Reputation to Protect

14. I Know Places

It had been a month of publicly dating and the papers were already declaring that Alison and trevor were forever. The photoshop job was impressive made it really look like they were posing together.

"Buying a house and talking the future!" Margaery shook the paper. "They are forever. Her friends are saying he is the one! They are meeting the parents! Its really happening!"

Alison was used to social media and the papers, she didnt listen to much of it because she didnt care for gossip, because when were the papers ever true? Rarely. Possibly never. They made up shit to drive up sales. Alison understood clickbait and getting the sales, she was in advertising but this magazine caught her eye. She usually rushed right past the gossip but Trevors handsome face made her pause. 

Alison chuckled in the bookstore as she pulled down her sunglasses peering at the magazine. She met his parents and yes a date had been set to meet hers but it wasn't like... she didn't know. She liked him. Maybe they could be forever. It was too soon to tell.

The last guy she dated she thought was the one, wrote all the songs about him, declared that every love song was for he who shall not be named. 

Now singing those songs on stage, she had to fake it, some times though she couldnt fake a love song when she hated that man with a burning passion. She saw a few videos on tik tok of her dramatic eye roll on stage and she had laughed out. 

Everyone was saying she was so done with him because she found someone better, that those love songs were invalid.

They were not wrong. Alison felt a special place in her heart for all her songs but some of them shifted, she wrote them with purpose and passion and people all over the world got to connect with it. 

She looked up to see a group of girls staring at her. Alison gave them a little smile before lifting a finger to her lips requesting them not to scream. But squeals left their lips as they charged her. 

She took a few pictures with them before Jaime was knocking on the window her, letting her know it was about to be a mad house in here. 

She got in the car abandoning her search for a leisurely stroll in the bookstore. Her phone buzzed and she pulled it out. A smile curved her face seeing Trevors handsome face pop up. 

I know places we can hide.

Where? She answered. 

Alison looked at an address pinged on her phone. She called Trevor and he picked up before it had a chance to ring. 

"Where is this place in the middle of the woods? Are you taking me somewhere to kill me?" Alison mused. 

"What?" Jaime her head of security demanded, turning his head around to face her. 

"Trevor is trying to kidnap me." Alison said breezily.

"Dont say that!" Trevor laughed out over the phone. "I dont want your security up my ass." Alison laughed out. 

"Never mind Jaime, he is definitely not trying to kidnap me," Alison winked dramatically before laughing.

"I feel like you are telling him that I am trying to abduct you and I resend my offer." Trevor remarked. 

"Where is this place?" 

"Somewhere the wolves dont know." He mused. 

"They will find it." Alison realized. 

"Okay, I'm going to give you an address and I will see you there in 10 minutes." 

"I'm downtown." Alison corrected. 

"15 minutes." Trevor decided. "NOt a moment later." She peered at the address. 

"A theater?" Alison questioned. 

"You are going to love it." Trevor agreed. 

When they pulled up the little theater was filled with tiny ballerinas. Alison looked around with a look of awe. 

Trevor pulled her back into the car and handed her a disguise. 

"Whats this?" Alison questioned pulling out a granny wig. 

"Hiding in plain sight." Trevor offered. "Dont worry I have a disguise too." He pulled out a bald cap. 

"Flattering." Alison agreed. "Why are we here?"

"Bethany, Amelia's little sister has a dance recital." Trevor remarked as he helped her with the wig and clothes. "Amelia is saving us a spot. I set this up with your security already FYI and they are stationed around but I assured them I had you." 

"You got me." Alison agreed kissing him. "WOw, that bald cap is doing things to me." 

"Good to know," Trevor agreed, he held out a hand for her as they got out. He used a cane and she pushed glasses up her nose as they walked in. Amelia giggled out when she saw them. 

"Over here!" She shouted jumping on the chair. She hugged Alison immediately. 

It was nice going incognito. Alison got to enjoy a dance recital, got to see all the kids dancing around. She chuckled when her song came on for one of the dances. Amelia jumped up singing out. Trevor watched Alison most of the show while she adored watching the children. 

Trevor wondered if Alison wanted kids, he wanted them, he wanted them with her. She smiled leaning into him and he could see this life, this... moment in forever. Her dressed up as a little old lady him in a bald cap, he saw them watching their own grandchildrens performance one day. He couldnt wait for one day to be real.