Part One

 

“So you really cheat and all that in school?”

“Zac, I do, get over it. It is no big deal anymore.”

“Michelle?”

“What Tay.”

“Do you have a nickname that we could call you. Like something shorter?”

“Yeah Mish. My old friend came up with it.”

“Okay, Mish, I was wondering, since you came to live with us for a week, have you had to change your lifestyle in any way?”

Well, she really didn’t want to answer that but, she tried the best she could to explain to them that if she was the way she usually is, than they might think that she was a little on the weird side and not think that she was really acting like a girl. She didn’t want to explain anything specific so she avoided that part of the conversation. Since Zac was bored, he wanted to play some video games. Mish challenged him in a racing game of Super Mario Cart for N64. She ended up beating all of them more than once because she ruled at that game. She learned from the best, which was her brother. So after that slaughter, Taylor invited her to join him on a walk to the lake. She said sure and they went off. Zac was of course making kissing noises while they were on the way off, but they both ignored him.

Taylor led her to a beautiful lake to watch the sunset. They sat there in the sand, side by side, peacefully watching the sun slowly melt below the horizon. Michelle didn’t know, but right then, Taylor wanted to kiss her so bad. He didn’t though because he hasn’t known her that long and wasn’t sure If that would be the right thing to do. So he contained him self and just sat in there. The sunset and it was getting dark so they decided to head back home. “That was so pretty. I really never just sat some where and watched the sun go down.”

“Really? I do it all the time. I love watching the sun set. It makes the sky look like a big rainbow.”

“Well let’s get home so your mom doesn’t get worried.” Both of them left and got home before it was too late. Of course when they got home Zac was still playing video games and challenged Mish to a rematch. She accepted and kicked his butt yet again. Zac got frustrated and decided to go play with his action figures. Taylor went and practiced playing his keyboard, so, Isaac decided to talk to Mish. They ended up talking all night until it was 3 a.m. That night they became closer to each other, they both found a new friend.

          It was day four in the Hanson household and the boys decided to take Mish to the water park, where they could all go swimming and have a good time. They all got ready and Isaac drove them there. When they got there everyone knew that it was Hanson, and ran up to get some autographs. After a little bit everyone finally got swim finally. The water park was really cool. There were five different water slides and three different pools. There were diving boards, fountains, and a lot of fun water related things to do. They spent the whole day there. While they were there Mish and Zac hung out together most of the time. They dunked each other and raced down the slides. They both loved the water and could live in it.

“Hey Zac! I’ll race you to the showers and who ever is the fastest wins!”

“Okay, ready go!” They raced through the showers and got ready as fast as they could.

“Those two are pathetic.” 

“Taylor, they are just having fun.”

“I know, but it is a little pathetic. They are racing through the showers. They are just like two little kids.”

“I know, let them be.” The other two went into the showers to wash up.

Michelle and Zac were neck in neck and they both were running out of the showers and they crashed into each other. The both fell on the ground laughing. It was really funny. The other two came out and they went home for dinner. After dinner they were exhausted. They fell asleep around 8 o’clock.

          The next day none of them got up until eleven at the earliest. When they did get up, there wasn’t a good vibe in the air. “Good morning. We slept in late today.” Mish yawned.

“Oh shut up, I have a headache.”

 “Whoa there Tay, I didn’t know.”

“He just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.”

“You shut up to Ike. I am not in the mood.”

“You don’t have to yell at everyone, just go take some Midol or something.”

“I don’t need some girl to tell me what to do.” That is what started it all. There was a lot of tension in the room and all of them could feel it. Michelle was not about to let him be an ass towards her because he was cranky.

“Excuse me, I am not just some girl. I came her to have a fun time. So quit your bitchin’ and lighten up.”

“I don’t need your two cents.”

“Yes you do because you’re making a complete ass out of yourself right now.”

“I am not an ass and you can take you opinion and shove it up your own ass.” Taylor, desperately trying to defend himself from Mish’s assault.

“Fuck you. I don’t need to take this.”

“Fuck your self bitch, it’s cheaper.” Taylor retorted

“That’s it, I am leaving.” Mish blurted out without thinking.

“Yeah right, you can’t even go anywhere, or even drive for that matter.”

“Watch me.” It was too late for saying sorry. She took their mom’s car keys and her headphones and drove to a park that she saw before. She didn’t have her license but that didn’t stop her. When she got there she found a tree and climbed up into it. She put her headphones and listened to her favorite song on their Middle Of Nowhere CD, Yearbook. The guys were shocked.

“Um, Taylor, I think we should go and find where she went. She doesn’t know how to drive and well she is our guest.” Ike was slowly on the verge of ringing Taylor’s neck.

“I know, I know, something came over me and I was just in a bad mood. Let me go and get her. I think I know where she went.”

“I really think you did enough” Zac’s opinion rang out from the doorway behind Ike.

But Taylor was already walking out the door. He knew where she went because when they were walking to the lake, he told her that was his favorite place to go and be alone. He walked to the park. He got there and saw the car, but didn’t see her. He tried looking in trees because she might of climbed up one. He looked up in the millionth tree and finally saw her. She was just sitting way the hell up there so he had to climb up there to talk to her. She didn’t even realize he was climbing up because she had a tear rolling down her cheek and when he tapped her she jumped and almost fell out of the tree. When she noticed it was him she wiped her face and asked him what he wanted.

“Listen, I am so sorry. Something came over me and I totally over-reacted and I am really, really sorry. I didn’t mean to yell at you and swear at you.” He almost started to cry while saying that, but he held it in and just gave her this look that would melt anyone’s heart.

“I’m sorry too. I get very defensive and I do swear a lot at people when they piss me off.”

“I guess we all have our bad days. Truce?”

“Truce.” They both climbed back down the tree. Michelle got down first and waited for him. Of course he slipped off the last branch and was hanging there. Michelle was laughing at him and then he fell on her. Neither of them were hurt, they were just laughing. She drove them back home because she said it was fun driving, illegally. It was the day to drive to the concert, which she had won tickets too so they packed their stuff and got on the bus. The concert was in Michigan so it was convenient for them. It took about two days to drive there. When the got there, something happened that none of them expected.

 

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