Zac and Taylor took Veronica back to their house to 
meet the rest of the Hansons and to chat. (It was too 
hot outside)
   "So you've lived here all your life?" Isaac asked.
   "Yeah, I don't go out much though, and I'm home-
schooled by a tutor," she replied.
   Taylor and Zac sat on the couch, to their left was
Veronica in a small armchair, and to Veronica's right 
Isaac sat in another small armchair.
   Veronica looked at the small clock on the wall in 
front of her.  "Uh, I"m sorry, I really got to go home."
   "Oh, OK.  Well, do you wanna get together or some-
thing tomorrow?" Taylor asked.
   "Well," she thought about it for a moment,"sure.  I'll
give you my number and you can call me.  Maybe we can 
all go watch a move or something." she smiled.  Obviously 
happy he had asked.
   "Um, yeah, I'll be right back," Taylor got up and went
to get a pen and paper.  Not long after, he returned.
"Here," he handed her the pen and paper he'd found on the
kitchen counter.
   "Thanks, its been fun," she handed him the paper as 
she stood up and smiled.
   "Bye, Ike, bye, Zac," Taylor walked her to the door.  
"Bye, Tay, don't forget to call me," she smiled again and 
left.

*           *           *           *           *           *

   Later that night as the three boys were getting ready 
for bed, and while Zac was in the bathroom, Taylor asked 
Isaac,"Ike?"
   "What?"
   "What do you think about Veronica?"
   "I think shes really nice," Isaac looked at his brother 
and a grin began to appear on his face, "She really pretty, 
too, right, Tay?"  His grin widened.
   Taylor blushed, "Yeah, so I like her, so what?  You like 
her, too."
   "Yeah, I guess I kinda-" just then Zac walked in, "I 
guess so."
   "You guess what?" Zac stooped and looked at his two 
brothers.
   "Just about asking Veronica to go rollerblading tomorrow,"
he lied and gave Taylor a look as if to say 'Oh well'

*           *           *           *           *           *

  What was that? Taylor wondered.  He had just woken 
up from a dream, he couldn't remember what it was about but 
he then heard noises outside his window once again.
     He pushed the covers off him and looked over at Zac and 
then tip-toed to see Isaac.  Both asleep.  He walked 
over to the window and peered out once again.  Nothing, 
Tay you must just be hearing things! he told himself.
   He stared out the window for several moments.  Deciding 
to just go back to bed, he turned around.  I wonder if 
shes there again..  He turned back around, hoping he would 
see the same figure he'd seen the night before.
   Looking down, he saw her!  But wait, thats Veronica!  
She was looking straight up at him.  He motioned for her to 
stay.  As fast and quiet as he could, he grabbed a pair of 
loose jeans and a tee and put them on.  Then he hurried down 
the stairs and out the sliding glass door that lead into their
backyard.
   "What are you doing here?" he asked, very curious.
   "Oh, I was just out for a walk," she began, but he cut her 
off, "At this time, when its dark?" he raised an eyebrow.
   "Yea, sometimes at night I take short walks, ya know, when
I cant sleep or something."  She looked down at the ground.
   "So, what made you come here?"
   "Oh, I dunno, just happened to be walking this way."