"So tell me again, who's having this party?" Diana asked. Taylor heaved an exasperated sigh. "Rick, my friend from work." Taylor said. It was Saturday afternoon, the next day, and taylor was not having much luck.
"Oh, that's right. That nice boy. How old is he?" Diana asked.
"Twenty." Taylor lied. Rick was actually twenty two, but that wasn't the point. If his mother knew there would be booze at the party, she would never let him go.
"Oh. Taylor, I don't know..."
"Mom, nothing's gonna happen." Taylor pleaded. "It's just a small party. No drugs or anything weird like that." He said.
"Taylor..." he could tell that his mother wasn't convinced. Taylor gave his father a pleading look. Walker sighed.
"Honey, just let him go. He'll be fine. It's just a little party. I'm familliar with Rick's father, and I doubt that it would be a problem." Walker said to his wife.
"oh...."
"He's nineteen, and Morgan is too. They can take care of themselves." Walker said.
Diana sighed and looked at her husband, then at her son.
"Okay." She said.
"Yes! Thank you mom." Taylor said. "It's just really small, not a big deal, and I'll know mostly everyone there."
"Okay, okay." She said as her son hugged her. "But on one condition." She said.
"what's that?" Taylor asked.
"You take Zac." She said.
Taylor plastered a smiled on his face. "Okay, I can do that." He said.
"Great. Will Katie want to go?"
"Yeah." Taylor said. Zac was going? Crap...
"Okay, well, I'll call Judy to see if it's okay..." Diana said, picking up the phone.
"Thanks mom." Taylor said happily through clenched teeth. His father just threw him a sympathetic look and shrugged his shoulders. Taylor went up to his room he shared with Zac, found Zac doing homework.
"Hey." he said, sitting down on his bed.
"What's up?" Zac asked absentmindedly.
"Do you and Katie have plans for tonight?" Taylor asked.
"Um, you mean besides me inviting myself over to her house and eating all their food? No." Zac said nonchalantly.
"Okay." taylor said.
"Why?" Zac asked, setting his pencil down and looking up.
"Because I want to go to a party, and mom want me to take you to make sure I 'behave'. Taylro said, rolling his eyes.
"I guess. But do I really have to babysit you?" Zac asked.
"No." Taylor said with a laugh. "I'm a big boy."
"Great." Zac said with a laugh. "So who's having this party?"
"Uh, my friend Rick, from work."
"Oh, the rich one with the hot tub?" Zac asked hopefully.
"Yeah, that one." Taylor said with a laugh. "So are you up for it?"
"Yeah, I think I could do that." He said, nodding.
"Cool. You'll have fun." Taylor said, standing up. "There won't be a lot of people there, it's kinda a private thing."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, like, thirty people at the most." He said.
"Ah."
The two brothers were silent for a few moments when Taylor spoke. "So, have fun last night?"
Zac smiled and nodded slighly. "Yeah, much fun was had by all." He said.
"I see."
"Why?"
"Well, I was about to go downstairs, and I stopped." Taylor said.
"Oh." Zac said. "You won't tell?"
"Nope." He said.
"I guess I was a little naughty." Zac joked.
"If you were naughty, then I deserve to go to jail." Taylor laughed.
"Really?"
"Uh huh."
"Hm.." Zac said.
"So, are you guys..." Taylor trailed off.
Zac got the message. "No." He said, shaking his head.
"Oh, okay. I was just wondering." Taylor said. He stood and walked over to his desk. He opened the bottom drawer and took out a box of kleenex. He took out a few, then dumped out the box. At least three dozen, colored condoms fell out. Taylor looked at Zac and grinned.
Zac's jaw dropped. "Taylor, what the fuck?"
"My 'stash', if you will." Taylor said with a chuckle.
"Good lord, you're like a pimp or something." Zac said in awe.
"Yeah. I just figure, better to be safe than sorry." Taylor said with a shrug. He took Zac's hand, opened it, and shoved a few in it.
"There. Merry Christmas. From me to you." He said grinning.
Zac just gawked first at his hand, then at Taylor.
"Aw, just take them." He said, shoving the rest back in the box.
"Taylor, I told you that I'm not planning on having sex with Katie." Zac said.
"Just...keep them. You never know." he said, putting the box back in it's place.
"I guess." Zac said, looking at the four condoms in his hand. "Wow, red, green, blue, and purple."
"Yup. I love my colors. Once we had a glow in the dark."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"Wow." Zac said, glancing back down at his hand. "Katie will just love these." He said. Suddenly the heard a knock on the door, and Zac shoved the condoms into his pocket. Their mother poked her head in.
"What up?"
"Nothing." They both said innocently.
"Oh, okay." SHe said with a smile. "Judy said Katie could go." Diana said to Zac.
"Okay mom, thanks." Zac said.
"Alright boys, have fun, but use your heads." Diana said sternly.
"We will." Taylor re-assured her. She left, and the two just grinned at each other. Have fun they would.
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