Mark grinned.
"Oh come on, you have to admit Jessi's a pretty good looking chick."
Jessi blushed.
"Hey, Cassie! Ya boyfriend's cheating on ya." Zac laughed.
"Sure Zac." Cassie replied with a smile as Mark wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Where's Ike and Tay?" asked James.
"Well, I tried getting them up. Ike's definitely awake." Zac replied with a chuckle. "But Tay? Peta may just have to go up there and wake up Sleeping Beauty - err, I mean, Sleeping Ugly - with the magic kiss."
Now it was Peta's turned to blush as everyone laughed. Or snickered. Or whatever other word was appropriate. They all knew that Peta had a crush on Taylor. Taylor (of course) was totally blind to this fact, he had no idea even though everyone else had known for years.
*********
However, no 'magic kiss' would be needed. Taylor was awake. He was sitting on his bed just staring at the many picture he had drawn of Her over the years. The earlier ones weren't as good as the newer ones, but still. These pictures had aged as he had aged. There was ones when she was only a little girl, but most were of her as a teenager.
The dreams, She haunted them so. In the interviews he remembered when they were asked what they dream of. Each time they simply said they were too tired to dream, but this was not so. Every night he dreamed of Her. Sometimes nothing important would happen, sometimes it was very active. Always in vivid colour but there was no sound. He never learnt Her name and never gave her one.
"Who are you?" he whispered, remembering that night's dream.
She had been at a concert. Screaming and jumping like a teeny bopper. At least, that's how it had finished. He smiled at the memory.
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Ike winced slightly as he applied the aftershave. He looked into the mirror and admired his handywork.
"Yay, didn't muff it this morning." He murmured to himself, mock seriously.
He headed downstairs and joined their many Tulsa friends.
"Hey guys." He said.
"Hi Ike." Came many replies.
At that moment someone caught his eye.
"Alanna, why don' ya come join the party?" He asked.
"Oh, I'm just passing by. I have to get some stuff from the shops." She replied, a little uncomfortable, from the footpath.
Ike was about to reply when Zac butted in.
"Are you doing anything this Saturday at around 7pm?" He asked.
Alanna gave him a strange look.
"No..." she replied slowly.
"Good, then you won't mind if Ike takes ya out to dinner." Zac interjected.
Ike gave Zac a fierce look as he leaned closer to Alanna.
"He's being telling us all through the last tour he was gonna ask you out, but Ike is such a wimp. There's no way he'd actually do it. So I figured I'd save myself form having to put up with his whingeing next tour." He continued with a cheeky grin.
Alanna smiled.
"Pick me up at 7:30."
With that she walked away, leaving Ike with his jaw practically touching the ground and Zac grinning like an idiot.
"Don't you ever embarrass me like that again Zac."