"And now watch as I, Isaac Hanson, slam my defenseless opponent into the ropes!" he cackled as he grabbed Taylor off of the floor and threw him rather violently against the back of the couch.
Taylor stretched his arms out and caught himself to soften the blow,"What ropes you moron?" he yelled red-faced and almost out of breath.
Gabbie laughed as the two began to wrestle again, making snide remarks to each other. Taylor finally got the better of Isaac and put him in a headlock,"Oh yeah!" Taylor yelled victoriously as Isaac's knees began to buckle.
"Argh, couldn't you have put on deoderant?" Isaac grunted jokingly as he tried to pry his younger brother's arms away from his neck.
This only made Taylor tighten his grip,"You're going down Hanson, oh yes, you are going down."
Isaac suddenly burst free of Taylor tight grasp and tackled him unsuspectingly to the floor, "The winner, and still champion Isaac...oof."
Gabriel jumped on top of them both,"Dogpile!" she shrieked happily as both brothers grunted in protest.
"Ugh, you guys are crushing me! My pelvis!" Taylor laughed from the bottom of the pile.
Isaac straightened his back, which Gabbie was sitting on, and she easily slid off and landed on Taylor's legs, "You're a geek bro!" she laughed at Isaac.
Isaac stood up and attempted to straighten himself out, "Oh, I'm a geek? Who believed in the Easter Bunny until they were twelve? Who? Wasn't that Gabriel Green? That nerd!"
Taylor burst into laughter, "The Easter Bunny!" he shouted as he laughed.
Gabriel bounced up and down on Taylor's legs as he laughed, "Shut up! You and your plastic sword weren't exactly the coolest things on the block you know!" she teased.
Taylor frowned as he pushed Gabriel off of his legs, "I was about seven, not twelve, that's a world of difference." he commented.
Isaac sighed and gave Gabbie his hand as she stood up off of the floor, "Okay, enough of beating Tay's butt at wrestling. Let's do something worth, well, doing."
"You were lucky," Tay interjected, "it's just because I didn't drink a glass of milk today. I mean, it's all in the Vitamin D pal."
Isaac rolled his eyes, "Sure Tay, if you say so."
Taylor shoved his finger in Isaac's face, "You better hope I don't get some Vitamin D soon! Or your ass is grass!" he threatened with a goofy grin.
Isaac watched helplessly as yet another rock sunk depressingly beneath the surface of the dark blue water at the bay. He bent down and his fingertips scraped the ground as the next victim rock was chosen to suffer the same fate. He grunted and hurled it out into the water, only to have it splash and sink.
Gabbie laughed, "You're using your arm to much, Hanson." she teased, "It's all in the wrist."
She selected a small pebble from the ground and with effortless ease she tossed it out over the water, watching it skip three times before sinking.
Isaac shook his head, "When I said let's do something I didn't mean let's go make me look like an idiot while we try to skip rocks." he joked sarcastically.
Gabriel smiled reassuringly at his bruised ego and her eyes glanced over at Taylor who was perched atop a moss covered rock, gazing out at the water, "Someone's lost in their own little Taylor world again." she pointed at him.
Isaac turned around to see the I'm cut off from reality right now look spread across Taylor's face, "Watch this." he menaced as he snatched a rock off of the ground and flung it in Taylor's direction.
A moment passed before the look was shaken from Taylor's face and he grabbed his side in pain, shooting a knowing look Isaac's way, "You fag! Quit throwing rocks!" he yelled.
Isaac burst into hysterical laughter and sat down admist the rocks, sand and dirt on the shore of the bay, "I wonder what he thinks about when he does that sometimes." he confided in Gabbie as she sat next to him.
She shrugged and picked at her shoelace, "I dunno, maybe he's thinking about Gilligan's Island."
Isaac paused before thinking that that was a totally Zac thing to say at that moment, he laughed, "Gilligan's Island?" he questioned.
"Sure," she smiled at him, "I mean we're on the border of water, there's boats and stuff. I mean, it would make anyone feel sort of Gilliganesque."
"I never understood the point of that show. I mean, it was a three hour tour, where did all of their clothes come from? And the professor, he was a fraud. I mean he can make anything out of those annoying coconuts yet he couldn't fix the boat? " he pointed out.
"Why would you want to?" Gabriel countered, "It might actually be kind of cool to be stuck on an island with only a couple of people. I mean, they had everything they needed, so why leave?"
"True. Especially with that chick Mary Ann there. I mean, damn she was hot. I wouldn't want to leave the island just because of her." he grinned as he thought about it more.
"Pervert!" Gabbie laughed and leapt to her feet, "Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale..." she cut off as sand flew in her direction. She whirled around and kicked sand back at Isaac, "God you're violent today." she observed.
Taylor gingerly rubbed his side as he tried to resume his train of thought. It was gone though, so he began to watch his brother and friend rather curiously. He had a sneaking suspiscion that he was the butt of some hilarious joke as he watched them laugh. He shook his head and gazed back across the bay at what seemed like twenty or thirty oil tankers. That really spoils the view he thought bitterly as he tried to stand upon the moss covered rock. He shakily began to climb down from his perch.
Isaac and Gabriel were now wrestling in the sand and Isaac scooped her off of the ground and threw her body of his shoulder. He carried her dangerously close to the shoreline and swung her around while she scremed and pounded her fists on his back.
Taylor treked quietly over the where Isaac and Gabriel had once been sitting and stood there watching the drama unfold. That note on her table had been consuming his mind for quite sometime and he wondered why Isaac hadn't seemed more concerned about it. Had he really bought that lame story about a blood drive? There wasn't even a blood drive! Taylor prided himself on knowing and participating in almost every church function that had ever taken place.
Gabriel and Isaac's little charade reached an end and they sauntered back over to where Taylor was now standing, "Sorry about the rock." Ike apologized grinning.
Taylor shrugged, "Whatever, I'll get you back. Just when you least expect it...BAM!" he clapped his hands to emphasize his point.
Gabriel secretly nudged Isaac and began to hum the theme song from Gilligan's Island to herself. Taylor cast her a strange look as she did so, "Why are you humming the theme song to Gilligan's Island?" he asked curiously.
"It's a cool show, ever seen it?" she asked casually trying to conceal the sloppy grin that threatened to spill over her face. Isaac burst out into laughter.
"Yeah, who hasn't seen Gilligan's Island?" he replied realizing that he, in fact, was the butt of some hilarious inside joke.
"Okay, I think that is enough practice for today." Zac yelled at his brothers as he leapt out from behind his drums.
Isaac glanced at his watch, "Yeah, we have been at it for a long time." he agreed.
"Yeah we're tight." Taylor nodded before grabbing his bottle of water that had been resting at his feet.
"Cool, becuase there's a bag of chips waiting patiently with my name on it." he laughed as he patted his stomach while walking from their makeshift practice room.
Taylor paused hesitantly as Isaac removed his guitar from his body, "Hey Ike..." he ventured.
"What's up?" he replied as he put his guitar away.
"Ya know, I've been thinking. There really is no blood drive at our church." he pointed out bluntly.
Isaac paused, "You're still hung up on that note at Gabbie's house huh? Let it go man." he chuckled.
"I think you should take this more seriously." Taylor warned his brother.
Isaac faced his brother for the first time in the conversation, "Tay, I know you're concerned but, you're a worry wart. I mean, I've known Gabbie forever. If something was wrong I would already know about it. Trust me, she's fine. Maybe there was a blood drive somewhere else or something. Maybe she was just confused at the moment. I mean, you did kind of catch her off guard." he offered.
Seeing as he was getting nowhere, Taylor shrugged, "Yeah, maybe."
