hard to love

chapter 77

taylors POV

im on my way to the airport. J was driving me in his bike since i had jake take my suitcase in his truck. its the weekend of my art gallery in LA and honeslty im nervous.

i was flying to LA with Jake Oswald, a few other people and our advisors. they were really like our mentors or managers who made sure we got everything done, helped us get our names out into the world.

the guys ended up leaving early so they didnt get to meet J. clay said they needed to come back ASAP. i wasnt ready for them to leave i was expecting to have some more time with them. i wanted to have some time to go ride with them, and have time to spend with jax alone.

that was one of the things i missed most, me and jax seen each other damn near every day since we were kids. now we were lucky if we talked on the phone once a week. im going to have to start skyping him or start to go back for more visits.

i was ready to see everyone again and everyone from new york was coming. we had to fly down that wednesday to make sure everything went okay for the gallery.

my dad and chibs were planning on coming to LA tomorrow so dad can have some extra time with me but something came up with the club. so they were going to get here Friday a little before we opened the doors.

the next two days were really busy for all of us. i had to make sure all my prints came out right, all the information was correct. i had a few that kind of went together, one of the skyline in newyork that was a whole print then i broke it into three and had a sample of it broke into four canvases, i had one of the sunset in charming too just like that, then i had several single canvases.

we were having appetizers and drinks served but nothing to excessive. i was wearing the black and blue heels amber bought me for my sixteenth birthday, yes i still had the gifts, and a blue strapless dress. i had a knitted short sleeve cardigan to wear if i needed it. i decided to wear my locket that was my moms, it had a picture her holding me when i was a baby. i got the back of it engraved with her hand writing "i love you -mom".

i walked into the building and i was just shocked. everything looked amazing and i couldnt believe i was actually here, this was actually MY ART GALLERY!

shortly after i got there and double checked everything people started showing up. i tried to greet as many people as i could when they came it. i walked around and spoke to so many people within the first thirty minutes. i didnt even realize tyler and kate snuck by me. i spoke to alot of people who had money and who were interested in my work, besides what i was selling tonight.

we had a table set up with proofs of all my work and what was able to be ordered or if they wanted something similar but more personalized. i never realized how much work one of these were.

the doors had been open for an hour and there was no sign of my dad or anyone else, i was getting worried they wouldnt come. hell where was everyone from new york? i tried my best not to let it bother me. i decided to grab me a drink and a smoke. i took jake with me outback and had one of the guards stand with the back door cracked just in case something happened.

you always hear about shit happening in alleys but it never really bothered me until i got jumped when i moved to new york. since we were in a new city and i obviously wasnt ably to be armed tonight i wasnt taking any chances.

when we went back inside i seen kate talking to my manager by the canvases i had of a couple picture of her and Tyler. it was her birthday party and he rented out a whole club. they were both them dancing one he was spinning her, their arms outstreched both had huge smiles on their faces and you could see the love in their eyes. the next one was when he pulled her back into his arms and kissed her, her dress and some of her hair were still flying a little from the spin.