best thing that's ever been mine - a Kaylor story

Chapter 7

Karlie is running up the stairs to Taylor's apartment. It's been almost two weeks since she saw her girlfriend last and knowing she's about to see Taylor's face makes Karlie's heart flutter. Two weeks is really too long to be apart, she thinks to herself as she unlocks the door and walks in.

She barely has time to put her bags down on the floor before a blonde whirlwind crashes into her, pinning her to the door. Taylor's lips meet Karlie's quickly and forcefully, pressing Karlie's head back towards the door. Taylor's hands are on Karlie's cheeks, not giving the taller girl an opportunity to move in any other direction than where Taylor wants her to go.

"Hello to you too," Karlie says with a grin as Taylor pulls her lips away from Karlie's and starts unbuttoning Karlie's shirt before pulling it off completely.

Taylor just grins back at her with mischief shining through her eyes. "Come," she says and takes Karlie's hand, pulling her with her towards the couch. Pushing Karlie down onto it, she quickly removes Karlie's pants in a familiar motion. Karlie props herself up on her elbows as Taylor places herself on top of her, pinning her down. She pushes Karlie down flat on her back and kisses Karlie's jawline as her hand slips in between Karlie's legs. Karlie pushes herself into Taylor's hand until shivers overpower her entire body and she can no longer stay quiet, whimpering and squirming underneath Taylor.

"Welcome home, baby."

Taylor gives Karlie a kiss before she unpins Karlie from the couch and walks off.

"Wait, where are you..." Karlie starts asking, confused as to why Taylor left her so abruptly, but she quickly realizes she is too out of breath to finish the sentence. She pants on the couch for a few minutes, slowly regaining some sense of control over her body, while Taylor grabs the large bag Karlie had dropped on the floor when Taylor had all but attacked her. Sitting up, Karlie watches her girlfriend open the bag and take out the beautiful painting of Taylor and the sunshine girl.

Taylor holds the painting up in front of her and purses her lips.

"What are you doing?" Karlie asks, causing Taylor to turn around.

There's a sparkle in Taylor's eyes as she walks back towards Karlie, the painting in her hands. "Was just thinking where we should put this, and I think I have the perfect spot for it." Reaching out one of her hands towards Karlie, she pulls Karlie off the couch and leads her through the kitchen and into the den behind it.

Taylor walks up to one of the walls and picks a framed painting off the wall, replacing it with the painting she made. As Karlie admires how good it looks on the wall, Taylor picks up another picture frame and hangs it up next to it. Karlie smiles when she sees it's the portrait of the two of them with the cats that she gave Taylor for Christmas.

"I love it," Taylor says happily and walks over to Karlie. Karlie puts her arms around Taylor and kisses her.

"They look perfect next to each other," Karlie murmurs into Taylor's hair.

"Just like us," Taylor replies.

Karlie's mouth finds Taylor's again and their lips touch for minutes until Karlie is the one leading Taylor through the kitchen and upstairs to their bed.

***

Hours later, Karlie stands in front of the mirror in the bathroom, wearing nothing but underwear and getting ready for their public and very platonic date.

Coming up behind her, Taylor pokes her in the ribs. "I should honestly be more insecure when getting undressed next to you," she says playfully and Karlie laughs.