Castles crumbling (Taylor Swift's little sister)

In spite of deep fears (challenging fearfoods) (part 1)

After the cheeseburger and fries incident Taylor had been thinking of ways to help you face those fear foods that you hadn't faced yet. She knew that too well, she had been there—being stuck in recovery, better than before, but still scared to keep pushing those created boundaries. She decided to get a little crafty, she got her markers, colored papers and looked for a jar. She cut the papers into smaller pieces and wrote some foods that she knew that were scary for you on each, she tried writing all of the foods she was aware that you feared but left some blank so you could both think together of others and write them down. Then she folded the papers and introduced them in the jar, she also prepared a banner to paste on the outside of the jar that read 'Road to a healthier and happier life'. She placed it on the little nightstand table by her bed and headed to sleep.

At the next morning, on Monday, you were woken up by Taylor, she was still in her pajamas—a wide smile on her face and she sat on the edge of your bed. You rubbed your eyes:

- "Hey Tay. Good morning" you said as you sat up.

- "Good morning baby, did you sleep well?"

- "Yes, but I could've kept sleeping" you said chucking and rolling your eyes. Taylor laughed softly too, and you looked at her big smile, she was excited. - "What is it? You're excited"

- "I have an idea, something that will be good for you and we can do together. Breakfast is ready, why don't you get up, pee and I'll wait for you downstairs" the blonde said.

You just smiled softly and did what she said. Taylor had brought the jar with her but kept it aside in the isle while you two had breakfast. You sat down and started to eat steadily.

- "You're acting weird, what's the idea about?" You said before you took a bite of your eggs.

Taylor had always been like this—surprises for other people made her so excited that she would often blow it up before time, but she knew that if she said something while you were still eating it could be prejudicial. - "You'll know once we're done with breakfast" Taylor said smirking.

You threw your head back - "Why can't you tell me now? I want to know!"

- "Just trust me" Taylor said back laughing at you and you carried on eating. Once you were done and put the plates aside, she grabbed the jar from the isle and placed it in front of you.

You looked at it suspiciously and raised your brow:
- "Is this some kind of jar to pick out fun things to do? Are plans for us to do together written on the papers?"

- "Something like that" Taylor said as you opened the lid and took out a piece of paper.

You unfolded the paper and read it out loud confused

- "Why does it say, 'Ice cream in a cone'?"

- "Remember the day at Blake's? I told you that I would help you—well this is me helping. There are fear foods written on each piece of paper, we're going to take one out and that's the fear food you'll be challenging. We can go somewhere nice—prepare it at home, etc. I have blank pieces of paper here so you can write foods in case I left them out and didn't include them" Taylor explained, and you just bit your lip, trying to swallow your fear. Taylor squeezed your hand - "I know it's super scary, but it's the way to put those fear foods behind you. Tree did something similar for me and trust me, it's the right thing to do. It's better this way because you don't have to psych yourself around picking something, it's just random" Taylor explained.

- "Thanks Tay. It is a good idea" you said softly.

- "Tell me about your concerns, I know this will be uncomfortable, but we know it's the right thing to do. Yet, I want this to be a pleasant experience, so tell me about your concerns so we can work on them together" Taylor said.