"Huh? What?"
Isaac shook his head in disgust.
"You just repeated the chorus again. I hope you're not planning on doing that during a concert."
"Sorry. I'm a little preoccupied."
"No kidding." Zac said sarcastically.
"Ok, lets try this again."
A few minutes later...
"Taylor! You did it again!" Zac exclaimed, exasperated.
"Huh? Oh, sorry."
Isaac groaned and looked at him in almost amusement.
"So, you planning on telling us what's on your mind? Or do we have to guess?"
Taylor sighed.
"It's, it's, I told you about Meredith right?"
"Umm, she's that fan you've been e-mailing right?"
"Yeah. I'm a little worried. I haven't heard from her in ages."
"And how long is ages? A couple of days?" Zac asked. "That's not ages."
"November. I haven't heard from her since November. And I'm really concerned. I'm mean, she is suicidal, and she has that drug dealing boyfriend of hers. Oh, well, more specifically, that abusive, drug dealing boyfriend of hers. Oh, I don't know. I mean, for all I know, she could be, could be..."
"Have you tried e-mailing her again?" Isaac asked.
"Yes. None of them have been answered."
"Well, do you have her street address? Or a phone number?"
"No and yes. I've tried ringing, but all it says is that the phone is out of order. I just don't know what to do." Taylor sounded truly distressed. "Any thing could have happened to her and I have no way of finding out. She, she might have killed herself, or that boyfriend could have done something to her, or, or..."
"Tay, Tay you're not gonna do yourself any favours by going over all the what ifs like that."
Isaac patted him on the shoulder.
"I'm sure she's ok. It could be that they've run out of money and she doesn't have internet access any more."
Taylor looked up at him.
"And the phone?"
"Well, obviously, if they don't have any money, they might have gotten rid of it."
Taylor was quiet.
"You never know, she may have sent a letter explaining it all, and it's in those huge piles of fan mail we still have to go through." Zac suggested.
"Yeah, maybe. Thanks guys."
"Our pleasure. Now, can we get on with the practice?"