"Tay?" I said poking my head into his room "You taking a shower now?" It was around nine 'o clock that night and we were all getting situated for bed. "In a minute" he was looking through some box "Mind if I go first. I'll be quick" "Go ahead" "Kay, thanks" I made my way down to the second of two showers on this floor and entered the large bathroom just as Zac was exiting it. He hit me on the head, and if I wasn't as tired as I was I would have chased him. I entered the bathroom and turned on the shower. Looking in the mirror I pulled my straight blonde hair out of the braid Jessica had done for me earlier and ran a brush through it a few times. As I was doing this, Taylor opened the door and walked in. Damn me and forgetting to lock doors. "Don't you knock? I could've been naked." "Sorry" he said, walked back out closed the door and knocked. Smiling I walked to the door and opened it. "Here" he said handing me a photo "Remember that?" I giggled as I looked at the photo. Me, Melanie, Taylor and Isaac were all sitting in a bubble filled tub, playing with barbies and action figures. "Yeah" I said smiling "I remember" "Let's take a bath together, Madlor. For 'ol times sake" "Yeah" I said pushing him out the door "You wish. I'll be done in ten minutes" I closed the door, and locked it. ||||| "Are you bored?" Zac asked me a while later "Very" I answered, as I watched "Jaws" on the comfy living room couch. "Wanna go for a walk?" I pointed to the cable box's clock as I swallowed my ice cream "At ten thirty?" "Yeah" Zac shruged "Why not? It's better that way, nobody will notice me" I undid myself from my indian style position and stretched out my legs "Does anyone else wanna come?" "Nope. They're all doin' they're own thing. You're my last resort" "Gee Zac, nice to know you care" I shot him a look, and he smiled back "Mom!" "Yes" I heard my mom call from inside her room. "Me and Zac are gonna go for a walk" "Now?" "Yeah, we won't go far. Just up and down the block" I shot Zac a look that told him I was lying. "Okay then, if you're not back in half hour I'm sending out the search team" "We'll be back" I called and made my way over to the door where Zac was standing. ||||| I was surprised that as we were walking Zac held my hand. Taylor and I did it all the time, but never Zac and I. It was action that had always reminded us of our friendship. I was confused but I accepted it with open arms, taking it as an inviation to his friendship. I felt content as we walked around the dark quiet blocks hand in hand talking about little things. "What do you wanna be when you grow up?" His question surprised me "Gee Zac, I dunno. Never really gave it much thought. You?" I know it was stupid to ask what he wanted to be, but I felt he wouldn't have asked me if he hadn't wanted to get asked back. "I wanna be a family man" he said with a smirk "A wife, kids, about four of 'em and I wanna have a musical job. Not one like this cause I'd wanna spend time with my family but maybe like behind the scenes stuff." "Wow, seems like you have it all planed out" "Yup, i do. And what I want, I get. You'll see" "I believe ya" I looked at my watch "Let's start heading back" Laying in bed that night I thought about the day's events as I usually do. I registed Zac as more than just Zac, tonight, to me, he had become Zachary. I was blown away by his intelligance and charm and for the first time had thought of him more than just "Tay and Ike's little brother" home || next