Just to clear up a couple of things, I am NOT ending this story. A few bad reviews is not going to make the decision on whether or not I continue on. When I feel like I don't have anything else to contribute to this particular story that is when I will choose to LET IT GO. Hahaha sorry, I just watched Frozen.
Just another point…I realize that I am not writing this story on pure fact. I have written this story based on how I wanted to portray it to be read and not based on what is actually true to a certain extent…but to the reviewer that gave me my fact lesson…thank you…I did not know a few of those things that you pointed out, and now I do.
I am not being a smart ass…I am really saying thank you.
With all of that said….Happy Reading…I hope.
"Laura, are we there yet?" I make a quick look over at the blonde sitting in the passenger side of the car.
"Am I still driving?" I chuckle lightly and send her a little smirk.
"Smart ass." She smiles and then smacks me on the thigh.
"You are the one that asked a dumb question." She smacks me again and then lays her hand on my lap.
"It just seems like it is taking such a long time to get there this time."
"That could be because someone has made me stop every 10 miles so that she can go pee." Taylor shrugs her shoulders and then squeezes my thigh.
"I think I'm just nervous about our families being all together." I move my hand to sit on top of hers and lace our fingers together.
"Everything will be fine. They already like each other. I don't think that we have anything to be worried about." I reassure her.
The last 35 minutes of our trip ended up actually taking us another hour due to the fact that someone thought it would be smart to drink another three bottles of water resulting in another few stops at the various restrooms along the way.
When we finally pulled into my mom's driveway I was so ready to be out of the car.
"Laura, Taylor!" As we were making our way out of the vehicle, we heard the various shouting of our names by not only my family but Tay's as well.
I walk around to Taylor's side of the car and take her hand. From there we walk up the front porch stairs together.
"Hey Mom, Dad." I hear Taylor say when she disconnects from me to give her parents a huge hug.
"Laura, it seems like it has been forever since I saw you last." My mom grabs me and pulls me into a huge embrace.
"Where is everyone else?" I ask after my mom finally lets me breathe again.
"They are going to be here in the morning. You know they all made the big move to Los Angeles last month and they couldn't get a flight out before then. They are such procrastinators, nothing like my baby girl here." She starts to pinch my cheeks, causing me to get embarrassed in front of not only Taylor's parents, but her brother Sam as well.
"So what took you so long?" Taylor's mom Tish asks her with a wink.
"Yeah Tay, why don't you tell them what took us so long." Taylor shoots me a look and I zip my lips playfully.
"Laura, I picked this up from the organic market for you." Tay's dad Robert hands me over a jar of that amazing raw almond butter that he had picked up for me before.
The stuff truly is amazing.
"Thanks Robert." I say, stepping up to give him a big hug.
As soon as I stepped away, I was then bombarded by Tish and Sam who actually fought over who would get their arms around me first.
After freezing our asses off outside for a few more moments Tay and I were finally able to get everyone to go inside. As soon as we made it through the door, I made a beeline for my mom's incredibly comfortable king sized recliner.
"What the hell do you think you are doing blondie? Go find your own seat, this one is all mine." I say as I try to playfully push Taylor off of my lap.
She dramatically throws her arms around my neck in an effort to keep from falling to the ground.
"She's small but she's a strong little shit." I hear Sam call out, making everyone in the room laugh.
"Don't I know that?" I say with a raised brow as I finally let her settle her body comfortably back into mine.
I recline the chair as far as I can and then place my arms around Taylor's waist to hold her to me.
"So what is the plan?" I ask after a silence settles over all of us.
"Well Tish and I were thinking that we could maybe just stay in for the night. I am sure the two of you must be exhausted after such a long day today. Maybe just a movie, some takeout and just call it a night from there. Tomorrow is going to be a big day with everyone together so we just figured a chilled night would do us all some good." I look over at Taylor and she nods softly and then smiles.
"A chilled night." I look over at my mom, with a confused and stunned look.
"I have been studying baby girl. Isn't that how you young people talk?" Taylor, Sam and I could not help but laugh at my mother's omission to studying how "young people" speak nowadays.
"Well that is settled then." Robert chuckles out while grabbing out his phone. The older generation then starts talking over what our dinner for the night will be.
After getting everyone's cravings in order, we decided on sushi for Sam and I, while everyone else decided to go with the greasy cheeseburger joint down the road. I have to admit, the burger was almost my choice, but being that I am mostly vegan and that I have some kind of health issue every time I do try to indulge, I felt it best just to go with something that I knew would not make me regret it later on. Besides, if I really feel the need I will just sneak a taste of Tay's while she is not looking.
"What movie are we watching?" Taylor leans up from my chest to eye the stack of DVD's on the coffee table.
Taylor and I rarely get a chance to take in a good movie, let alone even watch television, so this is really going to be a treat for us. Especially getting a chance to enjoy it with the people that we love most.
"I hear the movie Karla is pretty stellar. Great acting in it as well." I shoot a playful glare over to Tay's brother Sam.
"I don't think that Laura would appreciate us watching a movie where she shows off her unmentionables."
"Thank you Robert." I say with a little embarrassment at the fact that he probably watched the movie in order to know that I do in fact have a little bit of nudity in that movie.
Taylor settles back against me and does her best not to let me hear her giggling under her breath. I smile and kiss the top of her head and just let her have her fun.
After going back and forth for a little while on what to watch, Tish and my mom decided that they were going to be the ones to pick. We all found it quite funny that they actually shared a favorite.
"Pops, do we really have to sit through this again?" We all start to laugh at Sam practically begging Robert to release him from the holds of Gone With The Wind. I have to admit, I kind of wanted to protest with him on this one.
After going back and forth on what to do next, we decided to wait on dinner to arrive before we sat down to watch the movie. Tay and I decided to use our free time up until then to grab our things and bring them into the house. I decided that I was also ready to get out of my jeans and into my pajama bottoms and a loose t-shirt.
"Hey Tay, did you happen to see my Alice in Chains shirt?" That is most definitely my favorite band shirt. It has holes all over it, but I don't give a fuck. It is comfortable as hell.
I continue to go through my suitcase, knowing that I packed it. My attention is pulled from doing that though, when my amazing girlfriend walks into the room.
"Nope." I look up and catch eye of a smirking Taylor, who is in fact wearing my favorite shirt.
"Hey, I was looking for that." I tell her as I throw my clothes back into my suitcase and move into a standing position.
I slowly start to walk over to her. Once I am close enough I put my arms around her waist and pull her body to mine.
"If you want it, you are going to have to have to take it off of me yourself." She softly says.
"Hmmm, I think that can be arranged." I move my hands down to the edge of her or rather my favorite shirt and play with the hem of it. I then slowly start to lift it up, exposing bits and pieces of the beautiful soft skin that lays underneath.
"Laura, Taylor, dinner is here." I jump slightly at the sudden loud knock on the door and the sound of Robert's voice.
"I have never seen you move so quick before." Taylor chuckles out before leaning up to kiss me.
She smiles against my lips and splays her hands across my lower back. I swallow down a gasp that is threatening to make itself known from the feeling of her soft hands on my skin. We pull away soon after when we hear our names being called out a second time.
"We best get ourselves out there." Taylor moans out as she pulls away from me.
I grab the edge of the t-shirt that she is wearing and pull her back into me.
"Don't think for a second that I am not going to get my shirt back tonight." I watch as she starts to get a little flush and her gorgeous blue eyes take on a darker shade.
I then kiss the tip of her nose and pull her out of the bedroom, and back to our waiting family members.
"Took you two long enough, someone have a crisis or something?" Sam says as he looks over at me and winks.
"She took my shirt, and I nicely tried to get it back." I say innocently.
"Yeah, I bet you did." A surprised shocked look painted over my face when I realized that those words came out of my mom's mouth.
The room lit up with laughter, as my shocked face finally melted away and turned into a playful glare towards my extremely loving and excepting mother.
"Oh I am sure that Taylor had her hand in it too." It was my turn to crack up and Tay's turn to be embarrassed this time, when her mother decided to pipe up.
About 15 minutes after all of the humility wore off, we finally settled down to eat and watch the mom's favorite movie. Sam still was doing everything he could to protest watching, which he won with a little help from Taylor and myself. We decided that a little relaxation in the hot tub after dinner would be better than the likings of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Very talented actors, just not my favorite movie,
"So when are you to going to make it all official?" Sam asks after finishing off his second beer.
My mother is not a drinker herself, but she still felt it necessary enough to have alcohol to entertain the guests that frequently visit her house. She had a bar put outside of her home a few years back with a fridge that is fully stocked at all times.
"What do you mean, we are official?" Taylor says, looking over at me with a smile.
My beautiful girlfriend's eyes are a bit glossed over because she felt it necessary to mix her own version of a long island ice tea. I know for a fact was nowhere near what the original should have been. Taylor thought is best to forgo the cola and the ice part of the recipe and just add extra alcohol to fill the glass.
"No I mean, you know?" Sam says nudging a beer towards me.
"Babe, he wants to know when I plan on wifing you up." I snicker through my statement and lean down to kiss her cheek.
Taylor gets this serious look on her face for a few seconds and then gets this really big smile that stretches across her whole face.
"You okay Taylor?" Sam asks, looking over at his visibly inebriated sister.
"I can't feel my smile." Sam and I tried hard not to laugh at her antics, but it proved hard to do. Tay went from a serious look and then smiled again in an attempt to try to feel it.
After reigning in my laughter, I move my arm from around her neck and bring my hand up to settle on her cheek. I turn her face towards mine and kiss her sweetly. She smiles in the kiss.
"I can't feel your lips, do it harder." I chuckle again as I pull away to see Tay's puckered lips and her eyes closed.
I look over at Sam who seems to be enjoying the show. I lean in to Taylor and whisper in her ear.
"Later." Honestly, I am not about to get it on with my girlfriend in front of her brother. Even if all I want to do right now is have her all to myself.
When I pull away there is a visible pout on her face. I lean in to kiss it away.
"Still can't feel it." She says with a shrug of her shoulder.
I kiss the top of her head and return my arm around her shoulder to hold her close to me.
"So when are you going to introduce me to one of your hot girlfriend's Taylor?" Knowing exactly what Sam meant, I still decided to fuck with Taylor a little bit.
"You have more than one?" I raise my brows at her.
"No, I just have one." She looks over at Sam.
"Are you sure about that Taylor?" I ask with a serious tone.
"Yep, but you can't tell Natasha that I am having an affair with you okay." She laughs loudly along with Sam as she tries to pull me in closer to her.
"I thought she was drunk as fuck." Sam says practically spitting out his fourth…or maybe fifth beer.
"She is…but I guess she still had a little bit of coherent hilarity stuck in there." I say with a glare towards my still tittering girlfriend.
"I'm going to kick T's ass." I say with a seriousness, making Taylor's eyes go wide.
"Baby I was kidding." Her voice is starting to slur a bit. It my turn to laugh at the fact that she thinks I am seriously going to hurt T.
After a little convincing about the fact that I knew she was kidding we sat and enjoyed ourselves a while longer. We ended up staying in the hot tub a little bit longer than expected when our parents decided to join us after their epic movie watch. We began talking about things we wanted to do tomorrow when I couldn't stop yawning. I am beyond exhausted and upon looking at Taylor I can tell she is as well.
"I think that we are going to call it a night." I know tomorrow is going to be an early morning with all five of my siblings and their families flying in so I thought it best to try to get a little bit of extra sleep at least.
We both kissed and hugged everyone goodnight before walking our bikini clad selves back into the house.
"Hey Laura." I turn back to look at my mom when she calls for me.
"Yes, Mom." I smile back at her.
"I took the liberty of having your walls sound proofed." With that she winks at me and turns her attention back to the conversation that she was having.
"Oh my god." I hear Taylor say but I just couldn't look over at her yet. I just can't believe the things that are just falling out of my mom's mouth.
When I finally reel in my embarrassment and feel the heat of my face fall away I look over at Taylor.
"Oh my god what?" I am sure that she is just as shocked as I am at what my mother just said in front of her parents and her brother for that matter.
"That is so great, now we don't have to worry about you being quiet."
"Fuck." My stunned face returns as she starts to drag me towards the bedroom.
Author Notes.
Sorry for the delay….just have been thinking about where I want to take this story next, and took a little breather to figure things out.
I am going to linger on season 2 for a while and then add in some interviews and of course add in all of the award shows. I also want to add in their promo tours, more promo photos and all of that fun stuff. I am also going to add my own twists, turns and spins on some other chapters that I have planned that I hope you all like.
Anything that I am missing? Please let me know.
Big Prepon/Schilling family fun next.
I have two chapter 40's written…one with a nice love scene, and one without….which would you prefer?
This is YOUR story…I am just the writer
I will have the next chapter up tomorrow and will try to go back to nightly updates.
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