"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Asks Tiago, a sly smile on his lips as I push Taylor away from me and roll my eyes
"Definitely not what you're thinking" I say and then walk towards the group that just entered the studio and are now staring at us suspiciously. I make sure to give the gorilla a small wink just to piss off him properly
"Definitely not what you are thinking" confirms Taylor with a huff as she plonks down onto the sofa, her cheeks burning and her lips pursed. In seconds the gorilla is by her side and I can't help but shake my head at the pathetic-ness of it all
"In fact I was just inviting Taylor here to Tony's birthday party tonight and she has graciously accepted my invitation"
Taylor's mouth drops open but before she can speak Renee enters the room
"Oh my God yes Taylor, you have to! It will be amazing, we can get dressed up, drink, dance and then write the most amazing music together"
"Taylor doesn't drink" states the gorilla and I roll my eyes and walk towards him
"That's not what she said when she was knocking back beers with me"
"There's no way your father would agree to it" he tells her but I see her watching Renee, obviously liking the sound of the pretty little picture she just drew for her
"We don't have to tell him do we?" Taylor asks as she looks up at her minder with big, blue, innocent eyes
"No you don't have to tell him, you're 19 years old"
"Two years underage" states the gorilla again
"She's Taylor Swift, as if anyone's going to give a shit what age she is"
"If the press finds out..."
"Its just for employees, artists and friends, everyone signs a NDA before they enter, phones are confiscated on arrival" Tiago smiles "What do you say? Are you in Taylor?"
"She's in" I make the decision for her before walking out of the studio and down towards my own, a smile on my face thinking how close I came to kissing her and how not once, did she try to stop me
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"So, you and Travis, hu? Asks Renee as she holds an orange and grey designer mini dress against her body and then switches poses a couple of times
"No not 'you and Travis, hu?'" I reply, looking over my shoulder to where Nesto sits idly staring at his phone whilst Renee and I hunt for what she calls the 'knock their socks off' outfit for tonight
"It seemed pretty cozy back there"
"Well it was anything but. Travis is an asshole he's always pushing and provoking me, I don't know what he hopes to get out of it" Renee slaps my ass hard making me jump in surprise as Nestos head snaps up to see what's going on
"Getting his hands on this is what Travis hopes to get out of it, it's all Travis hopes to get out of anything. Na" she decides, sliding the dress back on the rail before taking down a dusky pink 'cha-cha' dress "this would shake perfectly on that ass of yours"
I roll my eyes sick of hearing about 'that ass of mine' "I'm more than just an ass Renee"
"Shame Travis isn't" she giggles before replacing the dress but my eyes linger on it, wondering what Travis would say if he saw me in something like that, would it provoke a reaction out of him? And if so what kind of reaction do I actually want?
I let my fingers run over the soft fabric and then decide against it. I'm playing a dangerous game with both Travis and Nesto and at a party where there will be copious amounts of alcohol and a player as experienced as Travis, 'games' are probably not a good idea.
"So what are you going to wear?" I turn back to Renee and shrug "Taylor, you are hot. You have a body to die for, the type of ass women pay good money to buy let me pick you something"
"Something such as..."
"Something short and sexy, something that will knock Travis' boots off"
"I'm not interested in Travis"
"How did those new lyrics go again? I knew you were trouble when you walked in...? Please do remind me"
"You saw him, you know"
"He's trouble, trouble"
"You're wrong"
"But how much fun would it be if I was right?" She giggles and nudges me with her shoulder "Let me choose"
"You can suggest"
"But I know what Travis likes"
"It's not about Travis..." I shout whisper as I once again look back at Nesto
"Oh my God, your security guard?"
"He's a friend"
"He's a factor"
"Renee please..."
"This is going to take black and tight" She grips my arm and drags me towards a section of the store that is nothing but black and leather and lace "Who do you like more Travis or Mr. Security?"
"I don't like either of them"
"Okay that's not true" she says it whilst grabbing armfuls of black garments from the rails and then pushing me into a changing room
"Travis is hot and dangerous, he will push you and push you and then probably dump you" she holds a lacy black number to me then crinkles her nose "Tell me about Mr. Security"
"He's a friend"
"So security is right? He's safe, comfortable..." this time it's black leather that's held against my body
"Which one do you want to kiss tonight?"
"Renee!"
"You can say what you like but I know what we walked in on earlier"
"Nothings going to happen with Travis, he's just playing with me, I'm a game to him" it surprises me how much those words sting
"And Mr. Security?"
"It's not like that" I lower my head, suddenly ashamed of the things that I had done with Nesto
"Okay, so nothings going to happen with Travis and nothing else is going to happen with Mr. Security so we need an outfit that screams 'I'm young, hot, single and desperate to mingle'"
"Can we please not use the word desperate?" I cringe at how pathetic it makes me sound as I see Renee checking her phone
"Look at Travis, this guy has so much ego it's unnatural" she holds her phone up and it's a mirror selfie of Travis wearing a pair of jeans, eyeliner and nothing else and my mouth suddenly feels as dry as the Sahara. I look to his comment below it 'Kelce Vs The Gorilla'
Oh boy!
When Travis plays with you he plays hard and that has my heart pounding and my palms damp
"Nothing happening with Travis she says" smirks Renee "drools over selfies she does" thrusting an armful if clothes into my hands she opens the curtain and steps out "try them all on and let me see. I get a feeling the real fun tonight is going to be Kelce Vs Swift" she winks at me and then pulls the curtain closed leaving me alone with too many garments and way too many inappropriate thoughts
