Chapter 31 - Relationship Breakdown

"IKE! Ike Ike Ike Ike! I have missed you soooo much! come here and kiss me! and that's an order" Jaymi cried after seeing Isaac's car pull up in her driveway. Isaac laughed.

"Well, I can't go around disobeying orders can I?" He asked before pulling Jaymi close and kissing her. When they parted, they hugged. "I'm gonna go away a lot more often if this is what I get when I come home" Isaac said. Jaymi smiled. She then spotted Taylor sitting in the front passenger seat of Isaac's car.

"Is he pretending to be a crash test dummy or something?" Jaymi asked.

"Huh?"

"Taylor. He hasn't gotten out so I figured he was waiting for a truck or something to smash into your car"

"Oh.. he probably is." Isaac said. Jaymi nodded.

"With the way Kayla is right now he better pray for that truck."

"What do you mean?"

"She know's he cheated on her... Isaac, she found out from a magazine"

"Oh Shit" Isaac groaned. Jaymi nodded.

"Come on, let's go inside. I'll let Kayla know that Taylor is here". Jaymi and Isaac walked inside and into the living room. Kayla and Malcom were sitting on the couch watching t.v. Both looked up when Isaac and Jaymi entered the room. Kayla lept up off of the couch and hugged Isaac.

"HI! I missed you!!" She cried. She then turned to the doorway, as if expecting Taylor to come in. "Uhh...where's Zac?" She asked. Isaac laughed.

"He's over at C.J's, they are coming over soon." He said. Kayla nodded and sat back down on the couch. Jaymi looked around and decided that she was going to talk to Taylor, who was still sitting in the car, waiting for the truck.

"Hey guy's, I'll be back in a minute!" Jaymi called over her shoulder, halfway out the door. As she has guessed, Taylor was still sitting in the car. She stood and watched him for a moment. He looked miserable. He ran his fingers through his hair and took a deep breath. He's gonna go inside! Jaymi thought. He opened the car door and stepped out. He then saw Jaymi, standing on the front proch. She smiled at him.

"Hey there stranger!" She called out to him. He gave her a weak smile and walked over to Jaymi and gave her a hug. "What's up?" She asked him, hoping that he would confess to her. He shrugged and sat down. She sat down next to him.

"I've done something horrible" He mumbled.

"What would that be?" Jaymi asked.

"You don't know?" He looked up at her in surprise. Jaymi was silent.

"Uhh..actually, Tay...I do..." She whispered. He nodded.

"Ike tell ya huh?"

"No...I found out from a magazine....that Kayla brought." Jaymi lowered her eye's to the ground. She heard Taylor gasp.

"Kayla knows? .... shit! .... " He jumped up and punched the brick wall. Hard.

"Taylor! thats not going to help the situation! and what do you mean shit? don't tell me you weren't going to tell her?" Jaymi said, her voice starting to rise. Taylor looked at her.

"Of course I was going to tell her! That's how I wanted her to find out! not by some stupid magazine!" He yelled. Jaymi jumped up and faced him.

"Don't yell at me Taylor! This isn't my fault!" She shouted. Suddenly the front door opened.

"HEY! what's going on out here?" Kayla yelled above her sister and Taylor. Both turned around at the sound of her voice.

All was silent.

Jaymi mumbled some excuse and hurried inside, leaving Taylor and Kayla alone.

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Taylor felt a burning pain on his knuckels which made him look down. He had skinned them when he punched the wall and now they were bleeding.

"What did you do?" Kayla asked quietly, looking down at Taylor's hand.

"I punched a wall" He said.

"What for?". Taylor shrugged, not about to tell Kayla the real reason why.

"Does it hurt?"

"No" Taylor lied. Kayla raised one eyebrow to show Taylor that she didn't believe him.

"Come on" Kayla said. She walked inside and headed for the bathroom to the medicine chest. "Sit down" Kayla said, gesturing towards the edge of the bathtub. She was acting like she barely knew him and she was making little eye contact with him. Taylor sat down and Kayla took his hand. She was holding a bottle of Detol. "This might sting alittle" Kayla warned as she dabbed the Detol on to Taylor's wound with some cotton wool. Taylor winced and Kayla glanced up at him. His eye's were closed and his jaw was clenched shut. Kayla wrapped a bandage around Taylor's hand and then stood up. "There you go... just get Diane to check it when you get home" She said.She started to walk out of the bathroom but Taylor grabbed her hand.

"Kay..we have to talk." He said softly. She nodded. He followed her out to the back yard.

"So....talk..." Kayla's voice was cold and she wasn't looking at him. He took a deep breath.

"Kayla...when I was on tour...I ...I ah..." He stopped, suddenly lost for words.

"You what?" She snapped. She looked up at him. Her normally warm, loving, caring blue eye's were now filled with hurt and anger. "Oh, wait a minute! let me guess..." She said, and went inside. When she returned she had a magazine in her hands. In silence, she truned to a page in the middle of the magazine and began to read.

Has Taylor Hanson Found Love?

At a London concert it seems that Taylor was flirting with a pretty young blond in the front row. Later our reporters found Tay snogging the same girl behind some trees. Now Taylor, don't you know its not fair to keep secrets from us? *wink* Anyway, we wish you luck in your new found relationship, and we are sure all your fans do to!
Jenny Ey

Kayla looked up at Taylor after reading the article, tears running down her cheeks. He was silent.

"SAY SOMETHING!" She screamed at him. He jumped, not expecting her to yell. He looked at the ground.

"Kayla, I....I'm sorry..."

"So its true?? God Taylor, please tell me it's not true!" She cried. He said nothing. "HOW COULD YOU!?" She shouted, throwing the magazine at him. It hit him in the chest. He just stood there, saying nothing. "Taylor! talk to me! don't just stand there with that pathectic look on your face!" She exclaimed.

"Kayla...I didn't mean for it to happen! I love you!" He cried. Kayla snorted with disbelief.

"Taylor, if you loved me...you wouldn't have kissed that SLUT!"

"She's not a slut!" Taylor said, instantly regreting it.

"What?...What did you say?" She questioned him. He didn't get a chance to answer. "I can't beleive you did this to me! Do you know where I was when I found out? IN A DAMN MALL! AMANDA SHOWED ME THE BLOODY MAGAZINE!" She screamed, her voice choked up with sobs. Taylor didn't bother to ask her who Amanda was.

"Kayla, Im sorry...I really am..I don't want to lose you! I love you with all my heart, you may not belive that, but I do! Nothing will change that." He said, taking her hand in his good one. She yanked it out of his grip.

"Don't you dare touch me! Don't you EVER touch me again! Do you hear me? It's over Taylor, Don't call me, come over to see me or anything! I HATE YOU TAYLOR HANSON!" She cried, tears still falling. She turned around and started to go inside, but Taylor grabbed her arm to stop her. What happened next was all a blur for Taylor. She truned around and slapped him hard across his left cheek. Kayla then flew inside, leaving Taylor standing outside, his hand on his burning cheek.

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