"Casey, I can't believe you went to Tulsa!" Kristi shrieked after she showed up at Casey's front door on August 15th.
"I got back last month." Casey told her.
"I know! But I was away from July 8 until yesterday! Did you see Taylor?"
"Um, Kristi, I stayed with Taylor." Casey told her friend. "Oh, and I said hi for you."
"Really! Oh my God!" Kristi screamed.
"Yeah, oh, and I got you a little something. Hold on a sec." She ran to her room and got a picture of Hanson with their signatures on it. "Here ya go!" she cheerily told Kristi, handing her the paper, and waiting for her to totally freak out.
"Oh God! Holy! Oh, god, I love you so much Casey!" Kristi screamed again, giving her friend a big hug.
"Fine." Casey smilied. It was awesome to see Taylor have so many fans.
"Casey, did you hear the rumor going around?"
"Which one?" Casey asked, knowing exactly which one.
"The one about you and Tay. At least, i think it was you."
"Yeah I heard it." Casey said.
"Did he really hug you?"
"Yeah, after he stabbed me with his damn hockey stick!"
"What did you do to him after he did that?" Kristi asked, wide-eyed.
"What do you think? I shot the puck at him and hit him in the stomach!"
"I can't believe you did that to Taylor!" she told Casey, disbelieving.
"We always did stuff like that to each other. It's no big deal, at least not for me and him."
"I guess..." Kristi told her, unsure of herself.
"Hi Casey, guess what?" Taylor asked his friend on the phone.
"Oh, hi Tay! What?" Casey asked. She was happy to hear from her friend again, even though it had only been a week since she'd last talked to him.
"We're going to New York!" he exclaimed, sounding ecstatic.
"No way! When!?" Casey asked in disbelief.
"Soon." Tay told her.
"When's soon?" Casey asked him. "Tay, please tell me!" she pleaded with him.
"Okay!" Taylor laughed. He had to tell her. He couldn't torture her with the suspense anymore.
"We're coming on the 17th. We're gonna go to Arthur Ashe Kids Day on the 23rd, and the Beacon Theater on the 27th. But then we have to leave for England to record another CD."
"Oh my god Tay! Where are you staying?"
"I dunno yet, actually. I'll tell you when I know."
"What airport are you coming in at?"
"Oh, JFK. At 11:30 on the 17th."
"Sweet! I'll be there. Look for me, OK Tay? i can't believe you're going to be here in 3 days!"
"I can't wait to see you again, Casey!"
"Oh crap, I gotta go. My friend is here, and she's giving me a funny look."
"Which one, the one that likes us?"
"Yep. None other than my friend Kristi...Ow, Kristi, don't scream in my ear...Yes I'm talking to Tay...n--what!? Tay, she wants to talk to you."
Tay sighed. "If she doesn't scream, I guess."
"Hold on a sec.. Kristi, you can talk to him if you don't scream...yeah-but you can't scream, OK? Tay, she promised she wouldn't scream Ok? Hold on, here she is." Casey gave the phone to Kristi and prayed that she wouldn't say anything stupid.
"Um....hi?" Kristi asked, her voice almost inaudible. Casey and Taylor could both tell that she was really nervous.
"Hi Kristi!" Taylor told her.
"Oh, man..." Kristi said. "How are you?"
"I'm fine, I guess, you?"
"Fine...Oh wow, you guys are awesome!"
"Thanks! I'm glad that you like our music and stuff."
"Um...where are you guys now?"
"In t-town, but we're leaving soon."
"I know! You're gonna be at that Arthur Ashe stadium thingy, right?"
"Yeah, are you going?"
"Definitely! I wouldn't miss it!"
"OK, well, I really have to go, sorry. Maybe I'll see you there with Casey. Bye!"
"Bye Taylor!" Kristi hung up the phone. "Oh my god Casey!!" she screamed, "I just talked to Taylor!!"
"I seriously thought you were gonna scream on the phone." Casey laughed. "I'm very shocked. I never thought you had it in you."
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