"Hey gorgeous" Jason said into my ear as he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Hey you.... what took so long?" I asked, turning around, I gave him a quick kiss. He shrugged.
"Sorry, I was trying to chat up Amanda, but she'd have none of it" He said, giving me a cheeky smile. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"Oh really? I sould follow that girls lead shouldn't I?"
"I don't think thats a very good idea"
"You don't?"
"Nope... not at all." Jason said. "You ready to go?"
"I've been ready for the past ten minutes"
"Well lets go then, we'll be late"
"Oh, I wonder who's fault that is?"
"I said sorry"
"You still didn't tell me where you were" I pointed out, knowing the Amanda story was bullshit.
"I got held up. I don't have to tell you everything do I?" Jason said. I pulled away from him.
"You're right. Excuse me for asking. I wont bother from now on" I said. I leaned down and picked up my school bag. Things weren't going that great for us. We'd
been together for nearly four months now and within the last month, all we'd seemed to do was argue. At first it wasn't that often but now it was every day. We'd argue
about something. I started to walk away from him but he stopped me.
"Don't walk away from me Liz. You always do that. Whenever we start to fight, you walk away"
"Maybe it's because I don't want to fight with you!" I snapped.
"Well if you don't want to fight with me, don't start the arguements all the damn time!"
"Oh, so now it's always me who causes our arguemets is it? Well I've got new's for you"
"Do you really"
"Yes! It's mainly you. You and your jealousy!" I nearly yelled. This was getting serious. I knew that the subject of me and Taylor was going to come up. Yes, I was
still mad about Taylor. I couldn't help it. We'd refrained from giving in to our temptations and Taylor was still Danielle's boyfriend, which for me was like rubbing salt
into the wound. Danielle still didn't know about my feelings for Taylor and I intended to keep it that way. " I don't know why you're jealous anyway. You've got nothing
to be jealous about" I said. Jason snorted.
"Yeah like hell I don't. It's so obvious that you want pretty boy Taylor. It's been going on for months Liz! I mean, god, why don't you just fuck the guy and get it over
with?". My mouth dropped open and I stood in shock. That was the first time Jason had ever said for me to do that with Taylor.
"How the hell could you even say something like that? You're disgusting! Who the hell do you think you are? There is nothing between Taylor and I and never will
be! I can't believe you just said that!" I yelled, hitting him on his upper right arm.
"Don't hit me Liz. I'm so sick of this. All we ever do is fight! It's not worth it. It's obvious that we're not happy anymore"
"What?... you want to break up don't you?" I asked.
"I dont want to but I think it's better for both of us if we do.... before we end up hating each other and can't even remain friends."He said, his voice softening.
"After what you just said to me about Taylor, you want to stay friends?" I asked Jason, souding pissed.
"Look, I'm sorry about that.. but I see how you look at Taylor and you've never looked at me like that. Maybe no one else can see it but I can see that you want
Taylor and not me." Jason sounded so sad.
"I do want you Jason. I care about you a lot! I wouldn't even be with you if I didn't feel anything for you!" I said.
"I know... I still think we should start seeing other people though. We both know it's for the best Liz". I nodded. Tears sprang to my eyes and I quickly wiped them
away before they could fall. Jason saw this and stepped forward to hug me.
"No, don't. I'm okay" I said. I let Jason drive me home and then he was gone. I'd been with him for so long now, it was strange to know that he wasn't going to come
over anymore. I opened my front door. "I'm home" I called out, making my way up the stairs to my room. I didn't want to see anyone. I just wanted to be alone.
Slamming my bedroom door behind me, I flopped onto my bed and started to cry. Everything was so screwed up. I could never be with Taylor, and now I didn't
even have Jason, because of Taylor! It was so unfair! My bedroom door opened and I heard a voice ask
"Wanna talk about it hun?". Thinking it was Carol, I shook my head, I didn't want to talk to anyone.
"No, go away. Leave me alone... I'll be ok." I sniffed.
"Ok, but I think it would help if you talked..". The accent got me. Lifting my head up off of the pillow, I turned over and looked at the figure standing in the doorway.
Then I screamed.
"Sarah! Ohmigod! What the hell are you doing here?" I cried, scrambling off of my bed and hugging my best friend.
"You're Dad sprung me a ticket to come over and see you... cool huh?" She asked, grinning. My smile was from ear to ear, but it must have looked out of place next
to my tear strained eyes and red cheeks. "Whats wrong?" Sarah asked, concern written all over her pretty features. I slumped back down onto my bed.
"Sarah... you couldn't have come at a better time! My life is so messed up right now!" I said, I felt like crying again and so I did. Sarah sat down next to me and
wrapped me up in a hug. It felt so good.
"Shhh, it's okay. I'm here now so you can get it all out." She said. I calmed down enough to tell her what had been going on.
"It's Taylor... I can't get over him! He's Danielle's boyfriend now and I'm still crazy over him... not to mention Jason and I broke up today. It's getting to be too much. I
can't be around Taylor, it's starting to hurt to much."
"Awww, honey, you know what I think you should do." Sarah said. "Is that him?" She asked. I looked at my bedside table at the framed photo Sarah was now
picking up. She still hadnt seen what Taylor looked like, I'd never gotten around to sending her a photo of him. The photo was of Me, Danielle and Taylor after one of
Hanson's shows. Danielle and I were on either side of Taylor, his arms around both of us. All three of us smiling into the camera. I nodded.
"Yeah. Thats Danielle with us" I said.
"Wow... he's gorgeous. And he wants to go out with you?"
"Yep.... well, he did. I don't know about now. We don't talk about that anymore." I said. I got up and went over to my CD player. I found the independant recording of
Hanson's that I had bought so long ago and handed it to Sarah. "Thats his CD.. he recorded it with his brothers, remember? I told you about them briefly in one of
my letters. Ike and Zac" I explained. Sarah nodded, turning the CD over in her hands. I sighed. Taylor wasn't the only thing upsetting me right now and I told her
so. "I got a letter from Mum about a week ago... I haven't told anyone about it, not even Dad..." I paused. This was the frist time I had said anything about the letter
out loud, and it was hard.
"What was in the letter?"
"Well... she pretty much told me that she doesn't want me home. That if I did come home, I'd be shipped off to a boarding school. Sarah, she doesn't want me. At all." I
coudn't help it, the tears started to fall again. I was so glad to have her there.
"Oh darls.. .that's awful! I don't understand.. you two were so close!" Sarah exclaimed, sweeping me up in another hug.
"I know... thats why it hurts so much.. but it's not from her.. I mean, I don't think she really means it.. its that asshole she married!" I spat out sourly.
"Liz.. you have to talk to your Dad about this.. why didn't your Mum tell your Dad?"
"Because she hates talking to him. She knows that he wont refuse me if I tell him that I've basically got no choice but to live with him permanently. Sarah, one of the
things that was helping me get through all this with Taylor was the fact that after this year, I'd never see him again., I'd be able to go back home to Australia, and just
forget about him." I said, tears starting to slip down my cheeks again. Sarah kept her arms around me while I cried. Everything was getting to be to much for me. I
was still in love with Taylor and could never have him and now my own Mother didn't want me back. I missed Australia and my friends there. I was so greatful that
Sarah was there and was having a hard time believing that she really was.
"It's gonna be okay Liz. Things will work out for you." Sarah said into my ear. I nodded, knowing that eventually things would start to get better. "Guess how long I'm
here for?" She asked, trying to lighten the mood. I shrugged.
"Knowing my luck, it's only for tonight"
"Guess again"
"A couple of days?"
"Nope"
"Sarah! How long?" I asked, pulling away from her and looking at her grinning face.
"Two weeks!" She said, her smile going even wider. I felt my face break out into a grin.
"Really?? Thats so great!!! Why two weeks?" I asked, throwing my arms around her in another hug. Sarah laughed.
"I'm on holidays back home. Mind you, I have homework to do while I'm here" She said, pulling a face.
"Hey guys... Liz, honey, are you okay?" Carol asked me, appearing in my doorway. I nodded.
"Yeah.... Jason and I broke up though" I said.
"Awww, I'm sorry sweetie... what happened?" She asked, taking a step into my room.
"We kept on fighting... both of us agreed that there was no point in staying together anymore" I said.
"Well, at least you are still friends... you're still friends right?" Sarah asked.
"I think so"
"Good then."
"Guys, Diana wants us to come over for dinner again tonight. Work is having a sort of get together and we've been told that we can bring family. You didn't have any
plans did you? I'd really like for you to come." Carol said.
"Well, I did have a date with Jason but somehow, I don't think thats gonna happen. So, if Sarah's up to it, we'll come" I said.
"Yeah, I'll go" Sarah said. Carol smiled.
"Great. We'll be leaving here at six thirty" She said, backing out of my room and walking away. I groaned and flopped back onto my bed.
"What?"
"Diana... is Taylors Mum... I'm pretty sure Taylor's gonna be there... he doesn't have plans with Danielle tonight cause she has relatives from interstate coming and
she has to stay home... you're gonna meet the love of my life tonight."