getaway car - Taylor Swift

the day everything changed

it all started with the worst day of my life.

Now, i'm all alone packing my stuff to go to the u.s and leave my old life behind.

i have nothing left here.

flashback on

"today is going to be a great day, it's prom, what could possibly go wrong" - that was the first thought that came to my head as i woke up.

I had a happy life, i had good grades, a beautiful girlfriend, sam, i had my best friend alec, and today, it's our prom and am about to go with the people i love the most in the world.

my mum will be there, she's proud, she always is, she says im the most beautiful thing that happened in her life, and i believe.

i get up, put some clothes on, and walk to alec's house, he is my neighbour, we grew up together, and we are going to help each other get ready for the big day. My girl will be meeting us there after getting her hair done at the salon.

"girl let's get u ready, you will be shining like the stars today" alec says as i come in.

"you will be too, and today's the day your going to find your perfect match and the man your possibly marrying with"

"girl, your delusion is so fucking big" alec says laughing hard.

he is gay too, he had a boyfriend, mathew, but he cheated on him so now he is going to prom solo, and of course i  know his heart is still beating only for matt 'cause they have been together for the past two years and they broke up so suddenly that alec can't even think about dating someone new, but I'm only trying to cherish him up a little.

We get inside his bedroom and start preparing our clothes. I had to take a shower before putting my dress on, and im always here with alec and leaving all my stuff around the house so, i don't even need to ask, i just get into the badroom.

15 minutes later im already out, and i see alec already in his black suit with his hair almost done, so i start getting dressed too.

the dress i chose at the store with my mum is red, with a plunging neckline and thin straps and a well-marked waist area. It's simple, yet really beautiful. my hair is loose with a few waves and a few small hairpins hold two lightly braided strands.  my hair used to be short and lighter, i was blonde but i dyed it black and decided to let it grow over the summer. i put some perfume on, and silver thin earrings, and lastly, the necklace my god father gave me when i was just a little baby. It has been with me though all the important moments of my life.

"your ready ivy?" alec asks.

"yes, let's go" i say closing the door and going to the car. Our parents are already expecting us outside of the school to take some pictures before we recieve our diplomas.

"what about Sam?" I ask alec suddenly remembering that we were supposed to wait for her at the house.

"oh don't worry, she texted me saying she was a little late and that she was going to meet us at the school 'cause she had no time to go through my house before" alec said.

"oh okay, but why would she text you instead of me?"

"i don't know maybe she was just on a rush to get ready and she texted the first one of us she saw" alec says not really paying attention to the conversation. He is not worried, but i am because i know sam would always text me first, don't see this as a jealousy attack or anything like that, I was never one of those girls who control their girlfriends all the time but, for some reason, my instinct was telling me that something was wrong and I couldn't understand why.  I was getting anxious, maybe it was just nerves because it was such a big day, but I couldn't stop thinking about the other possibilities.  What alec doesn't know is that sam has been very strange, quieter, cold and distant, but i've been giving her space, i know that if she wants to talk she'll come to me, in fact when i invited her to come to the ball as my date she immediately said yes, was all happy and even kissed me.

we quickly arrive at school, and as soon as i get out of alec's car i start to say hello to some of our classmates, but i don't see my mom or sam anywhere.  They should already be here, I think.  Will they not arrive on time?  What if something really happened?  I try to push away the negative thoughts, "today is going to be an amazing day" I think to myself trying to calm myself down.

I can't help it, my anxiety starts to rise when I start to see people lining up with their families to enter the school and save places.  We're out of time for the pictures, I mutter to myself.  I start sending several messages to sam, she, my mother and her parents are supposed to come together.  I'm so absorbed in my attempt to get an answer that I don't even see alec standing beside me, calling out to me and telling me to go inside.

He notices im nervous and tries to distract me from my thoughts as we walk towards where our class is.  One of the teachers now advances to the front of the improvised stage in the gymnastics field and takes a microphone to start the ceremony.  After greeting all the families and giving the typical speech of thanks to everyone involved in organizing the ball, he asks the first class to go up to the stage and begins handing out their diplomas.  "I still have time", I say to myself, Our class is the last to be called, which I never liked, usually because on field trips we were always the last to get on the bus and we always got the worst seats, but, In this situation, I didn't care at all.

I pick up my cell phone to once again check if I've received any response from sam but nothing. I suddenly receive a call from an unknown number and I decide not to answer it, there was too much noise in that place, and it certainly wasn't anything important, but the number insists again, and there I decide to answer it by going towards the bathrooms where I can hear better.
I signal to Alec that I'll be right back, close the door and answer. 

"who is this?"  I ask.

"Ivy, it's Max"

"Max ?"  I say shockingly, recognizing the voice.  Max is Sam's ex-boyfriend, but why would he call me? 

"listen i did some shit ivy, we did shit".

"What do you mean, calm down, I don't understand anything, what happened, why are you even calling me?" 

"Sam is not well, I'm going to call the ambulance and we're going to the hospital, you have to come as soon as possible ok?"

  "sam? What happened to her, why are you with my fucking girlfriend?" 

"I'll explain everything later, go to the hospital, hurry" he says hanging up the call. 
On impulse, I feel nauseous and throw up in the toilet, I knew something wasn't right. 
I was about to leave to look for Alec when, in turn, he came towards me.

"What are you doing girl, i looked for you everywhere, they are almost calling our class" alec says

"we don't have time for that shit now alec, we need to go! i say almost screaming to him.

" calm down, what's going on, go where?" he asks worried looking at my pale face.

"something happened to sam, we need to go to the hospital!" i say

"what? how is that possible, who told you that"

On the way there, i try to explain to alec what had happened and what max said to me on the phone, and he was as shocked as me, but, as much as i wanted, i couldn't give him any details because i was confused too, i didn't know much, i just knew i had to be with my girlfriend.