Oklahoma (Isaac Hanson)

Chapter Twenty Six

Summer has been rather busy, never the less here is a new update.

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Isaac didn't have to like Tanner with Perrie, but he was slowly realizing it may be best to like Tanner Gibbs in general. It was around Tanner's third or fourth visit to their home that Isaac clued in to how much his family liked the young man. Nikki would often comment on how much she liked him, while Everett and Monroe would rave about their new found playmate, even little Nina would giggle and smile when Tanner fawned over her. Perrie never said much, although it was evident she liked him just as much as the others – maybe more.

Never the less, Tanner was a teenage boy and Isaac knew they weren't to be trusted.

The few times Isaac voiced this opinion, he would just get laughed at. Nikki told him to stop being so dramatic, while his mother told him to loosen up. They both insisted that Perrie and Tanner were young and having a good time. Funny, Isaac had thought when he heard that statement. He and Amy had only been young and having a good time too.

Eventually, maybe not intentionally, Tanner would slip and end up leaving Perrie in a mess of tears. The tears would last a day, maybe a week, or even a month before she picked up and moved on. Heartbreak looming over his little girl was enough for Isaac to keep himself from getting too friendly with this boy. His father had told him to stop being such a stiff and let the kids figure out life, there was no harm in watching over them, but Isaac really needed to relax.

Getting a lecture about relaxing, Isaac resisted the urge to roll his eyes and call his father crazy. When it came to Isaac and Perrie; Walker sometimes wondered who the teenage girl really was in that pair. Slapping his eldest son on the back, Walker assured Isaac that Perrie would be okay, she was a bright girl. Besides, Tanner didn't seem that menacing.

Before Isaac could give a reply, his father adjusted his hat and turned toward the truck. "Are you all ready?" he directed the question to the three kids next to the truck and Avery, who was half asleep in the passenger's seat.

"What are we waiting for, it's only getting hotter." Perrie complained, opening the truck door and helping Viggo in. "We want to get the fish before they fry them self!"

"She's right, I have to go. Try not to worry yourself gray, okay." Walker advised Isaac with a laugh, waving and walking to his truck. "I'll have them home before dark."

"Have a good day." Isaac waved as his father's truck began pulling out of the drive way. From the back seat, Perrie waved eagerly out the window. Viggo's small arm was seen waving from the back seat, nestled between Perrie and Tanner.

When Walker had asked if Perrie wanted to go fishing, Isaac had thrown a fit as Taylor had originally been going as well. Since his brother was acting like a child, Taylor opted to stay home and send Viggo anyway, this left a spot open which Perrie quickly filled with Tanner.

Taylor was a subject that Isaac was in no way ready to approach. To say the bitter feelings between the two brothers weren't straining not only the family, but their lively hoods and everything else in their lives was a bit of an understatement. If Isaac was going to be somewhere, then Taylor had to stay away and vice versa. This wasn't to say that Natalie and Nikki were following their husband's directions. Each wife understood that her husband needed to work this out in his own time, but it didn't mean that they felt this was the right thing to do. Nikki had given up on wasting her breath, telling Isaac that he had to fix this. Natalie on the other hand continued to gently remind Taylor that he had to work this issue out, one way or another.

Had Taylor gone fishing there was a chance that Perrie would have passed on the trip. Her reason would have been strictly due to Isaac, if Taylor went and she had agreed to go then it would only hurt him. Perrie was convinced if the two me talked, they could work something out, but after the flip out Isaac had the last time Perrie had let her opinion on the subject go.