Pitch Perfect Harmony

About The Exes Again

Taylor and Travis woke up later this time. He had a day off. They stayed in bed and just cuddled for a while. "I don't wanna leave tomorrow", she mumbled lying on his chest. "You said you've got some meetings?", he asked but Taylor just grumbled silently. Travis chuckled a little. "I would want to have you here forever too", he whispered. They stayed just like that for another hour before they decided to get up and eat something. "Well, I got something from you that stays a little longer", he noticed the scratches on his back. Taylor blushed while carrying two plates to the table. Travis threw his shirt over and helped her set the table. "You know my teammates see that", he purposefully made her blush more. "Isn't it weird to know who of you had sex the night before?", she asked honestly curious. Travis laughed at that. "It's not that we look out for that. But I still think some avoid it actually", he explained.

"Would you rather avoid it?", Taylor asked insecurely. She absolutely did not think of that at all. Joe did avoid it to end up on a set with scratches because he had to be on camera. But Travis just shook his head. "I think we're all adults and it isn't that big of a deal. We all get more bruises and searches in practice anyway", he said. "And you? Ever played a concert with a hickey?", Travis asked grinning. She immediately got her phone out to look at herself. She did have a hickey but a higher-sitting shirt would already cover it. "I don't think I did. But I covered something with makeup when I had shootings or TV shows", she said. She looked like it wasn't really funny to her. "Something?", he asked feeling like it might have been more than a hickey. Did someone ever hurt her? He knew of people, mainly women, covering bruises. "Someone decided to grab me by the arm in an argument. It's long ago and it was only once and he apologized. Old story. Still wasn't cool", she explained honestly. He looked at Taylor not fully believing her. "I'm okay", she laughed a little. "Old story", he mumbled.

"Travis", she sighed. He could just let it go. "I don't even remember what we were fighting about. Also... If that makes it better, I slapped him for it", she said now making him laugh a bit. "And rightfully so", he said. "Hm... I guess we were both in the wrong", Taylor mentioned. Travis shrugged and they continued with their breakfast. "I'm too curious not to ask. Who was it?", Travis couldn't hold back. Taylor laughed swallowing her food. "Calvin", she said recognizing his confusion immediately. "Harris? You never read a list of my exes", she figured. "Why on earth would I do that? Also... I heard the name but I don't even have a face in mind", he answered. Taylor remembered that Travis wasn't the guy who would stalk her on social media and google her before even talking to her. He cared about her perspective from day one. So she truly wasn't too surprised anymore. It still was refreshing though. "He was a pretty jealous person I guess. But let's not get into one of my exes again. We had that yesterday", she wanted to change the topic.

"We can talk about my ex", Travis suggested half-serious. "Do you want to?", she asked a little surprised. "I don't know. Wasn't that special I guess", he mumbled. "We can talk about it if you want to", she said. "I mean, what should I say? We've been together for seven months. It really wasn't that special", he repeated. "It's not about time. Why did you break up?", Taylor asked. "If you want to tell me, of course", she remembered how careful he always was and how much she actually hated this question. "It just didn't work. I don't know, there wasn't one specific reason", he explained. "I was honestly dating around for most of my adult life", he admitted. "Wasn't really looking for the one I guess", he added. Taylor saw him that insecure for the first time. Did he know who he was talking to? She got slut shamed since she was barely an adult. She wouldn't judge him for what people called dating around. "As long as you played fair", she just said. "Probably not when I was a teenager but I learned my lesson", he honestly said. "And I'm out of that now. I... I really think this could... you... I love you", he stuttered making her smile. She believed him. She trusted him. "I love you too, Trav", she smiled. "Thanks for telling me", she added. He had been scared that she might think he was playing with her but he was proven wrong.

They decided to watch something after they cleaned the table. "Netflix knows me", Travis joked looking at the suggested documentary. "Miss Americana". She laughed a bit nervous. She hadn't seen it in forever and she didn't really want to get into it now. "Would you be okay with me watching it someday?", he asked noticing her unease. "It's more a coincidence that you haven't already and it probably wouldn't have changed anything if you did", she said trying to be rational about it. "But I didn't and we should talk about that rather than what could be", he mentioned. "Okay, I don't know. I... Maybe not today?", she honestly answered. "Sure. That's why I asked. I thought maybe someday when we talked about most of what this documentary covers, we could watch it together", he explained the idea he had days ago. It wasn't the first time Netflix suggested it. "Yeah... That's an idea", she said. It sounded good to her. Waiting till they had skimmed over everything before. "We'll see, hm? Let's see what we can watch now", he decided finally pulling her closer to get them both under one blanket.