You Belong To Me- Part 2 (KAYLOR)

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Taylor awoke, shaking and scared from a nightmare she had. She couldn't seem to erase the image of Karlie laying motionless in the hospital, knowing that it was her fault she was there. She turned to face her wife, who was sound asleep on her side. Her emotions took over as she held Karlie's face in her hands and pressed their foreheads together as she began to sob.

"Baby, what's wrong?" Karlie mumbled as she opened her eyes to see her wife pushed against her.

"Please don't ever leave me Karlie." Taylor replied in between sobs. "I'm so sorry. I almost lost you forever."

"Hey hey, come here."

Karlie shifted herself and wrapped her arms around Taylor as her wife cried against her chest. "Tay, I'm fine, I'm right here and I'm ok. I'm not going anywhere."

"All that keeps playing in my head over and over is that last text message I sent to you. I was so fucked up and mean. I didn't even tell you I loved you back."

"Taylor, look at me. It's over and done with. It's in the past. Neither one of us can go back and change anything that happened but even though you didn't tell me, I know you love me. How could I not know that? I don't want you to blame yourself Tay, please don't. We're together and nothing will ever come between us. In a few days we'll be going to Greece for ten days and we're gonna have an amazing time. Plus, we get to celebrate your birthday."

Karlie was smiling from ear to ear as she wiped her wife's tears and kissed her moist cheeks. "I love you Taylor and I'll never stop loving you. Ok?"

Taylor giggled as she said, "You sounded like Mikayla just then."

"Hahaha, maybe my dad was right. He mentioned that I used to say that all the time when I was her age."

"Will you tell me about your experience with your dad?" Taylor asked as she curled up against her wife.

"I guess I never realized that I had so much built up resentment toward him after he died. Like, I never had the chance to say goodbye and I just held on to that for all of these years, not really knowing how to let go of it all. When I touched his hand, it sent this surging pain through my body and suddenly I flashed back to when he died. All that hurt and anger I had felt came back and just overtook me. It was so surreal. Andrea had told me that I was there because I had unfinished business and that I couldn't come back to you until that business was resolved. Well, after encountering my father, I realized that he was my unfinished business."

"I never had someone so close to me die and I couldn't deal with the fact that he had left me. But after talking to him, I realized that he never really did leave. He saw everything, every milestone, every challenge. He was always there, cheering me on and supporting me as best he could. I completely broke and just apologized over and over to him. When I hugged him for one last time, I felt a weight lift off of me. I felt free. I'm ok. It sucks that he's not here to have met you and see our kids grow up, but I truly believe that we will all be together one day and that's enough for me."

"Thank you for sharing that with me, Kar. I'm so happy that you were able to get that closure you needed. I love you Karlie, I really and truly do. You mean everything to me."

"Can I ask you something Tay?"

"Yeah of course."