"Fuck!" Travis slammed his hand down onto the table top whilst Roozhan rolled her eyes and sighed at his display of macho amateur dramatics.
"It's four days Trav, that gives you four more days to decide how to murder him and then how to correctly dispose of the body, so you don't get caught and end up in jail as some guys wife because we both know those criminals love a pretty boy"
"Na, I will leave the disposing of to you, I don't want to get my pretty little ahands dirty"
"Wimp" she sniggered as they both took a sip of their coffees
"Where are Jason and your mother going anyways?"
"According to his friend they went to visit my Aunt Carly but God knows what the truth is" Travis tapped his fingers hard on the table top, attempting to distract himself from the thoughts of how wide the distance now was between him and his 'family'. Carly was his favourite Aunt, she was always kind to him but his mother had stopped him visiting when he was around about the age of 9 and now all he had were memories that warmed him like hot chocolate on a winters day
"Knowing those two they have probably gone to a couples retreat somewhere and by now are getting a 'couple' massage"
"Roozhan! That's my mother and my brother you're talking about there
" Yeah, yeah and you love them both dearly I'm sure. So what times Taylor getting here?" Roozhan looked down at her watch "She's 10 minutes late, she's not scared of me is she, is she hovering in an alleyway, shaking with nerves in case I eat her alive?" she allowed a sinister look to move across her face briefly before wiggling her eyebrows and laughing
"I don't think Taylor knows the meaning of the word 'scared' Roozhan" Travis announced proudly
Roozhan lowered her tone and allowed the sinister look to return "We will see about that then Trav, won't we? "
"Hi guys" Taylors bright, breezy voice swept through the coffee shop, immediately causing Travis to grin
"Don't do that" warned Roozhan in a shout/whisper
"Don't do what?"
"Look so disgustingly happy, I'm going to lose my lunch"
"Fuck you" he joked as Taylor placed a kiss onto his cheek and then sat on the free chair inbetween her boyfriend and his best friend
"You guys started the sex talk without me, that's not fair" she giggled whilst tangling her fingers with Travis "Hi Roozhan, I'm Taylor"
Roozhan just stared at her coldly "I think I can manage to remember your name Taylor "
Taylor smiled awkwardly and Travis squeezed her hand for reassurance
"She's just trying to see if she can scare you off, isn't that right Roozhan?" The girl just shrugged and Taylor giggled whilst snuggling in to Travis' side
"It will take more than a death stare to scare me away" she said with a thick accent, Travis sensing her heat immediately
"Say that again next time I get you naked" he whispered
"You're whispering too loud Kelce, you are going to make me sick"
"You're just jealous" he laughed whilst pressing a kiss to the top of Taylors head, Roozhan took the opportunity to rake her eyes over Taylors slight frame and Travis kicked her shin under the table
"Okay, calm down lover boy, I get it, she's unavailable"
"Damn right she is" once more he kissed the blond hair "Can I get you anything? Coffee? Cake?"
"Both?" Taylor widened her eyes and pouted her lips as a please and Travis was immediately on his feet
"Whipped" said Roozhan, disguised as a cough and Taylor giggled whilst reaching out and grabbing a handful of Travis' ass.
Silence descended as Travis headed to the cake counter but it didn't last for long
"We're talking, when Travis suggests leaving you tell him no and then you and I have things we need to discuss" Roozhans dark eyes burned in to Taylors and for a second the younger girl felt a sense of panic
"Such as?" She tried to puff out her chest and harden her voice but she felt weak under the other girls gaze
"Tell Travis you can't leave with him and we will talk" Taylor just about managed a nod of the head before Travis arrived back loaded with chocolate cake and coffee
"These look so good, Thankyou so much"
Travis just shrugged "You can make it up to me when I finally get you alone"
"For fuck sake Kelce!" Roozhan roared causing both Travis and Taylor to jump apart and then dissolve in to fits of giggles. Taylor knew Roozhan was trying to intimidate her but for some reason she wasn't afraid, she felt a warmth for Travis' friend and when Travis left and they were alone to talk she felt secure that they would be leaving the coffee shop as friends.
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Jogging through the park in the direction of Roozhans house, Travis couldn't keep the smile from his lips, his best friend and his girlfriend sat in the coffee shop 'bonding' in one way or another. It may not be pretty, it may not be hugs and air kisses but it would be genuine and real and he couldn't help but love that.
Leaving any other girl alone with Roozhan would have seen fear spilling in to every part of him but for some reason he knew Taylor wouldn't be intimidated, she wouldn't let Roozhan get it all her own way and it upset Travis a little that he wouldn't be there to see that.
"Trav!"
The sound of his name being called registered briefly but he kept his feet moving as him arms pumped by his side.
"Travis Kelce!"
The use of his surname caused him to stop dead in his tracks as he craned his neck to see who wanted his attention but before he could make eye contact with whoever was looking for him he felt hands on his cheeks and then lips pressed to his lips, the taste was wrong, the feeling was wrong and he squirmed to free himself
"Oh my God, Travis, it is you" arms wrapped around his waist as a head of red hair fell gently to his shoulder "Oh Travis, baby I have missed you so much"
That voice...
That hair...
Fuuuuuck!!!!
