Shannon woke up and looked around, she saw a little package by the door. She hopped down, and investigated the small package wrapped in brown paper. She saw Shana's name wrote on it. So she went over to Shana and shook her. "Shana...... Shana .... hello? Shana ..."
"What?" Shana answered being awoken from her sleep.
"Do you know anything about that?" Shannon asked pointing to the small package.
Shana looked at it, "No."
"It has your name on it." Shannon said as she got up and got the package.
Shana took it as Shannon gave it to her. She opened it. There laid a cassette tape and an envelope, there were directions written on the envelope.
Shana read them out loud, "Put the tape in the tape player first then open this.' Shann, could you?" Shana asked.
Shannon did as she was asked, She pushed play. You could hear Zac count off in the background. The girls listened, then Shana opened the envelope.
It read:
Shana, I love you more than anything
Than anything
I do
And I give anything
And everything I have
Just to be with you
These feelings I hold inside
Are emotions I cannot hide
These feelings will not subside
I'd give anything, anything
When I look in your eyes I see, something special about you
And when I, hold your hand
You seem to understand
Chorus:
When I think of life without you
It brings me, it brings me right down to my knees
Cause I can't imagine life without you
You are my strength
The thing that keeps me holding on
Chorus:
I do things that can't be done
I'd fly to the moon and then around the sun
You're just saying that I am the one
I'd do anything
Chorus:
I'd give anything
You know I'd do anything for you
I love you more than anything
More than anything
I love you Shana, Taylor'
At that time the song finished.
Shannon looked to see how Shana reacted. It was exactly what she thought. Shana was crying. Shannon laughed, "I think you have a fan."
Shana laughed, "What would make you say that?" She asked before she shot out of her bed and out the door.
Shannon was right behind her.
Shana walked down the stairs and noticed that Taylor and his brothers were asleep. She walked up to Taylor, who was on the floor. She bent down and stared at him, and smiled. "HEY TAYLOR!!!"
Taylor woke up, hardly moving until he saw the two girls.
"Good morning sunshine." Shana laughed.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Taylor asked rubbing his eyes.
"You know you're deranged. Don't ya?" Shana smiled.
"I know, I guess that why I like you so much." Taylor said smiling back. He sat up and placed his fly-away hair behind his ears.
Shana laughed. "I ...... like you too." She confessed still smiling.
Taylor's smile widened, "I knew it."
Diana walked in the room "Well, I guess you two are up now. Go up stairs and get dressed, she'll be here any minute."
"Ya need to get dressed, you don't wanna scare her off!" Taylor smiled looking at the over sized T-shirt of Isaac's that Shannon was wearing.
Shannon smiled and slapped him on the side of the head before walking up the stairs.
Taylor rubbed the side of his head, and looked at Shana for support.
She laughed as she walked up the stairs and into the guys' room.
Shannon was laughing as she looked around Hanson's room and then she sighed. "We don't have any clothes!" She said looking around.
Shana shook her head and walked over to the closet. She opened it. "Hmm, they won't mind." She said as she took out a pair of Taylor's leather pants and his blue shirt with white and black strips down the arms.
"Hopefully!" Shannon smirked and grabbed Isaac's baggy black jeans and Zac's white shirt with gold and black stripe across the chest.
"Taylor, wake up your brother's, you three have got to have this mess cleaned up please." Walker told his son.
Taylor looked away from the cartoons he was watching. He looked at Isaac, his pillow was covered in drool.
Laughing, as he got closer to his brother he shouted, "IKE! DUDE, YOU'RE DROWNING! WAKE UUUUUP!" He yelled right in Isaac's ear.
Isaac, crudely awoken, shot his head up and looked around as if he were on the Titanic, and going down.
Then he saw Taylor rolling around on the floor laughing. He grabbed Taylor's pillow and threw it at him, it hit him in the head. "BULLSEYE!" He said laughing.
"Hey, help me wake up Zac." Taylor said as he controlled his laughter.
Isaac turned and looked at his little brother curled in a ball, asleep. He chuckled to himself as he leaned over and got right next to Zac's ear. "ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC!" Isaac shrieked at the top of his lungs.
Zac's head bolted up, "WHAAAAAT?" He cried out, scared beyond belief.
"Time to get up." Isaac said calmly.
Zac slammed his head on his pillow and looked up.
Then Shannon and Shana came down. Both smiling brightly. "Ya know Zac I love this shirt!" Shannon said grinning.
"Taylor, these pants rock!" Shana said laughing.
"Awww, don't they look retarded." Zac commented.
Both girls nodded their head. "Yep!" Shannon commented.
"Girls this is Casey Lewis." Walker introduced them. "Casey, I would like for you to meet Shannon and Shana Evans. Girls, Casey is our lawyer."
Shana shook her hand and Shannon shook it also.
Casey had brown permed hair to her shoulders and dark eyes, the color of her skin was a light brown, she was very attractive or at least Mackie thought so.
Mackie being four he thought every one was pretty, and he wasn't afraid to tell them either.
Isaac, Taylor and, Zac sat across from Shannon, Shana, and Casey, Diana and Walker at opposing ends of the table.
"Okay..... Let's get stared, shall we?" Casey said with a charming smile, "I hear things aren't going well at home..." She turned to Shannon and Shana.
Shannon looked at Isaac, he smiled and nodded his head. "Let me say that.....my father isn't a nice man, when he drinks." Shana stated looking at Shannon.
"When?" Shannon asked angrily. "The man stays drunk." She corrected, her voice harsh.
Casey shook her head.
"That's not all that goes on...." Taylor stated.
Shana shot him a look that would scare Satan. "No, it's not," She agreed.
"A lot of things happen..." Shannon joined in.
"Like what?" Casey asked looking at the girls.
"Look at their backs...." Diana said perceiving there was procrastination of getting to the point.
Casey raised her eyebrows. Shannon stood up and turned around. Casey lifted her shirt. She turned away quickly and swallowed hard, then lowered the shirt.
"Shana...." Diana asked.
Shana got up, walked over to Casey, and turned around like Shannon had done. Casey lifted her shirt, after a few seconds she lowered it to turn to Diana. "We need to get these girls some help." She said sighing softly.
Everyone smiled. But Shana and Shannon were reluctant at first.
Isaac and Shannon sat beside each other on a small bench outside of the house watching Taylor, Shana and, Zac play tag in the yard.
"You understand that you're going to be living with us..." Isaac slowly stated as he took her hand.
Shannon nodded her head, "Sooo?" She asked looking at her hand enclosed in Isaac's.
This was going to be way harder than he thought. "Shannon, I have to tell you something that's not easy to say, but it must be said. If we are to live together you should know that I have certain....... feelings for you. I like you..... No, no, Like is not strong enough to describe it.......... I love you." Isaac said looking dead ahead.
Shannon laughed lightly and took her hand from his grip, "In time, Ike. In time. I'm not ready yet. In time." She repeated as she placed his hand on his lap. She got up and ran over to Shana and tagged her.
Isaac stayed, still thinking.
That night Shana lay motionless on Taylor's bed. Then she heard a voice.
"You know that's my favorite shirt." Taylor commented looking down at her.
"Oh? Why is that?" Shana asked looking at him.
"Because you wore it." Taylor stated smiling.
It seemed like he knew she couldn't resist his eyes.
Taylor took out his messy ponytail and shook his head resting his hair on his shoulders.
Shana had to laugh, 'A dream come true? UH huh whatever.' She thought, but as he sat down beside her and took her hand she knew it was so much more than real.
Shannon came in and saw the two. "I'm sorry." She said as she backed out of the door.
"No, that's okay." Taylor said as he got up, "I was on my way out." He bent down and softly kissed Shana's hand, "See ya soon." He said before he walked to the door as Shannon walked in it. "Love you, sweet dreams." He mouthed to her.
Shannon laughed has he closed the door behind him leaving. "Isaac told me that he liked no....."loved" me today." She said motioning quotation marks with her fingers.
Shana had to laugh. It was funny. "Why don't you tell him how you feel?" She suggested.
"You know why, I'm afraid to get close to anyone, except you." Shannon said sitting down on Taylor's bed.
"Shannon, I know how you feel. But I'm sick of not being able to open up with feelings. I want to love, and I know you can because you love me. I mean not in the same way you love him but..... that's different." Shana said as she got ready for bed. "Please turn out the lights when you're done."
Shannon turned out the lights and got in Isaac's bed. She lay there thinking. Knowing that Shana was right. "But I hate love." She murmurred before she fell into her dreamless world of sleep.