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" Hi Chad," Taylor greeted.

" Hey, Taylor," he responded.

" Six o'clock on the dot," she said pointing to his many watches.

" Oh, I wouldn't dare be late," he stated.

" Come in."

Chad walked inside the McKessie household. Taylor closed the door behind him.

" Nice place," Chad complimented.

" Thanks, you can set your stuff down on the couch."

" Ok."

" Would you like something to drink? We have Coke, Sprite, Gatorade (don't own, don't own, and don't own)."

" I'm good," Chad replied. Taylor walked over to her couch to join Chad, but not too close.

Meanwhile outside, Troy ran up to Taylor's front lawn. He rolled over to her bushes right in front of her living room window. Unfortunately, they were rose bushes. Roses, with thorns.

" Ow, ow, ow, thorn, thorn!" he shouted. He quickly covered his mouth hoping no one heard him. Troy quickly ducked down again.

" Did you hear something?" Taylor asked Chad.

" No, not really," Chad answered.

" Must've been my imagination."

" So, are you parents home?" Chad questioned.

" No. They're working late today. But they trust I won't set the house on fire or anything."

" What about your siblings?"

" Well, my little sister is over at a friend's house and my brother's in college."

" I never knew you had a brother. But I knew you had a sister."

" How?"

" Well, I have a younger brother who has a crush on her."

" Aw that's so sweet."

" Yeah. So, shall we start?"

" We shall."

Troy hopped out of the bushes.

" Owie!" he said taking the thorns out. " I need a plan B," he whispered quietly. Troy walked around her house until he found another window right behind the TV leaving a little space for him to spy.

" Perfect," he commented walking up to it.

" I suggest Romeo and Juliet. It's quick and easy and everyone knows the story," Taylor suggested. " Or something like Hamlet, easy, yet tragic and but can definitely be simple to do a poster on."

" Why a poster though?" Chad asked. " We should act it out?"

" Act it out?"

" Yeah, it'd be fun. And much less work than some poster, but much more fun."

"Are you sure Chad?"

" Yeah. A play of Romeo and Juliet."

" Hold on. Romeo and Juliet?"

"Yeah. Why, did you want to do something else?"

" I, I mean, no, I'm fine with that."

" We don't have to do it."

" No. We can. I just don't think your girlfriend would like it," Taylor stated walking over to her kitchen counter.

" I thought this was about our English assignment, not Stacey," Chad replied following her.

" It is, I was just saying."

" Taylor, do you like Stacey?"

" What kind of question is that?"

Troy stepped closer to the window to at least see them again. Chad and Taylor went out of view when they walked into the kitchen.

" I need a new spot," he muttered.

He walked away from the window, only to step on a chew toy, causing a really loud noise. Troy bent down to pick it up.

" I didn't know Taylor had a dog," he said. She doesn't. It belong to the neighbor's pitbull, Macho, who by the looks of it had broken free of his leash. " This can't be good," Troy stated. Macho charged at him, and Troy ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction.

" Do you have a problem with Stacey?" Chad asked.

" Why are you asking me that?" Taylor responded.

" Because I consider you a friend, and your opinions matter to me."

" Whatever Chad."

" It's the truth."

" What about your other friends? If… if Troy told you to shave your head, would you do it?"

" No."

" If Jason told you to give up basketball, would you do it?"

" No."

" If I told you to break up with Stacey, would you do it?"

" I…" I would break up with her in a heartbeat, he thought.

" No. It doesn't matter Chad. I don't matter. I'm not important to you. Can we just work on this project?" Taylor said walking away from Chad. You are the most important Taylor, why can't you see that? Chad thought.

" Shoo, doggy, shoo, doggy," Troy whimpered in a tree. He had climbed up a tree in Taylor's front yard to stay away from the dog. It seemed to be working.

" Come here Macho," a young girl's voce called. Macho responded to the voice and started to retreat.

" That's it, Macho. Bye," he said. The dog finally left. Then Troy's cell phone started to ring, scaring him half to death. He fiddled around in his pocket for it, until he lost his balance and eventually fell from the tree.

Taylor and Chad both looked to the window when they heard a thudding noise from outside, which was followed by a series of cuss words.

" What was that?" Chad questioned.

" I don't know. One really big bird? It might just be the neighbors, close the curtains, and let's go," Taylor said.

Chad walked over to close the curtains, blocking Troy chances of spying on them. Gabriella owes me big time, Troy thought as he slowly stood up in pain.
Troy's in pain. Chad and Taylor have their project decided and lightly discussed the topic of Stacey. And it was Gabriella on the phone for Troy. Still, so far, the people who know are Zeke, Gabriella, Troy, Ryan, and Sharpay. Not too bad. Please review and be nice.