Hey Guys! I have to make this short because Dancing with the Stars is coming on in 55 minutes (and counting) and I really want to get this up before it comes on. Plus I have TONS of other things to do before the show. Oh, btw, if you were watching the premiere of Return to Halloweentown last Friday, you might have noticed that the trailer for Jump In! came on and it was tha BOMB!!! If you haven't seen it, I have the URL for it on my profile for you to check out. Anyways, onto the next chapter.

101 Kisses Chapter 2

Balance

Taylor finally left the science lab after testing her experiment for the science fair. She tried to balance all the books she sued in the experiment as she walked to the school library. She hoped she didn't drop anything else like she did in school. All day, she would drop tons of things. You would think she's clumsy but she isn't. Not on certain days, she isn't.

She mad it to the library safely without dropping any of her 10 books she researched with. Ms. Fallfox, the librarian, was nowhere in sight so she still had to carry them back to the shelves. As Taylor walked through the bookcases, she carefully placed them in the middle of the floor. 'Phew,' she thought, 'I thought I was gonna drop them.' She picked up a book from her stack and placed it carefully on the shelf and suddenly, her stack all fell on the floor with a loud thud. Taylor sighed and picked up all her books into a smaller stack. After that, she grabbed the same book that she dropped and put it carefully on the shelf. Then, a hand touched her shoulder to make her jump in fear.

"Ah!" she shrieked.

"It's just me," Chad introduced.

"Oh, Chad. Don't scare me like that," Taylor told him.

"Sorry," Chad replied, "What's with all the books?"

"Oh…um…my science fair experiment. I kinda needed help with it," Taylor said shyly. She didn't want him to think of her as a bookworm.

"Cool, what's it about?" Chad asked as he gave her another book from the stack.

"' What makes things sweet and sour?' "Taylor said as she took the book from him. She looked at the label and sighed.

"This goes 2 shelves down," Taylor said. She put the book on top of the smaller stack and picked it up carefully.

"No, it's ok. I got it, Taylor," Chad told her. He slipped the stack into his hands as their hands touched; both filled each other with electrical shock.

"All right. Thanks," Taylor blushed. She led him a few shelves down near the end of the library. She can't say that she liked him that much, but they were good friends. Why would she like someone who was her friend?

She shook off the feeling as she reached another spot that she got her books from, Chad behind her.

"Thanks for helping me out, Chad. It'll probably been a while to get all these books back by myself," Taylor told him as she grabbed another book from the stack.

"No problem. You know the homecoming dance is coming up right?" Chad said.

Taylor got up on the nearby step stool and looked for the empty slot she left on the top shelf. "Yeah, I don't think I was planning on going," Taylor replied. She wasn't planning on going as a 3rd wheel with Troy and Gabriella since no guy had asked her out to the dance.

Chad dropped his shoulders slightly. "Oh," Chad said softly, "well I was gonna go and…"

"You were?" Taylor interrupted.

"Yeah, and I was wondering if you wanted to come with me," Chad asked, slowly pacing the floor.

Taylor was in shock. He, out of all guys, her coolest guyfriend, had asked her out to homecoming? Surely, he meant as a friend but could it be more, like a date date.

Taylor was so in deep thought, she forgot where she was. She stepped back a little until her heel of her shoe caught the egde of the step. Taylor started to lose her balance.

"Whoa," Taylor shrieked. Chad caught her in the nick of time but then when he caught her, he stumbled back and tripped over the small book stack on the floor. Him and Taylor both fell on the ground, Taylor on top of him.

"Are you ok?" Taylor asked him. She was so close to his face, she thought she was going to faint by looking into those deep brown eyes too much.

"The question is are you ok, Taylor? You're the one who fell first," Chad replied.

"I'm fine," Taylor said. They were so close; Taylor couldn't handle the pressure anymore.

Instead, she kissed him.

Softly, but with some force. Chad gladly accepted it and firmly put his hands on her waist. They kissed softly until Taylor's tongue slipped into his mouth. Chad was shocked, he didn't know Taylor was like that. He let her tongue stay there for a while until he pulled back.

"I don't think we should move that fast, Taylor," Chad said.

"You're right. Sorry," Taylor replied. She got off of Chad and started to straighten herself up.

"I mean…we can't move that fast until you answer my question," Chad said again as he scooted closer to her.

Taylor looked at him and smiled. "Of course I'll go to homecoming with you."

Chad smiled back at her and kissed her passionately. Taylor kissed him back and was exploding inside. This was perfect to her. She had a feeling something good was gonna happen all week. And here it was, her guyfriend now turned boyfriend, had asked her to homecoming.

'Now to find a dress……' Taylor thought.

Well, what do you think? I know you thought that was great. I got to do my other stuff now since I have 30 more minutes left (and still counting). VOTE FOR MONIQUE COLEMAN TONIGHT!!! Read and Review!!

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