I was with my boyfriend Gavin, you know, Gavin Rossdale. Well we wanted to go on a short vacation alone in a place where we hadn't been before, I heard the band Hanson before and I thought they were cute, so I told Gavin we should go to Tulsa and meet the young singers. Gavin came out of the gas station, we had just came from Texas which we thought wasn't what we wanted to see I mean it was nice but...I wanted to go to Tulsa, Oklahoma and Gavin had no idea why until I said,"Gavin, you know the band from Tulsa, OK. Those young singers called Hanson?" He handed me a teen magazine which I liked to read once in a while to see what they had written about me and other people. I seen Hanson on the front cover and I pointed to them, "This band." He smiled.
"Why do you want to see them?"
Well I didn't really know why I wanted to meet them but I wanted to go, so I made my cutest puppy dog eye look and cutest Emma Bunton type a look I could and said,"I don't know, but please can we go there? It's not that far from here." Then I laughed.
He gave in and kissed me softly on the lips. Then he started up the car and we were on our way to Tulsa.
We finally got there. I thought it was a beautiful place not like a little town as everyone thinks but it's like a city like L.A. but smaller I guess. I laughed to myself as I remembered the time I was watching Much Music I was only flicking through the channels and there they were, Hanson, and they were saying. Ike said something like,"It's not some little town like for farmers or anything." Then Zac made an imitation I think it was him or Tay but they made their voice sound like they were hillbillies and like a farmer or something. I was laughing, it was funny. Anyways, here we are. Now what? I tried to remember where my agent said they lived but I couldn't think right now and since Gavin and I wanted a complete private vacation we requested no security guards watching us or no agents with us. Risktakers, but we wanted privacy. First thing we did was try to find a nice hotel to stay at and settle down. I opened the magazine and started reading. First couple pages were about Backstreet Boys, so I skipped on. Nothing too intresting so far so I kept filpping through the pages. Then I saw it, my name, and I read: "Someone is doing a little inviting over of her own these days is NO DOUBT's GWEN STAFANI, who recently bought her first home in the Los Feliz area of Hollywood, California. Between corating her new 1920s Mediterranean-style abode and recording a follow-up album to the band's 1995 Tragic Kingdom with bassist TONY KANAL, 27, drummer ADRIAN YOUNG, 27, and guitarist TOM DUMONT, 29, this summer, the 28-year-old vocalist is definitely in need of some R&R. Did you hear that GAVIN?" I started laughing and showed Gavin the article. We both were laughing together. On the next page it showed a picture of me holding my brother, Eric's, face inmy hands as I hugged him. He is the one with all the talent I said in the article, I was the lazy girl and he forced me to sing. I laughed again, this was true I guess. Eric always told me to sing, that I had talent too. I flipped through the pages again. Nothing else intresting so I closed the book and noticed that we had found a place to stay and Gavin was getting out of the car and I got out too. He had already paid for the room and we were going inside. Gavin wanted to take a shower and I said to him,"I'm going to go for a walk around and check this place out." He didn't really want to come so he said,"OK, I'm going to have a shower. See you later." Then I grabbed the key and left. Finally outside. I started walking.
I sat in the park on the bench just looking around and I decided to sing a little song to myself. Then out of nowhere these boys came roller blading right in front of me as I was getting up and I didn't hear them coming suddenly CRASH. I was on the ground now and so was the boy that crashed into me. I looked up and he helped me up and onto the bench. I looked at him, it was Isaac Hanson, the oldest Hanson brother. What luck I'm having today.
He said,"I'm sorry about that." Then it came to him, his eyes brightended and he knew who I was. I smiled and said,"Oh that's alright, I was hoping I would bump into you guys here in Tulsa." Then we both started laughing. What a corny joke. Oh well. Then the littlest Hanson, Zachary Hanson, the cute little one showed up. He cracked a joke at Ike and said some personal stuff,"Hey Ike, look who you happened to bump into...you're love of your life." Ike thought himself, oh he's going to get it when I get home. Why is he doing this to me? Look at her, sitting there. She's so pretty.
Then Gwen thought what's Zac talking about? Ike likes me? Oh, he must feel real bad right now. Then Zac bladed away. I decided to say something to break the silence. "So you're a fan right?" She smiled at hime hoping to make him feel better. "Listen I've got to go, Gavin must be looking for me, want to meet me again tonight somewhere? Are there any good movie theatres around here?" We made plans to meet tonight at 9:00PM, he was going to pick me up at the hotel's lobby.
I waited in the lobby and Gavin was upset I had just got here today and was already going out alone. Ike showed up right on time and he had some flowers for me, I thought that was a sweet idea. Wait a sec, I'm 28 and he's 17, turning 18 soon, I'm 11 years older than him yet I think I like him.
After the movie we were sitting at the park on the bench where we met earlier today. I said,"Is it true? Do you like me?" Was I flirting with him? I had no idea why. I laughed to myself. We had only been just sitting here for like an hour talking and I had just out of the blue asked him. He turned his head down and looked at his shoes and then he looked up and into my eyes and said,"Yes Gwen, I love you." I was startled, my face jerked back as if I were slapped in the face. I started smiling and said,"Because I like you too." Then as we leaned close to each other about to kiss, I heard footsteps coming closer and closer from behind the hedge of bushes. I moved away from Ike as I seen him come into view now, it was Gavin. I knew I had loved Gavin but it must have only been a mad crush on him because now I felt that I loved or liked a lot, Ike Hanson. What did age have to do with anything? I looked beside me and Ike was gone. Gavin came and sat beside me, he said,"We have to talk. I have something to tell you and I'm sorry to do but...but I've met a girl Gwen, her name is Cindy and I really like her alot and she likes me. I'm sorry but we have to break up. But we still can be friends." Then I knew it now, it felt as if I were slapped in the face and I would be reading this in the magazine that he dumped me first just so he could be with another woman and I would be happy with another too. Then I started crying and Gavin said,"Sorry Gwen." Then he left. I lay down on the bench and cried.
I must have cried for like 2 hours or it could have only been about 2 minutes but then someone was talking to me so I stopped crying and looked up. It was the other brother Taylor Hanson. He said,"What's the matter Gwen? You sad because Ike left? He'll be back shortly he just didn't want to get in trouble or 'cause trouble between Gavin and you."
I told Tay between sniffles,"Oh god, I wanted to break up with Gavin and tell him I found someone else but he surprised me by dumping me first, he's found another chick named Cindy and he....it hurts man. I wanted to dump him but I didn't think it would hurt even if I wanted to dump him in the first place." Tay put hi arm around me in a hug and I cried on him. "I thought Gavin was the perfect guy for me ever since I first set eyes on him but now..." I started crying harder. I knew my make-up was probably smearing. I pulled away from Tay and said,"Oh god, I must look like a mess." I grabbed my purse and found my make-up and compact I put my make-up on and said while I was fixing myself up,"That's it I'll try not to give Gavin the pleasure of me crying like a baby because he dumped me, I'll show him I can move on." Taylor got up and said,"Well I have to go but, good luck." Then as he walked away Ike got back and Tay patted him on the back." He whispered to Ike,"Go for it man."
As Ike aproached me he sat down and was about to say something and I told him what Gavin just did and what I was going to do to Gavin. Ike sat there stunned. We sat still for about a minute and looked into each others eyes. Then I leaned toward Ike and Ike leaned closer to me. Then our lips touched and we kissed. I kissed him harder, like I was hungry for his kisses. Then it was like Ike needed me and I needed Ike.
So when I had to go home Ike came to visit me as much as he could and I him. We called each other every night and we wrote each other letters in e-mail and letters in the mail.
