Chapter 1:

Taylor’s girlfriend was gorgeous. Beautiful. Insanely pretty. However you want to put it, she was just plain hot. I don’t understand how he got her, I mean, well I do... Taylor is a popular guy, especially with the ladies. Being in a famous rock group doesn’t hurt his reputation either. The girls at school-heck- the girls all around the world kiss the ground he walks on! I sometimes wonder if the many girls who fall for me aren’t really falling for my best friend-Taylor. Anyway, back to Taylor’s girlfriend, Her name is Angela, Angie for short. She’s a senior in high school. Tay and I are only juniors. She was a young senior though, born in mid-September, but she was still older than us. She had a remarkable- well- a remarkable everything. It’s hard to decide where to start even! Well.. her nose- it wasn’t too small or too big, it was nice and rounded, cute. Her cheeks had a natural shine to them, they radiated rose. Her complexion was always so smooth looking, and she never broke out. Her lips looked soft and never dry. Whenever I see her kiss Tay I have to swallow hard as not to drool with envy. Her eyes were big and green, and her eyebrows curved down lightly but quite dramatically - it gave her such a look of mystery. Then there was her hair. How I wished I could run my fingers through it! It was a dark brown color and always had a healthy shine about it. It was bone straight but I could bet that her hair was softer than her lips. She was also rather tall for a girl, 5’10”, the same height as Tay! I don’t think he liked that too much, but with a girl like her, how could he complain? She was also the sweetest thing, I’ve talked to her a few times and she’s always been very polite and generous towards me. She also volunteers at the hospital once a week, after school on Wednesdays. Anyway, she had been offered a modeling job before but she declined from it. I could really respect that about her. Taylor, however, wanted her to model. He thinks she’s shy, and that she doesn’t want the world seeing her body. Of course, they were seeing it anyway since her and Taylor had been caught by cameras arm in arm at a movie premiere last week. It wa- hold on. The phone is ringing. It’s Taylor.

“Hey John,” he said.

“Hey, what’s up?” I asked.

“Nuttin’ much, I’m sorta bored. Angie was supposed to come over but she said she wasn’t feeling well. I’ll probably stop by later with some roses or something. But-uh-you wanna come hang out?”

“Auhh...sure. I’ll be over in five.”

“K, see ya then,” he said as he hung up the phone.

I went out and drove over to Tay’s, it was only two blocks, but I wasn’t in the mood to walk.

Tay and I lazed around in the den watching TV. We caught some old soap, the only reason we watched was cause there were some hot babes in it. One was in the tub.

“So, you and Angie ever do it in the tub?” I asked teasingly with a smirk on my face.

“Yo, we’ve only been going together two weeks. Jerk,” Taylor got all defensive.

I knew I was acting like a jerk, I guess it was out of jealousy, I mean, I don’t get much....I’ve only been with one girl. Tay was still a virgin and it seemed like the only thing I had on him so I picked at it. Of course, Tay could’ve had it with so many. I’m guessing he wants a relationship of some sort. Even though I never said so- I would too rather have a relationship, especially with a hot girl like Angie, rather than a bunch of flings.

“Besides,” Taylor continued, “I could get it with Angie at any time, I just want to wait a little.”

“I know,” I said.

Taylor watched the girl on TV hop out of the shower, of course, the girl was covered but it sure was nice. I could tell Tay was feeling hornier than usual when he said, “Well, maybe not too much longer.”

We both laughed and continued to watch the end of the soap.

Taylor shut the TV off when it ended.

“So John,” Tay started.

“Huh?” I sat up. I was feeling a little stiff myself after watching the tub scene.

“Whose your current?” he asked.

“Ahh, no one at the moment,” I replied. If he only knew how much I wanted his girlfriend...well, if he did know, I’m pretty sure he’d mess me up bad. I wonder if he could though, I am 6 foot tall, and just about as buff as Taylor is. Then again, he could get his brothers to help. That would be funny, I don’t think he’d do that though. Well, I do think if Tay and I did physically fight, we’d be an equal match and we’d probably both end up with some nasty scars.

“Well, what about that Diane chic?” Tay nudged.

Diane. Oh Diane. I hate to be mean...but well, she was sorta chubby and not very pretty at all. She sure did have the hots for me though. I did my best not to hurt her feelings though when I turned her down and I try not to act weird around her. I think I do a pretty good job at not being weird too.

“What about her?” I said.

“Well,” Tay laughed. “Why don’t you go out with her?”

We both knew he was kidding and I punched him in the shoulder. This time he was the jerk.

“Oh gawddddd..” Tay whined, “I’m so lazy! I don’t want to do anything.” Taylor stretched. Obviously, he was lying, because he got up. He went over to the mirror, combed his hair briefly, and grabbed a brown leather jacket from the rack and threw me mine. “Come on!” He called to me, “Let’s go pick up some chics.”

“Whaddabout Angie?” I inquired.

“Eh, I’ll get her some flowers. I’m not going to do anything with another girl. I’m just going to have some fun, looking, ya know? Hey, we’ll get you one dude.”

I lifted myself from the couch and went out to Tay’s car. It was a red Camaro, a real beauty. We drove off and headed for the mall.

The second we stepped out of the car there were already some teeny boppers headed straight at us. Only about five. Tay gave quick autographs but then went off in the mall, he didn’t want anything to do with them really. They were kinda young, 13ish, so I don’t really blame him. We went in and went straight for the club. There was a disco at the mall open to people aged 15-25. It was a great place to meet other people. We made our entrance and Tay signed a few more autographs. We sat at a table and ordered some sodas. The waitress was cute. She was about 18 I’d guess. She recognized Tay and told him she thought they were great, but didn’t ask just then for an autograph. She was wearing a short skirt, it was part of the uniform, but her skirt seemed a bit shorter. I’d guess she was about 5’5”, a nice height. Besides her short black skirt she was wearing a button down white shirt with a white tank top underneath. The buttons were buttoned before she came to serve us but I saw her undo some before she came over. To be blunt, she had quite nice assets in that category. I wasn’t the type who really went for that, I mean, if I liked a girl and she had them that big, I wouldn’t mind it, but I mean that wasn’t the first thing I looked for. The waitress, I read her name tag, Candice, seemed sort of evil and a little flaky. She was overall nice though. She went to get our drinks.

“Woah! Did you see the size of those babies?!” Tay exclaimed.

I smiled. “She’s cute.” Taylor, on the other hand, liked the bigger assets very much more than I.

She came back with our drinks pretty fast.

“I didn’t think you guys really wanted sodas, I mean, I know you’re underage and all, but I figured since you were special guests, I could give you a little alcohol. I knew you wanted it, I can tell.” She said. When she said ‘special’ she ran her fingers through Tay’s hair and then to his shoulder and off. I didn’t really trust her and Tay and I really never drank before, but it was just some beer so I didn’t really mind it.

“Thanks cutie.” Tay said. She smiled and walked back off to the bar.

We drank a little of the beer and then went to mingle a bit in the crowd. I met two girls, they were twins. Carla and Starla. I thought it was rather amusing that their names rhymed. If I had twins, I would never do that to them, it seems sorta cruel. They were nice though and Carla totally digged me. I got her number and she took mine. We were chatting up a storm when Tay looked at his watch.

“Shit. We gotta go! I gotta get to the flower shop and then to Angie’s before its too late!” Taylor panicked.

I said goodbye to the twins and Tay and I were off. He stopped by Judy’s Flower Shop and picked up one long stem white rose. It was really nice looking. He had no time to drop me off so we went right to Angie’s.

I waited in the car for Tay. I saw Angie open her front door. Did she look good. She wasn’t dressed up even. She had her hair up in a loose knot and a pink silky bath robe on. I bit my lip as I watched Taylor enter. Ten minutes went by and I was getting pretty bored so I used Tay’s cell phone to call some other people.

Taylor:

I knocked on her door. She answered it after about a minute...it seemed so much longer because I couldn’t wait to see her. I knew it was a surprise visit, so I wasn’t going to stay long. I also didn’t want to leave John in the car forever. I felt bad about having to take him with. When Angie opened the door, I couldn’t help but glow with a smile. Even though she wasn’t wearing anything special, she looked great, especially for not feeling well. She had her hair up, it was messy but I liked it anyway. She was wearing this gorgeous silk like pink bath robe. She smiled when she saw me glowing.

“Taylor! I wasn’t expecting you!” She was surprised. She was even more surprised when I pulled the rose from behind my back and handed it to her.

“For you Angel,” I said.

“Oh, Taylor! Thank you. Do you want to come in while I put these in water?”

I did want to come in, but I didn’t. I knew that once I entered that door it would be at least a half hour. I didn’t mind that at all, I just didn’t want to leave John out in the car...but, oh he’ll be fine, I thought. I wanted her so bad in her cute little robe. I stepped inside.

“Thanks,” I said.

She went into the kitchen and returned in a few minutes.

“We should be quiet though because my parents are upstairs watching a movie,” she said as she settled down on the couch next to me. She had her sketch book in hand.

“Would you like to see my latest sketches?” She asked.

“Of course,” I said and took the book from her.

Her latest sketches were of her fish in the tank and one of her mother. They were really great. She had a lot of talent, it was evident.

“I love them,” I said, “Almost as much as I love you.” It was the first time I’d ever said that to her and I saw her eyes light up. I leaned over to kiss her. She stopped me.

“Tay--” She said pushing my chest off of her, “I don’t think we should kiss, what if I’m contagious?”

“I don’t care,” I smiled and leaned onto her preparing for a kiss, but she pushed me back again.

“Taylor....now as much as I’d love to kiss you right now, do you realize how bad I’d feel if I got you sick?” She said cutely in her sexy voice. I loved her voice. It was one of those voices...its low and soft, really sexy. “You know Angie?” I poked teasingly, and not waiting for a reply I said, “You’d make a great phone sex operator!”

She started laughing and we both laughed together. We talked for another 15 minutes before I actually left. I walked out to the Camaro. John was talking on my cell.

“Ok-well catch ya later,” Jon said to whoever he was talking to, and hung up as I sat in the driver’s seat. “So....what were you guys doing in there? You were gone a good half hour.”

John:

“Well, you know how it is. Girls. They just can’t keep their hands off me!” Taylor joked. I knew he was jesting like always. I’ve known Taylor for quite a while and if something ever happens, he blushes. The boy has got no shame, he should never consider acting. He’d suck at it, well, he does suck at it. A while back when he was on Saturday Night Live, man, that was a laugh! Nahh, but anyway, Tay always jokes like that. It’s fun though.

We drove back listening to Offspring and joking about everything we saw. It’s great to have a bud you can really joke with....I just wished I could get his girlfriend out of my mind.

I sat on my bed with my head in my hands. This lust...this forbidden lust I had for Angie was like a headache. A big headache. You never let a girl get between best friends. Never. I wasn’t going to either. I mean, Angie wouldn’t go out with me. I’m just a junior, I’m not famous, I’m really nothing too special. Besides, she was happy with Tay. I was glad that she was happy and that Tay was happy. Yeah. Happy. I was happy for them. I shook my head and picked up the phone to give the twins a call. It was then that I realized my clock radio read 1:30 am! I hung the phone up. It was too late to call so I went to bed and tossed and turned for about a half hour before drifting off into sleep.