Arranged love - jaylor AU

friends?

- taylors pov - 

Lilly and I are sitting in her bedroom braiding her hair before school. She loves it when I plaid her hair, and today she wanted two braids because Lisa at school had that yesterday and she wanted two today instead of one. «Mommy joey and I watched Moana. He said she was pretty and nice» she says, and I grin. 

Joe and Lilly have been spending time together, of course I know that he is sneaking around with her, I know everything my daughter is up to. Not that I'm controlling over her but because even though this apartment is big it's not that big. I want to keep Joe away from her because I'm scared that he will hurt her, but how can I keep her away from him when he makes her laugh. 

«That sounded fun. Did Moana get to Te Fifi this time too?» I ask her and she nods. She goes through fazes about what kind of movie she is obsessed with. Frozen is always her favorite, but sometimes she gets hocked on other things. Right now, that's Moana. 

«Mommy can you, me and joey play together? I will let you be Elsa, joey can be Prince Charming, and I can be Olaf» she says, and I want to cringe at the thought of including Joe in my time with my daughter, but I know it means a lot to her when we get along. I know I'm being stubborn with him and not really acting like myself, I just don't know how to stop myself from being bitchy. 

- joes pov - 

I've had enough of Taylors attitude, and I need to figure out how to get along with her, but I imagine that's easier said than done because that girl is stubborn. But I realize that I need help, so I call Selena into my office for some advice. 

«Yes Mr. Hilton? What can I do for you» she says as she comes into the room and close the door. «Right now its Joe Selena. Because I need your help with Taylor» I say and motion for her to sit down on the chair across from my desk. If anyone can help me with my current issue, its Selena as she is Taylors best friend. 

«I know she is your best friend, so you're the only one I can ask. She is getting on my nerve, and I know that we need to start getting along. We obviously aren't falling in love, but we should at least be able to be friends. We work together and we have the same end goal. Any suggestions about how I can make her hate me less. Because I don't really hate her, it's more of a dislike because I don't know her. But she seems to absolutely loath me and I need to fix that» I go on a rant and end it with taking a deep breath.

I'm going crazy and I need to fix things with Taylor. We are so different so we will never fall in love. But that doesn't mean we can't get along or even be friends. There has to be a middle ground between love and hate. nothing is that black and white, there are always a grey area and that's where we need to be. Friends. 

«Well, she doesn't know you, neither do I btw, but she is,... reserved and doesn't trust easily. It's hard to get to know her because she is so stubborn and has these walls build up. So if you really want her to like you, you need to put it work to get her to trust you» she says, and I can see where she is coming from. As far as I know Taylor really only have two friends, tom and Selena. If she is reserved and hard to get to know that explains why she doesn't have a big friend group. But she is also good at pretending to be an approachable person at work because here she can talk to more people and get along. That might just be a thing she does in professional settings, I don't know about that, but I guess I will learn. 

There has to be something I can do that lets me get closer to her. Sometimes I feel like we have these moments where our eyes meet, but then she avoids me like I'm the plague. It's this push and pull that's driving me insane. Now however I'm determined to put an end to that, we are going to be friends.