Shannon was starting to walk towards Shana again. "You better tell me that this is just a bad joke. Some sick and twisted joke. We just spent four hours in a studio finishing a song that we didn't need to finish today." She pointed out tiredly. "I'm tired." She whined.
"Well, look on the bright side." Shana started. Trying to dig herself out of the hole that she was now in. "They just might forget about it. They are really busy people." She said smiling nervously.
Shannon rolled her eyes and the phone rang shrilly on the nightstand between their beds. Arching an eyebrow Shannon looked at it. "Are you going to answer that?" She asked Shana.
"Are you going to hurt me?" Shana asked.
Again Shannon rolled her eyes and picked up the phone. "What?!" She asked loudly.
"Oh, hi Taylor. Yes, Shana is here. Hmm, yeah I guess we can go." She said before she tossed Shana the phone. 'I will hurt you for this.' She mouthed to Shana.
Shana smiled brightly. "Hi, Taylor." She said in forced cheerfulness. 'He better be worth an ass kicking.' She told herself.
"So, Isobel…" Isaac started.
Shannon laughed at him. "Iz, or Izzy will do just fine." She stated smiling.
Isaac smiled and nodded. "Okay. Umm, Izzy, what kind of tattoo did you get?" He asked interested.
"Why?" Shannon asked smiling, but confused by his interest.
"Oh, just curious, I guess." Isaac replied shrugging.
Shannon mimicked his shrug. Then she turned around and lifted her black mane of hair to reveal the wizard that now occupied her back.
"Dang, didn't that hurt?!" Isaac asked as he stared at the large tattoo. Shannon was about to answer when she noticed that Zac and Taylor were also looking at it. Shana, on the other hand, was looking at Taylor.
"It had to have." Taylor said with confidence.
"Well, actually I didn't even really feel it. I was umm, too busy thinking of other things at the time." Shannon replied as she looked at Shana.
"So what are you two doing here in Hollywood?" Zac asked as Shannon covered her tattoo with her hair again and faced forward. Waiting patiently for their food to come.
"We're recording." Shana replied simply, though her eyes held a certain excitement as she thought and spoke about it.
"Recording what?" Taylor asked as he took a sip from his water glass. "A movie? A demo? An album?" He asked.
Shana smiled, and giggled lightly. "We're recording an album actually."
Shannon was just sitting there. Staring at her hands and listened as her sister spoke about what they were doing there in Hollywood.
"Hey, umm, Iz?" Zac asked cautiously as he watched Shannon.
Yet, Zac went unheard by Shannon. She continued to stare at her hands. Just thinking.
"I got it, Zac." Shana said smiling happily. Swiftly and hard, she kicked Shannon in the shin under the table.
Harshly jolted from her thoughts, Shannon looked up at everyone looking at her worriedly. "Hi!" She said smiling. "Excuse me sir, but would you like fries with your meal?" She asked politely to Zac.
Zac leaned away from her and gave her a weird look. "Um, Iz, are you feeling okay?" He asked a bit scared of her now.
Shannon just started giggling. "Sorry sir, but we are out of root beer at the moment. Would you kindly choose another beverage, please?"
Shana stared at her sister and started laughing uproariously, while as Isaac, Taylor, and Zac were not used to this, they just stared at Shannon in confusion.
Looking at Taylor, Shannon's smile widened evilly. "Excuse me sir, but you seemed to have dropped your pocket." She stated as she pointed at the ground.
It was then that Taylor had started laughing at her.
Turning towards Isaac, Shannon only giggled some more. "May I take your order, sir?" She politely asked him as she raised her nose indignantly.
Shana was in a fit of laughter, and everyone else was joining in on the laughter.
After catching her breath, Shannon began her apologies. "I'm sorry…" She started. "I seem to have this habit, to every once in a while to space out, and then basically go crazy." She stated as she rubbed her temples, trying to massage the pain away.
Taylor only laughed some more. "It's okay. Really it is. You just kinda freaked us out for a moment there."
"We thought you went mental." Zac said shrugging nonchalantly.
Shana looked at him incredulously. "What are you talking about??" She asked loudly. "Izzy is mental!"
"Ssshh!" Shannon said in a stage whisper as she placed her index finger against her lips. "That's a secret!" She hissed. "You know that the mental hospital is still looking for me."
Carefully Shannon started to eye the guys. "They may even work for them." She said suspiciously.
"Oh yeah. That's it." Isaac said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "We're a band by day, but guards at mental hospitals at night."
Shannon stood up quickly and started to back away frightened by his confession. "See I told you!!" She screamed at Shana.
Even though she was just joking, she was acting totally serious. She kept backing up, and backed into the waitress that was carrying their food.
"Oh my, God!" Shannon shrieked as she covered her mouth with her hand to hide her smile. Then she ran out the door laughing hysterically.
"God, I am so sorry." Shannon said as she tried not to laugh at her stupidity and clumsiness. She was paying for the entire meal at a total different restaurant.
They were all still laughing at the hysterical event that just took place moments ago that Shannon had cause. Even Shannon was laughing about it still. Shana was laughing the most though.
"This is totally great! It's been a totally awesome day so far! We finished recording a song early, met Hanson, and Iz made a complete fool of herself in public! What could be better?" She said counting her fortunes on her fingers.
Shannon gave Shana a friendly glare. "I did not!" She argued. "I never complete anything!" She whined.
Shana laughed some more. "Oh God, that is so true."
"Hey!" Shannon complained. She wanted to defend herself, but found that she really couldn't. "Hmm." She said as she crossed her arms in front of her and pouted for a few seconds.
Isaac was smiling as he shook his head. "So how do you like recording an album?"
Shannon smiled brightly at the mention of their album and sat forward. "Well of course it's a lot of work, but it's definitely worth it. It's so much fun."
"Well, you have to love it to do it." Taylor said nodding.
Shana nodded her head to in agreement. "Sometimes you have to love it more than anything else." She stated softly as she looked at her silverware set in front of her.
Shannon did the same, and remained quiet for the rest of the meal, unless she was being asked questions. Which she simply answered then with one word answers.
Soon they were going back to their hotel while Hanson was going back to wherever it is they came from.
"You okay?" Shana asked as she laid on her bed.
Shannon was face down on hers. "Yeah." She raised her head to make a clearer answer. "I'm just beyond tired right now."
Shana was silent for a moment, and when she was about to comment she heard Shannon's light snoring. She hated to do this, but she had to wake her up. "Shann. Shann, wake up." She said giving her a little shake.
"Hmm." Shannon asked, not even opening her eyes.
"Shann, take your contacts out." Shana instructed her softly.
Slowly Shannon stood up and went over to one of the dressers and placed her contacts in their container. "You know what, Shana?" She asked as she lay back down on her bed.
"Huh?" Shana asked as she too took out her contacts. She went and lay in her bed too.
"I'm glad that I'm doing this album with you. I don't need my family as much as I need my soul mate and our music." She mumbled as she drifted into sleep.
Shana smiled a little before she closed her eyes. "Me too, Shann." She murmured as she yawned. "Me too." She turned off the lamp between their beds and rolled over. Instantly dozing into her own slumber.
