Cornelia Street - Jaylor one-shots

Take me to the lakes (part 1)

September 2019

-Taylors Pov-

"You ready to leave love?" joe yells from downstairs just as I make my way down the staircase of our London flat. We are going away, and I'm so excited because we are going somewhere we have talked about going to for a long time, plus it's so far away from everything else that we don't need to hide much. We have rented a cabin by the lake district, and I'm so excited. It's September and nice weather here in England so I hope that lasts but regardless I know we will have fun. It's a trip to celebrate our three-year anniversary.

"ready" I say and slip my shoes on, and we head into the car together. my security is following us in another car because sadly I can't go without them. We were considering it but decided that it was too big of a risk so they had to come after all. Thankfully they are good with keeping a respectful distance so we can have some sense of privacy.

Joe is in the driving seat and I'm in the passenger seat as we drive through the streets of London towards the lake district. It's a long drive but I don't mind, being together makes the time pass by quickly.

The radio is on and suddenly shake it off comes on and I start to laugh and just as I'm about to change the channel joe starts to sing at the top of his lungs.

That's what people say, mm, mm
That's what people say, mm, mm

I burst out laughing but he keeps going so I pull up my phone and start to record him, but I join in on the singing too.

My ex man brought his new girlfriend
She's like, "Oh my God!"
I'm just gonna shake
And to the fella over there with the hella good hair
Won't you come on over baby?
We can shake, shake, shake (Yeah)
Yeah, oh

Not even one of my exes would have done this, they would have changed the channel the second they recognized it as my song, but joe just embrace it. This love we have is just pure and something I've never experienced before. We have been together for three three years, but I fall deeper in love every day even when I thought it was impossible to love him more than I already do.

The song ends so I stop recording and lean over to kiss his cheek "your adorable babe" I giggle, and he quickly turn his head towards me and smile before looking back at the road. "What? Can't I enjoy my girlfriend's incredible music?" and I roll my eyes.

"You sure can. You're so lucky that you get the first listen to any new music too" I tease him. For me it doesn't feel real, it doesn't feel like a real song before I've sung it for him or shown him a recording of it. Sometimes I don't think anyone can be as invested and existed about it like me, but sometimes he even tops me and that feels good.

"Do you mind if I close my eyes and try to sleep for a while" I say and he nods "of course, get some rest"

**

Eventually my eyes flutter open again and I stretch my limbs as good as I can being trapped in a car "mm, how long?" I ask still half asleep. "Hours actually. We are getting really close now" he says and smile at me before returning to look at the road.

"I'm so excited to get away with you for the week, just me and you in the middle of nowhere. The cabin looks amazing too, it's nice to not stay in a hotel" I say to him, and he lays his free hand on my thigh, and I immediately intertwine my fingers over his.

"Me too. We have both been so busy for a while so it's nice to just retreat from the world for a bit" he agrees, and I totally agree. I love my job, I really do, but it gets exhausting when I'm constantly doing something. Early on in my career I could do that, the constant traveling and being in front of cameras, but now I value calmness and staying out of the spotlight. That really changed after everything that went down in 2016, I decided that if I was going to step back into the spotlight I needed to change how I approach my life. I'm some ways I changed everything about how I approach things, I don't post everything online anymore, I don't throw parties all the time, I don't try to make friends with everyone and let them into my life. I value my privacy and the real friends that have stuck with me through the nightmare that was #taylorswiftisoverparty. That whole thing really broke me down and I don't think people realize what that does to a person. Yes, I'm a celebrity and chose this life, but I'm still a human being with feelings.