Trigger

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Taylor finished applying her last touches of makeup, satisfied she slips on her little black dress before loosely curling her hair. Finally, once she's happy with the results, she stands back to look in her full length mirror. She looks hot, and she knows it tonight, she's ready to go make her boyfriend drool. Taylor giggles slightly before grabbing her bag and walking downstairs. Once downstairs, she can hear Joe rustling in the kitchen so she moves towards him.

"Hey, I'm ready to go." She says slyly. He turns around and the moment his eyes make contact with her, she can see his jaw drop. Taylor smirks at him,

"You like?" He moves towards her, putting his hands on her waist, pulling her body close.

"Mm..." He moans before pressing his lips onto hers. She feels herself melt into the kiss, gripping onto his back. She's so close to just blowing off the party and spending the night here with him instead, but she knows she shouldn't. She pulls back briefly,

"We need to go..." They're both breathing heavily, neither one of them wanting to go out right now, but they'll have fun once they finally leave their bubble.

"I know, but just you wait. When the night is over..." His breath is hot on her neck and Taylor feels her knees weaken.

"God you're a tease." She murmurs, their lips meeting once more. 

Finally, they're able to drag themselves away from each other long enough to make it to the car. They clamber into the backseat, gently entwining their fingers. The car ride is silent, neither of them feeling the need to say much. They'd only been officially dating for two months now but it really does feel like she's known him forever, she can't imagine her life without him. They'd been friends since May, but becoming his girlfriend was something she could never had anticipated. She'd been falling for him for so long but could never imagine him willingly being with her. She looks over at him, relishing in the fact that she's experiencing the kind of love she never knew existed before him. Joe meets her eyes, smiling gently and squeezing her hand. Taylor squeezes his back, needing him to know in that moment how much she cares about him. He leans over, pressing a kiss to her cheek. She leans her head on his shoulder, using her free hand to grab onto his. She just feels this overwhelming need to be close to him all the time, she knows her love language is physical affection, but with him it seems to be amplified and she's incredibly grateful that he appears to feel the same way. 

The car pulls into a back alley, her security are already standing outside the car door, ready to smuggle to two of them into this party. The next few seconds are a bit of a blur as they get hustled inside, Joe's hand still firmly holding hers. He knows she hates this part of her life, the sneaking around just to go to a party. But he's so supportive and does everything he can to make her feel normal, and when he can't do that he just tries to make her feel happier, calmer. Once inside, Taylor flashes him a bright smile before tugging him over to say hi to her friends. She feels herself come alive surrounded by her friends, and being here with Joe makes it even better. She feels incredibly happy being here. Soon enough, Selena comes up to her squealing.

"T! Oh my god, I've missed you!" She hugs Taylor aggressively to which Taylor returns, 

"I've missed you too! It's been too long, we'll have to get lunch soon! You can come over and see the rental I'm staying in, it's so beautiful!" They chatter some more, Joe joining the conversation here and there but it's mostly Taylor and Selena having brief girl talk and after promising to set up a date to get lunch, Selena flutters away to say hi to some other people. Taylor smiles after her before her gaze meets Joe's again, he's just staring at her with a stupid grin. She giggles and rolls her eyes, he leans in so she can hear him

"You look amazing tonight." His voice does things to her and she feels her cheeks burning. She looks up at him, more than anything she wants to just let him take her home. Just as she's about to open her mouth, Gigi comes up to her with Zayn and they turn to them to have a conversation and catch up. Partway through the chat, Joe's hand slides down from her waist to her ass and her heart stops. She attempts to continue her happiness in a facade so she can carry on the conversation with Gigi but Taylor feels her entire body go rigid, she's almost instantly transported back to 2013, and all the pain that that incident had caused her, and is continuing to cause her. No, you're being stupid, this is Joe, you love him. She tries to calm herself down by reminding herself of who's hand it is, that this is not the same. She's being so stupid right now and she hates herself for it. She wasn't expecting this trigger, never even knew that this was an issue with him. It hadn't been at home, but standing here, in the crowded room just emulates too much of what had happened. She notices Joe had quickly removed his hand after her reaction, gently grabbing her hand instead, stroking the back of it with his thumb. Once their conversation with their friends had ended, she bites the inside of her cheek before looking up at him, having felt his concerned gaze. She gives him the smallest of smiles, her eyes warning him that she isn't going to talk about this here. 

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