THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS GUYS, I'M POSTING TWO CHAPTERS TODAY, THIS ONE IS FORM TROY'S POV AND THE SECOND IS BACK TO TAYLOR'S. ENJOY AND I HOPE YOU LIKE THE TWIST, THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS WILL SURPRISE ALL OF YOU, WILL TROY AND TAYLOR MAKE IT THROUGH?

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Okay so this part of the story has to be told by me because Taylor wasn't there for all of it and she will never realise why to this day Tye and I don't see eye to eye. Can you believe after four years of Taylor and I being together he still believes he has a chance with her? But don't get me started on that now, let me tell you what happened the first time I was introduced to him and who he is.

I had just arrived from dropping Taylor home one Saturday night and I was tired as hell, with Taylor, college proposals and basketball running through my head just wanted to hit the sack, I needed to be on time as usual for church the next day. I couldn't believe Taylor had me attending church regularly these days, but why was I even surprised I'd do most things for that girl if only she'd let me but that was Taylor for you. And anyway it was one of the few times I saw her outside school, I was literally counting down the days until May 20th, it was right now exactly two months to that day. Two days until I can call Taylor my girlfriend, I smiled at the thought as I shut my eyes to sleep.

I was sitting next to Chad in church since both Gabby and Taylor were in the choir, I could see Taylor's father two rows in front of me; he was tall and scary looking. I was dreading the day I'd have to meet him, if only I'd known it would be sooner than I think I would have been more prepared. I also spotted Taylor's friend Tye sitting next to him, he seemed to really get on with Taylor's father and Taylor liked him, I'd never properly spoken to him but I knew who he was. He was also black, slightly lighter than her father, tall and geeky if you asked me. I thought he had a thing for Tay but I know she'd just think I was being jealous that she had male friends that had been and hung out at her house while I wasn't there. Not that I'd ever been allowed in, Taylor's father was strict when it came to her and boys not that I blamed him, it just wasn't fair that Tye could come over and I couldn't.

Once the service finished I waited around with Chad for Taylor and Gabby to finish greeting everyone and get going. Taylor had come with her father like she did every Sunday but she'd promised to leave with me today, I saw her talk to her father before waving me over. I turned around to make sure she wasn't waving at anyone else then nodded and walked over to her nervously.

"Hey Troy, I just wanted to introduce you properly to my father" She smiled as her father held out his hand for me to shake

"Nice to finally meet you son" He said as he firmly shook my hand

"You too sir" I replied

"Taylor has told me a lot about you, so it's good to finally put a face to East High's local star, Nice game against the eagles on Friday I heard you scored 33 points with 18 assists" He said patting my shoulder helping me to relax, basketball was a subject I never got tired of talking about

"Yeah I sure did sir, it was a hard match but you know the wildcats always pull through!" I smiled

"That's because they have a great captain" Taylor added smiling at me

"Well it was nice to meet you son, Taylor said your coming over with her later on today for diner, well I'll talk to you properly then son, I have some work to do before then, are you coming with me baby or you going to hang out with your friend a while longer" He said turning to Taylor

"Troy and I have some things to do before diner, so I'll catch up with you at home daddy" She smiled kissing him on the cheek. I was having dinner at the Mckessie's, that was news to me but it was welcomed news, Taylor had kept her family life so separate from me, the closest I'd come from going into her house was ringing her doorbell if I came to pick her up and she wasn't on the step and even then she'd open the door and we'd leave.

"Dinner?" I smirked "What do you have planned for me today Mckessie?" I asked as she giggled

"There's someone else I want you to meet, I realised I hadn't properly introduced you to him" She said taking my hand and leading me through the crowd, we were holding hands in public, was she trying to tell me we were going public because if it was that would make me the happiest man in the world.

"Troy, this is my friend Tye and Tye this is Troy" She said smiling up at both of us as I met her friends cold eyes, I nodded and proceeded to shake his hand which he reluctantly returned

"Nice to meet you man" I said as he nodded his head

"You too, a friend of my Tay is a friend of mine" He replied smiling, did he just say his Taylor, he must be very mistaken I thought and once again shook my head of the thoughts

"Yeah Taylor's told me a lot about you, you help out at the shelter too don't you" I asked trying to relax the conversation that seemed to be growing more and more tense

"Yeah I do, it's funny Taylor's never really mentioned you" he shrugged as my fists clenched themselves; Taylor had just been approached by the minister and was in deep conversation with him across the room, leaving me to deal with this jerk.

"Okay man so what's your problem?" I asked it was clear that he had a problem with me

"No problem" He shrugged "I just don't want to see Taylor mixed up with the likes of you"

"And what do you mean by likes of me" I asked getting heated

"You know... people like you, who see a beautiful black woman and like everything else you have to make it your own. Your just another high school jock Troy and sooner or later you'll realise you can't give Taylor what she needs"

"Oh and you can?" I asked, who did this dude think he was,

"I have a much better chance than you do, especially since we're attending the same college next year" he smirked as Taylor returned; his was going to her college? Why hadn't Tay said anything to me?

"So what were you guys talking about?" She asked smiling sweetly, completely oblivious to the tension between us

"Nothing just the usual, college and high school you know how it goes" He smirked "Anyway Tay, I have to go, I promised to help out at the shelter for a few hours again today" He smiled hugging her and kissing her on the cheek to my dismay. Even I hadn't done that yet,

"Nice to meet you Troy" he nodded his head and left

"So isn't Tye the nicest!" She said as we said goodbye to Gabby and Chad and left to wherever it was she was taking me.

I simply nodded and smiled, I wasn't going to let that delusional jerk ruin my first one on one with Taylor in five months, plus I wanted to quiz her on this dinner with her Dad later on this evening.

"So where to pretty lady?" I asked as we got into the car

"Place of peace pretty man" She replied laughing, I nodded and drove on. We made small talk and laughed on the way there and I could tell Taylor was nervous about something because she was constantly rubbing her palms on her dress; it was her give away habit. We hadn't been there since the first time I took her here, well I had but not with Taylor. We made our way down the path to the stream and I was shocked to find Taylor had set out a small blanket with a picnic on it.

"I did it this morning before church, I hope the ants didn't get to the sandwiches but I made sure to shut the basket tight, but you know how baskets can get..." She continued to ramble on talking about ants and mice or whatever else; she looked so cute when she was nervous pacing up and down by the river, it was moments like this when I just wanted to hold her in my arms and kiss her but knew I couldn't.

"Tay... tay it's okay" I said taking hold of her hand "It wouldn't matter if they did because all that matters is the fact you're here... with me... that's all but thank you for doing all of this" I smiled as I resisted the urge to kiss her

"okay" she mumbled as I lead her to blanket and we sat down, she opened the basket to find that everything was as she had left it that morning. The peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which were my favourite were still intact, no ants or mice or anything else had gotten to them. She'd also packed some tropical juice, some fruit and a few bars of chocolate, once eaten and satisfied I noticed Taylor pull her thin Sunday sweater closer to her body.

"Your cold" I said moving to sit next to her and wrap my arms around her, the March wind had picked up so much you could hear it whistling among the leaves

"No I'm fine" She sighed leaning into my shoulder "Hey let's play tag!" She exclaimed looking at me, Taylor and her childish antics, you'd never think someone like her had such a playful streak but she really did. If you left her and Chad alone long enough you'd find them playing some kind of game that is until they got pissed off with each other and begun to insult each other. It was hilarious to watch and no one dared to interrupt one of the famous Chad and Taylor arguments unless you had a death wish.

"Oh come on Tay" I protested preferring the calm of now

"Please... It'll keep us warm and it'll be fun I promise" She replied pouting the famous pout that would have me run to Timbuktu and back for her, she sprung to her feet and tagged me before sprinting off across the small stream making sure she splashed me with water, so much for keeping warm I thought as I chased her.

"Gotcha!" I said lifting her up from behind and spinning her round as she laughed

"Troy put me down!" she protested as she continued to struggle,

"Tay stop struggling we're going to fa..." Too late Tay and I had landed in the stream, me on my bum with Tay just on top of me laughing

"Ooo you're going to get it now Mckessie" I said pushing her into the water and off me before splashing her with more water ignoring her shrieks. She started splashing water back at me and before we knew we were soaked. The wind had picked up again and our wet clothes didn't help the matter, it was only a matter of time before it started on rain and as though on cue the heavens were opened and heavy rain drops begun connecting with our faces. We quickly got up from the stream laughing as I watched Taylor spin round and round in the rain, throwing her hands up and her head back.

"Would care for a dance my lady?" I asked bowing in a terrible fake British accent, my church shirt was now ruined and clung to me heavily and Taylor's once pink church dress was now covered in mud from the stream and completely soaked through. Her hair clung to her face in loose wet curls, she also took a bow before taking my hand and letting me lead her round the stream in a little dance of our own.

"You are so silly" She giggled into my ear as I spun her away from me and back to me again, if I'm honest I had no idea what I was doing but at that moment I just wanted to dance with her so I did what I usually do and acted on impulse, regardless of the consequences which in this case were my embarrassing dance skills.

"Yeah but you're not complaining" I replied as we continued to attempt the waltz,

"I've always wanted to dance in the rain" she confessed

"Well your wish is my command" I replied smiling at her as the rain started to get heavier "However I think it's time for us to go before the place floods out" I said as she nodded, she quickly grabbed the rug from the ground and I got the picnic basket and we run out of the woods and into the road before racing to find my car.

I let her have my coat which I'd left in the car to keep her warm as I raced us back to her house, dinner was in an hour so it made sense to go straight there.

"Daddy I'm home" Taylor shouted as we burst through the door shivering and soaked

"Hey baby..." He said appearing from the living room and looking completely shocked at our appearances "What on earth happened to you two?" He asked

"We got caught in the march showers" she replied shivering "Is it okay if Troy borrows some of your clothes?"

"Yeah sure honey, take him on up and get cleaned up you look a mess" he replied laughing as he shook his head at us

"Thanks Mr. Mckessie" I said as I followed Taylor up the stairs. Her house was huge, made sense seeing as her dad was a big shot lawyer.

"Here" She said handing me a towel "you can shower in my room, I'll shower in my Dads, I'll leave something for you to wear on my bed okay?" I nodded as she led me to her room. I was twice the size of mine, white walls with a king size bed on one side, her computer on the other with a love seat on the wall directly opposite her door. One of her walls was covered in posters of famous people, basketball stars, actors, singers and rappers. I guess all the ones she thought were cute; the other walls were left plain except from a few framed pictures on each wall. She had a T.V on the wall directly opposite her bed and above her computer. I walked into the on suite bathroom and closed the door to shower.

Once showered and ready I decided to wait for her in her room and look around for while opting out of having to go down stairs and make small talk with her father. It wasn't long before she came in and found me seated on her bed watching MTV.

"Hey, you feel better?" She asked as she sat next to me, she was wearing a pair of sweat pants and a white tank top. Her hair now dry was tied up into a messy bun and she didn't appear to have any make up on, but to me she looked flawless.

"Yeah" I said smiling

"Dad said dinner will be ready in 20 minutes, but I need to talk to you about something before that" She said

"okay what's up?" I asked focusing all my attention away from Beyonce looking hot in the crazy in love video and onto Taylor

"Well I was thinking that I'm going to tell my Dad about us, so it's not a shock to him in 2 months time" She smiled as my jaw dropped. So this is why she'd invited me over to dinner

"Are you sure you want to do this now?" I asked nervously

"Yeah I mean I know how I feel about us now and I really think that it would better if my father found out now rather than later, I don't want to lie to him about my relationship with you especially now he's met you" She said "And besides it just means less drama on my birthday okay? It'll be fine I promise" She said smiling as I reluctantly nodded.

I was going to go downstairs in Mr. Mckessie's house wearing Mr. Mckessie's clothes and was going to tell him I was sort of but not really dating his only daughter but I also planned on actually dating her once she turned eighteen. This really was going to be an interesting night. We talked for a while longer before heading downstairs to see if Mr. Mckessie needed help, I had to do all the ass kissing I could before dinner.

Taylor and I had just set the table when Mr. Mckessie bought out another plate

"Dad it's only us three eating, why the extra plate?" Tay asked looking confused

"Oh I forgot to say I invited..." He begun to say as the door bell went "Oh I think that's him, let me go get it" He said as he went to the door, I gave Taylor an asking look and she shrugged her shoulders.

"Taylor baby, I also invited your friend Tye to dinner" Taylor's Dad returned leading Tye into the kitchen "He was telling about coming to Stanford with you" He said as Tye smiled at Taylor and smirked at me.

"Hey Taybay" He said hugging her and kissing her cheek, man he needed to stop that "Troy" He said nodding at me, I smiled back as we all got settled for dinner. Conversation seemed to be flowing well, we discussed college to which I said I was undecided but had been offered a number of places on Basketball scholarships which was true. We discussed Taylor and Tye's decision to study law together at Stanford and Mr. Mckessie even joked about them getting married which made my blood boil.

"So Troy once you decide what college your going to go to what do you think you're going to major in, I mean unless you want to go to play in the NBA" Tye asked

"Oh I want to study medicine, it would be nice to go pro but everyone knows being an athlete isn't the most reliable profession, I'm just using it as a pass to get into a good college" I replied smiling at Taylor who smiled back

"Sounds like a good plan Troy, what kind of Medicine do you want to practice?" Her Dad asked

"I'm hoping to go be a neurosurgeon but I haven't looked into the other paths properly yet, I guess I'll have to see when I get to med school, something else might catch my eye" I replied as he nodded appearing satisfied with my answer

"Sounds like you lack direction" Tye said

"Just because I don't have my life planned out doesn't mean I lack direction, I just prefer to keep my options open, you never know what tomorrow is going to bring" I said shrugging off his comment, I had to keep my cool because I knew if I didn't someone was going to end up with a broken nose and it wasn't going to be me

"So Daddy Troy and I have something to tell you" Taylor said changing the subject and looking at me, this was it. This might be the last time I would be able to walk on both my legs for a long time I thought.

"Oh okay... what is it baby?"

"Well... see that promise I made to you and mom about dating when I was thirteen?" She asked as he nodded and smiled "So erm I've kept it"

"I know baby, you're going to be eighteen in two months, is this about dating? I really don't think this is the right time to discuss sweety; we have guests" He smiled

"No Dad this is about one of our guests, well since the project Troy and I had to do together, we became really good friends over the last six months and well when I turn eighteen Troy's going to ask me to be his girlfriend" She said quickly as we watched both Tye and Mr. Mckessie choke on their chicken.

"Excuse me?" He said

"Yeah Daddy, I thought you should know first before anyone and I didn't want to lie or hide anything from you daddy" She said pouting, she knew what she was doing because Mr. Mckessie's face instantly softened when he looked at his daughter. I chuckled inside knowing I wasn't the only one she had that affect on.

"How long have you wanted to date my daughter?" He asked looking at me

"For the past six months sir, I asked her out once and she told me she wasn't allowed to date, so I told her I'd wait until she was allowed to" I replied smiling at Taylor

"Well I can't say I'm happy that you've been looking at my daughter as more than a friend for the past few months, but I'm happy with your decision to wait for her son... however if you so much as make my daughter shed a single tear over you..." He started

"Daddy..." she said pouting again "I love you" she smiled "But please stop threatening my future boyfriend" she said getting up to hug him, well that went reasonably well I thought except for the slight death threat

"Okay sweety, so Troy are you Christian?" He asked, so much for this going good

"Not exactly, but I've been coming to church regularly for the last six months and I respect Taylor's faith. I would never do anything to make her compromise that. I get how important it is to her" I replied hoping it would satisfy him

"Okay son I guess I can understand that" he said getting up to shake my hand "Just make sure you treat my daughter accordingly" He said as I nodded

Tye had stayed completely quiet during this time which I thought was weird. We finshed dinner and helped Taylor's Dada tidy up before we begun to leave. Tye left first and I stayed behind a little longer to talk to Taylor.

"See told you it went well!" She smiled as we stood by the door

"Yeah except for the little death threat" I replied as she rolled her eyes at me

"He was just playing Troy, he likes you that much is clear" She smiled as she hugged my waist, I wasn't sure whether I should embrace with her Dad in the next room. I'm pretty sure he was listening at the door too so I kept my arms by my side as I smiled down at her.

"Okay well I have to go Tay or I'm gonna be late home but I'll come pick u up tomorrow and this time I can come in and wait inside instead of my car" I replied flicking her nose "See you tomorrow Tay, and tell your Dad I'll return his clothes in the morning" I laughed looking down at the grey sweat top and black trouser I was wearing. She nodded burying her head into my chest as I finally gave in the urge to hold her. We stood there for a few moments before I pushed her away and closed the door behind me. I leaned against the door smiling as I thought of my girlfriend, yeah I called her my girlfriend, she was as good as, the title was just a minor technicality if you asked me. As I was making my way to the car I heard her Dad call me from the front door.

"Troy!" he shouted as I turned around

"Yes Sir" I replied getting nervous

"Let me just get to the point son, I like you I really do but I want you to stay away from my daughter, forever" He said calmly as my heart dropped I knew all this was going a little too smoothly

"Pardon?" I asked, hadn't he just given me his blessing earlier on this evening or was that just me being delusional,

"I won't repeat myself son, If you don't I have the power to make your life extremely difficult" he said "Now if you know what's good for you, you will do as I say or you can say goodbye to any scholarship that has been offered to you" He said

"I don't think I can do that sir..." I replied nervously, staying away from Taylor was a request my heart just wouldn't agree to. It's like asking me to breathe without oxygen, did he really think I'd waited six out of eight months to be with Taylor just to walk away now because he didn't want me to be with her.

"Well let me make myself clear son, I'm not asking you I'm telling you to stay away from my daughter. You will not talk to her or phone her or pick her up to go anywhere, you won't even attend our local church" He stated firmly

"Sir I heard you and I'm telling you that I can't do that" I replied getting angry, I had to walk away or I was going to do or say something I'd regret, he nodded and walked away I had a feeling this wasn't the end of this.