So High School

Cats (pt2)

A/N the long awaited part 2

Travis hurried out of the house and got into his car, typing the address to Taylor's favourite charity shop into his phone.

When he arrived the place was pretty empty, other than an older woman behind the counter.
"Hello!" she beamed, her presence immediately welcoming.
"Hi, um, I was wondering if you got a box earlier? Filled with cat stuff?" Travis asked nervously, praying they still had it.
"Yes! We haven't put any of it out yet- why? Do you want it?" The woman asked nicely.
"Its my girlfriends stuff, she didn't mean to give it away. Could I buy it back?" Travis breathed a sigh of relief, knowing his plan was going well.
"Of course you can, and you don't need to buy it- you can just take it" the woman was about to turn to go into the back, but Travis stopped her.
"No, no, I insist. I'll buy it" the woman nodded, her eyes creasing up in a smile.
"I'll just go and get it for you then, give me a couple of minutes"

Whilst the lady was retrieving the box Travis decided to look around a bit. He was looking at necklaces for Taylor when something to the side caught his eye. It was a vase, emerald green with little cats circling the outside. It wasn't very pretty, a little ugly even, but Travis knew Taylor would love it. It would also make up for the vase Travis smashed; he still felt horrible about that.

The woman placed the box on the counter and Travis turned around, the vase in his hand.
"Would you like to get that as well?" The woman asked sweetly.
"Yes please" Travis smiled, pulling out his card. He payed and after thanking the woman he left, the box in his arms and the vase resting on the top.

He arrived home and set the box on the counter, leaving to find Taylor. The bedroom door was shut and that's where he guessed she was, so he knocked on the door and then opened it.

Taylor sat up on the bed hurriedly, rubbing roughly at her face. That was when Travis realised she had been crying.
"Tay? What's wrong?" He asked gently, coming to sit next to her.
"Nothing, I'm fine" Taylor mumbled, her arms around her stomach.
"Do you want a hot water bottle? And some painkillers?" Travis asked, picking up on the signs.
"Yes please" Taylor nodded, smiling weakly.
"Okay I'll go get you some, and I have a surprise" he raised his eyebrows mysteriously and Taylor giggled.

He returned with a hot water bottle and paracetamol, as well as the box. He set it down on the next bed, handing Taylor the things to help with pain. After she had taken them and the hot water bottle was resting on her stomach she looked at the box curiously, looking towards Travis to see if she could open it.
"Go for it!" Travis exclaimed, excited to see her reaction.

Cautiously, she opened the box. She took out the vase, the first thing in there.
"A pretty vase! It's beautiful, thank you" she grinned at him and Travis was overjoyed to see her smile back.
"Look at the rest!" Travis urged her on and she nodded, setting the vase down next to her.

She pulled out the next thing- a picture frame- and that was when she realised. She dug through the box, her eyes immediately filling with tears.
"Thank you" she whispered, her voice cracking. Pulling out her oldest stuffed kitty, that was when the tears properly fell, falling down her cheeks.

"I'm so so so sorry for what I said, none of it was true. I was just drunk, and going along with my stupid friends, and I wasn't thinking right. You are not childish at all for liking cats, it's what makes you you. And I love that. I'm so sorry love, please forgive me"

"It's okay" Taylor whispered, leaning into his his arms. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, pressing a kiss to her curls.

The next couple of hours were spent by the pair putting everything back, singing along to music and dancing around the room. Pretty soon the room was back to normal, and Travis couldn't help but smile at Taylor looking so happy.

A/N I have a German test and a physics test tomorrow but I decided to write this instead

Does anyone have any tips on how to learn vocab for languages? I revise for over an hour and still don't know any of the words, then fail the test and get a detention (help please)