Taylor Swift / Kaylor - Begin Again

Chapter Fifteen

Taylor's POV

This afternoon and evening had been amazing. I was so happy that Ellie and Karlie had clicked straight away. Ellie was immediately comfortable around Karlie and they just bounced off one another.

We'd spent this evening watching movies and eating tonnes of junk food while snuggling under blankets on the couch. A perfect night in. I had my head against Karlie's shoulder and she had her head on my head. We were both extremely tired but so engrossed in the film we were watching. I looked over next to me and saw that Ellie was fast asleep with Olivia and Meredith cuddled in to her.

"Kar, look." I whispered and signaled for her to look at Ellie.

"Aw, so adorable." She said while pouting.

"I feel as if this is an Instagram moment." I giggled. I picked up my phone and took a picture of the scene in front of me.

Ellie, Mere and Dibbles. Clearly exhausted from a hard day of eating and watching movies. I posted.

"Okay now it's our turn." I said to Karlie and switched to front camera. We took numerous amounts of selfies and I quickly made them into a collage.

And Karlie's here too!

"I love that one." Karlie laughed as she pointed to one of the selfies where we both had strong pouts.

"I love this one." I said and pointed to the one where Karlie was pouting against my cheek.

"Yeah so do I." She whispered back. Our eyes baring into each other. Her green eyes staring right back into mine. My eyes flickered down to Karlie's lips, then I watched hers do the same. My breathing hitched in my throat as I quickly sat back in my normal position.

"I should probably get Ellie to bed." I quickly said.

"Okay." She smiled.

What just happened? What could've happened or what was gonna happen? Was that a "moment"? Could we have ended up kissing. Oh my God who am I kidding

I moved over and picked up Ellie and carried her bridal style to her bedroom. I was shocked at how easy she was to pick up. Either the gym hours have paid off or she's as light as a feather.

Once I reached her bedroom I pushed the door open with my foot and tucked her in tight I remembered to turn on her little nightlight, sleeping in the dark feared her and gave her bad memories, which was totally understandable. I leaned down and kissed her forehead then made my way out her room.

I walked back downstairs to Karlie and went into the kitchen.

"Wine?" I asked Karlie.

"How could I say no." We giggled simultaneously as I picked up two glasses and walked back over to the couch.

I poured us both a generous serving then sat back and tucked my feet under me.

"So apart from a holiday, what are your plans for the next 5 weeks?" I asked Karlie.

"I really have no idea. I forgot the last time I had this amount of time of work. God knows what I'll do. What about you?"

"Getting Ellie settled in and some songwriting. I've let Ellie decide if she wants to go to a new school, her "current" school or get homeschooled. I know she's worried about the bullies and that starting a new school would mean making new friends and that scares her a bit, but I'm sure she'll decide what she wants."

"Ellie is so sweet though. So mature too."

"She's brilliant. There was no second thoughts about who I'd adopt to be honest."

"Why's that?" Karlie asked.

"As soon as I got through the door of the home I could hear guitar and singing and as we got a bit closer to the lounge area I could hear that it was one of my songs. We walked into the room and I watched her sing and play to the littles and I don't know, she just had this sad look on her face, I can't explain it. But she looked up halfway through and saw me but she didn't really react, she just put her head back down and shook her head as if she didn't believe it was me. But when she finished she looked up again and realised I really was stood there, then she ran to her bedroom crying. Once I was introduced to her I just kind of knew she was the one and we went to get ice cream and we just clicked straight away." I smiled at the memory, it wasn't that long ago but for some reason it certainly felt it.

"Why was she crying?" Karlie asked sadly.

"I don't know entirely, I just know that she'd had a horrible day at school, some girls decided to beat her up and I think it was the shock of seeing me there. Probably a load of things built up and she finally let it out."

"Poor girl. I hate bullies. Hate is such a strong word but I just really do hate them."

"So do I don't worry. Anyway, what's new with you then, I feel like I haven't seen you in forever?"

"Well not much, I'm obviously doing the VS show in December, after that, hmm, I don't know, I kinda want to go to university or something."

"Kar that's brilliant." I smiled. "Wait you'd still be modelling right?"

"Yeah but not for VS."

"Oh that's kind of a shame, I love when you model for them." I said. I could feel my cheeks redden as I realised what I had just said and how weird it must've been for me to say it.

"Well we still have a while yet before I make any decisions so I'm sure you'll survive." She giggles back to me. Clearly not bothered about what I said. Thank god.

"I'm really tired, wanna head to bed?" I asked.

"Yeah okay."

"The guest room next to mine is all set up and ready for you."

We walked up to our separate rooms.

"Goodnight Tay." Karlie said and leaned in and kissed my cheek.

"G-goodnigt Kar." I blushed. Hoping she wouldn't see. She walked into the guest room while I still stood outside mine, holding the handle not moving from the shock and the sparks flying inside of me. What's happening to me?

Helllooo, updates may be slow for a bit, I have a lot of coursework to get done in a week and I also have loads of rehearsals for my gig on Wednesday. I will update when I can. Thank you for reading. Please leave feedback, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you for any reads, votes and comments. Ily all

Catherine x