After having occupied the princesses for a good twenty minutes, the girls take an ecstatic Charlotte outside with them to find somewhere to sit down.
"Karlie," Charlotte says happily and shakes Karlie's hand, "can Elsa come with me home?"
The hopeful look on Charlotte's face makes Karlie laugh. "Oh, you know what? I think she would love to do that, but I don't think she can."
"Why not?" Charlotte asks and sticks her lip out in a pout.
"Because there is already a princess Elsa in your house." Karlie boops Charlotte's nose lightly and smiles at the girl, who returns it with a toothy grin.
Just then, a woman comes running up towards them. "Charlotte!!"
Charlotte turns and her eyes widen as she recognizes her mother.
"Mommy!" she yells and runs over to her, engulfing her in a hug. Her mother starts whispering things into Charlotte's ear while peppering her with kisses.
"Thank you so much for watching out for her," Charlotte's mother says, glancing up at Karlie in between the multitude of kisses she's putting onto her daughter's face. "I can't believe we almost lost her at Disneyland and OH my GOD, you're Taylor Swift." Her eyes finally flick to Taylor's face, causing her to stand up straight. Her blue eyes are wide with shock, as if it were a ghost standing in front of her.
Taylor chuckles nervously where she stands, but smiles at the woman.
While her mother stands there quietly, just staring at Taylor, Charlotte darts back over to Karlie and takes Karlie's hand. "Mommy, can Karlie come with us?" she asks, bringing her mother out of her trance.
"Oh, I'm sure Karlie and Taylor have better things to do with their day," she answers before looking back up at Karlie. "Sorry, I hope she hasn't been too annoying. I'm Alaina, by the way," she says and reaches out a hand to shake hands with both Karlie and Taylor.
"Nice to meet you," Karlie says, "And she's been wonderful, really."
"I'm glad to hear that," Alaina says. "Wow, I can't believe the Taylor Swift took care of my daughter," she says after a few seconds.
"You know, we don't actually have anything in particular planned for today, so if you'd like to, we would love to hang out for a bit," Taylor offers.
"Are you serious? I don't want to intrude or anything."
"Absolutely!"
"Okay," Alaina says, "I hope you won't mind being stuck on a bunch of children's rides."
"That's not a problem. We were actually heading over to the castle to take some photos when we found Charlotte," Karlie says, "and from what I hear, most of the rides for children are fun for adults too." She gazes down on Charlotte, who is still holding her hand hopefully. "What do you say, princess? Should we go on some fun rides together?"
"YES!" Charlotte replies enthusiastically.
As the entire entourage, now also including Charlotte and Alaina, makes their way back to the castle in order to find Charlotte's father and sister, Taylor leans in close to Karlie to whisper into her ear. "I think you made a friend for life," she whispers and winks at her.
"I think you might be right."
After spending a few hours with Charlotte and her family, going on several rides with them with Charlotte insisting on sitting in between Taylor and Karlie for every single ride, Taylor treats the two children to a little shopping spree in one of the gift shops before offering to pay for their lunch.
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best thing that's ever been mine - a Kaylor story
Fanfiction- I'm so tired of hiding, Karlie. I've been standing in front of so many people these past few months, telling them that they are worth more than the opinions of others, that they are brave and can get through anything, and I just... I don't want to...
