kiss me ➳ taylor caniff

chapter nine

San Francisco

"TATIANA!" Cameron shrieked when I got into the hotel. We weren't quite in San Francisco, but we were directly across the Bay from it.

"CAMERON!" I shrieked back, standing on my toes to give him a hug.

"You're a dwarf," Nash teased, resting his arm on the top of my head. I pushed it off.

"You're just a giant." I replied, sticking my tongue out.

"Whatever." He laughed. We went upstairs to our rooms.

"Bart gave you and Taylor a room together." Cameron told me, laughing.

"Really?"

He laughed again, and I couldn't decipher if he was joking or not by this point.

I went into my room and freshened up, putting on a black skirt, white heels, and a white and black crop shirt. I pulled my skirt down a bit lower so it wouldn't seem like I was some kind of prostitute before setting what I wore here into my suitcase. As I stood, the door opened and Taylor walked in.

"Cameron wasn't joking?" He asked as he set his suitcase on one of the beds.

"Guess not." I shrugged, sitting down.

"You look really good in that outfit." Taylor smirked his infamous smirk that he's done since we met.

"I try." I smirked back, crossing my legs and going into Twitter.

@CameronDallas: @taylorcaniff don't dive in too hard 😂

"Don't try." I laughed. Taylor pouted and I remembered my talk with Kelly and Lacy in Vancouver.

"We still have that date later," Taylor reminded.

"What do you have planned?" I asked, turning to him.

"You'll see."

- - -

"Taylor this is so pretty!" I gushed as I looked out at the flashing lights of the Bay Bridge. We were currently in the San Francisco ferry building, which is filled with little cafés and shops.

"California's a beautiful state," Taylor shrugged, lacing our fingers.

"I see."

We walked out of the building and down the street, the dim street lights illuminating the sidewalks as cars passed by.

We walked down the streets until we reached Pier 39, a pier with shops lined up all around it.

"Let's go on the merry-go-round!" Taylor ran towards it, pulling me along."

"You're 18 and you choose to go on this?"

He grinned as he put in the money for us to each go on and went up the stairs to the very top, climbing onto the zebra. I chose the horse next to it.

"You're so grown up." I laughed, looking around at the lights of the city around us. I was in California, a place I dreamed of going my whole life. I shut my eyes as the ride began, thinking back to my childhood in Seattle when I would beg to go on the merry-go-rounds and my older sister Karina would stand off to the side and complain as I got what I wanted.

She didn't get to live her teenage life like I am. She was too bitter to let loose and have fun for awhile.

"Whatcha thinkin about?" Taylor asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts as the ride stopped.

"Memories, that's all." I replied, getting off and making my way to the stairs. Taylor grabbed my hand and we walked back to the main street.

"Do you want to have some fun?" I asked as we walked down the street towards where we parked our car.

"Of course I do," he grinned. I ignored that he probably was thinking dirty as I took off my heels.

"Catch me,"

I ran down the street, dodging past people with my heels in my hands.

"TATIANA!" I heard Taylor call, knowing he was smiling without looking back. The light turned green, causing me to stop. Taylor grabbed my waist from behind and spun me around, the people around us smiling at us.

"I'll always catch you." He said before our lips touched.

The light changed, signaling that we could walk.

"Try." I said against his lips as I stole the keys from his hand and ran again, past the people on bikes and the people on late night jogs. I turned into the building that our car was parked in and into an elevator, laughing as I saw Taylor run towards the doors as it shut.

It opened and I ran to the car, climbing into the driver's seat and locking the doors as I started the car. I caught my breath as Taylor pulled on the door.

"No hitchhikers allowed!" I said through the window before unlocking it and allowing Taylor to get in.

"I'm gonna get you back for that." Taylor warned, breathing heavily.

"You agreed to it," I pointed out, driving out of the lot and towards the Bay Bridge.

"I didn't think you could run that fast!" He defended.

"Don't underestimate me," I smirked. Taylor shook his head and chuckled to himself.

"You win."

- - -

"Come on babe please?" Taylor frowned.

"I'm not falling for that face Tay." I said as I pulled my hair up into a messy bun.

"Tati," he whined, putting his arms around my waist and hugging me.

"You said you'd wait for me to be ready," I reminded, pulling away from his hug.

"Why can't you be ready now?"

"It's been what, 2 months?" I replied.

"I've never had to wait this long!" He groaned, grabbing my hand.

"I think I'm going to stay with Mahogany tonight," I said as I let go of his hand.

"Tatiana you're almost 18 and you haven't had sex come on."

"Goodnight Taylor." I ignored him as I walked down to Mahogany's room. She opened the door and greeted me with a smile.

"Hey Tats what's up?" she asked as I walked in.

"Taylor's being a little hornbag," I complained as I sat on the bed without anything on it.

"And you don't want to do it?"

"Nope." I replied, popping the 'p'.

"You've came to the right place then," she laughed, sitting on the other bed.

- - -

Taylor's Point of View

"I don't understand why she won't do it!" I ranted to the boys.

"Well there's this ancient thing called self respect, some girls like to do it with someone that doesn't pressure them," Cameron acknowledged.

"She's almost 18 I don't get it!" I continued, pacing the room.

"Maybe if you didn't pressure her..." Nash said slowly.

"If I don't pressure her how else can I get her to?!"

"Let her wait until she wants to?" Carter said, blowing a small bubble with his gum.

"You guys are on her side aren't you?"

They nodded and I groaned.