You Belong with Me

Chapter 3

"Kim. Do you wanna go to the fair tonight?" Joe asks her from across the table.

"Uh yes of course! What time?"
"Practice gets out at 4 today. I'll pick you up at 5?"
She nods and starts talking to Lilli about what to wear.
Selena mumbles to Joe.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Hopefully getting a girlfriend."
"Joe you like Taylor. She likes you."
"If she liked me. She wouldn't be sitting over there by her boyfriend."
"She's stuck in that relationship. She loves Tom but she doesn't like him. We've had endless conversations about it. I know you like Taylor, you don't like kim"
"Selena, you've known me for two days, you don't know anything about me. Can we just not talk about this?"
"Yeah whatever." Selena groans.

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"Taylor! Your boy toy just pulled up!" Austin yells from downstairs.

"Don't call him that!" She yells back at him. She hears footsteps coming up the stairs. Her door swings open.

"I thought you didn't like him?"
"Yes. I like him. He just pisses me off."
"Oh. So you were being dramatic?"
Taylor very childishly sticks her tongue out at her brother.
"Where are y'all going?"
"The fair."
"Ooh can i come?"
She shoots him a look.
"No? Yeah didn't think so."
"No."
"HEY. There better not be any dirty jokes made about riding... if you know what I mean."
"AUSTIN KINGSLEY!"

*knock knock knock*
"Come in." Taylor says.
"Come in" Her 8th grade brother mocks making smooching noises.
"Get out." She hisses.
"What?" Tom asks.
"No not you. You come in. Austin leave."
"Oh."
"Bye asshole." Austin walks out of her room.
"Bye dipshit."

"Hi." She says smiling.
"Hi." He wraps his arms around her waist.
"You're early."
He nods, "just wanted to watch you get ready."
"I love you." She whispers.
"I love you too." He leans down to kiss her.
"You look very beautiful."
She doesn't respond and puts her face into the nape of his neck.

"I need to finish getting ready."
"Okay. I'll watch." He says grinning.
"Creepy."
"I'm not creepy," he laughs, "just in love."
He lets go of her waist and sits on her bed.

About ten minutes pass and she is ready. She is wearing black jean shorts with a plain white short sleeve top with her black high top converse.

"Gorgeous." He says as he walks out of the bathroom.
"Are you ready?" She asks. He nods.
They go downstairs and say goodbye to her parents.

"Back before 11 Taylor!" Her mother calls out.
"Yes ma'am. Love you!"
"Love you! Be careful!"
The door closes.

They arrive at the fair. Taylor gets excited. Tom used to love the way she got super excited about little things. Now, he's used to it. He doesn't think it's as cute as it was 3 months ago.

"What do you wanna do first?" He asks.
"Hmmm... buy our tickets."
"Sounds... necessary." He replies.
She nods.

Kim and Joe walk over to the ride line. The haunted house was up first on their list. Kim used it as an excuse to press her body up against joes. Joe hated every moment of it. Wishing it was Taylor.

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"Hey Tay. Cotton candy?"
"Ugh of course!"
They stand in line, talking about football. When his next game was, when practice was. When she told him, he didn't seem to care that Taylor could go to state this year for cross country.

They sit down on the park bench sharing the sugary treat. Facing the Farris wheel.

That's when she saw him. Joe walked with Kim's hand in his hand. Jealousy built up within her. Anger, revenge, she wanted revenge. She made eye contact with Joe.

"Kiss me." She said to tom.
"Yes ma'am." He slipped his tongue into her mouth.

Joe watched as Taylor was very much enjoying herself and her boyfriend.

They pulled away from the kiss both blushing hard. Taylor doesn't know if her cheeks were red from the kiss or from anger.

She stared Joe down. As if to say 'you're move.'
Joe smirked. He pulled Kim in for a kiss. Soft and gentle. Taylor wished she was Kim. Joe pretend she was.

"Let's go ride something."
"Mmkay."
They both stood up. Tom's hand slid into her back pocket, something they had done since their 2nd date.

That probably bothered Joe the worst. Tom's hands where he knew his couldn't be.

"Hey." Tom says nervously.
"Hi."
"I'm sorry about last night. I crossed a boundary that I shouldn't have. I'm really sorry Tay."

Forgiveness has never been hard for Taylor. Especially for people that she loves. She doesn't just hand second chances out, when she does it's a big deal.

"You are?"
"Yeah baby. It won't happen again. I just let my emotions get the best of me. I'm so so so sorry."
"I forgive you."
"You do?"
"Yeah." She places her head on his shoulder.

The rest of the night went smoothly. Both couples making sure to show more PDA when seeing the other. But Taylor actually had a really good time. She missed when their relationship was like this all the time.

Joe on the other hand was miserable the entire night. Constantly pretending the the girl he was with was Taylor got exhausting.

He knew Taylor belonged with him.

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"You can come in for a little while if you want?" She asks him.
"I would love too. It is only 9:30."
They walk in the door to Taylors house.

"Mom! Can Tom and I go upstairs until he has to go home?"

"Yeah! Door open!"
"Yes ma'am!"

They walk upstairs. "Will you set an Alarm for 11:00?" She asks him.
He nods and does as his girlfriend asks.

"I'm so sleepy." She groans as she takes her shoes off.
"I'm gonna go change and take this make up off."
"Okay love. Hurry."
"Yes sir. You can pick the movie while you wait."
He nods.

5 minutes pass and she returns in her James Taylor hoodie with Nike Pros.

"You're so cute." He whispers while opening his arms.
She falls dramatically into him.
"What are we watching?"
"Toy Story." He says confidently.
"Again?" She laughs.
"Duh"

She looks up at her boyfriend. I'm so sorry Tom. You don't deserve what I'm putting you through. I love you. You are such a great human. She thought to herself.

"You're sleepy baby. Lie your head down."
She nods and immediately drifts off to sleep.
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She hears an alarm go off and it jolts her awake.
"Shh baby. You're okay. Go back to sleep. I love you." He says after he stands up and turns the alarm off.

"I lwove you J-Tom." She sloppily says without noticing she almost called him joe.

"Night night baby."
"Night night."

Revenge? Anger? Jealous Joey? So far Austin is absolutely my favorite character. No doubt in my mind.

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