I remember an episode of "Dawson's Creek" where it was said that the second kiss was the crucial one, the rational one. With the first one you were just too much in awe to realize what you were doing, where as the second one was planned out and thought about. Oh, how true. "What are we gonna do?" Zac sat next to me on his bed. His hand was placed over mine. "I don't know" and I didn't. Zac and I were now a couple. I know, I know. It sounds weird, it feels weird too. But, when it comes down to it - it's what we want. "Should we tell everyone?" That one's easy. "No. We'll be on watch 24/7. It's better we wait. Yes?" "Yeah" he agreed "But I know you're gonna tell Taylor" "No, I'm not" And that wasn't a lie. I was afraid of Taylor's reaction. He'd have to wait. A knock on the door startled us both and Zac's hand was off mine in no time. Taylor walked in and over to me. "You okay?" "Yeah" I was in Zac's room, when I shouldn't have been "Zac and I were just planning a party for Melanie since her birthday's next week" I was hoping Zac was smart enough to go along "Yeah, we were thinking Tulsa style. Some dericks here, some dericks there." What a smart boy, no, what a smart young man. "Sounds like fun" Tayor grinned "Walk with me to the store, Mad?" "Sure" As Taylor began to walk away I turned to Zac. He gave me a sad face. "Later" I mouthed and joined Taylor. Zac's sad eyes turned to happy ones. ||||| "Okay you can tell me now" Taylor said as we walked to the store. "Tell you what?" The store was only like five blocks away, but we were walking slow. "Why you were crying" "Oh" I gave him a sideways glance "You know I was always gonna tell you, right?" I heard a giggle from behind me and turned to see three girls giggling and fanning themselves. Taylor didn't turn around "Fans?" he inquired. "Yes" "Just keep walking" he instructed I did and told him the story of how Molly was moving to New York. He was sympathetic but kept my hopes high. He said it was in her best interest and that she wasn't leaving for selfish reasons. Of course I already knew this, but it felt good to hear. As we reached the store Taylor went in and I stood outside. I didn't wanna go in, get nice and cool all to come back out in the heat again. When I saw three fans approaching me, I wished I had gone in. ||||| "Do you know them?" I was ten and at Mayfest. Hanson had just got done performing and I was playing with baby Jessica. "Who?" I questioned, looking at the two girls who towered over me. They were about thirteen. "Those three boys, The Hanson Brothers" "Yes" I answered "Why?" "Could you get us their autographs" "I dont know. They're pretty tired and I wouldn't want to bother them" I was trained to say that. I shielded my eyes from the sun as one of the two continued "Oh .. well, okay. Could you tell them that Miranda and Jaclyn said hi" I smiled, I wanted no enimies "Sure" ||||| "So you're not Taylor's girlfriend?" One fan asked me for the thousandth time. Taylor was still inside the store. Ten minutes had passed now. Come on Tay, come on. "No, just a friend" "What's your name?" Another asked me. "What's yours" I asked back. "Sally" she answered then pointed to her friends "And that's Kristin and Rebecca" I heard the chimes of the store door sound, and to my relief Taylor walked out. He knew how to handle fans much better than me. He was eating some sunflower seeds and as he walked towards us I heard Sally whisper "oh my god" "Hi girls" "Uh .. hi" Rebecca said, trying to act normal. "Could you give us an autograph?" Kristin asked. Oh Oh Oh, she was brave. "Unless you have any official merchandise I can't, sorry" "That's okay" I didn't catch who said that. "Well it was nice meeting you girls" Taylor shook each ones hand "You too" they all said and we walked away. He handled them with such dignity and respect, I admired him for it. God knows, I could never do that. ||||| Taylor and I got home around six and were immedialtly ushered into the kitchen for dinner. Molly's special. I looked down at my plate and saw two chicken legs, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob. Not very exotic, but Molly was a great cook. "This is great Mol, what did you put in the chicken?" Diana asked my sister who went into a long conversation of what spices and juices she used to make the chicken the way it was. "We ran into some fans today" Taylor spoke at the close of Molly's conversation. "You did?" Walker questioned, unsure of what went on. "Yeah" I answered "They weren't that bad, right Tay?" "Yeah, they were pretty cool. They asked for autographs but I said only official merchandise" "Good" Walker said, content "And you know not to sign anything even if they did have official merchandise because your brothers weren't around, right?" "Yes dad, I just didn't feel like going into all that with them, okay?" Walker went back to eating his food "As long as you know" Litle conversations went on around the dinner table and after a couple of minutes I excused myself and went upstairs. After a while, I heard a soft knock on my door and looked up. It was Zac. "I have an idea" he said walking towards me "Oh?" "Yeah" he sat down on my bed next to me "Tomorrow night I'll tell everyone that we're going to go to Target because I need a new bathing suite. I'll say I want you to come cause you have the best taste but we'll really go see a movie ... together" Aw, he was asking me for a date. "It sounds really nice Zac, but i don't think it's possible" "Why not" his hand once again found mine. "Because. It's not really smart for Zac Hanson to go to a movie theatre alone .. espicially with a girl." "No, no. I have it all planned. There's always the crapy seats in the movie theatre, one's where nobody ever sits. We can sit there, its outta view of alot of people, and I'll wear a hat. No one will no, Madison" "You'll get in trouble if your dad finds out" I was still a little ify. "He won't" Zac started "Please" "Fine" I gave in "But it's all your fault if we get caught" "Agreed" Zac was just about to get up and leave the room, but he stoped. He pulled me up to him and whispered "It'll be fun" then he kissed me, and I kissed him back. Ah, the second kiss. home || next