"Taylor, are you dressed?" Jess said as she knocked on her door.

"Yea I am. Just finishing up." I replied as I put the hair dryer back in its place.

A few minutes later we were clad in pajamas sitting on the sofa watching The Princess Diaries 2 with a tub of cookies and cream ice cream between us.

"So Tay, tell me about yourself, I mean I barely know you. Where are you from? What do you like?" Jess asked getting bored with the movie.

"Well let's see, I was born in Macon, Georgia. I have two younger siblings, Whitney and Anakin, yea my step dad was a Star Wars fan. I've always wanted to visit Ireland; my favorite flowers are tiger lilies. I think that's the basics, oh my favorite color is lime green and electrikk blue, other than that what do you want to know?"

"Did you have a serious boyfriend before you moved here?" of course we would get on the subject of boys…

"Yes I did have a serious boyfriend. His name was Thomas. We were best friend throughout middle school and high school. We started dating our senior year of high school. After a few years I was ready to settle down and tie the knot but he wasn't ready for that so we split up. That's why I was traveling, just to get away from it."

"Wow, that sucks. Do you think you are still ready to get married?"

"Well yea but I have to find the right guy. I thought Thomas was right but guess not. I want to get married some day but things like that take time." I said thinking of the different friends weddings I had been to wishing they were my own.

"I think you'll find Mr. Perfect soon. " Jess said smiling as if she had something up her sleeve.

"Oh really now. Well, we will just have to see about that, has any special boy caught your eye?" Jessies mood dampened at my comment. I could one had and in some way it was complicated.

"Yea, plenty of boys have. There is one boy at my school, soccer player, well toned, big smile, cute dimples, but the male population usually stays away from me. I mean they talk to me but I never get asked out or invited to many things."

"Why not? You're a beautiful, strong willed, intelligent girl, what more could a guy ask for?" I was confused by this. A girl with Jessie's personality should have guys flocking after her.

"Have you not heard my dad is a werewolf? Any guy I ever date will have to meet him first. Do you know of any guys my age that would like to meet my dad?" She gave me a look as if saying 'yea right', which I could understand. Adam was a scary man at times.

"So better topic. Let's finish this movie shall we" I asked playfully, trying to lighten the mood a little.

"Actually I have a better idea." She said smirking "what do you think about coloring your hair?"

"I was honestly thinking bout that the other day. Want to do it?" with that we convinced Mercy to take us to the store to buy bottles of hair color. Unfortunately we couldn't convince Mercy to let us color her hair; we'll wear her down one day though.

"Taylor are you sure you're not 16? Your maturity amazes me." Mercy said responding to me sticking my tongue out at her.

"I am mature. I just tend to have relapses to my childhood. Don't blame me for having fun." I said again sticking out my tongue making Mercy laugh.

"Hey Adam, I was planning on going home to Georgia for the weekend since it's my birthday next week. Is it ok if I take Jess along with me?" I asked walking in Adams study and sitting in a chair in front of his desk.

"It's your birthday?" He asked as if he had never heard of someone having a birthday.

"Please daddy, I really want to go, and I won't be missing any school." Jess said walking in sitting next to me.

Double team. Adam had no chance.

"I don't know about that. It's a long way from home." He said looking at some papers in front of him.

"Adam, really? Its only for like two days. I haven't seen my family in a while and would like Jess to come with me. Please?"

"Only if Mercy goes as well, now will you to let me finish my work?"

"Of course." Jess and I chimed standing and leaving the room before he could change his mind.

"Hey Mom." I said hugging my mom. "Thanks for picking us up."

"No problem sweetie. I like your hair. It looks good. It's really good to see you to." She said as Jess and Mercy walked up with our bags.

"Hey Jess, Mercy this is my mom. Mom this is Jess and Mercy."

"Nice to meet ya'll."

The each mumbled their responses. I never knew Mercy could be shy.

"We should be going girls. Everybody's coming over tonight for dinner, I figured we would grill out and order pizza if necessary."

"Sweet, Thanks mom." I said as we walked toward the car.

"I also made you a cake and Granny Na is making peach ice cream for tonight."

"My favorite, that's great mom. By the way, guys, I will warn ya'll my family is big and crazy." I said smiling thinking about how much I had missed them.

"You forget who I live with," Jess responded from the back seat.

"Touché"