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#11
Music
Silence suited him. It had been his companion pretty much his whole life.
She liked silence, but too much of it would eventually drive her crazy.
There had always been some sort of noise in her home as she grew up.
The slightly dim light was fine with him, but she liked brighter light.
Jervis had always been a quiet creature, from his very earliest moments, but while this particular trait made him invisible to most people, Alice only saw it as a reason to draw him out into the light and sound of her world.
This led to numerous attempts of trying to pry Jervis out of his office.
Alice tried everything: from lunch to walks and even threatening to have Ari help drag him outside.
Everything failed until Alice was given tickets to a play.
Alice begged him to go with her.
Jervis blushed and tried to stammer out a refusal.
"But it's Alice in Wonderland, Jervis. I've never seen it before. And Ari and Zeek are going too if that's what you're worried about." Alice told him.
Jervis crumbled under her pleading blue eyes. "All right Alice. I will attend the play with you."
Alice gave him a bright smile. "Great." She wrote down her address and handed it to him. "I'll expect you at seven." She practically skipped from the room.
Jervis looked down at the slip of paper and a grin spread across his face. He finally had her address.
*~*~*~*
Alice yawned again as she walked next to Jervis as they approached the theatre the next evening.
"Will you be all right my dear?" Jervis asked worriedly.
Alice smiled. "I'll be fine Jervis. It's just been a long day. Look, there's Ari and Zeek." She picked up the pace when Zeek leaned over a trashcan.
Ari greeted Alice and Jervis. "Allo you two. I hate to say it, but we won't be joining you. Zeek ate some of my sushi at dinner and it's disagreeing with him. So I'm going to take him home so he can recover."
"That's probably a good idea, Miss Fields. Though if he develops a fever, you should take him to the hospital." Jervis stated.
Ari shot him a smile. "Will do. You two enjoy yourselves. Come on you, let's get you home." She led Zeek away.
Alice and Jervis entered and found their seats.
Shortly into the first act, Alice's head ended up on Jervis' shoulder as her long day caught up with her.
Jervis spent the rest of the play lovingly watching her sleep.
From behind one of the decorative mirrors hung around the room, Ari, or rather Cheshire, watched them.
The Knave of Hearts stood next to her with a bucket, getting sick.
"I tried to warn you." she told him.
He groaned. "How was I supposed to know it was your Granddam's secret recipe?"
She rolled her eyes as he threw up again and went back to watching the Royal Couple.
A/N: I had always wondered how Jervis knew where Alice lived. I really don't see him looking through her file to find out.