You Belong To Me- Part 2 (KAYLOR)

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Karlie waited downstairs for Taylor to come down. She was able to get an earlier appointment with Miss Simpson, and was a little nervous to have her wife attend, even though she really wanted her there.
Taylor came down the stairs smiling as she saw her wife standing at the bottom of the staircase. Before stepping off of the last step, she kissed Karlie.

"Kar, are you sure you want me to come with you?"

"I'll be honest with you, I'm a little nervous about you being there but I really do want you with me."

Karlie wrapped her arms around Taylor's waist.

"I need you Taylor, more than I ever needed anyone. I want to share this with you because we're a team and I don't want to leave you out of what I'm going through."

"Then I'll be right beside you." Taylor said as she kissed her wife again.

The girls made their way to the car as Jim drove them to the office.

Karlie grabbed Taylor's hand as they walked inside.

"Hi Miss Simpson." Taylor said.

"Hello Taylor. It's so nice to see you. Will you be staying with us? Or did you just come and say hello?"

"I asked her if she would come and stay with me." Karlie said as she looked at her wife.

"That'll be fine. Karlie, go ahead and lay on the couch. Taylor, I'll have you sit in this chair over here, if you don't mind."

The girls got comfortable as Miss Simpson explained what they would be doing today.

"Karlie, we're going to try Imagery Rehearsal Therapy or (IRT). It is something that has been attempted with people who suffer from PTSD and it has been proven to work. Basically, I'm going to give you a notebook and you're going to jot down details of your most recent nightmare. Then you need to determine how you would change the nightmare. The idea is to then imagine that altered nightmare, realizing that whatever you feared is not worth fearing. What we hope to accomplish is to stop the nightmares completely, but right now, if we can at least get them reduced, we're at least going in the right direction. Do you have any questions for me?"

"Can I just verbally tell you the nightmare, or do I have to write it down?"

"You can say it instead."

Karlie took a deep breath and closed her eyes before she began.

"I dreamt that I watched Taylor walking outside with our daughter holding her hand. She was about seven years old. They were walking through a crowd of our family and friends and then Taylor asked everyone to write a message on balloons and they were going to set them free in my memory. Annnnndd..."

"Karlie, it's ok. You're alright. Do you want to stop?"

"No." She replied as she wiped her tears.

"Taylor held a balloon for our daughter to write her message and then she read it to the crowd. She said, I love you mommy in heaven. Love your bean."

Karlie sat up as the tears ran down her face. She glanced over to Taylor who was also crying. The singer came over and hugged her as she whispered, "It wasn't real baby. You're ok."

"Karlie, are you ok to continue?" Miss Simpson asked as she handed the model a box of tissues.

"Yes."

"Ok. Why do you think you weren't there?"

"Because I died."