" Its open…" Lisa said as Brandi walked through her door.

" Hey!" Brandi said walking over to her bed to sit next to her…"Why are you so sad…you've been moping around for days."

" I don't want to talk about it." Lisa said rolling over.

" Oh come on…you can tell big sissy!"

"Shut up!" Lisa said smiling at the way Brandi always made her feel better.

" I bet you'll feel better if you talk about it…it can't be too bad…" Brandi said.

" Oh, but it is…" Lisa started.

" Well tell me!"

" I feel so bad here." Lisa said throwing her face in the pillow.

"Why!?" Brandi asked shocked.

" Because I have to walk around seeing Zac, every time he looks at me I feel so dirty…you know…because I did him so wrong!" Lisa said.

" Zac didn't make it any easier for you…" Brandi replied.

" I know but still, I loved him so much…you just don't treat people you love that way. I acted like a little whore with him. I know he hates me. Is it wrong for me to still love him?" Lisa asked.

" Of course not! Don't ever think that…Zac still loves you too. It just may take time Lisa…you've been gone quit awhile, and a lot of the things you did to him were harsh…" Hell, a lot of the things you did to me were harsh… Brandi thought…" Look it will all work out…maybe you should go talk to him. If anything you guys could be friends."

" Well that's what I want. I want to be able to talk to him…as a friend…I just want him to be there for me." Lisa stated.

" And he will be…just go talk to him. You know Zac, he's not going to come up to you." Brandi said.

" Thanks!" Lisa said as Brandi got up and walked out the room.

As Brandi entered downstairs she found Zac and Tay watching cartoons.

" Aren't you guys alittle old for that?!" Brandi asked.

"NO!" Zac shot back being funny…"I like my Scooby Doo!" He continued with a smile.

"Well, I gotta get a shower so I can leave. " Tay said as he made his way upstairs.

" So whats up with you?" Zac asked Brandi as he watched her sit back down at the table looking over the stack off papers laid before her.

" Oh I'm picking up where Ike left off here." She said.

" Im glad you are…I'd have it all screwed up!" Zac said changing channels.

" Are you going to help Tay at moms today?" Brandi asked.

" Yeah, or I'd still be asleep right now…Can I ask you something?" Zac asked.

" You already did…" Brandi said sarcastically.

" You know what I mean dummy!" Zac shot back.

" Sure…" Brandi replied.

" How can you and Tay manage to get up early every day…I mean I know that you guys probably make love all night and everything…" Zac tried to finish what he was say-n but Brandi through a pillow from across the room at him.

" Zac!" Brandi said laughing…" You can't ask me that!" she said with a smile.

" Hey! I mean…when we were together I wore you out…damn girl, we slept the whole day!" Zac said smile-n.

" Zac!" Brandi said punching him playfully in the arm…" Shut up!" Brandi said sitting back down as Tay came back down from the shower.

" Oh I see…I guess Im just more of an animal that he is right?" Zac asked.

" Who are you talking about Zac?" Tay asked as he came through the living room to get his shoes.

"Oh, we were umm…talking about umm…Mike Tyson…yeah…I said that I was more of an animal than he was." Zac said as he turned around quickly and sat down.

" yeah Zac…your such an animal!" Brandi called from the kitchen.

" yeah right!" Tay said busting in to laughter…"Come on Zac lets go" He said as he walked into the kitchen and gave Brandi a small kiss bye.

" Bye chicken head!" Zac yelled to her.

" Bye Chicken dick!" She yelled back.

" Thanks hunny…You know you really should come by more." Diana said.

" I know mom, but Im just so busy."

" Too busy for your mother?" Diana asked raising and eyebrow.

" uh…No mom!" Tay said.

" Why don't you guys come by for dinner next week Mom." Zac asked.

" Thanks Zac…I would love to." Diana responded by placing a kiss on his cheek.

" Yeah Mom come by and bring the whole family to." Tay said as he pick Jessie up.

" I missed you Tay." She said.

" I missed you too, Brandi says Hi."

" I can't wait to play with her again…she has the coolest shoes for me to wear!!" Jessie said hopping down and going inside.

ZACKY DON'T LEAVE…!!!" Mackie yelled as he came running out the door.

" Look I told you not to call me that anymore!" Zac said bending down to his height.

" Why Zacky?" Mackie asked.

" Because…I'm to old to be called that." Zac said as he got into the car.

" ZACKY DON'T GO!!!!" Mackie yelled almost in tears.

" Uh!!" Zac groaned as he got out the car…" Look, would you like to come stay with me tonight?" Zac asked looking at Diana then back at Mackie.

" Can I CAN I PLEASE!!!" Mackie said already in the car.

" Its okay hunny…just have him home tomorrow night." Diana replied.

" Bye Mom…" Zac said kissing his mom then gett-n gin the car with Mackie.

" Bye Mom…tell dad I said Hi" Tay said getting in the car.

" BYE!" Diana yelled as they pulled away.

" Okay Mackie…we're going to go see Ike and His girlfriend at the hospital, but you have to be good okay?" Zac said.

" YEAH!!! IKEY POOH IKEY POOH IKEY POOH!" Mackie started to sing over and over again.

" This kid is gonna drive me insane!" Zac said with a sigh as he sat back in his seat. Tay just laughed.

" What are you laughing at?" Zac asked Tay.

" You wouldn't be able to handle kids would you?" Tay said.

Oh, and I suppose you could…Mr.I'm-an-expert-on-everything!" Zac shot back.

" Yeah I think I could." Tay said with a weird look in his eyes.

" Tay please…DON'T have kids!" Zac said…' Hey wipe that look off your face!" Zac yelled. Tay just laughed…" You have gone utterly insane!" Zac stated.

" Why…because I think having kids would be nice?"

" No because your talking like you want kids right now! Man your not even married!" Zac said. Realizing what he had said Zac looked at Tay who had that weird look again. Damn Zac can't you keep your mouth shut!!! He thought to himself. " Tay…that dosent mean you have to go get married, right?" He asked hoping Tay would say he didn't want marriage.

" Well, not today anyway." He said smiling.

" Oh God!" Zac replied sinking down in his seat.

When they arrived at the hospital Tay took Mackie's hand as he and Zac walked through the automatic doors while Mackie was humming a toon in his head. They got into the elevator and went up to the third floor. They walked silently down the hall until they reached Clarissa's room.

" Now listen Mackie…" Tay started…" You have to be really quite in here okay? Clarissa dosent feel well today. So Be Nice!" Tay said as he opened the door to let Mackie in first. Tay and Zac followed.

" IKEY pooh…" Mackie started to yell just as he remembered what Tay had told him.

" Hey Mackie!" Clarissa said.

"Hey Rissa!" Mackie said as he ran over to Ike.

" How have you been Mack?" Ike asked as if Mackie were an adult. Ike believed in treating all the kids that way, so that they would feel as the rest of them did.

" I'm okay Ikey…I missed you!" Mackie said with a smile.

" I missed you too." Ike said hugging Mackie. " Now you see that table over there?" Ike asked Mackie.

" Yeah…I see it." Mackie replied.

" Go over there and look at those books okay?" Ike said in a questioning way.

" KK!" Mackie said as he ran off.

" I haven't seen that kid in forever." Ike said standing back up.

" How are you feeling today ?" Tay asked Clarissa.

" Im much better! The doctor says if I look good by tomorrow I can go home!" Clarissa said while smiling.

" That's real good." Tay replied.

" Brandi and Lisa say Hi" Zac said.

" Tell them I said hey to, will ya?" She asked.

" Sure thing." Zac replied.

" So Ike, how ya hold-n fort?" Tay asked.

" Ha…okay I guess, though I do need to go home and take a shower." Ike stated.

" I told that boy over and over he could go home that I would be fine!" Carissa said laughing.

" Well we can take you home on the way back and then you could just drive back if you'd like." Zac said walking over to see what Mackie was up to.

" Baby go okay?!" Clarissa said…" I'll be just fine!"

" Okay…you sure?!" Ike questioned.

" Yes Im sure!" Clarissa restated.

" Okay…I'll be back soon. I love you." Ike said kissing her lips and then walking out the door.

" See ya Clarissa." Tay said following Ike.

" Bye!" Zac said.

" Bye Bye Rissa!" Mackie yelled as he ran out the door to catch up to Zac.

They rode back home with little conversation, just mostly Mackie sing-n to himself. They felt sure that he'd start his own band. When they arrived Ike went in and got in the shower. Zac went up to his room to sleep because he said waking up to early messed him up, and Tay went over to see what was up with Brandi.

" What is your problem!!??" He heard Brandi yelled as he walked in. She was on the phone with somebody?? " NO! I will not. And I really don't care what you think!…No don't come down here it's the only time you do! Like I CARE!!!! NO he has NOTHING to do with how I ACT! WHATEVER DAD!" Brandi yelled as she slammed the phone down.

" Baby what is wrong?" Tay asked walking up to her.

" That was my dad. He was telling m how much of an influence you are on me and that I needed to find another boyfriend. I told him that I didn't care what he thought and that no I was not leaving you to come back home." She said.

" Don't be so upset about your dad…hes not here and you don't need him…I love you!" Tay said looking in her eyes.

' I love you too!" She said hugging him…"Oh I got everything with the tour worked out and you still have money left over!" She said running over to the piles of papers on the table.

" Damn your good!" Tay said looking over them.

" Yep, better than you!" She said tease-n him.

" Watch it!" Tay said.

" Or what!?" Brandi asked.

" I'll tie you up and tickle you to death." Tay said.

" Oh please do!" She said smiling.

" uh huh!" Tay smiled looking at her.

" What?" She asked with an innocent look in her eyes.

" Don't look at me like that." Tay said.

" Well you want me to look at you like this." She asked looking at him as if she were undressing him with her eyes.

" Yeah…you want me don't you." Tay said.

" Don't flatter yourself!" Brandi said turning around.

" Woo Baby!" Tay said grabbing her butt and putting his hands around her waist.

" Tay! Mackie is here!" Brandi said slapping his hands off.

" So he's not in our room!" Tay said.

" Damn Tay I just gave it to you last night, don't you ever get enough?" She asked smiling…knowing the answer already.

" No…besides you started it. Mom always says, don't start something that you can't finish."

"Shut up!" She said playing around.

" Okay Im headed back to the hospital!" Ike called looking through the front door for Tay.

" OKAY…MACKIE CAN STAY HERE!" Tay yelled back.

" BYE!" Ike said leaving.

" Oh yeah…they are letting Clarissa come home tomorrow." Tay said.

" REALLY?!" Brandi asked with a smile on her face.

" Yep! Isn't that right MACKIE!" Tay yelled as he grabbed Mackie and started to wrestle with him on the floor.

While those two carried on downstairs Brandi went upstairs to ask Lisa what she wanted to eat tonight because since Mackie was over they needed to order something.

" Hey Lisa!" Brandi said as she opened the door. Very shocked by what she saw she slammed they door and ran downstairs. Brandi fell onto the couch not even notice-n that Tay had Mackie in a head lock. Soon Mackie and Tay stopped as they looked to see Brandi laughing really hard about something.

" What?" Tay asked.

" Guess who's upstairs with Lisa?" Brandi said.

" ZAC!?" Tay asked looking puzzled.

" yep…guess what their doing?" She said.

" Sex?" Tay mouthed to Brandi so that Mackie wouldn't hear.

" Uh huh." Brandi replied.

"No way!" Tay yelled as he jumped up and ran upstairs. He stuck his head to the door and sure enough, they were. He walked downstairs and sat down. " I don't get it?" He said.

" Me either" Brandi replied. " Mackie…whatcha want to eat?" Brandi asked.

" Can I have Happy Meal?" He asked.

Sure you can Baby!" She said poking him in the stomach like the Pillsbury Doug boy. " Tay are you riding with us?" She asked grabbing her keys.

" Yep!" he said picking Mackie up as they all walked to the car.

" So what do you think we should get Zac and Lisa? A box of condoms or food?" Tay asked as they drove away.

" Food." Brandi replied.

"Whats a condom?" Mackie asked.

" It's a balloon!" Tay said.

They soon arrived and went in to the drive through. They ordered there food and drove home. Wen they got back Mackie was the first to go in and he ran in and started to eat his food on the floor while watching cartoons with Zac.

" So Zac, wanna tell me sumthin?" Tay asked.

" Man…not at the moment." Zac said.

" Here…" Tay said handing him a bag with his food in it.

" Thanks" Zac replied.

" Hey Hey!" Tay yelled as he walked into the kitchen where he found Brandi and Lisa giggling over something. " Girl talk I presume." He said sitting down.

" Yeah…you could say that." Lisa said going upstairs to her room. As she walked up they heard Zac get up and leave the living room to follow Lisa upstairs.

" Damn again?!" Tay asked.

" She says they are not back together…their just catching up!" Brandi said.

" yeah…whatever." Tay said.

Mackie had fallen asleep so Tay carried him up to Clarissa's bed where he would sleep. Lisa was in her room, and apparently Zac was with her because some strange noises were coming from the room. Brandi found her way into bed and Tay came soon after.

" Man it has been a long day." Tay said.

" Yep." Brandi replied.

" You know what?" Tay said.

" What?" Brandi asked.

" I love you!" Tay said.

" yeh I know." Brandi replied.

" Hey!" he said tickling her. " Oh I forgot! I get to tie you up."

" Oh please Mr. Bad Man, don't tie me up!" Brandi said sarcastically.

" uh huh. Your gonna get it now!" He said as he kissed her , then her neck. Well one thing lead to another and what do ya know……you know what happened!