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"We’re all going. The boys are meeting us outside in an hour with a limo." Holly grins, and I start to sweat. I didn’t bring an outfit. I didn’t make any friendship bracelets. I’m not ready to go see Mother!
You need to calm down(Ha! See what I did there? Insert shameless use of Swiftie lyrics). It takes several seconds for me to compose myself. I feel like this moment is the culmination of my entire childhood and adolescence.
I’ve peaked at twenty-five.
After coming back down to earth, Tyra explains how Chase and Ryan asked her if she could get us tickets. And, because Tyra Price is Tyra Price, she didn’t just get us tickets. Holly, Avery, Taylor, Riley, Luke, Ryan, Chase, and I are spending our evening in the fucking VIP tent.
Chase is the best boyfriend ever, and I need to tell him.
Lily: OMG, you’re the best boyfriend ever. I love you.
Chase: I take it Tyra told you where we’re going tonight.
Lily: Yes, and you get free blowjobs for life!
Chase: No arguments here.
Lily: Okay, bye, I need to get ready. See you soon.
I also have the best friends ever. Not only did they help Chase surprise me with this, but they brought me a pink ombré sequinned dress and sparkly cowboy boots to wear. And Riley has been forcing her students to make friendship bracelets—which is not technically child labour—so we have a big Ziplock bag full of them.
By the time the limo rolls up Tyra’s driveway, the combined shimmer the four of us are emitting from all our sequins, sparkles, and glittery makeup can probably be seen from space. When the door opens, and Chase steps out in a pair of black shorts and a black button-down with red snakes all over it, I launch myself at him. He’sReputation, and I’mLover.
This is literally the best day of my life.
"Whoa, slow your roll there, little sister," Luke says. "I may have agreed to be a Swiftie for a night, but that didn’t include watching you make out with my best friend."
"Oh shut up. Everyone here is a Swiftie. Don’t even bother trying to deny it." Everyone is dressed as different Taylor Swift eras. Luke and Holly are both1989-themed. Ryan and Avery are dressed like they just walked out of the22music video. Riley isSpeak Now, and Tyra and Taylor are all rainbows forLoverlike me.
Everything goes by in a blur. We get to the stadium and are led to the VIP tent, where I notice several other celebrities. This is LA, after all, and who doesn’t want to see a generational icon put on an epic three-and-a-half hour-long show spanning ten eras and over a decade of song writing?
I spend most of my night screaming lyrics and reminding myself not to grip Chase’s hand so hard that I break it. This is an emotional rollercoaster, and I may have cried a little when Taylor first popped out on the stage. The level of euphoria pouring through my body right now should be illegal.
"I’m going to the bathroom," Chase says into my ear just as the Fearless set starts. I smile, kiss him on the lips, and wave him off. No way I’m going to the bathroom. I don’t care if I have to hold my pee for the entire concert.
"This is the best night ever," I yell at Riley for about the eleventy billionth time tonight. We’re jumping up and down to the music, laughing, having the time of our lives, when I turn and see Holly and Avery doing something with their phones.
"Are you guys working right now?" I ask in horror.
"We’re just taking some video for our socials." I roll my eyes. Those two never stop working.
It seems like Chase is gone for a really long time, and I start to worry that he’ll miss one of my favourite songs.Let’s be real. Love Story is every teenage girl’s favourite song. The beginning notes start to play, and Chase is nowhere to be seen, so I grab onto Riley’s arm, sway back and forth with her, and sing along. By the time the bridge hits, the entire stadium is rocking, screaming their hearts out, waiting for Romeo to get down on one knee.
And that’s when I feel it. A light tap on my shoulder. My heart starts to thunder in my chest as I turn around and see Chase bent down on one knee, a beautiful round-cut diamond ring in his hand.
Seventy-thousand people scream, "Baby, just say yes," at the same time I do, throwing my arms around Chase.
"Yes! Oh my god. You’re insane!" I laugh and cry at the same time. I will never forget this moment. Never ever, ever. Like ever. He slips the ring onto my finger, and it’s a perfect fit. Holly and Avery smirk at me, phones recording the whole thing because, of course, they did.
"I love you, Lily." Chase smiles into my lips as he kisses me. "I want to spend the rest of my life loving you."
"I love you too!" I laugh, so overwhelmed that I don’t know what else to do. I’m so full of emotion right now that I feel like my brain is trying to do too many things at once. "I can’t believe you did this."
"I can’t believe you’re mine."
I can’t believe it either because I’ve loved Chase Wilder for almost my entire life, and now, I get to keep loving him for the rest of it.
Epilogue Two
