Cornelia Street - Jaylor one-shots

Echoes of your footsteps

Warning: mature content

-Taylors Pov-

It's been a while since we meet up at the dive bar and we have spent so much time together as possible with our schedules. Surprisingly we have managed to hide from the paparazzi which I know Is a necessity because I don't want to be caught as things are now. We have spent a lot of time in my apartment because it's easier to be here than out at some restaurant or bar here in New York. My security team has done a really good job at sneaking him into the building without there being a million pictures on the internet which I think is slightly impressive considering how much up my ass the paparazzi usually is.

At the same time, I wouldn't have kept this going if we got caught, this is just going to be a fun thing with no strings, and I don't think he wants something more. Who in their right mind would want to jump into the fishbowl I'm in with me, that's insane. Everyone whose linked with me at the moment is getting teared apart in the media and I don't want that to happen to a good guy like him.

I'm just lying on the couch staring at the sealing waiting for Joe to come over, we have decided to play some more scrabble and probably make some dinner. It's been hard eating around him because I need to stick to my strict diet, I can't be gaining weight on top of everything going on.

There is a knock on the door, and I shot up and walk over to let Joe in. I'm wearing a pair of high waist jeans and a simple t-shirt, and my hair is down and I'm not wearing makeup. I open the door and he is standing there looking dashing and casual at the same time and he has a grin on his face.

I move aside so I can let him in and as soon as I close the door, he wraps his arms around my waist and lean in for a kiss, it's a soft and short one but I don't mind. What drives me crazy though is his hands on my waist, that leaves me all tingly and longing for more. I don't know how he is feeling but every time we kiss or make out I can feel the sexual tension grow bigger and I'm going insane keeping my hands to myself. At this point I don't know if he will ever make the next move, maybe he just doesn't want to and don't like me like that. it's no surprise if he doesn't, I'm not exactly pretty or have a particularly interesting body, most of the time I just feel like a sack of potatoes.

We pull away from the kiss and I skip over to the couch and slide down and Olivia jumps up in my lap "miss Olivia here is pretty needy today" I say and kiss her head.

Joe laughs and slide down on the other side of the couch "save some kisses for me too" he says and pout his lips and I laugh and kick his thigh with my leg that's on the couch.

"What have you been up to today love" he says and looks over at me with his big blue eyes that makes me melt every time they meet mine "I haven't really done much, talked to Selena for a while on the phone and with my mom too" I say and shrug my shoulders "you?"

"I've been dreaming about seeing you again all day" he says and lean his head back and laugh and I can't help but blush.

Olivia jumps out of my lap and Joe takes the opportunity to grab my legs and drag me over to him and start tickling me and I start screaming "joe, joe, omg" and I hit him and try to wiggle myself out of his strong arms. "you're killing me!" "Please stop, if I scream anymore my security will come bursting through the door" I say in-between laughs.

After a few more seconds he stop but when he does he is basically laying on top of me and I get this lump in my throat as I feel some of his bodyweight holding me down. It feels so nice to have him this close and I almost stop breathing because I'm so nervous and my heartbeat speeds up.

He traces my face with his fingers "I can hear your heart beating really fast love" he says and kisses me softly "well you're making me nervous" I say and as I do I can feel my cheeks turning bright red.