Inferno Part 2

~24~ Horrible Concoction

Ellie's POV

It's been a week since our "fight" and Taylor is still acting funny. He's not mad, he's just guarded. It's bugging me. I confronted him about it last night, and he was defensive.

We're laying in bed and I start kissing his neck softly.

He smirks at me and kisses my head. "Not tonight, darling" he says, squeezing my hand and going back to the TV.

"Seriously? Since when do you turn me down?" I ask, sitting up and getting annoyed. I'm sick of this. I've done nothing wrong.

He looks at me, surprised. "What's with the attitude? I'm just not in the mood."

"Since when?" I ask, still with an attitude.

"Eleanor, I wanted to a couple weeks ago and you didn't. I didn't throw a hissy fit" he says darkly.

"Taylor, we haven't had sex in a week"

"So?"

I sigh "Ever since we started dating, unless we were on shift or I was on my period, we've basically had sex every single day. Sometimes more than that. You now magically are fine with going an entire week?"

He's getting mad. "Chalk it up to me being old" he snaps as he looks back at the TV.

"This is because of Lance" I say, laying back down and rolling over.

"Real nice, Ellie" he spits.

I say nothing else as I drift off to sleep.

The next morning as I'm in the bathroom getting ready, Taylor comes in. As I'm putting on my mascara, he comes up behind me and carefully wraps his arms around my stomach.

"Forgive me" he whispers into my ear, nuzzling into my neck.

I turn around and kiss him gently. "I love you" I whisper.

He nods. "I love you. Can we reconnect tonight?" He asks with a smirk.

"I plan on reconnecting a few times" I say, grabbing his butt and squeezing. How can this man have such a tight tushy?

He raises his eyebrows and chuckles, kissing me again.

I go to work and I'm feeling happy. Finally, after a long week, Taylor and I are good. The joy of that is invigorating. I have plans for tonight. Big plans. By the time I'm done with him, he will know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he's the only man I love.

I'm so excited.

I get to work and I start my day. About twenty minutes before I go to lunch, Lance comes in. He's been back to work the last few days.

"You feeling ok?" I ask. Even though he said his healing process is going fine, it still makes me nervous when he walks into my office.

"Oh yeah, I'm good. I was wanting to get the logs from last week entered. I'm so behind on everything" he grumbles.

I nod as I sift through my stack, finding the ones he wants.

"Thanks" he smirks, glancing through them.

"Do you guys have a garbage disposal?" He asks randomly. It's so random, it takes me by surprise and I just stare at him for a second.

He chuckles. "I'm looking for a new one. I'm torn between two models" he explains.

I just nod. "We do, but it's broken. I don't know what kind it is"

"How can you live without a garbage disposal?" He asks, shocked.