A Place in This World - A Taylor Swift Adoption Story

So I'll watch your life in pictures

CW: Implied Sex :3

June 2. 2023

Rose

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I stretched out on the couch, cracking my back. Taylor had just started her set when Harley came back with some sandwiches to eat. Shooting the video was a lot. I had to climb through lasers, do some flips and even some scenes with Taywolf. Apparently, I had to go back in a couple of days to shoot the scenes with Taywolf. On Twitter, people were tweeting their outfits and guesses, but since I was busy shooting, I hadn't logged in until now. I had an account with my name on it, but since my name was pretty common, nobody knew it was actually me. Especially since I didn't have a profile picture. I went over to the kitchen and grabbed us some popcorn and candy as watch snacks. Harley let me settle in as we watched Taylor leave the stage after "The Archer", munching on some popcorn.

"My parents said I could spend the night here," she said, wrapping her hand in mine. She didn't even look me in the eyes when she said it.

"They probably needed some alone time," I said, smirking as I got up slowly. "Which means we get alone time. Colin's home sick." That was all it took for Harley to walk to the fridge and get a box of wine and some glasses. She brought it over to the couch and poured some for us. Harley giggled as she took the first sip and settled back into the couch. Around folklore, Harley was way too flirty, kissing my hands and moving her hands to places we had avoided. I started kissing her, pushing her against the back of the couch. She giggled as I moved my hands down.

"We should go to your room," Harley said, gently pushing my hands away and getting up. I nodded as I led her to my room and pushed her onto my bed, getting on top of her.

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Taylor

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As I went down for folklore, I shot Rose a text to check-in with. I hadn't heard from her since Tree "kidnapped" her and took her to shoot the music video. She should've been done by now. I changed into the 1989 two-piece and checked my phone again, but no reply. If she wasn't still shooting, she was probably watching a movie with Harley. Something was up between them, but I just didn't know what. Maybe some sort of surprise? I texted Colin if she could send Liam to check. He texted back with a thumbs-up almost immediately. I sighed.

As I rose, I had a mixed reaction from the audience when they realized Rose wasn't with me. I let the metronome help me stay on track as I worked through the choreo of "Style" without Rose. It felt weird, but I had done this before, even without her. Kam took her place for most of it. The set flew by, and when surprise songs were over, Colin had already sent me a reply. "Rose and Harley are safe. Mike had a little scare but that's about it." I sent him the raised eye emoji, but he just replied with "That's between you and your daughter." I was immediately concerned, but I only had a few seconds before it was my time to go up, so I ran out on stage and continued singing.

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After the show ended, I changed out into my comfy clothes and made my exit in front of some fans, heading to my hotel room. I walked in, Mike close behind, and immediately checked my phone. Rose had finally gotten back to me.

I decided to call her instead of texting her, and she picked up a few seconds later, blanket wrapped around her. "Traitor! I wanted to sing those!" I laughed. Harley was sipping something in the background.

"Is that my wine? I said, raising my voice slightly and squinting. I looked at the glass on her nightstand. Harley was just casually putting more in her glass.

"Harley!" Rose yelled as she put her phone down. She took the glass and glared at Harley. I rolled my eyes, and then she drank some.

"Okay. Where's Liam or Colin?" I asked, not mad. I was actually on the verge of laughing.

"Liam left after he saw us, and Colin has been sick for a while," Harley said matter-of-factly, and Rose glared at her.

"You guys were?" I asked, confused. Was this the secret they were working so hard to hide? Did they think I cared?

"Drinking, Taylor. He didn't wanna deal with two drunk girls, so he left," Harley pitched in. "By the way, this wine is really good."

"I expect a full box when I get back. You two, sober up and go to sleep. I'll see you guys on Monday," I told them, and Rose laughed as she waved and hung up. I sighed, throwing myself unto the bed. I just wanted to rest my eyes before I took off my makeup, but I was too tired to leave the bed, so I just fell asleep.

Halfway through the night, I felt a gentle hand wiping my face with a cotton pad. I stirred, but a shushing noise sent me back to sleep. "Sleep, sweetie. You're tired," I heard my mom say, and I let out a breath, falling asleep again.

I woke up the next morning to my phone buzzing. It usually didn't happen, but I guess it was important enough for someone to violate the "Do not Disturb" mode on my phone. When I looked at the text, I saw Tree's name at least 50 times. When I opened the texts, there were pictures, files, and videos. All that was next to the attachments was:

"Rose's history."