Here's some more. I felt like I needed more tonight!

Thanks for reading and enjoy! MayRaven

Brian looked nervously around him as he waited to board his yellow bus. He was afraid that somehow it would get back to Sharon Cherski that he's told Angela what he thought about Kyle, Sharon's boyfriend. He thought it was strange that the two were even still together. Every other week Sharon declared to anyone but Kyle that she was going to break it off.

Once Brian was safely on the bus he relaxed into his seat. It was when the bus started to move that a strange thing happened. The driver suddenly hit the break and re-opened the boarding door. Brian perked with interest as did some of the other students. And there she was; not Sharon, but Rayanne Graffe.

The driver began to argue that Rayanne couldn't take this bus and Rayanne fought back, claiming she had taken it before to get to Angela's house. Since Angela wasn't on the bus now the driver insisted Rayanne leave. Just as she was about to comply, Rayanne spotted Brian hiding with his head low. She called to him and he smiled weakly. The driver gave in since she knew "Curly" was a good kid.

Rayanne bounced down the aisle and landed next to Brian. This brought stared and chatter all around. "Boy," Brian thought, "this is like adding gas to a flame."

"Hey Krakow," said Rayanne. "You don't mind me hitching a ride to Angela's on big yellow here, do you? Not like some people." She motioned to the driver.

"Where's Ricki?" Brian asked trying to keep his voice even to hide his nerves.

"Oh, yeah he's studying with Delia Fisher. You remember Delia, don't you?"

Brian sighed inwardly. Life would be so simple now if he hadn't messed things up so badly with Delia. "Delia, who?" he said sarcastically.

"Don't let her hear you say that," warned Rayanne. "She looks like the kind of girl who's poke your eyes out with her own two fingers for a joke like that."

"I know what you mean," agreed Brain.

Rayanne jumped off the bus after Brian and ran over to the Chase house. She knocked on the door and rang the bell a few times. Finally an annoyed Danielle answered. She said Angela was out with Jordan and she made a gross-me-out face. Brain laughed and Rayanne almost cursed.

Brian asked when Danielle's parents would be home and she wasn't sure. Oddly enough Rayanne and Brian agreed that Danielle should not be left alone and they invited themselves in to wait for Angela.

"This isn't necessary," protested Danielle. "Someone will be home in like minutes."

"Yeah, well good. Then we only have to be here for a few minutes," Brian said with a shrug.

"Whatever. I'll be in my room doing homework," said Danielle as she ran up the stairs and slammed her door.

"So now what?" asked Brian.

Rayanne headed for the kitchen with Brain trailing behind. She stuck her head in the fridge and came out with a beer. When she offered it to Brain he looked offended. Rayanne put it back and sat on the counter.

"This is weird," Brian commented.

"Yeah? You think so?"

"I don't even know why I'm here."

Rayanne grinned to herself. "I hear you told Angela about that thing at my place," she said.

Brain blinked in astonishment. Was Rayanne actually going to admit something happened right here in the Chase's kitchen, he wondered. "I told her not to talk to you about it. That you, like, never even talked to me."

"Well we're talking now, right? So what's going on? Is the rumor about me…and, like, you?" she asked twirling a lock of hair.

"I guess so. I mean," he paused for a moment. "I don't know what else it could be," he admitted.

"So you told Angela we like did it?"

"Not so loud," he warned gesturing to Danielle above their heads. "No. I said we just made-out or whatever."

"Why? I mean you could have like bragged or tried to make her jealous or something."

Brain stared at his sneakers. "It's not like I was ashamed, exactly. It's just that I didn't want to get you in trouble, or whatever."

"What, like, you really think Chase has a thing for you? She ignores you and practically sticks her tongue down Catalano's throat in our faces all the time."

"I don't care so much anymore," he said still staring at his shoes.

"No? Well good," she said flipping her hair back and looked at Brian.

Brian lifted his head and their eyes met. Rayanne's face fell and her stomach dropped, "Oh no, don't look at me, Krakow. That's why I didn't talk to you after."

"Do you have any idea what that does to a person? You just, like, used me and never talked to me again." Brian was obviously hurt and had to let her know once and for all.

"I can't be your girlfriend, Brain. I'm not girlfriend material," Rayanne said as she played with her purse strap. "Besides what would people think. I mean seriously."

"So you have no concern for my feelings?" he wanted to know.

"Brian, don't."

"Please tell me, I really need to hear it from you. How you were feeling down and needed a convenient pick-me-up. God I can't believe I let it happen."

"Oh please!" laughed Rayanne. "You should be so lucky as to get any girl to have sex with you!"

"Thanks, thanks a lot." Brian felt his face flush and he knew his eyes were beginning tear. "I'm going to go. You don't need me."

Brian took off out the side door. Before Rayanne could react it slammed closed behind him. She sat on the counter kicking her feet for a few moments, then stopped when Danielle peeked around the corner.

"What's going on down here?" she asked.

Rayanne opened her mouth to speak but closed it again. What was going on? she thought.

"Nothing," Rayanne said sliding off the counter. "I'm going to get out of here. You'll be fine on your own, right? Right. So tell Angela I came by. Or don't. Whatever."

Danielle grinned deviously as she watched Rayanne leave.

Later that evening when Angela came home Danielle told her about Brian and Rayanne waiting for her.

"They thought I was in my room. I even put my music on to fool them," she told her sister.

"Danielle, that's not nice. You shouldn't be spying on my friends," chided Angela.

"Oh yeah? Well it sounded like they had a fight. I mean, I didn't know those two were an item."

Angela hated it when her little sister used archaic slang like 'item'. It made her think of her parents. "Danielle they aren't like a couple if that's what you mean."

"I don't know. They were talking about having s-e-x," Danielle whispered so their mother wouldn't hear in the next room.

"I'm sure. Like they would ever," she laughed.

"No, it sounded like they had. It sounded like that Rayanne person broke Brian's heart. Poor Brian. I'm glad I don't like him like I used to or I'd be really mad, I think," pondered Danielle.

Angela couldn't believe it.

Another lie.

TBC