I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S. THIS IS THE SEQUEL TO ALTERED LIVES; IT'S GOING TO BE SHORT COMPARED TO THE FIRST ONE PROBABLY. I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND LIVES UP TO YOUR EXPECTATION. AND IN THIS STORY, IT CONTAINS SEXUAL CONTENT, BUT THERE WILL BE A DISCLAIMER IN THE BEGINNING OF THOSE CERTAIN CHAPTERS.
Taylor's Point of View-
I sat here on this bench at the USCSD campus looking at the ring on my finger that Matt just slipped onto my finger still in shock that it actually happened.
"Was it what you wanted your marriage proposal to be like?" Matt asked as he pushed a strand of hair behind my ear.
"Yes! I'm ecstatic, I can't stop smiling." I said.
"We should get going, we have a show tonight."
"I'll meet you at the arena, I have to run home real quick."
"Let me walk you to your car at least." Matt said as we stood up grasping each others hands intervening our fingers slowly walking to my car and his bike a few cars over.
"You be safe on that bike, tonight after the show, why don't we go to a club and celebrate?" I asked leaning back against my car, his hands resting on my hips and mine wrapped around his neck.
"When should we tell your dad?"
"Let me worry about him, let's just be happy that we are getting married." I said now thinking how my dad would react, my mom I can change her opinion simply, my parents are still very against this relationship.
"Alright, see you later, love you." Matt said as he leant forward pressing his soft gentle lips against mine only to leave me asking for more.
"I love you too." I said, I opened the door, Matt held it open as I slid in and Matt shut it on me. I started the car letting me to pull out and head home. As I drove home, I couldn't help but to think how my dad would react when he finds out. I parked the car next to the curb, my dad's car nowhere to be found, I went inside to see my mom on the ground playing with my brother. "Hey mom." I said shutting the door..
"Hey Taylor, your dad just left, shouldn't you be heading over to the arena as well?" She asked.
"I'm just dropping by to grab something's, I'm going out tonight so I'll be back late or not at all because I might spend the night at a friends room."
"Alright." She said, I ran upstairs to grab a night club outfit and threw it into a bag, I pulled out my work outfit, I saw my ring making me smile, 'I'm marrying Matt Sydal, the love of my life.' I thought, I'm getting married and I'm still a virgin, I walked over to my window sitting on the window sill looking out to the ocean. I guess it's a good thing I'm a virgin, it's my birthday and I'm marrying Matt, I should but I shouldn't. I want to be a virgin on my wedding night, but I'm marring him so it shouldn't be that big of a deal. What if he doesn't want to do it? How do I pursue it? Do I just ask? What about protection? Wait, have I decided if I'm going to or not? "Your still here?" My mom asked causing me to snap my head to look at her in the doorway.
"Yeah, just thinking some." I said shaking my head trying to get the thoughts out of my head.
"Your going to be late, Vince won't like that neither would your dad." My mom said walking into my room, I patted my legs lightly before I stood up and nodded my head yeah, I walked over picking up my bag that held my clothing putting it on my shoulder. "Whoa, where'd you get that ring?" My mom asked grasping my hand looking at it, 'I've been caught WAY too soon.'
"Um…" I said nervously.
"Taylor?"
"Matt gave it to me…." I said swallowing the air that was in my throat, "we're engaged."
"Your what?" She yelled upset of what I just said.
"Engaged, mom, please don't tell daddy, I want to tell him when it's right" I said, my mom still had an angry and upset expression on her face.
"Your getting married, my baby girl is getting married…" She said seeing tears come to her eyes, "But why him?"
"Mom, I love him, daddy and you don't believe me, you think I can't do wrong, it wasn't Matt that forced me to do that, it was ALL me, it was MY brain telling me to do it, that's why I went to rehab and therapy. Matt has been there for me through thick and thin and still loves me, we talked and realized we hurt when we're not together and when we're together it's like magic, we're SO deep in love mommy." I said as she wiped at her eyes.
"Are you sure that you love him?"
"Yes mom, he's the one for me, and no one else." I said sitting down on the bed next to her, she grasped my hand looking at the ring.
"That's one nice ring, he must love you if he spent that much money on that ring." She said smiling, she asked me questions about what type of wedding I wanted, I still am unsure of what type of wedding I want. "I was complaining about you being late, but I'm here making you more late, I just can't believe my baby girl is getting married." She said wiping her eyes as she stood up, I stood up giving her a big hug.
"I am mommy, I got to go, but let me tell papi when I think it's time."
"You know, leave your dad to me, you just go and have fun tonight. Happy birthday too." My mom said rubbing my upper arms giving them a light squeeze before she pulled me into another bear sized hug.
"I love you mom." I said as I ran out of the room.
"Love you too….." She said, as I got half way down the stairs I realized I forgot my shoes up in my room, I walked back up standing outside the door peeking in to see my mom sitting on the bed looking at the picture frame I had that held a picture of my dad, her and me before Dominique was born, "My baby is getting married, she is SO grown up now…." She said, she said a few other things but I couldn't make out what exactly she said since she was blabbering it out from all her crying. 'I don't need those shoes that bad.' I said running back down the stairs and out the front door, I jumped into my car throwing my bag into the passenger seat taking off to the arena, I pulled in showing them my badge getting the furthest parking spot possible. I climbed out speed walking to the back door, I waved hi to a few people and checked in with my boss.
"Hey, I'm here boss." I said jokingly bumping into my boss Chuck.
"Happy Birthday girl, we're still working on the camera's, be back in…" He said looking at his watch, "Um, fifteen minutes."
"Will do." I said turning on my heels grasping the one strap of my bag that was hanging onto my shoulder as I walked up to the door leading into the arena pulling it open, I saw Cody standing facing the other way at the end of the hall. "Hey Cody-Poo!" I yelled as I walked towards him, he turned around to face me, he held a mini cake in his hand that had a candle on it.
"Birthday girl, happy birthday." He said smiling, I always liked Cody, he was so cute and the nicest of them all.
"Thanks." I said sheepishly.
"Blow out your candle, well pretend too." He said.
"Before I do that, where's Randy and Ted?"
"Their getting ready in the locker room." He said, I trusted him and I closed my eyes to think of a wish and blew a little pretending to blow out the candle, when I went to open my eyes, I felt three hands shoving cake into my face causing me to shut my eyes again not to get any in my eyes.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Cody, Ted and Randy exclaimed as I wiped the cake off my eyes.
"Thanks guys, your going to pay!" I said.
"Your welcome." Ted said.
"We might want to start running." Randy said, before they were able to I pounced on them giving each of them a kiss getting frosting from the cake on each of their faces.
"I got to go clean up now and put my bag up before I have to go check back in." I said walking through Randy and Cody towards the women's locker room.
"Where's your Matty-dear?" Cody asked teasingly.
"I don't know, haven't seen him since I got here." I said as they started following me.
"Is that a ring?" Ted asked going to grab my hand but I snatched it out of his reach.
"No…" I said rolling my eyes.
"I'm going to kill him!" Randy said turning around heading in the opposite direction I ran after them jumping in front of them.
"No, no, no, guys, don't please?" I said in a beg.
"Why?" Ted asked crossing his arms over my chest.
"Why are you going to kill him for marrying me? Marriage isn't that bad, plus my dad doesn't know and doesn't need to know, when he does find out I got to worry about him killing Matt, I don't need to worry about you three along with the four other men and two other diva's." I said as they stared at me with all their arms crossed over their chests, "You should be happy for me, you don't have to worry about any other jerks trying to take advantage of me or anything, he's not a Jacob." I said nervously.
"We won't kill him, we just want to knock him around a bit so he knows that if he leaves you at the alter or you get a divorce breaking your heart, he's a dead man." Randy said.
"No, you've done enough damage, please just be happy for us?" I asked intervening my fingers together in a begging gesture.
"Fine, we're happy for you, we want invites." Cody said pulling me into a hug, I knew I always liked Cody, then Randy and Ted pulled me into a hug, Randy didn't really like the idea of it, but who cares. I walked past them to the women's locker room, walking in to see Melina lacing up her boots.
"I see that someone already got you." Melina said biting her lip trying not to laugh.
"Stupid Legacy, I don't get why I'm nice to them." I said walking past her to the bathroom grabbing some paper towels wiping the frosting off my face, Melina walked into the bathroom leaning against the doorway.
"I talked to Matt earlier when he arrived…"
"And?" I asked looking at her through the reflection of the mirror.
"Your hand confirmed it, girl!" Melina said smiling, she walked in grasping my hand looking at it.
"He told you?" I asked shocked.
"Told, I helped pick out this little ring."
"Thanks, are you the only person he told?"
"Yep, that I know of, I don't think Cena even knows." Melina said as she let go of my hand, I tossed the frosting and cake covered paper towels into the garbage can, I turned on my heels looking at her.
"May I talk to you about something, seriously?"
"About?" She asked confused, I grabbed her hand dragging her out to the locker area, I set my bag down next to the locker I wanted to use before I pulled her down on the bench next to me.
"Matt and I, we're getting married, and we've barely made out and/or French kiss, I was thinking maybe tonight…."
"Do you think your ready to go further with him?" She asked getting my drift.
"He'll be my first, he'll be my only one since we're getting married, how did you know you were ready?"
"I just knew, it's a gut feeling, you'll know if and when, it comes at different times for different people."
"What if Matt isn't ready or doesn't want to, you know?"
"He'll want too, and he would be ready whenever you are, Matt will wait for you." Melina said grabbing my hand.
"Then I won't be a virgin on my wedding day like I wanted too."
"Most people aren't, just don't force it, you'll know when it approaches or arises, my only concern is that you'll be safe."
"I will, I'm not stupid."
"Just take it gradually okay, just go wash your face off rest of the way and get to work future Mrs. Sydal." Melina said smiling.
"Going, thanks." I said hugging her, I got up going back into the bathroom throwing water on my face then drying it with the towels, I went back out getting into my work outfit before I set my bag into the locker and walked out to the truck to get my camera, when I got there Chuck was standing there with a cake.
"1-2-3!" He said as everyone started singing the birthday song to me, I covered my eyes in embarrassment, after the song he set the cake down giving me a big hug, he cut the cake into pieces, I grabbed one then my camera putting the strap over my neck. It was really odd having everyone in the truck singing the birthday song to you, and what else was odd was that everyone was like in hiding today. I went down next to the ring eating my cake, I folded the plate putting it in my pocket, I'm washing my pants anyway. Tonight Matt had a match against Mike Knox, when he came out he was full of smiles and so was I, my dad had a match against Jericho, it was the last match of the night, afterwards I went to walk up the ramp to turn in my camera but I was blocked in and forced back down the ramp by all my friends (Melina, Mickie, Matt [even though I'm sure my dad didn't want him out there], John, Dave, Shad, JTG, Chris, Randy, Shawn, Ted and Cody), they each were carrying an individual cake, Dave carried two, one for him and the other for my dad and John brought two out, one for him and the other for Chris.
"Everyone, this is my daughter Taylor, its her birthday today, if everyone could join me in singing Happy Birthday to her." My dad said into the microphone, the whole crowd, my dad and friends sung the birthday song, I was embarrassed, afterwards each person took turns tossing the cake at me, Dave grabbed me holding me in place since I was moving about trying to dodge the cake.
"LET ME GO!" I screamed wiggling about, he finally let me go but took off running, I ran after Dave jumping onto his back.
"HEY!" He said grabbing my legs and I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Piggy back, you at least owe me that." I said as he carried me rest of the way up the ramp behind the curtain, he dropped my legs and I let go of his neck, Dave turned around giving me a big hug before he went off on his way. I walked outside to the truck handing my camera in.