"You could always take a picture you know- it'll last longer"
The playfulness in Taylors voice lifts my spirits whilst enticing me to play along
"Pictures never did do you justice"
I add a wink for effect and judging by the smile that has just crept over her mouth she saw it and appreciated it
Sitting on the cool grass that covers the abandoned park, with my slightly drunk ex-girlfriend stretched out beside me, having just ditched my dinner date and stolen a bottle of wine I wonder how I've made it through my life without moments like these.
The spontaneity and excitement, not to mention the chaos that Taylor Swift brings into my normally disciplined life is something that drew me to her right from the start, unfortunately, the knots she ties my entire being in is something I've had to learn to accept and to live with
The Taylor I knew as a teenager lived her life more by actions than planning and the Tay I've recently become reacquainted with appears to have carried on in that tradition, but prehaps with more of a kamikaze edge, that's why for the last 10 minutes we've been sat on the grass in a darkened park with only a bottle of wine and two glasses for company, playing a game that Taylor has designed to help us to get to know each other better, but as usual she hasn't thought this through, because if she had, she'd have realised the trouble this could lead to.
Unbuttoning the sleeves of my dark green shirt I push them up and then kick out my legs as Taylor prepares to lead us down a dangerous path
"Okay..."
She pushes herself up so that she's leaning backwards with all of her weight on her arms and I turn to face her. The way her profile is illuminated by the moonlight sends me spiralling back in time and I wonder how I've made it through life without her
"Dr. Travis Kelce..." The way she draws out my name and title makes all those years of studying seem worth it "Tell me something I don't know about you"
I try to tear my gaze away from the image of her stretched out on the black suit jacket that I laid down for her as naturally as I did when I was a teenager and again I hear the past calling out to me.
Taking one of the glasses in my hand I ponder the question and try to decide how to play this
...To shock?
...Entice?
Maybe I should just use it as the opportunity to unburden myself of the half truths that have littered our recent conversations.
Pouring myself a glass of our stolen treasure my mind attempts to unravel the mysteries of my actions. For years I prided myself on always being the one to do the right thing... so why am I struggling to do it now?
"Wine?" I ask and buy myself a little more time. Taylor shrugs and then turns to face me
"Why not, there's no one here I can offend but you"
We share a smile and then I begin pouring and decide to do what 27 year old Travis Kelce has been doing for years... play it safe
"My memory still sucks" I hand her the glass and she gives me a 'you'll have to do better than that' look
"Excuse me but you're talking to the girl you didn't call back, I think I know that your memory is a black hole so come on, try again and this time shock me"
