Don't understand

Chance cracks a new smile at Destiny. "If I need you to play along, I'll let you know. Or... change that... you'll probably know already without me having to tell you." He laughs a little, still a bit sheepishly.

As she pats his leg and apologizes, he shakes his head. "Naw... I like your bold mouth. It's... what gives you that edge, ya know?" He grins at her. "We're going to be invading a lot of each others' spaces for a while, so I think we better get used to it. I'll go easy on you, if you go easy on me."

Holding out his hand, he offers to shake on it.


Alec tries to shrug the whole thing off, even when Ryan speaks, but it doesn't work very well. Whether he liked it or not, these mixed feelings really did exist. She was the only one who would see him like this though. He'd lost his cocky air and his devilish glint. But only around her. She was the only one he trusted to see what was really going on inside of him.

Once they're to their destination, Alec takes a look around. It looked like a pleasant place on a little lake. Different. He liked different.

Turning in his seat almost sideways, he leans his head on the headrest and just studies Ryan for several moments. She didn't think any differently of him just because he'd killed somebody. For that, he was grateful.

"Jason doesn't think it was self-defense," he admits. "And he's got Reese convinced of that now too." He shrugs. "Maybe they're right. It just... happened so fast. I saw the look in Drew's eye... Jason wanted to take him in for questioning but I knew the guy too well... he would have died with his secrets rather than share with the Elite. Rotten to the core, that one. I wouldn't have felt guilty or anything 'cept for Jason coming after me. Kinda made me think about it I guess."

He looks in Ryan's eyes, almost like a lost little boy looking for reassurance. It was rare behavior on his part. "I used to kill without blinking, Ry... I don't understand why this is bothering me so much."