The story of us

The First Old Fashioned

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1325

Travis pov

We walk into the parking garage and Taylor looks at me confused when Drew hands me keys. "They're following behind us" I say helping her into the passenger seat "you're insane" She says shaking her head while I close her door. I walk over to the drivers side of the car and get in and start the car.

"Where are we going" Taylor asks as we pull out of the driveway. I just shrug making her sigh eagerly. As we pull into the back parking lot of the restaurant the nerves finally hit me. I'm taking taylor swift out on a date. This needs to go good. I mean we have been talking nonstop and I really like her but this is a make or break moment.

I get out of the car and open taylor's door helping her out and holding her hand, walking her into the back door of the restaurant. I see Taylor look around confused on why the restaurant was empty. "I thought our first real date should be just us" I say leading her over to a cozy table with candles lit and flowers in the middle "This is amazing Trav" she says squeezing my hand before letting go and sitting down.

I sit down across from Taylor and hand her one of the menus. The waiter comes over shortly after taking our drink orders. "what do football players do in there free time" Taylor asks me making me laugh a little. "Besides going out with Taylor Swift, I have the podcast with my brother which takes up a little time and then the rest of the time I have I try my best to spend it with my family and friends"

Taylor lets out a little laugh taking a sip of her wine. "What does The Taylor Swift do in her free time" I ask making her smile "Honestly I try to spend it with the people I love too, I travel a lot for tour and just for work in general so when i'm not working a lot I like to see my family and all my close friends" She says and I nod agreeing.

I see the waiter walk over to the table and we both order our food and hand her back our menus "I still can't believe you rented out a whole restaurant" Taylor says looking around again "I had to do something special" I say shrugging it off. I mean it really was not a big deal she deserves it and so much more "you coming here in your free time was enough" she says resting her hand on mine across the table. I genuinely run my thumb across the top of her hand "Really thank you so much" she says looking up at me

"Always, you deserve it" I say still looking at her when she pulls her hand away from mine so the waiter can place down both of our plates. We talk for the rest of dinner about everything and anything, both of our family's, our jobs, our friends, and anything in between. Once we are done with dinner I help Taylor to the car and back into the passenger seat. I walk over to the drivers side and get in.

Taylor's looking out the window when I close my door "Did my security not even come in" she asks turning her head to me "Ya I talked to them and they agreed that you where plenty safe with me and they would stay outside just in case" I say meeting her eyes contact "I didn't even notice" She says kind of laughing. I just smile at her and start driving back to Taylors apartment.

I pull into the garage and park the car, laughing lightly when I look over to see taylor dead asleep. I get out of the car and open her door crouching down by her. I set my hand on her arm rubbing gently "Tay, where home come on" I see her open her eyes and look at me and then cuddle back into her seat. I smile at the childish action.

"you okay with me carrying you upstairs" I ask her wanting to get her permission. She nods and even sits up slightly reaching her arms out. I pick her up out of the car grabbing her purse as well and then closing the car door. Taylor has her legs wrapped around my waist and her arm around my neck. I thank Drew and Steve before heading in to the apartment.

I close the apartment door locking it and walk into Taylor's room laying her down in her bed "Taylor" I say rubbing her back she looks up at me waiting for me to continue "You need to get changed and take your makeup off" I say pushing her hair out of her face and she nods sitting up and forcing herself out of bed and into her bathroom

I take that as my time to go into my room and get ready for bed. I get dressed and brush my teeth. I'm about to get into bed when I hear someone in the kitchen, I assume it's taylor but considering the fact she was half asleep not even 5 minutes ago I still want to check. I walk into the kitchen and see taylor pouring herself a glass of water.

"want one" she asks seeing me standing there "sure" I say way to busy looking at Taylor, she has no makeup on and is in a big T-shirt and shorts "thanks" I say when taylor hands the glass to me "why aren't you in bed your clearly exhausted" I say looking at her. She just looks at me and shrugs, and there's just something about it that I can tell she's lying

"why aren't you in bed" I ask again taking her hand in mine. She looks up at me for a second and then after a second finally starts talking "I just can't sleep all of a sudden" she says shrugging "no big deal go to bed trav" She says going to walk away. I stop her with my hands on her waist "I don't know what your used to, and tell me if i'm over stepping, but i'm not going to bed if I know that you can't sleep" I say while spinning her around to face me

She smiles up at me nodding "Want to watch a movie" she asks looking up at me and I smile back at her "sure" I say taking her hand and when I expect her to lead me into the living room she leads me into her room. She climbs into bed and I follow her. I watch as she picks a movie and puts it on and then slightly cuddles up to me. I wrap my arm around her shoulder pulling her closer to my chest, making her giggle

Maybe 10 minutes into the movie Taylor is dead asleep. I reach for the remote turning the tv off. And now I have to make the decision of if I stay in bed with her, or give her space and go back to the guest room. either way I need to go to the bathroom so I need to get up. I gently shift to get out of bed and I feel taylor cling to me "stay?" I hear her mumble "I am, I promise but I need to pee" I say kissing the top of her head and getting up to go to the bathroom

After I go to the bathroom I climb back into taylor's bed and she cuddles right up to my side. I use one of my hands to gently rub her back and the other is moving hair off her face. "goodnight gorgeous" I say kissing her head on last time before closing my eyes.