New Idea

Hi Everyone! I know it's been so long since I have finished Taylor's story and I appreciate how patient you all were during the story, even though some of you didn't approve of the way Taylor acted, neither did I but it makes for interesting reading.

I have a new idea for a blog and wanted to give you a brief idea of what is going to happen through out, I haven't written much yet and can't promise regular updates, but wanted to know what you all thought of it first.

So here we go,

Clarke Collins.

It was a name that everyone knew and no one knew.

Everyone knew Clarke Collins to be the only daughter of famous basketball player Drake Collins, who passed away before his time, who was smashing records and was rumoured to be the next big hit.

Everyone knew Clarke Collins to be the only daughter of famous basketball player Drake Collins, who passed away with a blood alcohol limit way off the charts and had a copious amount of drugs also in his system.

Everyone knew that Clarke Collins had no mother and when her father passed away she was left with the only person left to take her, Drake Collins’ best friend Harvey Sheen. The two of them became best friends when they were recruited the same season together.

Everyone knew that Clarke Collins only made it to thirteen before she was pulled from her boarding school and taken on the road with Harvey Sheen, being home schooled along the way.

No one knew that Clarke wanted to be pulled from her boarding school.

No one knew that no one wanted to be friends with Clarke, they pretended to be friends with her in hopes they could score tickets the next big game in the town not far from the boarding school.

No one knew that Clarke loved being on the road with the team, regardless of it being mostly males.

Everyone assumed that Clarke hated the sport, because she wasn’t seen watching the game on the sidelines.

No one knew that Clarke begged and begged to watch on the sidelines, instead was forced to watch from either the box seats or the team room.

The public and fans didn’t know that Clarke was an up and coming big name amongst the female basketball players, they thought she was just a child shoved into the limelight.

It was the college scouts that knew her name, knew who she was and knew they wanted her. They knew she was coached one on one by Harvey, they knew she had inherited her father’s playing ability and they all wanted her.

But Clarke Collins didn’t know just how much her life would change when she got the offer of her dreams.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me through everything while I have written this blog, I originally did plan to have it longer than it was but due to unforeseen circumstances, like my accident, I'm unable to do some of the things I had planned since I cannot recall how I planned on getting them there.

Sadly, yes the last post was the last one. For now I have finished with the lives that followed Taylor, Jake and Dom.

I do have other ideas in mind but for now my focus is on my health while writing on the sidelines. I will update you all as to if I have any plans to start another blog or not.

Thank you to everyone who has read and comment

What The Future Holds

“Do you really have to continue doing that?” Jakes voice rang through the room, clearly annoyed.

I pulled away from Dom with a smile on my face but Dom had a smirk, his grip on my neck tightened forcing another kiss out of me before letting me turn around and face Jake.

“One would think after this long you would get used to seeing us kiss?” Dom questioned as he wrapped an arm around my waist.

“Yes because seeing my best mate kiss my ex-girlfriend isn’t exactly the best thing in the world. Oh wait it even gets better, that said ex-friend is now your wife.” Jake rolled his eyes and I couldn’t help but laugh.

Dom and I had only been married a couple of weeks, we had only returned from the honeymoon yesterday and we had invited all of our friends over for dinner.

I felt Dom press his lips against the top of my head as Jake said the word ‘wife’. I still can’t get over hearing the word wife, I was thrilled the day Dom proposed and the happiest I’ve ever been the day I walked down the aisle and became his wife.

“Just wait Jake, one day she will be pregnant with my child.” Dom spoke and I watched as Jake’s eyes narrowed in annoyance.

Jake and Dom may be passed everything that happened two years ago when Jake and I first broke up, everything came into the light of day. Jake and Dom stopped talking for various reason for various lengths of time.

Even after Dom and I had become public, Jake pulled away slightly. He stated he had to get used to the idea of seeing us together, he claimed he was fine with the whole thing as he just wanted us to be happy but as for actually seeing us together, well it made him uncomfortable to begin with.

Now those two just like to make jokes about the whole thing, even if Jake seemed angry about the topic of conversation we all knew he wasn’t truly angry. We all knew that the moment we tell Jake that I am pregnant, he will be thrilled and incredibly happy for the both of us.

“Only if you name him after me.” Jake finally responded and I laughed softly.

“But Jake is such a bad name for a girl…” I grinned at him, he shook his head before turning around and leaving.

“We wouldn’t really name our son after would we?” Dom questioned and I turned around, noticing the worried look on his face.

I placed my hand on his cheek and smiled at him, catching the glimmer from both my engagement and wedding rings.

“Tay?” he questioned and when I looked at him he had a smirk on his face, he knew exactly why I was distracted.

“But they are so pretty.” I cooed and he laughed.

“I’m glad that still to this day you love it,” he kissed me softly before resting his forehead against mine. “Now our future son, will he be seriously named Jake?”

“Maybe a middle name, think about it. If Jake and I never dated, would we have stayed in each other’s lives? We stopped talking after we broke up all those years ago and we didn’t start talking until Jake and I happened, us right now is thanks to him.”

“Middle name it is…” Dom grumbled but I just continued to smile.

“As long as I’m godmother.” I instantly pulled away from Dom at the sound of Emily’s voice and ran over to hug her.

“I’ll leave you too alone.” Dom spoke before he left Emily and I alone in the kitchen.

“How are things with you and Nate?” I questioned and Emily grinned at me.

I still couldn’t believe that my best friend, the commitment phobe, was still with Nate. I was still in shock and awe that they were happy as ever together and Emily wasn’t even planning on leaving him anytime soon, she loved him and I was incredibly happy for her.

“We’re moving in together.”

“Oh Em, I’m so happy for you.” I spoke as my eyes welled up, she looked at me for a moment before picking up her bag.

“That reminds me, I brought what you asked of me…”

“Now?”

“Now or never.”

“But…” I was terrified and had no idea what would happen.

“No buts, I saw Dom just then. The thought of you two having child excites him, come on. Lets find out if you are pregnant and you can tell him.”

Emily grabbed my hand and pulled me alone to the bathroom so I could take the pregnancy test and find out if I really am pregnant.

“Babe are you alright?” Dom questioned and I snapped out of my daze staring into the mirror.

Our friends had left for the night and we had both come up to get ready for bed, I know I had been quieter than usual and I knew that Dom had picked up on it.

“No I have something to tell you…”

“If you’re cheating on me, tell me now what I’m doing wrong and I can make the sex more enjoyable for you.” He spoke with a smirk on his face as he stepped closer into me.

This was something that had come up as a joke more than once, I laughed a little but it was obvious he didn’t believe me completely as he raised an eyebrow.

“What’s going on Tay?”

“I’m pregnant.” I stated and a massive grin broke out on his face.

“We’re having a baby?”

“Yes Dom, we’re having a baby.” I repeated, I couldn’t believe the grin became bigger before he kissed me.

So maybe today competes with the day he proposed and the day we got married.

It Could All End Here

Here I was standing in the middle of a park looking like a complete idiot, I would change from pacing up and down the path to sitting on the bench waiting to see if Dom would turn up.

I shouldn’t have done it this way, I should have just done it somewhere simple and easy like I did with Jake.

But it’s Dom, Dom’s always been different and I needed to do something different because I wanted us to be different.

“Tay?” I heard Dom’s quiet voice and I jumped before turning around and found him standing there, he was looking a little worried. Hell I was as well.

Just because I knew what I wanted didn’t mean I would get what I wanted.

After I told Jake we were better off as friends, we spent more time trying to figure out what to do with the house and its furniture. It was last week when I finally spoke to Jake about Dom, told him what I wanted and how I was worried it wouldn’t work out.

Dom had been pulling away recently and I was terrified I was losing, terrified that I had taken too long to make up my god damn mind about something like this. It was in those moments I realised how I truly felt and I knew I had to tell him.

It was also then that Jake realised what was in front of him the whole time, it was Dom I was seeing behind his back. He was angry to begin with, didn’t question it at all mainly because he asked all his questions when I first told him about the affair. I was worried it had ruined what potential friendship we were working on but then I turned up at his house today and all he said was that he wasn’t mad, he understood and we continued packing up the house.

I didn’t realise how many of my possessions I had left there, I suppose I packed the bare essentials when I left in a hurry for Emily’s and I barely came back to the house. When Jake and I did go on dates it was never at the house, always elsewhere. I think he thought it would ruin things if we were at the house that ruined everything in the first place.

“I was worried you wouldn’t come,” I spoke softly before shivering, not even bothering to grab a jacket before I left in a rush earlier not thinking twice about the weather.

“Here, have my jacket.” Dom made quick work of shrugging out of his jacket and wrapped it around my shoulders, was it a good sign that his hands continued to rest of my shoulders while we stood like this.

“Thank you for coming,” he removed his hands and I frowned as he quickly shoved them into the pockets of his pants.

“Yes well I didn’t really have a choice considering you didn’t give any hint as to what you were going to tell me did you now?” he was being short with me and I was terrified I had ruined my chances with him.

What if he had found someone else and moved on?

“I didn’t want to put it in writing, I wanted to say it in person.” I mumbled while looking away from him.

“Ah, I see. I will just go then,” I instantly snapped my gaze up to face him to try and work out what he was on about but he had his mask up.

“What why?” I stuttered, not remembering the last time I was completely nervous like this.

“Well you made up your mind right, you seemed so happy packing up your life earlier and that letter seemed like a goodbye. That’s what you want right? You want neither of us, it’s why you told Jake about us.” He snapped at me and I lost it.

“Hold up a god damn minute! I didn’t tell Jake about us, he freaking confronted me about it and I had no choice. He worked it out, he even called himself a loser for not realising it, not realising how my moods changed depending on if you were out of town or dating some other girl.” I snapped at him in return and his face softened.

“I’m sorry alright, I was just shocked when Jake said something about it earlier.” He went to cup my face but I jerked out of his grasp.

“But yet you still believed I went behind your back in the first place, what the hell Dom. When have I ever done something to you to make you believe I would betray your trust like that?”

“Tay…” he stepped closer to me and I stood my ground, having no idea what was going to happen next. “What am I doing here, what do you want?” he whispered now standing directly in front of me.

“You’ve done nothing but accuse me of things I haven’t done nor want, maybe this was a mistake.” I shook my head before turning with the idea of leaving but he gripped my arm to prevent me from walking away.

“No, no more walking away. I won’t let it happen, I let you walk away all those years again but I can’t let you go again. What am I doing here Tay?” I narrowed my eyes at him. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to accuse you of anything. I’m terrified you’re going to walk away and not come back again.” there was pain etched on his face and I hated that.

“I want you Dom, I chose you. I was terrified you had given up because you were pulling away from me. I thought us coming here were it all started would be a good way to start again.” I gave him a smile and he shook his head before cupping my face.

“You’re actually choosing me?” I nodded in response and he grinned before kissing me, “I was pulling away because I was afraid I was getting in too deep. I didn’t want to get hurt in the end if you chose Jake because you did not long ago because you thought it was the right thing to do until you turned up on my doorstep in tears.”

“And I hate that I hurt you like that.”

“I know, it’s fine. Don’t stress over,” he softly ran one of his thumbs over my cheek before smiling at me. “As for where it all begun, wouldn’t it technically be that bar we met at?” he smirked at me and I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Everything happens at that stupid bar.” I grumbled in response causing him to laugh good naturedly at me.

I don’t know why we always went to the same bar when we wanted something low key, it wasn’t like the city we lived wasn’t short on bars or clubs. It was just something we always did.

“But I much prefer this park now Tay,” he spoke quietly before pressing his lips against mine and I ran my fingers through his hair, gripping it tightly.

“I love you Tay,” his voice was low and hoarse when he spoke after pulling away, I don’t think he expected a response because my next sentence shocked him.

“I love you too Dom…”