𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚 - 𝐓 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐭

17

Real Life 

Samara sat on her bedroom floor, legs crossed with a piece of paper in her hand, Taylor's last letter had hinted that some of her favourite songs weren't how she'd interpret them, she sat there with a big grin on her face trying to decipher what she meant, who could they possibly be about.

we were jet-set Bonnie and Clyde
till i switched to the other side 
to the other si-i-i-i-ide 

oh...
oh.

Samara's already deep smile grew as she thought about Taylor using references from their letters in her writing, it wasn't like the idea hadn't crossed her mind before, but after Taylor's fame took off to the next level and she had so many amazing people surrounding her constantly, the idea of her being inspired by some person she'd never met began to seem a bit ridiculous. 

there was a knock at the door as the song came to an end. Nickolai poked his head around the door and laughed at his best friends ridickulous grin before joining her on the floor.

"what you smiling for aye?" he smiled scruffing up her hair making her shoot him a glare. 

"nothing much." she mumbled.

Samara grabbed the letter from where it had fallen on the floor and placed it on her bed, she went across the room to her wardrobe where she pulled out a teal binder folder with TS bejewelled onto the front of it with sticky gems. she opened the folder and put the letter into the clear plastic wallet that was next available after the last letter from June.

"oh so that's why you were cheshire grinning..." 

"what do you mean by that Nickolai Burns?" Samara glare at the boy, knowing exactly what he meant and exactly where this conversation was going.

"just the fact that you've been in love with Taylor Swift for years." 

"and so has Leo, your point?" 

"no. Leo has been a crazy fan of Taylor Swift, T.Swizzle, 'Miss Music Industry herself' for years." he justifies "you have been in love with Taylor, Tay, 'Bonnie Ingleston', the person who helped you out of some really dark places for years."

"Nicko..." 

"look i know you don't like love, or romance, platonic all the way with you, i understand. but, you tell Taylor you love her all the time-" 

"i tell you and Leo i love you both all the time too!" Samara defends.

"not really, you show it all the time, and we know you do, but you haven't told us you loved us since you were fifteen, and besides, we don't ever make you smile like that." 

"oh..." 

seeing the internal conflict going on inside his best friend, Nickolai gets up off the floor and goes to sit next to Samara on the end of her bed placing his hand gently onto hers, letting her know he's there for her. 

"just think about it yeah? i'm not forcing you into anything, we know you're unlabelled, we love you, Taylor won't care either way and if you are in love with her, that's completely understandable given what you've been through together." 

"but she's Taylor Swift..." 

"and you're Samara Rico, a global selling author, don't underestimate your worth." 

"i think- i think i like her- like like her- oh my god..." 

"there we go." Nickolai smiles pulling a distressed Samara to him letting her come to the realisation in her own head. 

"but what do i do? she's dating Joe Alwyn and she's never once said or made it known she's into girls I-" 

Nickolai cuts her off going back to her record player, placing the needle at exactly the right point before winking at his best friend and walking out the door. 

we were jet-set Bonnie and Clyde
till i switched to the other side

to the other si-i-i-ide