Notes: You DO NOT need to have read Part 1 to read Part 2. However, for those of who have not read Part 1, do read below to get caught up about what happened. It will give you context, which will help you understand Part 2 better :-) Enjoy and thanks for reading! As always, comments are much appreciated!
Are You Happy Now? Part 1
Timeline
THE PAST
1998:
Albertane Tour
July: Kate and Natalie see Hanson at the Atlanta show
and briefly meet the guys backstage
2000:
May 9: This Time Around is released
June: Broken Bracelet is released
July 27: This Time Around Tour starts
August 8-9: Michelle tours with Hanson on only two dates (L.A. and Phoenix)
Neve joins the tour
August 22: Kate participates in a fashion show, Taylor meets Natalie and Zac meets Kate again after the Atlanta show on the tour. Taylor starts dating Natalie casually
September: M2M joins the tour
Zac starts dating Marion Raven
Ike starts dating Marit Larsen
October: M2M leaves the tour
November: Zac dumps Marion for Kate
The Big Room, M2M's second studio album, is released, which includes the song "Everything" rumored to be about Zac
2001:
January: Hanson first meet with Jeff Fenster
January: Kate and Zac officially together
February: Hanson continues co-writing songs with various songwriters/engineers/producers, but Fenster rejects all material
February: Hanson go to France to write more music with other musicians
March: Fenster finally accepts some songs and says he wants to record, but they can't agree on a producer
April: After 23 demos, Fenster finally agrees to set up a meeting with Hanson and producer Greg Wells
May: Zac decides to start recording the process which would become Strong Enough To Break
June: Ike and Marit break up
June: Kate graduates from high school
August: Michelle's debut album The Spirit Room is released
August: Hanson continue to struggle with Jeff, tensions rise, Jeff rejects the songs written with Greg Wells and asks Hanson to work with another producer, Stirling suggests producing the record themselves
August: Michelle goes on tour to promote new music
Hanson works with producer John Shanks, doesn't work, so they agree to work with Glen Ballard as Jeff wanted, doesn't work either
September: Taylor dumps Natalie whom he has been seeing long-distance since last August
Jeff finally likes "My Own Sweet Time"
Nov: Hanson continues to struggle with Jeff Fenster
Nov: They start recording Underneath in L.A.
Nov: Both Michelle and Hanson move to L.A.
Nov: Michelle and Taylor start dating officially
2002:
January: Taylor befriends Alex Greenwald, the two become close friends
January: Hanson buckles down and tells label they need to finish Underneath, gives Jeff more songs to listen to, but Jeff continues to give them the run-around
Fenster tells Hanson's manager that budget won't work
"Deeper" is recorded with Michelle
Hanson's management folds
February - Michelle and Taylor have a fight over him pressuring her to get married. She asks for a break.
February - Taylor sleeps with Natalie and gets her pregnant.
The guys move back to Tulsa, frustrated with their label, and take a break from recording Underneath
March: Taylor and Michelle get back together
March: Taylor finds out Natalie is pregnant. Walker insists he marry her right away. The two become engaged.
March: Taylor breaks up with Michelle over the phone
April: Isaac starts doubting that the material for Underneath is good
Hanson gets new management
June: Michelle finds out she is pregnant
June: Natalie graduates from high school
June 8: Taylor marries Natalie, she is already 5 months pregnant
June: Michelle finds out about Taylor's marriage
July: Michelle goes to tell Taylor about her pregnancy
July: Hanson goes back to L.A. in a last-ditch effort to record album
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Are You Happy Now? - Part 2 (Completed)
FanfictionFifteen years later, Michelle, now divorced and living in Nashville, finds herself unexpectedly working with Taylor at a music festival. The two, agreeing that the past is the past, reconnect as friends, but old feelings resurface and once again thi...
