The 89 | Taylor Swift

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September 8th 2001

It was a few days later, the weekend just passed and it was already the second week of school so that means we really start to do school work, "alright everybody for history you are gonna pair up with someone of your choice and choose one of the topics on the board to write about" our teacher said and everyone started turning to their friends to ask them to partner with them.

I tapped Taylor in front of me and leaned forward to talk to her, "hey wanna pair up with me" I asked smiling, "I was just about to ask you that, but sure" Taylor said after turning around to talk to me I was about to say something else when the teacher started talking again "ok people settle down" they said and everyone started quieting, the teacher discussed more on what we had to do then we could choose a topic me and Taylor chose world war 1.

"Ok this is due at the end of the week I would suggest meeting up with your partner outside of school to get this done" the teacher said and soon the bell rang and me, Taylor, Anna and Liam went to go to lunch "we should meet up after school to work on the project you could come to my house" Taylor said as we were walking down the hallways weaving through everyone, "yeah sure I'll go home first then walk to your house, and maybe you can show me some songs you wrote" I said well sticking close to her so we wouldn't get separated.

Taylor blushed and looked down then back up at me "oh you still wanna see that?" she asked, "yeah Im excited I know there gonna be good" I replied back and she smiled and agreed to show me later and we went into the lunch room.

School ended and now I was walking to my moms car "i'll see you in like 30 minutes, i'll drop my stuff home then bike to your house" I told Taylor well walking out of the school, "ok see you then" she said then went off well I got in my moms car. "How was school James" my mom asked well pulling out of the school parking lot. "It was good," I answered. "So we have a project for history and I paired up with Taylor. Can I go to her house today to work on it" I continued.

"Sure just make sure you're at home latest by 7:00" my mom said well we got to my younger sisters school to pick them up, Emma and Lila saw mom get out the car so they told their teacher and started running over to mom to give her a hug, then they got in the car, "hi James" Lila said well mom was buckling them in,"James! James! Look" Emma cut in and leaned forward to the front of the car passenger seat I was in, I looked at her smiling wide and saw a missing front tooth, "wow that's amazing Emma and you lost it at school" I said wanting her to know I was proud of her.

She started bouncing up and down in her car seat excitedly "yeah it was so cool now i'm gonna get money from the tooth fairy" her hazel eyes were lit in excitement and her blond hair was bouncing everywhere, Lila huffed and crossed her arms and pouted "it's not fair I wanna lose my tooth to" she complained her blue green eyes the same colour as mine narrowed, mom was finished strapping them in and got in the car and started driving home, "don't worry Lila you guys are only 7 you'll lose your tooth soon" she gasped shocked "really?" I nodded "yeah it'll probably happen soon" she had a big smile now and I was glad I could cheer her up.

once we were home I quickly put my bag away since I would not need it because we were only brainstorming for the project, then went downstairs and got my bike from the garage "bye mom i'll see you at 7:00" I yelled well walking out the front door with my bike not waiting for a reply, I got on then started biking to Taylor's house. I got there in no time, I set my bike up on the kickstand on the grass in the front yard and went to the front door and knocked.

A few seconds later the door opened and I saw a blond women who must have been Taylor's mother "hi I'm here for Taylor, were supposed to work on our project" I said a little nervously but my nervous went away when she continued to smile at me and started speaking, "oh yes Taylor told me you must be James come in, come in" she opened the door wider and beckoned me inside, "Im Andrea it's nice to meet you James" Mrs.Swift said "it's nice to meet you to mrs.swift" I said holding out my hand for a handshake remembering my manners my mom taught me.