Taylor x Travis: In Every Life

you'll always find your way back home

Taylor's POV

"No Ky, of course I'll do it." I assured, getting up off the couch. 

"Are you sure? I feel bad for asking but no one else is in town." Kylie sighed. "I know three kids is a lot."

"Hey, I'm the power aunt remember?" I said as I moved across the motel room and grabbed my bag and car keys. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes."

I was kind of glad Kylie had called. Apparently her and Jason were going away overnight and they'd asked Travis to babysit, but he'd had to cancel for some reason. I hadn't asked why. But babysitting three little girls for a day would surely take my mind off the empty feeling in my heart that hadn't left me alone for the last three weeks.

Three weeks. Twenty one days since the day I'd moved out of Travis' house and into a motel. I didn't know if we were broken up since we hadn't spoken since, but the last I'd talked to him we'd just agreed we were on a break. Things had been so difficult between us after the first three months of living together, and we'd been fighting too much, making each other so unhappy. We had barely spoken for almost a week before finally talking about it, and after a long, tearful conversation we'd agreed I would move out for a while and we'd just take some time apart. This would be a good distraction.

I got to Jason and Kylie's house just over ten minutes later to find them just getting the girls to bed. They were a little unruly so I intercepted Wyatt where she was stubbornly refusing that it was bedtime, giving Jason and Kylie time to handle one child each. She was grumpy about having to go to bed, but as the aunt I managed to coax a response.

"Come on little sweetheart." I stroked her hair, moving to whisper in her ear. "When it's just us you can stay up a little longer as long as you don't tell anyone, but you have to go to bed now."

"Promise?" Wyatt whispered back. 

"Pinky promise." I nodded. "So you go jump into bed and I'll come and get you when your mommy and daddy have gone. We can hang out for a bit yeah?"

"Okay." Wyatt giggled, scampering away. I smiled to myself, knowing Jason and Kylie wouldn't mind her staying up a little later than her sisters.

I went over a few things with Kylie to make sure I still knew the girls routines, and then I waved them off. It felt nice to be in a proper house again, feeling like I was around family. Even if Travis and I broke up for good, I knew these guys would still be family to me. We'd find a way to work it out.

When I went to find Wyatt, she was peeking out from where her blanket was tucked up to her chin. She giggled when I cracked her door open, wriggling in excitement. I smiled adoringly at my niece, holding out my hand. Wyatt jumped out of bed and ran to me, obviously ecstatic about being allowed to stay up. I took her downstairs so we wouldn't disturb Elliotte or Bennett and we curled up on the couch with blankets, reading books together.

"Auntie Tay?" Wyatt asked when we finished the second one.

"Yeah sweetheart?"

"How come you and Uncle Trav don't live together anymore?"

"Oh." I sighed, putting the book I was holding down. "Sweetheart, that's complicated."

"That's what Uncle Trav said." She mumbled. "But I don't want you to go away."

"Oh I'm not going to go away." I reassured her. "I love you so much, and even if Uncle Travis and I have problems, I'm still going to see you guys."

"Why do you have problems?"

"I don't exactly know sweetheart." I sighed, and Wyatt shuffled over to curl up in my lap.

"I don't want you and Uncle Trav to have problems." She told me. "I like it better when you love each other even though it's gross when you kiss all the time but its better then getting grumpy." I nodded, stroking her hair as I tried to think of what to say. "Auntie Tay do you think you and Uncle Trav will stop being together?"