"Yeah and that part about we're all fakes up to our mansions...if we lived in mansions I would not be sharing a room with you two,"Isaac reasoned.
"Yeah well I'd like to see these New Radicals people kick my ass!"Zac muttered beligerently.

"The whole song is probably your fault,"Taylor accused.
"Mine?!"Zac exclaimed indignantly.
Taylor sighed and took a long suffering breath.

"The FANatic episode."
"The FANatic episode?!"
"The FANatic episode."Taylor confirmed.

Zac jumped up from his seat and paced back and fourth around the room, muttering under his breath.

Taylor shrugged. Well it was true wasn't it? Zac had embarrassed: No humiliated them all on MTV. He had disgraced their band, to Taylor's way of thinking anyway and oh well if he wasn't ready to just forget it all and smile.
"Your crazy!"Zac exclaimed.

Taylor just shrugged again. He knew he was right. All of MTV's viewers knew it if you wanted to get right down to it.
Zac brought shame to the Hanson name! And that,Taylor mused silently, was the bottom line.

Hope and Jenny watched Kristen and Brittany do a spirited version of "All in the family" by Korn. Jenny walked over to the stereo and ejected the c.d.
"Hey!"Brittany proteseted.

"I don't like Korn,"Jenny justified calmly.
Hope grinned. "Me either."

Brittany rolled her eyes at Kristen and went in search of an acceptable c.d. She had just put her new selection in when Isaac, Taylor and Zac walked in without knocking. They then heard a loud noise and the muted voice of Mrs. Lowery fussing. A few seconds later Brad came running in the room.
"What did you do?"Kristen asked her troublesome boyfriend in alarm.
"Nothing!"Brad exclaimed defensively.
"Yes you did Brad, what did you do?"Kristen asked patiently.

He shifted uncomfortably. "Well I walked in the kitchen to ask Brittany's mom to please pour me a cup of coffee, but she wasn't in there. So I saw the pretty little coffee pot and decided to just fix myself a cup.

"Anyway, as i was pouring Brit's evil cat attacked my ankle and i spilled the coffee all over the cat, kitchen and me and broke the coffee pot."Brad finally explained.
"Gee the one I gave her for mothers day,"Brittany announced dryly. She wasn't really mad, however, because between Brad and Zac accidents were becoming very common.

Kristen sighed, relieved it was nothing more serious than that. Trouble followed Brad closer than his shadow did.
"You two go out now?"Taylor asked.
"Yup,"Brad answered throwing an arm around Kristen,"She's my little cinammon roll.....all warm on the inside!"

Kristen slapped at his arm but then hugged him. "Like you'd know!"

"Well I know but Daniel said it to some girl the other day and I thought it was kewl....I've been wanting to say it since then,"he explained.
Kristen laughed. He's a sweetie, she told herself silently, that's what counts....not common sense......

Brittany sat down on her little yellow inflatible couch and Taylor sat beside her. Taylor heard the chords begin to a familiar song.

"George Michael?"he wondered aloud, giving Brittany a strange look. As much as he liked her she had weird music taste along the line of Korn and ICP and Coal Chamber and this was not like her at all.

She grinned at his error and just waited. Kristen and Brad had similar looks on their faces.

"Well it takes a strong man baby, but I'm showing you that door-,"Taylor and the c.d sang in unison.
"Cos I gotta have FAITH!"
"That is not George Michael!"Taylor accused in surprise.

Brittany grinned. "Nope it's Limp Bizkit. I plan to marry Fred Dirst."
"Who?"
"The lead singer.

"Brit the way I see it you'll never meet this guy. Now on the other hand you got me living next door and sitting on your plastic furniture as we speak. The choice is obvious,"he explained arrogantly.
"A life of single blessedness?"she questioned giggling.
"No,"he answered frowning,"a great looking, great singing 15 year old Hanson brother.

She smiled and snuggled up to him.
"Then I guess that's good enough,"she agreed.

Taylor gave Brittany a surprised look. That was too easy. With her it was all on again, off again, on again. He supposed this was on again.
"Have you guys heard that 'New Radicals' song?"Zac asked, still miffed about what he considered a threat to kick his ass.
"The one where they say they'll kick your asses? Yup!"Jenny answered cheerfully.

Zac scowled."They couldn't kick my ass."
"Korn makes fun of you too,"Kristen threw in.
"What do they say?!"Zac demanded hotly.

"I'll play it,"Brittany offered.
"No!"Hope and Jenny vehemently denied.

"It says,"Brad cut in,"You look like one of those dancers from the Hanson video you little faggot 'ho!"
"Who's he calling a faggot 'ho?!"Zac yelled angrily.
"Fred Dirst."
"Ha! Still want him now Brittany?"Taylor asked gleefully, knowing that Korn was a fave of hers.

"Tay. Jon Davis and Fred Dirst are best buds. They're playfully dogging each other,"Brittany patiently explained.
"Am I the only one who realizes we've been insulted?! Several times?!"Zac exclaimed in utter frustration.
They all looked at Zac silently.

"Well I will not suffer this grave insult! I plan to demand satisfaction from these sods!"
"What did you just say?"Isaac asked in puzzlement.
"Half-wits,"Zac muttered under his breath.

Taylor jumped up excitedly."I knew you'd been reading mom's romance novels!"
"I have not!"Zac denied fervently.
Taylor smirked."You were too."

Zac scowled but didn't say anything else.

"Well if it makes you feel better Zac Marilyn Manson went on MTV and invited the New Radicals to kick his ass,"Hope informed Zac.

Maybe it did help, but Zac wanted revenge. The songs, the jokes, the pictures, the anti-hanson sites, even the fan sites! It was just too much for this 13 year old to handle.

But he had a plan. And it would work. For his honor was at stake and he would not allow it to be tainted! Not Lord Zachary Hanson! Duke of errrrrr....uhh....Tulsa!