A/N: Truth be told I love what happens in this chapter because I think it's hilarious!
-February 24, 2013-
"Kaitlyn! Have you showered yet?" Taylor yelled to me from down the hall.
"I'm about to!" I yelled back.
"The hair and makeup team is going to be here in 10 minutes! Hurry up!" She yelled at me.
"I'm going, I'm going! Relax Taylor Tot!" I said, using one of my many nicknames for her.
After my shower, I didn't bother to dry my hair since Taylor's team would just change it anyway. I threw on joggers and a sports bra and just went downstairs like that.
"Kaitlyn! Put a shirt on!" Austin yelled at me, covering his eyes.
"Why? I'm so comfortable though," I complained.
"Well I'm uncomfortable!" Austin argued.
"Kaitlyn! Put this on," Taylor said, throwing a jacket at me.
"Fine," I groaned, putting on the jacket. I didn't bother to zip it up though.
I got my hair and makeup done before the team sent me upstairs to put my dress on. It was a strapless white dress that was fitted and pooled a bit at my feet. I grabbed my black heels and my sparkly handbag and headed back downstairs.
"Wow Kait looking good," Austin complemented me as I sat down to put my shoes on.
"Thanks Aus, you too," I said, struggling to buckle my shoe.
"Ready to go guys?" Taylor asked.
"Yeah," I said, standing up and grabbing my purse.
We got into a limo that was waiting downstairs and drove to Dolby Theatre where the Oscars were being held. We stepped out onto the red carpet and were immediately swarmed with flashes and loud voices. We posed for a ton of pictures then went in for the show.
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We got out of the car and walked into the venue for the after party. Hailee and I walked into the party together as Taylor and Austin split in different directions.
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Third Person POV
Kaitlyn grabbed her soda from the waiter and turned around to be face to face with none other than the douchebag Logan Lerman.
"Well well well, Kaitlyn Swift," he grinned.
"Hey Logan," Kaitlyn said with an annoyed closed mouth smile.
"This is my girlfriend Alex," he said, gesturing to the beautiful girl next to him.
"Nice to meet you," Kaitlyn said politely to her.
"You too," Alex smiled lightly.
"So how've you been?" Logan asked Kaitlyn.
"Better since you've been gone," Kaitlyn said, taking the opportunity to take a jab at him.
"Oof, please don't write a song about me," he fired back.
"Trust me, I tried, Taylor said there was too much swearing in it," Kaitlyn smirked.
"Oh, your slutty big sissy said no? That's too bad," he said, fake pouting.
Kaitlyn pushed him backwards before getting in his face, "Don't you dare talk about my sister like that." She growled.
"Whoa whoa whoa what's going on here?" Austin said as him and Taylor walked up behind their younger sister.
"You're lunatic sister just shoved me," Logan said, walking up to Austin.
"Hey! Watch your mouth!" Austin said to Logan.
"At least I can control my anger!" Logan said, talking to Kaitlyn this time.
"Hey!" Austin yelled. Logan turned around and before anyone could stop him, Austin punched Logan square in the face.
"Austin!" Taylor and Kaitlyn yelled.
"No one talks to my little sister like that!" Austin yelled in Logan's face.
Logan swung back at Austin, but Austin quickly moved his head and Logan's fist flew into Kaitlyn's eye. The impact caused her body to turn as she stumbled back. She crashed into Taylor and the older girl wrapped her arms around her little sister's body.
"Oh my god! Kaitlyn!" Austin said, rushing over to Kaitlyn.
Austin stumbled as Logan jumped onto his back in a failed attempt to tackle Austin.
"That's cute," Austin smirked, throwing Logan from his back.
Logan threw a punch at Austin, but the well-trained brother quickly grabbed Logan's fist and threw him backwards.
"Logan stop, you can't win this fight," Logan's girlfriend warned, trying to pull Logan away. Logan refused to listen however as he ran back in Austin's direction. Logan's fist flew through the air hitting Austin's shoulder. Austin took a step backwards to regain his balance before tackling Logan to the ground.
"Guys stop!" Kaitlyn yelled hopelessly. "Ugh my eye," she groaned.
"What is going on here!" One of the security guards asked, pulling Austin and Logan away from each other.
Back to Kaitlyn's POV
We were "escorted" out of the party and quickly, Logan pulled his girlfriend away from us as they walked down the street. Taylor, Austin, and I walked to our awaiting car and got in quickly, avoiding all of the paps seeing my bruised eye and Austin's swollen knuckles.
"What the hell just happened!" Taylor exclaimed. "Are you okay Kait?"
"Yeah," I said, holding my hand over my eye.
"Let me see," Taylor said, pulling my hand away.
"Ow," I said as she turned my head to get a better look.
"Austin what the hell!" Taylor said angrily.
"Hey, I don't regret a thing. No one talks to the Swift family like that," Austin said, grinning at me.
"Thanks Austin," I said, smiling at my older brother.
"No problem Katie Kat," he smiled back.
We drove back to Taylor's LA apartment with barely any talking. We got up to the apartment and all three of us flopped down on the couch. I pulled my heels off and propped my feet on the coffee table in front of me. Taylor got up but quickly returned with two ice packs. She handed one to me and one to Austin. I put the ice against my eye and Austin rested his ice on his shoulder. Taylor started pacing in front of us with her hands on her head. She called Tree, her publicist, and waited anxiously for her to pick up. When she did, we could all hear Tree yelling.
"How bad is it?" Taylor asked.
"Uh huh," "uh huh," "okay," "thanks," "okay, bye."
"So?" I asked.
"Well, the story has already made its rounds and there's no news network that hasn't shown it, so that's great," Taylor said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry Tay," Austin said.
"It's okay, I'm actually kind of glad it happened. That kid needed to be put in his place," Taylor muttered the last part.
I grinned, "Hey at least the whole world now knows not to mess with the Swifts."
"Yeah I guess so," Taylor laughed, shaking her head at Austin and I.
Taylor's laptop started ringing, showing that Mom and Dad wanted to face time with us.
"Uh oh," Austin said as we answered the call.
Taylor shined the call onto the television screen through the Apple TV, showing Mom and Dad's faces.
"Hey," we all said sheepishly.
"What on earth is this!" Mom yelled, showing the news article on her phone screen.
Austin and I looked down in shame as Taylor answered for us.
"Logan deserved it; he was being an ass to Kaitlyn," she said.
"Taylor, language!" Mom scolded.
"I'm sorry, but there was no other way to say it," Taylor shrugged.
"You guys couldn't have handled this calmly like normal people?" Mom asked.
"Austin, how's your hand?" Dad asked before we could answer Mom's question.
"Uh," Austin said, showing Dad his bruised and bloody hand.
"What about you Kait? How's your eye?" Dad asked.
"Eh," I said, taking the ice off to show my parents the purple blob that was my eye.
"Ooh, baby put the ice back on," Mom said in her motherly way.
"I just want you kids to know, I'm proud of you," Dad said to us.
"Scott!" Mom said, turning to Dad.
"What! Kaitlyn stood up for herself, Austin stood up for his sister and Taylor acted mature and helped them after. That's exactly what we taught them to do," Dad said proudly.
"Thanks Dad," Austin smiled at the screen.
"Oh I suppose," Mom gave in. "Well, we'll talk to you kids soon. You two get better," she said to me and Austin, "and you," she pointed at Taylor, "take care of your siblings."
"Will do Mom," Taylor agreed.
"Alright, love you all!" Mom said.
"Bye," we said.
"Bye," Mom and Dad said, hanging up the call.
All three of us let out a breath and Taylor plopped down next to me on the couch.
"I thought that was going to go a lot worse," I said.
"Me too," Austin agreed.
"Me three," Taylor laughed.
"Okay, well I'm going to head to bed, it's been a day," I said, standing up from the couch.
"Wait, Kaitlyn, where's Melissa?" Taylor asked.
"Oh, I thought I told you," I said. Taylor shook her head. "She moved out, got her own place."
"When?" Taylor asked.
"Last month, she said it was awkward staying her alone," I shrugged.
"Oh okay," Taylor said.
"Goodnight!" I called out, walking up to my room.
"Goodnight!" Austin and Taylor said.