Forever And Always

Tell Me What's Wrong

A/N Above is Taylor's outfit.

Tuesday: 6:30 am

Taylor's POV

I wake up on the couch next to Jordan. Did we really sleep through the night? Ignoring that, I go upstairs to wake up Mackenzie. I notice Oliver's door is still closed and Ariana usually leaves it open to wake him up.

"Mackenzie, wake up. Let's get ready for school. I'll let you wake up for a couple minutes. Be right back." I leave her room and go to Oliver's room.

"Olly, wake up. You know how to brush your teeth, right?"

"Yeah. But sometimes Ariana helps me."

"Well, can you do it by yourself today?"

"Ok." He goes into his bathroom and I go to Karmani's door.

"Karmani?" I knock on her door and she opens it.

"Sorry. Just making sure you were awake. I'm gonna take you to school by myself today."

"Ok. What about Ariana?"

"I'm gonna give her a break. I'll take you to McDonald's or something for breakfast."

"Taylor! Come help me brush my teeth." Mackenzie pokes her head out of her door.

"Ok. Here I come." I close Karmani's door behind me and go back to Mackenzie's room.

After I help her brush her teeth, I give her some clothes to put on and go get ready myself.

30 Minutes Later: 7:30 am

"Ok, I think everyone's ready. Go get in the Range Rover. Be careful of the puddles, it rained last night."

I go give Jaidon his inhaler, put on an elephant onesie, then put him in his car seat. Then I put a baby blue onesie on Jordan, white tights and sparkly golden combat boots. After everyone is in the car, I get in the passenger seat and Kevin drives away.

I didn't get Kaylee and Alyson because they know what to do when they wake up. Knock mommy and daddy's door or go downstairs if they're awake.

5 Minutes Later

We arrive McDonalds and I get the kids going to school Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits and one for Jordan. Jaidon has his bottle. I get 4 extra for Ariana, Sean, Kaylee, and Alyson.

"Why didn't you leave me at home?" Jordan asks.

"Because you're to young to stay home without parent supervision. I knew you would wake up and start crying because you couldn't find mommy and daddy."

"Fine." She says.

"Whatever. Just go play." Jordan runs off to the McDonald's play place while the kids finish eating.

45 Minutes Later

"Welcome back kids. I see Ariana couldn't make it today." Samantha says.

"Yeah. She's not feeling well."

"Thanks for bringing the kids."

"No problem. Have a good day."

"You too." Karmani leads the kids into the building and to their classrooms like she always does then Kevin drives us back home.

20 Minutes Later: 9:15 am

I take Jaidon out of the car and Jordan unbuckles her car seat. She hops out of the car and I give Kevin $100 for driving us.

"Thank you Madame Taylor."

"No problem, Kevin." We walk into the house and I put the kids in the living room.

After Jordan is set up watching Dora, I go upstairs to check on the twins who are watching YouTube on their tablet.

"Come downstairs, I brought you some yogurt." Alyson grabs the tablet and they follow me to the kitchen.

I watch them eat, then brush their teeth, and get them dressed for the day.

"Watch TV or something. I'll be back." I go upstairs and knock on Ariana and Sean's door.

"Oh, hey Taylor. Ariana's not feeling well. Will you be alright with the kids by yourself? I'm planning on heading to the studio." Sean says, closing the door behind him.

"Sure. Go ahead. We'll be fine here."

"Alrighty thanks. I'll go say bye to the kids."

"Oh, wait. I got some extra Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits. They're in the fridge. Is it ok if I bring one to Ariana?"

"Yeah, she's awake She's just not as talkative as usual. I think there's something bothering her but I don't want to pressure her to share. Thanks for the yogurt, though."

"No problem. Have fun, I guess." He leaves and I go downstairs to grab a tiny cup of yogurt.

"Ariana, want some breakfast?" There's no reply so I open the door and walk in.

She's not in bed, she's not on the other side of the room, and she's not in the bathroom. While I'm looking for her, I notice there's a draft coming from the balcony door so I walk on the balcony and see Ariana looking out over the beach.

"Ariana, here's some yogurt. Do you want it?" She nods so I place it on the table next to her chair.

I sit down in the other chair and look out over the water.

"Sorry I didn't help you today." She whispers.

"It's fine. The kids are good at getting ready."

"Yeah. That's nice."

"Ariana, are you ok?"

"Yeah, fine. Why?"

"You're just, acting different... I know something's up, Ariana. You can talk to me."

"Yeah, I know. But, you wouldn't understand."

"Yes I would. Tell me what's wrong."

"Ok, fine. You remember yesterday when the paps asked about Jai?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, when I screamed yesterday, I had a bad dream about Jai finding me and killing Sean, Kaylee, and Alyson so we could get back together." Something snaps and anger bubbles up inside me.

"Ariana?"

"Yeah?" She looks up, curious.

"Would I really not understand that? It just, sounds familiar in some way."

"Oh no, Taylor, I'm sorry, I-" She tries to explain but I cut her off.

"No. How would I not understand someone leaving me? How can I not understand, that person trying to kill me and hurt my family because they looked for me and they found obstacles in the way of trying to take me back!?

"Taylor, I'm-"

"Just leave me alone. I can't believe you would say that, Ariana. I thought you trusted me. I may not be your real sister, but I'm close enough. Don't you realize that?" I turn around and run to my room.

After locking the door, I jump on my bed and cry until there's no more tears.