BOUND TO FALL IN LOVE - gracie abrams

- six

AUGUST couldn't hide her smile as she dragged gracie up the small staircase. the redhead had two favourite people (that wasn't family). one was gracie and one was taylor. and now she was about to introduce them to each other. of course they knew each other, or rather, they knew of each other. the two women were in the same industry and had previously interacted over social media.

they already knew a lot about one another. august had a hard time shutting up, and would often ramble about her two most favourite women — taylor swift and gracie abrams.

but now they were about to meet each other for the first time, and august was responsible for that.

"she'll love you, gray, don't be nervous!" august smiled, squeezing gracie's hands comfortingly.

the abrams girl sent a weird look august's way, "well, yeah, sure, but she's taylor swift!"

the redhead couldn't help but laugh at gracie's response. she understood her, even after 22 years of knowing taylor, august still had frequent freak-outs about who the woman was. but gracie was still funny. she also looked cute freaking out like that.

"tee-tay!" august squealed, running into taylor's arms. she hadn't seen the woman since the two weeks she spent basically living in her house. taylor was a busy woman. it took a lot of planning to spend an evening with her.

"hi stunner!" taylor smiled, hugging the redhead tightly. when they pulled away, taylor looked at the brunette singer next to her 'niece'. gracie was staring at her, a mix of shock and disbelief written all over her face. "hi gracie! it's so nice to finally meet you!" taylor smiled, once again opening her arms.

when gracie didn't respond or move, august kicked the girl's shin gently.

"oh! yes! sorry, nice to meet you too!" gracie finally woke up, allowing herself to enter taylor's very welcoming embrace.

august watched the interaction with a huge smile on her face. she was basically jumping up and down, shaking and squealing in excitement. "ahh, i'm so happy i did this!" she said, a giddy smile playing on her lips.

"you do realise i'm the one who invited gracie over? you invited yourself," taylor teased, closing the door behind herself after they'd all entered the house.

"i like to think i inspired you to invite her," august shrugged, "and i mean, what better way to meet someone new than to have your bestest of friends introduce you to them!"

gracie chuckled, playfully rolling her eyes at the redhead. the abrams girl and taylor shared a look. a look august didn't like. "hey! you just met, you can't already have a silent conversation!" she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest and faking a pout.

"you're so stupid," taylor chuckled, lightly slapping the back of august's head before all three women went to the living room.

"august, i have to talk with gracie about something very confidential, you go to your room," taylor said, pointing to the stairs. august gasped in faux offence, but still got up and — very dramatically might i add — made her way up the stairs.

gracie couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at her friend. she loved seeing august in her element, whether it was with her family, with taylor, or just doing what she loved.

"okay, so, i am going on tour in march, it'll last...forever, but the US leg of it will end in august," taylor revealed, getting a gasp out of gracie. the brunette quickly covered her mouth, but looked at taylor with wide eyes.

"you're going on tour?! what?!!"

taylor giggled, "yeah, it'll be called the era's tour and will include songs from all my albums, or, eras."

after gracie was done freaking out, taylor got to the point. gracie was shocked to say the least. taylor had invited her there to ask her a very big question.

...she said yes, by the way.

august and gracie went home later that same evening. the redhead spent the whole way home, begging gracie to tell her what her and taylor had talked about. gracie kept using the same excuse, it's confidential.

but when they reached gracie's house, the brunette couldn't keep it in any longer.

"taylor's going on tour!" she squealed. her excitement died when august had no reaction. "why are you not freaking out?"

"i already knew, gracie, taylor tells me everything," august shrugged, popping a grape in her mouth, and leaning against the kitchen island.

"well, i bet she didn't tell you that she wanted me to open for some of the shows!" gracie revealed. this time, august choked on her grape and coughed dramatically, trying to get it out.

"what?!" the redhead gasped, torn between gaping in shock and smiling in pride. she hugged gracie tight, repeatedly congratulating her and telling her how proud she was. "this needs to be celebrated! let's bake a cake," august decided, already opening all of gracie's cabinets to find what they needed to bake the most amazing and yummiest cake ever.

and that's what they did. or well, it wasn't amazing and it didn't taste the best, but they had fun making it. they decorated it to match all of taylor's eras, adding small pieces, referencing to the blonde singer's albums. like a heart for lover and a cowboy boot for debut.

the cake was ugly, to say the least. no one, not even the ones with 20/20 vision, would be able to make out what it was supposed to be. august sent a picture to taylor. she replied with one simple little word. oh.

and then followed up with a bunch of laughing emoji's and cruel words, making fun of the cake, then some more laughing emoji's. oh, the millennial she was.

by the end of the night, the kitchen was covered in flour. so were the girls, it was stuck in their hair and on their clothes, and so was sprinkles, edible glitter and frosting. somehow, august had managed to get frosting in the back of her neck, and weenie had a clump of it on the tip of his little nose. everything was sticky and messy and disgusting.

yet, the girls were laughing till their stomachs hurt, and even beyond that. they laughed and laughed and didn't stop.

author's note
omg i hate this chapter sm
it's so badly written (i've rewritten it, like, four times idk????)

ANYWAY we're officially halfway through!
(or, almost, there'll be 13 chapters, this is the sixth one, you get the point)

also, let's just ignore everything i said about not being able to update or write...i uh don't have a life soooo 😃😃
i have a few chapters ready for y'all, this was one of them, hope you enjoyed !! 🫶🫶