Protecting Leah

New People

Taylor's P.O.V

I wasn't afraid of everyone finding out that I was dating Karlie because it was common in the entertainment industry and even in the modelling industry but I still wanted to be prepared for whatever would come our way so as soon as Karlie had taken Leah to bath her I took out my phone and called Scott. I explained everything to him, including my parents and he told me that the deal had gone through and he mentioned blocking them from stuff and I agreed, he then gave me Tree Paine's number so I could call her. He mentioned that she was expecting my call and that all I had to do was explain what I wanted her to do for me which was handle business deals, let me know of any rumours that were circling and be okay with me being in a relationship with Karlie Kloss. I felt better after talking to Scott then I looked at the number and dialled it. It shocked me when a friendly voice answered on the other end. "Hello, Tree Paine speaking..."

Tree's P.O.V

My phone buzzed from beside me, alerting me to an incoming call. I was about to ignore it when I saw it was Scott Borchetta. "Hey Scott, what's up?"

"Hey Tree, I want to run something past you...is that cool?" I nodded and said,

"Yeah sure Scott, what's up?"I heard him take a breath before he said,

"I need extreme confidentiality, but I have had Taylor Swift on my label since she was sixteen and I wondered if you would like to be her new publicist. She has a lot on her plate right now and I need someone with a maternal instinct and a motherly side to them..." I kept listening and then said, "Scott I would love to take on that job but she already has a publicist and she has her mother too..." I started but heard Scott nervously cough. "What is it Scott?"

"Well that's just it Tree. Her family is controlling and has always been controlling but it's recently blown up since she adopted Leah. Who is the cutest little girl in the world, her parents originally were all for it and even took care of Leah when Taylor went on tour but recently Taylor has been making more decisions herself and not including her parents and it's just blown up. She is buying out her parents and she is in New York for at least three weeks for a break with Leah. She needs you Tree. I don't want to lose her but I need you to be honest with her. She has been fed lies for a while from people who should tell her the truth." I was shocked. All of the interviews I had watched where she spoke of how amazing her parents had been, so supportive and now I thought that it must have seemed that way but it really wasn't. I was shocked that she had dumped them so fast but she sounded like someone who didn't take to lightly to being told she was making the biggest mistake of her life. I thought about it and said, "I'll do it, you give her my number and tell he to call me and I'll sort it. But consider it a done deal Scott. Anything for you," I commented as I hung up the phone and busied myself in my other work.

The next day I was just home when my phone buzzed again, pulling it out I saw an unknown number and I answered it as professionally as I could. "Hello, Tree Paine speaking..."

"Hey there its Taylor Swift here, Scott Borchetta gave me your number." I breathed a quick sigh and said, "Hey there, so Scott already called me about your situation but I really just need to get some idea from you as to what you need from me." I stated as I heard her relax a bit.  "Okay so I'm looking for a publicist but also someone that I can bounce ideas off and will tour with me, take care of my business deals such as photo shoots and stuff and notify me of any rumours that you need clarified such as a blurred picture of someone claiming it to be me...that sort of thing."

"Okay well that sounds good to me, is there anything I need to know about your personal life and stuff, I know about Leah and I've seen pictures of you with her in New York with Gigi, Kendal, Cara, Lily and Karlie but is there anything else I should know?" I questioned hearing silence at the end and then a deep breath I wondered what was up. "Okay so uhm this is new for me but I'm actually dating someone, it's new and I have no idea how to express it to the public but yeah, I'm dating someone." "Okay that's fine. Can I ask who?" I was automatically thinking the worst, 'Harry Styles again, Taylor Lautner again' but then I heard her quiet voice through the phone. "Karlie Kloss..." There was silence as I thought about it. "Karlie Kloss, the model?" I questioned and she sighed in confirmation. "Okay well that's no big deal. I'll talk to her manager and we will discuss how to come out essentially. But in the meantime no making out or kissing in public. Try to keep it looking like friendship but in private do whatever you want." I told her and I could hear the gratification in her voice when she said, "Okay we will, thank you Tree. I appreciate you doing this in a short amount of time. Like I really appreciate it, I just want to say I'm excited to meet you sometime but Scott says you are amazing."I smiled and told her how excited I was too and we said goodbye and as we hung up it dawned on me 'I'm Taylor Swift's publicist. I better get reading the gossip pages' and that was how I spent my night and also reading through old stories and looking at old interviews of Taylor. I was pleased she decided on me. I knew I could make the Karlie and her thing easy as pie.