The air is dry and dusty, and the streets are almost empty here, outside the city. Its a hot summer afternoon in Tulsa, and I'm bored stiff. Mrs, Hanson; Diana, walks out holding little Zoe, followed by Avery, Jessica, and Mackie.
"Come on, guys," she herds them into the green van, and climbs behind the wheel, They wave goodbye, and the van pulls into the nearly distressed streets. They'll be out late, shopping all day. Oldest son, Ike, is rollerblading with friends. Zac, who's fifteen, my age, is over with a few friends hanging out at the corner store, he won't be back for a while. And that leaves me with seventeen year old Taylor.

Brothers Ike, Zac, and Tay are a well-known, popular pop/rock band, and "Hanson" was my favorite band for two years before I met them. Just enough time for me to fall head over heels for Taylor. We're really good friends, but he doesn't know about my hopeless, but true, crush on him.
At the moment he's dating a girl named Sara, and she takes up most of his time. Rick and his other friends are getting annoyed with him lately, his dumping them for a girl, so it's not just me. She enjoys being his life, but his brothers are mad at him now, too, she's cut down his practice time, and the time the three brother best friends spend with each other. She wants all of his attention, and I really think she enjoys pulling him away from the world. That is, as far as you can pull a cute band member that's known world wide.
I don't like her, and it's not just because I like him. She has an attitude, a little spoiled city girl type thing. She thinks everything she wants she gets, and she got him. She's one of those people who thinks they're wonderful, and they let you know that they think they're better than you are. We fight a lot, yelling back and forth, trading insults, and once in a while, small cat fights. And of course, Tay is always on her side. But his best friend, Rick sides with me.