Chapter 12~Too Fast

THE NEXT DAY…

You go to school and someone shoves a copy of TEEN-STAR Magazine at you. You look up to see Jessie Stock standing in front of you. "Read it," she says. The article reads as follows—

In Tulsa, Hanson recently played at Rex’s Boneless Chicken. One of our reporters sneaked in to their sound check. When they got there, a certain Taylor Hanson was talking to a guy whose name will be kept anonymous. Their Dad, Walker Hanson, called to them and before racing back to the stage with Zac, he leaned over and kissed a girl, standing next to him. They shared at least thirty seconds of lip lock action. All we can say is this girl is LUCKY! (Turn the page for pictures)

You quickly turned the page and found two pictures, both in color. One of you and Taylor talking to Ashley and one of you kissing. They were both in color. "Can I keep this?" you ask Jessie. "No!" she says. "Why not?" "Cuz Leo is on the back!" "Well, can I take this and photocopy it?" "No."

Just then, Nicole Coyote hands you a copy of the magazine. "Thanks!" "So, you and Taylor seem to be getting close there," she says. "Ha ha!" you say. All of a sudden, you hear screaming. "KRISTIN!"

A bunch of girls who didn’t believe you were going out with Taylor, came running up to you and crowded you saying things like, "You’re so lucky!" and "I’m so jealous!" You felt really popular. Then you noticed some other girls standing in a circle shooting dirty looks in your direction. They were jealous beyond belief. You didn’t care, you hated them anyway.

LATER THAT DAY…

You and Angie are walking to her mom’s car. "Can you come over today?" you ask. "Are you kidding, and give up the chance to see Hanson again?" You get in the car and she says, "Mom, I’m going to Kristin’s." "You are?" "Yeah." "To go meet Hanson again?" "Of course!" She drives you to your house. You get out and go in your room to do homework. You are on your last Pre-Algebra problem when your phone rings. "Hello?" "Hi Kris," Tay says. "Hi to you too!" "What are you doing?" "Homework." "Are you almost done?" "Yeah I just have to do American History problems that I already know the answers to." "What about Angie?" "How did you know she was here?" "Cuz I can here her saying, ‘Is that Taylor, is that Taylor?!’" "Oh, yeah she is." "Will you be done by the time me and Zac walk over there?" "What about Ike? And yes." "He’s in Tulsa visiting friends." "Oh cool." "OK see ya, bye." "Bye."

You finish your last history question and Angie is flipping through your magazine as Zac’s face appears in the window. You jump about a mile and Angie screams. Your brother answers the door and says, "Hi Taylor, hey Zac." They walk down the hallway to your room and shut the door behind them. You look into Taylor’s baby blue eyes. He kisses you and when you finally come up for air, he says, "Hi." "Hi," you say. He slides down to the floor next to you. You crawl into his lap and groan. "What?" he asks, putting his arms around you.

"My back and legs hurt, my dad made me weed the back yard on Sunday and now I’m sore." "Awww," he says into your hair. "You guys want something to eat or drink?" you asked, half hoping that they would say no because you didn’t want to get up, but being the good hostess that you are, you asked. "Sure," everyone says. You pull Tay up to his feet and say, "Be right back."

You and Tay walk out to the kitchen. You pour some Doritos into a bowl and some mustard pretzels into another one. "So, didn’t any of your friends ask you to go out there? Or Zac’s?" you ask. "Yeah but I didn’t go because I wanted to spent more time with you and…" "That’s sweet," you say, kissing him, "What about Zac?" you ask. "I have no clue, usually he’d be thrilled to go back there, I think he likes Angie!" "Awww," you say. You grab four sodas and go back into your room.

"What are those?" Taylor asks when you are back in your room, in his lap. He was pointing at the mustard pretzels.. "Pretzels," you say, nonchalantly. "Why are they covered in yellow dust?" "They’re…" "Those aren’t those mustard pretzels are they?!" Angie interrupted. "Yeah," you say. "Nasty," she says.

"Mustard pretzels?" Taylor gives you a funny look. "Yeah, they’re good, try one," you say. "I’ll pass," he says. "Please? For me," you ask, giving him a cute look.

He throws up his hands in defeat. "OK," he says. He picks one up and puts it in his mouth. "MMM, these are good!" he says.

"Ha!" you say to Angie.

Zac tries one. "MMM, these are…YUCK!" he exclaims.

"Ha!" Angie says back to you.

You snack and talk a while longer and soon Angie’s mom comes to pick her up.

"Bye chet!" you yell. She sticks her tongue out at you and you dissolve into giggles.

"What was that all about?" Taylor asks you, looking extremely confused.

"Inside joke."

"Oh!"

Just then, your mom comes in and says, "I’m gonna take Tay and Zac home now, it’s almost time for dinner.

"Okay!" you call to her.

You walk out the door, hand in hand with Zac behind you. You and Tay get in the very back of the car and Zac sat in the middle. You and Taylor keep your heads low so you can kiss. You kiss all the way to his house.

The next thing you know, your mom opens the back of the car and you climb out. You walk around the car and climb into the front seat and your mom says, "You might as well stay out, I am going in to talk to Diana."

You follow her inside and you talk with them for a while. The conversation got boring, so you went to Zac’s room. Taylor is waiting for his turn on Nintendo 64. You sneak up behind him and slowly climb onto the top bunk. He was listening to his diskman, so he couldn’t hear you.

Zac wasn’t paying attention. The bunks were kinda close to each other, so you dropped your head down from the top bunk and kissed him.

He jumped back. "You scared me!"

"I know," you said, smiling evily.

Zac was playing video games when you walked in. He decided not to say anything and figured that Taylor would find out sooner or later. He was actually jealous of his older brother. He had nothing against Taylor and Kristin going out, but he just wanted a girlfriend.

Taylor was the last one anyone would expect to be going out with someone.

When Kristin was around, Taylor’s shyness left temporarily. Zac actually liked him better that way.

Well, now Zac was jealous, Taylor had the girl he wanted, and she was a great girl too, really funny and nice. He wanted a girl too. He had his eyes on Angie, but she was fourteen and he was only twelve.

Kristin would be fourteen in three weeks and Taylor was fifteen, they were closer in age. Zac’s heart sank. "Hey Kris."

You sat down in Taylor’s lap. He buried your face with his hair and started kissing you all over your face. He was shy until it came to kissing. For some reason, he was really paranoid about loosing you though. That would never happen though, you assured him that time after time. You decided to prove it to him, and risked going too fast.

You pulled him down on top of you and kissed him.

There they go again, Zac thought to himself. Oh well, just concentrate on your video game. He decided to gather up his courage and ask Angie out the next time he saw her. He watched Tay and you out of the corner of his eye. If they were good for anything while kissing, it was tips.

He looked over at them and Tay was on top of you. They just better stay fully clothed, he thought to himself. Zac didn’t have all of his focus on the video game and he got killed.

"Awww! Man! Taylor! It’s your turn," he told Taylor.

"Sweet," Taylor said, getting off of you and taking the controller from Zac.

You wait for Taylor to take his turn at Nintendo 64. Then, Diana and your mom come in.

"We gotta go, Kristin," your mom told you.

"Pause it," you tell Taylor.

He pauses his game and you get up and kiss him before walking towards the door.

"Bye," he says.

"Bye," Diana and Zac say.

"Bye," you say once again.

You climb into your car and turn on the radio. "MMMBop" was playing. You can see Taylor leaning out the window, so you roll the car window down and blast the song. You gave him a thumbs up and he smiled at you.

Your mom turned the radio down and backed out of the driveway. You leaned back against the seat, sighing, Tay’s kiss still lingered on your lips.

You went home and took a shower. When you walked into your room, you saw a note on your mirror. Tay called,

"Hello?" His voice was sweet as honey.

"Hi," you said.

"Hey!" he said, perkier now.

"My mom said you called."

"Yeah, I need to talk to you."

"What about?" you ask, shutting your bedroom door and cradling the phone with your shoulder.

"Back in Zac’s room, what was that?"

"I’m not sure, but I know that I liked it."

"Oh, I did too, but back in Tulsa, you pushed me away."

"I know, and I’m sorry about that, but I guess I didn’t care anymore, it’s not like I wanna rush into sex or anything."

"Oh I know that!!!" he said quickly.

"OK, I just wanted to make that clear."

"Don’t worry."

"So, what are you doing?"

"Not much, just working on a new song."

"Will you read what you have?"

"OK, it might sound stupid though."

"Just read it."

"OK…

"That’s sweet, I love it!"

"Ya really mean that?"

"I really do."

"Thanks."

"You should go see if Zac likes it, and then call Ike and read it to him."

"I think I will."

"OK, bye."

"Okay, I love you, bye."

"I love you too, call me and tell me what happens."

"Kay, bye."

You hang up your phone and walk out to the living room. "Mom, dad," you ask them.

"Yeah?"

"What day are we going to Magic Mountain?"

"Oh, I was thinking, this Sunday," your dad said.

"So soon? My birthday isn’t for like two weeks."

"Yeah, we should go before it gets really hot."

"Okay, cool!"

You try calling Angie but it’s busy. No one answers at Kristi’s, so you sit down on your bed and wait for Taylor to call you back.

About a half an hour later, Tay calls you back. They loved it!" he said.

"Hello to you too!"

"Sorry, hi, they loved it!"

"Cool! Hey whacha doin on Sunday?"

"Nothing that I can think of, why is there something I should be doing?"

"Yeah, going to Magic Mountain with me, and bringing Ike and Zac with you!"

"Cool! But I don’t think Ike will be back, so don’t get a ticket for him. I’ll ask about me and Zac."

"Oh too bad about Ike, okay, go ask."

You waited a few minutes till he got back on and said, "They said yes, and Zac can come with! Angie’s going right?"

"As far as I know."

"Oh, okay, Zac will be happy."

"Hey, I gotta call Kristi, okay?"

"Kay, love ya babe."

"Love you too, bye!"

You call Kristi, she can go. You tried your hardest not to blab about who was coming. You wanted to keep it a secret.

You called Angie too and told her what day you were going. She said she could still go even though she was terrified of rollercoasters, but since you told her Zac and Taylor were going, she accepted and said she’d have to live.

Soon after that, you changed into your pajamas and got ready for bed.

***All credit for the song goes to me, yes I wrote it and it's copywrited so if you steal, you pay the consequences.***

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