LOL, AWW SHOOT... I DON'T OWN R.F.R., so I am now non-legally liable...

Shouting out To...

Crizzy4RFR: (A.K.A.)- the single reviewer.. Yes, I am twenty and in COLLEGE (a psych/ English major). Hey, I know, it's true... let the person without a "GUTTER-MIND" throw the first stone ... It's a shame really... Well, maybe this next chapter will redeem me in the "readers'" minds... So, you wanted to know where "IT" came from, huh? Well, I think you'll like that explanation... READ AND SEE...P.S. I'm glad you're BACK IN the writing game... I didn't get to respond to you on my other story yet (which I am updating soon, so keep a look out 4... Hey, did you love me? It's almost done too..) ... I just wanted to say... YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH... for this Category... You've honored R.F.R. so much... that I think if you hadn't written another word... YOU WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF, I mean that... Sometimes I got disappointed ... wondering if I was making a difference... Well, a friend said the same thing to me one time and it turned things around for me. She told me she was proud... and I had done more than enough... gone above and beyond the call of duty... Actually, it didn't make me quit or rest... it made me pick up the fight again... WRITING IS A PRIVILEGE... and few recognize that, I think you're one of those "few"...

SO, hopefully I will bring the "READERS" back with this update... But, you know what's funny...Even if A single soul wouldn't read any further... I'd still finish putting this up and out there... Because I made a commitment to myself to do so...

I do like this next part... and I will update within a WEEK of it, because it is CRUCIAL... not to break the flow here... These next parts, HIT HARD AND FAST...They're kind of "BITTER-SWEET" as is much of this story...

SO, here it is HOT off the editing Block...

Lily tries to keep contact minimal, because it seems best 'that' way, even though this isn't the most spacious couch in the world... So, she keeps her "free" hand to herself
and her face straight ahead to avoid Ray's soul-piercing death-brown eyes.

His eyes always amazed her because she always thought of herself as an admirer of boys with blue-eyes, because she could see herself reflected in them like she was
drowning in two deep-pools, but Ray's dark brown, almost black eyes... they produce the same affect and more, which is an amazing feat in itself. They're like dark clarity.

"Lily... Lily... are you with me?"

"Oh yeah Ray, sorry just got um... side-tracked for a moment..."

She turns her head to finish her response when she finally notes Ray's closer proximity... How did he evade into my space without me realizing it...
He was so close, she could feel his breath on her cheek and it was not helpful at all... She could almost hear his heart beat and it was racing like hers.

Something like this could drive any lesser person crazy-NUTS! God, this is a test right?

'Okay Randall, don't look up... WHATEVER you do... DO NOT LOOK UP... look anywhere else but at his eyes.'

"Lil..." he directs...

'Darn it... too late, I see them. Worse, I see myself in them... His eyes are like a mirror... '

"I finally figured out one thing I like about this darn blanket..."

"What's that Ray..."

"First, where'd you get it from?"

"My Mom gave it to me and my Dad gave it to her,
it was hers in college, it was supposed to be a symbol of how their 'best-friendship' would last forever, even if it was like this tattered, worn-out blanket...
At least it was always warm."

Lily takes a moment to think on the 'ironic' parallels...

"Why'd you ask Ray?"

"I wanted to know where it came from, because it smells just like you. Strawberries and lilacs, every inch. And that's what I like about it...
Strange, I've seldom seen you with it before, and you never explained anything behind it... It just stays hidden away huh?"

"Well, that's because I only take it out of my closet, when I'm really sad. Like the world is ending kind of sad... I don't just waste it."

Lily instantly regrets the door she left WIDE-OPEN...

"Oh, I see... And what's gotten you so sad lately Lily Randall?"

"Oh, nothing really..."

If it's even possible, Ray comes even closer to where Lily is... "It must be SOMETHING, you said yourself you never 'waste' it..."

"IT just needed a good airing out."

"Lily, I've known you forever and I've never, ever heard that story, and you love to tell stories..."

"I've just never had the chance..."

"You never took it Lily, and that's YOUR problem."

Ray and Lily are on the verge of a shouting-match
both of their voices are rising steadily...

"Darn you Ray, to walk in here out of nowhere... and judge me... like every thing's normal between us! LIKE THINGS WILL EVER BE THE SAME! HOW DARE YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF! Duh, GET THE MESSAGE... IF YOU'RE GOING, just GO...DID THAT SONG MEAN NOTHING?"

"I KNOW, I'm SORRY OKAY... CHILLAX RANDALL!"