Protecting Leah

What?

Taylor's P.O.V

We had hardly been inside the apartment for ten seconds last night when Karlie attacked my neck with her vicious tongue and like usual I fell apart instantly. The nipping, the pulling and the wide smiles crumbled my tough exterior that I had held for twenty four hours. But now standing in the living room looking out across Nashville I feel comfortable. Like I can handle anything as long as I have my wife and our daughter, we are yet to talk about kids but I can tell Karlie has something on her mind. Shaking my head to clear the thoughts as the creaking of the stairs alerts me to the fact that I am no longer alone. Turning to see my favourite green eyes watching me from the archway I smile, Karlie of course grins back at me before wandering over and lapping her arms around me in a protective hold and turning us back to watch Nashville wake up. It's super early, only 6.26am but it was amazing to watch Nashville wake up. "Morning wifey, how are you today?" Karlie asks as I smile. Turning and pushing myself into her arms as I mumble back a, "Wonderful, amazing, so happy..." Karlie laughs, "I get it babe you're doing great. But..." I look up at her and nod knowing that we have to talk. "Let's do it now." She nods and walks to the couch and sits down. I take the opposite end and we face each other. She looks at me and I start to talk.  "Okay I know I shouldn't have left you like that, it was wrong and I'm sorry I did..."

"No I understand Taylor. I understood that night when I heard you downstairs and it hit me that we had discussed having kids and I expressed that I wanted them but I never followed through on it. I simply shut you down on our honeymoon, but there was a reason." I brought my head up and glanced at her green eyes, they were intoxicating. "What was that Karlie? Do you even like Leah?" She looked at me in shock, "Of course I love Leah, how could you even ask me that? You know I do. I was just trying to point out that we have busy schedules for the next year with '1989' and the tour for that next year and I have modelling to think of too. Our lives are just too complicated for a baby right now. With Leah it's manageable because my parents will look after her but with a newborn, what are we going to do?" I looked at her serious face and scoffed.

"They aren't born as newborns Karlie, you don't just get pregnant and 'bam' a newborn pops out the next day, it takes nine months." I watch Karlie nod her head.

"I realise that Taylor but it's October now, and I can't get pregnant anytime soon I'm booked until December next year with fashion shows and shoots and there is  no way that you are going on tour pregnant..." she stated as I found myself laughing at her. "What?" she questioned.  "Nothing." I claimed. "I wasn't saying I want to get pregnant now or for you to get pregnant now, I just want to know that Leah will have a brother or sister, adopted or natural and I want an indication as to when." I saw Karlie exhale then look at me.

Karlie's P.O.V

"Believe me Taylor there is nothing that I want more than to have a family with you but I just can't at the moment." I say trying to express how I'm busy. Her face pouts at me and I pull her towards me. "But why not?" she demands and I snap.

"Because I want to be here when we are pregnant and I'm not free until the end of next year and it's killing me making you wait for more kids but I can't do anything about it." I huff as I relax back into the couch I close my eyes and a few seconds later I feel Taylor's weight on top of me. Opening my eyes to see her blue ones I say, "What?"

"You know what Kloss, I love you and waiting sounds perfect to me, I just wanted to know I wouldn't be waiting forever for it to happen." I looked into her blue eyes and brought her face to mine. "As soon as we are free from tour and my crap then a baby is arriving okay." She nodded and brought her face to nestle by my neck. I smiled and wrapped my arms around her. "You okay Tay?" I question and as I finish a soft snore reaches my ears and I grin. My wife has fallen asleep on top of me, smiling to myself I wrap her closer and fall asleep myself.

A few hours later I wake and find my arms are empty, as I sit up I look around the place, not noticing anything out of the ordinary I go to stand and see a large note sitting on the coffee table. It has a large 'KARLIE' written on it so I'm assuming it's for me. I sit back and hold the note in my hands, opening it I am met with Taylor's writing. 'Hey Karlie, by the time you read this I could be back already but whatever. I'm just going out to get Leah from Caitlin and Jack's since they are going out later and asked me to get her earlier. I should be back by 4.30 then we can decide what we are doing for dinner. Love Taylor.' I smile as I read the note back and as I glance at the clock I see it's 3.16pm smiling as I stand I move to the master bedroom to shower before they both get home. The warm water hits my back as I reach for the shampoo in the shelf, snapping it open the scent of strawberry and vanilla meets my nose as I inhale, 'mmm smells like Taylor...' I think as I scrub the scent into my hair. Half an hour later I'm exiting the bathroom as I hear my phone ringing from downstairs. Not bothering to get dressed I just walk downstairs in my towel noticing it's now 4.20pm. Reaching my phone I see Caitlin's name flash at me as I swipe to answer on the last ring. "Hey Caitlin, what did they forget?" I'm met with a worried Caitlin as she says.

"Well clearly your wife forgot that we are going out, she was meant to pick Leah up at 4.00pm and it's now 4.20pm and I haven't seen her." I panic and begin to freak out.

"What do you mean, you haven't seen her?" I ask trying to level out my voice.

"Taylor, she hasn't got Leah yet. Tell her to get her butt over here." I choke on my words.

"Taylor left me a note that I got when I woke up an hour ago, she was coming to get Leah then. Have you tried her phone?" I ask praying she says no.

"Yeah but it's turned off, Karlie what's going on?" I can hear the worry in her voice and the panic in mine as I say, "I don't know. She's meant to be back by now." I hear Caitlin call out to Jack as I sit numbly on the end of the phone for several minutes. "We will be there in ten Karlie. Hang on." The phone disconnects and my mind begins to flash, where was my wife?

It's been five hours now, police have been called, management's been called, Tree has been called and security is on high alert. No one knows where she is, her phone is turned off, car isn't anywhere in Nashville and she hasn't been spotted at all since yesterday before her meeting. Right now I'm sitting on the couch with my head in my hands just hoping and praying that she will walk through the door with a wide grin and a stupid story about what happened to her. But as the hours tick by and people talk on the phone I know that I can't expect that, if it was going to happen it would have happened by now. Leah was in bed, no one had told her Taylor was missing, the police were scowling the neighbourhood and all over Nashville but I was blank, I had no idea where she would go. Did she run again? Then I thought about it. No she wouldn't not again, we just sorted everything out and she told me she was going to get Leah, she made plans with Caitlin to get Leah too. She hadn't run. All of a sudden Scott burst into the room. "Karlie!" he screeched and I turned to face him. "What Scott? Don't yell Leah is asleep." He shakes his head but moves towards me.

"I know who took her?" I look at him questioningly,

"What..." I whisper in a shallow voice as he nods at me. "Who?" I question and he pulls out paperwork. 'BIG MACHINE RECORDS SHAREHOLDERS' then it hits me. "Oh god." I mutter as I pull the paperwork towards me. He looks at me and says, "Police already know and are going to the house now. Pray that they find something." I nod as I sink back to the couch knowing that if they took her someone would have to hold me back if she was hurt.