You pulled down the pair of hands and turned around to see a certain Taylor Hanson standing in front of you. You jump up and scream, "Tay!" You give him the biggest hug possible and you kiss him. You release your emotions through your kisses and you touch his hair that you longed to touch. You pull away and introduce Tay and Angie. Angie sits there with a shocked look on her face.
"Hey mom’s favorite kid!" you hear. You turn around, Zac is coming up the street. (Ever since Diana had met you, she raved about how much she liked you, Zac had started calling you, "Mom’s favorite kid.")
"ZAAAAACCCCC!!!" you yell. You run over to him and hug him. Then you exclaim, "Oh my gosh Zac! What happened to your arm?" You look at the black cast, signed in white out. "I was running and I tripped over a rock and landed on my arm," he answers. "Awww," you say, giving him another hug. You lead him over to the grass. He sits down and you ask Angie, "Where’s Tay?" "In the house," she replied in a trembling voice. "Oh, well I’ll go get him. Zac, this is my best friend Angie. Talk, mingle, I’ll be back!"
"Hey, what do I have to do to get a hug around here!?" You turn around and yell, "Ike!!!" You hug him. "Umm, that’s Angie, my best friend, I’m gonna go find Tay, he’s probably talking to my mom." You go into the house and find Taylor, talking to your mom, of course. You wrap your arms around him from behind. Then you take his hand and pull him towards the front door. "See ya," your mom says.
When you’re out of your mother’s sight, you say, "I missed you so much it wasn’t even funny." He wraps his arms around you. "I feel the same way," he says. "But hey, we are going to be here a while, until Zac gets his cast off. He can’t play or nothin’." Your face breaks out into an eager smile. You reach for the doorknob and open the door. You are walking backwards, since Taylor still had you in his arms. You step backwards off the stoop. Taylor pulls you to him and kisses you deeply. You had to stand on the very tips of your toes because he still was on the stoop and without the stoop, he had a couple inches on you.
You hear kissing noises coming from Angie, Zac, and Isaac. You come apart and see that Kurt is there too. "Hi Kurt," you say. He has an extremely hurt expression on his face. He jumps up and runs off, slipping a little in the rocks. "Wait!" you yell. "What’s wrong with him?" you ask everyone. Zac and Isaac shrug. "He still likes you," Angie says quietly. "No he doesn’t," you argue. "Yes he does, I can hear it in his voice and I can see it in his eyes."
"Oh man," you whisper, "I feel awful, I know how he feels. He made me feel the same way a long time ago." Everyone except Angie looked at you with curious eyes. Angie already knew. "What happened?" Taylor asked you. "I don’t really want to talk about it, I will though," you say. "It’s OK, you don’t have to," Taylor says. "No, it’s OK." Tay rubs your back for support. You lean into him.
"A long time ago, when I still liked Kurt, A LOT, he made out with my best friend right in front of me. She knew I still liked him, he didn’t until she told him I did. I was crushed because they continued to do it. What made it worse was that it was right on my bed in my room. I didn’t want to throw them out. I didn’t want to seem like the bad guy." "They had no right to do that," Ike says. "I know that now, but I used to be so worried about what people thought of me." "You shouldn’t," Taylor says. You lean against him, "I know, I only do a little now." "Well you shouldn’t try to change yourself for other people," Zac says. "I don’t." "Good," Taylor says. You get up, "I better go talk to him." You walk down the street and up to Midcrest Lane. You walk up that street and turn on Newland Court. You walk up to his maroon trimmed house and ring the doorbell. His dad answers. "Hi Kristin," he says. You shift you weight from foot to foot. "Is Kurt here?" "Yeah, he’s in his room, you can go on in." "Thanks."
You walk up the hallway and up to the second door on the left. You knock. "What?" he says. You walk in. "It’s me." "What do you want?" "We need to talk," you say, sitting down next to him on his bed. "You still like me don’t you?" "What?!" "That’s why you ran off a long time ago, after watching me and Taylor kiss, that’s why you ran off today." "That’s ridiculous." "Is it? I can hear it in your voice, and it shows in your eyes." "So," he says flatly, "I like you, so." "Kurt we’ve always been best friends. Don’t let that change because now I have a boyfriend and you like me. I didn’t and I sat through your last million and a half girlfriends. I know you feel torn apart inside, I know how that feels…" "How could you possibly?" he cut in. "You did it to me with Cassi remember?" "Oh." "Cheer up, it’s not the end of the world." "I know," he says, then he pushed you backwards on his bed and kisses you. "Kurt!" you scream. "Look, I’m sorry if I hurt you, but you can’t go around kissing everyone. Call me later. I gotta go." With that you walk out of his room and out of the house.
You get back to your front yard and everyone is laughing. "What’s so funny?" you ask. "Zac," Angie replies. "I should have known. Uhh, Taylor, can we talk?" "Sure," he says, getting up. You walk around the side of your house. "I feel horrible. I was talking to Kurt and I told him ‘It’s not the end of the world.’ He said, ‘I know.’ Then he pushed me down and kissed me. I pushed him off of me and screamed at him but I just felt I should be honest with you. "It’s OK." "You mean you’re not mad?" "No, you had no control over him." "That’s a relief."
You walk back to the front of the house and Kurt is standing there. "Hi," you say. "Hi," Tay says. Then, Kurt punches Taylor. Ike jumps up but Zac and Angie hold him back. Taylor is rubbing his face, "Hey man, I don’t want any trouble." "Stay away from her," Kurt says. "NO!" you yell. Kurt punches Taylor again. Isaac fights their grip. Then, again. Taylor hits him back. You stand there, screaming at them, tears streaming down your cheeks. You get in between them. "STOP!!!" you scream at the top of your lungs. They stop and you run off crying. Taylor follows you. "I’m sorry," he says, pulling you into his arms. "Why did you do it?" you ask him. "I wasn’t going to hit him. He pushed me too far though." You look up, "Oh my gosh, Tay, your lip is bleeding!! So is your nose! And you have a black eye!" "Huh?" He runs into the house.
You hear yelling and run back in the front of your house. Isaac is cussing Kurt out. "Stay away from my _______ brother. Kristin doesn’t like you anymore. Just _______ let her be happy. You _______ punk! She didn’t go beat up all your other desperate girlfriends!!!" "____ you! Shut the____ up!" Kurt yells back to him. "You guys!!!" you yell. "Knock it off! Kurt, I don’t know what you were thinking. I forgave you earlier but this is unforgivable! You just better leave." "But Kristin," he protests. "GO!" you say louder. "Come on guys," you say to Isaac, Angie, and Zac.
You all go inside and you go over to Taylor who was being helped by your mom. "So what happened?" she asked. "Kristin’s ex-boyfriend got to me," he said. "You mean Kurt? I always did like him, always so respectful." "Guess again mom," you speak up. She gives you a hug and says, "It will be OK." You start crying. Tay smiles at you, "I’d hug you but I don’t want to bleed on you." You laugh and he says, "There, that’s better."
Taylor sits down at your kitchen table while you and everyone else go into your room. You apologize to Angie for not paying attention to her that day. "Sorry?! This has been the single best day of my life, I mean, I met Hanson!" You all start laughing.
Your phone rings. "Hello?" you say. "Yeah, can I talk to Angie?" "Sure Kathy, hang on." You hold the phone out to Angie, "It’s your mom." "Hello?…OK…I don’t want to leave!…Why not?! Why not?! Cuz I am sitting here with Hanson mom!!! Well, except Taylor, he’s taking care of a bloody face…Kristin’s jealous ex-boyfriend hit him… OK bye!" She hangs up the phone, "She’s coming to get me."
Taylor walks in with an ice pack on his eye. He sits down next to you and says, "Now I can hug you." You smile, "Now I can kiss you, well when everyone else leaves." "Hey Angie," you start, "We need to find some way so you can go to Magic Mountain with me." "I know!" she says. "You are going to Magic Mountain without us??!" screeches Zac. You smile and pat his leg. "You guys can come too, I have to ask my patents." Zac smiles.
Just then, there is a car honking outside. Angie stands us, "Bye guys," she says. "Bye Angie, see you at school tomorrow," you call as she walks out the door. Ike looks at you and Taylor and says, "Well, we’re gonna go." He pulls Zac out the door with him. Taylor looks at you and says, "OK, now you can kiss me!" You bring your warm lips to his. You kiss him playfully at first and then he leans you backwards in his arms. You kiss for a long while. Then he gets up and says, "I better go. I will call you tomorrow." You kiss him once more and hug him good-bye. After he leaves, you pick up the phone and dial Kurt’s number. "Hello?" he answers. "What the hell were you thinking?" you burst out. "I don’t know," he says. "You have a weird way of getting girls to like you. If I ever broke up with Taylor was that supposed to make me want you back?!" "No…I…what?!" "You are just lucky all you had was a bloody lip because Taylor had a bloody lip, nose and a black eye thanks to you. He only hit you once. He wasn’t even going to but there’s only so much he could take. Just think about how much out friendship really means to you. Good-bye!" You hang up, steaming.
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