Chapter 28

i was gonna rewatch miss americana to make this more accurate but then i decided to screw it and make stuff up myself LMAO

unfortuantely you will be seeing joe

fortuantely, there is something fortunate but i don’t wanna spoil it yet (it will make sense in the lover/folklore era)

enjoy this chapter it is super fun hehe! 

~ kathy 

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Things took an uphill turn from there, and Cameron allowed Taylor to drag her to less known bars around the town even though she would rather curled up in bed beside the blonde with a good book. It was nice to see Taylor smiling again, the kind of smile that reached her eyes that wasn’t just plastered on for show. The kind that made Cameron feel all warm and fuzzy inside whenever it was directed at her. The kind that has a man falling for her best friend in second, and the other that made Cameron want to murder whoever dared touch her best friend.

It happened at this pub on one fateful Friday in the Summer, and Cameron was dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, and Taylor was in a short skirt that should not be called a skirt. The music was loud, and there was this famous band in the pub that night so it was more overcrowded than usual. Taylor had gone off to get them drinks, and Cameron sat alone at the table with a paper of her own book in hand. She likes a printed copy as she does final edits, so she could mark them right on the paper and just control-F it on her computer when she gets home. Call her old fashion, but it works.

She was so deep inside her own story she didn’t think much about Taylor’s long absence until she was reaching for a non-existent drink and frowned when she realized Taylor wasn’t back yet. She found the blonde next to the bar, a tall blonde man beside her (and her best friend was five-feet eleven, so that other blonde was a giant. Cameron was five-seven herself, but even she felt short next to her best friend all the time).

Cameron raised her eyebrows when Taylor twirled her hair between her fingers, and watched as she laughed at something the man said as if it was the funniest thing in the world. It went on for a while before Taylor let the man lead her to the dance floor, and Cameron paused for a second before flagging down a waitress and ordering a glass of whiskey for herself.

It wasn’t like she had the right to feel jealous, Taylor was just her best friend after all, but there are moments sometimes when it felt like they could be more. The whole fiasco with Carly-whats-her-name proved that Taylor might not be as straight as Cameron thought, so it wasn’t like she didn’t have a chance. But was she willing to risk a friendship for something so uncertain? And Taylor was still figuring herself out, it just wasn’t the right time.

Taylor eventually joined Cameron again near the end of the night, and the brunette was pleasantly buzzed and three chapters away from finishing her new stand-alone story. She published one book a year (as per her agent’s request), but her brain was always moving faster than she could keep up so she already had a mountain of drafts ready for edits.

“Where’s the blonde?” Cameron said as a way of greeting, the red pen moving rapidly across the paper.

“Are you working?” Taylor sounded disappointed, and Cameron finally paused and looked up to the blonde’s infamous pout. “I thought we were going to have fun.”

“Well, I didn’t want to interrupt you and that blonde boy so I decided to work,” Cameron shrugged and capped her pen, shoving the manuscript into her tote bag. “Plus I do have fun. Regardless of what other people think, I quite enjoy editing the very last draft.”

Taylor stumbled on her heels, and Cameron reached out to catch the blonde before she could hurt herself. “And you are drunk.”

“I am not drunk!” Taylor protested loudly, and Cameron laughed and got off the bar stool, placing cash on the table as Taylor wrapped her arms tightly around Cameron’s neck. “I just really, really, really miss my best friend.”

“Well if you miss Abigail so much, you should have gone out clubbing with her,” Cameron poked the blonde lightly as she made her way to the exit and wove to the security guard. The bar was a few blocks away from their apartment, and in Taylor’s current state of inhibition, Cameron didn’t want to risk cleaning fees if they took the cab.

“Nooo, you’re my best friend,” Taylor pouted again, and Cameron smiled triumphantly.

“Can you say that again so I can record it and send it to her?”

Taylor repeated it again, and Cameron filmed it gleefully before sending it off to the red head with a smug grin on her face.

“I think imma take a nap right here,” Taylor stumbled towards a wall, and Cameron groaned. Right, this was why she doesn’t go out drinking with the blonde. She was more of a light weight than she would ever admit.

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The blonde guy at the bar, some guy named Joe (which Taylor had to constantly remind Cameron that it wasn’t the Jonas Brothers), started dating Taylor one month into the dates, and Cameron made fun of him whenever she saw him around. But he made Taylor happy, and so Cameron kept her mouth shut (mostly).

It wasn’t her fault that he was so fun to tease, and when he asked for her permission to take Taylor out on a camping trip somewhere up in Scotland, he looked so scared and shy that Cameron only managed to agree nonchalantly before running into her room and bursting into laughter. Jokes aside, it was a boring week for Cameron.

With her draft sent back to her agents and having a publishing schedule set, she was lounging on the couch all day binging random shows and baking enough food to open a bakery (her old neighbor had been smiling more at her ever since the cookies though, if Cameron knew early she would had bribe that grumpy old lady back when she was still living there with Emma).

This meant that she ended up bothering Abigail for the rest of the week, something the other girl complained about but Cameron knew she secretly love her.

Elsher

what are you doing right now?

Anderson

I am not having phone sex with you.

Elsher

EWWWWWWWW

Elsher

l;dfsjkasdjkfjakldf;kajds;

Elsher

why are you being gross? -,-

Anderson

I don’t know if I should be offended or…

Elsher

you should be getting your mind out of the gutter…

Elsher

i’m bored 😭

Anderson

And that is my problem because…?

Elsher

bc you’re my best friend? 🥺

Anderson

Umm, not with those audio file you sent months ago!

Anderson

Honestly, I can’t believe you brought the war to drunk Taylor

Anderson

Sober Taylor would never say you were her best friend because she loooves you

Elsher

let’s not forget that the person you claim have a crush on me is currently in the mountains with her boyfriend, hello??

Elsher

and it’s been years, i’m so over her

Anderson

Oh, i’m sorry, was it not you who texted me “I ALMOST KISS TAYLOR” months ago??

Elsher

pfff- that was a imposter ofc

Elsher

not me

Elsher

of course not

Anderson

sure…

Elsher

you should entertain me because i’m bored -_-

Anderson

Unlike someone, I actually have a day job, so…

Elsher

ur so mean

Elsher

fine, be that way

Elsher

😔

delivered

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On rare days when Taylor wasn’t occupied with her boyfriend, and Cameron wasn’t looking pages deep in her new book called The Queen of Death, the blonde would pull Cameron into the living room with a guitar to show her a new song.

“Okay, this is still in progress but I really want to show it to you,” Taylor placed Cameron on the sofa and sat down on the floor with her guitar before she started strumming. She barely sang the first note before she thrust her phone into Cameron’s hand. “Actually, can you film this?”

Cameron laughed, and held the phone up as Taylor blew her a kiss and pressed record.

“My castle crumbled overnight, I brought a knife to a gun fight, they took the crown but it’s alright…”

The lyrics were just so… beautiful. Even though Cameron was a writer herself, she can’t put to words her Taylor could string together sentences with meaning and give it a melody that actually sounds catchy. Her only attempt at writing songs was way back in high school when they had their first fight, and Austin still wouldn’t let her live that moment down.

“…and I know I made the same mistakes every time, bridges burn, lessons learned, at least I did one thing right-” Cameron made a face and held up the picture of Joe as a joke, and the blonde laughed and held one foot up as if she was giving her the middle finger. Cameron grinned smugly.

If there was no Taylor Swift fan on this Earth, then Cameron was dead. Because she had been the number one swiftie since day one and no one could fight her on it (she has a quite successful fan account on Instagram to prove it, not that Taylor knows about it yet… hopefully never).

“…my baby’s fit like a daydream…” It was small moments like this that made Cameron realized that sometimes she was ultimately fucked because she loves Taylor, and that she would walk to the end of the earth if it means that Taylor would be happy.

Cameron mouths the word ‘I love you‘ out of habit, and Taylor pauses her strumming, a smile lighting up her face as she mouths the words back and Cameron grinned and turned the camera back to herself with a hand over her mouth when Taylor stopped strumming all together. “Did you guys see that? The Taylor Swift just told me she loves me!”

“Give me my phone back,” Taylor laughed and snatched the device away as she pressed pause, not before Cameron tackled the blonde and pressed a sloppy kiss to her cheek.

“Let me pretend to enjoy this concert moment, you still haven’t taken me backstage on any of your shows!” Cameron pouted, and snatched Olivia by her stomach before the cat could run away. Olivia meowed in protest but Cameron made cooing noises and scratched the cat behind her ears.

“Umm, who was the one that insisted on surprising me on tour in a random city without telling me you’re coming? I never find out until I’m at home and scrolling through instagram!” Taylor placed her guitar on the ground and Cameron made room for the blonde to cuddle up by her side. “This is actually your fault.”

“What can I say, I love giving out surprises,” Cameron grinned and finally allowed Olivia to escape so she could wrap both arms around her best friend. “And for never giving me a backstage tour you’re required to cuddle me for the rest of the day!”

“Why am I paying for something that wasn’t even my fault?”

Cameron grinned. “Because you looove me.”

“That I do,” Taylor said the words quietly, and Cameron pretended that the words had absolutely no effect on her. Afterall, she had done many things in life, but being a homewrecker wasn’t on her list of to-dos.

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cameronelsher✓ • Following ⋮

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cameronelsher ✓ who is the cutie? (spoiler it’s me hehe)

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austinswift ✓ you can’t even sing, are you sure the cutie is you?

        cameronelsher ✓ wdym i am an amazing singer!

        austin swift ✓ need I remind you of the amazing apology song you’ve written years ago? i’m sure the internet will eat it up

        cameronelsher ✓ NO I DONT WANT THAT ON THE INTERNET IM SORRY I CANT SING!

        cameronelsher ✓ i also can’t play the guitar, sorry to disappoint 🙁

lizzieolsen you are the most horrible guitarist i have ever come across, how did you convince someone to let you borrow their guitar

        cameronelsher ✓ kjlssjdka;dfkdfs

        cameronelsher ✓ maybe i’ve decided to take lessons and had became amazing guitarist just because of that

        lizzieolsen no way

swiftie.number1 that looks like a recording studio, or is that just me? but apparently cameron can’t sing…

        harryjooe13 wait a second… i mean cameron posted taylor swift before

        swiftie.number1 i mean taylor didn’t just disappeared off the face of the earth so what if she’s with cameron

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cammierulestheworld now who is this cutie? watch out joey, i’m coming for your gf ☺️ @meredithfanclub

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meredithfanclub so is this what you do with this spam account? also i am not cute.

        cammierulestheworld no, and you are absolutely adorable i can pinch your cheeks

        meredithfanclub SJKLDFKLJS

        meredithfanclub i love you

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        meredithfanclub you’re so needy 🙁

        cammierulestheworld you love it 😘

joeyjoejoe Hey! that’s my girlfriend!

        cammierulestheworld oh hey joe, i’m sorry, your gf is rather occupied with cuddling me right now

        meredithfanclub @cammierulestheworld stop harassing joe, i’m literally cuddling you right now

        abby4513 @joeyjoejoe You know those trend in weddings where someone’s girlfriend is in the middle and their boyfriend pull one of their hand and their best friend pull the other, yeah, that’s gonna be you buddy