You take about three cabs to get to the house. You pull up to it and your eyes grow wide. You were sitting in front of a huge two-story house! "Wow," you say. "What?" Tay asks. "You have a huge house!" "Oh, yeah, well there's a lot of people in this family." "True." You climb out of the car and pick up your bag and walk around the car and follow Tay into his house. He showed you up to his room where Zac was messing with his CD player. He was trying to get the Aerosmith CD to start. "Wow," you say, "I thought everything would be squished in here." "Nope," Zac says.
Just then, Ike and Steve come in the door. They flop down in the plush carpet. "So how did you guys meet?" asks Steve, directing the question at you and Taylor, who were sitting on the floor with them. "You ask us that like we’re an old married couple," you say. Everyone laughs. "I wanna know," Steve whines. "Well, Ike was there, why can’t you just ask him?" asks Taylor. "Cuz it’s more interesting coming from you!" "OK, fine," you start. "I was blading to my friends house and I was looking up their street, I saw them and decided to go up the street to see my friends’ old house. I came down and Tay was grinding the sidewalk. I wasn’t paying attention and I tripped. They came over to help me up and took me to the house to get a Band-Aid and we talked. They came to watch me dance and had to stay the night at my house and it all went from there." "Explain in detail how Taylor asked you out," Steve said eagerly. "How do you know I didn’t ask him out?" you ask, getting shocked looks from everyone including Taylor. "Just kidding," you say. "But I am not answering that question, it’s none of your business," you say. "Awww," Steve says throwing a dirty sock in your direction. You dodge it and it hits Tay. He looks at you and you say, "I’m so sorry." You kiss his cheek. Steve’s eyes sparkled with ammusement.
Diana comes in and says, "Boys, one more hour and you gotta come down." "Kay mom," Ike says. "Wanna play truth or dare?" asks Steve. "OK," Zac, Ike, and Tay say. They look at you and you nod your head. You haven’t played truth or dare since you and Kurt were going out. It brought back painful memories. "You don’t have to," Taylor says. "No, I want to." "You sure?" "Yeah." "OK," Steve says, "I’ll go first. Tay?" "Truth." "Have you and Kristin ever French-kissed?" Taylor looks at you and you give him a little smile to let him know it’s OK with you if he tells. "Yeah," he says. Steve gives you a look of satisfaction. "Zac?" says Tay. "Uh Truth." "OK, have you ever kissed a girl?" A hesitant Zac answers, "Yes." "When?!" Tay exclaims. "Uhh, after a concert," he says. "Oooo," Tay teases. Zac picks Steve. Steve picks you, "Dare," you say. "I dare you, to stand up and hold hands with Taylor and have to hold hands in the dark while I count to ten."
Your heart felt like someone had stabbed you. It was the same situation all over again. You were in the same spotlight you had been in one and a half years ago only with Kurt. "Uhh, no I can’t." Your heart broke in two when you saw Taylor’s eager look twist into a sad, painful look. "I’m sorry, I can’t kiss you like that." "What?" Tay whispers. "Well, then, we’ll leave," Steve says. "No, I just can’t, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry." You lean up and kiss his cheek. He pulls away and gets up. You fall out of his lap. He walks out the door, leaving you sitting there, with everyone staring at you. You start crying and run into the bathroom.
You don’t know how long you stayed in there. You heard music playing and knew they were practicing. You went into Taylor’s room and lay down on his bed. You fall asleep there, with the sweet music filling your head.
You were awakened by Taylor in the middle of the night. "Let’s take a walk," he said flatly with no sign of emotion in his voice. You get up and walk out of the front door, behind Tay. "What’s wrong?" you ask. "I was actually going to ask you that," he says. "OK, this is why I couldn’t kiss you earlier. The exact thing happened the night Kurt dumped me. It was so hard on me. I always blamed myself for it. Like, I embarrassed him, and that’s why he let me go. Even though I don’t like him, it brought all the pain back. I’m so sorry." "Why didn’t you tell me?" "You walked out the door before I got the chance." "Oh." You sit down on a small hill and pull him down next to you. He takes your hand and holds it. "I will understand if you are mad. I might be scarred for life, but I will understand." He smiles and says, "No, I’m not mad." He puts his arm around you and pulls you close.
You are staring straight ahead and Tay hands his head down by yours and looks at you. Some magnetic force of love pulls you closer and closer. His warm lips touch yours and you kiss deeper and deeper. He puts his arms around you and you put your around his neck and twirl his rats tail around your finger. He leans you backward but you sit back up. He takes the hint and stands up. He pulls you to your feet and you walk home hand in hand.
You quietly walk in the front door and get back in his bed. He lays back down on the couch. The next morning you wake up to the sweet harmonies of "With You In Your Dreams." You sit up and go downstairs and into the basement. You lean against the wall and waited for them. Tay winks at you. You smile. When they get done with the song, Walker says, "Take five guys, I gotta tune Ike’s guitar." Tay jogs over to you and says, "Good morning." He kisses you and then Ike comes over and says, "You guys are still together?" "Yup," you say, putting your arm around Taylor. "You are scrawny," you say. "Ugh! Oh yeah?" he asks, picking you up and tickling you. You hit him and scream, "Put me down!!!" He puts you down and says, "Scrawny huh?" "OK, maybe not scrawny, but you are skinny. I envy you, you can eat all you want and not gain a pound." He shrugs his shoulders.
"OK guys," Walker says. Taylor steps back behind the keyboards and Zac starts banging out a beat on the drums. Ike and Tay recognize it as "Where’s The Love" and soon follow suit. They go through five more songs. You decide to take a shower.
When you get out of the shower, you put tour pajamas in your bag and see Tay sitting on his bed. He had wet hair. "When did you take a shower?" you ask him. "Same time you did." "Oh." He stands up and pulls you into the kitchen. There is a tray set up with pancakes and bacon on it. There is a folded up note and rose on the tray also.
He leads you over to the couch and motions for you to sit down. "This is for me?" you ask, bewildered. "Yeah." "Thank you," he brings his own breakfast to the couch and sits down beside you. You smell the rose and open the note and read it.
Good morning babe, hope you enjoy your breakfast.
Love ya,
Tay
/center>It was short but very sweet. You put your hand on his cheek and kiss him. Then you eat your breakfast. "Who made this?" you ask. "Uh, me," he replies. "This is the best breakfast I’ve had in a long time." He smiles and when you are done eating, they have to go do an interview. He kisses you good-bye and you are left with Diana, to help with the kids. Diana was in the shower and you were holding Zoe. She had just fallen asleep when Jessie came down the stairs. "Will you play Barbies with me?" "Yeah, but bring them down here so I can keep an eye on Zoe, Avery and Mackie." She runs up the stairs. Soon, she comes down with two cases full of Barbies. She sets them down on the floor and you say, "Wow, you sure have a lot!" "I have more, but I only brought these." "Whoa!" Avery was watching TV with Mackie. Jessie hands you a Barbie, a Ken, and a Skipper. "That’s Jennifer, Bobby, and Skipper is Sandy," she says, pointing to each one as she said it’s name. You are playing for about ten minutes when Diana comes out with wet hair. "Kristin, you are amazing with kids." Oh, well I have two little brothers and I baby sit a lot." "You must be a great sister." "I wouldn’t say that exactly!"