paisleys story
"Paisley"
"Pais', wake up".
I woke up to kendalls eyes looking at me from the pillow next to me.
My head hurt, far too much vodka had been consumed the previous night, and my voice sounded rough as I spoke.
"Hey, what's up?" I asked still half asleep.
" I was thinking... if you want to that is... Well I don't have to be anywhere for another 6 days, we could just stay here"
I looked at kendall Schmidt. The man who I only met less than a week ago but had now slept with twice.
I sat up. Taking in kendalls plan of action.
I looked around the grotty motel we had stayed in.
"You want to spend a week in here" I grinned.
"Why not? Beats taking you home today... we can go someplace better if you want?"
Kendall had a look on his face like all his Christmas' had come at once. It filled my insides with butterflies.
I took another look around the room.
"Nope, all I need is right here" I answered him.
"I've got to get my things from Ryan though. He said he will burn them" I frowned at the thought.
"Well can we fit it all in the car?" Kendall asked.
I laughed, " definately, I don't have much, just clothes and stuff"
"Ok. we will get ya stuff, take it to your moms and then find some finer temporary accomodation for us" he smiled.
"Why do we have to drop it off?" I moaned to the thought of going back to my mothers.
"Because you said you would be back yesterday. If you dont show up she will get worried"
"Kendall I doubt she will even remember my phone call let alone worry I've not shown up" I laughed at kendalls gentlemanly thoughts towards my mother.
He gave me the look to say its happening.
"Okay," I rolled my eyes at him with a defeated smile on my face.
He sat up and came towards me for a kiss.
I hesitated for a second, but welcomed it.
"You okay?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah, course. Sorry I didn't mean to do that. Just a bit new" I smiled at him hoping i didnt offend him.
"It's cool, you just broke up with your boyfriend. I didn't mean to rush you" kendall spoke apologetically and shyed away.
"No its not that, I mean this... me and you. It's brilliant. It's just new that's all"
"Pais we can take it as slow as you like"
I smiled at him,
"6 days of me and you then?"
He grinned at me with his beautiful eyes.
"You okay to drive then?" I asked seeing as the vodka bottle was near on empty.
"I do believe you drank most of that" he laughed.
I pushed him back down on the bed and straddled him.
We spent several minutes kissing. His tongue teasing me inside my mouth.
I pulled away from him and he smiled at me.
"Slow remember?" He said.
"Slow is good" I replied followed by one more kiss on his lips.
I got up, and strutted my naked self in to the bathroom. Kendall chuckled at me as I walked away teasing him with the view of my body that his new slowness rule had banned him from.
After we had both showered and dressed and spent several more minutes with our faces locked together with slow seductive finally checked out and got back in the car for the final part of the trip to reno.
"So what's on your agenda for 6 days time" I asked as we got back on the freeway.
Kendall glanced at me.
"Got a gig for a charity gala... its kind of Sheridens thing"
"So much for staying away" I smiled at him"
"I will. But the band comes first" he kept his eyes firmly on the road.
"You should call her, to see how she is" I rubbed his leg.
"6 days pais. Just me and you. After that reality will grab my balls, but untill then..." kendall smiled.
"What's gonna happen after 6 days?"
"I'm not sure paisley. I'm sorry. Definately still see you... I mean you can drive down or get the train... can you drive?" Kendall seemed agitated after hearing sheridens name
"Yeah I can drive but I don't have a car, I sold it to get to Detroit with the girls"
"Well we will sort something out" he gave me a forced smile.
The drive only took a little over 2 hours, kendall pulled up outside ryans house.
"Do you think he is in? Kendall eyed up the the shabby looking house.
" I don't think so, his cars not there. I can see my things" I nodded at the black garbage bag on the side of the porch.
"I'll get it" kendall said then he opened the door and walked up the short path.
Seeing kendall at my former home was an odd sight. I liked him not being surrounded by the glitz and glamour of California.
He was so normal.
Kendall chucked the bag in the trunk and got back in.
"You all right?" He asked.
"Yeh" I gave him a small smile.
Kendall gave me a kiss.
"Cmon let's go see ya mom"
I didn't talk apart from the odd directional turn commands. After 15 minutes we had reached my destination. It looked worse than I remembered.
I let out a sigh. Thank god I was putting off returning here for 6 days.
The small bricked chalet style house that I grew up in looked awful. Even ryans tiny house looked more welcoming than this.
The grass was more dead than alive. The wooden door was in dire need of stripping and painting. One of the panes of glass had been replaced by some plastic.
I dreaded what the inside would look like.
I dreaded what kendall must think of me right now.
"I won't be long" I whispered, avoiding eye contact with him.
"I'll get your bag" I heard him say as I got out of the car.
Kendall got the garbage bag out the trunk for me as I got my holdall from the back seat that I had in LA.
I gave a smile but aimed it at my feet as I took the bag. I walked through the mesh gate and knocked on the door.
She answered.
"Well here it is" my mother greeted me in a more polite way than I had expected.
She was drunk though.12:30 in the afternoon.
"Hi mom" I whispered.
"You've got fat paisley!" She eyed me up.
"Not really, have I? I spat back."Is it okay if I stay still?"
"What happened to Ryan? he Had enough of ya'll finally?" She slurred at me.
"we broke up." I sighed. I so couldn't be arsed with this crap any more.
"Well its only the settee I have. It won't be for long will it?" My mother. Such a caring human being.
"No won't be for long. I'm just dropping this off from ryans, then I'm out of town for a few more days, so I won't be in the way untill Friday" my mother eyed up the car that was parked behind me, outside her gate.
"New one already then?" She said as she gave kendall a cross examination. Kendall had sun glasses on so he could
View all of the goings on discreetly.
" That's just my friend" I whispered
"She will bleed you dry just like the other one" she shouted over to kendalls open window.
" shut up" I hissed at her.
Kendall pretended to not hear, but He must of.
"So can I come in?" i changed the subject to get her away from kendall.
She moved from the door and I walked in.
The place was a mess, dirty cups, glasses, Plates scattered all over.
Mismatched and broken furniture littered the rooms.
I put my bags in the corner of the living room and sorted some of the items out I would need to bring back out with me.
"Thanks for this mom" I said as I repacked my holdall.
my mother smiled at me "I'm gonna need some money paisley"
i knew this was coming, now i was her liquor income"Yeah course"I whispered, I got 30 dollars from my purse."that's all I have on me at the moment.
"Well it will do for now" she smiled at me again.
"I will see you Friday then?" I reminded her.
"Okay paisley baby" hmm I was paisley baby now she had taken my cash for being inside the house for 10 minutes.
I said goodbye and left. She followed me to the gate, swaying this way and that.
I got back in to kendalls car. He drove away with out a second glance at the drunken woman that stood at the end of the garden.
"You alright?" Kendall asked after a few minutes silence.
"No, not really" I began to cry. Kendall pulled over and pulled me in for a hug.
"Is she always like that?" Kendall asked.
"Yeah pretty much" I replied through a few tears. I wasn't much of a cryer, but the sadness of going in that place just got the better of me.
"There's a hotel not far. We can get cosy then sort all this out pais" kendall said as he wiped a tear away from my face.
I nodded and he put the car in motion again.
The hotel we got to was just a normal run of the mill Hilton.
Kendall chucked my bag on the floor and flopped belly down on the bed. He beckoned me down with a wave of his hand.
I laid belly down next to him with my head rested in my hands.
"Why didn't you tell me things were that bad paisley?" His voice was soft.
I smiled " believe it or not that's a very good day for her"
Kendall let out a deep breath."how am I meant to leave you there pais" he shook his head.
I smiled at him "kendall you can't rescue me. It's just life. I didn't mean to get upset, I just forgot how crappy a mom she is but she would never hurt me"
"No. I'm gonna fix it. We can get another girl in to replace kacey and pick up where it left off". Kendall was clutching at straws.
"Kendall its done. I'm out of luck and now thanks to my mother out of money. It's not meant to be. Kacey had the best voice. Kandy teaze is dead"
"Well stay with me. I got more than enough room..."
"Kendall don't be stupid. If I didn't have feelings for you I would snap that offer up, but I'm not gonna do that coz I... really do like you".we looked at each other for several moments.
"You don't want the fame anymore?" Kendall changed the subject
" I do but... not by shacking up with you. I only met you a few days ago"
"Ok... ok..." he took another breath and changed the subject again"where do you get all the Italian from?" Kendall definately made the most from behind the sunglasses in his car earlier.
"My dad, he is Italian, my mom is just blonde white trash" I let out a sigh this time.
"where is he now?"
I shrugged "he left when I was 7. He ran a bar in town and was screwing one of the barmaids. He went off with her, he visited me to start off with, but I havent so much as had a birthday card in 6 years now"
"Paisley I'm so sorry, I had no idea this is what spurred you on"
"Spurred me on?"
"Yeah to sing... to be a star. And just for the record, kacey may have stolen the stage but you have the better voice. You need to believe that".
"Kendall let's just enjoy the time we have now huh" now i changed the subject.
"Yep! Your right". He gave my backside a slap and stood up."paisley prince... we are going shopping" he pulled me up to my feet and kissed me.
"What are we shopping for?" I mused.
Kendall looked down at himself
And held his arms out." I didn't come with anything, I need clothes, and i owe you a new phone"
"You don't owe me anything kendall" I kissed him." You are looking a bit shabby even for you" I smirked.
"Tahoe is the best place near here. Are you not worried we will get seen"? I eyed kendall.
"Pais your not my dirty little secret. Tell you what if you come quietly I will buy lunch" he grinned like a cheshire cat.
"And if I don't?" I raised my eyebrows at him.
"Well then..." he lifted me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist.
I playfully screamed as he manhandled me.
He kissed me. "Well then...that will be your last kiss" he promised.
I smiled at him.
"Your very handsome kendall Schmidt, you know this don't you. Even with that black eye".
Kendall was just about to kiss me again when his cell phone rang.
Kendall just looked at it on the side and let it ring out to voice mail.
"Who was it? Sheriden?" I asked as he put me back on my own two feet.
"No, Logan...6 days pais. I need a break... cmon shopping time" he grabbed his keys off the side and walked out the hotel room grabbing my hand with him.
Shopping with kendall was a very different experience to shopping with a normal person.
He likes trainers... a lot. He bought himself 3 pairs. And got more than enough clothes to last him more than the 6 days.
He held my hand pretty much every where we went.
It felt special, I enjoyed the feeling.
He wore aviator sunshades to hide his bruise on his face which came in handy as he got spotted fairly often by his eagle eyed btr fans.
He had his picture taken with a good few of them.
One small girl, she must of been about 8 asked who I was, kendall replied "a very good friend" . I was happy with that. Any thing else this early on would be crazy. but im not even sure if kendall wanted it anything else at all.
Yeah we had slept together already but I enjoyed this getting to know each other take it slow approach.
And the truth was the more I did get to know about him the more I was falling for him.
I doubt the same could be said for him, in the past 2 days I had gone from a wannabe singer to an alcoholics daughter, with no hope in life.
But for now I was pushing my reality to one side just as kendall was.
"In here" he ordered.
We had walked in to a phone shop.
"Honestly kendall I can't let you buy a phone for me" I gripped his wrist.
" its not really for you. If you don't have a phone how are we gonna keep in touch?" He kissed me on the forehead.
The public display of affection made my cheeks redden.
He bought an iPhone for me regardless.
We returned to our hotel after we stopped off at some Chinese noodle place to eat dinner.
"Kendall do you miss being normal" kendall laughed at my question.
"Am I not then?... normal?" He smirked at me.
"You know what I mean, do you ever wish you wernt famous?" I eyed him carefully as we both sat on our nice Hilton double bed.
"I love all of it... well apart from gossip and stuff. Sometimes its hard to talk just incase it can be easily twisted. But its a small drawback for everything me and the boys have achieved".
I nodded.
" you look shattered pais? You alright? Your head feeling okay after your knock?" He now eyed me carefully.
"Yeah I'm fine. I got bit of a headache but I think its from the vodka" I gave kendall a reassuring smile.
Kendall got up and pulled the sheets back on the bed. He undressed and got in. I followed suit. But kept a vest top and some panties on.
I snuggled up to kendall, admiring the tattoo on his arm.
I swirled my finger over the heart shape and yawned.
I was pretty tired.
"Today was fun" he said kissing my head.
"Yeah it was nice" I added.
we chatted a bit about general stuff but I soon dozed off to sleep.
Kendalls phone ringing woke me up. But not him, it said on the screen that it was James calling.
I wonder what he wanted.
I got in the shower and got dressed. Kendalls phone rang again. This time is said "shoo" on the caller id.
Kendall woke up.
"morning pais" he husked out at me.
"Morning, your phones been going..." I handed it to him.
"James and someone called shoo" I added.
"Oh right" kendall responded and took the phone not making eye contact.
"Shit" he said
"What's the matter?" I asked and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Got an email from my lawyer, kacey is being a problem" he sighed.
"So what does that mean then?" I looked at him kind of aware what may well just be coming.
"It means life has grabbed my balls pais... I'm going to have to go back to LA" he ran both his hands across the top of his head.
"Today?" I whispered.
"Yeah... but its fine. You can come with me and we can..."
"Kendall no" i thought for a minute, there was no point delaying the enevitable. "It's not gonna happen. I got to go home sometime, might as well be today"
Kendall sat up "I'm sorry" he whispered.
"It's okay... its been great ya know"
"Pais please come with me, it will be fine"
"No its a waste of time, It will be Friday before too long and I would have to come back again"
"Paisley... baby.. I'm sorry" he looked me in the eye.
I hugged him.
"Cmon let's get it over and done with" I dragged kendall from the bed.
"Pais come here" and he pulled me on his lap and hugged me.
"This isn't it. okay... I promise" he whispered at me then kissed me on my lips.
I nodded in response. Fighting back the lump in my throat.
Before long he was parked outside my moms place again.
"Can I come in?" He asked.
"I'm not so sure that's a good idea kendall" I looked up at the house.
"Well I will call you when I get back okay!" He promised.
"Sure" I managed out."You take care alright".
"You too pais" he smiled
I got out of the car and walked around to the drivers side window, I leaned in.
"Gonna miss you and your smile" I rubbed his poorly eye with my hand.
Kendall gave me a smile as a parting gift before kissing me gently on the lips.
He started the engine up and turned the car around at the end of the street.
I watched him drive by, as he slowed down to go past with his final wave I mouthed " I love you" to him.
He gave me a shy smile before driving away.
Why did I do that? what was i expecting from the guy. he was still hung up on sheriden quite obviously and i had nothing going for me.
i turned and looked at the house that i for now would call home. i sighed then walked up the path.