"Only Crazy People Fall in Love With Me"
By CorbinBleuFanatic1
Normal POV
"Hey, Taylor," Chad Danforth greeted her, coming into her room.
Taylor had asked him to spend the night, not wanting to be alone, and Chad was quick to oblige. He hurried home, ignoring the looks his mother gave him, packed his bag, and hurried to Taylor's house, so he could hold her again.
Taylor McKessie looked up at him with sad eyes. "Is there something wrong with me?"
Chad stared at her confused. "What do you mean, Tay?"
Taylor sighed. "Only crazy people fall in love with me."
"That's not true, Taylor," Chad started.
"Yes it is, Chad, and you know it," Taylor interrupted. "Remember Tommy Carpenter? He snuck into my room every night and tried to . . . " Taylor stopped and shivered at the memory. "Oh, and Rick Fisher. Ever time he was drunk, which was more than a lot as I recall, he got rough and aggressive." Taylor looked up at Chad again. "Now Mike Benson landed me in the hospital." She sighed again. "People have to be crazy to fall in love with me."
"If that's true, I must be the craziest one of them all." Chad bit his bottom lip, waiting for Taylor to say something.
"Why, Chad?"
"Because . . . because I'm falling in love with you." Chad paused again. "Does that mean I'm crazy too?"
Taylor shook her head and tried to stand up, with Chad's help. "I'm falling in love with you too."
Chad wrapped his arms around Taylor, pulling her close to him. His lips gently touched hers and Taylor gratefully deepened the kiss.
"Awww!" they heard a voice cry.
Taylor and Chad broke away from each other and gave Gabriella Montez a dirty look. Gabby knew she had walked in on something she shouldn't have.
"Sorry," Gabby apologized. "I just came by to see how you were doing, Tay. You looked pretty upset when we left." Gabby winked at Chad. "But I can tell you're in good hands. I'll come by and see you tomorrow after school."
When she left, Taylor smiled. "When I go back to school, this is all East High is going to be talking about."
Chad shook his head and laughed. "Nah. Gabby will tell Sharpay and with the way Shar gossips, they're all gonna know about it by tomorrow." Chad paused. "I bet you that Gabby is on the phone with Troy right now. Then she'll call Sharpay and Sharpay will tell everyone she knows. Then they'll tell everyone they know and so forth."
Taylor laughed. "So true." She smiled at him. "Now . . . where were we?" She put her arms around his neck and brought his face closer to hers until their lips met once more.
It was like fireworks went off in Taylor's head. She knew Chad was the one. She knew she and Chad were meant to be and she hoped nothing tore them apart.
Chad picked up an overnight bag and gave Taylor one more kiss.
"I'll be in your parents' room," Chad told her. "If you need anything, just yell my name and I'll come running."
Taylor nodded her head, sad to see him go. She knew he was only two doors down but Taylor wished he could stay with her, in her room.
When Chad had said goodnight, after talking for about five, six hours, Taylor curled up and tried to sleep. But she kept thinking about Mike Benson. She knew what she had to do.
She got out of bed, got dressed, and went down the stairs quietly, trying not to wake up Chad who was sleeping in her parents' room. She grabbed her car keys on the way out.
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Mike Benson stared at the shackles that were around his wrists and his ankles. He looked at the guards standing outside of his cell. Mike was very sure he could outsmart these dimwits. But he couldn't do anything with these shackles on. How could he get them off, though?
"Someone is here to see you, Mr. Benson."
Mike looked at the Warden confused.
The judge had pegged Mike a dangerous criminal who should get put behind bars immediately. His own mother despised him. Who the hell would come to see him in prison?
When they got to the visitors area, Mike stared at the person in shock.
"Well, if it isn't little Miss Taylor McKessie," Mike said. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"You surprised to see me?"
"A little," Mike answered. "I thought you'd be at home in the arms of your boyfriend."
"I was . . . but I needed to come here."
"Why?"
Taylor shrugged her shoulders. "I need to know something."
"Well, whatever it is, I don't have the answer."
Taylor came within inches of his face. "You know the answer and you're going to tell me." Taylor paused. "Is it true that my father paid you to abuse me?"
Mike shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe, maybe not."
"Don't give me that!" Taylor yelled. "It's a yes or no question! There's no maybe about it. Either he paid you to abuse me or he didn't. So what's the God damn answer?!"
Mike sighed. "He came to me last year, said you were getting on his nerves. Gave me a thousand dollars in cash, said not to tell anyone, not to ask any questions, to just do what he said. So I got close to you, like he said, and then I hurt you, just like he said." Mike smiled his evil smile. "I can tell you this much, when I get out of here, and I will get out of here, you're the first one I come after, McKessie," he threatened. "And that's not going to cost your dad anything. You're the one who put me in this hell-hole." His voice got low. "I'll be the one to put you in your grave."
If Taylor was scared, even a little bit, she didn't show it. She gave him the dirtiest look she could and just stared at him in anger as the guards took him back to his cell.
As she was getting into her car, her cell phone started ringing. She looked at the caller ID and sighed.
"Hello?" she asked into the phone.
"Taylor, where the hell are you?" Chad asked scared. "I went to the bathroom and your door was wide open."
Shit. Taylor scolded herself. I knew I forgot something.
"Where are you?" Chad asked again.
"Nowhere, Chad," Taylor lied. "I just needed to clear my head."
Chad knew she was lying and Taylor knew that Chad knew she was lying but she stuck with her story.
"You went to see Mike Benson, didn't you?" Chad asked after a moment.
Taylor hesitated and Chad exclaimed, "I knew it!" His voice got lower. "He's dangerous, Taylor. He is. Why would you go and see him after the hell he put you through?"
"Because," Taylor started but didn't go on.
"Because is a word, Taylor, not an explanation. Why did you go there?" he asked again.
"I had to know if what that lawyer told you was true. I had to hear what Mike's side of the story was." Taylor's voice was breaking and Chad wished she was home so he could hold her. "I still can't believe my father would do that . . . and that my mom would help."
"We don't know that for sure," Chad told her. "It could be just something Mike is telling his lawyer so he can get a shorter sentence."
"If Mike is lying, then why aren't my parents answering their cell phones? And why didn't they give us the right number to the right hotel?"
"Taylor."
"Yeah, Chad?"
"Hmm?" he wondered.
"Did you say my name just now?"
"No, I didn't say anything . . . "
Taylor whirled around and screamed.
"Taylor? Taylor, are you okay?"
Those were the last words that she heard before she blacked out.
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