Secrets

Chapter Six

Karlie went up to them and hugged the twins. Taylor approached her and Karlie could feel herself freaking out again. She was not as star-struck as she had been Friday night, but the singer's presence still made her nervous. She was scared she would embarrass herself in front of the blonde or that she would think she was stupid.

Karlie and Taylor awkwardly shook hands.

"Hey, nice to see you again" Taylor said with a genuine smile.

Karlie felt butterflies in her stomach.

"It's nice to see you too. Though I wish it was under less serious circumstances. Thank you for taking care of the twins" Karlie responded and smiled back.

Karlie's mother had indeed freaked out when the twins had presented her with Taylor's plan the day before. It took a phone call between her mom and Taylor's uncle Patrick to assure the woman that the twins would be taken good care of and that the meeting was in their interest too. After all, her mom had already suggested to report the incident to the CA, which was what they were doing now. Her mom had given in. The twins would stay with Karlie until the next day, and Taylor's management had already booked them a flight back to St Louis. Kariann and Kimby had freaked out no less when they had realized they would be flying with Taylor Swift in her private plane. Karlie couldn't wait to hear what they would tell her. This was something the twins would never shut up about ever again.

The driver waved at them and drove away to find the hotel's garage, and the four women as well as one of Taylor's security guards went inside the lobby. The woman at the reception made wide eyes when she saw Taylor, but quickly regained her composure. When she realized that the four women were just waiting in the lobby and made no move to approach the reception, she quickly busied herself in order to not stare.

A few minutes later a tall, middle-aged man walked in. He approached the group and Taylor's face lit up when she saw him. She met him halfway and hugged him.

"This is my uncle Patrick" she said when she turned around.

The three sisters waved shyly.

"Hello, girls. It's good that you're here. Let's wait upstairs, shall we."

He went to the reception and talked to the staff, who handed him a card and explained something.

The man thanked her and waved at the rest of them to come with him to the elevator. Taylor's security guard trailed behind them without saying anything.

They went up to the 10th floor, where they turned to the left. A bright, empty corridor was before them, with doors on each side.

"So it's room #1013" Patrick said, looking at the card in his hands.

"Ha! 13!" Taylor exclaimed and did a little fist bump into the air.

Patrick rolled his eyes. The twins snort-laughed. Karlie burst out laughing and then blushed when she saw Taylor smiling at her. Again she felt a little overwhelmed at being at the receiving end of this beautiful smile. The butterflies in her stomach started making their rounds again. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Kariann smirk.

Karlie tried not to stare at Taylor as they went down the hallway. She couldn't help but notice how well her shirt hugged her flawless figure. She was wearing her signature red lipstick. Her long hair was down and straightened. Her heels put her at about Karlie's height.

Karlie suddenly felt underdressed next to the singer in her usual jeans and t-shirt. Little did she know that Taylor had already admired the brunette's outfit from the car, when she hadn't been able to see her, and had been impressed by the taller girl's simple, but elegant style once more. And she had had trouble looking away from the girl as well, even though she would never admit that.