"God, isn't it beautiful up here?" Zac asked once we'd reached the top of the rock.
"Yeah it's great." I mumbled looking away from the edge. I wasn't exactly fond of heights so being on top of a huge rock wasn't really my idea of fun. But Zac had asked me to come up here and since i had nothing better to do today I agreed.
"I brought you up here for a reason, Ali." Zac said, looking down.
"What Zac?" I asked.
"I...um...well I've been thinking about this a lot, and....well, Ali, I....um...I love you."
"YOU WHAT?" I demanded.
"I love you." He said still looking down.
"Zac, you do not love me." I told him, "I'm your best friend, you don't love me."
"Yes, I do." He said finally looking up, "I didn't realize it until now, but I love you. You are perfect.....you are beautiful, you're nice, you're smart....you're perfect."
"Oh God." I moaned, "Please don't tell me this now."
"What do you mean, "don't tell me this now"? Would you like me to tell you later?" he fumed.
"No....it's just that so many things have happened recently and I can't handle all this, right now." I told him.
"This is about Taylor isn't it?" He asked,
"This always happens! Everyone love Taylor and I'm just his "cute-little-brother". I can't believe this."
"It's not about Taylor." I lied, "Listen, I've gotta go. Let, me sit on this for a while, ok?"
"Whatever." Zac said turning around.
"I"m sorry, Zac." I said going to the edge of the rock, "I'm really sorry."
I layed down on my bed with a sigh. My life is going down the crapper as I lay here.
First some slut moves into Tulsa and takes Taylor away from all of us. Now Zac thinks he's in love with me. Oh and I can't forget my parents constant fighting, and my younger sister's sudden interest in guys, beer and wild parties.
I guess, I'm getting ahead of myself....I'll start from the beginning of all this mess. It all started one hot day at the beginning of June....
=flashback=
"It is so hot out here." Taylor complained.
"I know, we could fry an egg on the sidewalk." Zac put in.
"Well, instead of complaining we could go inside to the aircondition." I suggested.
"Yeah, but then we'd have to put up with Jessie, Avie, and Mackie." Zac pointed out.
"Oh, never mind." I said thinking of how bratty the three of them could be.
Suddenly a moving van pulled into the house across the street.
"I didn't know the Jones' sold their house." Taylor said as we all stared at the moving van.
"Me either." I told him.
We all watched in silence as a car pulled in the driveway behind the van. Out of the front seats of the car stepped a man and a woman both dressed in nice shirts and jeans. And then, the back door of the car opened and out stepped my nightmare....a skinny girl wearing VERY short shorts and a halter top. Her dark hair was piled on top of her head in a messy pony-tail, and her face was completely covered with make-up. She had about 4 earrings in each ear and a belly-button ring.
The man and woman, probably her parents, had a short conversation with her in which they kept looking in our direction. Finally, the man and woman went inside and the girl headed over in our direction.
Once her parents were inside she pulled a cigarette out of her pocket along with a lighter and lit her cigarette. With the cigarette hanging out of her mouth she made her way over to us.
"Oh my God. Look at her." Taylor gawked.
"Please gag me with a spoon." I mumbled as she entered the Hanson's yard.
"I'm Tara." She said taking a drag on her cigarette.
"I'm Zac."
"I'm Alison and the blond drooling over you is Taylor." I said.
"Hi Taylor." She said sexily leaning in Taylor's direction.
I rolled my eyes, "So you just moved in?"
"Looks like it. My rents moved me here from New York and i already hate it here...but I don't hate you, Taylor." She smiled at him. She looked back at us, "I've gotta jet but, it was nice meeting you guys. Come over and see me sometime Taylor." With that she turned and walked sexily back to her house.
Taylor continued to stare in her direction even after she had entered the house.
"Hey Taylor. Earth to Taylor are you there?" Zac asked waving his hands in front of Tay's face. He barely noticed.
"Let's leave lover boy to his day dreams." I said standing up.
Zac stood up and followed me over to my house and we left Taylor laying there on the grass.
