By the time Zac and I were done with the garden, I was exhausted. I looked at Zac, he had sweat all over himself, and his face was dirty, and bright red, but not bright red like "hot" but more like fever. Maybe he was getting the flu or something.
"Zac, are you feeling okay?" I asked him as we walked down the hallway, before he answered me, I heard some laughter and talking in the guests room, both of us walked in. Johanna was sitting on her bed, and Ike and my cousin were telling her something that kept making her laugh, she had a nice smile, and laugh, a comical laugh that also made me smile. All three of them looked at us.
"Woah Zac man you allright??" Wayne asked. All heads turned to Zac and me. I pressed my palm on my brothers forehead, it was kinda hot and sweaty. "Maybe we should get your temperature taken, Iīll go get the thermometer" I said, (okay, so I take care of my little bro when he doesnt feel too well). "I donīt feel too good, I feel like barfing..." Zac groaned, walking heavily towards the bed and sitting in it holding his stomach. I ran out of the room and into my momīs room, got the thermometer strip and began my way back, while I was at it, I heard this totally gross noise (like barfing) and a shriek from Johanna (I guessed, it was a girlīs scream). As I entered the room, I saw Isaac running in the bathroom (inside the guests room) dragging my little brother with him, then I looked at Wayne and Johanna, Wayne had his mouth wide (And I mean WIDE) and was looking at Johanna, who had both her hand in the air and was looking, I didnīt know if disgusted, or surprised at her chest and lap, and it was because it was all covered with barf!! With my brotherīs barf!!! Inside the bathroom, more puking sounds could be heard, and Zac, well, wining inside, Ike was shushing him, and calming him down. Johanna had her mouth open, but she didnīt say a word. I had some idea of how she felt (my sister had once barfed on me, but it was just a little bit, no all over me!)
"Ugh!" was all I could utter. "Um..Iīll go get a um.. something to clean that off...." Wayne said running away. "Tell mom!!" Taylor yelled after him , he looked at me, I was still wide-eyed. "Iīm sorry about Zac..I guess he realy wasnīt feeling okay.. er.." he began, I smiled. "No thatīs okay...Itīs not poison or anything...Iīll just take off the sweatshirt and luckly my T-shirt will be dry" I said, when I tried taking it off, I noticed that the barf would get all over me, Tay also saw that. "Um..Iīll help you" Tay said shyly and blushing as he did. I smiled . "Okay..." he stood up, he was real tall (like one palm taller than me or so) I raised my hands and Taylor pulled the sleeves, I had to wiggle some for the sweatshirt to come off copmpletely. I knew my cheeks were hot, more because of Taylor, there, helping me take my sweatshirt off than of embarassment "Mmm....ewww yuck..." I groaned, I couldnīt help it, my T-shirt did have some barf in it, and I could feel it against my stomach..(itīs real gross). "How did he throw up on you?" Tay asked "He just sat beside me, and suddently he..well threw up, and he was just looking my way when he did.. it was real sudden" I said "I imagine" Tay said, I laughed, then a very groogy-green Zac came out, with a flush of the toilet, and his older bro hugging his shoulder. His face was ALL red, and wet, he had just washed it and all, he was real close to Ike, and looked embarassed. Wayne came back at that second. "Aunt Diana left with Zoe I donīt know where!" he said. "Well thatīs realy gonna help, here Zac" Tay said sarcasticly, pressing the thermometer strip over Zacīs forehead, after a while, he looked at it: "Oh boy, 103š! Zac youīre burning up!! We best get ya in your bed" He said, Zac just let both his brothers take him to his bed like a puppet. Boy that was some welcome, my fave sweatshirt was barfed all over, and so was my T-shirt and stomach, and I had made real good buds with Ike and "cousin Wayne" so far, AND Taylor and Zac seemed real nice. Living there would turn out to be fun after all.
"Howīs Zachary doing?" Walker asked Diana as she returned from cheking on her son. "Heīs feeling better, the feverīs almost the same, he thinks yesterdaysī juiceīs what affected him" she replied. We were all eating supper that night, Wayne had gone home, and Megan still hadnīt showed up, I was begining to think she wouldnīt, I was real silent at supper, I just didnīt know what to say, I tried talking, but I couldnīt, itīs realy horrible to want desperately to talk to someone and not know what to say to him!! All I talked was when I answered Dianaīs, or Walkerīs, or any of the othersī questions (Jessie, Avie and Mac asked a bunch of questions too) I was pushing in my mouth some peas when I looked out the window, and in the dark, I SAW Megan, looking at me, and waving her arms in the air.
"MEGANN!!!" I shrieked, making everyone look at me,. I blushed, but instantly just pushed my chair back and ran out the room, I opened the door wide open, from a corner, some of the Hansonīs could look at me, the others were too "in" the room to be able to. As I opened the door, Megan and I broke into a huge enourmous bear hug, our fraternal love was realy something, believe me. "I thought you were never going to show up!!" I exclaimed as our hug ended. "Well you thought wrong!! How could I leave without saying bye to you??" Megan said smiling wildly, and showing her teeth. Megan and I are quite alike. We both have that same reddish hair, except mineīs straight and Maganīs is more the wavy kind. Then she has more freckles (but sheīs younger, so did I at her age, besides, they look nice on her) And my eyes are bigger. (but the same color).
"I want ya to meet them" I wispered. Meganīs eyes widened. "Me?? The Hansonīs? No way Iīm sure Iīll just freak out!" Megan said, I grabbed her arm and began dragging her towards the dining room, were everyone was waiting curiously. "No you wonīt, I didnīt freak out, just say hi okay?" I said as I dragged her. "No no!! Joey nnn..." Megan was hissing when we showed up in front of everyone. Megan interrupted herself, blushed furiously, and smiled. "Um, this is my sister I was talking about, Megan" I said, Diana and Walker said Hi, so did everybody else. "Hi yaīll" Megan said, I nudged her , she looked at me "What?" she asked in a wisper, I rolled my eyes. "Could I be excused for a while to go give my sister something?" I asked, they let me, and I lead Megan to my room. I didnīt realy want to, I just wanted to talk to her in private, I told her to take care of mom, and to please write me daily. Our good-bye was realy teary, when Megan had left, I still felt tears in my eyes. Back in my room, I let a few escape from my eyes, when I was putting on my payamas. Then suddently I couldnīt stop them, and I began crying for real, on my bed, with my head on my palms, and my hair doing as a curtain to my face. (since my face was tilted down, my hair fell over my head and face). My shoulders began shaking as I thought of my sister and parents. I never noticed when Jessie passed by and saw me.
"Tay!!! ĄTay!!!!" My sister came charging in my room as I was reading some songs weīd written a long time ago. I raised my eyes from my papers. "What?" I asked. "Tay sheīs crying!!!!" Jessica exclaimed I set my papers down and stood up " Who? Johanna??" I asked, Jessica nodded. I began walking towards the guests room, thinking what to say to her, I turned to Jessica "No spying and no telling everyone okay??" I said. She rolled her eyes. "Yeah sure" She said. As I enterred the room next door (the guests room) I saw her, sniffing like crazy, at the hedge of her bed, with her elbows on her knees, and her face buried in her hands. I suddently wanted to go put my arm on her shoulder, but I knew Iīd never do it, Iīd get shy. "Are you okay?" I asked, she gasped, probably shocked, stood up and began sniffing and wiping the tears still flowing her eyes with her palm and back of her hands. She nodded sniffing.
I held my tears for only a few seconds, then I turned red, from holding them in, and said no with my head. I sat down on my bed and againg returned to my crying. But not as much, "Iīm fine" I managed out. "I just cry too much". Tay sat beside me. "Hey itīs okay to cry" He said. "I guess" I said. "These months are really gonna be long without my family" I muttered. I eyed Taylor, he smiled "Hey, weīre not monsters! We wonīt eat you!! " He said. I laughed. "I know, I didnīt mean it that way." I said "I know, hey! Donīt get sad okay? Itīs gonna turn out fun! After all, youīll be with us" He said. I smiled more. "Oh weee, I donīt think I can take so much fun" I said joking, he laughed. "Taylooor!! Get over here!! " Dianaīs voice was heard. Tay stood up. " I gotta go, `night and donīt you go getting sad!" He said. "I wonīt" I replied. After that I really did feel better, and I was begining to like, I mean LIKE Tay, he was real sweet. I think I fell asleep dreaming of him. JJ
The next day (my firt morning) when I woke up I had a horrible head ache, each time I moved my head sideways it would hurt. I pulled out some clothes (a pair of black jeans and a tight long sleeved shirt, that would show my belly each time I raised my arms) and got in the shower.
I walked to the dining room groggily (Iīm a light sleeper, and I like to sleep late) and Avery, I guessed, ran into me and knocked me down, on my back, I was totaly astonished, the girl blushed a little. "Sorry... itīs Isaacs fault, heīs chasing me..." She said, then smiling widely. I couldnīt help smiling back, I was real glad I hadnīt gotten real hurt, when my right leg starts hurting, it takes ages to stop. Then Ike appeared smiling and laughing evily. When he saw me on the floor, he looked worried. "Are you alright?" he asked me, putting his hand out towards me to help me up. I took it tightly and got up nodding. "Yeah Iīm fine" I said, then Avery ran off yelling something to her mom. Ike tied his hair with a rubber band. "I thought you might be getting one of youre leg pains.." he said. "No I didnīt hit it, luckly" I said. "Hows Zac doing?" I asked remembering Zac. "Better I guess, he still has fever and all, and heīs still barfing all he eats. He said, then he gasped. "Oh my gosh!! We were supposed to go away today, ALL of us!! With Zac and all!!" He exclaimed "He canīt go like that!" I said. We exchanged worried looks.
I could barely hear what my mom was telling me, and I wanted to throw up again, "Okay sweetie?" my mom finished. I just nodded. Then she talked some with my dad and brothers, I fell asleep before I knew it.
When I woke up, I was dizzy and hungry. I looked around expecting to find mom or dad or any of my brothers around, instead, I saw Johanna, looking bored, eyeing some of the songs we had written during the past few months. She looked at me. I smiled. "Hey, thats supposed to be secret stuff" I said, her worried face turned into a smile (and WHAT a smile) she giggled. "These are so good! All three of ya write in this book?" she asked. I nodded, then I said no with my head, "No... well, we each write our own, and then add them in there...sort of. " I said. "Theyīre awesome!! Iīve never been so close to any singerīs lyric book, or however you call it" she said. "Do you like our stuff?" I asked. She smiled widely looking up dreaming-like. "Of course! You guys are like one of my fave singerz!! I can barely believe I ended up living with you guys, honestly, you all are awesome". I couldnīt help smiling at her, GOD she looked so pretty... she had been sorta shy at the begining, but now she was loose and acting real cool, I decided I liked her. "I mean, at hospital dad gave me a disc-man for me not to get bored, and my first CD was `middle of nowhereī, and it was all I heard for like two weeks, untill I got some more CDīs!" she continued. Then I remembered I had thrown up all over her last night, I blushed.
"Um..Johanna.." I began "Oh donīt call me that, I prefer anything but that" Johanna interrumpted. "Okay ANYTHING" I replied smiling goofingly. She laughed. "Joey ar Jo or something like that!!" she said. "Anyways, Iīm sorry I threw up all over you last night.. I.. I was really feeling awful, If Iīd known I was gonna throw up I wouldīf ran to the bathroom, it was an accident..." I said. "Aw Zac! Its okay!! Actually, that made me feel well...... good, `cause Meg gets car sick, and boat sick, and air sick, and all the sicks you can imagine, so Iīm pretty used to her barfing all over me!!! Boy you should see her... HEAR her...she goes "oh no, Iīm not feeling so good I think Iīm gonna.... BRRRRAAAAAUUURRRGGHHHH!!!!" and then she pukes all over me most of the time!!" Joey said, so comically I burst out lauging so hard I almost got hiccups. We kept on talking real lively, Joey took my temperature, I had like 98š or so, and she gave me luch and all, we were getting to know each other real well, she was so funny!! And now I was SURE I felt something for her, even if Iīd only met her for one day.
