"Hi, I'm Taylor McKessie. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.." Taylor started but was cut off by Martin's mother.
"Oh I'm Grace, no, I'm sorry, we're causing all this racket... My boyfriend, he just has a temper." she said taking a look behind her, checking if her boyfriend had seen her talking to Taylor. That's when Taylor noticed she had scratches on her arms, and a few bruises starting to form on her face. "So what is it that you need Hun?" She asked, her voice still shakey.
"Oh, uhm, well, I was one of Martin's teacher's volunteers today. And the bus couldn't take them home, so my boyfriend and I took some of them home ourselves. We just wanted to make sure it was safe for him to come in because we saw the door open..." She was explaining but was cut off by Grace again at the sound of stomping.
"Oh my, he's coming."
"You should call help..." Taylor insisted quickly.
"No, I can't. I already have before.."
"But"
"Listen, can Martin stay with you tonight?" Grace asked quickly. "I know Mrs. Siggs only lets people that she truly trusts help her out with the kids. So that means I trust you with my son, I don't want my boyfriend hurting him.." She blurted.
"I'm staying at a friend's house this weekend.."
"Please." She begged. Taylor hessitated at first.
"Okay."
"Thank you soo much, Taylor" Grace thanked her and pulled her into a quick hug. The stomping from upstairs stopped which made her whisper even softer in case he was listening. "Do you think you could stop by again to pick up some clothes for him around 8 later tonight? I'll leave it out here after my boyfriend leaves to go to a quick meeting he has.. You could leave your number under the mat so I can call you when it's safe." Grace told her. Taylor just nodded. Then they heard the stomping again, this time they knew he was heading towards the stairs. "you better go!" she told Taylor. And with that said, Taylor ran to Chad's car and told him to drive her to Gabriella's.
Taylor was trying to catch her breath as they drove off.
"What happened?" Chad asked.
"Where are we going?" Martin asked from the back seat.
"I'll tell you later." Taylor mouthed to Chad, and he nodded. "Uhm, you're gonna stay with me tonight Martin."
"Like a sleepover?" he asked happily.
"Yeah..." Taylor said trying to hide her emotion.
"Cool!"
"Yep, you get to spend the night with me and my friends at my friend Gabriella's house." she said cheerfully.
Once they got to Gabriella's house, they all got out and walked inside. Taylor saw all the girls watching a movie, and Taylor just told Martin to wait next to the couch. Gabriella, Sharpay, Kelsie, and Camille didn't notice Martin standing there in silence. Taylor pulled Chad into the bathroom, and turned on the vent to make sure Martin couldn't hear.
"What's going on Taylor!"
"His mom wants him to stay with me, her boyfriend is being all psychotic, and she doesn't want him to hurt Martin. I couldn't say no. Her boyfriend was smashing this everywhere, and his mom looked hurt. And.." Taylor had tears starting to form. Chad just stopped her and pulled her into a hug.
"It's okay, you did the right thing Taylor." He told her trying to calm her down.
"Thanks." She said as they broke apart.
"Ugh, I should get going... You gonna be okay?"
"Yeah, I'll call you if i need anything." She said opening the bathroom door and walked him to the front door. They said their goodbye's and kissed. Then Taylor turned to see Martin quietly watching the movie from behind the couch.
The girls were too into the movie to notice that Taylor had come home, or that Martin was even there. Taylor didn't want to interrupt them in the middle of their movie, so she tapped Martin's shoulder and held out her hand, then led him into the kitchen.
"Are you hungry yet? Or are you still full from your six cookies?" She asked putting him on the counter. Martin was one of the younger kids. He was only in kindergarten, but was in one of Mrs. Siggs' class because the other classes were full. He shook his head.
"Nope. Still full." He told her dangling his legs on the edge of the counter.
"Okay, well are you...thirsty?"
"Hmm..." He said putting a finger to his chin, "yes."
"What do you want? We have juice, milk, or water."
"Milk!"
"Chocolate milk?" Taylor said smiling. Martin nodded his head in excitement. Taylor made him the chocolate milk and put a straw inside the cup because she knew she liked to blow bubbles in her milk when she was younger. And she was right, once he got a hold of the cup he started blowing bubbles and popping them with his straw. Taylor sat in one of the high chairs that was next to him. Martin finished his milk and looked at her.
"Yummm." He said, wiping off his milk mustache. "So are they gonna be the only ones at the sleepover?"
"Uhm, yeah, I think so. They're my friends, they're really nice. You'll like them." She smiled.
"So I'm the only kid!"
"Yep."
"Wow. My very first sleepover with no family, is one with a bunch of older pretty girls!" He said happily. Taylor just laughed at what he said. They heard Gabriella, Kelsie, Sharpay, and Camille laughing.
"How come we're not watching the movie?" He turned to Taylor again.
"Because I don't think you're old enough to see that and I don't even know what movie they're watching."
"Fantastic4 duh!"
"Oh."
"I saw it at the movies with my cousin."
"Really?"
"Yep. It's almost over though, I remember that part." As if on que, they heard the girls greet goodbye to Camille outside the door.
"Uhm, stay here, I need to talk to them really quick."
"Okay." He said and got down off the counter and slipped into one of the high chairs.
Taylor walked out of the kitchen and tapped Gabriella's shoulder at the front door.
"Whoa! Since when were you back!" Gabriella turned quickly to see Taylor behind her.
"Gabby I need to talk to you..." She grabbed her best friend's hand and led her upstairs to her room.
"Uhh, Tay, what's going on? Did you and Chad break up or something?"
"What? No. Nothing like that. See, Chad took me with him to go play with kids today who only have single parents who are too busy and all that. And something came up, so we had to take our groups home. And the last boy's house, his mom and her boyfriend were fighting and he was being outrageously violent."
"Oh my gosh." Gabriella gasped
"Yeah i know, but the worst part is that his mom is getting hurt. She's already called for help, but they can't do anything about it."
"Poor little boy... How old is he?"
"He's only about 6."
"And he's in that house?"
"No, that's why I needed to talk to you. See, the front door was open when we got to his house, so I went to go check if it was safe. Then his mom saw me and explained to me what was happening, and asked if he could stay with me. I hesitated at first since I was staying at your house this weekend, but I couldn't say no. I couldn't risk him being hurt, he's just a kid."
"It's okay Tay, calm down..." Gabriella told her. Taylor took a deep breath.
"So Chad and I brought him here. Do you think he could stay?"
"Yes, of course! You know I wouldn't want a kid getting hurt like that. Besides my mom called today and said she was coming home tomorrow because her meeting was cut short, so I don't think she'll mind."
"Thanks Gabby." She hugged her.
"Anytime. So where is he?"
"In the kitchen. C'mon I think he's bored by now."
"Alright" she laughed.
Taylor and Gabriella made their way downstairs and saw Kelsie and Sharpay sitting in the living room watching cartoons with Martin between them on the couch laughing. Kelsie heard them coming down the stairs, and turned her attention to him.
"Hey guys. We found him in the kitchen and he looked bored so we asked him to watch cartoons with us." Kelsie spoke. "So who is he?"
"I already told you! My name is Martin!" He told Kelsie.
"Hah, yeah Kels, there's your answer." Taylor said as she and Gabriella took a seat on the other couch. "Martin, these are my friends Kelsie, Sharpay, and Gabriella. This is Gabriella's house though."
"Hello." he waved to each of them, "Kelsie, Sharpay, and Gabriella."
"Hey, so what do you want to do tonight Martin?" Sharpay asked.
"I don't know. What's a 6 year old supposed to do with a bunch of, uh, how old are you guys?"
"16." They all answered "Going on 17." Kelsie added.
"Oh, well, with a bunch of 16 year old girls?" The girls laughed.
"Hmm, well, we can play games since it's getting late anyways." Gabriella suggested.
"Yeah" Taylor said, taking out her cell phone to look at the time. It was 8:10. She had to go get Martin's things. "Um, I've got to go do something really quick. I'll be back in a half an hour or so."
"Where are you going?" Gabriella asked.
"Pick up his things." She whispered to Gabriella who nodded.
"Be careful." Gabriella whispered and Taylor left.
Soo yeahh. I've decided i'm only gonna take the story up to the part where they go back to school. Then I'm gonna make a sequel. I've already got ideas for it. And YES, I'll put more drama into it. Haha. I'm also gonna be making another story at the same time, but it'll be kinda different. It'll be more based on the actual actors(Zac efron and all them), but I'm gonna use my characters I added in here as well(Brad, Camille, etc.)... I guess you can say that this one and the sequel to it will be consideredHSM2, and the third story will take place then...I dunno how to say it. Haha, But sound good? LOL Tell me if you guys would want a sequel, or think my idea of writing the other story are good, if not, i won't write em... butithink the plot i'm thinking ofis interesting because no one's done it yet... REVIEWS would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
