Geesh.. Brent... NO NEED TO SUE... I GET THE PICTURE... Rally4ever does not now or will ever own RFR... You don't have to rub it in you know?
Ray is sitting on a barstool, anxiously awaiting Grace's apperance...
'I wonder what she has to say,' he thinks to himself.
He sees her walk-in and he takes a deep breath, knowing this next
encounter will be hard... to say the least...
He stands up to greet her...
"Hey, Gracie..."
"Hi, Ray...
"Grace, why did you bring us here? What do you want to talk about?"
"Well, I saw something at the concert Ray, and..."
"What did you see?"
"I saw you and Lily..."
"Me and Lily... what? I told you we are just..."
Grace interrupts him, "I know 'just' friends...Let me ask you something first, Ray"
"Shoot."
"Did you ever have feelings for Lily?"
He rubs the back of his head. "Gee, I don't know Gracie, " Ray states not wanting to hurt her with the truth.
"Well, you'd better find out soon, Ray... otherwise we can't be together..."
"And why not?"
"Simple. Because I don't want to be in love with a guy... who's in love with someone else, though it may already be too late for that..."
"Aww, Gracie..." Ray sees she's tearing up by now.
"Ray, honestly... could Lily really ever 'just' be a friend to you? Even though you're with me, I can still tell she has a 'special' place in your heart... and I don't know if you could ever really look at me the way... you do her."
He stays standing to wipe away her tears,
"Gracie, you're worried over nothing... What even makes you think she has feelings for me?"'
"Because, Ray..."
"Because... What?"
Grace starts to blurt, "Because at the concert, I watched her watch you Ray, and ... it wasn't the first time she's done it... She even set-us up Ray... "
"I already know, she set us up Grace... I was there."
"Did you know on our double date, she 'got' me that night ... just before I met you."
Ray sinks back down on the stool after hearing this.
"No, I didn't know that..."
"It's about time you did."
"Grace, what am I supposed to do about this? Once again, how can you be so sure she feels anything for me?"
"If you had let me finish... because Ray, I've watched her steal glances your way, and she looks at you the same way I do. And besides, she'd be an idiot not to fall head over heels for you..."
Ray breathes in at these words, "You mean it, Grace?"
"Yes, I do silly..."
"So what does that mean for us?"
"Well, until you figure out things with Lily... there can't be an us. I should've done something about it sooner... I just wanted things to work out so badly between us.. You know?"
"I know ... I'm so sorry." Ray's hunched over the counter now, like he's been weighted down with an anvil.
Grace gets up and kisses him on the cheek before she leaves, "I'm sorry too, Ray..."
Ray lifts his head up to watch her walk out the door and thinks, "Man, this is the "GREATEST" week of my life. Life 'Sucks Out Loud.' Perfect. I'm even using 'her' catch phrase. Just when I thought this was over..."