Ok, now anyone that has ever told you that falling in love doesn't hurt, or that love is easy...... were full of shit! Let me tell you why. First off, let me just say, that I did call Kim the first night after the show, and she seemed really surprised to hear from me, actually. She probably didn't think I'd actually use her number.
"Hello?" came her voice over the phone.
"Umm yeah, Hi, this is Zac. Is this Kim?" I asked, suddenly nervous.
"Yes it is. How are you Zac?" She asked quietly.
"I'm fine, I just wanted to call and see what you were doing tomorrow night. You know, cause if you're not busy, we could go out and do something..... you know, together." I couldn't believe how much of an idiot I was sounding like. My mouth was like a huge hole in my face and words just seemed to tumble out of it! I couldn't even form a coherent sentence! I swear I was starting to sound like I had diarrhea of the mouth!
"Oh, that would be good. Umm, you know, why don't you call me back tomorrow at around, let's say, 3ish. I should be home from work by then." She sounded just as wonderful on the phone.
"I will do that then. And by the way, I never got the chance to Thank you earlier for your number. I don't usually do that, but...... Thanks." I was starting to sound like myself again, not the bumbling idiot I was a few minutes ago.
"Don't Thank me, it was my pleasure." She laughed quietly into my ear. What a beautiful sound that was!
"Well, I'll call you back tomorrow, ok?"
"Ok Zac, talk to you then." She answered.
"K, bye." I said and waited for her to hang up the phone. I almost didn't want to let her hang up, but decided to jump into bed. At least we were staying in a hotel that night, so I didn't have to cramp myself into my bunk. If anything was worse than being in that confined space, it was being in it and having to listen to Isaac snore all night. I laughed to myself as I laid my head onto a big, fluffy pillow.
Things seemed so weird when you have a crush on someone. I don't think love at first sight ever happens. It's kind of just crazy to think about falling in love with someone if you don't even know them. So I knew that a crush was sort of harmless. I had had a few crushes before, nothing serious. I had my first kiss with a girl that I had a crush on, when I was around 13. She was a year younger at the time, her name was Sarah. I turned over and made sure the alarm clock was set so I could get up at a somewhat decent hour. I pulled the covers up around myself and started to drift off into a deep sleep. Little did I know that day, that things were about to change, slowly, but surely!
You know, I couldn't help but think about when I was a little bit younger, when we were making our first albums, when Taylor started going through puberty. I had laughed at him so many times about his voice cracking. It was funny when it was happening to him, but when it started happening to me, it stopped being funny. Let's just say, puberty is a bitch! Things seemed so much simpler before puberty. I don't know, things just seem to change so much after that. Life gets a little more complicated, and things seem to take a lot longer, and you have to add shaving into the whole daily routine. I mean, what the hell is all that about anyway? I stopped thinking about all of it, and fell asleep finally. But my dreams seemed to be all about Kim. I couldn't stop thinking about her. What was happening to me? I really wasn't sure, but I got a pretty good night's sleep anyway.
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