Livre: One Shots

[22] I'm jealous of her

"And that was my day." Taylor ends with a bright smile on her face, wrinkling her nose playfully and tilting her head on the side while she stares amazed at her girlfriend, who's sitting in front of her. "I mean, I wasn't even sure I could get home by dinner time, it was so frustrating because I was afraid I would have skipped dinner with you, but I really needed to finish this concept with Jack before he and Lena went out of town.."

"That's not a tragedy," Karlie shrugs and takes another bite of her fresh salad, swallowing it down before she speaks again, "Tay, you should totally worry less about the way your schedules might affect us. They won't. We've always made do with the situation we have"

Taylor pouts a little and when Karlie notices, she rolls her eyes, although she can't help the little smile on her face.

"Are you serious?" She shakes her head and giggles quietly. "We've been together for the last few years, a few days won't change anything. In fact, I think we should start getting out of our little bubble and start being seen more in public with our friends."

Taylor seems to consider this more seriously.

"You're right." Taylor sighs, chewing her lower lip and looking in her plate for a moment. "I've been practically a hermit for the last few years because of you."

"Well, not completely." Karlie swallows down another bite and she points her fork at Taylor. "You've been a hermit with me but when you step out in public without me you can do whatever the hell you want."

Taylor nods, frowning a little. She wishes it were different.

"But at least I get to meet new people and escape this bubble everyday too. Well, most days."

"Really?" She asks anyway, trying to look spontaneously involved in the conversation, instead of being as sad as she feels for unknown reasons, "Tell me about it, I'm curious." That's true, she's always curious.

"Well, there's Jason, he's sort of our little chef on every shoot that I do with Vogue now," Karlie tells with a bright smile, her eyes shining a little at the thought of the people she works with,  "he's barely twenty but he is a dessert star, he can practically cook anything. He's so talented, I told him to just go and audition for Hell's Kitchen, but he won't do it."

Taylor smiles fondly, putting her fork down on her empty plate and resting her cheek on her palm, staring at her girlfriend amazed, like all the time. Karlie is the prettiest girl she's ever seen, no doubt about that. That's why it's hard for her not to stare.

"And then there Mr. Kyle," Karlie shrugs, rolling her eyes a little, "He is a wizard with fashion and design. He always draws up the most amazing pieces and he hates being at shoots longer than he has to be. He's always looking out for me too and tries to get me to be wrapped up as soon as possible too. That's why sometimes I can come to the studio when you're working for a quick surprise ," she tells her and yeah, it happened a few times.

Taylor loves it when Karlie gets there and then they can come home together. She had never wondered about how Karlie managed to meet her there considering that she was supposed to be at a shoot though. This leaves her a little speechless, the fact that there's something in her girlfriend's life that she doesn't know anything about.

"And then there's Annie," Karlie adds quickly, a little witty smile forming on her face, "We bicker all the time, but we get along somehow. It's like it is a fond way to express how nice we are to each other."

Taylor's smile drops a little at the words, but Karlie is still explaining.

"But she might be helpful to you," She smiles at Taylor, "She is straight but she absolutely adores you, even if she's never met you. I wish sometimes that I could tell her that we're still friends and I wish I could tell her that we're even dating. You could tell how nervous she was at the beginning of this week when she first met me because she's such a fan of yours and she thinks we've had a falling out and I literally had to say to her. 'Hey it's okay you can talk about Taylor.' and so now we've been jamming out to your albums together during hair. Guess what? Yesterday some Vogue intern girl was hitting on me at lunch time, during my break-"