you belong with me || karlie kloss x taylor swift

eleven » graduation

song: long live » taylor swift

« one month after prom (graduation) »

"Karlie Elizabeth Kloss!" announced the teacher, signalling Karlie to walk up the stage, she accepted her diploma from a smiling Mr. Maithes.

"Congratulations." said Mr. Maithes with a kind smile.

"Thank you, Mr. Maithes." said Karlie before giving Mr. Maithes an unexpected side hug, he was a good man who helped each and every student here, Karlie hugged him to show her appreciation.

"You're very, very welcome, Karlie. I wish you all the luck in college. Code, isn't it?" guessed Mr. Maithes, pulling away from the hug.

"Yeah..." said Karlie before flashing a grin to Mr. Maithes.

Karlie walked to the microphone as the student awaited for her speech, including Taylor who was giving Karlie a smile and two thumbs-up.

"So...I'm a high school graduate now," said Karlie, followed by an awkward chuckle. "I want to thank my parents, for being supportive in every single thing I do, my siblings as well, I love you guys."

"I want to thank my cheer squad, my best friends. I love you, you little crackheads." joked Karlie, eliciting a laugh from the crowd, mainly from the cheer squad.

"I want to thank Taylor, for making me happy and being such an understanding and loving girlfriend. I love you so much, it hurts." said Karlie, receiving coos from the crowd.

"I love you too, baby!" yelled Taylor from the crowd with a proud smile.

Karlie laughed at Taylor's dorkiness.

"And I want to thank this highschool, I will never forget this place and the events that took place here. Thank you, guys for giving me an incredible highschool experience." said Karlie before walking off the stage, not being able to contain her tears.

She loves this school, she loves the cheer squad, she loves the events. And the fact that she will jo longer experience this anymore hit her right in the guts. She didn't like the schoolwork, but the school? She fell in love with it.

Her family and Taylor ran to her, before she could even process that she was now a highschool graduate, Taylor had her arms around Karlie.

"I'm so proud of you." whispered Taylor with a sincere smile.

"Thank you." said Karlie.

Taylor pulled away but Karlie was in another hug by a millisecond. This one contained of her parents and her siblings, stating how proud they are of Karlie and such.

"Taylor, darling, would you take a picture of us?" requested Tracy.

"Definitely!" said Taylor before taking Tracy's phone that was held out.

Taylor took photos of the family, Taylor couldn't help but smile at how happy they were.

Once they were done, Taylor handed the device to Tracy and immediately started checking them out.

"Oh! These are lovely! Thank you, Taylor." thanked Tracy, giving Taylor a side hug. "Now, you stand beside Karlie!" demanded she.

Karlie giggled at her mother and pulled Taylor to her.

On instinct, Taylor wrapped an arm around Karlie's tiny waist before smiling widely for the camera.

Karlie looked over at her girlfriend, admiring her. Taylor stared right back at her with a tight-lipped smile. Karlie couldn't help it, she gave Taylor a kiss which surprised the blue-eyed girl.

"Oh, you guys are so adorable." gushed Tracy as she stopped taking photos and placed her phone inside her pockets.

Karlie pulled away with a smirk. Taylor just stood there frozen, blushing.

"Taylor, we are going to have lunch. Would you like to join?" asked Kurt, his hands tucked in the pockets of his jeans.

"No, thank you. I still have to graduate." chuckled Taylor.

"Oh yeah, forgot about that. Would you like to stay, Karlie?"

"Oh, no, no, no, no. Go and have lunch." encouraged Taylor.

"But I really want see your grad walk." said Karlie stubbornly with a pout.

"Okay..." said Taylor, "Just come back here after your lunch, I'm pretty sure they won't call my name for two more hours. If that's okay with your family."

"Yes, of course!" said Karlie.

"Let's get going, then?" said Kurt to his daughter.

"Sure, Dad." confirmed Karlie. "Bye, Tay."

"Goodbye. I'll see you later, okay? I love you." reminded Taylor before giving Karlie a small kiss.

"Later, Tay. I love you too."

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"Taylor Alison Swift!" announced the speaker, Taylor walked to the stage and received her diploma.

"Thank you for everything, Mr. Maithes." whispered she.

"It's nothing, Taylor. Good luck in everything you do." said he with a sad smile. He was gonna miss Taylor, she was like a daughter to him.

"Thank you again, Mr. Maithes." thanked she again before walking to the mic.

"Hi, uhm." started Taylor. "I want to thank each and every single student here. Because of you, I lived my highschool life to the fullest. I also, want to thank my friends, for being there for me when I needed them the most."

"And my girlfriend, the one and only Karlie Kloss. Thank you for being my rock. Thank you for being my inspiration. I love you so much."

"My family. Thank you for everything. I thank my mom and dad for each penny you've spent so I could have a proper education. This is for you."

Taylor walked down the stage, greeted with a breath-taking kiss from Karlie.

Taylor pulled away with a smile, "Woah, what was that for?"

"I'm just so proud."

"I should make you proud more often, huh?"