"Hey, what ever happened to Ann?" Zac asked as he tossed his shirt into the wash bucket.
   "Probably threw herself from the nearest building top when she found Tay with Kristy." Isaac murmured dryly, as he looked at his brother's sleeping form. "Hey, it's one-thirty. Get up already!"
   Picking his head up, Taylor looked around tiredly, then dropped it back down on his pillow. "Unless someone's died, we're performing, or there's a fire… leave me the hell alone, Ike."
   Biting back a groan, Isaac slammed his own pillow down on the blonde tangle of hair and stormed out.
   "What's his problem?" Taylor grumbled from under the pillow.
   "Oh… perhaps the fact that you played Brandy's cousin, and she's pissed at him for it?" Zac questioned sarcastically. "You think that might be it?"
   Muttering to himself, Taylor rolled over onto his other side and closed his eyes. Preparing himself to go back to sleep.
  Gritting his teeth, Zac stepped out of the room and slammed the door loudly. "Sorry, Mom!" He shouted in apology, his face split in a wide grin.

   Grabbing the hand basket from the pile by the automatic doors, Taylor quickly scanned the list before he started his searching for the items.
   Thirty minutes later and four trips down the store, his basket was full of the list items, and a few that weren't on there. "They should have been though." He muttered to himself as he stepped into one of the cashier lines.
   Waiting his turn, he scanned the headlines on the magazines and debated on getting that Butterfinger.
   When he was able to put the basket on the treadmill, his itching fingers grabbed the candy bar and stuck it in while another hand was pulling things out.
   His eyes narrowed in on that ring, then looked up sharply.
   Savanna's blue eyes glared into his, he gave a weak smile in return.

   "I didn't know you worked here." He started slowly, his smile stretching further.
   Her eyes frosted over, and he grinned at her baby blue shirt under the dark blue apron she was wearing. Most of her clothes was that color.
   "I just started this week." She answered him tightly, as she ran the bar codes across the scanner as fast as her hands and the computer would let her.
   Taylor watched her appreciatively. "How do you like it so far?"
   The frozen broccoli wasn't cooperating with her plan.
   Frustrated, Savanna started punching in the numbers fiercely.
   "You know, that didn't hurt you or anything." He commented, amused that he still affected her as much as she still affected him.
   Her answering look only made him chuckle.

   Taylor leaned on the small counter, "So … are you free after work?" He asked as the cash register let off a series of angry beeps.
   Groaning, Savanna flicked the light switch, causing her light to flash. "I'm sorry." She apologized to the three customers behind the one that was annoying her at the moment. "It'll only just be a moment or two."
   When she looked back at Taylor, he flashed her his best smile and she rolled her eyes. "Listen," she murmured quietly, but with fierceness, "I don't want to be with you again. I don’t want to be with anyone!"
   Taylor almost rolled his eyes himself. She had used that same tired line on him before they went out.

   "Come on, was being with me so bad?" He asked sweetly, he batted his eyelashes when she looked back up at him.
   "What seems to be the problem here, Savanna?" Her manager Daniel asked, as he stepped up beside her.
   Wanting to point Taylor out, Savanna controlled that strong urge and explained about the broccoli.
   "It's the coupons we had to enter." He answered her, as he stared down at the numbers, "I think Benny said we just had to enter one, before scanning."
   Proceeding to do his own instructions, the product popped up on the receipt and Savanna was able to continue on.
   "Thanks, Daniel." She smiled gratefully; she could get rid of Taylor now!

   "You know, I just can't picture you in a place like this." Taylor drawled out slowly. "But I guess it's hard to picture anyone who was skinny dipping just last month in a freezing backyard pool ringing up groceries… or anywhere else really."
   Savanna felt the heat rush up to her cheeks. "Sometimes you have to get your pleasures from more … normal things." She replied pointedly.
   Taylor felt the pricking of that remark deep, and his eyes sobered from their amusement. "I tried to give you normal."
   She smirked up at him, as she rung up the final price. "Sure you did. I got the well-known 'he's cheating on me' scene on my relationship." She shook her head, "Can't get more normal than that."
   When he didn't reply she looked at him again, "That's forty-three dollars and twenty-seven scents. Sir."

   Handing over the money, and waiting for his change, Taylor perused her carefully. Looking for any other telltale changes in her besides her attitude and more well guarded armor.
   "Did I do this, Ann?" He asked quietly. "Did I make you like this?"
   She gave him a bitter smile as she dumped the change in his hand, "You're not strong enough to color me jaded, Taylor."
   He gripped her hand tightly, and made her really look at him. Even he knew she was lying.