Protecting Leah

Coming Home

Taylor's P.O.V

Coming home again was heaven the last week away from Leah had almost pushed me over the edge several times, I haven't been away from her this long since that first week of tour and that was nearly a year ago. Things were different now. Luckily Karlie understood, so even though we were on our honeymoon, and man it was amazing. She still let me shop for Leah so we could take home gifts for her. The only thing that had left me confused by the honeymoon was Karlie. While before we got married and even engaged she talked about kids and expressed how much she liked them she hadn't mentioned it again since and when I went to say something about them on the honeymoon she shut me down and changed the topic to our work schedules. I kept quiet after that, not knowing what was wrong. We arrived in New York at 11.30pm and Karlie turned to me and said, "Want to spend our last night in the city?" her hopeful eyes almost made me forget about how she cut me off about having more kids. My brain and heart quickly caught each other up and I shook my head. "No I want to go home to Leah." I watched Karlie's face drop slightly but she replaced it with a smile quickly.  "Okay no worries I was just wondering." I nodded slightly and looked outside through the window while Karlie told Paul, our head of security that we were going home to Westchester. My heart pounded in my chest. 'Why did I act so cruel to Karlie, having kids isn't really a big deal is it?' I couldn't work it out.

Karlie's P.O.V

I know the reason behind Taylor not wanting to prolong our honeymoon, it's because I cut her off when she mentioned kids on the trip. I saw the look on her face when I changed to talk about our schedules but I didn't want her to know the full reason behind us not having more kids. I love kids and I love Leah but for right now both Taylor and I will be exceptionally busy. Leah will be spending most of her time with my parents who have offered to come and house sit when we leave so Leah's routine isn't interrupted. Tonight had broken my heart though when Taylor looked at me and said she wanted to go home to Leah. I had almost succeeded in tricking myself into believing it was because Taylor missed Leah but then I remembered our conversation in the car the night we got engaged. 'She wanted kids.' I almost slapped myself but then looked at Taylor and mentally slapped myself instead to not draw suspicion. 'How could I be so stupid as to not realise she wants kids now,' I couldn't believe myself, I didn't know if I should take it back or if I should let the week play out. Taylor was leaving for Nashville in two days to meet with management before promotion week and I didn't want to put the pressure on her before a big week so I decided to stay quiet.

Sitting back on my seat I watched the streetlights pass until we finally pulled up to our door. Security stood at the gateway near the road but so far no one bothered us here, they were respectful. I unloaded our bags as Taylor went inside. I noticed the kitchen light turn on and so I took the bags upstairs before heading back down to my wife. 'It still felt weird, my wife...' I noticed Taylor standing beside the fridge looking at picture that Leah had made for us. Then as I was about to step down I heard the subtle whisper that was only Taylor's. "Why doesn't she want more kids?" I felt my heart break I made my wife break, after a week. 'Good one Kloss,' I mentally congratulated myself on that one. But I didn't stay where I was forever, I carefully stepped back upstairs and sat on our bed waiting for her to come through the door so I could apologize for being a cow. I waited until 1.07am and that was when I lay back on her side of the bed, cuddling her pillow to me the next thing I heard was the front door slamming shut and then Leah running and jumping on me. "Wake up mama," she chanted as she jumped around me. "What Leah..." I dragged out. She plopped down and said, "Mommy told me to tell you that she will call you later but she's going to Nashville today." My eyes flew open and I leapt out of bed just in time to see Taylor's Audi disappear out the gate, I wanted to feel angry but I couldn't, I knew full well the reason behind her going to Nashville and I was worried about that. I knew she was going because she felt broken but I knew I could fix her, going to Nashville early would make things worse. Turning back to see Leah watching me I said. "Quick bug go and get dressed we're going to surprise mommy in Nashville." Her blue eyes sparkled as she jumped down and ran to get dressed. I quickly threw off my pyjamas while calling the security guards at the gate. "Rick here..."

"Rick, its Karlie. I'm taking Leah to Nashville for the next few days so could you or whoever's on gate feed Meredith and Olivia for me while we're away. I would take them but it's only three days max."

"No problem Karlie, Taylor only just left though do you want me to call her back?"

"Nope it's going to be a surprise." He laughed in my ear before hanging up. Before I knew it Leah and I were in my Range Rover headed for the airport, I had already booked us tickets in first class for a flight to Nashville since Taylor was taking the jet. It was almost 11.00am when we got to the airport and the flight was 12.35pm. I grabbed Leah's hand and we checked in our suitcases. Ten minutes later I had Leah on my hip as we went and got a burger and fries from the burger shack that was here. Then we waited, I was anxious because my words and actions had sent my wife running back to Nashville, though I'm sure that nothing bag has happened. You can never be too sure and I was worried. Finally we boarded the plane and like usual Leah was asleep within minutes since she is so used to flying now. I however sat and wondered what Taylor was doing.