Then You Came in Wearing a Football Helmet

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Thank you @JacobRushton3 for the idea for this chapter, sorry it took so long.

Taylors POV

Being with Travis had somehow become something I had only once dreamed of. Every morning and every night I got  a text from Travis and we tried to call each other every day, some days we weren't able to connect but when we finally got through to each other we would talk for hours. I realized how incredible I felt in this relationship. But I'd overlook any red flag for the way he looks at me. Even over the phone,  he just smiles and looks at me with this look, I've never seen that look before. I truly believe he loves me. 

I was scrolling through my phone when I noticed a follow request on my finsta, I had used said finsta to stalk the living shit out of Travis before and while we dated, I followed him, new heights, and at least 10 nfl related accounts that would talk about him. I had told him about my account earlier, the request was from ChiefT_Ravy and I got a DM 

Hey beautiful, how you doing

I smiled, he was weird, the account had no posts, it was obviously a finsta.

Hey you, whatcha up too?

I knew he was on his bye week, he had talked to me about getting ready to have a relaxing week, saying he was quote "going to his happy place". I rolled my eyes at the memory.

Thinking about my girlfriend 

I smiled shook my head looking around at the empty hotel room. A bit of sadness decended upon me. This tour was incredible it was my exact dream, everything I had ever wanted, but at the end of the day I was still alone. I had Trav, but for every time I fell asleep in his arms there were more mornings I woke up alone.

Don't I feel extra special 

As you should

What have you been up to? 

Holding entire countries hostage?

Kinda

I miss you

I miss you too babe

That's weird, he has never called me that. I ignored it.

How has Tokyo been?

Before I could respond there was a knock on the door, I knew who it was "come in". My dad walked in with a smile on  his face  "Are you still sulking cause your boyfriend is away."  I threw a pillow at him "That is mean, I told you that in confidence." He rolled his eyes at me "get up kiddo, one night before your shows start let's go to rehearsals"  I groaned and sat up following him out the door and flopped back onto my bed three and a half hours later exhausted. I took a shower and went to sleep checking my phone. I went to call Travis, I was feeling a little bit lonely and could use his company, but he didn't answer, my heart sank and I heard a knock on the door. I ignored it and tried to call him again, another knock, I stormed up to the door. Now I was grumpy cause Travis wasn't answering so I pitied whoever was banging on the door. 

"What?" I swung the door open with a scowl and my jaw dropped and I lunged forward wrapping myself in his arms rewarding me with the strong arms returning the gesture. He kissed my head "Hello Beautiful, God, I missed you" I couldn't talk every ounce of my energy to cling to him, he seemed to pick up on that, scooping me up in his arms and carrying me inside bridal style curling up next to me on the bed, I still hadn't spoken. He tucked me in and pulled me even closer, "I love you so much Tay"

I smiled "I love you so much Travis, thank you for coming." . He grinned and I kissed him lightly falling asleep on his chest. 

I heard the knock on the door but just dug deeper into Travis's chest and he groaned a bit and pulled me closer. Another knock, "WHAT" Trav shushed me and put the pillow over my head. I laughed and tried to escape, the door opened and I could tell Trav got protective, he always does so I just laughed and tried to wipe the sleep out of my eyes freezing when I saw my dad standing, glaring at Travis. I was still wrapped in his arms, he had pulled me towards him while trying to smother me, it was a very compromising position. They both seemed to notice each other at the same time and I watched Travis mentally shit himself. 

"Uhh, I'll give you two a moment" My dad awkwardly left the room and I slowly turned towards Travis, who was bright red and staring mortified at the door hands over his mouth. I couldn't help but laugh at his predicament. "So... that was my dad." He looked over at me giving me a pout and looked down "I'm so screwed aren't I"  I chuckled and kissed his nose, "just a little bit." He groaned but followed me out of bed. 

Travis was taking forever to pick an outfit, "you realize your first impression is already ruined, cloths can't save you now" He stood up and shot a glare at me walking over and backing me against a wall, he was Tall. "You... are not helping" he quickly went back to his suitcase leaving me stunned for a few moments catching me breath "you know that if we are in here for to long he's gonna think we're banging". 

Travis was out the door in a minute.

Walking into the living room portion of my hotel room was the scariest thing I had ever done. Trav had my hand firmly gripped in his and I was kinda hiding behind him. My Dad was on the couch trying to seem relaxed but I could see how tense he was. "Nice to meet you Mr. Swift, I'm Travis"  Travis started forward, I shuffled after him and my dad stood. The two men shook hands and I could tell my dad was sizing Travis up. For his part Travis stood there with a charming smile waiting patiently for my father to engage him, "Nice to meet you Travis" I caught my Dads eye but shrunk away, Travis noticed and squeezed my hand, I smiled. "I didn't know you were coming down here Travis" He gave a bashful smile and scratched the back of his neck with his hand "Yah, umm, I have a week off from work, so I wanted to surprise Tay". It seemed to work for my dad, I knew he hated people who bragged so Travis referring to his NFL starting position as "work" definitely was a win in his book.

It took about an hour for my dad to let his guard down for Travis, after that my Dad de used to leave, he claimed he wanted a nap, but I knew that he approved of Trav enough to give us privacy. I offered to walk him to his room, Trav gave me a kiss on the cheek and said bye to my father. 

When we got into the hall I turned towards him, "So, he's awesome right" my dad gave me a patronizing look, "For someone I found in your bed he's decent" . I rolled my eyes "we didn't do anything" He flinched and wave his hands "your a full grown woman what you do I do not want to know about." I blushed, as he opened his door he added one last thing, "He seemed sweet". With that he retired into his room. 

I ran back to the room to share the news with Travis. When I barged in to the room Trav dropped his phone and looked over at me.  "How did I do" I sat across the couch next to him smiling "Good, he said you were sweet" "Yay" My dummy jumped up and fist bumped before laying on me, "wanna watch friends?" I laughed, I had a show later but had hours till I had to start getting ready. 

As we were sitting there I checked my phone, sure enough I had a DM.

Hello? 

Tay?

Am I loosing you?

I looked at Trav, these were dated to early this morning. "Your weird you know that" he turned in outrage. "I am not" I scoffed "oh please, you DMed me at 5 o'clock, we were literally in bed together. He gave me a blank look so I showed him the messages but his eyes widened and I put two in two together at once, "Tay...that wasn't me." I frantically looked to the account. I noticed something I should have long ago. The account followed two people, my finsta and Selena Gomez.

I blocked the account and opened messages. About twenty minutes later I got a text.

Sel : This wouldn't have happened if you let me meet him.

I rolled my eyes and curled into Travis.

SUPERBOWL CHAMPS YAYYYYY 🥳🥳🥳🥳 hope you enjoyed this chapter. 🥳 

I might start adding random one shots in here, let me know if you'd like that.