Shadows Lurking | Taylor Swift Fanfic

13: N o t h i n g N e w

How long will it be cute
All this crying in my room

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Amerie sat in her bedroom at her Nana's house, tears streaming down her face.

The tears were over the comments left on her post of her singing. They criticised her voice, comparing her to her Mother, saying how she could never live up to Taylor's standards and how she will be disappointed in her.

These comments made Amerie tear up, but what if they were true?

She had received multiple DMs from Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams and Sabrina Carpenter asking if she was okay. They stuck up for her on her post and pointed out the critiques for being wrong.

But Amerie still believed these comments, she believed she wasn't good enough.

Packing a small back pack, Amerie needed some fresh air. She needed the essentials, was she planning to run away. No, but with what she was packing it sure looked like it.

She had 2 changes of clothes, underwear, snacks, deodorant, skin care, toothbrush, toothpaste and a phone charger. She didn't know why she was packing them, she just thought it would come in handy.

Amerie carefully climbed out the window, the fact they was a tree close to the window made it a lot easier.

She managed to safely get self on to the ground and walked off swiftly.

She had no clue where she was going to go, hopefully she could find some abandoned shack or shelter in the fields, or maybe catch a bus to her and her Mom's Nashville home. Nobody would be there to let her in though, she could always pick the lock... but it's not like Amerie to break in. But was it breaking in if it's her own house?

Amerie shook away her thoughts, tears streamed down her face even more. She wasn't watching where she was going she was just walking in a straight line.

She felt a bump and stumbled almost falling to the ground.

"So so so sorry" Amerie rambled.

"It's okay" The voice said.

Amerie looked up and saw a red head that was familiar, Alice.

"Alice?" Amerie said.

"Amerie...? Omg, I should be saying sorry for bumping into you." Alice ranted.

"No, it's fine. But what are you doing in Nashville" Amerie asked.

"Moved to a new group home here, but I'm running away tired of foster care" Alice said.

"Guess we had a similar idea" Amerie mumbled.

"You're running away? But you have a stable home, loving Mom, money, etc, you should be grateful" Alice said.

"More like running away from my emotions, online, media! I don't know, I wasn't planning on running away I just needed a break, but I kind of packed things that would make it seem I'm running away. Honestly I have no idea what I'm doing, I just needed to get out and find some where peaceful" Amerie said, tears started to stream.

"Hey, hey, hey shhh it's okay I promise. Look I know a place I saw it on the way coming here, it's shack far back in the fields, it be a long walk, but it be peaceful" Alice said.

"Yeah" Amerie said.

The two teenage girls set off walking, but Amerie had no clue what was about to happen.

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"Mom! What do you mean you can't find Amerie?" Taylor said through her phone.

Taylor was sat in her dressing room ready to go out onto to stage.

"There's clothes from her drawers missing, toothbrush, toothpaste. I think she's ran away"

"No, are you sure.. this can't be happening. I have to get on stage soon, go out look for her, try her phone. I'll put a message to my team to see if they can contact her, see if any of the Nashville fans have seen her." Taylor said with panic in her voice.

Meanwhile, Amerie and Alice sat in a rusted shack.

"Amerie you should probably answer your phone, and you have lots of DMs that seem worried" Alice said.

"I need the peace, so I'm ignoring them" Amerie said.

"Amerie... you want people to know you're safe." Alice said.

"You can't say much" Amerie mumbled.

"Amerie that's different, I'm a foster kid... I don't have a family who care about me. You do, and it's clear you have celebrities DMing you, your grandparents calling you, you need to tell them you're safe" Alice said.

"I know what I'm doing.." Amerie said.

"Whatever you say, I'm leaving I don't want to be accused of being responsible for this." Alice said.

"No! Don't... I'll tell someone I'm safe. Okay, you can even watch me do it" Amerie said.

"Okay.." Alice sighed.

Amerie pulled out her phone and scrolled through her contacts till she reached Selena's contact.

"Amerie... where the fuck are you? Your Mom is worried, everyone is worried. Fans in Nashville are out looking for you, are you stupid? Running away why?"

"Selena.. I'm safe. I'm with a friend I just went for some fresh air." Amerie said

"Fresh air isn't packing a full bag and sneaking out a window"

"I wasn't trying to run away... just tell my Mom I'm safe." Amerie sighed.

"No you will tell her yourself, you're going to call your Grandma tell her where you are. DM everyone who is worried about you, and make a bloody post about how stupid you are to run away!"

"I'm having a break from social media, not opening it at all." Amerie said.

"Amerie... people can be cruel don't let them get to you, if this was the reason your running away you have let them get to you, don't"

"Okay.. thank you Selena." Amerie said hanging up the phone with no goodbye.

"So.. I say we leave this place and get you home" Alice said.

"Yeah..." Amerie sighed.