taylor
ella: age 4
kansas city, missouri
ella and i are at travis' game right now with donna and ed.
ella is sitting on my lap right now and we're watching the game
"mommy i'm bored." ella whines. it's the beginning of the fourth quarter so there's only a bit left. travis is playing really well today as he's already scored twice.
"let's try to walk around in here." i say and lift her off my lap and stand up. we're sitting at the front of the suite so we go up the stairs to the rest of the suite where the food, couches, and bathroom is.
i get her some chicken nuggets and veggies which she eats and gets more energy.
"mommy, let's run!" ella exclaims and jumps up. she'll just get jittering if she can't burn this energy off
"here, you can run around here." i say gesturing to the area we are sitting in and she takes off skipping and giggling to herself making me smile. god she's so cute and so innocent. it's like nothing has ever gone wrong with her. she hasn't seen the real world or knows all the danger out there. she lives in her little perfect bubble that travis and i made for her.
"ella slow down, i don't want you getting hurt." i say sternly so she listens
"i wanna go sit with grandma!" she cheers
"ok go sit with grandma." i brush off and she takes off the seats at the front of the suite and she disappears as my back is to the front where she's running to.
a couple seconds later i hear an ear piercing scream making me jump off the couch.
i snap my head around and see ella face down on the concrete steps by the seats at the front of the suite
i quickly get over to her where donna and ed are also getting over to her. i pick ella up and she clings to me immediately.
"you're okay baby." i sooth a rub her back
"oh taylor, her leg. oh and her arms." donna says and i look at her limbs that are bleeding as ella is still screaming crying.
"what do i do?" i ask frantic
"bring her to medic. they'll let you in because of travis." she says
"ok." i sigh in relief that there's somewhere i can bring her "ella baby you gotta calm down sweetie." i say and rub her back
"mommy." she sobs into me
"i know baby. i'll take you to get better." i explain
"ok i'm gonna take her." i tell donna and ed and turn away. i open the door and immediately spot my 4 security guards
"i gotta take her to the medic. please come with us." i say.
they say something back but i can't really hear them from ella's cries.
we get down to the medic and i knock on the door and shortly it opens
"oh, um taylor swift." the medic says
"yeah yeah yeah, my daughter is hurt can you please help her. she fell down and is bleeding." i say quickly
"oh yes of course. bring her to sit down." the man says so i walk ella over to the table.
"ok sit here ella." i say but she won't let go of me
"can i sit with her?" i ask the medic
"of course." he says and i hop up onto the table and ella sits on my lap continuing to hide herself in my chest
"i want daddy." ella sobs
"i know but he's playing right now. it'll be okay." i explain
after a bit of examining, he cleans her wounds which makes her scream in pain which breaks my heart and he moves around her joints to ensure that nothing is out of place or broken which makes her cry even more.
"aw i know princess." i try to sooth her but she's so terrified
the door to the room swings open catching me and the medic off guard revealing a sweaty travis in his uniform. the game must have ended and someone probably told him we're in here.
"what happened?" he asks confused but also frantic and slightly out of breath signaling he ran here
"she fell on the steps in the suite." i explain and ella lifts her head up off me
"daddy." she pouts and puts her arms up for him to take her which he reluctantly does
"did you get hurt el?" he asks she snuggles into him
she slowly nods
"what happened?" travis asks sweetly as he if he didn't ask before
"i fell down daddy." she says cutely
"it'll be okay. you got some cool band aids." he says making her look at herself.
"daddy it hurt." she pouts
"i'm sure. daddy fell down today too." travis remarks
"did it hurt?" ella asks wide eyed
"a little but then i got back up. i didn't get scrapped or anything but i got back up and i know you'll get better." he says making me smile at him. he glances over at me and sees me grinning like an idiot which makes him smile
"it scared me." ella says to him now that she's not pressed against his chest but she's still in his arms
"i'm sure, but you're the bravest little girl." travis tells ella and she smiles shyly "you all better now?" he asks her and ella nods
"ok well you go with mommy then so i can change and go home." travis says and puts ella down.
ella comes running over to me and clings to me
"tell the medic thank you." i instruct
"thank you mister." ella says shyly
"it was my pleasure miss ella." the medic smiles. i reach into my bag and grab a hundred and hand it to the medic thanking him again.
ella travis and i leave the room and we walk travis to the locker room and we go wait in the car to go home.
