Begin Again

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"What are you making?" Ophelia read off her screen on her TikTok live "I'm making a sourdough loaf" she smiled to her 5 viewers

"You look like Taylor swift, in this light..." someone commented, drawing a small smile from the fourteen year old as she read the comment in her head

Meanwhile in Italy, Taylor sat backstage, already in costume, makeup and hair done, just sitting back and relaxing by watching TikToks for a bit before she had to go onstage

She usually scrolled right by the lives, but this time she accidentally clicked on it, making her catch a glimpse of her own name in the comments 'you look like Taylor swift, in this light...' She chuckled, it was inevitable that people looked like her, even more because of her fame, people usually did their hair and makeup like her to look like her

Then she saw the name 'Ophelia D'Amico', her heart sunk to her stomach, it had to be her, she looked like Taylor, she looked to be around the age her daughter would be, and the last name was not common

"It's her" she whispered to herself a little too loud as she saw ophelias view count go up, suddenly thousands of people were watching, and her follower count went up because of the uncanny resemblance with the one and only Taylor swift

"What?" Andrea chuckled beside her, hearing Taylor talking to herself

"The kid I gave for adoption mom, that's her!" Taylor cried, showing her mom her phone as Ophelia continued talking about bread, ignoring the comments about Taylor

"Wow, she's gorgeous" Andrea smiled "that's really her?"

"It has to be mom! Her last names d'amico, those were the people I gave her to, Elizabeth and Richard D'Amico, how many D'Amicos do you know mom?"

"Taylor maybe it's just a coincidence"

"It can't be-" Taylor breathed, walking around the room in circles

"What's going on?" Tree asked, walking into the room and seeing Taylor spiral

"She came across a young girl on TikTok, she's convinced it's the girl she gave up for adoption"

"Do you think she knows I birthed her?" Taylor panicked "why is she even doing TikToks? Why-"

"Taylor, she's a teenage girl, she's just having fun on the internet like any other girl her age"

"She doesn't get to do that! Does she not understand that she can ruin my career if the truth came out? I have to call Joe-"

"Taylor for all we know she may not even know you're her mom"

"No- I'm not her mom okay? I can't even remember what day I gave birth to her, I'm not related to her in any other way but the fact that I gave birth to her, she can't just come and ruin my career"

"July 13" Andrea smiled, "today's her 15th birthday"

"I need you to find out if it's her, if it is, make her and her parents sign nda's" Taylor told tree, ignoring her mom

"Tay-" Andrea protested, "she's just being a kid and posting TikToks"

"No, she's ruining my career, that's what she's doing, that's why I gave her up in the first place! I should've made them sign NDA's in the first place, I should've known this was going to come back and bite me in the ass!" She yelled "I need to call Joe, I need to let him know" she whispered, grabbing her phone from her mother, to call Joe Jonas, they hadn't spoken in years, but she had to let him know, that the child they had had together and had agreed to give up for adoption was about to cause a media scandal that could ruin both of their careers

"Hey sweetie, you ready?" A woman walked into frame as she grabbed her phone, she looked familiar, she didn't look at all like the young girl on her screen

"Yeah, I'll be right there" Ophelia smiled

"Okay, your dad and I will be waiting in the car, don't take long, we're picking your friends up" the woman smiled, Elizabeth D'Amico as Taylor had recognized her, had not aged a day in the last 15 years

"Alright guys, I have to go, my friends and I are going to get pedicures and then were going to dinner since it's my birthday today, thank you all for joining" she smiled

Taylor's heart sunk, she had to call Joe, tell Travis, get the kid to sign an nda, something, she had to do something