Chapter 2
Three months later it was April and Taylor and Lilly have settled into the small town life. It was six A.M. when Taylor heard running footsteps coming towards her room.
"Mom I have school today!"
"I know sweetheart, Grandma is taking you today."
"Cool, but why?"
"Because I'm going out for coffee before work."
"Are you meeting up with Ryker?"
Taylor smiles
"Maybe, why?"
"You look really pretty, and you haven't put on makeup in forever."
Taylor sticks her tongue out at her as Olivia walks into the room.
"Taylor you look great. Are you meeting up with a certain young man this morning?"
She asks as she hugs her granddaughter.
"I am, I hope you're not mad about it."
"Honey how could I, Dan just wanted you to be happy if anything happened to him. And Lilly needs a father in her life."
Taylor stands up and hugs her
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, I hope I'll get to hear everything when you get home this evening."
"Of course, you're like a mother to me and have been since I got pregnant with Lilly."
Olivia smiles
"Now go have fun."
Taylor hugs her and Lilly before heading out the door. Fifteen minutes later she arrives at the local coffee shop. She smiles as she sees Ryker inside. Ryker's eyes light up as he smiles.
"You look beautiful."
"Thank you."
They sit down at a table by the front window.
"So what do people talk about on first dates?"
Taylor giggles
"So this is a date."
"I thought it was, but if you're not ready I totally understand that."
Ryker says quickly.
Taylor laughs
"It's definitely a date."
Ryker relaxes
"Good, so you know a lot about me already. What about you?"
Ryker says as Taylor smiles
"Well you know part of it."
"But not all of it."
Taylor takes a deep breath
"How much do you want to know."
"As much as you want to tell me."
"Ok."
"I was born in San Diego. I met Dan when I was 17 and he was 19, he was living on the base at the time. We started talking and started dating a year later. Got pregnant with Lilly the beginning of my senior year, and my parents kicked my out. So I moved in with Dan. We eloped when Lilly was a month old."
" I never knew what your parents did when they found out."
"They freaked, but Dan never left unless he had too."
"He was a great guy, wasn't he?"
Taylor smiles down at the ground
"He was."
"Sawyer talks non stop about him somedays."
"I've heard stories about the two of them."
Ryker grins
" they were crazy together."
Several hours later Taylor walks into the farm house and she sees Lilly asleep on the couch. She smiles as Olivia walks over.
"She wanted to be awake when you got home."
"She adores Ryker, doesn't she?"
"She does and I'm glad that you found him Taylor. He'll understand that Dan will always be apart of both of you."
Taylor sadly smiles as she hugs Olivia
"Thank you."
The next morning Lilly woke up before her mom and ran down the stairs to see if her grandma was awake. Olivia was in the kitchen working on breakfast. She smiles as she hears Lilly's footsteps
"Good morning Lilly Bug."
"Hi grandma, did mom tell you how yesterday went? Are mom and Ryker like dating yet??"
Olivia laughs at her very excited granddaughter.
"She did tell me that it went well and the other question you should ask her when she wakes up."
"I'll go wake her up right now!"
And Lilly was half way up the stairs before Olivia could stop her.
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