Dreams and Wishes

Taylor's surprise

*I promise to try and make this a long one :)*

Taylor and I are back in the hotel room and I am waiting for her to get done changing.

In the meantime, I change into dark gray sweatpants and a white tank top. Then Mom comes over and braids my hair.

Taylor comes out and she still looks exited as ever. "Tell meee!" I beg.

"Fine!" she laughs an plops into a chair. "So, that woman I was talking to, Dana, is an adoption agent," she explains.

"Whoa whoa whoa. What?!" I ask. Is Taylor adopting?

"She's an adoption agent. And I was thinking, I'd love to adopt!" she says.

"What?! you just adopted me! now you're gonna go adopt another kid?! Great, just what I need. My schedule changing every day. Tour, new school, now this?!" I scream. "I wish your mom never adopted me!"

I storm out of the hotel room, grabbing my purse on the way out. I get in the car and drive to the closest bar. I have always been pretty responsible, but now I just need to get away. I walk in and sit at the bar. I tell my order to the bartender and he squints at me.

"You're not 21, Natalie Swift," he says gruffly.

"I'll pay you double the cost," I say.

"Triple."

"Fine," I say, thrusting the cash into his sweaty hand.

He gives me a drink and I gulp it down, then order another....and another. The room is starting to spin. I see Mom and Taylor storming towards me. Everything has turned to white noise and then, just black.

* * *

I wake up in the hotel room, my head aching. My stomach jolts and I sit up, throwing up everything I have eaten in the past few days. Taylor comes by and gently pats my back.

"Hey, if it bothers you that much, I can wait to adopt," she says.

"Just get rid of me!" I say, "I'm not doing anyone any good!"

"Nat,we're not getting rid of you," she says.

"Shut up, Taylor," I say.

"Natalie. I know you're upset, but you don't need to lash out at people," adds Mom.

"Oh my gosh, just leave me alone!" I scream, burying my head in my pillow.

Taylor sets her hand on me but I smack it off and leave the hotel room. i go to the lobby and just sit for a while.

Eventually, I go back up and go to sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night. Everyone else is sleeping, so why not go home? I quietly pack up my things, and grab my emergency credit card.

I take a taxi to the airport, and buy one ticket to Nashville, Tennessee.

*I AM OUT OF IDEAS THATS WHY IM UPDATING SO SLOWLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS PLEEEEEASE SEND THEM TO ME! thank you all for reading my story btw!*