I Can See You

Chapter 6

Standing there in the doorway of the kitchen, Taylor could hear the conversation that Travis and Kayla were having, and she could feel her stomach drop. Kayla's pregnant how the fuck did this happen? Travis told her that he was done with Kayla, that they hadn't even slept together for about a month and a half before the two of them hooked the first time. Now, she just felt like her whole world was falling apart, and the walls were closing in on her. There was no way she could tell him now; she was afraid he was going to just think she was lying to get him to choose her over Kayla. Taylor can feel her heart breaking; she loves him so much, but she wants him to choose her because he loves her too, not just because she's pregnant. Taylor looks up as Kayla makes eye contact with her and gives her an almost evil smirk when she is sure that Taylor is watching, and then she throws herself into Travis' arms. It's too much. Taylor can't hold back her sobs as her legs finally decide to move again, and she bolts to her room, closing and locking the door. Unable to stop the tears, she throws herself into her bed, letting herself break down as the realization starts to sink in...she truly is going to have to do this all alone.

About 15 minutes later, the tears had mostly stopped. At this point, she felt as though there were no tears left to cry. Suddenly, there was a loud knock on her bedroom door, causing her to jump. Taylor wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her sweater and went to answer her door, assuming it was Britt, but when she opened the door, it was a devastated-looking Travis on the other side.

"Taylor..I-" he started, but the moment their eyes met, he could see she had been crying and that she already knew exactly what was happening. Travis could feel the tears forming in his eyes, seeing the look on her face completely broke him. He pulls her into his arms and says sadly "I guess we need to talk." Taylor nods in agreement as she chokes down a sob. Travis walks into the room, shuts the door behind and pulls Taylor to the bed before sitting and pulling her into his lap, holding her close as they cry together, clinging to each other desperately.

"This was never supposed to happen; I don't want any of this, Tay...I just don't know what to do," Travis said through his tears. "y-you told me you were done with h-her," Taylor sobbed. "Oh kitten, I am; I haven't been with her in months. She said that she'd known for a while but didn't know how to tell me. I'm so sorry, Tay; it's not right for me to have put you in the middle of any of this." He said sadly while stroking her hair. Taylor can feel her heart breaking because now not only does she know that she can't tell him about the baby but also this feels an awful lot like a goodbye. "God, I wish I could go back and never let her have come over that night or that I hadn't been such a little bitch and just asked you out to begin with. Maybe then I wouldn't be in this situation. As awful as it is to say I feel like now I'm stuck...but I also know I can't just blame Kayla for this and I have to own up to my shit...I just wish it could be different." Travis confessed. Taylor nodded sadly "I wish I could be different too, you don't know how much. Travis, could you just hold me, please, just for tonight at least." She sobbed

"Oh, kitten, of course I will," Travis told her as they lay down on the bed and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tight. As he held her, all he could think was that this should be different and that they shouldn't be here crying about a baby he didn't want with a girl he didn't love, that this didn't feel so much like a goodbye. It was supposed to be her that he was doing this with, it was all supposed to be Taylor. Now, as he lay there, his heart broken over what would never be, he lets his hands move down, cradling Taylor's stomach as he let himself imagine that it was Taylor who was giving him a baby and that he was getting his happy ending instead of the mess that is his reality.

The moment Travis' hands move down to cradle her stomach instinctually, Taylor is sure something in her completely breaks. As the tears silently roll down her cheeks she allows herself to pretend that they get to have this, that they get to be happy. Even though the knowledge of what she has to do weighs heavy on her she finally allows herself to drift off to sleep, dreaming of a life that could never have.

The Next Day

Kayla walks into the little coffee shop and sees Donna already sitting at the table. She cringes to herself over the thought of having to play nice with these people, but as beneath her as they are she knows that she has to at least pretend to get along with them for her plan to work. She reminds herself that this is all just a means to an end, and as soon as she gets what she wants, she will just have to make sure that Travis doesn't have more contact with them.

Kayla sits down and greets Donna making sure to put a solemn tone as she does so. "Good morning Donna.." Donna gives Kayla a worried look "Good morning dear, is everything okay? Did something happen?" She asks Kayla kindly. "Yes actually... that's why I messaged you. I just could really use someone to talk to right now." Kayla tells her making herself cry, in hopes that it makes Donna more compliant. "Oh dear, what happened? Are you okay?" Donna asks, placing her hand on Kayla's, trying to comfort her.

Kayla has to force herself not to pull away at the unwanted touch; she takes a deep breath and then makes herself cry harder: "I'm pregnant...and it's Travis' of course." "Oh..." Donna says solemnly. "I just don't know what to do Donna, my parents are very religious and are going to disown me if they find out that I'm having a baby out of wedlock...and I know that it's terrible for them to be that way, but I love them and I will be completely heartbroken if they do." Kayla sobs.

After being completely taken aback for a moment, Donna gathers her thoughts and pulls Kayla into a hug telling her "Don't worry sweetheart, they are not going to do that." "Y-yes, they will; as soon as they find out that Travis isn't marrying me, they won't want anything to do with m-me." Kayla chokes out through fake tears. "No I promise that they won't, because I'm going to talk to Travis and I know that he will do the right thing here dear. I've done my very best to raise a good man and just know that he would never do that to you." Donna assures her. "Oh thank you Donna you don't know what this means to me," Kayla says as she forces herself to hug her.

Once they part ways Kayla sits for a moment and smiles to herself, thankful that Donna was gullible enough to believe her. Everything was working out perfectly...

A/N: Hey guys, sorry I took so long to post yet again; RL has just been insane!

Also, I'm sorry about this chapter in general...😅