Chapter 14

Taylor watched as Carter pushed open the balcony door and entered his room. "Are you awake?" He asked, groggily.

"No. Haven't you heard? I talk in my sleep now too." She flashed him a quick smile and sat down on the edge of his bed.

"So what are you doing over here?"

"I got bored. And I can't really sleep. I was gonna go sleep in Zac's room. Or just lay there and talk to him."

Taylor shook his head. "No. You can't do that."

"Why not?"

"Cause I want you to stay here and talk to me."

"Tay..."

"Please?" He asked, sticking out his lower lip.

"I can't. Seriously."

"Why not?"

Carter laughed.

"Why not."

"Cause I'm horny and I might do something I'll regret."

Taylor's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah Tay. I wanna do you right here right now in your bedroom with your parents asleep down the hall. Come on. Let's do it." Carter climbed on top of him and straddled his waist with her legs.

"Are you serious?" He repeated.

Carter grinned. "What do you think? Now I'm going to leave and go sleep with your brother."

"That could be taken the wrong way."

"Well maybe I meant it in that way." She smiled, trying to act as serious as possible. When she saw the look on Taylor's face, she laughed. "I'm kidding. Now goodnight. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Night." Taylor smiled weakly and watched as she left his room.

Zac moaned and rolled over. He opened his eyes to see the familiar face of his best friend, leaning over him. He jumped and took a deep breath. "Holy hell, woman. You trying to scare the shit outa me?"

"I can't sleep."

"And this means what to me?"

"Scoot over." Carter shoved him over in the bed and climbed in next to him.

Zac put his arm around her and sighed as she laid her head down on his bare chest, a position they fell asleep in many times before. "Why can't you sleep?"

"I dunno. How are you feeling?" She asked, staring at the foot of his bed.

"The same."

"Guess what?"

"What?"

Carter looked up at him and smiled. "I put that song you wrote to music."

"Really? Sing it."

Carter shook her head. "I'll wake people up."

"Like your loud mouth doesn't wake people up just by talking."

Carter laughed. "Ok. I'll do it." She cleared her throat and softly sang the lyrics to the song that Zac wrote. The melody was soft and sweet showing only a hint of depression, mostly hapiness. When she was done, she stayed silent until he spoke.

"That was really great, Carter."

"Thanks."

"I'm serious. You have a talent. I don't know why you only ever sing to me. You should share it with everybody."

Carter shrugged and moved slightly so that she was laying back against his arm. "Maybe I should." She looked up at him. "Man I'm really a player."

"Huh?"

"Like, five minutes ago I was in your brother's room, sitting on him and teasing him. Now I'm in here laying in your arms."

Zac laughed. "You whore."

"I gotta say though, for some reason, I like it better here with you."

Zac stayed silent for a moment. Carter could almost hear him grinding his teeth. "Why?"

"I'm just more comfortable with you. Cause I know you'd never get all excited if I sat on you. And you'd never try to steal my bathing suit just to get a glimpse of my.."

"Who says I didn't look today?"

Carter sat up and stared down at him. "What?"

"Maybe I was staring today when I reached down and gave you the towel."

"You were not. I was watching you. You were too afraid to even look."

Zac shrugged.

"Although you did have first row seats to the showing of these babies."

"Yeah no kidding. Not that it was a bad thing to see."

"WHAT!? I thought you didn't see!!"

"I never said that. I just didn't try to look."

"When did you see?"

"Right when Tay took it off."

"Oh." She nodded slowly and laid back down. "You didn't like.. stare or anything did you?"

"No. Cause you covered them up right away."

"But let's just say I didn't."

"Yeah?"

"Would you have stared then?"

"I dunno." Zac shrugged. "Considering the fact that's its you and your boobs. I'm not really sure. I mean I've seen you completely naked before but that was when I was like ... 2. So that doesn't really count. So I'm not really sure..."

"Answer the question Goober."

"Yeah. I would have stared."

Carter smiled at him. "Oh really? Anything else you wanna tell me?"

"I would have drooled too."

"And?"

"You have a nice ass."

"And?"

"You look really hot with short hair."

Carter laughed. "Geez. You'd be the perfect boyfriend."

"Huh?"

"Like if some girl came along and wanted you bad. You'd be perfect. Cause you're not afraid to make an ass of yourself."

"Yeah. I'm the best at making an ass of myself."

Carter laughed. "That you are, my man."

My man. The words echoed in Zac's ears. "Hey Car?"

"Huh?" She yawned and laid her head back down on his chest.

"Do you really like Tay?"

"I dunno Zac. Why?"

"Do you like him more than you like me?"

"How could I ever like anybody more than I like you."

"I dunno." He asked, starting to sound depressed. "It's just that when you two were standing there, you looked so happy. I just wondered if I ever make you that happy."

Carter sat up a little bit so that her weight was resting on her elbow. She put her hand down on Zac's chest and smiled. "You're my best friend, Zac. Nothing will ever change that. Even if I get a boyfriend. I'm always gonna have time for you."

"But I'm only 14."

"And I'm only 16. You're point?"

Zac smiled. "Can I tell you something?"

"Sure."

"I don't know where I'd be without you. You're my best friend.. but even more than that. I love you Carter."

Carter leaned down and kissed Zac's cheek. "I love you too Zac. More than I could ever love anything in this world. And you mean more to me that anything or anybody."

"Even Tay?"

"Duh." Carter laughed. "Zac, you and I have something that no guy could ever take away. We have he power to like.. change in front of eachother and pull down eachother's pants in public. We have the power to start food fights with one another and then lick the goo off of eachother's arms. We can do whatever we want without getting embarrassed cause it doesn't really matter. We've seen eachother naked. Well, you've seen my boobs and I've seen your bareass. And like... it doesn't matter. Cause we're closer than any girlfriend and boyfriend can ever get."

Zac nodded.

"Get it?"

He nodded again.

"Have anything to add to that?"

"Nope. You pretty much said it all." He yawned and put his hand on the side of his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Headache."

"Ok. We'll go to sleep now." Carter smiled and cuddled up closer to him. Zac put his other arm around her waist and fell asleep. Carter stayed up for a little while longer, thinking. But it wasn't long before she fell asleep too.

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