Line Of Trust

She sighed as she slowly walked up to the front door and knocked. She felt strange knocking on the same door that she so freely opened so many times before. For some reason she didn’t even think of using her key, even though she had it in her purse.

Her heart skipped a beat when Taylor opened the door in a vest. She almost felt like a teenager who had just seen her crush for the first time. She hated the feeling.

“Hi,” she said in a small voice. Taylor smiled at her.

“Hi,” he said as he looked at her. “You want to come in?” he asked stepping aside.

“… sure,” she said as she walked into the house. As soon as she was in, Taylor closed the door and pinned her against it as he kissed her deeply. Strange enough, Desiree felt turned on and surprised at the same time. When he pulled away, her cheeks were a bit flushed. “Wow,” she said in a whisper.

“I’ve missed you,” Taylor said as he looked into her eyes. Desiree was confused.

“I’ve missed you too?” she said looking at him.

“I just made lunch. I’ll get you a plate,” he said as he walked to the kitchen.

“No,” Desiree managed to say, making Taylor turn around. “I just had a smoothie half an hour ago. Maybe next time.”

Her words immediately made her feel stupid, and showed her how things had changed. Normally, she would’ve said maybe ‘later’. This time however, she automatically mentioned ‘next time.’ Like she might not be around later. Taylor looked at her, seeming not to notice.

“So, you wanna hang out?” he asked. “I don’t have anything scheduled for the afternoon.”

Desiree thought it weird the way he acted as though he hadn’t been ignoring her for the last week plus.

“Actually, I know that you are not scheduled for anything today. That’s why I dropped by,” she said as she walked towards the living room.

“Okay…” he said, following her.

“We need to talk,” Desiree pointed out as she tossed her purse on the couch. She tuned back to the cause of her frustration and longing. “You’ve been acting weird since I told you about Leon and Mark coming to see me.”

“What do you mean when you say weird?” Taylor asked. Desiree was having none of it.

“Don’t act surprised, Taylor. I know that you’ve been dodging my calls,” she said.

“No I haven’t,” he replied. Desiree looked at him and rolled her eyes.

“Well, I left you a ton of messages. The least you could have done is get back to me on one of them.”

She looked at him and waited for him to tell her something. Anything. But all he did was remain silent. “Aren’t you going to say anything?” she asked, looking at him.

Taylor remained silent. He slowly walked towards her as he looked into her eyes. She felt her heart racing as he approached her. “Ericson?” she asked as he stood right in front of her. She could almost feel his breath on her face.

She looked at him as he walked to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge. He walked back with another bottle which he handed to her as he joined her on the floor. She looked at him and tried to get the right words to address the situation at hand but she couldn’t think of anything. She smiled and leaned her head against his shoulder and then opened her mouth to talk but all that came out was:

“I have really missed that,” she said.

“I have missed that too,” Taylor said in a low voice. She raised her head and looked into his eyes and he smiled down at her. “What?” he asked.

“We still need to talk,” she said as she looked at him. Taylor smiled and got up before pulling her up.

“Fine, but after you scrub my back,” he said before walking up the stairs to the bedroom.