| TAYLOR: "Where the hell ARE they?" I looked at Zac and ran my hand through my hair, frustrated. "Dude. DAVE is with her, she's FINE. Are you deaf? Or were you just NOT listening when Jake TOLD you she was sleeping and Dave was getting her things organized?" Zac complained. "She's NOT as fragile and wus-like as you want to believe, Tay. Hell, she kicked the shit out of her asshole, step-father and only got a little winded..she almost KILLED Eric, saving your sorry ass.." Zac grinned, the thought of my wife coming to MY rescue, he STILL thought was funnier than any joke he'd ever heard. "I can still HEAR the bones crunching." he shuddered and grinned again. "THAT'S NOT THE POINT ZAC!" I roared, wanting to make him see that it wasn't JUST Jess I was worried about. She was so in the dark about everything concerning pregnancy, except how to eat, because nutrition was like religion to her. She pushed herself too hard, still trying to control her body, instead of letting nature take it's course. She never rested enough, and even though she TREID to eat, she still wasn't gaining enough weight, her metabolism was so high. I wanted to tie her down, MAKE her rest, force feed her all kinds of junk she wouldn't let pass through her lips, just so she WOULD gain a few pounds of fat., for her own health AND the baby's. "Hey...don't bite my head off.." Zac whined. "Give her a break. She can handle alot more than you think she can. And when she hears that Jake is sending more guys to 'accompany' her, she's going to blow a fucking gasket. I'm kinda looking forward to it." he smiled. "Jess' temper is classic and she's too damn funny when she blows." I shook my head and grinned. "Yeah...but shit, Zac...the BABY.." I began to pace back and forth in the hallway. "TAY!! Jeez! RELAX. Dave's with her, he won't let anything happen to her. Jake said they were caught off-guard..." he tried to calm me, but it wasn't working. "Leigh says to tell you to relax too. She seems to think that after a couple of days here, Jess will relax and eat some more. You know she doesn't sleep when you're not home. Same as you don't sleep when we're away.." he said. "Lace said the same thing..." Zac told me. I looked at him, stunned. "Leigh is at Lacey's for the week.." he explained. "Oh. Right." I said and paced some more. "That kind of bites, huh?" he said out of the blue. "What?" I asked. Zac shrugged and stuck his hands deep into his pockets. "Be nice if they could all be here at the same time..." he said, and then I felt like a selfish moron. "You and Watts get that whole Hawaii thing settled yet, Zac?" I asked him. "Basically." he shrugged again. "What am I gonna say? We're NOT married, she DOES have a career...I don't like it, but I am not that big a selfish jerk. Besides, Jess keeps nagging about a vacation in Hawaii, so I don't have to travel alone." he grinned. "Like you guys would come out of the bedroom for more than five minutes at a time.." he teased, rolling his eyes. I couldn't help but grin back, he was telling the truth. "Dude..here they come. So chill, all right?" Zac said just as I caught sight of my wife, and her bodyguard walking toward me. "Kay..." I said without really registering what he'd said to me. I started toward my wife, wanting to touch her, look her over, make sure she was really okay. |
| JESSIE: My heart just about pounded out of my chest when I caught sight of Taylor, walking quickly toward me. I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face as our eyes met, but as he came closer my smile faded. I reached out to his outstretched hands, and searched his face. "Tay? What's wrong, baby?" I asked, laying my hand on his cheek. "Jess.." he murmured softly and closed his eyes as he turned his head and kissed the palm of my hand. "Tay? WHAT?" I asked, reaching up and brushing his hair out of his eyes. "Baby?" I prompted, when his eyes searched my entire body, and his hands wandered over my bare shoulders and down to my waist, which was slowly disappearing. "Taylor Hanson." I said, exasperated. "What IS WRONG, baby?" "Are you okay, Jess? I mean really..." he asked, his eyes broing into mine, and then it hit me. I smiled up at him and turned my head to look at Dave, who shook his head almost imperceptably, to tell me it hadn't been HIM that had spilled the beans. My face flushed and I could feel my blood start to race. I cupped Taylor's face in my hands and then let them drop, and stepped back. "I AM GONNA RIP MY BROTHER'S STUPID, NOSY, BUTTINSKI HEAD RIGHT OFF HIS FUCKING SHOULDERS AND FEED IT TO THE DAMN SHARKS AT SEA WORLD!! OF ALL THE RETARDED, MORONIC, MEDDLING 'oh don't worry i will handle everything so as you can't even take a freakin' piss without my knowing about it', OVERPROTECTIVE, MOTHER HENS!!!!" I roared, realizing that Jacob must have called Tay, as soon as Dave had called HIM. "UUUUUGGH!!!" I roared again and kicked the chair at the end of the hallway over. I looked at my husband, whose jaw was just about on the floor. "Taylor, I am FINE. OKAY?" I tried to convince him, which was difficult to do with a straight face, considering the fact that Zac was doubled over on the floor, holding his stomach, tears streaming from his eyes, laughing hysterically. "Jess...YOU FAINTED..are you sure you're..?" I stopped him by putting my fingers to his lips. "YES, Taylor. Except that I am so hungry I could eat anything just killed, or even slowly moving.." I grinned, knowing that if I told him I was hungry, he'd relax. He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled me into his arms. I laid my cheek on his chest and wrapped my arms around his waist, giving him a light squeeze. "You promised me lunch, too." I smiled up at him. "I did. Let's go, Dad and Ike are waiting for us." he grinned down at me and moved my forever-errant lock of hair out of my eyes. I laced my fingers through his and looked down at Zac. "Hey...hyena-boy...you comin' to lunch or are you just gonna lay there lookin' like the big ass dweeb that you are?" I winked at him and smiled. "Food..gotta have food.." he chuckled. "I wish I could have gotten that on tape, Jess. Jake'd kick your ass if he actually HEARD you call him a retard." Zac said, straightening his clothes and composing himself. I rolled my eyes and laid my head against Tay's shoulder. "He could TRY.." I teased. "and I don't wanna talk about this anymore. It was a freak occurance. Where's daddy?" I looked up at Taylor, gave his arm a squeeze and followed him down the hall. |