A/N: All right, now let's see…uh…Christmas was great. How was yours? Ok you guys had some qs for me in reviews. As for the length of the chapters I'm doing it this wasy for several reasons. A: so it doesn't take to long for me to write. B: so all my readers with busy schedules can read it in one sitting. C: because there's another site I might post this on and chapters can only be about this long. D: because this is basically how the chapters come to me. I write what feels right. If it needs to be long it is, if not then it isn't. E: so that I don't travel between too many ideas at once and you all don't get confused. I'm really pretty good about updating (notice it's the 28th) so you usually get 2+ chapters a month, and besides the longer the chapters the fewer there are and the less time WE have to enjoy this story. As for why Parker calls Lily 'Randall' it's her nickname for her. Randall and Randy are what she usually calls her. And as for Ray and the best of both worlds, A: I really haven't had too many opportunities to include them and B: I just basically forgot about them so thanks for the reminder. It's been so many months since I've seen RFR sniff that I need you guys to remind me of little tidbits I forget. I go to school in west Texas. Being sent to the principal for tardies. In my school 4 and that's where you go. Now to thank my splendiferous reviewers Crizzy4RFR, RFanR, jhhhhjfjk89, ZephyrWiltshire, and Winter's Child. (Welcome my new comers) Now RRE! (read, review, enjoy)

Wait sniff I just realized this is my last post of 2005. You were a great year! Let's hope 2006 (and a 17 year old brother Jan 5th) re just as good or in the case of the brother better. You guys make it all sunshine and rainbows for me!

Part 37: Tomorrow

Parker put plan A into action immediately. After 5th period she just happened to run into Travis at his locker and asked him if he wanted to go to Mickey's after school for a date. He happily agreed, though he had been planning to go to the library and study for their English test the next week. However, that was something he could put off for her. And she was lucky she'd asked today; he had to baby sit Anneke from tomorrow for the rest of the week.

Parker was just bursting with excitement about her up and coming date for the rest of the day, and if she'd seen Lily she'd have probably told her the whole idea without breathing. As it was, Ray received the honor of being the first person she spilled her guts to. But he was too shocked by how fast she was talking and how long her sentences were to pay any attention to what she was saying, and he really didn't want to ask her to repeat it. Instead he went through all of 6th and 7th periods trying to A: figure out what had been so important she had to tell him, B: figure out why the word 'Travis' kept appearing in her speech, and C: figure out why she'd told HIM of all people. You might be able to guess his classes weren't very productive, and he found himself with more homework than he'd ever wanted in his whole life.

Parker, however, seemed to calm down after her outburst and went through the whole rest of the day silently trying to decide what to wear, say, and do at Mickey's while managing half a mind on her school work. When the final bell rang, even though she sat in the very back of the room farthest from the door, Parker was the first one out of the class and may even have been the first one out of the school. She didn't even bother to stop at her locker as she had all her homework with her.

She had to sit and wait 5 whole minutes beside Travis's bike before he showed up and they headed off for Mickey's. Parker made small talk in an attempt to make him more accepting of the topic she would have to bring up. They sat in a booth and ordered a chocolate milkshake with 2 straws. About halfway through the 2nd one Parker decided it was time to ask him her questions.

"Travis, why do you carry that picture around with you all the time?" She asked innocently.

He choked on his straw and spent the next few minutes coughing and clearing his throat.

"Picture?" He gasped.

Parker nodded, "The one with the girl in it."

A flash of sadness passed through Travis's eyes and was gone just as quickly as it had come. If Parker hadn't been staring straight at him at the time she would have missed it.

"Why does it make you sad?" She asked puzzled.

"What do you mean?" He replied.

"Travis, don't play stupid, I saw it in your eyes and Randy's seen it too."

"Lily?" He asked.

Parker nodded, "We're worried about you. Why won't you talk to us"

"It's nothing. It happened a long time ago," He sighed.

"But it still hurts you." She questioned.

"I said it's nothing!" Travis roared, earning stares from a few nearby tables.

"Travis, it's not nothing. You always get this way when that picture is mentioned or when someone calls you Swami; why?" She looked at him with concern in her eyes.

He sighed, "It happened a long time ago. I don't want to talk about it." And with that he stood up and left, leaving Parker to pay the bill.

Silently she left Mickey's and headed for her home. She felt like crying. Something was really bothering Travis, and he wouldn't open up and tell them what it was. He'd done things like this before, but never to this extent. Her only hope now was plan B, and that he would eventually get fed up with them and tell them just they'd leave him alone. Maybe it was too much to ask for him to relive his past. It had always been true that Travis hated reliving things before Roscoe. Only when Bridget came had they learned anything about him. But one thing she couldn't help but wonder was whether he would choose her over Bridget. She'd seen him all through his past, the good times and the bad. Parker knew nothing about him. Only what Lily told her. But Lily didn't know much either.

She sighed and kicked a small rock into the street. She watched it roll along and at it's end she looked up toward a tree in he park she was passing. A lone figure stood by the tree and she recognized them immediately.

"Randy," she said sorrowfully.

Lily turned to her, "How'd it go?"

"We have to do plan B, we don't have any other choice." She sighed.

"I understand." Lily said softly, "tomorrow?"

"He's baby sitting Anneke," Parker explained.

"Then we should do it. Last time you followed him with the picture it was after he baby sat Anneke."

Parker nodded, "Tomorrow."