(Catherine
POV)
I didn’t want to sit at the bar
by myself any longer, so I went to look for someone I knew, or someone I wanted
to talk to. Then I saw Marissa and Liz heading my way.
“Hey guys, what’s up?”
“Hey, come and sit with us.”
Marissa said, pointing to a table.
“Ok” I said, walking behind
them. When we got to the table, I sat down, and looked at Liz.
“You ok Liz?” I asked.
“Yeah, I am great! I like the bands they have
here…don’t you?”
“Um they’re alright, why?”
“I was just wondering. That
would be cool if someone you really liked was playing here tonight…”
Marissa face flared up, and she
kicked Liz under the table.
“Yeah…is someone onstage going
to sing me happy birthday?”
“They might, Liz said smiling.”
“Oh great...” I said,
sarcastically.
“Hey, the announcers going to say something”
Liz said, pointing to the stage.
Marissa was just about ready to
slap Liz upside the head.
“Ladies and gentlemen, thank
you so much for coming. I want everyone to give a round of applause to the
lovely, Miss Catherine Ice!”
“I can’t believe they did this”
I said blushing and covering my face.
“Now let’s hear a little bit
about her, shall we? I got a card here that her best friends gave to me.” He
reached in his pocket, and pulled out a note card.
“You guys!” I said,
shocked”
It says: “Catherine you’ve been
our friend for about 15 years now, and we love you to death. So, we planned
something special for you tonight and I hope you enjoy it.”
Everyone gave a round of
applause, as the announcer continued to read.
“It also says, and I quote,
“She has an unhealthy obsession
with the band Hanson.”
“Hum, is that right?”
The announcer looked to his
right and said
“Hey guys, come on out!”
They couldn’t have…I thought to
myself.
Then, Hanson walked out from
behind the curtains. They were all smiling, as Taylor gave the announcer a pat
on his shoulder and took the microphone from his hand. I jumped out of my chair
screaming.
Zac smiled at me, and everyone
started singing happy birthday.
“Oh my god, I love you guys so
much!”
The time drifted by so fast. It
was already midnight, and the boys were in the back getting ready to leave.
Marissa came over, and sat next to me.
“So, how did you like the
present?” she asked, grinning.
“I am so happy, thank you so
much.”
“Well, I got some more good
news…”
“What?”
“Well, there waiting
backstage…why don’t you go talk to them?”
“Are you serious? Oh my god,
you got to be kidding me.”
Marissa smiled, as she stood
up.
“Catch you later” she said, getting
up from the table.
“You got to be kidding!” ok
Catherine, calm down. You don’t want them to think you’re an idiot do you? Of
course not, so just walk in there, and give them a hug. No screaming…right...
that easier said than done.
I headed towards the backstage
doors, and took a deep breath before I went inside. I saw Taylor drinking
water, and fanning himself as he sat in a chair. Isaac was lying on the couch,
dazing off from lack of sleep. But then I focused my attention on Zac. He took
his shirt off, and grabbed his CD player from the desk.
“Man, he’s hot” I said
biting my lower lip.
Zac turned around, and
smiled at me.
Did I just say that out loud?
Oh that was smart Catherine that was really smart. Just don’t look at him.
“Hey Catherine, nice to finally
meet you” Zac said, walking towards me.
God, he is so cute. Look at his
smile, forget the smile, and look at his crotch! No don’t do that, he’ll know…
“Um…nice to meet you too” I
said, feeling a little awkward.
Come on, do something. Don’t
just stand there. Give him a hug, or at least move.
Zac, sensing my tension, wrapped
his arms around me. I thought I was about to faint. He let go after awhile, and
stared at me again.
“So, you’re the obsessed fan
Marissa has been telling me about.”
“Well, I wouldn’t say
obsessed…more like…ok yeah, obsessed is a good word.”
Zac looked at me, and I felt my
knees weaken. I can’t believe I am standing in front of the hottest man ever. I
snapped back to reality when I heard him talking.
“What? What did you say?” I
asked, trying to take my eyes away from his body.
“Would you like to go to dinner
with me tomorrow night?”
“….you want to go out…with me?”
“Yeah, I mean if you want to.
If you don’t, I’ll understand.”
“Of course I’ll go!” I said
excitedly.
After realizing my sudden
outburst, I quickly added
“I mean sure, …that
sounds…fun.”
“Great…could I have your
number?”
I grabbed a pen from the table
next to me, and found a piece of paper in my purse.
“Here ya go.” I said, handing
him the paper.
I can’t believe this is actually happening.
I spent about twenty minutes
talking to Ike, Tay, And Zac, and then I realized that it was getting really late…or
early, however you want to look at it. So we said our goodbyes, and I caught up
with Marissa, and Liz back at the house.
(At
The House)
“You guys are the best!” I
said, as I walked through the front door.
“How did you set this up?
Liz looked at Marissa, because
she had no idea how it happened either.
“Well, I just asked my boss to
get in touch with them. I found out he knew them, because he told us a story
about his daughter’s sixteenth birthday party, and how they performed at it.”
“Yeah, that’s how…” Liz said,
walking into the kitchen to get a drink.
“That’s so cool. Oh and guess
what? Zac asked me out on a date!”
“What? I just told him to have
a conversation with you, he must think your super cute!”
“I’m going to be so nervous!
Maybe I shouldn’t go…”
“What? After all I did to set
this up; there is no way your backing out.”
“But…all you did was ask your
boss to make a call”
“…that’s not the point.”
“Well of course I am going to
go…its Zac Hanson! But if it wasn’t, I wouldn’t go.”
“Oh that makes a lot of sense.”
“I know right…anyway, I need
sleep. I have to look beautiful for Zac tomorrow!”
I went into the bedroom, put on
my lingerie, and tried to go to sleep. I was so excited about tomorrow. It is
going to be great.
7:45 am
Slowly, I woke up. A constant
ringing echoed inside my head. What time is it, I thought to myself. I looked
at the clock, but my vision was blurred. I rubbed my eyes, 7:45? Finally, I
answered the phone,
--_--
“Hello?” I said, yawning
“Hey Cat, did I wake you?”
“…who is this?”
“It’s Michael…”
“Oh…hey Michael, sorry about
that”
“It’s ok, how did the party go
last night?”
“It was great; you won’t
believe what Marissa and Liz did for me.”
“What happened?”
“They got Hanson to perform
there”
“No way, that’s awesome.”
“Yeah…”
“Did you get to meet them?”
“Yeah and ….um”
“What?”
“And…it was awesome…”
“Yeah…I bet. Did anything else
happen? I mean did they flirt with you or anything?”
“Ha, no…they were really nice,
and we just talked…”
“Why do I get the feeling you’re
not telling me something…?”
“What do you mean?”
“Nothing…”
“So was there anything you wanted to tell me,
or…you just wanted to talk?”
“Well I kind of wanted to see
if you thought about what I said last night…”
“Yeah…well I thought about
it…and I just don’t think it’s a good idea…”
“What? Why not…”
“Uh, I just think that you kind
of ruined your chance.”
“That’s fucked up Cat, I said I
changed. I’ve done all this stuff for you, I cleaned up my act, and you’re not
even going to give me a chance to show you…”
“I’m sorry; just…let me think
about it ok?”
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to yell.
I just really like you Cat.”
“It’s ok; I’ll talk to you
later ok?”
“Ok, love you.”
“Bye.”
--_--
(Michael’s
POV)
“What the hell is her problem?
Why is she holding back like this…? There must be something going on…and I know
just how to find out…”
Michael picked up the phone,
and called Liz.
--_--
“Hello?”
“Hey Liz, its Michael”
“What do you want?”
“Don’t be like that; I just
want to ask you a question.”
“What?”
“Are you going to be at your house
later tonight?”
“Why?”
“Well I wanted to stop by, and
talk to Cat alone…”
“She isn’t going to be there…”
“Why not, is she going with
you?”
“No, she is going out with Zac
tonight.”
“What, who the hell is Zac?”
“Zac Hanson, she met him last
night and he asked her out on a date.”
“What? So that’s what she
didn’t want to tell me!”
“…she didn’t? Shit.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t say
anything”
“I’ll tell her the next time I
talk to her.”
“Yeah…well thanks for
everything. I will talk to you later ok?”
“Uh, ok bye.”
“Bye.”
--_--
(Zac
Hanson POV)
“Hey Isaac, come here for a
minute…”
“Why don’t you ever ask me to come here?”
Taylor asked feeling a little neglected.
“You’d probably make fun of
me…”
“You always say that!”
“And you always do it…”
“Come on, what are you doing?”
“Well…I wanted to see which
suit you think I should wear. Come here and look at them.”
They all walked into Zac’s
room, and he held up the two suits.
“Do you like the black suit
with the green tie and buttons? Or the one that’s just all black…”
“I like the green one” Isaac
said, taking it from Zac.
“Don’t you think so Tay?”
“Why are you worrying about
your outfit? …Is it because of that girl?” Tay said, grinning.
“See, you always do that.”
“What? I was just asking.”
“Well you still didn’t answer
the question.”
“I like the green one, and you
didn’t answer my question.”
“Maybe I do like her…”
“Awe, that’s so cute!”
Zac rolled his eyes, and grabbed
the green suit from Isaac.
“But seriously dude, wear the green one.”
“Alright”
“You didn’t forget about the
interview today did you?” Isaac asked.
“Um…no, of course I didn’t.”
“Well I hope you also
remembered it’s at four, so don’t be late. You can call Catherine when you get
home…which should be around six or earlier.”
“I think I will call her
now…just to tell her.”
“No! That’s a bad idea” Taylor
said, budding into the conversation.
“Why?”
“Well you don’t want her to
think you’re desperate…”
“She won’t think that…”
“Yeah, just call her. I bet you
she’s waiting by the phone.” Isaac said, glaring at Taylor.
“Come on Tay, I have something
to show you in the living room.”
“What is it?”
“Would you just move your ass!”
Isaac and Taylor walked into
the living room, shutting the door behind them.
“What was that about?” Taylor
asked confused.
“Zac is finally getting over
Alexia, so don’t say anything that will make him have second thoughts about
this girl.”
“Dude, you’re acting like he’s
thirteen years old. Alexa was a whore, and Zac’s going to have to deal with
that.”
“Shh, I know. But what if he
thinks that Catherine is the same way as Alexa? You think he would start dating
again?”
“I don’t know…” Taylor said,
heading towards his bedroom.
“…just don’t say anything that could
make him have second thoughts.”
“Fine” Taylor said, halfway up
the stairs.
“Hey wait, you going to be at
the interview early this time right?”
“Yes Isaac.”
“Good, I don’t want anyone
yelling at me again.”
“Ok.”
“Taylor?”
“Yes Isaac?”
"There's something else I wanted to talk to you about..."
"What?"
“Are you being careful?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I was just wondering. I
don’t want you getting anyone pregnant.”
“What I do is my business!”
“Hey, I’m just trying to look
out for you. There are a lot of dieses out there.”
“You are not serious…” Taylor
walked down the stairs and stood right in front of Isaac.
“What?”
“Who said that I’ve had sex
before?”
“Oh come on! I am not that
stupid.”
“Name someone.”
“What about you’re ex
girlfriend Tiffany?”
“I didn’t sleep with her; we
just had some fun in the bedroom.”
“Well while you having your
fun, make sure you use protection.”
“…your jealous aren’t you?”
“of what?”
“You liked Tiffany, and you are
mad that she wanted me and not you.”
“I just think that there is
more to a woman than sex.”
“And I don’t?”
“Obviously not you have a
different girl every week; Michelle, Stacey, Jennifer, Tonya….”
“Just call me when you’re on
the way to the interview.”
“pfft whatever man just go to
your room and ignore everyone like you always do.”
“You’re the one who is good at
that, not me.”
“What is that supposed to
mean?”
“Well while your listing names
how about Stacey, Linda, and who could forget Rachael…”
“Leave Rachael out of this”
“You knew you were falling for
her, so you let her go. Talk about me being heartless.”
“Never mind, I am sorry I even
mentioned this.”
“You can’t even deal with the
fact that you let her go.”
“Taylor get away from me, I
mean it!”
“Why don’t you take your own
advice? When you find out that there is more to a woman than just sex, then
maybe you can talk to me.”
Right then Taylor saw a glimpse
of rage in Isaacs eyes. Taylor backed up and Issac grabbed an end table and
threw it against the wall, smashing it to pieces.
“Hey, you need to calm down…”
Taylor walked over to Isaac and
tried to comfort him somehow. He put his hand on his shoulder but Isaac jerked
his body away.
“Get off me”
Zac came out of his room after
hearing the crash of the end table against the wall.
“What’s going on?”
“I didn’t mean anything I said.”
Taylor said, looking at Issac.
Isaac just stood there clenching
his fists together.
After a long pause, Issac
mumbled
“You’re right, if I would have
treated her better…”
“...wait a minute, she dumped
you?”
Isaac was still focused on the
wall.
“She’s missing out" Taylor said with sincerity.
“What’s going on out here?
Isaac, are you ok?” Zac said, concerned.
“I just want to be alone!”
Isaac said, walking to his room and slamming the door behind him.
“What did you say to him
Taylor?”
