What's going on everyone? What a lovely Saturday have I encountered, especially when A South Beach Love Story is getting ready to be updated!! This is the 2nd chapter everyone! Enjoy!!
Taylor and Chad were just standing there at the doorway in almost near shock! After just having eye contact with one another at the mall, they had found out, during Taylor's sleepover game of Truth or Dare, that they so happen to live one house between the other. 'I can't believe he, cheese covered boy, actually lives in my neighborhood...and I'm stuck wearing a towel over my naked body!' Taylor exclaimed in her mind, 'he must thing I'm crazy now.' 'DAMN, she looks even better in a towel! But she also lives in my neighborhood too...weird,' Chad thought also. He shook himself out of his daze and said, "Hi,"
Taylor jumped back, getting out of her own daze also. "Hi," she smiled.
'Look at that smile! Hold up, am I falling for the girl who just saw me covered in cheese and meat at the mall?!' Chad thought also. Taylor was looking at him also, almost forgetting about her main mission.
"Right, um, I was wondering if I could get a bar of soap. I had just hopped in the shower and realized that I had ran out; and also my robe is at the cleaners so...here I am. Can I borrow a bar of soap, please?" Taylor asked, softly.
"Sure you can! Come on in!" Chad replied smiling, without thinking of the guys that were inside, playing video games in the living room, "You must be cold,"
"You're telling me," she joked as she entered the house. 'Man, his house looks real nice, almost like mines,' Taylor thought as she admired the interior. Chad saw her do this and looked back at her.
"I thought you came for soap and not to stare at the house," Chad joked back.
Taylor looked back at him and chuckled, "Right sorry," she said blushing.
"No, it's ok. Just stay right, I'll be back with some," Chad told her before heading off upstairs. 'She wants soap! My soap! Wow!' Chad thought in his mind. While he was upstairs, Taylor continued to look around, not seeing the guys that were with him at the mall earlier.
"Yo Chad, where are you? I just made it up to level..." Troy said, coming out of the living room when he saw the towel-clad Taylor in the foyer.
"Damn! Chad, is this one of your practical jokes or something?" Troy asked when he saw her. Taylor looked back at him, eyebrows arched.
"Um, excuse me! I just came for some soap," Taylor told him.
"Right, you must be a hooker," Troy said. Taylor's mouth was agape when he said that and almost when to attack him when Chad came back downstairs with some soap.
"Here we go...Troy what are you doing?" Chad asked him.
"What are you doing with a girl in a towel? Bu...we..ju...if you were gonna bring her on, why did you not think of the rest of us?" Troy asked confused. Before Chad replied, Jason and Zeke also came out of the living room, wondering about the commotion.
"Hey what's going on...oh lordie!" Zeke gaped as he saw Taylor in a towel.
"Ok enough. I'm gonna walk her back home; we'll talk about this later," Chad concluded before any other word was uttered. He grabbed a jacket from the coat closet and him and Taylor left the house immediately. Once outside, he wrapped the jacket around Taylor and sighed, "I'm so sorry about them. They're always like that when a girl comes over,"
"Oh wow, it's ok though, even though I didn't like being called a hooker," Taylor told him.
"Who called you a hooker?" Chad questioned her.
"One of your friends, light brown hair, kinda your height..." Taylor described to him.
"Oh, that's Troy. Don't worry, I'll get him for that," Chad said. She only smiled at him and they soon reached her front door to her house.
"Well, thanks for the soap and a walk home, you didn't have to do that though," Tay told him.
"But I wanted to, to be nice gentleman of course," Chad bowed in front of her as she laughed.
"You're funny, I guess I'll see you later sometime," Taylor said as she opened her door.
"Alright, well...bye," Chad replied, waving at her. She waved back and Chad headed back to his house. Right when he left the property, he realized...'I didn't even get her name!' he exclaimed in his mind. He walked back to the house but she was already inside. Chad sighed loudly and kicked the nearby pebble as he walked back to his house. Once inside, he was bombarded with questions.
"Dude, who was she? Did she live near here? Why was she in a towel? What did she want?" were the questions that his buds asked him. Chad took a huge step back and exclaimed, "Woah woah woah, one at a time please!"
"Who was she?" Jason asked first.
"Well...she's the girl from mall earlier today; the one with the child that I told you all about," Chad told him.
"No wonder she looked familiar!!" Troy exclaimed.
"Yeah, speaking of which, why did you call her a hooker?" Chad asked, getting on Troy.
"I'm sorry! How was I supposed to know, you seriously do not see random girls in just a towel on in a house full of guys!" Troy explained.
"Yeah, you're probably right...but still you could have recognized her from earlier on today," Chad said.
"Whatever, did she live near here, because you came back real fast," Zeke complimented.
"Yeah, she lives two doors down," Chad told them.
"No way really? That's not bad," Troy said, "did you get her name?"
"That's the part I'm pissed off about that I didn't do," Chad said, collapsing on the couch.
"You didn't get her name, what kind of guy are you?" Jason exclaimed, punching his arm.
"You guys, come on! I just met her at the mall, she just came by the house for soap, how can I remember that?" Chad asked them.
"Only if you really like her? Do you?" Troy asked.
"I'm not even sure, but enough talk. Let's talk Halo and I'm so ready to beat everyone of you guys at it," Chad said, jumping up and reaching for his controller.
"Yeah right, I just moved up a level. You need to catch up Danforth," Jason rubbed in.
"Oh whatever, it's on," Chad commented as he and his buds continued where they left off in their game, Chad not forgetting about the girl who had came over and didn't get her name. 'I have to see her again, to get her name this time,' he thought to himself, trying to figure out the perfect time to do it without the guys knowing.
Taylor showed off her soap prize to her BFF's and was congratulated fairly. The rest of the night was filled with marshmallow stuffing, truth telling, porch flashing, and much more before the girls all passed out on their own full sized bed air mattresses in the basement. Taylor didn't dare check up on her brother since he would have gone to bed near 11 anyways, and her parents were supposed to be back at midnight from her dad's monthly company party. She had fell asleep smiling, glad that she had a perfect 16th birthday...
But it wasn't over just yet! At near 2'o clock in the morning, Taylor found herself awake in the darkness of the basement. Wondering what was wrong with her, she tried to fall back asleep but it didn't do her any good. 'I guess I could stay up for a bit; maybe I'll get sleepy again,' Taylor thought to herself as she tried to stand up and stretch. Not wanting to wake up the girls, she tip-toed out of the basement and up to the main floor, where she was having a huge craving for Birthday Cake ice-cream. Sure, they had some at least 4 hours ago but it was always a craving she would never pass up. She looked inside the freezer,,in her special hiding place where her parents wouldn't find it since she's 'supposed' to be on a 'diet', and pulled out a pint of the ice-cream, smiling. 'And they never knew about this for how many years?' Taylor questioned in her mind. Tay grabbed a spoon from the drawer and walked out onto her porch. She softly heard the trees blowing and the ocean crashing down on the beach nearby, loving the environment that she was in. It was almost like her place of relaxation and peace; times to rethink of the day. The only thing she thought of at the time was the guy she met at the mall and now 2 doors down from her house. 'He looked so cute and nice...but I don't even know his own name!' she thought to herself. She ate another scoop of the ice cream as she cuddled herself in the nearby blanket as the mid warm breeze blew in the night. Just when she thought it was all silent again, she heard a noise nearby, striking her senses.
"Hello? Who's there?" she whispered out as loud as she could. Nothing replied or responded to her voice, acting as if nothing was actually there. She sat back down until she heard it again, only closer. Taylor got out of her spot and looked over the balcony rail, "Who's there?" she called out again.
"Ow!" was the only reply she heard as she yelped and jumped away from the rail.
"Who is it? Don't make me grab my dad's samurai sword!" she told it, whomever it was.
"Sorry, it's me," the voice said, coming out of its hiding spot. Taylor looked around and saw the person she was just dreaming... wait did I say dreaming? I meant thinking...about earlier before.
"Hey you, are you stalking me now?" Taylor smiled to the guy.
"Well not really but you insist it like it is then ok," Chad replied back with a smile also. Taylor almost blushed at the sight of his face and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"What I want to know is what are you doing out here in the middle of the night? There might be some 'real' stalkers out here," Chad told her.
"Oh like you?" Taylor flirted/insulted.
Chad acted like he just caught a wound to his chest, "Ah, girl that really hurt," he played.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Taylor apologized, "What can I do to make it better?"
"How about a name? Your name perhaps?" Chad smiled.
"A player, are we?" Taylor flirted with him as Chad also blushed, "It's Taylor,"
"Taylor...I like it. It has a meaning?" Chad asked, nicely.
"Well if you must know," Taylor joked, "it means special and beautiful," (fake meaning!)
"And they were so right about that," Chad complimented, moving towards the ramp a little closer to see Taylor's face as she continued to blush. With the height difference from where Chad was to where Taylor was on her porch, the moonlight hit her face perfectly, as if like an angel.
"What about you? Don't I get a name from you too?" Taylor asked.
"The name's Chad, mi'lady," Chad bowed in front of her, in an English accent, "don't know the meaning but I think it means protector or defender, like how I am on the court," he continued, going back to his regular voice.
"The court? Oh, basketball I'm guessing?" Taylor guessed.
"Good guess, Taylor," Chad smiled. 'My name sounds perfect when he says it,' Taylor dreamed.
"Well, I think it's late. I have to head back inside before I catch a cold on my birthday," Taylor smiled.
"Today was your birthday?" Chad asked.
"Well it was, yesterday, since it's early morning Sunday," Taylor explained.
"Ah, well happy birthday Taylor," Chad congratulated.
"Thanks and you should be heading back now," Taylor told him.
"Ok, ok I'm going. Goodnight," Chad called out to her.
"G'nite," Taylor said softly back. She headed for her almost melted ice cream and took a bite before Chad had called her back. Carrying the pint with her, she walked back to the ramp and asked, "yeah?"
"Do you want to do something tomorrow?" Chad asked.
"Why do you ask, Mr. Chad?" Taylor asked back.
"I want to get to know you better, is that any trouble?" Chad told her.
"Well...not really. I guess I can, but will you be covered with cheese?" Taylor asked, reminding him of his accident at the mall.
"Ah ha! I knew you had to be there. You were with the little girl and Sharpay and them," Chad acknowledged.
"That was my little sister, and how do you know Sharpay?" Taylor asked.
"We go to school together along with Troy and the rest of my buds. I sure don't see you there," Chad said.
"I don't go. I'm home-schooled," Taylor replied, eating her ice-cream.
"That sucks," Chad muttered.
"It's actually pretty fun, if you try it sometime," Taylor smiled.
"Nah, I'll just see you around town for that," Chad smiled back.
Taylor giggled and replied, "Well, Chad, where do you want us to meet?"
"1:00 at the Main Dock near 5th Ave," Chad told her.
"What are we doing at the dock?" Taylor asked.
"That's for me to know and for you to find out," Chad smirked, "Goodnight Taylor,"
"Goodnight Chad," she sighed. He finally walked out of the backyard and out of her sight soon after. Taylor sighed against the balcony ramp, sad to see him go but happy to see him again the next day. 'It feels perfect...like a date...wait is it a date?' Taylor questioned. She wanted to ask him but he was long gone back to his house. But there was something ticking in her mind, that she shouldn't be doing this; like it was a forbidden rule. Taylor shrugged it off and shook it out of her mind, not wanting to miss another chance when she would see the boy that she fell head-over-heels for. 'Tomorrow at the Main Dock...I can't wait!' Taylor thought as she put the pint away and fell back asleep, now with a huge grin plastered on her face.
So there it is for all to see, and I know I'm 2 days late. But I promise, tomorrow is the day for CRC!! You will love it as much as this chapter, I hope. So what to do now? R&R!!! You know you want to! Also, check out my friend Ashlea, themusicdiva's, first HSM story, Secrets. It's a Chaylor of course and it's really good for its first 2 chapters. Go check her story out and be sure to review since it's her first story. Give her some props like you all did when I first came out with Walk Me Home! Here's the summary of her story:
Imani, a childhood friend of Chad's, comes back to the old apartments where Chad and she lived. They were as close as ever until she moved away when they were 8. Now she's back and going to East High School but there's a secret she's hiding. On top of that, Taylor is getting jealous of Imani and Chad spending a lot of time together. Will Chad Taylor's relationship fall through the cracks because of Imani? What secret is she hiding from everyone?
So what do you think? Good or what? Go check out her story and review it/give her props. She really deserves it. Review this chapter and then go to hers. CRC will be up tomorrow and H2CL will be up later this week. You know you love me!
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HSMGossipGirlQueen
P.S.- What did you guys think of last Wednesday's episode of Gossip Girl, The Handmaiden's Tale? I thought it was smoking hot and amazing with lots of drama and gossip! What about u?
