and i take it in

Blake Taylor. Twenty-Two. Mechanic.

[lucasxturner]

Each crack in her voice was like a stab at Luke’s heart especially when it concerned her talking about him. The repetitive sorry’s weren’t going to fix what she did to him though he didn’t dare tell her that since it seemed his pleas would fall on deaf ears. Scoffing under his breath the dirty blonde gave her a hopeful smile. “Yeah, I’m sure we all wish it was easier than that…” He murmured softly his eyes falling onto the fridge in front of them, masking just how much he hated time as time and time again he told himself that the feelings he had for his best friend would fall away in time. “You’re welcome.” Pressing a kiss to the crown of her head Luke nodded. “Anytime… I wish I could do more for you– I’m sorry.” He whispered his own voice cracking some. 

[blakextaylor]

She stayed in his arms as the two talked back and forth, not wanting to move from his embrace thinking that if she did he’d no longer keep holding her. “It should be easier than that..” she returned his hopeful smile though a glint of frustration in her eyes. Life wasn’t nice and it wasn’t fair, Blake knew that, but everything in her thought it should be different, especially for those who did good.. but that’s just the way it was. She closed her eyes as he kissed the crown of her head. “I know,” Blake whispered back, tightening the embrace she had on him so as to acknowledge a thank you to him.

[zelvars]

- r.i.d

[jaxzonxwillams]

Good thing I know the ones to watch out for right? No, you don’t need to bond with her at all– I really don’t know why I’m even discussing the possibility of this ever happening. Oh no you don’t, I’m sure you’re not dying to share them– Are they really that juicy? That’s a compliment and if it wasn’t I’ll still take it like it was. Stayed single? Really…? You don’t need to too much Blake. Hell you should be out having fun too it isn’t like you are an old lady. I don’t know… We aren’t from the same group right? So maybe she thinks it’s stupid and I don’t want her to think that all parties are stupid. Least of all mine like that’d do some damage to my party cred.

[blakextaylor]

Or you just think you do and you really don’t. But of course I do! I’ve known you for the longest time and it’s only right I bond with the girl you’re going to be with; I have to accept her and she has to accept me.. bottom line, there’s no better way to get to know each other. And yes, they really are that juicy and I am dying to share them.. in fact, I can’t wait for the day that I can share them. It was a compliment in its finest. You are the only one who has ever confessed their love for me every day in the most funny, creative ways so yes. I know, it’s just a habit. That’s another story for another time but thanks, I’m glad you don’t think so. Is there a reason you’re so adamant in wanting to show her that all parties aren’t stupid? I mean, you said it yourself that you’re definitely not from the same group so why does it matter if she likes or dislikes parties? 

[jaxzonxwillams]

When people start to think they have me figured out is when I’ll change my game up of course. You wouldn’t dare share those stories with her! Who am I kidding of course you would, I mean I know I’m a hard person to forget so I get it…. Yes it would. I know you do, but sometimes I’d like for you to just be Blake also instead of my “mom”. Is it bad that I want her to enjoy the party?

[blakextaylor]

All I have to say is good luck with that; Some people know how to tell what games others are playing y’know. Oh just watch me mister! Sure there’s shopping and all that stuff but I have to bond with her some way don’t I? And what better than with some stories I’ve been dying to share. I couldn’t forget you even if I tried. Okay then, that’s exactly why I stayed single. I know, I know.. I’ll try to tone it down.. I just know how rowdy teenagers can be these days and I worry about ya. Bad? Of course not! It’s actually really nice. Why do you think it’d be bad? 

[lucasxturner]

Parts of him broke watching her crumple apart and other parts made him sick at how much he loved it cause she was back in his arms. “Don’t apologize. Don’t ever apologize to me Blake it’s not your fault.” He murmured as his breath hit the top of her head. Squeezing her tightly he never wanted to let her go now that she was back in his arms; back in his life. Frowning at her words Lucas couldn’t even fathom how to answer her question– how to help her. Setting some space between the two he gently coasted her chin up as he spoke, “Time… That’s all you can do Blake is give it time and you’ll overcome it. I promise you will.” Wrapping her back up in his arms he held his best friend and woman he had helplessly fallen head over heels for. “I’ll be right here every step of the way for as long as you need me to be.”

[blakextaylor]

The young woman held on to the man tight. “I know, I just don’t feel good about the way I dropped you. I pushed you away and I’m so sorry,” her voice cracked as she tried to stop the tears from flowing even more so than they were. The girl was a complete wreck now and she knew that her best friend was the only person that could help her through this despite the fact that they had grown apart. “I wish it were easier than that. That it wouldn’t take time..” she murmured, her voice cutting off to silence. It was pathetic for her to think she’d be over it in a couple days but that’s all she wanted was to forget and move on. “Thank you Lucas,” she whispered as she was wrapped up in his arms. There was much meaning in those words and rather her best friend knew it or not, she couldn’t tell but she sincerely meant it for everything he had done for her.

[jaxzonxwillams]

So far it has gotten me quite far in life, and I’m only certain it’ll stay that way. No please do forget, that was so embarrassing I still cannot believe that I would tell you that! Let alone think you’d ever really wait for me though I swear that is why you were single for so long was that deep down you wanted to wait for little ole me. Nothing bad will happen to me, least that will happen is probably some teasing but I assured her that nothing would get too out of hand. Seriously? She seems like a big girl who could handle her own.

[blakextaylor]

I suppose only time will tell, mister, but don’t say I didn’t warn you when people start to figure you out. How in the world could I ever forget something like that?! It was the greatest thing ever! Just wait till you do get married, boy are her and I going to have some fun sharing stories about ya! If I told you that was the reason I stayed single for so long then would it make you feel better about the scenario? Just as long as nothing gets out of hand, you know I still have to play “mom” with you sometimes. 

[lucasxturner]

Staring at her incredulously Lucas sighed shaking his head in disbelief almost. “Pretending? I’m not pretending with you Blake, I’m just putting my feelings aside to make sure you’re okay…” Commenting softly Luke explained his teeth digging so deep into his bottom lip that he could taste the metallic of his own blood. “I didn’t either… But I’m not pretending with you… I never pretend with you.” Swallowing at how deep that could potentially be, despite that Lucas was always pretending around the petite brunette it seemed like but never in the way she was insisting. Watching the tear fall Luke shook his head his hand automatically reaching for it before she beat him to it. Giving her a pathetic smile, Lucas wrapped her in his arms again holding her tight against him. “I will never be him Blake… but you can’t–” Choking on the emotions Lucas shook his head instead dropping his own thoughts as he held her closer. “You can’t treat me like I am. I will never hurt you.”

[blakextaylor]

Her eyes looked up at him and back down to her hands where her thumbs were fumbling with each other. “You really shouldn’t be,” she muttered, mostly to herself more than anything. The girl honestly didn’t think it was right that he was putting his own feelings aside for her and perhaps, just maybe if she had some family to go to to get away from her ex, she would have as she hated making things so difficult for him. “I’m sorry,” Blake breathed, her voice cracking a bit at the end. The girl felt defeated, mostly because she was tired mentally, physically, and emotionally. Closing her eyes for a moment, she instinctively let Lucas wrap his arms around her and hold her tight against him. Part of her never wanted him to let go. “I know,” the brunette swallowed. “I know you won’t Luke,” she mumbled. “I don’t mean to it’s just I can’t.. how do you unlearn and forget something you’ve been used to for so long?,” she broke.

[hcrrystxyles]

Lucas Turner x Blake Taylor  (Theo James and Lindsey Morgan)

[blakextaylor]

[jaxzonxwillams]

Well in that case I guess I should start actually listening to you then shouldn’t I? Guess you’re right, but that doesn’t mean the compliments are ever going to stop flattery gets you everywhere in life from what I’ve learned from it. And I like to make my eleven year old self proud to finally hit on you. And I did alright! I think it’s going to go well, I mean I promised to be on my best behavior and you know how well I am when I’m good. 

[blakextaylor]

Well of course, I haven’t told you that multiple times just so you don’t have to listen to me. I could totally be a butt right now and go on about how I’m always right but I suppose I’ll just stick with ‘I have my moments.’ Flattery can only go so far until the other person realizes what you’re up to. I will never forget your eleven year old self and how you always told me to wait for you and that you’d marry me one day. Just as long as nothing bad happens especially to you but from what you’ve been telling me, you should make sure to keep an eye on her at the party.

[jaxzonxwillams]

Now if I remembered every time you would eventually miss my beautiful face and our dates like these wouldn’t happen. As long as I have you taking care of her she’ll never have any damage done don’t you know that by now. Sooo remember that girl I told you about? The annoying one I invited her to one of my parties.

[blakextaylor]

More like I would see you more often instead of once every two or three months, which isn’t cutting it very well. You can pay me in compliments all you want, that still doesn’t change the fact that you’re late on her oil. Hey, I thought I told you to cut her some slack. How’d that go?

[blakextaylor]

Locking his jaw Lucas’s patience with Blake was wearing super thin super fast. Of course he knew she’d put up a fight with how he was reacting towards her, she always had when she didn’t agree with him when they were younger. That was how they were, but they were adults now and while he adored her stubbornness normally this was going over the top. “We’re not going back to being best friends Blake…” Lucas belted out his tone mean– meaner than he thought he could ever get with the female in front of him and more collected than he had thought possible. “Are we friends? Yes because there’s history between us, but just jumping back into being besties? That’s not how the world works. Is that what you’ve been wanting Blake? To hear me say that you hurt me? Well there you hurt me. Happy?” Luke’s voice cracking at the end of his sentence his eyes blinking rapidly to hide the frustrated tears that were collecting in the seas of his eyes. Running his hand through his hair taking in a lot of deep breaths through his nose before exhaling Lucas shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know what you want from me Blake… I’m not Nathan. I’m not going to sit here and argue with you over something that doesn’t even matter to me.” Finally turning to look at her his expression softer his jaw relaxed as his shoulders slumped visibly forward, he felt defeated. “I’m not Nathan… I won’t be him.” 

[lucasxturner]

[blakextaylor]

Blake could tell the male was getting aggravated with her and she knew she should’ve dropped the conversation as soon as she started it. But that’s not who she was. The girl was hard headed and never went down without a fight, perhaps that’s what had gotten her hurt in more ways than one with Nathan. She was problematic and that’s all there was to it. Blake tried not to let her surprise show at Lucas’ tone, she hadn’t heard him use that tone in a long time and it was never towards her. “No,” she whispered, answering his question as to if she were happy or not. “I just wanted you to admit it and stop pretending around me,” the girl admitted herself, her voice soft and tired. “I didn’t mean to start an argument.. that’s the last thing I wanted. I just, I needed to know is all,” a single tear fell down her cheek, though she quickly wiped it away as if it never happened. Blake bit her lip and she looked up at him through watery eyes, taking in his exhausted looking features. “I don’t want you to be him,” she murmured, “you can’t be him.”

[jaxzonxwillams]

{ @blakextaylor }

Before you start on about it– No I didn’t purposefully forget to put oil in the car I  just kinda forgot.

[blakextaylor]

Just kind of forgot? How do you just kind of forget to put oil in a car -- especially one like her. You should hope there’s no damage done.

[petrova]

[blakextaylor]

Beginning to grow irritated at how stubbornly she was holding onto this conversation. Luke shook his head with a breathy laugh looking at her with a nearly icy gaze. “Do you want me to kick you out then Blake? Honestly I don’t know what you expect me to do? Okay you don’t deserve me, but I was raised right by a mother who taught me that holding a grudge was stressful and useless.” Offering the advice his mother had given him because of this exact situation after he called her angry that the girl in front of him could just cut him off so easily. “I don’t have the time to hold it against you B… It’s too much and I already get less sleep cause of the hours I’m working lately so I just got over it… What else could I do? Remember you weren’t speaking to me.” He didn’t bring it up to hurt her feelings, or to make her feel like crap because Lucas really didn’t know what else she wanted from him. He had forgiven her because he had put himself in her shoes and if his lover wanted him to give up talking to Blake he imagined he might have done the same thing she did. “You did what you thought was for the best, and yes it pissed me off I got over it and I really want you to to… All that matters is that you’re here now and that you’re safe.”

[lucasxturner]

[blakextaylor]

Though Blake was used to much worse gazes than Luke had been giving her, she slightly flinched at it though kept her composure pretty decently. “I don’t know what I was expecting you to do either,” she answered him truthfully. “But I didn’t honestly think you’d forgive me and we’d go back as being best friends just like that.” She listened to him as he mentioned how he just didn’t have the time to hold it against her but Blake knew better; Everyone in the world had time to hold things against people, rather they were busy or not.. that’s just how the world worked. “It just can’t be that easy,” the girl murmured, swallowing hard at him bringing up the fact that she wasn’t the one speaking to him. She couldn’t be mad at him for bringing that up though, it was beyond true and even she couldn’t deny it. At the time she thought dropping Luke was for the best but she only did it because Nathan told her to; It was farthest from the best thing. “I just..it doesn’t make sense to me is all,” she finally gave him, their argument wearing her down even more.

[lucasxturner]

“Well I guess you’re lucky I’m not more like you right?” Luke teased running another hand through his hair tugging at the roots. This conversation certainly wasn’t what he had expected happening tonight, maybe tomorrow, but tonight? Nope, and while he had been practicing what he was going to tell her when she was standing right in front of him giving her a piece of his mind for her behavior, he couldn’t remember a sentence from the speech. “You’re my best friend Blake just drop it yeah? It’s in the past and there’s no use trying to bring it back up when I’ve already forgiven you for it.”

[blakextaylor]

“Really lucky,” she murmured, nibbling at her lip. She couldn’t understand why he was being such a good friend to her. If it were anyone else she was best friends with they would’ve given her a piece of their mind and walked out the door, leaving her to her own and probably never give her the time of day again. Perhaps it helped that the two knew each other from when they were just little kids but even still Blake wasn’t convinced. “I can’t just drop it,” she managed. “Forgiven or not, I’m an asshole who doesn’t deserve you.”

[blakextaylor]

lucasxturner:

Sucking in a deep breath, Lucas’s jaw clenched as he tried to find the words to explain his situation to Blake. “No use in beating around the bush I guess.” He murmured under his breath rubbing at his jaw. Of course he couldn’t tell her the adamant reason and that was how in love her he was, and he’d forgive her for anything she’d do. “I know you stopped coming around, trust me Blake I know all of the things you put me through–” Swallowing Luke looked down at his food before back to her. “You’re my best friend? Despite that you pushed me away and just was a horrible friend that doesn’t mean you stopped being my best friend…” Offering that as his reasoning Luke rubbed nervously at the back of his neck.

Blake observed her best friend and saw the clench in his jaw. Though she was the one who asked him about it, the conversation scared her – not because of his answer as to why he was still around but the fact that she felt like complete shit for dropping him and the conversation wasn’t exactly helping. She swallowed hard at his first sentence, why did she have to be so selfish to put her best friend through hell? “But that’s just it.. I dropped you and was a horrible, shitty friend. We didn’t, we haven’t talked for months and..” Blake stopped rambling. “I just don’t understand it.. I wouldn’t be my friend anymore” she finally confessed.