It's early in the morning on Taylor's birthday and Karlie wakes up from a loud thump, followed by someone crawling across the bed. Before she can even wake up enough to form any coherent thoughts, soft lips kiss her forehead.
"I'm so tired and I stink of airplanes," Taylor says exhaustedly, and drops her head face-down onto her pillow.
Karlie laughs and rolls over, pulling Taylor closer towards her. "Welcome home, baby," she whispers into Taylor's ear. "I missed you."
Taylor moves her head so Karlie can look into those beautiful blue eyes. "I missed you too," Taylor says and Karlie leans in to kiss Taylor's nose. "Aren't you forgetting something?" Taylor says, mockingly and Karlie laughs.
"All in good time, birthday girl. Do you want it now or do you want to get some sleep first?"
"Give me like two hours," Taylor replies sleepily, turns around and falls asleep almost immediately.
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Karlie walks around Taylor's LA house, getting everything ready for when Taylor wakes up. She knows by now that Taylor needs a few hours in bed after long international flights if she wants to be able to function properly, and Karlie plans on using those hours well.
The night before, Karlie had baked cookies and a birthday cake, gone shopping for the party they would have later on, and made sure the two presents she was giving Taylor were ready to be given.
She makes her way to the kitchen and starts preparing the chocolate pancakes she wants to surprise Taylor with when she wakes up. The batter ready, she leaves it in the fridge while she finds the birthday decorations she has stored in one of the guest rooms she knew Taylor wouldn't look in before coming to bed. After hanging them up all over the house, from the kitchen and all the way to the bedroom where Taylor is sound asleep, she quietly opens the door and sneaks in.
Alright, Karlie thinks to herself, only one more thing...
She looks around, trying to think where Taylor would have left her phone. Spotting her purse on the floor next to the bed, she finds the phone quickly. She enters the passcode Taylor trusted her with almost a year ago already and sneaks back out of the room with the phone in her hand. Now she just needs to plug it into the laptop before Taylor wakes up.
***
Karlie lies in bed next to Taylor, her eyes caressing the sleeping girl lovingly.
"You're doing it again," Taylor suddenly mumbles, her eyes still closed.
"Doing what?" she asks with a grin.
"Looking at me with those heart-eyes of yours," Taylor replies, "I can feel it, you know."
Karlie giggles as Taylor stretches with a smile on her face. Taylor's hand grabs Karlie's and pulls her close.
"You smell like pancakes," Taylor says before she places her lips on Karlie's, kissing her greedily.
"Birthday surprise," Karlie mumbles in between kisses.
Taylor pulls away slowly, her teeth playfully biting Karlie's bottom lip in the process. "Then what in the world are we still doing here? Let's go eat them!"
Taylor's eyes shine as she all but jumps out of bed, and Karlie groans. "Fine," she says with a playful pout, "but don't for a second think I won't make you pay for this later."
Her green eyes twinkle with mischief and Taylor giggles. "Don't worry," she says, "I'm counting on it."
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best thing that's ever been mine - a Kaylor story
Fanfiction- I'm so tired of hiding, Karlie. I've been standing in front of so many people these past few months, telling them that they are worth more than the opinions of others, that they are brave and can get through anything, and I just... I don't want to...
