kiss me ➳ taylor caniff

chapter three

When I woke up, it felt way later than 8:30.

I guessed that it was the fact that I still wasn't used to the east coast time zones and pulled myself out of bed. I showered and blow dried my hair, curling it. I turned on Show Me by Kid Ink and Chris Brown as I got dressed in a white lace shirt, jeans, and white heels.

A knock on the door sounded through the room and I walked over to answer it, Carter standing in the doorway.

"I heard my song." He grinned, walking past me into my room.

"Hi Carter." I laughed, going into the bathroom to finish my makeup.

"Why are you looking so pretty today?" He asked, coming over to the doorway.

"Was I ugly yesterday?" I joked, putting my makeup back where I set it carefully.

"No, you just look like you're trying harder today." He recognized, shrugging.

"I have a date with Jack." I admitted.

"Gilinsky?"

"No, Sparrow." I replied sarcastically.

"Hey it could've been Johnson, don't get sassy with me." He defended.

"Alright." I laughed.

"See you tonight, be careful with Jack." He warned before leaving the room.

I put on a black zip up jacket and zipped it half way, adjusting the hood and the strings to make sure they weren't out of place before walking into the hall and knocking on Jack's door.

He opened it after a minute and smiled.

"Ready?" He asked. I nodded and we went to the elevator, going down to the lobby. We passed some fans and stopped for pictures before leaving the hotel.

"There isn't much to do in DC." Jack said as we drove around. He stopped in a parking lot near a park on the Potomac River.

"This is fine, I'm not hard to please." I told him.

"Are you sure?"

I nodded and he got out of the car and opened my door. We walked down right by the river and sat down.

"So do you like the USA?" He asked, staring off at the river. I took in all of his features, his dark hair and his jawline that you could probably decapitate someone with.

"It's pretty on the east coast." I nodded, looking at the trees around.

"California is amazing though." He argued.

"I've never been there."

"No way." Jack said, looking at me.

"Yeah, never been there."

"Magcon's planning on going to San Francisco." He told me. Now it was my turn to be surprised.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"I've always wanted to go there." I admitted, playing with the bracelets on my wrist.

"It's awesome."

His phone began vibrating, and he put the phone to his ear.

"Hey? Yeah I'm with her. Okay. Alright. Bye."

He hung up, looking at me.

"We have to go back."

We stood up and he grabbed my hand as we walked back to the car. He opened my door and let me in first before getting in on the driver's side.

- - -

"How was your little date?" Nash asked at rehearsal.

"What date?" I asked innocently, putting my hands behind my back.

"The one you went on with Jack!"

"Who's Jack?" I questioned, holding back laughter.

"Did you use protection?" Nash interrogated, crossing his arms and looking down at me like I was a child.

"We aren't going to do that, Nash, it was one date. I'm not that easy." I sighed.

"I'm joking!" Nash laughed, wrapping his arms around my shoulders and pulling me into his chest. I wrapped my arms around his torso.

"You're mean." I pouted.

"I'll take you to get food after Magcon."

"But you're my best friend." I added after he mentioned food.

"Thought so." He grinned, walking over to Cameron.

"Are we friends?" Taylor asked as he walked up beside me. He had on a light green bandana and a tie dyed jacket that somehow matched perfectly with his bandana and I wondered how he was so color coordinated.

"Are we?" I retorted.

"Yes?" He answered, sounding like he was questioning his own statement.

"Alright then we're friends." I stated.

"Awesome." He smiled. Carter walked past, taking off his hat and running a hand through his hair. He stopped and brushed it off before placing it back on his head.

Boys.

- - -

After Magcon, the boys followed me to my room.

"Why my room?" I asked as they followed behind.

"We're gonna go grab food." Carter said before him, Aaron, and Taylor walked into he room.

"We'll be here," I replied, sitting on my bed. Shawn, Nash, and Cameron were all on the other bed. Jack, Jack, and Matt were on my bed. Jack J and Matt were showing each other funny that they saw on their feeds and Jack was talking to me about something he heard fans talking about in line during Magcon.

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Taylor's Point of View

"Shit guys." I groaned as we pulled into the McDonald's drive thru.

"What?" Carter asked, glancing over.

"I think I have some kind of feeling for Tatiana."

"You mean a crush?" Aaron laughed.

"Yeah, that." I muttered.

"Taylor, you try to act like you aren't a softy and we all know you are." Carter chuckled.

"I made a bet with Gilinsky, whoever makes her fall for one of us wins $150."

"What the hell?" Aaron shouted. Carter shushed us as he told the employee our order.

"He already got her on a date and I'm not even on a good friendship level with her but I really think I like her." I confessed.

"Nash can help you get her you know, their like best friends." Carter suggested.

"What if Nash is just getting friendzoned?" I asked, thinking out all of my options.

"You'll never know unless you try." Aaron said.

For a 15 year old he's pretty helpful with this shit.

"I'll try."