The Last Time (sequel to Adopted by Taylor Swift)

Chapter 87

when i sang human, the band in the back playing the music and i held the mic on the stand and sang from the pit of my heart.

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1 month later (5/25/2022) Arlington, Texas

2 AM

i heard the keyboard in the hotel room next door and i got up, walking into the room, using the spare key.

i listened in to the song she was singing.

"I walked through the door with you, the air was cold,

But something 'bout it felt like home somehow.
And I left my scarf there at your sister's house,
And you've still got it in your drawer even now.

Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze.
We're singing in the car, getting lost Upstate.
Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place,
And I can picture it after all these days.

And I know it's long gone,
And that magic's not here no more,
And I might be okay,
But I'm not fine at all.

'Cause there we are again on that little town street.
You almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over at me.
Wind in my hair, I was there, I remember it all too well."

i closed my eyes, listening to this heart filled song.

"mom." i squeaked out and she sniffled, turning her head to me.

"it hurts." she said and i nodded, walking over to her and sitting at the piano.

i put my arm around her and pulled her body into me.

she started crying again and i closed my eyes, "you'll get through this." i whispered to her and she nodded.

"he just...left after the divorce. he sent the papers back and left..."

last month after we gave ezra the papers, he sent them back after signing them and fled with jackie.

i don't know where the hell he is and he blocked all of our numbers and even left his own kids.

what kind of a sick asshole does that?

i thought he was fucking different.

ever since then she has been going on with the tour with us and i have been mostly spending my time with karlie and mom.

karlie hasn't left mom's side.

and she says it's no big deal but i know she skipped one of her fashion shows for my mother and that really meant a lot that she cares about my mother so much.

"want to sing that for me again?" i asked and she smiled, nodding.

she placed her fingers on the keys and i looked at her notebook she wrote the lyrics in.

"I walked through the door with you, the air was cold,

But something 'bout it felt like home somehow.
And I left my scarf there at your sister's house,
And you've still got it in your drawer even now.

Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze.
We're singing in the car, getting lost Upstate.
Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place,
And I can picture it after all these days.

And I know it's long gone,
And that magic's not here no more,
And I might be okay,
But I'm not fine at all.

'Cause there we are again on that little town street.
You almost ran the red 'cause you were looking over at me.
Wind in my hair, I was there, I remember it all too well.

Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red.
You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin sized bed
And your mother's telling stories about you on a tee ball team
You taught me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me.

i watched her facial expression and her eyes were closed, sometimes opening to look at the words.

And I know it's long gone

And there was nothing else I could do
And I forget about you long enough

To forget why I needed to...

'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night.

We're dancing around the kitchen in the refrigerator light
Down the stairs, I was there, I remember it all too well, yeah.

she played it now loud and slamming her hands on the keys and i saw tears cascade down my mother's cheeks.

Well, maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much,
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up.
Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well.

Hey, you call me up again just to break me like a promise.

i teared up as her words hit me right in the heart.

i can't believe this is what he did to her.

my mother.

and he left. just like that.

So casually cruel in the name of being honest.
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all... too well.

Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it
After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone

But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me
You can't get rid of it 'cause you remember it all too well, yeah

'Cause there we are again, when I loved you so
Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well

Wind in my hair, you were there, you remember it all
Down the stairs, you were there, you remember it all
It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well"

i looked at her as she finished and she closed her eyes, "i want to add that to the tour."

i smiled and rubbed her back, "do it. i am in love with that song. it's perfect mom. it's going to be known everywhere. i know it. i can feel it."

she smiled and nodded, "thank you...for staying with me."

"of course." i said and kissed her temple.

i just want her happy again.

is that so much to ask?

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i need a new romance for taylor ;) i have 2 people in mind and i am stuck so feel free to throw me some ideas :D

review and comment :)

~stay fearless~

caleigh <13