"honey, are you in here?" andrea, taylor's mom called out, as she made her way towards her daughter's dressing room.
"i'm over here!" taylor responded.
"what are you doing?" andrea asked, watching as her daughter applied water on her hair. "you're going to get sick if you go out with wet hair."
"just touching up my hair. i wanted to just leave my hair as is tonight."
"baby," andrea sighed, she knew it wasn't that. she knew her eldest missed her ex boyfriend more than anything, and having her curls reminded her of how much joe adored her natural hair.
"i'm not doing this for him, mom," taylor fought, as if she could read her mother's thoughts. "it's just easier."
"okay."
-
"did you see who came to see you tonight?" tree questioned, walking alongside the blonde as they made their way to their private jet.
"no, who?"
"a famous nfl player. i guess he wanted to speak to you before the show but one of the guys told him you weren't allowed."
"what?" taylor sat down, making herself comfortable. "why would they tell him that? did he want me to meet his kids or something?"
tree laughed, "no, silly. he wanted to speak to you."
"about?" taylor, oblivious to it all, questioned.
"taylor," tree laughed once more, "he's into you."
the blonde shook her head. she wasn't ready for a boyfriend, or a talking stage, or even a hookup. she needed joe. she missed joe.
"tree," taylor began before being cut off by her dearest friend.
"i know you're not ready. i know you miss your handsome english man," tree joked, "but maybe a distraction wouldn't hurt, tay."
"just do not get seen together and give me a heart attack trying to get everything under control, do you hear me?" tree scolded.
"yes, yes," taylor jokingly surrendered her hands up in the air. "yes ma'am."
the rest of the short flight was spent discussing ideas for the next leg of the eras tour. although the only thing on taylor's mind was joe. she missed him terribly, she wanted him to be by her side. she often thought about texting him and asking him for his friendship and nothing more, but she knew they couldn't be just friends. she didn't want to be just his friend. she wanted to be someone in his life, she wanted a title. wearing herself out with the thought of joe, the singer decided she needed to sleep, however her social media feed had other plans. as she scrolled, she kept coming across videos of the said nfl football player that had attended her show. travis kelce. he was very handsome she had to admit. he was tall with a nice beard, and his physique was, wow. taylor smiled as she saw pictures of him seemingly enjoying her concert. maybe she did need to move on.
-
taylor laid wide awake. her body was tired, but she couldn't sleep. part of it had to do with the fact that joe was not sleeping beside her. the other part was simply taylor being stubborn and fighting her sleep away. she felt numb as she aimlessly scrolled through every social media that was accessible to her. as she made her way to her very last option, youtube, she received a link to a podcast from her childhood friend, abigail.
"how cute. you totally need to watch this." was all the text read.
rolling her eyes at how the entire world seemed to have gotten crazy over the football player attending her concert, taylor clicked on the link her best friend had sent.
as she watched she began realizing just how dreamy his green eyes were. how contagious his laugh was and how good looking he was. as she lost herself in the football player, she forgot to pay attention to the podcast until she heard her very own name.
"yeah, i wanted to give her a bracelet with my number on it," travis' laugh echoed from the screen on her iphone.
confused, she skipped over and began listening attentively to the conversation the football players were having. she couldn't help but smile as she heard travis speak about her. he wasn't a big tall man who was too much of a coward to express his feelings, and the fact that he openly spoke about wanting to give taylor his number made her giddy.
"aw. adorable!" taylor responded back to her childhood best friend.
"he's very dreamy." abigail responded almost immediately.
shutting off her phone, taylor rolled her eyes at her best friend's comment, however, abigail was correct. he was very dreamy. but he wasn't joe.
-
the following morning the singer woke up in a better mood. the best mood she had woken up in since her split with joe. she missed his company terribly, but maybe she simply missed his company and not him. deciding to start her day off differently then she had been the past couple of days, she decided to go for a run. however, as she ran, all she could think about was how handsome travis was. she thought about how it would feel like to look into his gleaming green eyes and make him laugh. she loved his laugh, it wouldn't stop replaying in her head. as she jumped off the treadmill she decided to listen to tree.
taylor: hey tree, i've changed my mind. do you think you could get ahold of travis kelce's number?
tree: good morning to you too taylor. yes, give me a second.
taylor sighed, a second had never felt so long. she decided to wash her face and eat something light before getting into the bath. as she began washing the sweat off her face she received a text from her publicist, immediately stopping what she was doing. the singer didn't exactly know what she would even say to him. what if he said what he said for attention? maybe he just wanted to leech off her name?
taylor: hi. a little birdie told me you wanted to give me a bracelet with a certain number on it?
