March 23,2001

Taylor slowly made his way up the stairs to his girlfriend's bedroom he had just returned from a party the two of them were supposed to meet at, but she never showed. He was feeling a little guilty for not just ditching the party after the first hour - well if it weren't for that damn persistent girl - he thought. (He seemed to be doing that a lot lately...). This was their last night together before he and his brothers left for a three month cross country tour.

Upon reaching her bedroom door, at the top of the stairs, he could faintly hear "With you in your dreams". He was already feeling guilty about the party, now hearing this song, which she hardly ever played because it was so sad, was giving him a really uneasy feeling.

He knocked softly on her door. No answer.He knocked louder this time. No answer. So he knocked really loud this time. Still no answer. He slowly turned the knob on the door, very slowly and carefully opening it. However,nothing cold have prepared him forwhat he saw. Nothing.

There she lay looking more beautiful than ever. She looked so happy so peaceful, so...so... so at rest, he hadn't seen her look this good for a longtime.

In her hand she held a note,with his name written on it. He slipped it out of her hand and opened the letter. Tears began to fill his eyes as he read the painful words...

I Died For Love
One day I came out of my shell,
and met this guy I loved so well.
I wish he'd give his love to me,
but now he's gone and set me free.
'Cuz when I went to a party tonight,
he was the first one in my sight.
He had a new girl on his knee,
telling her things he should tell me.
I ran right home to my bed,
to my mother a word was not said.
How could I have been so blind?
Now, in my hand this note you'll find.
I tell you I'm through with guys.
All they do is make you cry,
turn their backs and tell you lies.
So dig my grave and dig it deep,
from my tombstone to my feet.
And when I reach God's great above,
I want you to know I died for love

Taylor I think that pretty much sums everything up. I love you and always will, but I couldn't torture myself any longer. I couldn't continue to watch you endlessly flirt with other girls, and yet if I break myself away from you I'll be miserable for the rest of my life. I couldn't do that so I simply ended it. Know that I'll always love you and that I'll always watch over you.

Loving You always,
Zoe Elizabeth Piper


Tears left Taylor's crystal blue eyes cascading down his cheeks like Niagara Falls. How could she just expect him to forget about her go on with his life? She was the reason he got up every morning, she was the whole reason he went on living. Without her his life meant nothing.

- I shouldn't have let her sit on my knee. I just should've left. I can't believe .... no that's it! If she's not here then neither am I...-he thought. He raced to herbathroom and grabbed the bottle of Excedrin and a glass of water. He walked back out of the bathroom and went over and sat on the side of her bed. He swallowed all the pills in the bottle, put his glass on the bed side table, and cradled his love in his arms. He silently waited for death to comeand take his life just like hers was.

Two hours later Mrs. Piper climbed the stairs to her daughter's bedroom. She knocked on the door before she entered Zoe's room. She saw the two lying there so peacefully.

-Oh, to be young and in love again..- she thought.

She went over to the side of the bed and softly shook Taylor's shoulder to wake him up and tell him it was late and needed to get home. He didn't move so she shook him again. He still didn't stir. It took a few moments before she realized that neither of them were breathing. She took both of their pulses neither had one. "Oh god no!!!!!.......NO!!!!!! Not my baby...."

She ran down stairs and called the hospital and then the Hansons'. They were rushed to the hospital but what was done was done and they were powerless.

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Two Weeks Later

A beautiful funeral was held. The two of them were buried together. Side by side forever.

Zoe Elizabeth Piper & Jordan Taylor Hanson
1/14/84-3/23/01 ---- 3/14/83-3/23/01
May you forever rest in peace together.

Their parents figured that they'd want it that way. To this day they still haven't found the note and they still don't know why they did what they did.

That's a secret Taylor and Zoe took to their graves.