Phoebe walked into her house and smiled. "I am so happy that I can walk!" She exclaimed.
Georgia smiled. "Just remember to take it easy. We don't want anything else to happen."
Phoebe nodded. "Don't worry. I will. I'm going to go call Taylor now. I'll be in my room."
Clarke and Georgia watched her go up the stairs and then they went into the living room to talk.

She sat down in her bed and dialed his number. After a few rings, Mrs. Hanson answered.
"Hello?"
"Hi Mrs. Hanson. This is Phoebe. Is Taylor home?"
"Oh, yes he's home. Hold on, I'll go get him."
"Ok." She replied. She could hear Mackie in the background asking for more juice.
After a few minutes, Taylor picked it up.
"Ok, I got it!"
Phoebe heard Diana hang up the other phone.
"Hey Phoebe!"
"Hey Taylor."
He took a sip of his soda. "So, how did everything go at the doctors? You guys weren't gone that long."
"Well, that was what I was calling you about. My back is fine! I can walk again!"
He almost spit out his drink. "What?? Just like that?" He exclaimed.
"Yes! I am so happy! The doctor said I must have just popped it back in place!" She laughed, she was so happy.
"Phoebe, this is great. I feel so much better now that you can walk." He said.
She could tell that he was smiling.
"Hey, go to your window. You are in your room right?" She asked him.
"Yep, I am. You go to yours."
He walked with the phone over to his window. She did the same. She waved. He returned it.
"I don't see Ike or Zac anywhere. Where are they?"
"Oh, they are watching tv. Ike has to leave in an hour to take Jessie over to Joey's house." He informed her.
"Cool. Oh, my mom said that you needed to see me tonight."
He got butterflies in his stomach when she said that. "Oh yeah... I do. Um, can you meet me by your Willow tree around eight?"
This made her curious. "Sure, I'll meet you then. Is this something good Tay?"
"Oh yeah! Something very good. You could even call it a surprise."
She giggled. "I love surprises."
Taylor smiled to himself. "Well, I gotta get off the phone now. I have to do some things. I'll see you at eight!"
"Ok, see you then! Bye Tay!"
He waved in his window. She waved back. "Bye Phoebe."

Avery sat on her bed watching Jessica run around the room gathering her clothes, games and whatever else she wanted to bring
over to Joey's.
"Are you moving Jessie?" She asked her.
Jessica laughed. "No, I'm spending the night at Joey's."
Avery smiled. "I get the whole room to myself then. I will have a party with my barbies tonight."
Jessica turned around. "Just don't mess with mine. Wait, I have to bring them anyway. Nevermind." She grabbed her barbies
and shoved them into her bag.
Jessica loved barbies even though she was ten. It was always the thing to buy with her. She loved collecting them. Joey always
tried to compete by buying new barbies and accesories all the time.
She grabbed her toothbrush from the bathroom and her slippers. "Ok, I'm all done. I don't have to leave for... twenty minutes
though." She sat down beside her sister.
Diana knocked on the door then opened it. "Are you done packing?"
"Yep. All done."
"Ok, well Isaac wants to take you now. I have no idea why he wants to leave so early."
Jessica smiled. She knew why. "Ok, I'll be right down."
Jessica gave Avery a hug and said goodbye before leaving her room.

Taylor opened the fridge to check on the candy. Everything was ok. He smiled and shut the door. Isaac walked into the kitchen
and took the car keys.
"Where are you going now, Ike?"
He stopped and turned around. "To take Jessie back over to Joey's. She is spending the night there."
Taylor laughed. "Don't be obvious about anything... you look like a taxi service now. Gee, get a grip already..."
Isaac rolled his eyes.
"You do that so much Ike. One day they are just going to keep rolling, and rolling and rolling..." He laughed again.
"Sure. That's what they will do. I'll be back in a little while." He smiled and left the room.
"I'll be in the car Jessie!" He yelled as she came down the stairs.
"Ok, be right out." She pounced into the kitchen to grab her gum.
"Hey Jessie, make sure you get the goods from Maddy, ok?"
She laughed. "I was going to anyway. Bye!" She hugged him, then ran outside to the car.

Isaac pulled up to Joey's house... again. He got out with Jessica and walked her up to the porch. He rang the doorbell.
"You have everything you need?" He asked his sister.
"Yep. Oh, tomorrow we are going to the skating rink though."
He rang the doorbell again. "Here. Take this. I don't think mom gave you any money." He reached into his wallet and gave her
ten bucks.
"Thanks Ike."
The door opened and Joey stood there. "Hey girl!" She grabbed one of Jessica's bags.
Isaac looked beyond Joey hoping to catch another glimpse of Maddy.
"Ike, she went to the store." Joey said very casual.
He blushed, suddenly feeling stupid. Maybe I am too obvious, he thought to himself. "Well, see you tomorrow Jessie. Call
when you have to be picked up."
"Ok. I will. Bye!" She waved as Joey shut the door.
He turned around and went back to his car.

It was eight o'clock now. Taylor rubbed his hands together. He was nervous. He leaned against the Weeping Willow tree and
clutched the ring box. He heard her door open. He quickly hid the candy behind the other side of the tree. Hopefully, she
wouldn't notice them until the right time. He walked over and saw her come around the corner.
"Hey!" She said and hugged him.
He smiled and hugged her back. "It's great to see you walking again Phoebe."
She hugged him again. "It is. So, what do you need to see me about."
His heart pounded so hard her was sure she could hear it. She smiled and waited for him to talk.
"Um, well come over here and sit down first."
She walked over to the Willow tree and sat down on a little blanket that he had brought out. She leaned against the tree and he
sat in front of her.
"Taylor! You're killing me here. What is this?" She laughed.
He took a deep breath. "Ok, close your eyes."
"Alright. Will do." She closed her eyes.
He reached around the tree and grabbed the candy. "This is for you." He placed the box in her hands.
She opened her eyes and stared at the box. "Oh chocolate! My favorite kind too. How sweet."
He smiled. He was relaxing a little. "So, what is all this about?" She asked again.
He took a deep breath and took her hand. Now she had butterflies in her stomach.
"I want to ask you to be my girlfriend. I have liked you since they day I first saw you. You are special to me. I know that I am
young and people might not take me serious, but I am. I mean every word that I have ever said and I cherish every second,
minute and hour that I have ever spent with you. I want us to always be like this."
She let out her breath. She didn't realize that she was holding it untill just then. Her eyes watered up. Taylor held the ring box
open, then he took out the ring.
"I want you to wear this." He placed it on her ring finger. It fit like it was made for her.
Phoebe looked at it and then hugged him, knocking him on his back. "Yes, I will be your girlfriend."
He laughed and hugged her, placing a kiss on her lips. They lay there in the grass laughing and talking. Taylor felt like he was in
heaven. This was a perfect night.

Phoebe walked into her house after saying goodnight to Taylor. She leaned against the door and looked at her ring once more.
She smiled and went into the living room where her parents were sitting.
"Hi mom, dad." They both looked up and smiled when they saw what she hand in her hands.
"Oh my, Phoebe. Did Taylor give you that?" Georgia asked.
She nodded her head and gigled. Her mom smiled and her dad gave a small chuckle.
"That's one nice young man, I'd have to say." He commented.
"Yes, he is! He asked me to be his girlfriend! My first real boyfriend!" She exclaimed.
"I thought you two would end up together."
"Yeah me too! He also gave me this." She said holding up her hand.
"Wow, that is a beautiful ring! And it's silver. Your favorite." Georgia smiled.
"Yeah, he must have noticed. Ok, I'm gonna go up in my room. I'll be down in a little while!"
She went up the stairs and into her room, closing the door behind her. She opened up the chocolate and took a piece out. She
popped it into her mouth and thought about Taylor.

Isaac was sitting in their bedroom typing on the computer when Taylor walked in.
"Hey." He said not looking away from the screen.
Taylor had the biggest grin on his face. He sat on his bed. "Hey Ike."
He looked at his brother waiting for him to start asking questions. Taylor coughed. Then he sighed. He shrugged his shoulders
and stared at him. "Well? Aren't you going to ask me anything?"
Isaac smiled to himself and turned around in the chair. "Ok, how did it go?"
"It went great! She said yes, and then she hugged me so hard I fell over! But it was so perfect. We just layed in the grass and
talked and talked." He layed down on the bed.
Isaac sat back. "Wow Tay! Well, I am happy for you. You and Phoebe go good together."
"Yeah, we sure do." He sighed and stared at the ceiling suddenly lost in thought.
Isaac grinned a little and then turned back to his work. Zac came into the bedroom.
"Oh hey Tay."
Taylor gave him a wave.
"Have you guys seen my new box of Lego's? I need them to finish my latest project."
"Hmm," Isaac said looking around the room. "Oh, wait! They are in Jessie's room I think. She was messing with them a few
days ago."
"Oh great, thanks!" He took off out of the room.
"The ring fit perfect. She loved it." He said rolling over onto his side.
"You are just the lucky guy today, aren't you?" Isaac said with a laugh.
"Yep, I guess I am." He thought for a second and then sat straight up. "Oh my gosh! I have to take her on a first date! Where
am I going to go?" He got up and started walking around the room.
Isaac turned around to observe his brother. "Don't rush things. Take her out like next weekend. Give your boyfriend/girlfriend
thing some time to get used to."
Taylor put his hands on his hips. "Well look at you! You are taking that Maddy girl out tomorrow night!"
He rolled his eyes. "We are going on a walk, Tay. Not really the kind of thing I'd do for a first date but, she wanted to. You
and Phoebe practically do that all the time." He finished saying.
"Huh? We have never been on a walk. If you didn't remember, she was in bed for a while with a hurt back. She couldn't walk."
He pushed his hair back.
"Well she can walk now! Why don't you two just go do that."
This time Taylor rolled his eyes. "You just said that wasn't your idea of a first date! I don't want to be all cheesin' on her."
Isaac laughed. "Cheesin'? Ok..."
He blew out his breath in frustration. "You know what I mean Ike. I need your advice."
He saved his work and turned off the computer. "I gave you my advice. Let things be for a while. Take her out next weekend."
He went over to his drawer and got out a sweatshirt.
"Where are you going?"
"In the backyard. I need some quiet so I can think of more ideas for my novel." He grabbed his notebook and a pen.
"And just leave me in here all confused??" Taylor yelled.
"Shh! You are getting obnoxious Tay! Go talk to Zac. Jeez..."
"ZAC! ZAC! What does he know about girls??" Taylor yelled, his voice squeaking at the end of his sentence.
Zac came to the door. "You rang?"
Taylor looked at him like he was crazy. "No, I didn't." He walked back into the bedroom.
"You called my name out." He said crossing his arms.
"Well...yeah. But Ike told me to ask you things about girls. You don't know anything about them." He sat back on his bed.
"What? Yes I do." He stated.
"Ok, sure. What do you know then?"
"Well, I know that they get this thing every month...it's called a..."
Taylor threw a pillow at him. "Thank you. I've had enough. That's so embarassing Zac! That's the first thing that comes to your
mind when I ask that question??"
He sighed. "Well, they always make a big deal about it! At least that's what mom said."
"Well, I don't need advice on that. Thanks."
"I guess my service just isn't needed around here." He turned and went back to his lego's.
Taylor sorta laughed a little. Sometimes he wished he had a big sister. A sister that could tell him what girls wanted. He sighed
and turned the computer back on. Maybe he'd go online for a while. He punched in his password and waited while it dialed.

After saying goodnight to her parents, Phoebe went back upstairs and changed into her night clothes. She turned off her light
and sat on her bed. Her window was open and the moonlight reflected off her blue satin shirt. She held the small globe in her
hand and admired it. As she was staring at it, she suddenly thought of Judy. She would be seeing her soon. Her mother
promised. She got butterflies in her stomach. It would be so wonderful to see her. She was already excited.
"What is she going to say about this?" She whispered to herself. She smiled and sat the globe back down in it's place and
looked over at the window. She could see a faint yellow glow outside. She got out of bed and walked over to the window.
Taylor's bedroom light was on. He was on the computer. She sat down in the window seat and covered up with a quilt she
kept nearby. A vine from the Weeping Willow tree blew into her window and she grabbed it. That reminded her of the night in
the treehouse with him. She smiled and let go of it. Suddenly very tired, she curled up and closed her eyes.

Taylor turned off the computer and stretched. He glanced up at her window and noticed that she was sitting in the seat. He
opened his window and started to say something, when he realized she was asleep. He closed it and walked to the bathroom.
Stopping right at the door, he turned around and walked back over to the window. Phoebe did not need to sleep sitting up
when her back was just fixed.
He opened it up and yelled, "Phoebe! Phoebe! Hey, wake up!"
She jerked awake and fell out of the seat and onto her floor.
"Oh my god!" He exclaimed, thinking she was hurt again.
He didn't see her get back up, so he climbed out of his window and onto a branch.
"It's ok. I'm coming!" He jumped over to the next branch. He made his way safely across and up to her window. He climbed
in, and jumped over to the side, tripping and falling on his butt.
"Ouch," he said and then he crawled over to her.
He shook her and she woke back up. "Are you ok?" He asked.
She looked around confused. She rubbed her head and then remembered. "Oh, yeah. I'm fine. I think I fell asleep in the
window."
Taylor smiled. "You did. I saw you and I called your name, then you fell off."
She laughed. "Oh man. I am silly, huh?"
"No, you're not silly." He gave her a kiss. "Here, let's get you in bed."
She started to get up.
"No, no! I'll get you!" Taylor leaned down and picked her up.
"Taylor! I can walk, remember?" She knew that she was blushing.
He smiled and placed her down on her bed. "There. See, no problem at all."
She giggled and got under the covers. He stared at her. She stared back.
"Nice shirt." He said.
"Oh, thanks." She looked down at it.
"Well, I guess I'd better get back to my house." He leaned over and gave her a hug.
"Ok, see you tomorrow Tay."
He walked over to the window. "Yeah, see you." He waved and climbed out.
"Be careful!!" She yelled.
He laughed. "I am!"
She waited until she heard him drop to the ground. "I made it!!"
She smiled. "Ok, goodnight Tay!!"
"Goodnight Phoebe!!" He looked up at the window and started back to his house when someone tapped him on the shoulder.
He jumped and turned around.
"So that's what you do..." Isaac said.
Taylor rolled his eyes. "What are you doing out here?"
"I went in the backyard to think and then I swore I saw someone climb up that tree and oh my...it was you." He laughed.
"Ike! You know I'm harmless!"
Isaac nodded his head. "Yeah, I just enjoy messing with you." He lightly punched him in the arm.
He fell to the ground. "Ouch! Don't do that so hard!" He said in a baby voice.
He laughed and helped him back up.
"That wasn't funny." Taylor punched him back and they both went inside, laughing.

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