Chapter 20
(AJ gets off the elevator and runs down the hall looking for Taylor’s room. He finds it and then knocks on the door.)
AJ: Taylor open up it’s me. (Knocks again) Come on Taylor we need to talk. (Knocks again) Look I’m not going anywhere til you talk to me.
Taylor: (comes to the door and opens it) What?
AJ: (looks at Taylor and notices she has tears in her eyes) What’s wrong?
Taylor: Nothing. (She walks in her room and AJ follows)
AJ: That’s not nothing.
Taylor: (sits on her bed) Just leave me alone.
AJ: (Sits down next to her) I’m not going anywhere until we talk.
(Taylor breaks down crying and AJ hugs her. Reagan comes into the room to get her stuff and notices AJ hugging Taylor)
Reagan: Whoa…sorry guys I’ll come back later.
AJ: (gets up and walks over to Reagan) No…you talk to her. There’s something wrong and she won’t tell me.
Reagan: Ok. (AJ waits outside and Reagan sits next to Taylor) What’s up?
Taylor: Kim called.
Reagan: Kim? Kim who?
Taylor: Kim Johnson…from college…remember…we both worked at the same place.
Reagan: Oh yeah…Kim. I miss her.
Taylor: Ray…Mike died.
Reagan: Mike? I thought you said that he was fine.
Taylor: (starts to cry) He had cancer and he didn’t make it.
Reagan: Mike…I can’t believe it. I talked to him last week.
Taylor: Yeah well.
(While the girls talk, Nick joins up with AJ in the hall)
Nick: Damn, she kicked you out?
AJ: No, something is seriously wrong.
Nick: What do you mean?
AJ: I got there and she was all quiet and then she just started to cry.
Nick: Cry?  She never cries.
AJ: She’s never quiet either.
(Reagan comes out into the hall, with tears in her eyes)
Nick: Ray, sweetie, what’s wrong?
Reagan: We’re going to New York.
Nick: What? Why?
Reagan: I don’t want to talk about it, I’m just telling you so you don’t think we just left. Now, I have to go pack. (Turns and walks into the room)
AJ: See what I mean?
Nick: This is NOT good.
(The guys go leave, the girls pack, drive to the airport and take the first available flight to New York City)
(The funeral has passed and now all the people are all at Mike’s house. Reagan and Taylor walk into the house and go over to Mike’s parents)
Sharon: (Mike’s mom) I’m so glad you girls could come.
Reagan: We are too. It was a nice funeral.
Sharon: Yes it was.
Taylor: I can’t believe he’s gone.
Sharon: It’s hard for all of us to believe it. He was waiting for when he got better to come down and see you guys. That was his goal.
Reagan: (tears up) He mentioned that to me about a week ago…he didn’t tell me he was sick though.
John: (Mike’s dad) He didn’t want you girls to worry about him. He knew you always did.
Taylor: We have to look out for our big bro. (Tears up) I remember when he used to just accidentally show up at the place I went with my date.
Reagan: He did that to me all the time.
John: He thought of you girls like sisters.
Sharon: We all missed you when you left.
Kim: (comes walking up behind them) Hey strangers.
Taylor: Hey Kim. (They hug) How are you?
Kim: I’ve been better.
Reagan: Thanks for letting us know what was going on. (Gives her a hug)
Kim: It was nothing.
(Meanwhile with the guys)
AJ: It’s ringing.
Nick: That doesn’t mean anything. Reagan’s rang and no one picked up.
AJ: (he gets Taylor’s voice mail…hi you’ve reached Taylor Anderson…I’m not answering so leave me a message and I’ll get back to ya.) Hi Taylor…it’s AJ. I guess your phone is off cause I’ve been calling all day. I was just wondering what was going on. We are all worried about you and Reagan if you could call one of us…we’d appreciate it. Talk to you soon. Bye. (Hangs up) I got her voice mail.
Kevin: (to Kristen) They didn’t say anything to you?
Kristen: Nope. They told us that they were going to NY and that they would be back soon.
Leighanne: They told me not to worry…it was business related.
AJ: It’s not business related…you didn’t see Tay’s face.
Nick: Something is up with them.
Chapter 21
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