The Story Of Us

Chapter 14.

[Leland]

I walked into the kitchen where Olivia was sitting on the counter. Olivia had soft white and grey fur, she always seemed to have a disgusted look on her face every time somebody walked passed her. I seemed to be growing on her, every time I would come to visit she wouldn't hide she would rub her body up against my legs. Meredith would try to hurt me when I would take pictures of her when she did something funny. The cats were slowly growing on me but I still stand by what I said about dogs. Taylor decided to give me a key to her house.

She said I was the only person she trusted with a key to her house besides her mom.

Benjamin was the cutest one and the nicest one. He would follow me everywhere I went and he would hop on me when I'm sleeping. I grabbed a can of soda out of the refrigerator closing it behind me. It was my off day and I had no work to do all I wanted to do was relax and not have to worry about anything.

I walked around the house and just looked at all the oil paintings she had hanging on the wall. They must have cost her a fortune to get her hand on these. I scrolled through my phone to pass the time. I knew Tay was in the garden, she was growing fruits and vegetables back there, and she forbade me from going back there, in her mind she thinks I will mess them up all because I forgot to water one of her plants and it died a few days later.

I liked how the media wasn't really in our relationship, there were little rumors but no big tabloids or news outlets reported anything, and Taylor wanted me to keep the relationship private the only people who know about us is Gracie, Drake, Savage, and Selena, other than that nobody knew.

She still has yet to tell me about what happened at brunch with her family, she would brush me off anything I would try to bring it up. I don't want to pressure her into telling me anything but it's like she never wants to tell me what's going on her mind. She has been through a lot in the last couple of weeks.

I heard the side door slamming shut and Taylor walked into the living room, she was wearing a pink tank top and ripped jeans with different kinds of flowers. She was looking down at her phone walking into the kitchen. "Hey, baby." She ignored me and started making herself a blow of ice cream. I tried calling her name again but I got no response out of her.

Did I do something wrong? I got up from the couch and walked over to her. I crept up behind her and pulled her AirPods out of her eyes. "Why did you do that?" She asked sounding exasperated snatching the headphones out of my hands.

I leaned down placing a kiss on her cheek. "Hey, baby." She rolled her eyes slightly pushing me away from her. I just stood there studying all of her movements.

She grabbed a spoon out of the drawer, I quickly took the snoop out of her hand dipped it in the ice, and took a test of it. "Strawberry my favorite!"  She gave me a blank stare pushing past me and walking over to the couch. I looked over at Olivia who was giving me a confused look. She turned on the TV and started flipping through different movies and shows.  "Are you mad at me?"

She rolls her neck over her shoulder to look at me, she looked me up and down giving me an annoyed look. "And why do you think that?"

"Because you have been avoiding me like I don't exist since yesterday and then you got mad at me when I walked in on you writing in your room," My voice kept breaking.

"How about you don't interrupt me when I'm in the middle of creating something," She said turning her head in dismissal.

I threw my arms in the air in defeat. "I'm gonna head out now," I leaned down placing a small kiss her on the cheek but she didn't return the favor. "Just call or text me later." She didn't even wave goodbye to me.