I walked up to the door of my house and placed the key in the door knob. I turned the key, unlocking the door and walked in. Something in the living room caught my attention.
"Mom!" I said. I had totally gotten so wrapped up in everything else that had been going on, that I totally forgot about mom's birthday present. I picked up the rectangled box that was wraped in gold wrapping paper with a red ribbon tied in a bow going around it horizontally and vertically. I placed the box on my legs and started to unwrap it. I finally got all of the paper off and saw a shoe box. I opened the lead of the shoe box and found a Hanson Cd. Right there before my eyes were copies of 'Boomerang' and 'MMMBop'. I couldn't believe my eyes. I ran up to my room and put the two cd's on my dresser. I ran over to my phone and called my mom as fast as I could.
"Hello?"
"Mom? Thank you soooooo much for the cd's. I absolutely LOVE them!" I shouted.
"I thought you would."
"But how did you get them? I mean they aren't for sell."
"Well, funny you should ask about that. Haley are you standing up?"
"Yeah."
"Well, maybe you ought to sit down for this one, its a dooooozy."
"Ok," I said as I sat down on my bed.
"Well, I went shopping the other day and I ran into no one other than Mrs. Hanson. I mean we actually literally ran into each other. So I thought that I would make the best of it and introduce myself so I did. Then behind her I saw three blond boys helping their mother go grocery shopping. Well we started talking and I told her all about you and how big of a fan you are of her children. I knew that they had to of had extra copies of those cd's so I told her all about how it was your birthday soon and asked her if there was any possible way that I could have a copy to give to you as your birthday present. She said sure and we exchanged addresses and phone numbers, and we have kept in touch ever since. Have you looked on the inside of the covers yet?"
"No, why?" I asked in shock.
"Just do it, you will see!"
"Ok," I said as I got up off of my bed and went over to the dresser. I picked up 'Boomerang' and opened the cover.
"OH MY GOD!!!!" I shrieked as I dropped the phone. Not only did the best birthday present I could have ever imagine be so cool, but it soon became even cooler! To my surprise I saw where Hanson themselves had autographed it and wished me a happy 15th birthday!
"MOM, YOUR THE BEST!" I wanted to hug my mother now more than ever before.
"Oh, but there's more."
"There's more?!?" I asked. This time I layed down on my bed.
"Yes. Your father and I have set it up so that on friday you will leave school early and catch a flight to Tulsa. You are going to get to spend your spring break up here with me. Also Mrs. Hanson and I have arranged it so that you will be able to meet Hanson in person. The first night you are here, we are going over to the Hanson's for dinner!"
"MOM?!?!?!?! YOUR THE BEST!!!!" I said.
"I know. Well I gotta go, but I will see you on friday. Oh, and wear something really nice to the airport because Isaac, Taylor and Zac are all going to be there when I pick you up."
"MOM ARE YOU SERIOUS?" I asked. I could not believe this was actually happening.
"Yes. But I have to go now, someones on the other line."
"Ok, mom. I love you, see you on friday. bye"
"Bye Sweetie, I love you too! Happy Birthday!"
I ran over to my phone satnd and hung up my phone. This was way to cool! I had to get on-line and see if Jenna was on so I could tell her the great news. I ran over to my computer and turned it on. I finally went through the process of getting on-line, just to find that she wasn't on. Although, Taylor was, and he IM'ed me.
Soccer3: hey! Happy birthday again!
HaleyOH: Thanks! Your right! This is a Happy Birthday! The best that could possibly ever happen did!
Soccer3: Oh really? Well what happend.
I went through everything and told him exactly how my day went. I explained to him that my favorite band was Hanson and that my mom got me their two independent cd's for my birthday present and that they were autograpghed and signed by Hanson themselves. Then I told him about how they were gonna meet me at the airport on friday and how I was going to go over to their house with my mom for dinner and how I was soooo excitied about this whole ordeal. Then I recieved this IM back from him.
Soccer3: Haley? Can I tell you something?
HaleyOH: Sure, go ahead.
Soccer3: I probably should have told you this a long time ago. But anyway, here I go. I am Taylor Hanson, and if your mother is Rachel, then your the one that I am going to meet on friday night, and vise versa.
HaleyOH: Oh my gosh! Are you really THE Taylor Hanson?
Soccer3: Yes!
HaleyOH: How do I know your not joking with me? Can you prove it?
Soccer3: Oh, I sure can. When you come down on friday I will bring you up to my room and show you my screen name. I will even let you get on 'MMMBop' if you want too.
HaleyOH: Ok, great!
We talked for hours and hours after that about nothing really inparticular. I think we both just wanted someone to talk to and so we blabbed on for hours really about nothing. I finally looked at the clock and saw that it was three in the morning and I had to be up by 8 to get ready for church. We said our goodbyes and then I got my pajamas on and grabbed my teddy bear which also happend to be named Taylor and jumped into my bed. I thought about a lot of things before trailing off, but mainly just Taylor and how odd life can be sometimes.