that you couldn't come to the phone because you were sick."

"That explains it. He asked me if I was feeling better this morning." Lily took a deep breath and sank into the sofa.

"Lily," Parker paused, she wanted to bring it up in exactly the right way, "you haven't answered my question yet."

"About what?"

"About this! About why I had to cover for you last night! About how you stayed out all night!"

"I…" Lily searched for the right words, "…can't tell you."

Parker knew that Lily couldn't lie to her, "you didn't…"

"Didn't what?" Lily snapped.

"Go all the way with Ray…?"

Silence fell on Lily's end.

"How could you? Ray is with Angela! Do you know how much this will hurt her?"

Anger built up inside of Lily, "look, you weren't there! It wasn't just some sleazy night. The evening evolved. Angela's never going to find out because you're never going to tell her!"

"Alright," Parker sighed, "but you're going to have to deal with this. Even though I don't agree with you, I will still be here to help."

Lily rested her forehead in her hand, "goodbye Parker." She hung up the phone and placed it beside the picture she had stared at for so many lonely sleepless nights. Her emotions drained all her energy out of her, and Lily collapsed into a long deep sleep, something she hadn't done for days.