Someday

Chapter one

In what felt like slow motion, Taylor Swift, the girl she had admired, looked up to for her entire life, engulfed her in a huge drunken bear hug. While holding her and rocking back and forth on her feet, Taylor was cackling. Partially because she was drunk, partially because she had watched all the hilarious music videos this girl had made to her songs, and partially because she had never seen a music artist actually make it so far that was only 15, who was such a huge Taylor Swift fan.

Taylor obviously knew about the girl, besides the fact she had blown up over the past 2 years, Winnie was a huge Taylor Swift fan, and despite what other people thought, this wasn't news to her. The internet knew that Taylor Swift stalked her fans, but they didn't know which ones. Taylor had known about Winnie since around the 1989 era when she first started posting her music videos.

Taylor actually tried to invite Winnie to the reputation secret sessions and tried so hard to get the poor girl to go. She personally called Winnie herself after finding out that she couldn't go for what she said were "personal reasons". She found out that the poor 10-year-old couldn't afford the gas money to drive, obviously, Taylor offered to have someone bring her over, which caused her to have a meltdown over her current home/life situation. 

Taylor had been sworn to secrecy by the 10-year-old and told that she had never told anyone ever and that Taylor could never, ever tell anyone. The young girl proceeded to confide in her about how she was more a parent to her mother than her mother was a parent to her. Their father had left them with another woman and her mother had turned to alcohol. With no one left to parent her, she took on a leadership role and at 6, began to parent herself. She packed her own lunches, walked a mile to school, learned how to read and write all on her own, and figured out how to take care of a kindergartner as a kindergartner herself. 

On top of all that, she also learned how to take care of a drug addict, alcoholic, 34-year-old woman who was supposed to be her mother. She cleaned up after her, fed her, took care of her and the many men she brought home, and at 6, learned how to use a stove and an oven to cook for her.

The girl was absolutely convinced that someday, her father would come back and somehow make this right, somehow fix her mother, put her family back together her family, and in turn, her heart. Taylor didn't have the heart to tell her that it probably wouldn't happen, she was so young and didn't understand that her father wasn't coming back.

She never stopped caring and thinking about that girl. She had been a fan for so long and her wildest dreams came true, but she never got to live them out. Later that month, she sent the girl a dm that said "Hey honey, I'm just checking in, you can always talk to me and I want you to know that it's late where you live, get some sleep pretty girl!"

Within the next 10 minutes, she received a DM back from Winona that said "HIIII!!!! I LOVE YOUR MUSIC SO SO SO MUCH! Sorry for the super weird phone call, I didn't mean for you to think I was a weirdo lol. I'm doing good, don't worry about me, I'm SO EXCITED for that new album!!!" The way she talked was hilarious to Taylor, but she was still concerned. She knew she had pushed the little kid to her limit on the phone call, and she didn't want to push it further, so she just left it at that. But she always wanted to reconnect, and just know that the girl was ok.

So you can imagine that when she heard the name Winona Cooper in the news, she was praying to whatever higher power there was that it was her girl. The second she heard her song, "The Way Things Go" she immediately knew that it was her girl, but when she saw the photos, there was no doubt in her mind. She had created a bunch of songs on her album "Someday" and she said that they were just songs she had written while making up scenarios in her head. Of course, the world had believed her, but Taylor knew the truth.

When she found out that Winnie was going to be at the Grammys, she jumped at the opportunity to finally talk to her. But she didn't just want one conversation like last time, she wanted the chance to really get to know her, and around that time she had decided to go on a tour. But not just a tour for her midnights album, a tour for all her albums, the Eras Tour. Of course, considering she couldn't have a show without them, she decided to bring three openers. But they weren't just going to stay with her for a few shows then leave, no no. These openers were going to stay with her for the entire U.S. leg of the tour. 

She obviously had to bring Phoebe Bridgers, her ride-or-die girl. When she met her, she absolutely knew she had to bring her along on her next tour. The second girl she brought was Gracie Abrams. Her incredible songwriting abilities almost touched her soul, and she was so talented. She was undecided for her third girl, which of course was a giant issue considering she was set to announce the tour in less than a month.

The second she hear Winnie's raw voice and pure talent, she knew she had to ask her. So when she was presented with the Album of the Year award, Taylor leaped at the chance to talk to her. Her chance really came when she sprinted up on stage, getting the attention of everyone in the crowd, and screamed "AND THANK YOU TO TAYLOR SWIFT FOR BEING TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE GREATEST WOMAN ALIVE."

When she heard her say that, she couldn't help but start cackling. As she stood up and started walking towards Winnie, Winnie had this absolutely petrified/excited/shocked look on her face which just made Taylor laugh even harder. As she started to hug her she whispered in her ear "Come talk to me after the show, I have something to discuss with you, also I hope you're doing okay." to which Winnie replied, "I fucking love you holy shit" which made Taylor laugh so much harder she thought she was going to drop dead.