+chapter.three+

"Um, Spice Girls, BsB, Jewel, Alanis Morissette…"

"Hanson?" Zac asked, hopeful.

Jess blushed. "Yea…"

"Cool!" Zac exclaimed.

Jessica smiled and continued slow dancing.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Ike and Jennifer had just separated. "Thanks, Isaac," Jennifer said.

"Please, call me Ike," he replied.

Jenn smiled and nodded. "You can call me Jenn."

Ike smiled. "Do you mind if I hang with you? The only people I know here are Sean and Brooke…" Ike trailed.

Jennifer smiled. "Sure!"

He smiled back. "Thanks."

Jenn nodded. "Wanna get a soda?"

"Sure," Ike replied. He was going to have fun at this party after all.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Taylor was flirting with Brooke. "You look good," he smiled. Charm had always been on his side.

"So do you," Brooke replied, giving a small smile. "I haven't seen you guys in so long."

Tay laughed, "I have a feeling you won't be seeing much of Ike or Zac."

Brooke laughed. "Yea, I hooked Jenn up with Ike. She said she would like to meet him. And Ally hooked Zac up with Jess."

Taylor laughed. "You hooked Ike up with her?"

"Is that good or bad?"

"Good. For three reasons."

"Oh really? What, pray tell, may they be?"

"Number one, he won't be complaining about how he doesn't have a girlfriend. Number two; he won't be jealous of Zac or me when we meet someone. And number three, she's kinda hot."

Brooke laughed. "Glad to hear I helped ya some with your brother problems."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Zac and Jess were standing in a corner talking. The usual, where you from, where do you live, do you know a lot of these people.

Zac was being his usual hyper self. "I think we should jump into the pool!" he exclaimed quietly.

"But Zac, this isn't a pool party. Not to mention it's freezing out…" Jess trailed, stating the obvious.

"So? I can ask Sean if he'll mind, which he probably won't. I've done this before. And as far as weather goes, it's an indoor pool."

Jessica laughed. "You've done this before?"

Zac smiled. "Yep. Hold up, lemme ask Sean."

"Kay!"

Zac walked off, a huge smile plastered on his face. He liked her. It was apparent. "Hey, Sean, can Jess and I take a dip in the pool?" Zac asked grinning.

"Fine," Sean sighed. "Just keep it in the pool area."

"Thanks Sean!" Zac exclaimed and ran off.

He walked back quickly to where he had left Jessica. "Jess! We can go!"

Jess smiled. She couldn't believe this. He was so crazy. "Okay…then, let's go I guess."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Isaac and Jennifer were seated on the edge of the pool, letting their feet dangle in the cool water, talking quietly.

Zachary and Jessica entered and Zac nearly choked. "Ike?"

"Zac?" Ike jumped at the sound of his name and looked at his brother and the girl that was with him.

"Jenn?" Jessica asked.

"Jess?" Jennifer returned the questioning tone.

"Wait a minute," Zac spoke, confused. "Jess, you know her?"

Jessica nodded slowly, her eyes not moving from Jennifer's. "Yea, she's my sister."

"You're sisters?" Zac and Ike both questioned the sister they favored more.

"Yea," Jess nodded. "Zac, this is Jenn."

"Ike, this is Jess," Jenn spoke, motioning to her sister in the doorway.

Everyone exchanged their greetings and returned to their small conversations…for the moment.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Brooke, I hate to sound stupid, but do you like me? Really like me?" Taylor asked innocently.

"Taylor Hanson," Brooke gave a small sigh. "You have asked me that at every party we meet up at and I answer you the same everytime."

Tay blushed. "Sorry Rookie," he replied using a nickname he had adopted for her since they were about six.

"It's okay, Gordon," Brooke smiled, using his nickname.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Zac, let's go…" Jess trailed off.

"Aww, why?" he asked softly.

"Some people most likely want to be alone," she said quietly, referring to her sister and her new friend.

Zac gave a nod. "All right," he sighed. The two headed up to the upstairs living room. They entered and saw Taylor and Brooke.

"Yo, Zac," Tay said. "You make friends quick!"

"Tay, this is Jess," Zac replied, trying not to blush.

Yet again, greetings were exchanged and then silence. Jessica decided to speak up. "Hey, how about a game of truth or dare?" she asked, smiling a bit.

Everyone agreed, but decided that Jennifer and Isaac would probably play if they were asked. So, they all headed down to the den where Ike and Jenn were still talking.

The two agreed to a game of truth or dare, as everyone had expected and they formed a small circle next to the pool.

"Brooke, you go first," Jess spoke.

Brooke nodded and looked around the small circle. "Ike," she smiled, "truth or dare?"

Isaac looked at her uneasily. Being the first was never fun. "Truth," he replied not too surely.

Brooke thought for a moment, then asked the famous question for first time truths. "Who do you like?"

Ike thought about the question for a quick moment. He then quietly spoke up. "I like you, Jenn…"

Jennifer and Isaac both blushed as the others cooed. Jennifer looked shyly up at Ike. He blushed a deeper pink, as did she. Jenn looked away and tried to get the attention off of herself. "IIIIIke, gooo," Zac whined.

Ike looked at the people surrounding him. "Zac, truth or dare?"

"Umm…truth," Zac decided.

Ike thought for a second. He didn't have a truth. He had a dare ready, but not a truth. "Um…okay…who's your favorite…relative?" Ike made a face at how retarded that question sounded.

Zac gave a small grin. "Don't be like, mad or anything, but Mackie. He's gonna be just like me someday!" Zac scanned the faces surrounding him. "Jess, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Okay…I dare you to…kiss who you like. On the lips."

Jessica scooted closer to Zac and gave him a small kiss on the lips. Once she pulled away, Zac's face broke into a huge grin. "Whoa BABY!"

Jess smiled sweetly then looked toward Taylor. "Tay, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

Jess smiled innocently. "I dare you to show us your boxers."

"My what?" Taylor asked as the others giggled. He shook his head. "You people are crazy."

"Oh come on Taylor!" Brooke exclaimed. She giggled as the others laughed.

Jenn smiled. She kept her comments to herself for once. She was thinking about Ike and what he thought of her.

"Fine," Taylor sighed and stood up. He unbuttoned his pants and gave them a peek at the band of his boxers. That was it. Nothing more, nothing less. He had on his Hilfigers of which he was grateful for.

"Oh TAY! I thought you would have enough sense to wear your Joe Cool's or something," Zac said teasingly.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Sean, I thought you said Jenn, Jess, and Brooke were here," Amy, Sean's girlfriend, stated.

"They are…somewhere," Sean replied.

"How about we go and look for them," Amy suggested, smiling innocently. "I need gossip."

Sean gave a laugh and nodded. He wrapped his arm around Amy and they headed to the den.