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"Mer, what the hell!?" I shout as I feel her tiny but sharp nails playing with my feet for about the fifth time this morning. My voice sounds tired and raspy. The cat runs away out of the room after I sit up in bed angrily and look at her with a bitter stare. I move the curtains to the side, to see the sun shining. The light is suddenly very bright and now I see what a mess my room is. Theres clothes everywhere. On the ground, on my bed, even on the door handle. "Cleaning day today." I mumble as I walk into the hallway and down the stairs of my apartment.

Meredith is meowing around me as I walk into the kitchen. "Breakfast time, you spoiled little princess." I say as I open up the 'cat food' drawer and scoop a bit of food in her bowl. I pet the white furry creature before putting the bowl down on the floor. Its not before I look at the clock before I realize that Im actually already horribly late for my lunch with Karlie. "Fuck!" I say a bit too loud, causing the cat to look up at me in fear.

How can you forget a date with Karlie Kloss, Swift? Wait date? No, lunch.

Its already 12.30pm and I'm standing in my kitchen in my pajama shorts. "Fuck." I say again, this time its more a mumble. "Cleaning tomorrow. Today is a Karlie day." The first smile of the day appears on my face when saying her name. God, Swift. Get a grip.

I know its not okay. Its not okay to write a song about a girl you barely know and then to be really happy to see her the next day. But its certainly happening. God, that song. She can never know about that. She can never know about anything I feel for her. Well what I think I feel for her. Taylor stop. Its a freaking girl! Im making myself crazy.

I walk upstairs again and decide to skip breakfast since lunch is in 30 minutes anyway. Could I fall for a girl? Ive never really thought of that. My mind wont stop thinking about anything Karlie.

Ive been standing in front of my closet for about five minutes when finally getting some shorts and a grey shirt out of the big messy thing. "Casual." I say as I look in the mirror at my outfit. "Casual is good."

I walk over to the bathroom and put on my 'natural' make up look. "Red lip or no red lip?" The question I ask myself every single morning. "No red lip." I say as I brush my teeth and brush my hair at the same time. Its a talent, I know.

I walk out of the bathroom and into the bedroom again when finished worrying about my make up. I notice my phone is buzzing and when I walk over to my bedside table to see which name lights up the screen, my heart flutters. "Karlie." I whisper softly as I take the call.

"Hello?" I say when hearing nothing.

"Oh Hi Taylor. Im in front of your house. Are you ready to go?" The voice on the other end of the line asks. My heart feels like exploding when hearing her voice.

"Yeah, uhhm, Im just gonna grab my bag and then Ill be downstairs." I say, trying to keep my voice calm. How does she even know where I live? Oh yeah she gave me a lift home back in December. I run down the stairs, get into some grey heals and grab my black purse. "Wish me luck Mer." I say when I see the little fur-ball sitting in the kitchen. I take one last look into the mirror before walking out my front door. Swift, you better act normal. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When walking out of the apartment building I see Karlie standing in front of a small red car. She is wearing a grey dress and looks rather beautiful. Stunning.

"Well hello." She says as she steps forward to hug me, a big smile on her face. She smells like lavender and vanilla at the same time. Its the best combination I've ever smelled on a person. And yes, I smell a lot of people.

"Hi!" I say happily when parted from the hug.

"Are you ready to eat the best pasta of you life?" Karlie says excitedly.

"I am so ready." I say. I feel my cheeks hurting already from the big smile I'm wearing on my face.

"Well get in then." She says, opening the door for me. I smile as I sit down in the small car and wait for Karlie to sit down on the drivers-side.

"You look stunning!" Karlie says, looking over at Taylor. Im surprised by her direct compliment. "Thanks. You look pretty good yourself." I mumble, my cheeks are turning red again. This is gonna be a tough day.

Karlie lets out a little giggle, starts driving and asks: "So what have you been up to this morning?"

"Uhm." I start. "I literally woke up just half an hour ago." I smile and look into her beautiful green eyes.

She starts laughing out loud, throwing her head back into the seat. "Oh come on." I say. "As if you never sleep in until 12.30." I start laughing with her.

"Actually I go to the gym every morning." She says, her laughing has stopped now but a smile is still covering her face.

"Every morning?" I ask. Im in shock.

"Yep. From 9 till 11." She says, looking over at me.

"Impressive." I say. Not surprising though with a body like yours.

"I only do it every day so that I can keep on eating delicious unhealthy things." She says, rather serious.

I let out a loud laugh. "Well then lets enjoy the pasta were gonna have." I say. "Speaking of which, I'm pretty hungry. When are we there?"

"Righttttt, now." Karlie says, abruptly stopping the car in front of a block of apartments.

"Uhm Karlie, this is not a restaurant." I say, looking around to spot the place the model was talking about earlier.

"Yes it is." Karlie says, while getting out of the car. I do the same and follow her to the front door of one of the apartments. "Its called Karlie's pasta." She says with a big grin on her face. I laugh and look at her seriously. "Karlie Kloss. Are you saying that were eating at your place? Why didn't you tell me that earlier?"

"Because why would I?" She answers, smiling widely. "Welcome." She opens her front door and lets me walk into the hallway. I laugh and wait for her to follow behind me so she can walk in front of me. "Well what are you waiting for Swift? Walk." She says when standing behind me in the tiny hallway. She touches my side and passes me. I feel my whole body tense up and my cheeks go from normal to red in only a second. We walk into her living room which looks so cozy and amazing. "This is so cute!" I say while walking behind the model still. "What is?" She asks.

"The.. your... your apartment I mean." I say, embarrassed of what she might have thought I meant. "Oh thanks!" She says excitedly. "Come over to the kitchen, the food is already made." She says while grabbing my hand and walking over to the kitchen area. I feel like I'm exploding from the inside out when feeling her hand grab mine. Taylor. Its a friendly gesture. Chill out!

When we arrive in the kitchen I see that she already prepared all the food and that the table is already decked out. "Wow Karlie." I say. "This is impressive. I definitely owe you one." She turns around, lets go of my hand and smiles at me. I miss her hand. But her smile, wow.

"Oh its nothing." She says. "I like cooking a lot so I had fun doing this." We smile at each other for a while before she breaks the silence. "Sit down Tay, ill get the food." Tay. She walks over to the stove where all the prepared food is standing ready for us to eat it. I sit down at the kitchen table and hang my purse on the chair. The kitchen area is nicely lid by the sunshine coming in trough the windows. "You have such a nice place Karlie!" I say loud enough for the younger girl to hear it.

"Thank you so much Taylor!" I hear her say from the kitchen. I can hear her footsteps coming back to the dining area and turn my face towards her. "So what made you make the decision to cook this delicious meal for me?" I say when Karlie looks back at me. She nervously smiles and then says: "Oh well, we hadn't spoke in a while so I just wanted to be able to privately chat with you without the paparazzi getting all kinds of pictures of us. And you know then I thought, why not just make a nice lunch here. If you don't mind of course, we can still go somewhere else if you would like that more?" Karlie is out of breath when she is done talking and is looking at me expectingly. "Karlie.." I take her hand. "Its fine. I really like lunching here with you." She seems to relax and puts all the stuff on the table. Why is she so nervous? God I just took her hand, what am I even doing?

Karlie's smile is back on her face and she too sits down now, on the opposite side of me. "So tell me what you made?" I ask her.

"This." She points at the delicious looking pile of food in front of us. "Is spaghetti carbonara. Im eating it without the meat though if you don't mind. Oh and I made this salad with some tomatoes and cucumber and.." "Karlie." I interrupt her. "You're rambling." She looks at me with a surprised look on her face. "S..sorry." She mumbles. I smile at her and say: "Im sure ill like all this delicious food but I'm practically starving now, so please lets eat." Karlie lets out a small laugh and says: "Okay, I hope you enjoy it"

I put some spaghetti on my plate and take a huge bite of the tasteful looking mass of food. "This.. is.." I start. I see that Karlie is looking at me expectingly. "So nice! Wow Karlie, how did you manage to make this so well. Its perfect!" Karlie smiles and looks down at her plate to take a bite herself. "Im glad you like it." She says shyly.

We eat in silence for a bit but then we start talking about how well Karlie's modeling is going and how many shoots she has. Since the VS show last year, there are a lot of modeling agencies who want her to work for them. "I am so happy for you Karlie!" I say. "You grew so much since last year. Well I mean, not your length of course, cause you're like huge. But like your status and your modeling." Karlie laughs and thanks me. "Im literally a clumsy giraffe." She says. We both start laughing, I almost choke in my food and start coughing. "Oh god. Taylor don't die please. Not now when I'm so glad I bumped into you yesterday." She gets up and gets me a glass of water. "Thanks." I mumble through coughs. Im such an awkward person. "Sorry for that." I say after I stopped choking. "Im just glad you're still alive." Karlie says while sitting down again and smiling at me.

"So how is the new album doing?" She asks after taking a bite of her self made salad. Here we go. I let out a sarcastic laugh. "Ha. Which new album?" She looks at me with a small smile and asks: "Not going well yet? Thought you released a new album every two years."

"Yeah. Well actually I had a meeting about that yesterday when miss giraffe bumped into me." I say to her, smiling and hoping she wont ask anything more about it. But of course she asks further; "Oh not a good meeting then or what?" How should I answer? No I had a writers block but then I saw you and I immediately wrote a song about you when I got home.

"No, not really. My publicist got angry at me for not being able to write songs." I say, still hoping that this is the end of this conversation.

"Oh why cant you write songs anymore then?" She asks. Of course.

"A writers block, I guess. Lack of inspiration probably." I say as 'normal' as I can.

"Oh Tay, that seems pretty shitty. What is your plan now then? Waiting for your prince on that white horse?" She says. I know shes joking but I'm sad to say that its actually true.

"Yeah I guess." I say, joking with her.

"Well, I hope you'll find him soon." She says, smiling at me. Yeah. Him.

I nod and we smile at each other. I have to ask her the boyfriend thing now, don't I?

"So is there a prince in your life at the moment?" I asks. I immediately see her face turn to sad. Shit.

"Uhmm.. I.. uhmm.. we.." She starts. "Karlie you don't have to tell me anything if you don't feel like it, you know that right?" I say, taking her hands again. Ill take any opportunity to take those hands. Wait. Swift stop.

"I know Tay, its just.. we broke up last week. Me and my boyfr... ex-boyfriend, Josh." She says, I see that there are some tears forming in her eyes before she looks down. I stroke her hands and say: "Oh I'm so sorry Karls.. I didn't know.. otherwise I wouldn't have asked." I let go of one of her hands and stroke a strain of hair out of her face. She looks up and I see a single tear rolls down her cheek. "Its okay." She says. "Its just pretty fresh still."

I nod and wipe her tear away. "Yeah I get that." I say, trying to remove some of the sadness in the beautiful girl sitting in front of me. "Why did you guys break up." I ask gently.

"I didn't.. well.. I wasn't in love with him anymore." More tears are escaping from her eyes now. "I feel like such a bad person Taylor." She sobs. "Hey you're not." I say softly. I get up from my chair and walk over to her. She gets up throws her arms around me.

"He proposed Taylor. And I said no." She sobs into my shoulder.

"Oh sweetie.." I say. "That must have been so hard."

We hug for a long time until I feel the sobs fade away. Poor thing. We let each other go and I wipe some of the tears from her face. "Im sure that it will be okay later. Its better in the long run." I say. Im always bad in saying words of comfort but my friends always seem happy to hear them anyway.

"Thank you Taylor." She says, as she sits down again. "For what?" I ask, taking my seat again too.

"For being here with me right now." She says, the littlest smile on her face.

"Im glad to be here for you. And wow happy to have a friend who can cook so well." I say, trying to lighten the mood.

"Thanks." She giggles. Succes.

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"I am so full. I don't think I can ever eat again." I say when we both finished our third plate of deliciousness.

"Like ever!" Karlie says in a funny voice.

"Oh shut up." I say, throwing a piece of salad towards her. It missed its goal and landed on the table, right in front of a smiling Karlie.

"Fail." She says, smiling at me.

"Like my next album." I say jokingly, letting out a laugh.

"Hey don't say that missy. Im sure that you'll have your inspiration soon, and then you'll be number one again." Karlie says. Her face looks really serious and I know that she means it.

"I hope so." I say.

"I know so." She answers. "You know what?" She continues. "Lets go out tonight?! Meet some new people. Who knows, maybe you'll meet the love of your life."

It has been ages since I went out. What if something goes wrong. What if I get drunk or something.

"Hmm I dont know." I say, not wanting to say no to her.

"Come on Tay. I haven't gone out in ages and I know for a fact that you haven't either." She says while pouting with her lips. I sigh loudly and start playing with my hands.

"Please? I know this nice club where we can go and it will be nice. We can dance and have a few drinks. Come on Tay?"

Okay that was it. I cant resist it anymore.

"Okaaaay." I say, playing annoyed. I just hope it wont go wrong.

Karlie jumps off her chair and hugs me from the side. "Yes!" She squeaks. "This is gonna be such a fun night!" I smile at her and get up from the chair when she had let go of me. Its half past four in the afternoon now, so we still have some 'private' time. "Lets clean up this mess." I say, putting my hands in my sides for the 'dramatic' effect. "What time do you want to leave then tonight?" I ask, getting the plates from the table and putting them into the dishwasher in the meantime. "Uhm, around nine I think." She says, smiling at me. Such a beautiful smile.

"Okay, then we have loads of time to get ready. Or did you have something else planned in the afternoon?" I ask her, hoping that she will say no. "Nope, Im all yours today." She says and my heart jumps. All hers. I wish. No I dont. Do I? "I meant.. you.. you can stay as long as you want." She mumbles, her cheeks are turning red. Thats new. I giggle and continue with cleaning the table.

We talked a lot in the meantime about, well just about whatever came to our minds. And when were done cleaning, we sit down on the couch with a bottle of white wine. "This is the life." I hear her say as I pour our first two glasses. Karlie turns the radio on and we start talking about some tv show we both saw a few days ago and how ridiculous it was. Its so easy to talk with her. And so nice. There is loads of more talking and laughing until its suddenly half past eight.

"Tay?" She says. I can hear the alcohol has hit her. "We were supposed to go at nine. Were not going to make it are we?" I laugh and get up from the couch. Okay I drank too much. Everything starts spinning and I can see Karlie getting up too, but all in slow motion. "Nope." I say. "Were not gonna make it." Karlie laughs and we both plop down on the couch again.

"How are we ever gonna make it to that club Karls. Im drunk, you're drunk. This is not a good idea." I say. The words come out in a slightly different way than they normally would but its okay as long as she understands what I mean. "Taxi?" She simply states. "But first we have to make ourselves pretty! Even though you already are really pretty." That last sentence comes out in s whisper. "Thanks." I mumble. Even through my drunk state, I can feel my cheeks heat up. We smile at each other when she grabs my hand and kisses it. "And now." She says. "Lets get ready." Karlie, stop teasing me. Is this on purpose?

She jumps off the couch and pulls me with her, causing us both to lose our balance and fall on the ground. "Shit." I hear her mumble but it sounds more like a giggle. I cant help but laugh at this situation and try to figure out which body part is mine and which one is hers. Im laying on top of her and she is laughing so hard now that I can feel all of her abs against my own stomach. Thats kinda hot. Wait, no. Taylor stop. Weirdo. "Clumsy giraffe." I say while looking into her teary eyes. I cant stop giggling and try getting up again. "Yes thats me." She says, wiping some of the tears away that had escaped while laughing. She looks into my eyes and then I decide its now really time to get up before something wrong happens. I sit up and then get on my legs, sticking my arm out to help Karlie up. "Come on giraffe. Time to get ready." I say as she grabs my hand and I pull her up. I like holding her hand.

We both walk into her bedroom, still giggling. "Dresses?" Karlie asks.

"Dresses!" I say excitedly. I look at Karlie's eyes and see that she is squinting to be able to see where the right closet is. She is really, really drunk.

After a fight about who gets the red dress and who gets the black one, we decide its better that she wears red since I don't have my red lipstick on. Logical right?

Karlie suddenly strips out of the dress she had already been wearing and I try really hard. Like really hard not to look at her stunning body, but after two seconds I've accepted that its impossible to not look at her.

"Like what you see Tay Ta?." I hear her say and when I bring my eyes up to hers, she is smirking at me. "Im just.. jealous." I say as I get out of my own outfit of today and into the black dress. I can feel her eyes burn on my skin as I change clothes and I have to say. It makes me feel kind of funny. You're just drunk Swift.

"You look pretty." She says when I'm all dressed up. My cheeks are on fire again. "Thank you. You do too." I say shyly.

"Ready to go?" I ask her. She looks at me in a surprised way. "Arent we also supposed to put make up on and stuff like that." She slurs.

"Do you really think you can do that as drunk as you are?" I ask, smiling at her. "And you look gorgeous already you don't need make up." I continue. Taylor. Dont. Be. So. Cheesy.

"Aaawwwhhh!" She says, a big grin on her face. "Thank you! Thats really sweet of you to say." Dont. Scare. Her. Away.

I nervously giggle before saying: "So are you ready to go now?"

"Yes, Im excited to dance with you." She says, grabbing my hand and leading me to the front door. The touch of her hands sends shivers down my spine. The hand holding thing is so cute. I wonder if she does that with all her friends.

"Im excited too." I say as we both slip into some high heels. "Do you mind that I'm borrowing your stuff?"

"No Taylor, of course not." She says, practically laughing at my question. "God, I'm so happy I bumped into you yesterday." She says, a smile on her face. I look into her heavenly green eyes and say: "Im really happy about that too." I see some hesitation in her eyes but then suddenly out of nowhere I feel her lips pressed to my cheek for not even a second. Wow.

"Lets party!" She shouts as she opens the front door and walks into the cold evening air. I can still feel her lips burn on my left cheek, where she just kissed me. She just kissed me. But that was a friendly kiss. I do that too sometimes with my friends. Its just a friendly gesture.

I walk out of the apartment door too and follow Karlie to the side of the road. Come on Taylor. You don't like her. Shes a friend. And you know her for like a total of two days now. Get a fucking grip on yourself!

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A/N

Hi! It has been a while, im sorry. I didnt feel like writing for a bit but I hope ill be fully into this story again! Thanks so much for reading!!

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