Room 13 (Kaylor)

Chapter Eleven.

A/N: This chapter is brought to you by completely inaccurate legal rights but whatever I studied psychology not law.

Trigger warning for: mention of abuse, homophobia and Scott Borchetta or whatever his last name is.
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Taylor's been alive for thirty years now.

Thirty years of emotions. Of happiness, and sadness...of panic and terror and fear...of grief, but also excitement...of wonder and intrigue...she's quite sure she could list at least a thousand different emotions she's felt in the last thirty years that she's existed on this earth.

Right now? She has never, ever felt what she's feeling right now. And she doesn't even know how to begin to describe it.

Guess it's become a thousand and one now.

"What...what are you guys d-doing here?" Taylor manages to squeak out, the panic pounding through her body causing her throat to close and her words to come out barely coherent as she stares at her boss, her mother and brother before her.

They know...they know, god, how the fuck do they know?! This was only between Joe and Taylor, no one else knows about this except for, well, Karlie, but she only just found out this morning, and Taylor knows Karlie hasn't said anything, so how?!

Oh god, she's so over...her career is so over, the look in her boss's eyes right now-

She tries her best not to cry, blinks rapidly to dispel her tears as Andrea stands with a loud and tired sigh, unbuttoning her coat as she does.

"I think you know why we're here, honey." she says softly, but before she can say anything else, Scott stands quickly and glares at her with the hatred of about a thousand suns, a look Taylor's used to seeing by now, but a look that always makes her flinch regardless. The look seems to go unnoticed by everyone in the room but Joe.

"Austin let it slip yesterday evening that you've suddenly decided to call off the wedding!" He deadpans, moving to step forward before Andrea grips his elbow to stop him, tugging him back slightly with a warning look in her eyes. Maybe her mother will finally catch on without Taylor having to say anything...she hopes so anyway.

Wait...Austin told their boss? But how the hell did Austin know?! What the fuck is going on-

Taylor blinks in confusion, looks to Austin in surprise, who sighs and stands as well before Joe's the one to step forward and away from the wall and his father with the most apologetic look on his face as rushes towards Taylor quickly. His hands immediately grip her waist, the panic in his eyes clear as day as he looks into Taylor's own terror filled eyes.

"Austin showed up last night just as I was leaving to go to Nick's, he wanted to surprise you...I tried calling your phone but you weren't answering, and he obviously put two and two together when he saw I was about to leave with a bag and half my stuff is missing. Taylor, I told him not to say anything, I told Austin to keep his mouth shut, but the next thing I knew, Scott and Austin are knocking on the door in the morning and your mother is with them-."

Taylor finds herself blocking him out, her ears ringing as she comes to the realization that she left her phone in the car on the dashboard...she hasn't even looked at it since Joe called her last night, and it's more than likely dead after staying off charge for more than twenty four hours...she's so stupid, so, so stupid...

Austin steps forward, stands beside Joe and looks at her with a mixture of guilt and confusion as he interrupts.

"Look, Tee, I wasn't gonna say anything, but you weren't answering your phone and I panicked! Mom told me you've been acting weird the last few months, and we've all been so worried about you, I thought...you know, maybe we can all come here and sit down and talk about what's going on-."