A/N: ...keep your ey-eyes opennnn
taylor pov
"Aaahh!" I slid down the playground slide, laughing and screaming like a little kid. Travis catches me when I reach the bottom and presses his lips onto mine. It's like a scene out of a 2000s romance movie.
It's around 7pm and Travis and I are alone at a park in the middle of nowhere. It's quiet, the sun is setting, and i've never felt more in love. No one knows where we are or what we're doing. This is just what i've always wanted.
Travis and I have been running around the playground like children for a while now so we decide to take a break and sit together on a bench. I lean my head onto his shoulder and look up at the sky. Holy shit, that's such a beautiful sunset, I think to myself.
"Travis! Look at the sky! Take a picture!" I tell him, standing up and nudging his shoulder.
"Jeez okay!" He pulls his phone out of his pocket and holds it up to the sky for a picture. "It's so pretty." I whisper.
Travis switches over to a video when he's done taking pictures so he can get this moment on film. He starts with the camera on the sunset and then turns slowly to film me and the playground behind us.
When we turn all the way around, though, I see something poking through a bush. I have to analyze it for a few moments, but then it clicks. That's a camera. Seriously? Can I go five minutes without being photographed or filmed by paparazzi? I'm literally just sitting on a bench with my boyfriend. It can't be that interesting.
I wait for Travis to finish his video and sit back down before I tell him.
"Travis. Don't freak out. But there's a guy like 20 feet away taking pictures of us right now." I let him know.
"What? How the fuck did they even find us? We're literally in the middle of nowhere. And we're alone. Well, i guess we were alone."
I sigh and we agree to leave the park before more people find out where we are and come take pictures. My driver comes to pick us up and we climb into the backseat together, me leaning into his side and him with his arm around my shoulders.
The car ride home is pretty quiet, we're both clearly upset that our fun at the park was ruined. But we're still going to make it a nice night at the hotel we're staying at.
When we get back to the hotel, Travis orders dinner for us and we eat it together while watching tv. After dinner, we cuddle into each other and eventually fall asleep.
I manage to sleep for a few hours but i'm woken up by a scream coming from outside the hotel. What the? Why are people screaming at 2am?
Trying not to wake him up, I wiggle out from under Travis' arms and walk over to the window.
Holy shit. There's probably a hundred people out there.
I know I should wake Travis up but I really don't want him to worry. I decide to just call my security and have them send the fans away before it gets any more dangerous.
"Hey Greg. There's a ton of people outside the hotel."
I hear Travis stir in his sleep as I talk and step into the bathroom to finish my phone call.
"Okay. I'll take care of it, Ms. Swift."
I thank him and go back to lay in bed. As i'm pulling the covers over myself, though, Travis opens his eyes and sits up.
"Tay what's going on? Why are you up?"
"There's people outside. I guess someone found out we were here and posted it. The guy from earlier probably published the pictures. I called Greg and he's sending them away."
Travis gets up to look out the window. He rolls his eyes at the chaos outside and climbs back into bed with me.
We try to fall back asleep, but the screaming and cheering is getting louder rather than going away. We both get up to look outside again and, as expected, there's even more people then before.
As this point, I'm starting to panic because clearly Greg's attempts at getting people to leave aren't working. Travis sees the change in my mood and tries to comfort me with a hug but i'm just getting more and more scared by the second.
I start pacing back and forth across the hotel room. "Taylor it's ok. They'll leave soon."
"No, Travis, it's not fucking ok. Why can't I sleep in peace? Everyone else gets to just climb in bed and go to sleep. With no noise. But I have people literally swarming me wherever I go. I feel like a zoo animal. Like some sort of tourist attraction. Sometimes I just want to feel like a normal person. It isn't fucking fair."
Travis pauses for a second, almost stunned at my words. When he sees me start to tear up, though, he says something.
"You know what, you're right. It's not fair. People are crazy. But you need sleep, and you told your security about it, so i'm sure they're doing everything they can. Please come back to bed babygirl."
I lie back down in the hotel bed and let Travis pull me into him. He holds me close as the tears roll out of my eyes. People are watching me 24/7 and I don't know if I can take it anymore. I just want one day where no one can see me. One fucking day.
Travis whispers sweet nothings in my ear as I fall asleep crying in his arms.
The next day he takes me on a lunch date at a private restaurant and we have a romantic day out. I appreciate how thoughtful he is because i've never had a guy do something this special after a hard night.
I really hope he's the one I get to spend the rest of my life with.
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A/N: a video of taylor saying she still relates to eyes open was on my fyp today and inspired this 😅 (it's also such an underrated song)
i'm starting 75 hard today but i'm switching the 30 mins reading for 30 mins writing lol... y'all will be getting plenty of stories😜
