evermore [taylor swift adoption]

nine

Taylor woke up groggy and tired, sudden pain shooting through her veins. She let out a groan as she tightened her hand around the blanket she was laying on. She silently cried from the pain, her mind still trying to remember where she was and what happened. After a moment, she sees her parents and boyfriend rush in.

Her mom rushed over to her side and sat on the bed beside Taylor, looking at her daughter with sympathy and love. Scott sat down on a chair next to his wife and daughter, rubbing Taylor's shoulder for support. Travis walked in behind them and gave Taylor a small hug, making sure not to hurt her. He kissed her on the lips and sat down beside her. She moved slightly so her head was in his lap as she laid down.

"What happened to me?" Taylor asked, looking confused and in pain.

"Your leg, honey, the stiches. Remember? You fell down.. yesterday," Andrea reminded, pointing at Taylor's leg.

That's when the concert details come back to her, especially the one where a woman was wearing the necklace she gave Arden. The reason she needed the stiches in the first place. She looked around for the guard who she asked to keep an eye on them.

"Where's Alec?" Taylor asked.

"Alec, the security guard?" Scott asked, confused.

"Yeah, him, can someone get him?"

"I guess.." Scott replied, still confused and hesitant.

He went out to hunt down the security guard Taylor had asked for. Everyone was completely silent, Andrea and Travis wondering what was going on in Taylor's mind. Taylor had a million thoughts racing in her head, she was looking out the door, hoping for her dad to return soon.

"Alec, Alec, come here." Taylor said, as soon as her dad walked back in.

After he came over to her, she asked him a question. "Remember the woman and man I asked you to look out for yesterday?"

"Yes, Ms. Swift, what about them?" 

"I.. I need to know where they live." Taylor said, hoping he'd just know it off the top of his head.

"I don't know that, ma'am. But they are attending your next concert too, they have front row tickets." he responds.

"Aren't you guarding the front row area?"

He nods his head in response to her question.

"Great, get them both to meet me backstage after the show." she says.

"Taylor, honey, we need to consult Tree first." Andrea said, everyone still confused.

"Alec, don't listen to my mom, just do what I said." Taylor tells him.

He looks over between Andrea and Taylor before nodding and walking out the room again. Taylor rarely ever went against her mother so this was shocking for the rest of the family. They all looked at her, hoping for some explanation.

"That women.. she was wearing the necklace.. the one I gave to Arden... Arden is with them." Taylor says, hope in her eyes.

"Taylor, you can't just meet them and then ask to see Arden." Scott replies.

"But she's in danger!" Taylor exclaims, her heart rate spiking up.

"No, no she's not. Why do you think that?" Travis asks.

"Because, the woman stole the necklace, what mother does that?!"

"What if Arden let her borrow it?" Andrea asked.

Taylor stopped and looked a little dumbfounded before putting on a defensive face again. "No, Arden wouldn't!" Taylor argues, grasping on whatever poor argument she could.

"Taylor," Travis said, in a tone that pissed off Taylor.

"Nurse, nurse, get them out! They're making me mad, and, and I don't want them here!" Taylor yelled to the burse who was coming in.

Having no choice, the nurse tells them to leave before they need to get security to escort them out. They all had looks of hurt and confusion written all over their faces as you walked out the room. Taylor knew she was in the wrong but she knew her baby was in trouble, she could feel it in her heart and she wouldn't stop until her baby was safe.