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They made it back as it got dark and Chele headed up the stairs, trying to figure out how to get clean without washing where Taylor had touched her. "Taylor Hanson introduced himself to me" she thought to herself. "Ahhhh" she softly squealed. "Hey Grampa, we're back." Jessy said. "Why such a long face. Oh I thought I was going to meet your Jerky grandson, but he must not have been able to get a ride. On top of it I'm busy looking for him instead of taking the first chance in my life to meet my all time favorite band Hanson, at least Chele got a chance to meet one of them, Taylor. Well this is depressing, what you reading? Poetry. Any good?" Jessy asked turning it over and reading the next poem. "Cool huh?" She asked him. "Cool huh very." Grampa said, adding, "How about another one?" and Jessy sat reading to him. "Hello" Grampa said answer the phone. "She's right here. For you Jessy." Grampa said handing her the phone. "Hey" Jessy said. "Hey Jessy." Zac said. "Can you hang on just a minute so I can finish this poem, I'm reading to Grampa." she asked. "Sure if I can listen?" Zac said. "Okay" she said and finished reading the poem. "That's was so nice Jessy. Maybe you'll read to me again. Goodnight sweetie." Grampa said kissing her forehead. "Love to read to you. Goodnight Grampa, see you in the morning." Jessy said. "He sure is a nice old man. Do you know how lucky you are?" Jessy asked him. "Yeah I am lucky. Lucky that you even talk to me after what I did. I really am sorry, I can see how easy it is for you to talk to him now and to think I accused you of snitching. Can you ever forgive me?" Zac asked. "I already did, but I think you need to forgive yourself. I don't know you but I don't think you deliberately set out to hurt me. You know all through this I kept hiding our fued from Grampa and every time he'd hand me the phone and you'd be there and I'd lie and lead him on like we're getting along great. That man kept telling me what a good boy your were and I wanted so bad to scream at him, open your eyes he's a butt faced jerk. Then he'd tell me how I was going to really like you. All I wanted to do was wring your scrawny neck." Jessy laughed. "My necks not scrawny, at least I don't think it is. You'll have to tell me." Zac said. "Wow have we come a long way. You just asked my opinion. Miracles do happen." Jessy said and he could hear her smiling. "You're right we have come a long way. I hope to never go back. Jessy I wished I had met up with you tonight." Zac said. "Me too. I was really looking forward to see what the JG looks like. We'll meet someday, bound to we share the same grampa." Jessy said. "I'm trying to be nice but you had more than your fair share. " Zac suggested. "Hey I know what, since you're still mad that he took me fishing why don't the three of us go fishing together. I'll ask Grampa in the morning and the first chance we get we'll do that. Next time I'm swimming. I almost jumped in in all my clothes. You know what he said to me?" Jessy asked. "You can ride in the the trunk?" Zac guessed. "Oh I see you know my Grampa pretty well." Jessy laughed. "Your Grampa, he was my grampa first." Zac laughed. "You're so much fun to talk to." Jessy said. "So are you Jessy. I can't remember anyone that I talk to this easy." Zac said, Yeah I know what you mean, I hardly care what you think." Jessy said. "It matters what I think?" Zac asked. "Yeah it matters what you think. I told you how Grampa kept saying all those nice things about you. I figure if he thinks so much about you, it matters what you think especially about me." Jessy said, adding, "I think that's why I got so upset, because you matter a lot to him and you didn't like me. I was afraid he'd find out and not like me too." Jessy said. "Jessy he wouldn't do that. He's one of the fairest people I know. He wouldn't judge you by what I think." Zac said. "I know that now. I didn't then, I'd just met him." Jessy sad. "I'm so sorry, you must have been so scared. I didn't mean to hurt you like that." Zac said in a sorrowful voice. "I know you didn't mean to. Grampa wouldn't like you the way he does if you were that mean." Jessy said. "You sure do like my Grampa." Zac said. "Yes I do and thank you for sharing." Jessy said. "You're welcome, anytime." Zac said. "You mean it?" Jessy asked. "Yep, Jessy you love my Grampa all you want. Just save a little for me." Zac said. "Save you a little Grampa?" Jessy asked. "No save me a little of your love." Zac said worried about her response. "Just a little?" Jessy asked hoping he didn't want just a little she felt so much more. "Oh Jessy I'd take whatever you'd let me have." Zac said. "You can have all you want, but just you. I wouldn't want to run out." Jessy said. "No I wouldn't want that either. I think Jessy without her love would be so sad. It's what makes you so special, you give your love so freely to anyone who needs a smile, a picker upeer." He said. "Awww that's so nice. You know what I figured out." Jessy said. "What did you figure out." Zac asked. "If I give love away, I alway get it back. Sometimes more than I gave away." Jessy said. "Wow I never thought of it like that. But you're right. It does come back. Wow no wonder you're always smiling, you love everybody." Zac said. "Oh no I don't, not everybody. Nope Nope Nope." Jessy said. "Tell me somebody you don't love." Zac asked. "There's this guy in the neighbordhood. I don't love him and there's no way I ever could, he's a real jerk." Jessy said disgust in her voice. "Jessy who is this guy? Did he hurt you.?" Zac asked. "No he didn't hurt me, I won't let him near me, he gives me he creeps. I put him down real bad the other night. I think he knows to keep his distance know. He's older than me and the first time I met him I knew I didn't like him. He's creepy. He called me gorgeous." Jessy said. "But you are gorgeous." Zac said. "You sound just like Grampa, that's what he said when I told him. But it's the way he said it. It sounded so dirty, it gave me the creeps. That's why I don't let him close" Jessy said. "Hun you didn't tell me who this creep is." Zac asked. "His name is Ash, everybody else seems to like him but me. I can hardly tolerate him." Jessy said. "Ash said that to you. He would and you're right to keep your distance. He's bad news to girls." Zac said. "You believe me?" Jessy said. "Yeah. why would you think I wouldn't." Zac asked. "When I told Grampa, he said Ash didn't mean it that way. But I know he did, he scares me. I don't trust him." Jessy said. "He meant it that way. I know he did. I'll talk to him. And just tell him to back off." Zac said. "You would. You know him? Do you think he will listen to you." Jessy asked. "Yeah I'll tell him and he better listen to me. If he doesn't I'll tell my brother, no I'm tell my brother first. He'll be mad he makes you scared. He knows how much Grampa likes you, it won't matter Ash is his best friend. He'll make Ash back off. Jessy can you hang on a minute I want to tell him now but he's downstairs. I want to go call him up. okay?" Zac asked. "Sure I can hang on. I'm not doing anything but talking to a really nice guy, he's really neat you'd like him." Jessy said. "Oh I don't know, you sound like you like him lots. I think I might get jealous of him." Zac teased. "You be nice to him, I like him. I might have to whoop your ass if you're mean to him."Jessy teased back. "You would, you sound tuff." Zac said. "I would if I had to. Don't make me have to is all." Jessy said laughing, "It could be fun you know, you whooping my ass. Kinky." Zac laughed. "Oh you're so dead, funny, but so dead." Jessy laughed. "Hang on okay." Zac asked."Hanging on." Jessy said still laughing she put the phone down and picked up the cordless and walked back to hang up the receiver and headed to the bathroom, then the kitchen for a glass of milk and a couple of cookies. "What they ate all the cookies?" Jessy started to fume then heard voices, "Jessy I'm back hun can you tell my brother what Ash said, here. Jessy? Hey. I'm sorry Ash is being a jerk. He really is okay, but I'm not a girl. I know a lot of girls who don't like him. They have good reasons not to. Has he tried something?" Taylor asked. "No the minute I met him he gave me the creeps so I was like out of there, but the rest of the kids he hangs with said not to judge them by him, so I tried not to. I really like them, but Ash still scares me. I even put him down big time so he'd know to leave me alone, but he doesn't. If somebody new comes around, like he's always act like we like each other, you know like he knows me that way. He ain't ever gonna get close enough to me to know me that way. But it hurts that people I don't know think of me that way because of him. He just gives me the creeps, I don't trust him." Jessy said. "I'm sorry Jessy. That sounds like Ash. I'll talk to him. I'll let him know you aren't that way and to back off. He's just trying to wear you down girl. If he can't dazzle them, he tries to wear them down." Taylor laughed. "You're funny too. I'm sorry to be so much trouble, but thanks for helping out with Ash. Grampa said he's okay, but that's one of the few things Grampa and I don't agree on, Ash is not okay in my book. I'm afraid of him. I don't like being afraid." Jessy said upset again. "It'll be all right Jessy. We won't let anything happen. I'll talk to Ash. You expect him to apologize and if he doesn't you tell me. We'll just hold him down and you can whoop his ass." Taylor said. "You'd do that?" Jessy asked excitedly. "Sure for you, anything you just name it." Taylor offered. "I'd really like it if I didn't have to keep my guard up all the time I was around Ash, but I'd be happy just not being afraid of him." Jessy said with a smile in her voice. "I'm going to call him now. Don't worry Jessy. Here you go bro." Taylor said handing the phone to Zac. "Jessy I told you he wouldn't like it." Zac said. "Thanks. I still can't believe you did that for me." Jessy said crying. "Hun don't cry it'll be okay. Honest it will." Zac pleaded. "I know it will, I believe you, it's just you asked your brother to go against his best friend because of me. That means so much to me. I'm just so happy you care." Jessy said through her tears. "Oh Jessy it's just some of that love you let me have, coming back to you, is all." Zac said "But you must have done something to it, it feels special now." Jessy said. "Maybe because I think you are special, at least to me you are." Zac said. "What you like making me cry. I can't believe you are so incredibly sweet. Who'd have thought, listening to us back then, I'd be touched so sweetly by you, the guy's who's ass I wanted to whoop." Jessy laughed through her tears. "Oh I feel wonderful, she cries because I'm so sweet." Zac said. "I hate to burst your bubble but I'm crying because I baked all these cookies, and I didn't get one and they're all gone. Grampa and your Mom are pigs. And Grampa had seconds at dinner. Big time Oinker." Jessy said. "You baked those cookies. They were delicious. I want more." Zac asked. "You got my cookies. Grampa must have given them to your Mom. I guess I'll have to bake more cookies. Maybe I'll make monster cookies." Jessy said. "What's a monster cookie?" Zac asked. "It's a chocolate chip, with M&M's in it, and you make them three or four times bigger than a regular cookie. You know like a monster." Jessy explained. "Oh I die for one of those. Please you name it it's yours, just bake me a monster cookie." Zac pleaded. "You don't have to bribe me to get me to bake you cookies. I'd do it for you just because it would make you happy. I'll bake some tomorrow after I go get M&M's, I promise." Jessy said. "I'll love you for life if you bake me a monster cookie." Zac said. "I can't pass that up, I wonder if Chele found that bag I hid. Ah ha she didn't. One batch of monster cookies coming up." Jessy said reaching for a bowl, spoon and all the ingredients. "Jessy you're crazy. It's midnight and you're going to bake cookies. I'm not worth it." Zac said "You may no think so, but I disagree. That's not the first time either Chicken Boy." Jessy teased. "I'm gonna make you sorry gurl." Zac threatened. "Oh I'm so scared. Not." Jessy laughed and he laughed with her. "I'm so glad you were man enough to apologize. I really enjoy you, I can't believe how much fun you are. You make me smile." Jessy said. "You make my heart sing." Zac said. "Hmmm I can't wait to hear it. A song from your heart, from you to me. I like the way that makes me feel." Jessy said. "How does it make you feel?" Zac asked. "Like you wrapped your arms around me and are holding me close. Now I feel safe, cared for, loved." Jessy said. "Just how I wanted you to feel." Zac said. "I don't want to hang up but I need both hands to make monster cookies. And I have to make them for somebody real special." Jessy said. "I hope he knows how lucky he is that you care for him enough to do this for him." Zac said. "I'm doing it for how good it makes me feel to make him happy. His being happy is the icing on the cake." Jessy said. "You bake cake too. I've died and gone to heaven." Zac said. "Oh that would have been my death by chocolate cake. That will do it to you. Maybe I'll bake one for Sunday since I can't come, I'll be there in my cake." Jessy said. "You're killing me hear. I can't take anymore. Killing me softly with her cake." Zac laughed. "No that's Killing me softly with his song." Jessy laughed. "No, I'll be With You In Your Cake." Zac laughed. "Now you've done it. I'll have you know that's one of my favorite songs, and I don't take kindly to Anti-Hanson Fans, so if you are I'm going back to I have to whoop your ass. Don't ever diss them or their music around me again. It's one thing I won't tolerate or forgive. Understand. You have a right to your opinion, but I don't want to hear because it just may prove what a moronic Anti-Hanson fool you are, and we'd be done just like that. I couldn't ever respect you again. So you think about it before you call me back. If you're not sure how you feel, do me a favor, just give it a chance. Listen to their music. Not what everybody says. Just listen to their music, feel it, and you'll understand. It makes so many things clear, if you listen and hear. I gotta go. I really hope you call back. But I'll understand if you don't, I know it's unfair. But I love Hanson and their music, I always have and I always will and it's one of the few things I've never budged on. I admit it, I'm stubborn about being Hansonized and I don't care who knows it. Bye" Jessy said hanging up. "Damn why do I have to love them so much. You didn't even, take a shot at them tonight, you went looking for grandson. Maybe you like grandson more than Hanson. Nah!!!!" She battled out in her mind as she put the first of the cookies in the oven. She was up until after 1a baking and cleaning up. When the cookies had cooled she boxed up a dozen and a half and labeled them for "Grampa's Real Grandkids. Thanks for sharing your Grampa. Love, Jessy" and placed the rest in the cookie jar and headed to bed.
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