The next morning, Taylor was rudely awoken by the shrill sound of the phone ringing. She lifted her head off the pillow and groaned, then reached for the phone. "Hello? Yeah..he's right here. AJ, get up! Its for you!"
AJ grumbled something and rolled over. Taylor sat up and covered the phone, "AJ..get up now! Its the stupid producer!"
"Oh man..not again. He really has got to stop calling at, what, 7 a.m.??," AJ said finally getting up.
He took the phone out of Taylor's hands. Taylor flopped back down on the bed and tried to go back to sleep. "What? Come on, I don't need to be there though. Well ya know Mike I do have to plan a wedding..come on man..this is getting ridiculous. You said last night the song sounded fine. I'd like to see my fiance for more than two minutes a day. No..yeah..alright..fine..But I better be home by 2..fine. See you then.," AJ said and fianlly hung up.
Taylor uncovered her head, "What now?"
"We have to be at the studio by 9 to re-record that song.."
"Again?"
"Yes..this is so stupid. We all agreed last night it sounded fine but noooo Mike has to have it perfectly!"
"Calm down AJ..we can do all that stuff we were gonna do later.."
"But I wanted to get it done and over with..," He grumbled pulling on a shirt.
Taylor couldn't help but laugh, "You sound like a little kid who's not gettin' his way."
"I'm not though!"
"Don't whine AJ.."
"Wanna come with me?," He asked crawling back on the bed.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I don't want to hear Mike's griping..annnd, I wanna go back to sleep!"
"Ppllllleeeaaaasseee????!!!!!"
She threw the covers off of her, "Oh fine!"
"YES! I'll go make coffee!"
Taylor watched as AJ bounded out of the room. She shook her head and got out of bed. It amazed her how he could be dead to the world one second and be bouncing around like a kid on a Mt. Dew high the next. She grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom to take a quick shower.
Fifteen minutes later, Taylor walked downstairs and grabbed a cup of coffee. AJ was out back with Tobie. She walked out the back door, "What are you doing to that poor dog?"
"Nothin..I was playing with him..you ready?"
She nodded, "Yeah..can we get some food on the way?"
"Sure.," AJ said with a sly smile.
Taylor's eyes widened, "No! We're not going to McDonald's!"
"How come?"
"Oh fine..I'm hungry and we don't have enough time for anything else.."
"YES!"
She followed him back in the house, "How can you be so hyper?"
He shrugged as he pulled on a hat and sunglasses, "I have no clue baby.."
"Thank god you're not wearing the cowboy hat.," She said.
"Hey! I like those hats!"
"You look like..a wanna-be Village Person!"
"I do not!"
"You believe it baby.," She said giving him a quick kiss before jetting out to the garage.
"I think she just insulted me..," He said to the empty room before follwing her.
Once at the studio, Taylor sat down on one of the couches to eat her McDonald's breakfast. She looked up as a tall shadow loomed over her. "Nicky!"
She got up and hugged him, "How are you?"
"Good..you?"
"Tired."
"Me too..what time he call you all?"
"Like..7.."
"Ohhh..I got the call at 7:30.."
"Wow..a whole thirty minutes extra you got to sleep!"
He laughed, "Yep..I don't usually get up this early..okay, yes I do.."
"When you're on tour.."
"Yep..have you all gotten around to planning the wedding?"
"We started to last night but didn't get much done. We both decided we want a June wedding..so thats like five months away.."
He nodded, "Cool..I gonna be in it?"
"Sure.."
"Yes!"
She laughed, "You all are so weird.."
"Huh?"
"Nothin'..Mike's coming down the hall.."
"Shit! I haven't warmed up or anything!," Nick said before bolting into the recording booth.
All morning long, Taylor watched the guys do the song over and over. She noticed Mike kept giving her mean looks, although she wasn't doing anything but reading a magazine she had found. Mike pressed the intercom button when they were done with the song, "Okay guys..Nick, I think you're still a little weak..let's try it again from the top."
Taylor could hear all the guys collectively groan. Mike started the music again and Brian started off with the first verse. "Hey..Mike?"
Mike sighed and turned around, "What?"
"I think the song sounds fine..whats wrong with it?"
"Well are you the producer? No, I think I would be the producer so just sit there and keep quiet. I know what sounds good and whats doesn't. If you don't like the way I run things here why don't you wait outside.," He said angrily before turning around to the sound board.
Taylor looked at his back in disbelief, she hadn't done anything to him and he practically bit her head off. She threw the magazine down angrily and stomped out and down the hall to the vending machine area.
AJ was watching Taylor as Nick sang his part. He saw Mike say something to her, that obviously upset her, and then watched her walk out angrily. They finished the song and AJ walked out to Mike. "Where'd Taylor go?"
"I don't know."
"What happened?"
"She asked me something and I answered her. Guess my answer wasn't good enough for her.."
"What'd she ask?"
"She asked me, the producer, what was wrong with the song. I told her it wasn't any of her business and she walked out."
"Damnit Mike! What the hell do you have against her?!"
"She's a distraction AJ. All morning you guys have sounded like crap!"
Taylor cleared her throat from the doorway, "Well..Since I'm such a distraction Mike, why don't I leave.."
She turned to go. "No! Taylor get in here and sit down. You'll wait for me..," AJ said.
She rolled her eyes, "AJ..its obvious Mike hates me for some reason. I'm just gonna go across the street to the bookstore. Come get me when you're done..easy as that.."
AJ was about to protest, but she was gone. He turned back to Mike, "That was uncalled for Mike."
"No it wasn't."
"You don't care if Alicia or Jane come but the second Taylor shows up you through a fit!," Kevin said from behind AJ."
"Yeah..you don't say anything when another one of the girls is here..whats wrong with Taylor?," NIck asked.
Mike glared at them all, "Fine..What if I told you she put my brother in jail?"
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