Sarah made her way to Taylor's apartment at a quarter til 7. She wanted to get there early to talk to Taylor. Sarah thought he was really good looking.
"So, how long have you guys been doing the music thing?" Sarah asked Isaac as she took another sip of her Coke.
"Oh, I guess for about 5 yrs or so now. But we did put out two independent cd's before we got signed to Mercury."
"Yeah, then we went on tour and got signed again to Island records. Mercury dropped us (or I should say, let us go) because they wanted to change our style," Zac interuppted him and took a handful of popcorn from a bowl on the coffee table.
"Well that sound's cool. And you guys have been home schooled all your lives?" Sarah continued with the questions which was making Zac real uncomfortable. He felt like he was being interviewed and he wanted some time away from it.
"Geez, what's with all the questions? Can't we just watch the movie?" He asked as Taylor pressed play on the VCR. They were watching 'Fast and the Furious' and Taylor took his seat in the chair near Sarah and Zac, who were on the couch.
"Have you seen this movie yet Sarah?" Taylor asked her as he took a drank of his Dr. Pepper.
"No. Like my mom said, I haven't been out with many people lately..."
"Shhh!...Can't you guys be quiet? Just go into the other room if you want to talk, but I want to watch this," Zac exclaimed, looking directly at Sarah.
Sarah saw his eyes look at her in anger, and she tried to restrain herself from yelling at him.
"Just one more wise crack, and this boy get's it,"She thought to herself slyly.
They watched about half of the movie, with Taylor taking small glances at Sarah sitting with Zac. He remembered what she said about having a short temper, and he could sense the tension between them.
Suddenly, Zac busted out laughing at the t.v. screen. He had the Dr. Pepper can in his arm and he accidently nudged Sarah in the arm. Her Coke can was sloshing around and some of the brown liquid had leaked out onto Sarah's shirt.
"God! Can you be still for once?!" Sarah yelled at Zac who was still laughing.
"God! What's your problem? You get hysterical over everything," Zac mocked her and took another sip of his drink.
"You keep bumping me with your drink just like Mackie and I'm getting tired of it." She said with frustration in her voice.
"What like this?" Zac replied and started nudging Sarah in the arm again this time deleberatly.
"You act like a little spelt Coke is gonna kill ya." Zac rolled his eyes and stared at the t.v.
Sarah tried to get off the couch, but Zac's Coke can fell from his hand and drenched Sarah's shirt.
"You freakin jerk!" Sarah yelled and stood up quickly. "You did that on purpose!"
"Sorry, but you were practically sitting on top of me," Zac replied sarcastically. He walked toward the kitchen, with Sarah on his heel.
By this time, Taylor and Isaac had stopped the movie and were following them into the other room.
"Your not sorry, you little fag. Im gonna kill you," Sarah had Zac backed up against the counter.
"Oh Tay, Ike help! This psycho is gonna kill me with her name calling!," Zac whined sarcastically just as Sarah picked up a small kitchen knife.
"Hey, Sarah come on he said he was sorry. Hasn't this gone far enough? You have to understand that Zac's a kidder. He doesn't mean, half of what he says and..."Taylor said before he was interrupted by Sarah.
"I gave him a chance to stop bumping me and he didn't. Now he's gonna have to pay," Sarah twisted the knife in her hands and fear in Zac's eyes. Sarah put the knife close to his neck and Isaac was behind her with a small gun next to her right ear.
"If you touch him, I'll blow your head off," Isaac said sternly into Sarah's ear.
Sarah tossed the knife into the sink and it shook to a stop. She began to laugh hysterically and backed away from the guys.
"Oh my God...you actually thought I was going to kill him didn't you? You should have seen the look on your face Zac!"
"Sarah that wasn't funny. I was about to call the cops," Taylor replied with the cordless phone in his hand.
"It was just a joke and all you guys feel for it!...i got you all..." Sarah replied and went back into the living room. "Come on, let's finish the movie."
"Your a freak! I don't want to be anywhere near you," Zac replied with a serious look in his eyes.
"It's late. Maybe we all just need to go home," Taylor replied and turned off the VCR and t.v. Isaac and Zac gathered up their coats and headed toward the door.
"Hey, guys come on! I was just joking, can't you take a joke? Are you that freaked out? Im sorry. I'm sorry," Sarah's voice went low, as through she were fixing to cry. Zac went out the door, and Sarah heard Isaac tell Taylor to make sure to lock up and make sure I had gone home.
"Im sorry Taylor...Im sorry...I didn't mean to hurt him, I didn't mean..." Sarah replied and ran down the hall to the bathroom. Taylor followed her and knocked on the bathroom door.
"Sarah...It's okay...really..it's late and were all tired. Just come out and I'll get your something to drink or eat. We can talk or something," Taylor said as he heard the door unlock.
He slowly opened the door, and was shocked to see Sarah sitting beside the tub, with a razor in her hand. She had been crying and there was a small razor mark on her wrist. There was no blood, but a few peices of white skin had be grated up.
"It...was..a j-joke. I didn't mean to...I can't take this anymore...Taylor...I.." Sarah stammered held the razor up, facing down toward her wrist.
"Oh my God! Sarah, what are you doing! Were you going to hurt yourself!..." He took the razor from her and through it into the garbage.
"Im gonna take you to the hospital...you need some help," He said, picking Sarah up and heading out the door.