Phoebe told her mom about Judy and she was very pleased that she got her ticket already. Georgia decided to go to the store
to get a few things since she would be living with them for five days. Phoebe grabbed a photo album and headed up to her
room. She opened up the book and started looking at all the pictures of Judy. She took one out of the book and stared at it.
They were covered in mud. Then that memory came to her.

It was about a year ago, a warm summer day in August. Phoebe and Judy were at their neighborhood park, playing
basketball. Judy was winning, until she made a bad shot, which sent the ball bouncing away like crazy.
"Ahh! Look where the ball went!" Judy exlcaimed, pointing over to the nearby creek. It was about 100 degrees outside
and the water was well...only mud.
Phoebe ran over to her and sighed.
"Man, who's going to get it? We can't finish playing basketball without the ball!"
Judy shrugged. "Well, I guess I'll get it then. I bounced it over there."
She started walking and Phoebe followed her. When they reached the creek, they both looked disgusted.
"Eww, it's right in the middle of all that!" Phoebe covered up her nose.
"Oh god...well I think I can reach it. Do you see a stick anywhere?"
Phoebe looked in the ditch and spotted one. "Here ya go!" She handed it over to her.
"Thanks. Hold my waist so I don't fall in."
"Ok."
Judy leaned as far as she could and tried to get the ball. It almost reached. She leaned a little farther.
"I can't get it!"
Phoebe looked at the mud and then to her. "Well, it's not that deep. Just go in there. You have shorts on."
Judy turned around shocked. "You want me to get in the mud??"
She nodded.
"Well...ok but this is only because that ball is not ours..."
Phoebe smiled. "Good."
Judy took off her socks and shoes and tossed them over to the grass. She took a deep breath and stuck her leg in.
"Nasty!!"
Phoebe laughed. "Just do it quick."
"You should help me..." She gave her the evil eye and then laughed. Judy walked a little further and it got deeper on
her legs. It was almost to her shorts. They were short shorts too. She didn't seem to notice until...
"AHH!!!" Judy stepped into a hole and was now waist deep.
"Judy!!!" Phoebe was trying to get her shoes off now.
Judy was trying to move and the more she did, the more mud got on her. She was flinging mud everywhere.
Phoebe hopped in and walked over to her. She took her time so that she wouldn't sink...they'd be in big trouble if that
happened.
"I'm going to be in so much trouble..." She looked at her clothes. Phoebe looked the same way. She reached her arm
out and took Judy's hand. She pulled her up and they walked to the edge. They crawled out and sat on the grass.
"Well...so much for the ball, and my clothes." Judy wiped some of the mud off of her legs.
Phoebe laughed. "We'll have to take a picture when we get home."
"Yeah...if mom doesn't kill me first."
They both looked at each other and smiled.

Phoebe stuck the picture back into the book and leaned against her pillow.

"Zac! What are you doing?" Jessica exclaimed when she saw Zac sitting in the hallway at her bedroom door. Joey looked
down and smiled at him.
"Um... I was on my way to the bathroom." He blushed.
"Ok...so you go to the bathroom on the floor then?" Jessica asked.
"No...um, I gotta go." He jumped up and walked backwards, then turned and ran into his bedroom, shuting the door as fast as
he could.
"What was that all about I wonder?" Joey said to her.
"I have no idea...he's weird like that though."
Joey shrugged. "I like him like that."
"Don't do it...I've had enough of Zac lately. Let's get a snack now."
Joey agreed and slowly made her way down the stairs with Jessica.

"Ike!! Slow up!" Taylor said into his walkie-talkie.
They used the head sets while they rode, because you couldn't scream all the time to each other. You would lose your voice.
Isaac slowed up and stopped. Taylor pulled up beside him.
"It's a little bumpy back there."
"Yeah, I know. I think I almost lost it." Taylor took off his helmet and wiped the sweat off of his forehead.
"Yeah, you have to be careful. So, do you want to ride anymore?"
Taylor was about to answer, when he felt something vibrate.
He jumped back, then laughed. "It's my beeper." He snapped the red beeper off his hip and looked at the number.
"It's Phoebe. Huh, I wonder what she needs to talk to me about?"
Isaac shrugged. "Who knows...you guys talk all the time."
"I know." He smiled and stuck it back on his hip.
"So, are we going home or do you want to ride for a while longer?" Isaac asked again.
"Sure, let's ride for a bit. I want to leave in a little while though."
"Ok cool. I'll race you..." Isaac kicked down and took off. Taylor laughed and quickly caught up to him after a minute or two.

:::Three Hours Later:::
"So, she will be here tomorrow." Phoebe had just finished telling Taylor all about Judy coming to see her the next day.
"Wow, you must be excited."
"Yep! I am. And I am really thrilled about you guys being able to meet her too! She is such a fan."
Taylor smiled. "Do you have any plans on how we should surprise her?"
"Well, I was thinking that you guys could just go over my house and open the door up and be like 'Surpise!' when we get home
from the airport."
"Hmm...that's sounds pretty good. I mean, there's nothing else that we could really do though. She will be surprised anyway
you look at it."
Phoebe nodded. "Yeah, I know. Um, oh yeah. Do you think you could get me the 'Boomerang' and 'MMMBop' cd's for her? I
think we told her she would get them."
"Yeah, we did. And sure, I'll get her some." He smiled.
"Great! You're super Tay." She leaned over and gave him a kiss.
"Aww, thanks." He blushed a little. Then he looked at his watch.
"Hey, I gotta go now. Promised mom that I would help her clean the house. I have no idea why I get stuck doing that all the
time." He shook his head a little.
"Ah, that's nothing compared to dish duty for Ike." Phoebe laughed.
"Don't remind me..." He winked at her, then he got up from the sofa. "I'll see you later, ok?"
"Sure, see ya then!" They hugged each other and Taylor headed for home.

Zac was laying on his bed bumming a little when Isaac came in.
"Hey buddy." He said to the sulking Zac.
"Hey yourself."
"Ok, what's wrong?" Isaac opened up the computer drawer in search of some envelopes.
"Nothing except that Jessie totaly humiliated me in front of Joey."
Isaac nodded and found the envelopes. He then turned to face his younger brother.
"So...sounds like you have a thing for this Joey, eh?"
Zac blushed. "No...well, I don't know." He covered up his face with his hands.
"Hmm...I think you do. And you're so obvious Zac. You're blushing more than Tay lately." He laughed a little.
"I am not!"
"Sure."
"Well," he huffed a little. "I don't understand...why I like her. There, are you happy now? I said it."
Isaac smiled. "Why don't you just talk to her about it?"
Zac dropped his mouth open at that. "What?! Talk to her about it? Yeah, sure. And I'm not embarassed now." He rolled his
eyes.
"Ok...ask Jessie to talk to her about it then."
Zac glanced over at him when he said that. "I don't know..."
"Well, why not? Jessie's good at getting the truth out of people. Besides, I think Joey likes you anyway."
He sat up when Isaac said that. "You think so?"
"Yeah sure. I see the way she looks at you."
His face flushed again. "I never noticed anything."
"You wouldn't Zac." He laughed.
"Haha, very funny. Anyways... maybe I'll ask Jessie about it."
Isaac nodded. "Good thinking son."
Zac laughed. "Great talk dad." He gave him a thumbs up and laughed again.
"Ok, well I'm outa here. I have to mail some letters. Tay's downstairs by the way..."
"Helping mom clean." Zac finished his sentence.
"Yeah, ok see ya later then." He turned and left the room.
Zac fell back and stared up at the ceiling. Why did he like her? The great personality? The hair? The eyes? He shrugged at his
own thoughts. Perhaps the big mystery would be solved before long and he could go back to being the "normal" Zac.
Wait...was he ever normal in the first place? But, what is normal? And would Joey liking him make him feel normal? Does Tay
feel normal around Phoebe? Zac rolled over on his stomach and thought of the tour. Sure, they had practiced sometimes...but
he was worried if they were good enough. Maybe he didn't need to concentrate on Joey so much. After all, people were
counting on them to put on a good show. They were leaving in a week. They had to spend this week really pushing to get
everything into schedule. He sat up and scratched his head. He'd probably just worry about her when they got back. Zac
sighed. He had to stop these thoughts. He was confusing himself. He sat up and decided to go outside to the treehouse.
He opened the door up and came face to face with Joey.
"Hi...again." He said to her.
"Hi...I was just going to ask you if you had a pen we could use. Jessie's ran out of ink."
"Sure. Let me get one." He ran over to his desk and quickly grabbed a black pen.
"Here ya go." He looked at her, then handed it over.
She smiled and took it. "Thanks Zac. Oh, by the way, I'm sleeping over tonight. Maybe we could all watch a movie?"
Zac's heart was beating fast now. Sleeping over? He thought.
"Uh, yeah...sure. Um, see ya." He offered a wave and darted down the hallway and then the stairs.
Joey smiled to herself. Maybe she would clear some things up that night as well.

Note: The words in italic are a memory. Also, that memory is an actual one of mine! My sister and her friend Diana
had the same thing happen to them! hehehe Well, except that my sis had an accident in her pants from laughing so
hard and my brothers bike was stolen because he left it to help them. LoL But, you get the point.

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