Chapter 35

Everyone sat down in the living room. "We need to talk to you six 
about something," Walker said as he pulled a joint out of his pocket.
"Oh my gosh," Kristin said as everyone's eyes got wide. "I found this
in the hallway. Either one of you are going to come clean, or I'm 
going to put you all through a drug test," Walker warned. "Wait a 
minute. I went into your room this morning to use the bathroom because
someone was in ours and I saw it on Mom's dresser and thought that it
was one of yours," said Taylor. "No. I found it in the hallway and I
gave it to your mother, which she set on her dresser." Walker 
explained. "So who's is it?" Zac asked confussed. "It's mine," Isaac
mumbled quietly. "What! I can't beleive this!" Zac yelled as he ran up
the stairs. "Can we talk to him? Alone," Diana said as the other 4 
went and sat as the top of the stairs. When they heard Isaac coming
toward the stairs, they all ran into the closest room. Taylor & Beth
were sitting on Taylor's bed, Zac, KRistin, & Kate were sitting on 
Zac's bed. When Isaac walked in Kate, Kristin, & Zac laft the room.
Isaac grabbed Zac's arm. "Zac, it's not what you think," Isaac said.
"Don't touch me!" Zac said coldly as he pulled away. Taylor got up.
"Isaac, I can't beleive you would do this! You of all people. How are
we going to tell the press about this? Right when everything was 
getting good you had to go and bring weed into the house!" Taylor 
yelled. "Taylor, It isn't mine, I don't smoke. A friend gave it to me,
so I took it, but I was going to get rid of it." Isaac yelled back.
"Who care?! You still had it!" Taylor shouted until Beth started 
yelling. "STOP YELLING AT EACH OTHER!!!" she yelled then ran out of 
the house and into the tree house. "Beth, wait!" Taylor sshouted as he
ran after her. He found her sitting in a corner of the tree house,
hugging her knees crying. "Beth, sorry about that, it's just that-"
Taylor was saying when Beth interupted him again. "Ya know what the 
last thing I said to my mom before she died was? I was on the phone
with her and yelled, 'Why don't you ever listen? I don't want you to
come! All you ever do is embarass me! I wish you weren't my mother!'
then I slammed the phone down. I didn't tell her goodbye, I didn't 
even tell her I loved her. Now I never will be able to. I see you guys 
fighting and it breaks my heart. You should be happy to have a 
brother. All of my family is dead," Beth said quietly. 
(A.N. Kate wrote the next part.)
Taylor stared at Beth in amazement and shock. After a while of silence
Taylor sat down next to her saying how sorry he was over and over.
"Taylor it's not your fault. I blame myself for what I said," Taylor
out his arm around Beth. Beth was glad someone was finally consoling
her that she just wept in his arms. When Beth was feeling better, and
not crying so much, she looked up with a tear-stained face. Their eyes
met. Their lips moved closer together until they finally touched. 
Beth's head started spinning as she moved away. At this point, Taylor
was standing up apologizing to her again. In her heart she didn't want
him to leave, but she knew why he was leaving. He was leaving because
he always got so embarressed when girls screamed his name, let alone
kissing a girl. She wanted to yell out to him to stay, but by that 
time he was already down the ladder and running to the house. Beth 
stayed up in the treehouse getting herself together and thinking about
the kiss. She smiled to herself.



Later that day Beth, Kate, & Kristin were sitting in their bedroom reading magazines. Beth said in a hushed voice, "I have a secret," Kate & Kristin looked up from their magazines to look at Beth. Beth, who was pretending that she didn't say anything, looked up and said, "What are you guys looking at? Do I have something on my face?" "Beth, you know what we're looking at, and you better tell us if you know what's good for you," Kate warned her. "Yes, Beth, please share with us your bit of information," Kristin added in an English accent. "OK, OK, I'll tell you," Beth said knowing she would tell no matter what. "Well," Kate said in an excited voice. "Do you want me to tell you or not?" Beth asked. "Yes we would, now shut up Kate!" Kristin said in a serious tone. "OK, here's how it started. You know how I ran out of the house when Isaac & Taylor were fighing?" "Yeah," Kate and Kristin replied in unison. "Well, I ran to the tree house crying because it reminded me of me and my mom fighting," a tear rolled down Beth's cheek, and she looked like she was going to cry, but continued. "Well, Taylor must have followed me. I was crying then I told him about me and my mom fighting, and something about how it hurt to see them fighting because it reminded me of my mom. He sat down next to me & put his arm around me," "This is getting good," Kristin interupted. This time it was Kate's turn to tell Kristin to shut up. "Anyway," Beth continued, "I looked up at him, and he looked back at me, and kablamo, we kissed. Then he ran off." "Oh my gosh, Beth, you are so lucky! How did it feel like kissing him?" Kate asked eagerly. "I don't know, it was weird, good, and exciting all at once." Beth answered.

"Taylor, honey, would you please go upstairs and get the girls for 
dinner," Diana asked. "Why can't Ike go get them?" Taylor asked. 
"Taylor, it's not hat hard of a task. Anyway he's setting the table.
Now go," Reluctantly, Taylor walked upsatirs to the girls room. When
Taylor knocked and walked in, all three girls looked up. Beth put her
head down a little embarassed of what happened earlier. "It's time for
dinner," Taylor said in a low, muffled voice with his head bowed. 
"What did you say Tay?" Kate asked pretending not to hear. "It's time
for dinner," he said, a little but not much, louder. "What?" Kristin
asked following  what Kate was doing. "It's time for dinner!" Taylor
yelled. "Ok, ok you don't have to yell," Kate said holding in a laugh.
When Taylor turned around and left, all three girls burst out 
laughing. "You guys shouldn't have done that!" Beth said slowing down
her laughs. "Sorry Beth, it was just too tempting!" Kate replied.
(A.N. Kate's part that she wrote is done with now!)

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