A/N: Ok it's the 28th. Man it's a good thing I decided to look at the date at 1:30 in the morning so I could have this written by 2:00. Anyway back to the school discussion. My school is a 2-story rectangular building, and even weirder than that there's only one grade at it: 9th grade. So yeah I'm smart like you! All honors, well the middle level of honors (there's PreAP honors and PreAP GT honors I'm in PreAP). When I was in 7th grade those of us who got like 99 on the major statewide test that can keep you from graduating no matter how good your other grades are (and I'm talking even more major than finals!) got to take the SAT test just to see how we stack up against the highschool kids. I was one of 7 students to get state level! Not that I'm bragging or anything, but GO ME! I was in like the top 11th percentile including high school kids. It didn't count for anything major(except that now Duke University (and others too) keeps wanting me to attend classes in the summer for college credit or to start college now and have it count as high school too), but I wonder how well I'll do next year when I take it again for real!

So anyway thanks to my wonderful reviewers Crizzy4RFR and jhhhhjfjk89! Be proud guys we're at 96, 4 to go to 100. We're going to make it. Though the sad truth is no story lasts forever and pretty soon this one will come to a close sniff you guys have been so great. But I guess I shouldn't say goodbye yet! We've got lots left that has to happen!

Part 29: Fairy Tale Encounter

They had so far been wrong. Parker had done her best to forget about what she knew. She had acted as if nothing had ever happened, because she knew that rightfully she couldn't be the angry one. Lily had done what she'd had to for the protection of RFR, and she had been a terrible friend who just couldn't let things slide. She deserved not being talked to by Lily, but silently she begged her not to tell Travis the truth.

It had been a week, a long and lonely week; Lily was still not talking to her, but that might have been because Parker had been avoiding her. In fact, Parker had been so successful at avoiding her that she hadn't seen any of the RFR gang the entire week since the incident, and so there had really been no opportunity for Lily and Parker to talk.She hadn'tevenseen Travis, and he had long since assumed she no longer considered him her boyfriend.

And the day of the incident, the last time she'd seen Ray at Mickey's he'd been a mess. Worried about Lily, she supposed. After all it was only natural to worry about a best friend, just the same as Lily worried about Travis. Of course, Parker was worried about him too, but it was different to be his girlfriend. You knew things about Travis that no one else did; or at least you understood them though he never told you, and you realized that this wasn't something you dug into. You weren't curious about him or it would mean the end of the relationship; it was simply his business. He never let affect you, why should you let it affect you?

When you were 'Swami's' girlfriend you understood these things, and especially the fact that for some unexplained reason 'Swami' was never to be spoken in his presence. Though she'd never seen him cry, it seemed likely that one of these days he would. And she didn't even know why. No one did. And she figured that, most likely, no one ever would. Unless Lily had her way. The question was, however, would she?

It was a long class today. 3rd period normally just flew by, but on days like today it didn't. Parker was pondering these things when suddenly; out of nowhere, a voice broke her train of thought.

"What?" She asked jerking her head from side to side trying to clear her thoughts.

"If you will do us all a favor and stop daydreaming, your presence is requested at the board. There's a problem for you to solve," Stated a cold voice.

Parker didn't even flinch in response; she simply stood and headed to the board, showing no sign of embarrassment or discomfort at the 25 pairs of eyes now staring at her and snickering softly. Nor did she get the answer to the problem right, and was therefore given a stern lecture explaining the finer points of paying attention in class. None of this fazed her however as she was currently pondering the best way to approach Lily. It was amazing how successful she'd been at the whole avoiding thing considering that her locker practically neighbored Lily's. But today since she had somewhere to be there was no way she could wait until Lily left to sneak up to her locker. She had to face the music sometime.

The bell rang.

Taking in a small gulp of air she headed for her locker.

Lily was there.

Lily saw her.

Lily smiled.

Smiled? She smiled?

"Hey Parker!" She called excitedly.

"Randall!" She replied cheerfully.

"Where've you been all week?" She asked.

"Well if you're asking if I've been at school then yes. If not then I don't know what ya mean," She explained, "and I'd hate to get the wrong answer!"

Lily giggled, "Yes that's what I meant."

"Where's Travis?" She asked suddenly.

Lily frowned, "No clue. I think he's been sick or something."

"But I thought I heard him on the…on the you-knows," Parker blushed.

Lily nodded, "Of course we have recordings of his voice we sometimes use when he's not there."

Parker nodded, "Oh. Man you guys thought of everything!"

"No, actually. He thought of everything, he made it all possible. Robbie had the dream, he had the brain. And Ray and I simply got sucked in." Lily told her shrugging.

"I thought you'd be mad at me?" Parker said.

"Mad at you?" Lily asked, "Parker you're my best friend; how could I be mad at you?"

Parker shrugged, "Look, Lily I'm sorry I followed you."

"I'm kind of glad you did," Lily explained, "You know I would have told you eventually, right?"

Parker nodded, "Yeah I realize that, now."

It was a fairy tale encounter. The perfect new beginning. If only it were true.