Chapter twenty

~ Taylor ~

The month until Christmas seemed a lot longer than it was, I thought it would never arrive. Crystal and I talked every day on the phone, but it never seemed sufficient, the minute I put the phone down, I wanted her with me, it was getting harder to be without her. Sometimes I felt so helpless to the situation I felt like saying forget it, it’s not worth it, and to be quite honest if I could have given her up I would have done. This was hard, and I mean hard, it seems like I have to fight with Claire to spend a few days with Crystal, it’s really hard work. As I stood here in the Airport waiting for her, I knew it was worth it but it didn’t make it any easier.

As she walked towards me I held out my arms, I knew there would be people watching cameras snapping as she dropped her bags at her feet and fell into my desperate embrace. The promise I made to Claire that there would be no ammunition for the cameras and chances for the fans to put more pictures on the Internet, just disappeared the minute I saw her. That promise was long gone out the window, how could I not hold her, already swinging her around in my arms, our eyes locked and already playing out the kiss that was inevitable as she clung to my neck, totally unaware of the attention we were getting. As my lips met hers, I heard a reporter in the background shouting, "Taylor is she your girlfriend, what’s her name".

My hand reached up to bury itself in her hair, our lips parting reluctantly, our eyes locked again her lovely crystal blue eyes and her smile drawing me in to that little world we go to, I had no concept of crowd accumulating around us. "I’ve missed you", I said as my lips briefly brushed against hers again. Her eyes had left mine, as they roamed the now fairly large crowd. She swallowed, her face became serious with worry, "Err Tay, I think we should go", she turned a full circle her face showing how afraid she was as cameras snapped all around her. I took her shaky hand, and pulled her towards the exit "Come on Crys, we need to get out of here".

We made our way through the parting crowd, questions were thrown at us from all directions, a mic was thrust into my face, and I stopped, Crystal’s hold on my hand tightened.

"Taylor, is this your girlfriend", the question was repeated, I held out my hand so they couldn’t get any nearer, and carried on walking. "Taylor, is she your girlfriend", again and again, the question was fired, I wanted to turn and scream, "yes she is", but I couldn’t. I promised Claire, I wouldn’t say anything, I knew if I answered that one question another would follow, then another. It would turn into an interview that would go extremely miss-represented in the papers, I knew I had to stay silent, and to tell the truth I didn’t want to, I wanted everyone to know who she was. I knew I had to get Crystal out of there, she wasn’t happy with the situation that was for sure.

We managed to get away, and as I drove out of the airport car park I looked over at Crystal for the first time. "Are you Okay", I reached over and squeezed her hand in mine, she was staring out of the window, her eyes brimming with tears wanting to fall. She looked at me, as the first tear fell, she brushed it away, "H..How did they know, how did they know I was coming". I just shrugged, I had no idea how they knew, I didn’t know what to say, "they just do, it’s their job, they follow me. I don’t know baby, they just know everything I do they’re just there, it’s their job you’ll get used to it". I didn’t realise that she would be so effected by the attention, I guess I just got used to it over the years, I know no matter what I do, or where I go they would be there cameras and all. I didn’t think about how it would effect Crystal, I didn’t think about even warning her, I guess we need to talk about it though.

"Where are we going Taylor, it’s pretty icy on this road, it’s sort of in the middle of nowhere". Crystal had noticed we weren’t going anywhere familiar to her. "I’m just taking you to a place that is very special to me, don’t worry about the weather baby, I have been out here in worst weather than this". As we reached the secluded place I so wanted her to see in the snow, I parked and went to open the door.

I leaned over and kissed Crystal on the cheek, her eyes smiled as she asked, "What are we doing here Tay", she leaned over and placed her mouth over mine I held her tighter to me.

As our lips parted I kissed her forehead "come on, I want to show you something". We were just in time, the sun was going down, not that you could see it that well through the clouds.

We walked over the short field to the edge of the cliff, the big old tree Zac and I used to play in was still there, large as life, holding all my secrets and standing strong, it’s larger branches still hanging over the cliff, shading the area below.

I loved this place; it always made me feel, at home. Whenever we were away, it was this tree that I always thought of, it held some special memories for me and for Zac, some we’d rather forget, but most were good times. As I walked nearer the edge, Crystal was holding back, unsure of her footing and how safe it was so close to the edge of the cliff in the snow.

I pulled her closer; reassuring her it was safe. "Why are we here Tay". I turned and smiled "This is my special place, I used to play here all the time with Zac when we were kids, we’d ride our bikes up the hill and play here in this tree for hours. They were good times, this is so special to me Crystal, and I would come here when things in my life were bad. I wrote a lot of our songs while sitting here in this very spot, it always inspires me and I wanted to share it with you, because you inspire me too, so I think you and the tree should meet. Zac’s the only other person who knows about it, and I wanted to share it with you too". She never said a word, just walked towards me placed a cold hand on my cheek and leaned in and kissed me.

When we finally broke the kiss she touched the tree with her hand and whispered "hello tree", turned back and smiled. "I feel honored that you wanted to show me this Tay". Her teeth chattered in the cold, I opened my coat and pulled her inside wrapping it around her back. She sighed and put her arms around my waist. The snow was starting to fall again it was so beautiful.

We kissed again, this time it became ardent and I pulled my arm out of the sleeve, I wanted to be under the coat, I need to l touch her. The cold air around us was sharp, we were totally aware of it but couldn’t feel it. Her mouth moved with mine, and my free arm ran down her sides as we moved backwards towards the tree. I leaned her up against the tree placing my hands just under the waistband of her jeans, fumbling to free the button. She moaned into my mouth as my fingers touched the top of her panties. I pressed my hardness into her stomach letting her know how aroused I was.

She broke our kiss, her eyes popping open; "we can’t do this here Tay, what if someone sees us". Leaning in brushing her cold lips with mine, I whispered, "please baby I need you, no one comes here". She looked around, "what if someone followed us from the airport". "Nobody followed us". I kissed her hard, pulling her into me, I needed to feel all of her. Her nipples were hard, I could feel her through the shirts we were both wearing, pulling down her zip I slid my hand into her panties, she was already aroused, her clit was hard and ready to be touched, she whimpered as I slid two fingers over it.

Her jeans had slid down just bellow her bottom, I pulled my coat further around, trying to shield her bottom from the cold night air, it was starting to get dark I looked up to see half the sun had disappeared over the horizon. Just being there touching the woman I love like this, in my favorite place in all the world, the sun setting and the snow deep on the ground, at that moment, the thought of how life doesn’t get any better, it was so surreal. I would remember this day, as long as I live.

Crystal was squirming under my hand, she was pulling at my zipper my button already open. I wiggled to help her push my jeans over my hips, "Tay I need you inside me", her breath was hot on my neck, my erection was grinding with her clit I could already feel, my balls tightening and the orgasm building in my groin. I lifted her leg up around my waist, cringing that it was exposed to the freezing air. I slid inside her, we both moaned simultaneously, her warmth enveloped me, she was already starting to contract around me. Her head buried itself in the crook of my neck, kissing and sucking softly. I started pushing in slowly at first, but as I could feel my imminent orgasm travelling up my shaft ready to explode I pushed into her harder and faster.

We both moaned one last time as I felt her clit spasm at the base of my dick, pulling me over the edge with her, filling her with the warmth of my love. We both kept grinding until every drop of cream had been squeezed from me, neither of us wanting it to end. We stayed joined panting, until enough blood filled our brains to enable us to think. I leaned in and kissed her hard I pulled away and kissed her forehead. She was trying to cover her arse with her jeans and panties. I leaned down and helped her, I zipped up her jeans and fastened the button, before straightening the rest of her clothes. She reached up and ran her hand over my heated cheeks smiling into my eyes. Her hands were cold, I placed them both between mine and rubbed them until they were warm. "I think the tree knows you very well now, don’t you tree". We both smiled as we looked up at the tree, Taylor, you can get locked up for talking to trees", we chuckled. We turned around and cuddled up watching the final part of the sun disappear over the horizon.

~ Zac ~

I knocked on Crystal’s door and entered after her instruction. She’d just got out of the shower, her hair was still wet, and she held the dryer in one hand and the brush in the other. "Hi Zac", she smiled. I walked over and gave her a hug, "hey, how you doing". She pulled away, "good now I’m here". She pointed to the pile of presents on the floor, "When we go downstairs will you give me a hand with those". "Only if that big box is mine", I said laughing. She pushed me aside, "it might be, you’ll have to wait and see, I need to dry my hair first".

I took the dryer, and brush out of her hands and motioned for her to sit on the chair, "What, are you going to dry my hair Zac, god there’s no end to your talents". I laughed, "you have no idea", now sit and let me dry your hair all the women in this house, I’ve had loads of practice". We talked and laughed a little as I dried her hair, when I was nearly finished the door opened and Taylor stood in the doorway.

"AH hmm", he cleared his throat as if he was disturbing something, "so your hitting on my woman now are you Zac", Taylor smiled, as I turned off the dryer. "Taylor, she’s practically my mother-in-law, that’s sick". I turned they both had their mouths wide open, the realisation hitting them that possibly one day she could be my mother-in-law.

I picked up a pile of parcels to take downstairs, as I reached the door I turned and said "Oh by the way, you better keep Claire off the internet, there’s pictures of you two practically eating each other at the airport". I left them staring at each other eyes wide with fright. All I have to do is make sure Claire doesn’t get to see them.

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