Long Live (Sequel to Payton Swift)

Chapter 7

- Payton -

@paytonswift: edmonton!!! you guys were amazing tonight. vancouver, see you soon x #REDtour

I lock my phone and get comfortable in my seat next to Taylor. We were off to her next concert in Vancouver, even though it was three days from now. Anyway, I watched as Taylor's eyes fluttered open and closed just as quickly as they opened.

"Tired?" I ask, laughing a little as Taylor playfully hits my shoulder.

"Of course I'm tired!" she says, getting comfortable again. "You'd be tired too if you had just had two sleepless nights in a row."

I roll my eyes and put my earphones in my ear just as Taylor closes her eyes.

"Have Mom wake me up in an hour," Taylor mutters and then drifts off to sleep, looking very peaceful. I resist the urge to take a creeper picture of her, so instead of doing that I follow orders and call for our mom, Andrea.

"Momma?" I ask, making sure she's actually awake before I say anything else.

"Yes, Payton?" she replies back and I smile.

"Taylor wants you to wake her up in an hour!' I say and I see Mom nod her head 'yes' in response. "Thanks. Love you, Mom!" I smile and Momma Swift smiles back. We have a quick chat about something else before Mom tells me to get a little bit of sleep. I tell her that I will and she smiles, happy that I'm listening to her even though she's well aware that I'll take a few selfies instead of sleeping.

***

Two hours and fourty-five minutes later, we had arrived at our hotel in Vancouver. It was a beautiful place, but I couldn't fully appreciate the beauty of this hotel since we were whisked away to the elevators the minute we walked through the lobby doors. They were all concerned about Taylor and how she hadn't been sleeping much lately, so they brought her to her room as fast as they had whisked us to the elevators, while Mom and I took our time walking to our rooms.

"I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight Mom!" I smile, giving her a kiss on the cheek before she goes into her hotel room. She says goodnight to me and then I go to my room that was across from Taylor's, dragging my suitcases in the room before closing and locking the door behind me. I take a look around the room as I take off my shoes and slip on the slippers that the hotel provides.

"This is a beautiful room," I whisper, even though there was no one around to hear me. I step further into the room, very excited that the bed was actually in a room. After taking a quick look around, I take my stuff into the bedroom, collapsing onto the bed pretty much as soon as I get in the room. I then hear my phone buzzing, and I sigh while trying to find my phone so I can answer it.

"Hey babe!" Niall says, as soon as I answer the phone.

"Hey baby, how are you?" I ask, sitting up on the bed and then crossed my legs.

"I'm great! Just tired, I can't sleep."

Even though he can't see me, I frown at his answer. "Why can't you sleep?" I ask, resting my chin on the palm of my free hand.

"I can't sleep 'cos you're not here," Niall tells me and I feel the butterflies in my stomach return. I giggle and then fall backwards onto the bed.

"Aw baby, you're so cute!" I gush, a huge smile on my face as I hear Niall laugh.

***

When I open my eyes again, I notice that it's eight in the morning - as well, I hear Niall's soft snores on the other end of the line.

We fell asleep while we were on the phone ... we're so cute sometimes.

Anyway, I smile to myself and then hang up the phone, sending him a quick good morning text before getting out of bed and going to the bathroom. I shudder at my reflection in the mirror, never more excited to actually clean myself up. I head back out to the bedroom and gather the objects required for me to get ready - makeup, clothes, a towel, you know the deal. Once I have everything, I go back into the bathroom, turn on the faucet and then step into the shower.