Jay's POV
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"I need another drink" Rachel whines at me presenting me with the perfect opportunity.
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"What would you like" I ask her depositing her onto the sofa next to Jen.
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"Cocktails" she squeals.
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"Got it" I smile turning and walking past the fireplace to leave the room. The music was beginning to ring in my ears, the chatter of the girls around me aggravating me. I need another Brandy or perhaps a metropolitan. Matthew eyes me and I glare at him, I will expose him if he gets in my way. He knows that.
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I close the double doors shut and head through the hall, the pretty twinkling lights and birthday banners adorning the walls. I pause before I reach the kitchen, looking through the doorway into the large open plan room where I see her straight away. A glass in her hand, sweeping her hair back and sipping the wine in front of the fire. Taylor hasn't clocked me yet, she's thinking about something. It's in the way she looks at the flames an expression of confusion, worry. It's the side of her that she doesn't show to him, or to Ross or to Rachel or to any of her friends.
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“Could have fooled me” I whisper over to her. She glances up, shock coming over her face.
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“What” she says looking down again.
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“Earlier you said you weren’t crazy, I’ve caught you looking into that fire twice” I say heading into the bar.
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“That says more about you than me” she laughs taking her now empty glass into the bar with her.
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“You should not be following crazy women around at house parties” she laughs taking the wine and pouring a glass, I place a second one by hers and she smiles topping it up.
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“Thanks babe” I say lounging on the side.
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I’ve never felt so awful, so annoyed at myself about something I’ve said to a woman before. I’ve never contemplated anything I’ve said before. But crassly telling her that her dress would look better on my floor, that was rude and obnoxious. Taylor just admitted to not having sex ever before Matthew, and it’s playing on my mind.
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“She hates me” she says looking into her wine.
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“She is jealous of you” I correct her, it’s a simple fact, not essentially a compliment.
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“But why” she asks me genuinely baffled. I erupt into laughter and take a long drink of the Italian wine.
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“It’s not funny” she swats me and I clasp her hand in my chest, holding it there.
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“You are very funny Taylor” I smirk down at her. She sips her wine and I notice she hasn’t removed her hand from my chest.
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“Do you like the wine” I ask her as she watches me like a hawk.
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“My mother, she cooks a lot and we used to drink wine together whilst she was showing me how to cook. It reminds me of the wine we used to drink” she says gazing up at me. Placing my hand on her lower back as she talks I test the waters. Will she slap me or not if I attempt to kiss her?
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“I brought the wine” I tell her and she smiles softly, her lips curve into a beautiful line and I want to take her away.
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“It’s very nice” she smiles and even though she is slightly drunk, she maintains her composure. Looking effortlessly beautiful standing before me, she doesn’t stumble around in her heels or fall all over me.
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“Other than wine, is there anything else that you think is very nice” I whisper in her ear, her hand still rested on my chest.
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“You’re nicer than I thought” she laughs.
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“How much nicer” I whisper in her ear and she chuckles. She eyes me warily, raises her eyebrows and smirks.
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“I already told you if you’re hitting on me; I’ve already got everything I want in this world” she whispers letting me pull her into me. I place my wine down on the side behind me and appraise her smiling.
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“Taylor, you can have so much more” I smile down at her.
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“Oh and your dress. It’s very nice. It’s got nothing to do with my bedroom floor” I say to her placing my fingers through her hair as she watches me. A small smile on my lips as I push my own hair back, almost self consciously.
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“Now I know you don’t want to do anything out of the kindness of your own heart, so I won’t ask you but Rachel is expecting me to bring her back a cocktail. So I’m going to fumble around with the blender and hope for the best” I laugh.
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“Oh stop it” she laughs sipping her wine again. Taylor strokes down my chest just once with her delicate hand and heads over to the blender.
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“Chop these” she smiles pushing some strawberries towards me and I laugh.
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“I’m not doing all of the work” she smirks and I instantly feel at ease around her.
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“Like this” I say halving them.
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“Yeah just like that” she smiles at me measuring out the other ingredients.
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“You’re good at this” I tell her and she smirks.
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“Okay now all in the blender” she smiles.
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I pour out the contents of the blender and smile at her as she places a strawberry on the rim of the glass.
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“Can I please have another cocktail” I ask her cheekily turning to face her.
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“Do you like coffee” she smiles and I nod enthralled by her.
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“Okay” she says and her eyes twinkle.
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“Vodka” she nods to me as she walks out into the kitchen and I follow her watching her hips sway. Holding the bottle of vodka in my hand.
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Taylor grasps a small saucepan and places it on the electric hob, tying her long hair up to keep it out of the way. She rifles through Ryan’s cupboards and finds a packet that looks like flour.
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“Caster sugar” she explains boiling it up with some water. And then removing it from the heat, she turns to face me.
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“You want it strong Jay” she asks me and I smile up at her.
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“Of course” I say to her and she chuckles pouring the vodka into a cocktail shaker, alongside coffee liqueur, espresso and ice. Lastly she adds the stuff from the pan and then hands me the shaker.
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“Shake it” she smiles up at me and I make a meal out of the whole process. Pushing my sleeves up to reveal my arms and shaking the mixture up over my shoulder. She rolls her eyes watching me and then grasps a few cocktail glasses pulling her hair back down over her chest.
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I pour the cocktail into two glasses and she watches me the entire time.
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“Good huh” she smiles watching me sip the drink. It tastes wonderful and I place my hand on her hips as she sets hers down on the marble kitchen side.
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“Tell me” I whisper in her ear as she giggles.
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“What I’ve got to do” I say softly brushing her hips with my fingertips.
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“To make you mine” I say softly as she gazes up at me holding my eye contact briefly.
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“Let’s start with handing out these” she says eyes flicking up to the glasses. I smirk at her and grab a small tray to put the glasses on. She pours the cocktails into the glasses and I brush her hips again briefly.
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Following her out holding the tray, since when did I become her personal butler. We walk down the hall and I wish that she would let me take her upstairs so that we could finish these cocktails off on our own.
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The big blonde bear, Ross appears, marching towards us to check on her of course. Eyeing her, and then me with disdain.
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“Taylor are you okay” he asks her ignoring me.
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“I’m fine by the way Ross” I smirk and he scowls at me.
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“Of course would you like a martini or a daiquiri” she ask him as he assesses her, checking her over.
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“Come on” he smiles at her leaving me to walk behind them with the tray of cocktails.
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