golden [2] | TAYLOR SWIFT

epilogue

wellllp..... here we go

im not crying. you are.

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Los Angeles, California
Dolby Theatre

Like, a few years later

Kaia, over here!

Miss Browne! Miss Browne, give us something fun!

Kaia!

Miss Browne, give us something fun!

Kaia blinked, taking in a heavy breath. Was her standing there in a dress she could barely breathe in, trying to smile at the cameras despite her inability to see anything besides the flashing lights not fun?

She shrugged at the woman who had yelled that at her and let out a laugh, throwing out a peace sign. She had no idea what to do with her hands; the nerves were eating her alive. She should have taken that extra shot of tequila like Mica had suggested. She ended up "shooting" the photographer with finger guns.

"Is that fun?" She asked only to be bombarded by a billion more questions and demands from
these photographers. She could really only make out her name every now and then.

She looked to the right for a moment, spotting Emma who was waving her over. She let out a relieved sigh, waving goodbye to the photographers before dashing to her manager's side. 

"I think I've gone permanently blind!" Kaia muttered, following Emma. "I'm seeing bloody spots everywhere!"

"You should be used to it by now," Emma chuckled, placing her hand on Kaia's back to stop her from walking in the wrong direction.

"Well, it doesn't mean I can't complain," she responded with a little smile. "So, who am I battling first?"

Emma listed all the different interviewers she was going to have to talk to, guiding her in the direction of her first one.

"Right... Okay. Sure. And then, whoever manages to catch me and grill me with questions?"

"Right, but you can ignore some of them," Emma told her.

"Right.. right. But you'd rather I didn't."

"Well, be nice."

Kaia gasped before pouting at the older woman. "I'm always nice!"

"Kaia, dear, sometimes it's very obvious you're faking it," she told her but she looked amused as she did. "Try not to get too dry or sarcastic."

"If they ask me about my private life, I might," she muttered. Emma sighed and simply shook her head.

She greeted the interviewers and after talking about her outfit for a moment, a custom shimmering blue fringe dress, the real questions started.

"So, you're nominated tonight for your amazing role in Big Love, which is your... second nomination?"

Kaia grinned nervously and nodded. "Yes! Well, it's my first nomination as a lead actress and... gosh, I'm shaking with nerves!"

"Oh, you've got nothing to be nervous about! You were amazing in that film! I was just telling Paul here, when I watched it, I had goosebumps over my arms during that one scene..."

"The one where I'm sobbing and choking on my own tears?" Kaia asked with a small chuckle. "It was intense. Yeah.."

Kaia had woken up the next morning after filming that scene with a scratchy voice that lasted a whole week. Taylor was having the time of her life, asking her to say very dirty things and even read some of the more... sexy... scenes in a romantic novel she had been reading at the time.