Zac peered around the corner and found the room empty. He also spotted the Donut box on the kitchen counter.
"MMM... donuts" Zac said, doing his impersonation of Homer Simpson. He then sprang forward and lunged for the box. He opened it and found one left. "Yes! victory is mine!" He said and grabbed the donut. Zac brought the donut up to his mouth to take a huge bite.
"STOP WHERE YOU ARE! Drop the donut and step away!" Isaac said from the doorway, scaring the life out of Zac.
"NO! I saw it first! it's mine!" Zac exclaimed, turning to face his older brother. Isaac shook his head.
"As I said.... drop the donut and no one gets hurt" He said stepping forward. "That donut is mine! I brought that box this morning with my own money... if you want one, go get it yourself!"
"But it was just sitting here! you weren't eating it!" Zac protested.
"Zac... I'm giving you till the count of three to hand over the donut.. if you fail I will have to seriously hurt you."
"Ohh.... I'm so scared!" Zac said, then took a huge bite out of the chocolate donut in his hand.
"THAT'S IT!" Isaac shouted as he lunged to grab his younger brother. Zac darted out of the way and Isaac landed heavily on the kitchen table.
"Shit! I'm gonna kill you Zac!" Isaac yelled, getting up. Zac ran out of the room, the donut still in his hand. Isaac followed and ran straight into Taylor.
"Watch it!" Taylor exclaimed, pushing Isaac away from him.
"Shut up!" Was Isaac's reply as he took off after Zac. By the time he found him, the donut was gone.
"Sorry Ike.... guess you'll just have to go get some more... " Zac said, a triumphant grin on his face. He knew that he was going to pay dearly for this one, but he just couldn't resist the donut. Isaac strode forward and grabbed Zac by the front of his shirt before Zac knew what was happening.
"You are gonna-"
"Ike! what are you doing?" Taylor interrupted.
"Get lost... we are about to be short a brother in about 2 seconds!" Isaac snapped.
"Why.. what did he do this time?" Taylor asked, prying Isaac's fingers from his brothers shirt.
"Nothing! I swear Tay.. I didn't do anything!" Zac cried. Taylor looked at Isaac.
"Isaac, if you're bored... go to Jaymi's, this thing with us torturing Zac is starting to get a little old." Taylor said and then turned his back on his brothers, shaking his head. Zac saw this as a chance to get away from his brother and ran down the hall and out the front door yelling
"I'll be back later Chewy!"
"One day I'm gonna kill him" Isaac said to himself and went into his room, slamming the door.
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"ALEXIS! How many times do I have to tell you not to use my stuff if you're not going to put it back?" Jaymi demanded, storming into Alexis's room. Alexis was sitting on her bed, filing a nail when she looked up.
"What are you looking for?"
"My nail file!" Jaymi said.
"Well how can I put the damn thing back when I'm using it?" Alexis asked, glaring at her cousin.
"You've had it for the last week and now I need it so give it here"
"No.. I told you I'm using it"
"Alexis... I don't care. Give it to me now!" Jaymi cried, beginning to lose her temper. Alexis raised an eye brow and yawned.
"Jaymi... I promise to give it back.... when I'm finished with it. Now, toddle off back to your room and be a good girl." She said, as though she was talking to a 3 year old. Jaymi took a deep breath and glared at her cousin.
"Alexis, give that nail file to me or you are going to regret not giving it to me!" She exclaimed. Suddenly the door bell rang, and with Alexis and Jaymi being the only ones home, Jaymi went to answer it, sure that Alexis wasn't about to surprise her and be helpful. Jaymi opened the door and was greeted with a hug.
"Hi, please... take me away from her! I swear, if I have to spend another minute alone with her I am going to strangle her!" Jaymi pleaded. Isaac laughed.
"I feel the exact same way at the moment... only with Zac."
"Why? what happened?" Jaymi asked her boyfriend, leading him into the living room and sat down on the couch. Isaac blushed, now ashamed of what went on with the donut, shook his head.
"It's a long story. Don't worry about it." He said. Jaymi shrugged and turned on the t.v. "Where's Kayla?" Isaac asked.
"Out with Malcom somewhere. Kayla said something about wanting to get away from Alexis or she'll end up killing her... something like that anyway. Mom is at work so I get stuck with her." Jaymi said, looking at the doorway to make sure Alexis wasn't nearby.
"Awww poor you. I get stuck with Zac everyday. And you complain about Alexis. She's only here for a few months isn't she?" Isaac asked. Jaymi nodded.
"Isaac! hi... I thought I recognized your voice" Alexis said, walking into the room carrying the nail file. She flashed him a flirtatious smile.
"Hey Alexis... how are you?" Isaac asked.
"Oh I'm just fine... Jaymi.. here's the nail file that you wanted so badly before... I promised I would get it back to you and here it is..." Alexis said sweetly. Jaymi reached for the file but Alexis pulled it away. "Not so fast... what do you say?"
"Thanks" Jaymi mumbled. Alexis shrugged and handed her cousin the nail file.
"That's good enough I guess... ok. I'm off now... I'm going to find my way to the mall... unless.."
"Unless what?" Jaymi asked.
"Unless Isaac here want's to show me the way..." Alexis said. Both Jaymi and Alexis turned to look at a bright red Isaac.
"I uhh... well... uhh"
"Oh don't bother... with the look Jaymi's giving me I can tell you two want to be alone.. well I'll go now.. bye" Alexis said with a wave. She walked out the front door and when Jaymi heard it close, she groaned.
"I swear I'm gonna kill her... and you were no help at all!" Jaymi exclaimed, punching Isaac on the arm.
"Hey! what could I do... she asked me to show her to the mall....." Isaac said, trailing off.
"Yeah but you could've said no and not sit there stuttering like an idiot"
"An idiot am I?" Isaac asked.
"Yes! at time's you can be a total dickhead" Jaymi said, starting to get angry.
"Gee, nice to know what you think of me Jaymi!" Isaac said, starting to raise his voice.
"Don't raise your voice at me! You were all ready to go off to the mall with that slut." Jaymi cried.
"Don't call your cousin a slut!"
"Why not? she is one... and who are you?? Alexis's big and mighty defender now are you? Maybe you should go off with her..."
"Yeah, maybe I should... and if she's a slut then maybe she will sleep with me because you sure as hell won't!" Isaac yelled, standing up. But the minute he said the words he wished that he could take them back.
"How could you? How dare you say that! Think of what happened to me Isaac! Just stop and think what I went through just a few weeks ago... and you expect me to sleep with you?" Jaymi yelled, standing up to.
"Look Jaymi I'm sorry I-"
"SHUT UP AND GET OUT NOW!" Jaymi screamed, pushing Isaac towards the door. Isaac turned and walked out the door, leaving Jaymi on the living room floor, crying.
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"Taylor? Taylor! hi... It's Alexis... " Alexis said, walking up to Taylor. She was happy to see that he was alone. Taylor looked at Alexis and blushed slightly.
"Hi Alexis" he said quietly.
"So, where are you off to?" Alexis asked, pulling lightly on Taylor's rat's tail.
"I uhh... I'm just going for a walk... to-to get out of the house" Taylor said, side stepping away from Alexis. But she just moved with him.
"Uhh.. fun... not.. hey, I have an idea. Why don't you show me to the mall.. and maybe we could see a movie or something" Alexis said, giving Taylor a smile. Taylor grinned back.
"Yeah.. ok... I guess so... what movie?"
"Oh I dunno... anything's fine with me." Alexis said, smiling. Alexis noticed that Taylor was walking along with his hands in his pockets. She linked her arm around Taylor's and smiled shyly at him. Taylor smiled back but didn't make a move to remove Alexis's arm. They walked to the mall and Taylor showed Alexis around, hoping that she would forget about the movie, she didn't.
"So, are we gonna see that movie now or what?"
"Uhh, sure... what do you want to see?" Taylor asked, walking along with his head down. Kayla's gonna kill me Taylor thought. He knew that Kayla did not like Alexis but there was no way he could get out of being with her now. Then he saw the one person he wanted to see. And she saw him with Alexis, and Alexis still had her arm around Taylor's. Kayla's eyes filled with hurt and anger and she turned around to walk away, pulling Malcom along with her. Taylor broke free from Alexis and ran after Kayla.
"KAYLA WAIT!" Taylor shouted, dodging people as he ran. Kayla stopped and turned to face Taylor as he came up behind her.
"I can explain" Taylor said, breathless from his run.
"Oh you better tell me what you were doing with her in the next 5 seconds or I'll walk out of here and never talk to you again" Kayla hissed.
"I was just out walking and she saw me. She wanted me to take her to the mall and then she just put her arm around mine... I didn't want to be rude so I let her keep it there.." Taylor said, hoping Kayla would believe him. Kayla stood in silence.
"Taylor... I have to go now.. chat with me tonight in hansonline ok?" Kayla said, turning around to look for Malcom, he was sitting down in a nearby chair.
"Uh, yeah sure... what time?"
"About eight. Bye" Kayla said and then turned to go. Taylor knew things were wrong when Kayla didn't kiss or hug him. Suddenly he felt someone beside him.
"Things ok?" Alexis asked.
"Yeah... uh, look Alexis... I really gotta go now.. I'll see you later" Taylor said, and with that, he walked away, leaving a very pissed off Alexis, standing by herself with her arms crossed.