A/N: Hi again everyone!Well my b-day came and went, but it wasn't in vain! I got some awesome gifts and have been so busy over the past 5 days taking care of my wonderful new calico kitten Sage that I just now got around to writing. In fact if I can write a complete sentence without her supposed help as she stomps around my keyboard then I'll be amazed. Wow I did it! Yes anyway I'd like to give a big thanks to my treasured reviewers Crizzy4RFR, jhhhhjfjk89, and Gutter and Grace! And also to you guys out there who take the time to read my fic it has (shocked)705 hits! Wait just yesterday it had 548 hits, wow man you guys must have been getting anxious or something.

Part 24: The Man is in the Game

Ray was at a loss of what to do next. He couldn't stop Parker from inevitably finding out about RFR by himself and there was no one he could turn to for help, or at least no one he wanted to turn to. And how would his fellow DJs react if they learned Parker was this close to uncovering RFR. He had barely been able to stop the discovery yesterday and he wasn't sure he'd be able to stop her again. Of course then there was Parker…she would no doubt be wondering what happened with Travisyesterday and Ray was dreading this encounter more than any. He wasn't exactly the best liar in the world…

"Hey Ray," Parker greeted walking up to his locker.

He motioned a greeting with his hand before hastily returning to the relentless lock on his locker. The lock had become so much of a distraction that he hadn't realized just who was standing behind him…until it was too late.

"How'd it go yesterday?" She asked openly.

"Fine," He shrugged not realizing what she meant.

"So where'd he go?" She asked.

Suddenly realization dawned and a lightning bolt struck his face, "Where did who go?" He asked stupidly.

"Duh, Travis!" She informed him.

"Oh," He smiled, "No where important."

"And where would 'no where important' be?" She asked simply.

"We went in a giant circle back to Mickey's," He stated.

"Ray, that's a little impossible, I went back and waited 45 minutes at least and you never showed up," She notified him.

"Oh, you don't know?" He asked.

"Know what?" She raised an eyebrow.

"There's a short cut through Travis' route, he he, I didn't know either but we must have gotten there before you. You see he was looking for you hoping you might still be there, but when he didn't find you well he left and went home," He explained nervously.

She nodded, "You'll have to show me the short cut sometime," and with a smile walked off.

"What was that about?" Robbie asked as he approached his own locker.

"Nothing," Ray said before realizing that Robbie might just be a good person to confide in, "Hey um…Robbie I got a question."

Robbie looked confused, "What, Ray?"

"What would you say if I told you that Parker found out about RFR?" He asked.

"She what!" Robbie exclaimed.

"No, it's a hypothetical question," Ray assured him.

Robbie shook his head, "Ray, don't even joke about that."

"I'm not, she almost did discover it," Ray muttered under his breath.

"What was that?" Robbie asked.

Not feeling like repeating himself for fear of the lecture he would get he simply said, "Nothing."

Robbie nodded, "Ray what do you think of a new 'Choose' segment on RFR?"

"Huh?" Ray asked.

"You know, a segment with choose. We can give situations to our viewers or to each other." He explained, "So what do you think."

"Honestly Robbie, it's a dead giveaway about who we are. Have you ever seen anyone else playing Choose? And even if no one notices Choose would catch on as a world wide fab and it wouldn't be ours anymore." Ray said truthfully.

"I never knew Choose was so important to you," Robbie said puzzled.

Ray put his arm around Robbie's shoulders, "Robbie, Robbie, Robbie in the immortal words of Lily Randall 'The game is not in the man, the man is in the game'."

Robbie's face became even more confused, "Ray, that made no sense, and aren't you exaggerating with the whole 'worldwide fab' thing?"

"I know, but we were only 4 when Lily said it," Ray joked.

"And it relates to your feelings on Choose how?" Robbie asked.

Ray thought for a moment and then shrugged, "I guess it doesn't, it just sounded good in the moment."

"Ray, somehow you always manage to amaze me," Robbie laughed.