When You're Gone [Sequel to SOOS] [Laylor]

Chapter 2: Taylor?

"And I remember you were laughing, so let's just laugh again..."

October 26, 2016

-Taylor-

I slip on the dress and smooth it out underneath my hands. I take a deep breath before flipping my head over and slipping on the light brown-haired wig. I flip my head back over and position the wig so that it covers all of my blonde hair.

I turn on the sink and carefully wet the brown-eye contacts, before putting them on. I find the black rimmed glasses and slip them on, my makeup having already been done, and I look at myself in the mirror.

Good, I look nothing like Taylor Swift.

I walk out of the bathroom and join the rest of the bridesmaids and the maid of honor. We are all waiting for Kate, the bride, to come out of her room so we can fix each other up as needed and then get into cars to drive to the church.

I hear the door open and we all turn our heads to see Kate walk out. We all gasp at her beautiful dress. I hear squeals as we envelope her in careful hugs.

When I get to her, she stares at me funny, before realization crossed her face. "You could fool anyone, even him. It's perfect," Kate whispers in my ear as I gibe her a hug. We pull apart and I give her a smile. "You look beautiful," I tell her and she gives me a shy smile. "You think so?" She asks. "I know so," I tell her and we move to go out to the cars.

We are doing the whole 'keep the bride and groom away until the wedding' thing so the girls are traveling at a separate time so we can hide Kate and then the boys are coming to hide Niall.

I am in the car with Kate and her sister/maid of honor, Kathryn. They are engaged in a conversation, occasionally joining me in, but they soon gave up when they realized I was thinking, because they knew exactly what I was thinking about.

Him.

It's still so hard to hear his name, let alone say it, after these years. I know that if he recognizes me tonight, I'm going to have to run. I can't be with him again. It broke me the first time and it's taken so long to fix all the pieces. But, it's taken longer to fix the heartbreak.

I keep telling myself that if I hadn't left than that he would've left anyways. They all do, because nobody wants to be with Taylor Swift, because she's known as a man-whore. I can't let Louis get hate from being with me, so I did us both a favor and left. I left him.

The car stops and we all get out. Kate sends me a smile that is telling me good luck and I give her a smile back. I follow the two of them as we go into a small room in the back of the church. The other 4 bridesmaids are already in here, sitting down and talking. I sit myself in a chair away from other groups and continue staring off at nothing.

I hear the door open and I look over to see Harry poke his head before walking in. "I was sent to see how the bride was doing," Harry says in his deep voice. "Tell Niall that Kate is just fine. She's just got a bit of nerves, but that's explainable if she is just about to marry a dork like him," Kathryn says. I chuckle and Harry looks over at me.

"Who might you be?" Harry says walking over and I hold in a laugh. "I'm Taylor Swift. It's nice to meet you Harry Styles," I say, standing up and holding out my hand for him to shake. His eyes go wide in realization. "Disguise?" He asks softly and I nod. He ignores my outstretched hand and pulls me in for a hug.

"Have fun today, okay? Don't let him ruin today for you," Harry says and I give him a sad smile and a nod. "I mean it. Now I have to get back to the boys. I'm walking next to you right?" Harry asks and I give him a nod. "Louis is two people behind us in the line," Harry says and I give him another nod.