~Nine~
Chloe woke up at 9:30 the morning after the party. She decided to call Kristey and Kate to see what they should do with Isaac, Taylor, and Zac that day. The three decided that since Hanson loved to play laser tag, they should all go to
Ultra Zone. Chloe picked up the phone and dialed Taylor's number.
"Taylor?" Chloe asked when a sleepy voice answered the phone.
"Oh hi Chloe. Sorry, I'm kinda just getting up," Taylor told her.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'll call back later," Chloe said a little embarrassed.
"No! It's OK!" Taylor reasurred her.
"OK, I just talked to Kristey and Kate and we have decided that it might be fun if we all go play laser tag today" Chloe told Taylor.
"Wow! That sounds like a blast! You must have known that we love that game!" Taylor said excitedly.
"Well, most people do.....so, we will pick you, Isaac, and Zac up at 1:00."
"You don't have to pick us up," Taylor said, "Isaac can drive us. We will pick you, Kristey, and Kate up from your house at 1:00."
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As they arrived in their new blue VW Bug, Kate, Kristey, and Chloe were waiting outside of the house for them to arrive. They thought that they could never fit everyone in that small car, but somehow they did, even though Zac offered to ride in the trunk. Isaac sat in the driver's seat, while Chloe sat in Taylor's lap in the passenger's seat. Kate, Kristey, and Zac packed tightly together in the back. After all the seating arrangements had been made, the six of them were off to Ultra Zone. When they arrived, they were the only ones there so they got to play their own game. Chloe and Taylor were on the red team, Kristey and Isaac were on the green team, and Kate and Zac were on the yellow team. Once all the rules had
been explained for about the 800th time, the game began. Isaac was very good at the game, so he racked up a lot of points right away. Taylor and Zac were good also, but not as good. The girls hadn't had as much experience but they helped out in earning points also. After about 5 minutes, Isaac told Kristey to follow him to the tower. The two snuck up there as discretely as they could. Once at the top of the tower, Isaac told Kristey to stay close to him so that they could not be seen. After waiting around for Zac, Taylor, Kate, or Chloe to pass by below for a couple minutes, Isaac and Kristey got bored
because there was not any action occurring.  Kristey and Isaac decided to sit down and rest for awhile.

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Meanwhile, Zac, Kate, Taylor, and Chloe were battling downstairs trying to rack up more points. Taylor suddenly said, "hey, where are Isaac and Kristey?" Zac and Taylor made a deal not to shoot each other's team, but to go after Isaac. The four of them stuck together and decided to head for the tower since none of them had been up there. As they got to the top, all of their mouthsgaped open.
"OHMIGOD, they are playing tonsil hockey!" Zac said, unaware he just said that aloud. Taylor sort of hit him in the ribs. Isaac suddenly looked up at all four of them in a semi-circle around them with all guns pointing to them. At once, Chloe told them to fire, and everyone began shooting at Isaac and Kristey. Taking the lead, Isaac pulled Kristey up and
the two were once again at war with the rest. Taylor and Zac forgot their deal and started to shoot each other. They all ran in different directions. Out of nowhere, a siren sounded and a voice came over the loud speaker signaling the teams to exit. Everyone left and they all joined together outside. As they waited for their scores, Taylor and Zac brought Isaac to the side while Kate and Chloe brought Kristey to another section of the room. They all discussed Kristey and Isaac's little escapade in the tower. Then, they all joined together and received the scores. In last place was Kristey, then Isaac, followed by Chloe, Kate, Taylor, and the winner, Zac. Zac called himself the king of laser tag even though he only beat Taylor by 50 points. They all piled in the small car once again to head back home. Kate suggested that since her parents were out of town, that they all come back to her house for dinner. They all agreed that would be a lot of fun since it was the Hanson's last night in Richmond.

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Back at Kate's house, everyone sat around, playing a snow boarding game for Play Station. Kate decided to liven things up a bit, so she handed the others her cd case and told them to pick out a cd to listen to. Chloe really wanted to play the Spice Girls, so after a few fights with Taylor, Zac, and Isaac, everyone agreed to put it on. Then, Zac suggested going on a tour of Kate's house. They all followed Kate up to the main floor. She showed them the kitchen, the living room, the tv room, and the dining room, when they came across a special cabinet. Isaac asked what was in that, and Kate replied,
"Oh nothing, it's just the liquor cabinet." Isaac was getting more and more interested.
"Would it be alright if I looked in it?" Isaac asked.
"Sure, I mean, if you really want to," Kate replied. Isaac opened the cabinet and was in awe. There was so much liquor, probably the most he'd ever seen in his whole life.
"Wow! You have some really good stuff!" Isaac said.
"You can have some if you want," Kate told Isaac.
"Well......OK," Isaac said. Taylor and Zac looked at each other like he shouldn't be doing that, but then decided it was
OK, so they might as well have some themselves. Chloe immediately spoke up and said
"You guys are kinda young for that aren't you? Taylor, you shouldn't drink." Taylor told her that nothing bad would happen and that everything would be alright.
"Well, if you are going to do it, I certainly don't want to be around you. I guess you won't get that goodbye kiss that you asked me for," Chloe told Taylor, away from the others. Taylor reluctantly told Isaac not to fix him a drink. Zac and Isaac each had a drink while the others danced to the Spice Girls. Zac came up to Taylor and told him that he had to try a sip of
his drink because it was so good. Taylor snuck a sip while Chloe wasn't looking. He liked the taste of it very much, so he had another sip. Next, Zac told Kate to try it. She was a little nervous, but did because she would do anything for Zac. She too enjoyed it and fixed a drink for herself. Kristey said nothing when she noticed Isaac fix another drink for everyone but herself and Chloe. Taylor told Chloe to change the cd because he was getting sick of listening to the Spice Girls sing their "Zig-a-zag-ah's." While Chloe was gone, Taylor chugged the whole drink so that Chloe would not see him drinking
it when she got back. Chloe turned on the Godzilla soundtrack. When she got back, she saw Taylor putting down a glass. She walked right over to him, questioning his drink. Taylor played off the drink.
Chloe said, "You better call your parents and tell them you are spending the night at the host's house or something. You know, from the Halloween party?" Taylor agreed to that one, so he called up Mr. and Mrs. Hanson to tell them. Chloe then decided to take charge, and bring the drinking to an end. She told everyone that if they drink anymore, that they will get drunk, and Kate's parents will be likely to notice so much liquor missing. They all put the liquor away just for Chloe's sake. Now the liquor begins to take its course. Zac and Kate, being the smallest there, got drunk the fastest. Kate and Zac went upstairs, and as they did, Isaac yelled to them "Don't do anything I wouldn't do," and gave them a wink. Zac just laughed as they walked up the steps. Chloe told Taylor and Isaac that she was really worried that something bad might happen. Taylor and Isaac, now being effected by the alcohol, didn't seem to care and said that Zac and Kate would be fine. Isaac walked over to Kristey and lifted up her shirt a little ways and began kissing her stomach. Kristey pulled away from him and told him that she wasn't about to do anything with him since he was drunk.
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Zac and Kate had barely made it up the steps into the hallway, when Zac pulled Kate to the ground with him. He began to kiss her mouth and Kate definitely kissed him back. The two were so out of it that they both were up for anything. Kate moved from his mouth and tried to take of his shirt. Zac let her and then did the same to her. All of the sudden, Taylor and Chloe ran up the steps and practically tripped on Zac and Kate. Taylor just laughed and kept walking, but Chloe was a little more concerned. She told Kate to slow down before following Taylor. At this point, the mood was completely lost for
Zac and Kate, and Zac got sick and had to run to the bathroom. Kate tried to put on her shirt, but had trouble because she had lost her coordination, due to the alcohol. She ran after Zac to help him.

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Isaac and Kristey were still downstairs, in the basement. Kristey agreed to let Isaac kiss her, but she wouldn't go any farther than that. The two kissed for a while and then broke apart and just sat beside each other, watching tv. Isaac felt fine, because the alcohol hadn't effected him as much as his brothers.

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Taylor and Chloe were in Kate's bedroom. Chloe was kind of upset with Taylor for drinking and all. She kept asking him why he did it when he knew it was wrong. Taylor could only say he was sorry and that he shouldn't have done it.

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