I Hate California

twenty three

"Hey, I missed you" Travis says walking into my apartment. He leans in for a kiss and I step back.

"Are you kidding me?" I exclaim as I push him back. He looks at me stunned and confused. I had messaged him saying it was urgent that he needed to stop by before I leave for tour.

"What did you give my daughter? What secret did you tell her to keep from me?!" I yell in his face. After Joe called me fuming, the fire just rose from there.

His eyes go wide from realization, "Taylor, what are you talking about?".

I chuckle, "What am I talking about? I clearly remember telling you about Sage's allergies and you go and get her peanut candies? Were you trying to kill my kid?!" I yell.

He shakes his head and starts walking back and forth. I stare at him with no feelings whatsoever towards him.

"If she would've eaten any of those candies, I would've killed you on the spot. Don't even try me Trav" I get in his face, telling him sternly.

"Taylor, this is all a misunderstanding, I would never do that. I love you and Sage so much already!" He stutters.

I throw my arms up in the air, "Oh really? Who would've gave my daughter those huh? Some ghost? Did they just randomly appear in her suitcase? If Joe would've taken Sage away from me, this would all be your fault!".

He doesn't say a word and just stares at the ground, rubbing his face. He didn't have anything else to say and that was all I needed to know.

"Get the fuck out! We're over" I yell, pointing at the door.

"Taylor, please, no" He pleads trying to give me a hug.

I push him away, "I thought you would be different, I really did".

I watched as a single tear rolled down his face and he walked out the door. I let out a scream of frustration and sank to the floor, hugging my legs and just let all the tears out.

-

I handed Sage her snack plate while she watched Tangled in the living room. When I went back to cleaning up the kitchen, I saw that I was receiving a call from Taylor.

"Hello?" I answered.

I heard sobs coming through the phone, making me drop everything.

"Joe, please come back, come here" She whimpers through the phone. I looked at the time, it was 3 PM in the afternoon and would still take hours to fly back to New York.

"I don't care how long I have to wait, come back, please, bring Sage" She cries out.

"I'm on my way" I end the call.

I look over to Sage who is still occupied watching T.V. and run up the stairs to pack us both a bag. Taylor texted me the details of the flight and I tried to move as fast as possible. She literally has to fly out for her tour soon, so I knew this was urgent.

"Come on boo, we're going back to Mommy" I say, picking her up and heading out the door.

"Mommy?" She questions as I helped buckle her in.

"She needs us okay?" I tell her, kissing her forehead and she nods.

-

I laid face down on my bed. I've cried for the past couple hours. I never wanted this to happen, what went wrong? I thought Travis was a different guy, I really did. Just as Sage and him were developing a relationship, this happened.

I went into my bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked like a huge mess, my hair was tangled, and even my slight amount of makeup was all smudged.

That's when I heard my door bell ring. I quickly ran down the stairs, wiping away the few tears that I had left and looked to see Sage making silly faces in the camera.

I opened the door and when I came face to face with Joe again, I broke down in tears. He set Sage down and  quickly pulled me into a hug, rocking us back and forth.

"I broke up with him" I whisper.

He rubbed my back, holding me close, whispering comforting things into my ear. I felt two arms wrap around my waist and looked down to Sage looking at me concerned.

I picked her up, smothering her in kissed and held her tightly. I didn't need anyone else in the world, I just needed her.

"Mommy why are you sad?" She questions leaning back to face me. I shake my head and tuck her hair behind her ears.

I kissed her forehead, "I just missed you so much baby".

As we left Sage to play in her playroom, Joe and I went into my bedroom to talk.

"What happened? What did he do to you?" Joe questions, keeping his distance from me.

I shake my head, "This is all my fault, I confronted him on what he did to Sage and he didn't have anything to tell me. He didn't even try to hide it or even try to-"

Joe stops me and pulls me into an embrace as I started to tear up again.

"I don't know what I did to deserve this, this always is happening to me" I say and he just rubs my back.

"You did nothing wrong, it's not your fault, got it?" He states.

I wrap my arms around his neck, hiding my face into his chest and I felt him kiss my head.

"I've got you, I've always got you" he whispers, which makes me cry even more.

I untangle myself from his embrace and stare at him. "Go out with me again, please".

He looks at me stunned, "Taylor...".

I shake my head, "You really are the only one that understands me".

He nods his head and pulls me into a tight embrace again, "Okay".

Just hearing that word made everything feel right again.

Here's just a quick short chapter! Oops sorry to those who are mad, but cheers to those who have been rooting for Joe and Taylor since the start of the chapter :') (Obviously I'm a hardcore Travis and Taylor stand in real life)

ALSO CAN U GUYS BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED AT THE GRAMMYS?! Fully clowned on getting the rerecording of reputation, BUT I'll take this! I'll take this!!! Also our girl keeps making history, absolutely love her for it.

See you guys in the next chapter!