A look of recognition crossed over her face as Taylor smiled at her. "Hi...I'm just..." she began and then turned her head to see Zac, on his back on the floor and a girl with dark, curly hair kissing him, and she KNEW it was Emma. " 'Scuse me..." she grinned at Taylor and stepped around him. She hit the talk button and what came out of her mouth completely shocked everyone in the room. "UMMMMM EXCUSE ME??? They do NOT pay me to clean up after rock'n'roll orgies, you skank!! Get a room!!!" she hollered. Emma laughed right into Zac's mouth, as they were in the middle of a hot kiss, when she recognized the voice. "Just a sec, baby.." she giggled and stood up, looking pissed off. "YEAH?" she yelled back, "You wanna back that up outside, you wench?" Emma headed for the door while everyone else stared in shock. "OH You don't want none a' this, miss thang..." the blonde egged Emma on.
"I can take you, you skinny, no-assed, wanna-be..." Emma began. Neither one of them could stand it anymore, they both burst into laughter and hugged each other fiercely. "What are you doin' here so late, Jen?" Emma asked her. "Hannah...mom took her though since apparently you are BUSY.." she giggled.
"Pssht...I just left the bar...asshole man was on a roll.." she rolled her eyes and fixed Jenny with a look that said she hadn't told Zac yet. "Oh my god..Jenny I'm so sorry..." she apologized when she realized she never brought Zac by the day before. "We wound up camping on the beach...but since everyone is HERE.." she smiled and put her arm around her best friend's waist and turned her toward Zac. "Zac this is my friend Jenny." she told him, with a proud smile. "Hi Jenny, nice to finally meet you." he said, smiling back. Emma blinded Zac with her brightest smile, then turned Jenny to face the others before she could say anything else. "And this is Taylor.." Tay smiled and shook her hand, "This is Deanna.." Dea smiled and said hello, "Isaac..." Ike smiled and shook her hand too, "And Kim.." she finished. "Hi.." Kim smiled. "Nice to meet everyone.." Jenny smiled around the room. "I'd like to hamg out a few minutes, but I really have to get done and scoot. My baby is a handful tonight and I dunno how long my mother will last." she said and started to leave the room. "Jen wait.." Emma stopped her. "How much more do you have to do?" she asked. "Just this floor babe. Don't worry about it." she smiled. "Bullshit...gimme that thing.." she said and took the cart from her. "Zac gimme 15 minutes okay?" she looked at him pleadingly. "Kay..." he smiled and kissed her cheek. Jenny smiled gratefully at Emma. "You really don't have to.." she began. "Jenny would you shut the hell up and grab the vacuum? By the time I take care of this you'll be finished and you can go take care of Hannah.." she ordered. "How old is Hannah?" Taylor asked suddenly. "She's almost a year.." Jenny smiled at him. "Is she sick?" Tay asked. "I can't tell..I'm new at this. She's been crying alot and she won't eat. Sometimes she has a slight fever, sometimes not." Jenny shrugged. "She just wants to be held." "Does she have any teeth yet?" he asked. "Nope." Jenny giggled. "She still looks like Gramma Gummit." "She's probably just teething." Taylor smiled. "Give her some Tylenol and let her chew on a frozen waffle and see what happens." he offered. "Okay. I'll try it. Thanks Hanson.." she smiled and Taylor chuckled at the fact that she used their last name to address them, just like Emma. "No problem." he told her. "OKAY!! Let's get going so you can hold that kid.." Emma giggled. "She's probably hollering so loud she's blowin' your mom's hair back. Fifteen minutes, Zac. I promise.." she said and shoved the cart down the hall, then ran after it.

Emma helped Jenny finish and walked her to the door, promising to stop over before class the next day. "Okay, babe. And then YOU are gonna rehearse telling him." she answered. Emma sighed. "Emma you know you have to, come on. I saw how he looked at you..." she cleared her throat, "among other things." she giggled. Emma gave her a funny look. "Thanks for leavin' him with a semi, duude.."she told her friend, impersonating Pauly Shore. "JENNY!!!" she laughed out loud. "Oh like it's not true..poor guy..hope you're planning on giving him a HAND with that later." she teased. "Too bad his pretty brother already has a date.." she giggled, "I wouldn't mind giving him a hand with HIS.." she wiggled her eyebrows. "OH GOD..Jen..you're killin' me..YOU LOOKED?" she laughed. "Hell yeah...you know me..I can always appreciate a thing of beauty, and if his suggestion helps Hannah I will love him from afar forever." she laughed again. "You're in trouble then, 'cause they have enough younger sisters, and a brother too, for him to know what he hell he's talking about." Emma joked. "Tell the skinny wimpy girl she better watch out for me then... and if Taylor gets over his fascination with you too, I will be there for him." Jenny said. "You've lost your fucking mind, you goober. He's not fascinated with me.." Emma answered. "Oh yes he is...you just can't see it 'cause you are too involved in Zac, dork." Jenny teased. "I think you're insane. Jenny he knows about the bar, that's all." "WHAT?! You hold out..why didn't you tell me?" she asked. "Because it's no big. He figured it out on his own, because I'm stupid when I drink..." she sighed. "I'll tell you the whole thing tomorrow. Go hold your baby and give her a kiss for me." she hugged her friend. "Bye babe, see you tomorrow." Jenny told her.
"See ya wench.." Emma giggled. "Better a wench than a hard ass bitch.." she teased back, jumped in her car and sped off.

Zac waited for Emma to come back inside, by playing some more. Tay and Ike joined him, since he wasn't so frustrated anymore, knowing that Emma was alright. But she was back exactly when she said she would be, and they decided to call it a night. It was almost 2 am and Dea looked like she was going to fall asleep in the chair. Ike and Kim both looked beat, too. The locked everything up and went to their separate vehicles. Ike and Tay sharing the one, escorting their dates home and Zac leaving with Emma, the two of them being the ones with the most night owl energy.
"Zac...I hate to say it, but I am starving." she smiled over at him. "You're driving. I could eat though." he answered. "Good, 'cause if I don't I'm gonna faint at the wheel." she giggled. "Please.." he begged, "stop somewhere, somewhere close.."
"What a smart ass.." she shook her head and laughed. She did pull through the closest fast food restaurant she could find that was open 24 hours. They ordered, Emma insisted on buying this time, stating that the drunks decided she must be a charity case and tipped her really well that night. "Emma...I'd give you everything in my pockets and all the money in my wallet just to watch you pour me beer all night long. Knock it off." Zac told her. "Don't get upset Zac. Those idiots that sit at the bar all night can't even see by the time they leave, which is why I try to leave first. Brit and Candie were calling the cab company as I left. I was joking baby." she said, stroked his cheek, and tucked his hair behind his ear. "I still don't like to hear you talk about yourself like that." he smiled at her and took her hand. "Where do wanna go to eat this?" he asked."Not home.." she sighed. "Mom's in a MOOD.."
"Okay. Which beach are we gonna go to this time?" he grinned. "HEY! Not the beach..too far and it's too late.." she told him. "I know.." she smiled and gunned the motor, then peeled out. "Almost as good, and we can actaully see the sky, too.." she told him. He grinned to himself as he realized she was heading toward the hills above Hollywood. "I don't normally like hangin' out in Hollyweird, but there's a cool spot to watch the stars up here.." she told him. She pulled up next to a radio station tower that sat on a huge concrete slab.
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