"Why are you still calling me?" I growled into the phone.

"Because I feel like it." Taylor matched my tone.

"You are about the biggest idiot I've ever met, you know that? Why can't you just leave me at peace? I'm not your friend. I don't want to talk to you. Why can't you get that into your head?"

"Because.. oh shut up bitch."

"Whatever dumbass."

"Okay, bitch, if you want to start yet another fight, I'm there, but not right now because Sheila just came in. And since she still hates you, I have to go. Bye bitch." I heard the dial tone and looked at the phone in shock. He'd never hung up on me before. Sure, I'd hung up on him numerous times, but he had yet to hang up on me. Until now at least. I shrugged it off and hung up the phone. Just as I did so, the phone rang again.

"Hello?" I asked in an agitated tone, still mad that Taylor had hung up on me.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." I smiled.

"Hey Zac, sorry, I'm just a little pissed. What's up?"

"Why you pissed?"

"Had a fight with one of my friends."

"Oh, suckiness. Anyways, I was talking to my mom and she wants to know if it would be okay for you to fly out and tour with us for a couple of weeks. You know me and Tay have been fighting a lot lately. She just thought it'd be nice for me to have someone to get away from him with. So what do you say?"

"Um.. I'd have to ask my dad. Except my dad keeps on insisting that we're going out even though he's met you about a trillion times.."

"It's time you set him straight. Besides, the last time I called, he gave me a lecture about �treating his little girl right'." I giggled.

"Okay, hold on." I put the phone down and went in search of my father. He was in his office, which wasn't surprising, looking over a few papers. "Dad? Do you have time to talk?"

"Sure, what's up sweetie?" he put down the papers and turned in his swivel chair so that he was facing me.

"Well, you know that Zac and I are just friends right??"

"I'm still debating that, why?"

"Well, he's on the phone right now wondering if I would like to tour with him and his family for a couple of weeks."

"Well.. I'd have to talk to his parents... but first, are you sure you two aren't dating?"

"Nope, we're just friends. I couldn't go out with Zac. He's not my type."

"Let me talk to his mother."

"Okay, hold on." I went back into my room and grabbed the phone. "Zac? He wants to talk to your mom."

"Okay, hold on.. MOM! G's dad wants to talk to you about her coming with." he called. I heard sounds of voices and movement.

"Hello?" came Diana's voice.

"Hi Mrs. Hanson. My dad wants to talk to you." I walked as I spoke.

"That's fine." I gave Dad the phone and waited as they talked. About half an hour later, my dad handed the phone back to me.

"You can go. Zac will tell you all the details." I grinned and kissed his cheek before putting the phone to my ear.

"Zac?"

"You can go."

" I know, my dad just told me. When?"

"The plane leaves on Friday at 4:00 in the afternoon. We'll be in Pilly. Then, we'll continue with the tour and you'll leave two weeks later on another plane in Florida. It's all planned out. All you have to do is pack and get on the plane." I smiled.

"I think I can handle that..."

"Good. I can't wait to see you. Hold on.. what do you want? Why? I thought you hated her. She's gonna tour with us for a couple weeks. Don't be an ass. You want to talk to her, call her yourself... Okay, sorry about that. Tay was bothering me again. So I'll see you this Friday?"

"I guess.."

"Okay cool. I gotta go. I'll call you before then. Bye."

"Bye." I hung up and not five minutes later the phone rang again. I picked it up thinking �I get way to many phone calls' and said �hello'

"What is this about you coming on tour with us for a couple weeks?"

"Ask Zac. It was his idea. I thought you weren't going to call me anymore."

"This is something I call you for. You can't come."

"And why not?"

"Because it won't work out. Something will go wrong and Sheila will get pissed and I'll be dead man, remember?"

"You need to get it through your head that just because our lips happened to land on each other's a couple of times doesn't mean anything's going to happen between us. If anything, we'll be fighting the whole damn time."

"You're right, I'm being paranoid"

"Yep, that's right dumbass. Besides, who would want to kiss you besides your slutty girlfriend?"

"You bitch!"

"Uh-huh.. that's effective."

"Shut up, ho!"

"That's nice dumbass."

"Oh go to hell."

"No, I don't want to spend eternity with you."

"Bitch."

"Bitch says bye-bye." I hung up, a satisfied smile on my face. I decided to call Sadie before he had the chance to call back.

"Hello?"

"Hey girl! Guess what!"

"What?"

"I'm going to tour with Zac for a couple of weeks."

"Really? That's cool."

"Yeah. He's been fighting with Tay a lot more lately so Mrs. Hanson wants someone to take his mind off things sort of."

"Cool. Ike called today..."

"Really? What'd he have to say?"

"He said he misses me and that he couldn't wait to see me again." she gloated happily. "He's such a sweetie."

"Yep, you picked a good one."

She sighed, "I know..."

"Hey, did you see that Smash Mouth is gonna tour soon? It was on the radio."

"Yeah. We have to get tickets!"

"I know! I love Smash Mouth."

"That would be a rockin' concert."

"No kidding!" We talked for a bit longer and then we hung up. It was midnight by then so I decided to go to bed. I got ready and snuggled under the covers but just as I was about to drift off, the phone rang again. I groaned and decided to let my dad get it. Five minutes later, my door opened and my dad handed me the phone.

"Some guy named Taylor." he said before leaving the room. I groaned again and picked up the phone.

"What do you want?" I asked harshly.

"You hung up on me again."

"It took you that long to figure that out?"

"No, Sheila came in and I got a little pre-occupied..."

"You are such a guy." I rolled my eyes and sat up in bed. "So what? Is Sheila asleep or not in the room?"

"Out cold. Look, you have to hear me out. You can't come. It'll be disastrous for us both. I mean, if Zac found out, he'd have a heart attack and if Sheila gets pissed, she tells him. So, why can't you just stay home so we can prevent any trouble?"

"Because Zac wants me there and I need to get out of this house anyway. Look, we'll stick to the plan of avoiding each other and we'll be fine. Nothing's going to happen, okay?"

He sighed, "Fine. Hold on... Mike.. yeah.. baby, don't be like that.. I'll do more then that.." I could here what sounded like kissing so I hung up, not wanting to listen to Taylor make-out with his slut of a girlfriend. I turned off the ringer on the portable and closed my eyes, ready to go to sleep again. This time, the phone didn't ring.


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