One In A Lifetime

Chapter Three

November 2022

POV: Taylor

We had officially started rehearsals for my newest tour. It will be announced in a few days and I am so excited. Riley and I had spent the last two months training and I am happy to say I can now run through the entire set. I am in the best shape of my life, thanks to her.

We had become a lot closer the past few months. I lowered my walls and opened up to her about my problems with Joe. I was surprised when she actually opened up to me, telling me how she got her heart broken and why everyone says she is a Hollywood player. I won't lie, the whole story of her and Scarlett was hilarious. I wish I could have seen Colin Jost's face when Scarlett told him Riley was her cousin.

I won't lie and say I haven't thought about what it would be like to kiss her. The past few months, everytime she has touched me, my body has tingled, and more than once I have dreamed of what it would be like to sleep with her. I love it when she touches me, and I know she has to feel something too. More than once I have caught her steadying her breathing when she is close to me. Shit, I need to get laid.

I’m standing here watching in awe as Mandy has the dancers run through the choreography for Willow. I have literal tears in my eyes just watching.

“Mandy, that was, that was beautiful. I knew I made the right decision,” I said, hugging the woman.

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POV: Riley

The past few months have been intense. Between training Taylor and working with Mandy, I have had very little time for anything else. I have enjoyed getting to know Taylor better. She is truly an amazing woman. She is so dedicated to what she does, and she loves it, and she loves her fans. I am in complete awe of her.

Not a fan of her boyfriend though, at all. She opened up to me about the issues they have been having and how lonely she has been. So, I opened up to her about my experience. I haven't really opened up to anyone, aside from Scarlett, Lizzie, and Cobie. They are the three people that know what happened to me, and it hasn't changed how they feel about me.

Taylor did ask me if it was true about me and Lizzie, and I told her yes. Lizzie and I had been friends with benefits after she broke off her engagement to Boyd, and we had a great time. Then she met Robbie and he was her endgame. I did make sure she told Robbie about us, because I didn't want it to damage their relationship. Robbie was a chill dude about it, and we actually have a great friendship.

The other she asked me about was Cobie Smulders. I couldn't stop laughing. Cobie and I had ended up in bed together after a night of drinking when we were shooting Avengers. Scarlett found us in bed together and automatically assumed we had hooked up. Nothing happened, we just passed out together.

The problem I have now is, the closer Taylor and I get, the more I want to be with her. I have caught her staring at my lips, watching me when I work out, and whenever I touch her, her breath catches. Not to mention the tingle I get whenever she touches me. Alas, it can never happen. She is Taylor Swift, and I am just a dancer and Hollywood player.

We just finished the dance for Willow, and I look over to her and see tears in her eyes. I smiled, knowing that she loved it, and this tour is going to blow people's minds.

“Hey you,” she said, jumping on my back.

“Can I help you, Ms. Swift,” I said, jokingly.

“So Blake and the girls are coming over tonight for a little wine and dinner to celebrate, and I wanted to know if you would join us. Emma is actually coming.”