Short Chapter. I realized I made Ryan a little cold towards Bella in the previous chapter so I had to soften him up just a bit. Thanks for the reviews.

Chapter 6

"You can take this out on me, Ryan but do not for one second that this out on her!" Taylor had waited three hours for Ryan to come back to the house. She'd been pacing ever since she had gotten home. Bella was sleeping silently in Taylor's room, but after seeing her daughters disappointed face that Ryan hadn't really acknowledged her sent Taylor through the roof.

Ryan walked right past Taylor for the kitchen acting as if she wasn't even there. "We need to talk about this, Ryan!" She tried stepping in front of him but it didn't seem to phase him, once again he side stepped her.

"What do you want me to say, Taylor? Do you want me to tell you that everything is going to be okay? Do you want me to act like what you did didn't hurt me? It did Taylor a lot, especially since I realized I'm still in love with you! How could you not tell me?" Hearing the words 'I'm still in love with you' come out of Ryan's mouth shocked Taylor more than anything else he'd said to her.

She wasn't sure what she was thinking when her lips collided with his. She expected him to pull away but when he didn't she deepened the kiss. "What are we doing?" He pulled back whispering against her lips. "I don't know but do we have to stop?" With a shake of his head Taylor went back in for another kiss.

"Mommy." Before things could get too deep they were brought back to reality in the form of Bella. Taylor instantly broke apart from Ryan as she heard her daughter. Her lips tingled longing to feel his on them again.

"What's wrong, Bella?" Taylor turned around to face the little girl. Bella just shrugged as Taylor walked over and picked her up.

"How about we get back to bed?" She asked the little girl.

"Can daddy take me?" Taylor was surprised by her daughter. Even after Taylor tried to explain things to Bella, it seemed that what she had told Bella had gone in one ear and out the other.

"Baby, Ryan has to take a shower so I'll tuck you back in." Taylor lied. She hadn't even looked over at Ryan, she was far too afraid of the expression he might be sporting on his face.

"It's fine, I can take her." Ryan walked over nervously as Bella beamed. "Are you sure?" Taylor asked as Ryan took the girl from her arms. "Positive" He smiled.

Taylor waited a minute before following them up the stairs. "How did I know you would follow us?" Ryan asked holding Bella in the doorway of Taylor's room. "Go 'way, daddy's putting me to bed." Bella smiled big as she tightly hugged herself closer to Ryan. Ryan laughed as Taylor turned away from her daughter and Ryan. "Fine." She huffed walking towards the stairs.

Taylor leaned back against the couch waiting for Ryan to return. The seconds felt like hours as he stayed up there with her daughter. She couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about. She knew Bella, and she knew her little girl would be talking his ear off right now.

"Before you say anything Taylor, let me talk." Ryan said before Taylor eve noticed he was back in the room. "What just happened before I put Bella to bed didn't mean anything." Even though he asked Taylor to just let him talk first she had to say something "But you said you loved me…"

"Taylor, just listen to me. I do love you but right now trust is stronger than love and I don't trust you. So until I can fully trust you again there can't be an us. I just want to focus on Bella, I have four years to make up for." He wasn't done but Taylor took his pause for being finished. "I understand that but…"

"Jeeze, Taylor! I just want to be able to talk to you for a second without you jumping in. You just sprung this all on me in one day and you expect me to be okay with it all? You want me to open my arms up to you and kiss you like nothings wrong? Well I can't and even if I could I wouldn't." Taylor just sat there on the couch watching him pace back and forth in the living room.

"I want you and Bella to live here, okay? I want to get to know that little girl up there sleeping. Let me get to know her before I get to know you again, please?" Taylor could see the pain in Ryan's face. All Taylor could do was nod as she got up from her position on the couch to the stairs.

"I'll still be here when you're ready." She whispered before walking up to her room.