"You have a gift Jack. You see people." "I see you."

Janelle was sitting squashed between Zac and Avery and had her eyes totally focused on the big screen in front of her. She was a drip for romantic movies. =) She had heard that the movie was THEE best, but no one in her family ever wanted to go and watch it, cuz they thought that it was just some movie about some old boat sinking to the bottom of the abyss. Janelle watched the three hours fly by, and when the credits started to appear, and Celine Dion's awesome voice come up, she stood up, and turned to the boys. "Wow, that was something else!" She had balled her eyes out, and had managed to sort of recover, Zac was smirking at her still red eyes, and said, "Awww man! Don't tell me you actually cried!" Isaac grinned and started to lead the way out of the movie aisle, "Hehe Zac. I thought it was pretty sad though. Well, happy in a way too. Either way, it was a way cool movie." Tay turned to Isaac and said, "That's cuz you're just a hopeless romantic. Now, I, on the other hand, am a pro with love!" Zac started gagging as he pretended to drop dead next Tay. Janelle grinned and turned to Avery who hadn't said a single word since they had walked out of the theater. "What about you Princess Avie? What did you think about the movie?" Avery looked up at Janelle and put on a way serious face, "I thought that it was sad the way everybody died. That was no fair. But the music was real nice." Janelle nodded and said to her, "Yeap, it sure was a tradegy. And you're right, the music was real cool. Love the airy voices."

They had already walked out of the theater, and were standing on the sunny sidewalk. Janelle smiled at the four blondes in front of her and said, "Wow, well, it's been real great hangin' out with you guys. I really have to go now, but I'll see ya guys when I move to Tulsa?" Taylor smiled at her and replied, "Definitely, we'll hafta all meet again. Do you have your new phone number?" Janelle shook her head and said, "Uh-uh.....I'm sorry, I know nothing about where we're gonna be living, I just know that it's in Tulsa." She smiled helplessly and Isaac said to her, "Hey Janelle, that's okay, we'll just give you our number, and when you get there, you can call us." He took out a pen, and jotted down the seven digits and handed it over to Janelle. She smiled and said, "Okay, thanks a bunch. I really have to go now, my mom's gonna get all worried and everything." Avery tugged on her hand and Janelle bent down and Avery whispered into her ear, "Janelle, I have a secret." "What is it Avery?" Avery loudly whispered, "You're pretty!" Janelle blushed and said, "Well thank you Miss Avery. So are you." Avery smiled and said to her, "You're also very nice, promise that you'll come and play with me when you move to Tulsa." Janelle saluted and said, "Yeap, a definite must." She turned to the four, and said, "Welps....I'm really goin now, I'll call you guys as soon as I get there, 'kay?" She waved and started walking back to the hotel.

Taylor watched as Janelle started walking away. He thought that she was a real cool girl. She was funny, and real nice. He turned to look at Zac who had plastered himself across a VDO game store's glass window. "Awww Zac. Stop that! Your're fogging up the glass!! They're gonna kick you out!" Zac turned to him and said, "What!? How can they kick me out?! I'm already out! Now I'm goin in." Taylor shook his head and took Avery by the hand and said, "Well Avie, didja like the movie?" Avery nodded, "Uh-huh......that movie was sad of course not as exciting as "The Little Mermaid." Isaac grinned and said to her, "Oh yeah, course. 'The Little Mermaid' was dah bomb. Nothing could ever beat that." They all followed Zac into the store and saw Zac handling a joystick as he was playing Mortal Kombat. Tay grabbed another one, and they both started playing against each other. Zac jerked back his joystick and he hollered, "Yeah! You're dead!" Tay pretended to fall flat dead to the floor. Tay lay on the store's carpet with a grin on his face. His eyes were closed and he said out, "Hahaha......good game Zax." He opened his eyes and saw the store manager peering down on him. Tay gulped and quickly stood up. He jerked his head around, but couldn't see any of his sibz. They had ditched him. Taylor quickly turned his head back to the store's manager and gave a weak smile. "I'm real sorry, sir. I got a little bit carried away there. It won't happen again." The balding manager peered at Taylor from beneath his thick bottle-cap glasses and said, " You bet it won't, because you aren't coming back into my store no more. OUT!" Tay quicly scrambled and ran out the door. He scanned his eyes looking for his brothers and sister, but couldn't find them. He covered his eyes from the glaring sun, and decided to walk back to the hotel. He was kinda peeved at his bros for leaving him like that. Especially Zac. "Oh well, he thought, no harm done. Just gotta find the other half of my family." Taylor was about to turn a corner when he heard a high pitched giggle coming from behind him, "Haha! The dork! Got himself kicked outta the VDO game store!" Tay swerved his head around to be faced with his younger brother. He grinned and said, "I'm gonna get ya back for that, y'know? I can't let ya get away with that." Isaac turned to them and said, "Hey guys, we really gotta be getting back now. Mom's gonna start getting all worried like last time when we were in California, and Zac got sick from all those snow cones." Zac grinned and said, "HEY! That wasn't my fault! You were the one that was stuffing them in my face!"

The four kids stepped into the hotel lobby, and were about to walk into the elevator to the 5th floor, when Tay stopped them, "Hey, wait, don't go in. What if gets busted again?" Isaac sighed and said, "Aww geez. Alright. C'mon ya guys, we gotta hurry. Mom said that we were gonna leaving at around noon. It's already 11:45." Zac gave a sly smile and said to his brothers. "Hey! Race ya to the top!" "No, c'mon Zac! I don't feel like racing now!" It didn't matter though, Taylor and Zac were already racing up the carpeted steps, so Isaac started running after them. They rounded the third filght of steps, and were nearing the fourth. They raced down the hall to room 512, when the door opened and they saw their mother glaring at them. Zac screeched to a stop, and Taylor and Isaac followed suit. They were panting and Zac managed to gasp out, "Hey mom! You look great!" Their mom eyed them with little sqiuntly eyes and said, "Where were you guys?! I was starting to get worried! I told you guys that we were going to be leaving at noon and you guys show up quarter to, and you haven't even packed--" She stopped short, stood in her tippey-toes, trying to peer over Isaac's head, when her eyes went wide, "WHERE IS YOUR SISTER?!" Tay, Zac, and Isaac all turned and stared at each other wide-eyed. They gasped and turned and ran back down the hall. They were totally busted......if not for the next 10 years, then till they got married at least.

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