The Crush

"Come on Kayla.. get out of there" Taylor said from his seat on Kayla's desk chair.

"No" Came Kayla's muffled reply. Kayla was lying on her bed, dressed, with her head under her pillow. She had been like that for the past 10 minutes and Taylor was getting slightly pissed off with her.

"Kayla, just come out already!"

"No Tay!"

"Look, I know your hair's been cut... Jaymi told me" Taylor said.

"What?" Kayla asked, coming out from under the pillow. Taylor grinned when he saw Kayla's hair. It had been cut very short, with layers around her face and then more layers through out her hair.

"Wow... that look's so great Kay" Taylor said. Kayla raised her eye brow.

"Yeah right... you have to say that cause you're my boyfriend" Kayla said. Taylor shook his head.

"If I didn't like it then I would've said so. But Kay... that really looks good" Taylor said as he got up and went over to Kayla's bed. He sat down and hugged her.

"Yeah well, I hate it"

"Kayla! Stop it already! just be thankful to be alive!"

"You don't think I am?"

"Kay!" Taylor said, exasperated. Kayla shrugged and looked away.

"When do you get those off?" Taylor asked. Kayla looked down at her casts on her legs.

"Hey! tomorrow!" Kayla exclaimed after thinking for a bit. "No more wheelchair! and right now I can't think of anything better than that!" She said, looking at the wheelchair in the corner of her room like it was infected with some sort of deadly disease. Taylor laughed and then drew Kayla close to him.

"I can. I'm just glad that we're home alone." He said. And then gently pressed his mouth onto hers. Kayla kissed him back hungrily. She hadn't kissed him for a very long time. Taylor and Kayla both moved back so that they were lying down on Kayla's bed. Taylor slipped his hand up Kayla's shirt and moved to her chest. Kayla moved her hands to Taylor's back and then went up his shirt, feeling his back, chest and stomach. Taylor reached around and found Kayla's bra clip. He managed to get it undone and then he pulled her bra out from her shirt and dropped it onto the floor. Kayla's mouth moved from his mouth and onto his neck. Taylor felt her gently sucking his neck and he then realized what she was doing. Taylor moved his hand away from Kayla's breasts and then moved down to the waistline of her skirt. Kayla then heard the front door slam and she knew that someone was home. Taylor obviously hadn't heard the front door because he didn't pull away.

"Tay! someone's home!" Kayla whispered frantically, pulling away from his kisses. Taylor's eye's went wide and he quickly got up. Kayla sat up and then stuffed her bra under her bed just before Malcom walked in.

"Hey Mal... you're home early" Kayla said.

"Yeah... so?"

"I uh, just didn't think you would be home now... you said four." Kayla said, knowing that her face was turning red. Malcom grinned at her.

"Change in plans... anyway, I just came home to get my sunglasses" He said before walking out again. Both Taylor and Kayla sighed with relief and glanced at each other. They then broke into hysterical laughter.

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"Nice set up" Zac said, walking into C.J's room. C.J grinned as she walked in behind him.

"Thanks" She said. C.J had chosen the room with the balcony. It had a walk in wardrobe and C.J had finally gotten her stereo and T.V from New York and they were set up on a smallish table near C.J's bed.

"When do you start touring again?"

"Next Monday" Zac said absently as he went through C.J's CD collection. C.J sat on her bed and tried her best not to look disappointed.

"Oh... were are you going?"

"Um, around America, Australia, Sweden, Japan, New Zealand, England" Zac said, counting off the countries as he went.

"Wow... you're gonna be busy... how long will that take?"

"About three months. With us coming home every now and then. Mom is gonna stay home this time with Zoe, Avie, Jess and Mackie"

"So I'll still get to see you?" C.J asked. Zac looked at her, a surprised smile spread across his face.

"Yeah" He laughed. "You'll still get to see me". C.J decided to change the subject.

"Have you seen Kayla's hair?"

"Nope... why?.. I just heard that the doctors had to cut it all off and now it's grown back a bit..." Zac said.

"Yeah... she got it cut into this really cool style." C.J said as she flipped on the radio. "Finally Found" By the Honeyz was on. C.J looked at Zac and grinned.

"I love this song" she said. Zac just nodded and sat down at her computer.

"You have the net?" He asked.

"Of course!"

"Cool... can I go on?"

"Sure"

"Cool... what's your password?"

"Nice try.... I'll do it" C.J said as her log in box came up. She got Zac to turn away as she typed in her new password: C.J.A4Z.H.
She had developed a serious crush on Zac, but she wasn't about to let him know that. Zac logged into a Hanson chat room.

"You're going into a Hanson chat?" C.J asked.

"Yeah, I do all the time... people say that we only go under mmmbop... that's crap. I've got tones of nicknames!" Zac said. C.J grinned as Zac started chatting with a girl who's nickname was "TGFZ".

TGFZ: hi branzic
Branzic: hi... what does TGFZ stand for?
TGFZ: The Girl For Zac... you a hanson fan?
Branzic: The Girl For Zac... I take it you're a zac fan... umm... i don't really like hanson that much...
TGFZ: why are you in here if you don't like hanson that much?
Branzic: cause i wanna be in here
TGFZ: ok.. where are you from?
Branzic: tulsa.
TGFZ: wow... that is really cool! Have you ever met hanson?
Branzic: yeah... my parents know their parents...
TGFZ: oh that's cool... i met them once at a concert in New York... my dad got me backstage passes..
Branzic: oh... TGFZ: does Zac have a girlfriend?... please tell me..
Branzic: well, not exactly.. he's got a girl who is a pretty close friend but nothin romantic
TGFZ: you do not know how happy that makes me! that girl he knows is VERY lucky..
Branzic: i think it's the other way round... i think Zac thinks he is lucky to know this girl.

C.J smiled at what Zac had typed. "You really feel that way?" she asked. Zac nodded and kept on typing.

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"JAYMI! What did you do to your hair?" Mrs. Bennet exclaimed once she saw her daughters newly cut hair. Jaymi grinned.

"I did this for Kayla"

"What do you mean?"

"She hate's not looking the same.. so I got my hair cut so we wont be so different" Jaymi said.

"That's a very sweet thing to do honey but don't you think you should have asked me about it first?" Mrs. Bennet asked.

"Well... I kinda did it on impulse... I saw the hairdressers in the mall and thought about how unhappy Kayla was so I went in and did it" Jaymi said. With that she proceeded to the living room where Kayla was sprawled out on the couch watching T.V. Jaymi smiled at this sight. It was a whole lot better than seeing Kayla in a hospital bed with casts on both of her legs. Kayla had gotten her casts off but her legs were still very weak so she couldn't walk for long.

"Whatcha watchin?" Jaymi asked. Kayla shrugged, not turning to look at Jaymi.

"You don't know what your watching?"

"There's nothing on"

"So you're bored?"

"Yup" Kayla said, still not looking at her twin.

"So get Taylor over"

"Can't"

"Why not?" Jaymi asked.

"He's rehearsing for the, oh my god Jaymi what did you do to your hair?" Kayla exclaimed once she finally turned to look at Jaymi. Jaymi laughed.

"Surprise... I got it cut so that we can be the same again" Jaymi said. Kayla laughed and opened her arms to Jaymi, signaling that she wanted a hug. Jaymi went over to her and the two hugged.

"I can't believe you did this!"

"Neither can I!"

"What does Ike think of it?" Kayla asked.

"He hasn't seen it" Jaymi said, looking away. Kayla didn't know that Jaymi and Isaac weren't talking because of the baby. Jaymi wanted it and Isaac didn't. Jaymi was now nearly two months pregnant and her parents still didn't know.

Chapter 28