Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift

4

Third POV

A rainy New York evening leaves Taylor curled up on her couch with Law and Order playing in the background, not like she is paying much attention to it though. Instead she is fixated on a recent article about her where it seems she dragged into a new controversy. This one unfortunately probably won't go away anytime soon though. A miscommunication between her and Kanye has led the singer to be attacked with being a 'snake' from random fans and Kim Kardashian herself flooding all of her social media with the hate.

But as soon as she starts spiraling into social media hate and contemplating leaving everything behind and hiding all together she is drawn out of her bubble by her apartment door opening showing her boyfriend, Tom with a takeout bag in hand. They have been going out for just under two months at this point all before the situation . Taylor knows she is supposed to seek comfort in her boyfriend but she just can't seem to, prefering to ignore everything and focus on someone who doesn't know her public image. This fact has left the relationship between Taylor and Tom strained and quiet with neither of the two wanting to admit that they are drifting apart.

Tom was the one to break the silence.

"I saw the article. " a pause, "how are you doing? Is there anything I can do to help?"

"No you're ok. It will hopefully blow over in a few days and I have already spoken to my publicist and with luck she will be able to fix everything." a smile appeared on her face at his thoughtfulness, "but in the meantime i have been advised to stay off my phone which is particularly hard when it keeps going off". As if right on cue Taylor's phone receives a notification.

1 new message from MysteryManJulián

Tom properly entered the room and went to reach for Taylor's phone that had been thrown somewhere. "Is that another scandal you have caused?" he asked jokingly, laughing only for his face to fall and contort into confusion, "Who is mystery Man Julian?" Tom uttered with an almost worried tone. A tone which Taylor heard and felt guilty for.

"Oh don't worry. It was just a wrong number and I don't think he has figured out that it is a wrong number quite yet." She didn't feel nearly as wrong as she should have for lying to her boyfriend but she just wanted to keep that fantasy of Julian to herself for the time being. "Honestly, don't stress about it, he will probably realize that i am not his friend soon". she reassured him with a gentle smile on her lips. "Hey, why don't we sit down and eat the Thai food you brought before you have to go. I'll let you pick the movie ". she said in an attempt to distract him.

"Ok." Tom replied, convinced.

A Few Hours later Taylor was once again alone with Tom having to go back to his apartment. Taylor took advantage of being alone and finally opened Julian's text.

MysteryManJulián

Do you like football?

Looking at it Taylor smiled to herself. Enjoying truly being able to be herself to someone who doesn't know her past or her present and can hide from her reality in this little fictional bubble they have created together over these last few weeks. She should feel some sort of shame seeking comfort in another man while she has a boyfriend but she feels nothing but joy in her heart at the thought of having a real conversation with a stranger she only knows the name of.

MysteryManJulián

Do you like football?

Taylor

yh. 

i support the eagles

MysteryManJulián