"Woah... wh-who is that?" Billie stuttered, staring wide eyed at the woman standing beside their escort vehicle
"Oh honey I hired you a new personal bodyguard. You'll be spending quite a bit of time with her while on tour but I know you'll get along...
I could feel a ray of the sun shining through the curtains and hitting my face. I could feel Taylor's arm still around me with her hand rested on my waist. I guess neither one of us had moved all night from the position we fell asleep in. I let my eyes flutter open as they adjusted to the day lit room. I watched as little strands of dust floated in the air against the sun rays, gently falling down onto the plaid comforter of Taylor's bed. I lifted my head slightly to look at a fast asleep Taylor and smiled. She was so peaceful in her sleep. Her features looked gentle and soft as the sun kissed her skin. Small, soft snores escaped her parted lips. I kissed her jawline tenderly and lay my head down on the pillow beside her, our bodies still touching. I'm not sure how much time passed by but I felt myself get lost as I studied her. Even asleep, her muscles were firm and the contours of muscles on her stomach flexed as she breathed softly in and out. I let my fingertip trace the muscular lines on her stomach and then began to trace the tattoos that covered her torso. I stopped on one that was in script just below her collarbone on her heart side of her chest. The word "ghost". I wondered what the meaning behind that might've been. She sighed in her sleep before allowing soft snores to escape again. I expected that she'd wake up from the motions on her skin but she had barely moved an inch. Damn this girl could fucking sleep haha! I let my thumb glide across the thick pink scar through her eyebrow and followed to the newest scar on her temple through her hair. My eyebrows furrowed together as I stared at it. Her stitches were already out? Damn that healed quick I decided it was time I'd get up since I had a feeling she'd sleep for a lot longer. Professional fuckin sleeper over here haha
I made my way to the kitchen as I rubbed my eyes and let out a big yawn. I could hear voices mumbling quietly from the couches in the living room. Brooke must be home but who was she talking to? I tiptoed into the kitchen and watched observantly as two familiar faces sat together chatting and drinking coffee on one of the couches. Brooke was giggling at the dark haired man as he whispered something to her and tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear
"Goooooodmornin'" I broke the silence cheekily as I leaned casually against the kitchen counter top. "Oh shit did we wake you? Haha sorry" Brooke, startled by my voice, replied awkwardly with a blush forming on her cheeks "Nah you're cool! I couldn't sleep any longer. Oh hey Fin" I added casually nodding with a smirk at my brother "Mornin" he smiled at me with a little boy grin "Where's Tay?" Brooke added "Still sleeping haha she's a real pro at it" I chuckled "Yeah she's really not a morning person" she laughed finishing the rest of her coffee "I'm gonna go shower" she said with a quick peck on Fins lips and got up from the couch It was just me and him in the room now. "So.... you and Brooke huh" I wiggled my eyebrows at him "You and Taylor huh?" He shot back cheekily We both just burst into laughter "Did you..." I started to say but trailed off awkwardly "Huh? Oh.. haha nah man. I just stayed the night. Nothing too crazy happened... she's cool though" he added casually "what about you and T?" He questioned with a slight smirk "Fucked? Nah bro we're taking it slow. Just testing the waters. I dunno what we are yet but I know it feels good" i looked down at my feet, feeling my cheeks begin to burn "I really like her man... she's different" "I'm happy for you Bils. I like how you are when you're around her. And I'm really glad you're letting yourself be who you are and be with who you want to be with. I always kinda knew you were gay, maybe even before you knew yourself. You'll always be my baby sister and I love you just the same" he smiled at me sweetly now. I knew he genuinely meant what he said "Love you bro" I smiled back at him "Aight... I'm gonna go see if Tay is awake. Maybe we can all hang out together later today" "Sounds good kid" he finished with a grin as I made my way back to Taylor's room.
I creaked the door open quietly and saw that Taylor, unmoved from the position I'd left her in, was still asleep. Of course hahah. I walked quietly around the normal sized bedroom looking at Taylor's things. There was an acoustic guitar on a stand in the corner of the room and beside it a little reading nook that had comfortable looking cushions and a blanket placed neatly on the seat part of the nook. The nook looked out a large window into the trees at the back of the house. There were some pictures on one of the shelves in the nook. I picture up one of the small frames which held a black and white photo of Taylor and an older dog that looked like the dog in the other picture by the front door.
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I flipped the frame over and noticed some small writing that was written on the back. "Ghost, I'll love you forever" I remembered the tattoo that was across Taylor's heart. Ghost must've been her service dog in the military. I wonder where ghost is now?
Suddenly Taylor shot up with a loud gasp as she awoke from her sleeping state. Her face dropped to her hands as she tried to steady her breathing. Putting the picture back in its place on the shelf, I rushed to her side "Hey it's okay" I comforted her tucking her long hair tenderly over her shoulders "it was just a dream" "I'm..I'm sorry" she whispered "I didn't mean to wake you" "Hey no it's okay, I've been up for a while" I was rubbing her back softly, her face still in her hands "hey look at me" I said softly Her head lifted as her silver eyes met mine. "You wanna talk about it?" I said running my fingers gently through her hair again She lay herself back onto the pillows and patted her chest for me to lay down with her. I did so without hesitation and without breaking eye contact with her She lay without speaking for a little while. I didn't want to push her into telling me but I knew it was playing on her mind "What happened to ghost?" I broke the silence softly, tracing the script that was inked into her skin on her chest She smiled softly with a touch of sadness in her eyes as she stared at the ceiling. With a steady sigh she opened her mouth, speaking for the first time in what felt like forever. ——————————————————————— Holy fuck guys I woke up this morning and my story had literally jumped to number 2 for Billie fanfics! What the actual fuck 😵 Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou to all my readers! I'm loving all the love and support and I'm glad y'all seem to be super into this story!
