Chapter Six
She doesn't shout back that she's in bed, Karlie will know where to go. Sure enough the door opens a few minutes later.
"Have you eaten?" The model asks. Taylor shakes her head. "Have the cats eaten?" She shaked her head again. Despite the fact that they are metres away from each other Taylor sends her a message asking to feel the cats. Karlie still knows Taylor well enough to check her phone and see it instantly.
"I want to focus on you Taylor they can wait another half hour. Have you been toilet since geting home?"
Taylor shakes her head. Karlie slowly pulls the covers off her and gets her out of bed.
"Go to the toilet, Tay. I'll feed the cats and sort something out for you too."
Taylor just about manages to do what Karlie tells her and by the time the makes it to the kitchen the cats ate eating and there is a bowl of cereal on the counter. She sits and Karlie pours some milk into it. Part of her wants to say thank you but the words can't seem to find her lips. A tear leaks out of her eye. It's the first time they've seen each other in years and she hasn't even said a word. Karlie's aware that it's because of her autism, Taylor can feel that, but it still hurts.
"Want to watch a show or take a nap after you eat?" Karlie asks. She gestures to the living room and Karlie nods. "A show it is then. Friends for the one hundredth time?"
Taylor nods. Then she stares at the food. Even with it right in front of her she can't seem to want to eat. She can feel the model watching her. It feels comforting in a way, to know that she's there. Less pressure to not fall apart. Not that she wasn't crumbling to peices anyway.
"Eat, Tay." Karlie says. "Please."
Taking the spoon to her mouth feels like lifting the whole world but she manages it. Then she does it again. After a few bites she gives up and walks out, heading for the living room.
She drops onto the sofa and karlie walks in a minute later with the bowl of cereal.
"You need to eat more, Tay." She says.
The singer takes it from her and then she switches on friends. "Are you starting to feel any better?"
Taylor looks up and stares into caring eyes.
"Maybe." She says. Karlie smiles because that's the first word Taylor has said since she got here.