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Everyone tiptoed around letting Jessy sleep as long as possible, "Babe. Jessy you have to wake up babe. Jessy." Zac whispered. "No I don't want to Zac please. Come back to bed with me please." Jessy mumbled reaching for him pulling him towards her until she quickly let go, "God I'm sorry. I, I, I didn't think." Jessy apologized looking away pulling the sheet around here. "Don't Jessy. Look at me please babe. This was my doing, not yours and I won't let you do this to yourself. Babe please there's nothing for you to be sorry about or feel ashamed about. I've done it haven't I Jessy. It was the one thing you can't forgive, my doubting you, thinking you'd leave me." Zac choked out on the verge of tears. "What are you talking about? Zac I don't feel so good. Do we have any aspirin, I've got such a headache." Jessy asked and Zac headed next door to ask. Jessy grabbed clothes and made it to the bathroom and the shower before he returned. "Babe, Sis had Tylenol, okay?" Zac asked. "Fine. Hun give me 3 or 4 of them?" Jessy asked sticking her hand out and popping the pills and washing them down before turning off the water. When she stepped from the shower Zac was not there, he had returned to the others. seated at the table his back to them, "Zac what is it?" Chele asked taking the seat across from him. "Umm nothing. Well, Sis I don't think she wants me with her right now is all." Zac answered. "Did she say that Zac?" Chele asked. "No but she covered herself up and you should see the big ugly clothes she picked out, mine. I made her ashamed of herself." Zac explained hanging his head. "Did she say that Zac?" Chele asked again. "No but.." Zac was starting to say as Chele cut him off, "No but is right. Men why do you always assume, you know that makes and ass out of u and me. In this case, leave me out of it." Chele fumed heading to the other room. "Sis what's wrong?" Mandy asked on her heels. Chele explained and they headed to the bathroom, rapped on the door, "Sis you okay?" Chele asked. "Come in, it's open." Jessy hollered over her dryer. "Thanks for the Tylenol, bad headache. Can hardly see straight, I think I need food." Jessy explained as Mandy grabbed the dryer and brush. "Thanks sis." Jessy asked grabbing her panties, "Time out. Bending to put on my underpants. Time in." Jessy explained pulling on her panties then dropping her towel and pulling on her bra. Jessy grabbed her jeans, "God these are Zac's not mine. Told you I can't see straight, Sis would you take these back and grab mine." Jessy asked as Chele started to laugh. "Love to Sis." Chele said laughing harder and Mandy started to snicker and soon was laughing uncontrollably. "Okay what is it. Booger hanging, something on my teeth, put my bra on wrong?" Jessy asked and they finally shared. "It's not funny, poor Zac, I feel so terrible." Jessy declared bursting out laughing. "Oh god, I need a hot outfit for today." Jessy said and the girls helped her dress to the nines in tight, hip hugging bells, tube top, denim jacket, shades. "You guys go out and explain you talked me into changing. I'll be there as soon as I put on shoes." Jessy explained, crimping her hair for the wild look. "Zac, I think we talked her into changing or at least thinking about it." Chele reported. "Thanks sis, now I'm totally confused. Isaac thinks I should leave her alone, keep my distance. Tay says I should order her to change and you say you talked her into changing or at least thinking about it.." Zac mumbled. "Zac don't listen to Isaac, unless you want to be like we used to be, he kept his distance all right. His distance almost ended us. He wouldn't talk to me about what was bothering him either." Mandy shared glaring at Isaac. "Zac, man, you just ask Tay what happened to him the time he ordered me to do something. He probably didn't share the fact that I was packed and ready to leave him did he, Sis saved us, she helped me accept the fact he wasn't the macho pig he was acting like." Chele shared glaring at Taylor. "All I know is I love her more than anything. I'd do anything to make this right between us." Zac explained. "I like the sound of that hun. Zac, I'm really hungry hun, can we go?" Jessy asked as their eyes met, searching deeper, desperate to connect with each other, their souls meeting as they confessed their love as Grampa finally arrived and they made their was down for breakast. Jessy had pancakes a big stack and was stuffed when breakfast was over. "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." Jessy moaned as Zac wrapped his arms around her and started to rub her tummy. The limo arrived taking them to the studio. Jessy and Zac were fine now, but Mandy and Chele were both upset over the advice the guys had given Zac. So upset that the first two times through stunk. "Okay we need a break in here, Isaac and Taylor, guys please, fix this. I don't what you've done but I'm telling you, you were wrong, I just know it so apologize and start begging to be forgiven already, we got work to do." Jessy announced glaring at Isaac and Taylor making their way into the booth. "Come on Sis." Jessy said grabbing Mandy's hand, making their way to Isaac. "I don't know what this is about, but I'm afraid it's probably because of me so I'm sorry. This is the down side of us being all so close all the time, Zac and I have problems and work through them but you guys are the casualties. I'm really sorry but it was something we had to get out, there'd been this pressure between us building, I knew there was something wrong but he wouldn't talk about it, just make me feel like crap because I couldn't figure it out. You know this is also the good thing about all of us being so close all the time. I don't think Zac and I would have gotten through this without all of you. Please fix whatever I've done to you." Jessy asked kissing both their cheeks, putting their hands together. Jessy turned to repeat the process with Chele and Tay but found Zac doing just that. She made her way to them, wrapping her arms around Zac, noticing the sparkle in Tay's eyes, "You know for being such a butthead, I sure love you." she said, kissing Tay on the cheek and turning to Zac, "and you most of all." she finished kissing him deeply. "Don't mind if I do." Chele said kissing Taylor deeply. "I think they have a good idea going over there." Isaac said turning Mandy around to see, "I think you right on this one." she said kissing him deeply. On the next take, the girls could do no wrong and soon 'Poison Ivy, Don't Accuse, Boomerang, Rain, Rockin' Robin, Pick Me Up, Funny Bunny, I Don't Think So, Love From Above, and Star' were recorded. The girls were exhausted and hungry and ready to pack it in for the day, "We know what to fill the album out with." Isaac announced as they entered the booth." "Brilliant if we say so ourselves." Taylor finished. "Hey babe, how you holding up?" Zac asked making his way to Jessy kissing her sweetly. "Hey how come she gets, how you doing and all we get is we're brilliant?" Chele asked. "Maybe because we didn't dress like that." Mandy answered. "Oh, so you don't care unless I do this." Chele said unbuttoning the top buttons of her blouse and the bottom couple, folding it under in the back and tying it in front before pulling her jeans down on her hips exposing her belly button and Tay's favorite plaything her belly button ring. "Baby, how you holding up?" Taylor asked wrapping his arms around her. Mandy quickly tucked her top up and pulled her jeans down on her hips, "Hey babe, how's my girl doing?" Isaac asked wrapping his arms around her kissing her deeply. "If you girls can handle one more, we were thinking, if you'd like to that is." Isaac started. "What gaga over Mandy is trying to say is, we thought you ought to do a bonus track and, and, you sure are cute baby." Taylor tried to finish but lost it. "What we're trying to suggest as a bonus track is all of us singing together, you know, Hanson us and Hanson the Younger Years, you. We were leaning to Boomerang because we think we'd have fun doing it you know all of us together." Zac finished. "Great idea hun. I'm for it." Jessy said kissing him sweetly. "This is fantastic. Brilliant is right." Chele said hugging Zac and kissing his cheek. "Perfect ending. You know just the right thing to do." Mandy said hugging Zac and kissing the other cheek. "Wait how come he gets hugs and kisses and we get squat." Taylor pouted. "Maybe be cause we don't look like that." Isaac couldn't resist copying what the girls had said as he and Taylor started making hideous faces trying to imitate Zac. The room, no the studio roared at the two, "Better hope your face don't freeze like that." Grampa's voice was broadcasted through the studio and everyone laughed harder. "Sorry babe, did you want a hug and kiss for your brilliant idea?" Mandy asked. "Please?" Isaac pouted. "What a face, but I think I'm partial to my Isaac not this one." Mandy said rolling her eyes. "Sorry baby, how's this?" Isaac asked wrapping his arms around her and kissing her deeply. "Me too, please?" Taylor asked taking Chele in his arms, adding "I love you baby." before kissing her deeply. "Me too please?" Jessy asked wrapping her arms around Zac's neck kissing him deeply. The idea was brilliant and after a couple of practice runs, bouncing ideas off each other, it finally came together. "That's a wrap troups. Great job." Chris said. "You were wonderful my girls, you too boys." Grampa greeted as the girls rushed for their hugs and kisses, each thanking him for coming before the guys took their turns hugging and thanking him. "Let's head out men and feed these women." Chris said "Good idea, I don't need Jessy getting sick." Zac said taking her hand and heading out. "Come on baby, let's get you something to eat and maybe we'll sneak in a nap before we paint the town." Taylor said wrapping an arm around Chele's waist and heading after Zac and Jessy. "Hungry baby?" Isaac asked. "Yeah hun." Mandy answered. "Well let's go, can we go to Hard Rock, Chris?" Isaac asked. "Good suggestion the girls would like that, Hard Rock it is. Come on Grampa." Chris said and they loaded up, lunched at Hard Rock Cafe before heading to the hotel, where all three girls napped. That evening they made the rounds hitting all the clubs, promoting the Concert and both albums before finally returning to pack and return to Tulsa. Back home they were all busy with last minute preparation for the Concert and the arrival of Jessy's family. The final ten days seem one continuous preparation, even at work Chele was consumed with the Hanson Fan Appreciation Concert and slowly Tulsa swelled with Hanson Fans. Three days before the concert yet Tulsa was alive with the sounds of Mmmbop everywhere, and on top of everything else Jessy through herself into fund raising hosting impromptu parties throughout the city. She talked her sisters into helping her give a fashion show in the parking lot of Zats which filled to capacity as Hanson blared in the background, the girls took to the make shift runway between the portable bleachers that filled the parking lot raising almost $5,000 in donations for the Tulsa Kids Foundation to support the Kids Clubs throughought the city and their afterschool Latch Key Program. Two days before the Concert, the Mall sponsored a talent show, Jessie and Avie's dance troupe performed as well as others and the girls performed 'Rockin' Robin, Rain and Poison Ivy' in the parking lot to three times the crowd and all were delighted when Hanson showed and they jointly performed 'Boomerang' rocking the house and raising a little over $10,000 in donations for the Tulsa Foundation of the Arts. The day before the Concert, the Mabee Center opened it's doors for an afternoon and evening concert to raise funds for the Tulsa Food Bank. At the afternoon show the girls performed as Hanson the Younger Years followed by Admiral Twin. Jessy performed solo next and ended her segment with duets with Isaac, then Taylor and finally Zac. As she and Zac were still taking bows the audience went wild as they turned to find Garth Brooks entering the stage with his and Jessy's guitars. Jessy was speechless, "This doesn't happen too often, Dad did you get a picture?" Zac teased taking Jessy's guitar as the audience roared. "Hello little lady, my name is Garth Brooks." Garth said and the audience roared. "I just met this wonderful lady and she told me you might sing with me, that you really like 'To Make Me Feel Your Love and In Another's Eyes'. Hey there she is right there." Garth said and pointed to the audience and there stood Zac's Family who stepped aside revealing her family. "Momma." Jessy gasped, "This isn't fair I haven't seen her all summer, hi bros. Did she tell you she was a bigger fan and she'd die if you sang 'Friends In Low Places', I think it's her theme song." Jessy teased as tears broke free, "I am a big fan of you and your family, how'd you luck out, surround by nothing but beautiful women." Jessy asked. "They are aren't they. You all know my lovely wife Sandy. God has been kind hasn't he and I am eternally grateful." Garth said beaming at Sandy and the girls as they took the front row along with both of Jessy's family. "Here babe sit down before you fall down. No more surprises okay. I promise." Zac said as Isaac brought her a stool. "Thanks hun." Jessy said kissing him sweetly. "Oh hey you two, congratulations." Garth said. "Thanks, hopefully God will be kind to us someday too. Daughters, cool." Zac said shaking his hand. Jessy and Garth sang, then Garth sang, even Barbara's theme song and he promised to return for the evening show. Hanson closed the show and the fans went crazy. As everyone left they were stamped and it was explained the stamp would take 48 hours to wear off. The explanation was two fold, in order to be fair and give everyone a chance to see the performance that evening, people with a stamp would be allowed in first, and secondly everyone appearing at the Concerts tomorrow that had a stamp would receive a special gift. At the evening show, after Garth performed, "Jessy remember that wonderful lady I met, well she told me I'm not your only favorite. Crushed me Jessy, but since he's a friend, I said hey why not, it's for a good cause." Garth said and Vince Gill appeared and once again Jessy was totally speechless. "Man this afternoon I told everyone this doesn't happen often and here she goes again. Babe you okay?" Zac asked. "Zac, that's Vince Gill." Jessy choked out. "Yeah Jessy, I'm Vince Gill. I was told you're a fan and if I asked nice you might sing with me too." Vince said as Jessy shook her head yes. "She really is a chatterbox, don't let this fool you Vince." Garth teased as he and Zac walked off stage. "Are you okay Jessy?" Vince asked. "Momma's out there just dying, see, Hi Momma. It's Vince Gill Momma." Jessy said grabbing his arm and pointing at him. "I see baby, now shut up and sing please." Barbara hollered back. Together they sang, 'Never Knew Lonely and With You' then Vince performed and when he sang 'Oklahoma Borderline' the girls came dancing out in Cowgirl hats and tight fitting jeans to the delight of the audience and Vince. He ended his segment with 'Everybody's Sweetheart' and the girls stayed and danced and played the sweetheart for Vince. Hanson once again closed the show and as they finished Isaac called everyone back on stage and introduced the Manager of the Mabee Center who thanked everyone for their generosity and the stars for their time as he announced $32,000 had been raised for the Tulsa Food Bank and Homeless Shelter. Tulsa was alive with the spirit of giving as word spread throughout the town what they the fans and citizens of Tulsa had accomplished. In appreciation the six made the rounds stopping at different clubs and events throughout the city to say their thank yous. At the second stop, fans started to get out of hand and Jessy made her way to the mic, "Stop. Freeze right where you are or you're out of the game. Now look at where you are, if you are standing on anyone else, you're out and have to go to the way, way, back. Now look and check to see if you have your hands on someone else, helping someone up doesn't count, but if your hand's there to move someone out of the way or make your way by them you're out, so head to the way, way back. Now everybody in the way way back what do you want to say?" Jessy asked and finally I'm sorries were heard. "Great now everybody in the way way back who said sorry, come stand over here. Now the name of this game is 'Get Along' and they did just that. A few more stops and Jessy fell asleep in the car and they headed home.
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