I jolted up awake. The dream I had was so real but I couldn't remember what exactly happened, but I can tell you that it was bad. I put a hand on my forehead and wiped the sweat off of it and pulled the covers off of me. I grabbed my phone and saw that it was 3:35am. Great, I still had like six hours of sleep left. I sighed and got up deciding to get a glass of water and try to go back to sleep. I yawned and ran a hand threw my hair then got up to go down to the kitchen.
Once I reached the bottom of the steps I heard the t.v. on. Colton must be still awake. I wonder what time he got home. I walked further into the living room and looked over the couch to see Colton sprawled out. His foot was hanging over the edge of the couch, he was laying on his back with his mouth slightly open, his left arm was hugging his stomach while his right arm was laying off the couch as well. He looked really peaceful; so I didn't want to wake him. I decided to stop looking at him and get my self a glass of water because my throat was dry and plus, that is why I came down here in the first place: to get a drink of water. After I put ice in the cup I filled the cup with water useing the fridge.
"What are you doing awake?" Colton's voice startled me making me almost drop the cup.
"Jesus Colton. Don't scare me like that. And I had a bad dream so I thought I'd come down here and get myself a cup of water. Why are you up?" I asked him while taking a drink of my water.
"I heard you comed down the steps and I heard you getting ice so I decided I come in here and see what you were up to." He said. Colton was currently shirtless with red backetball shorts on. His brown hair was sticking up in all directions and his eyes were droopy so you could tell that he was extremely tired.
"Go back to bed, Colton. You look really tired." I said. "I am really tired. It was a painful night at work." He said getting himself a glass of water. Right now I can picture us married for some stupid reason.
"Do you only work nights?" I asked him decideing that I wanted to know more about his job. Colton shook his head. "No, tonight was the only night I worked at nights. One of the guys were out so I had to fill in." He explained. I nodded. "What do you do?" I asked him as we walked out of the kitchen. He turned off the t.v. before making his way to the stairs.
"A job that cannot be spoken of." Was all he said. I decided to drop it because it was almost 4am and I didn't want to bombard him with questions about his work. I'll just save them for another day. I walked to my room and opened the door. But before I went back in for the night Colton stopped me. "You had a baddream, are you okay?" He asked. I gave him a small smile. "Yeah, I get those dreams a lot so I am used to them." I said. I remember one was so bad that I almost did something really stupid I still regret to this day even though I didn't do anything. Colton nodded and walked back into his room. I looked down and smiled before turning around and going back to bed.
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"Wake up, wake up, wake up!!!" I heard a screaming voice in my ear. "Go away." I mumbled. When I went back to bed last night I ended up having a really good dream about Colton. "C'mon Taylor! I am dressed and ready to go to the zoo! And it's...." "8:30!" The voice belonged to Jenna. I swear this kid acts more like a ten year old than a five year old. I sighed. "Is Colton awake?" I randomly asked. Jenna nodded. "Yeah he is the one who woke me and Travis up and he dressed me. C'mon Taylor, get your butt out of bed and get ready!" She said smacking me with a pillow. "Now now Jenna, Don't hit your babysitter with a pillow." I grunted and sat up. I saw a very well dressed Colton standing in the door way. "You have twenty minutes to get ready. C'mon Jenna lets go get breakfast." Colton said. Jenna raced off the bed and followed Colton out of the door. I groaned and decided to finally get up.
After fifteen minutes of getting ready I grabbed my phone and headed down stairs. The smell of bacon and pancakes filled my nose. "You cooked?" I asked Colton as he stood near the microwave. "Not really. Victoria has microwaveable pancakes, and the bacon is microwaveable as well." Colton said. I chuckled as the timer went off. Colton handed me a plate of pancakes and bacon and I thanked him than sat down next to Jenna. "So since it's nine. We will leave at 9:45. The zoo opens at 10:30, but it takes almost a hour to get there." I said stuffing a bite of pancake into my mouth.
"Would we wanna bring a picnic?" Colton asked sitting across from me. I nodded. "Yeah. Or we could just get subway and bring a cooler and eat the subway down there as well." I suggested. "Yeah subway! I haven't had that in forever." Travis said excitedly. I chuckled. Jenna was too involved with her food that she didn't even hear us. I laughed a little and continued eating my food.
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Two hours later we were now walking around the zoo. Jenna holding onto my hand and Travis holding onto Colton's. "Let's go see the Hippos!" Jenna said happily. "To the hippos then." I said. It wasn't that hot out today. It was probably around 80° out, which wasn't that bad. It was partly cloudy but I don't think it will rain until later on tonight.
"They're so big." Jenna said. As she looked threw the glass. Travis was by her side looking at the hippos as well. "Colton Matthews." I heard someone say. Colton turned around and his smiled dropped. "Ryder Jacobs." He said threw clenched teeth. I'm taking it that he doesn't like Ryder. "Hey Taylor." Ryder smiled at me giving me a hug. I hugged him back but heard a cough making me let go of Ryder. Colton looked to make sure the kids weren't paying attention and thankfully they weren't.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Colton hissed. He really didn't like him. My question is why didn't he like him?
"What I can't come to the Zoo on a lovely day with my sister? Or is that against the law?" Ryder said. If looks could kill I think they would both be dead. A girl came up beside him and tugged his arm. "Let's go to the penguins." She said looking up at him. She did look like him. The girl had long brown hair, as well as brown eyes, Olive skin, and had to be around ten years old.
"Let's go to the penguins then. Taylor, it was nice seeing you again. Colton...." He dragged off but left. "Again?" Colton asked turning to me.
I nodded my head "Yeah. I don't know why you hate him so much. He's a nice guy." I said grabbing my hold back to Jenna's hand as Colton held Travis's. "Taylor, Ryder is anything but nice. He will trick you, he will hurt you, and he will kill you if he wants to." Colton said. I rolled my eyes. "I think you're just jealous." I said. I knew Ryder couldn't do that to someone, so I came up with one reason why Colton doesn't want me around him.
"Jealous? Please, Taylor. I am not jealous." He scoffed. I rolled my eyes. He's totally jealous.
We made our way around the zoo and stopped by the elephants. "Can we go touch the stingrays?" Travis asked. I smiled and nodded. "Sure let's go touch the stingrays." I said. I'm guessing he didn't like elephants since we were only there for a second.
We reached the stingrays and we waited in line to pay for our tickets. They only cost $5 each so it was only $20 for us all which isn't as bad as you think it is. "This is so cool!" Travis said running up to the Stingrays. "Careful Travis, you don't want to fall in." I said. "Do they sting when you touch them?" Jenna asked. I shook my head no "No, I belive that someone took their stingers out so when you touch them they won't sting you. So you are good." I said. Jenna smiled and nodded her head. "This is so cool!" Travis said again. "C'mon Taylor put your hand in the water and touch them, they feel so weird but cool at the same time." Travis said. I nodded and went by Travis's side. I bent down and put my hand in the water. Then something Slimy? rubbed against my hand. I screatched but it was cool.
I decided to snap a picture of the two kids and send it to thier mom, because I am sure that their mom would love to see them out side the house and having fun. After I sent the picture I looked at the time and it was already 12:30. Wow time sure does fly. "Kids. You wanna eat lunch?" I asked them after ten minutes of feeling the stingrays. They nodded. "Yeah I am getting a bit hungry." "Alright lets go eat lunch then."
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Later that night me, the kids and Colton were watching Frozen. "LET IT GO, LET IT GO!" Jenna screamed. I chuckled. I am guessing Frozen is her favorite movie. Soon I heard a vibrate. Colton reached into his pocket and pulled it out. "Crap." He muttered getting up. "What do you want?" He said harshly while walking into the kitchen. "Kids i'll pause the movie, why don't you two go get ready for bed. It's almost bed time." I said. I also wanted to know who was on that phone and why Colton seemed so angry. Jenna sighed but got up. I paused the movie and watched the kids go up stairs to get ready for bed. "You leave her the hell alone. She has nothing to do with any of this!" Colton yelled. I walked over and peaked threw the door. "You touch her you die, understood?" Colton said hanging up. He ran a hand threw his hair and looked up. His face had shock written all over it. "I am assuming that her is me. Why am I in danger?" I asked. "Your not in danger Taylor if you stay away from me and Ryder." He said brushing past me.
A/N:
So I am so sorry again for the long chapter. I keep telling my self that it would be a short chapter but apparently that didn't happen. It's almost 2,000 words long. That is a lot of words. lol.
But I hope you guys like it because I am not a fan of it. The next chapter wont be up for awhile because I dont know what I am going to put in it yet... :/ But until then:
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Oh and why do you think Taylor is now suddendly in danger??? You will find out later on! hehe.
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