| �So what are you up to tonight?� Taylor asked me the next time we talked. �Not much. Maybe a movie with some friends,� I replied. �Just another Saturday night in Tulsa. How about you?� �I think I may be going to this party. Isaac met a girl at a bar and she invited us. Could be fun,� he said. �Yeah, it sounds fun,� I said, trying to block out the image of some older woman all over my boyfriend. �Anything interesting going on in Chicago?� He laughed. �Actually, yeah. We did this radio thing that they�re going to air in a few weeks, and there were all these girls out front when we got there�� he started. How completely shocking� I thought. �And one of them just grabbed Zac�s face and kissed him. It was completely hilarious. Especially since Zac just kissed her back!� he said. I was giggling uncontrollably -- the thought of Zac and some fgirl making out in public struck me as uproariously funny. �Shut up, Taylor!� I heard Zac yell on the other end of the phone. �She was friggin hot!� �Zac, she was like 13! And she was not hot!� Taylor argued with his brother. �Well I�m only 16! And she may not have been Britney Spears, but she was hot. Not as cute as the chick who grabbed your ass, though�� Zac said. My giggling stopped immediately. Taylor didn�t even notice. �Yeah, I know,� Taylor said to Zac. �She was a babe.� �Which is why you had to hug her�� Zac said. �She�s a fan! I have to be nice to them!� Taylor said, laughing. �Zac, get the hell out of here�I�m on the phone!� �OK Tay, you manwhore,� Zac replied. I heard a door slam and knew Zac was gone. �Listen Nat, I�ve gotta run. If we�re gonna go to this party I have to make myself look presentable.� �OK Taylor,� I said softly. �I love you,� I told him. �Yeah, I miss you too,� he said absently. �See ya,� was the last thing I heard before the line went dead. |
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