Pitch Perfect Harmony

Better Safe Than Sorry

The next morning in Paris, Tree met Taylor and Travis for breakfast. Tree and Taylor often met for breakfast when Travis wasn't with her and they wanted to check in with each other before the trip to Italy. "One more thing", Tree said after a while. They had been talking about some media stuff and some more casual things too. Taylor and Travis both looked at her in anticipation. "Handcuffs and a ballgag?", she asked shocking the couple instantly. "Where... How...", Taylor mumbled with bright red cheeks.

"Hotel receipt. I guess they had to clean it? I don't want to know anything or hold you a lesson. Just... Be careful with this kinda stuff. And I mean both: Your safety and the fact that it doesn't look good if this gets out", she warned them obviously being uncomfortable herself. "I didn't want to know any of this but you should know that at least three people see your hotel receipt and these three people know that now", she added. Taylor got anxious immediately. Tree was talking about three people on her team. There was still an unknown amout of people from the hotel who knew it now. Travis just sat there awkwardly unsure if Tree was mad at him because he was sure that this had never happened before Taylor was with him. He wanted to just disappear.

"It won't happen again", Taylor mumbled grabbing Travis' hand tightly underneath the table. "Good. And to change the topic now, your Italy trip is waiting. I'll only call or text if there's anything important going on. Put your phones aside, enjoy the trip", Tree quickly talked about something else. "Thank you. When do we leave exactly?", Taylor asked. "About half an hour", her publicist said before they soon said their goodbyes and the couple was left alone at the empty breakfast restaurant that was booked for just Taylor's team. "That was so embarrassing! Oh my god! And what if someone from the hotel read the receipt? Or the people who cleaned the room? Fuck, we shouldn't have done this! Not here! I'm so stupid, I'm sorry!", Taylor rambled on anxiously. Travis finally took her hands making her turn towards him even though they sat next to each other. "Tay, I could've thought of that too. It's not your fault. If anyone really knows that now, they're not allowed to talk about it anyway. This hotel would be ruined if something like that gets out", he tried to calm her down a little. "Just because they aren't allowed to doesn't mean they won't do it! Trav, what if this gets out?", she whined holding onto his hands.

He took a deep breath. "If it does, then we still are normal people. Most people have some kind of dirty secret", he said. "But it isn't a secret anymore then. It already isn't! Tree knows and at least two more people on my business team", she told him. "And they probably feel awkward now but forget about it by next week. Sex toys aren't illegal, Tay", he argued. "Apparently, I'm treated as if it was illegal for me to even date so I don't want to know what this would come with if it got out", she said obviously pissed. "And still, noone can put rules on you. You're an adult. You can do whatever the hell you want and adding some edge to your official persona won't kill you", he said trying to soothe her with a little joke unsuccessfully. "You just released a song saying that you don't listen to that shit anymore", he added calmly stroking the back of her hands with his thumbs. "But I don't want this to be what people talk about", she mumbled less annoyed but still left with anxiety. "It won't", he assured her.

"Do you wanna get going? We have a vacation to go on", Travis decided to go for the distraction and Taylor agreed. So they left the restaurant and made their way to the airport to leave for Italy. The flight wasn't too long but Travis and especially Taylor got some sleep. A driver brought them out to the mansion Taylor had rented for them. Travis was pretty stunned when they pulled up to a castle-like building a few staff members waiting at the door. Taylor was asleep on his shoulder but started to wake up due to the missing roar of engines around her. "It looks like it's straight from a fairytale", he mumbled. Taylor blinked a few times before her eyes could focus on the big building. "It does", she agreed feeling a little nervous even. "C'mon let's get inside", Travis then suggested and quickly got out of the car and around it to open her door. Taylor giggled a little when he also held a hand out for her. "Thank you", she smiled. "Everything for my princess", he joked, and before they could even say something, the driver had picked up their luggage and brought it up the stairs.