AN: This will be an Alexander Grayson and Mina Murry story. I have not seen any stories for these two and I really love them together so here is one and I hope you enjoy and please Review. Also if you like ABC's Betrayal that has been added as a new category so you can go check it out. There are a few stories up already =)

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Mina was getting nervous, she knew that she was tipsy in her opinion but in all honesty she was drunker than a skunk one would say in her day. She was just teasing the man before her; she had no idea that he was going to become angry with her for such a small gesture.

The man kept stepping closer to her and she kept stepping back.

" I think its time that I teach you some manners." He sneered in my face blowing his stale breath on me as he grabbed my arm.

"Stop you are hurting me" I cringed looking away from him. He shook me and I cried out in pain. I looked up as he raised his hand to strike me and I closed my eyes waiting for the blow. It never came, my eyes snapped opened right in time to see the man before me get snatched up by his neck and thrown backwards across the room. I looked on in shock and then searched for my savior. There stood Mr. Alexander Grayson in all his glory. We heard the man stumbling to get up so we turned to look at him. Mr. Grayson and the man met eyes for a brief moment and the man backed down and left in a storming rage.

"Miss Murry…" Mr. Grayson spoke to me for the first time that night. " I believe it would suit you best if we moved you to a more secure environment, don't you think?" he drawled out in an exotic tone. How did he do that? I wondered. Nodding in agreement to him I stepped close to him as he put his arm out for me to take and he guided me out on of the stuffy room, through a few hall ways, and then finally on a grand balcony that had a beautiful view of the city.

We stood there for a minute just breathing in the night air. To say I was embarrassed would be putting it lightly. I can't believe I had put myself in such a predicament and to top it off Mr. Grayson, a well-respected businessman, not only found me but also saved me from being hit from some drunk.

" Thank you." I said quietly, speaking to him for the first time that night.

"For what?" he said as if he had forgotten the situation completely.

"For saving me," I said with a little more affection than I intended to. I was still upset about Jonathan and what he had said about me when I walked in on him. I don't expect myself to completely forget about him because we do have a history but ever since Mr. Grayson's ball I have had this feeling of attraction towards him that I cant explain. She had affection towards Jonathon but our relationship was simple and easy. Mr. Grayson though… he made feel like a little girl and I wanted to run into his arms at any chance I could get.

" What seems to be troubling you Miss Murry, if I may ask?" Mr. Grayson asked me snapping me out of my daze.

" Oh nothing." I lied, but it didn't slide past him.

" Perhaps I can help for what ever is troubling you" he pushed.

" Well it's just…Jonathan said some things that really upset me and… well, we haven't exactly talked in a few days that's all." I admitted quietly. Honestly I would rather be spending my time here with him right now than Jonathan. Mr. Grayson turned his full body to face me and took a step closer.

" Sometimes the people in places we are meant for, take us by surprise." He said taking back his exotic tone. I stared in to his eyes for what felt like the longest time until I locked my gaze onto his lips. Thos lips, they are so perfect and I feel as if I had tasted them before but, not in years, so many agonizing years and I again needed them once to breath life back into me. I started to lean in when my oh so good friend Lucy decided to interrupted.

"Mina! What happened to you?" Lucy drawled out in a drunken stupor. I saw Mr. Grayson give a slight smirk and step back to turn to his previous position, looking over the balcony. I reluctantly turned to my friend to see what she wanted.

"What are you doing out here the party is inside" Lucy exclaimed dramatically.

"Well you see Mr. Grayson and I, well…I really had a bit of a disagreement and thank the good Lord that Mr. Grayson here just happened to be close by enough to find me and come to my rescue." I explained to Lucy.

"Was he?" Lucy said in a sarcastic tone.

"Lucy!" I snapped, scolding her for her rudeness.

"What?" she said laughing stupidly. "I am just saying with you and Jonathan having your problems right now I don't think its best you be conversing with other men at the moment, just saying. " Lucy said, as if she was one to give me advice on my romantic life. Not that Mr. Grayson and I were in any way romantic I thought to myself blushing.

"The hour grows late, may I have the privilege of escorting you ladies home?" Mr. Grayson's voice interrupted us. I turned to look at him in surprise; ready with an answer but unsurprisingly Lucy beat me to it.

" There will be no need for that Mr. Grayson. We have are own carriage and besides, Mina and I are not ready to go home." Lucy said hotly. I turned to look at her in utter disdain, the nerve she had.

"Very well." Was his short reply. Before I could stop him he was already half way down the staircase.

"Lucy!" I seethed. " I believe you will be finishing this night and enjoying your carriage ride home alone tonight." I said in an angry tone. Immediately I took off running down the stairs hoping to catch him. When I made it to the exit at the bottom I saw Mr. Grayson stepping into his carriage.

"Mr. Grayson!" I shouted with out stopping my ever-quickening pace. His head snapped around to look at me and he stepped down from the carriage stairs to face me.

"Miss Murry?" he said skeptically. " Is there something wrong?" he asked in a worried voice. I smiled at his worried ness.

"Please…call me Mina," I said in daringness. I saw his face change composures for only a quick second before he replied "Than Mina…I must return the generous gratitude by allowing you to call me Alexander." He smiled and then I smiled.

" Did you race all the way down here to tell me I have permission to call you by your Christian name?" he teased. I gave a hearty laugh at his joke.

"No… I simply wanted to inform you that…my friend Lucy doesn't wish to go home at the moment and I do due to a rather horrid event that I unfortunately had the chance of encountering tonight. So I guess what I am trying to say is that I am rendered here, by myself, with no one to take me home," I explained to him in my best flirtatious manner.

"Ah, I see." He replied smiling. He turned to his rather large burly black friend whose name escaped me and said "I believe Miss Murry would like a ride home, shall we do her the honors?" he asked as if it wasn't in his power.

"Yes, I believe it will be our pleasure." His friend played along. Alexander (me blushing) turned to me. "After you…" he said motioning for me to step up into the carriage. I happily lifted my skirts as I passed him and stepped up into the carriage planting myself in the seat opposite of the other one. He followed suit as his driver/friend closed the door behind him and climbed in to his position to start driving.

"Thank you so much, you don't know how greatly I appreciate this." I told him as we took off.

"I'll take your word for it." He assured me. I gave him a gentle smile and leaned back into the carriage seat to relax. He looked out the window after he replied back to me, leaving me a chance to study him. He was the most beautiful man she had ever seen. His sapphires eyes, pale beautiful skin, and oh did he dress well. Most women her age were married were either married or engaged, but with Jonathan and his financial problems he couldn't afford a ring let alone to take care of me. To say money is nice to marry into would be a bittersweet answer. Love in my world always comes first and she respected Jonathan's opinion for wanting to wait until he was more stable. The longer he waited the better she thought. She knew deep down inside that she didn't love him, but he was the only man that accepted her medical future and she loved that about him, she just wasn't in love with him.

"Did your exam go well?" Mr. Grayson asked me breaking my train of thought. He remembered I thought surprised and now he is asking me as if he cared on how well I did.

" Well I was rather nervous at first but I remembered what you had told me…and I don't think I have ever done better on a exam in my life." I told him honestly.

"I am glad that I can be a help to you and your brilliant studies." He complimented me.

"I find you most gracious." I told him. To hell with Jonathan I thought, I now knew that the one thing I loved about him was a lie and I therefore had no need of him to tarnish me any longer. Mr. Grayson from what I could tell was fully on bored with my life choice and not only was that a bonus but I felt this undying passion for him.

" Well it seems we have arrived Mina." He said once again breaking my train of thought. Was the ride really that short I said to my self?

Alexander exited first putting his hand out to help me exit. Stepping down we came face to face with each other like we were on the balcony. We stared at each other for a moment before he asked, "Do you have your keys?"

Nodding my head gently I reached for them in the hidden pocket of my skirt. Looking for it in the other one when it wasn't in its usual spot I came up empty handed both times. I looked up at him and saw him gazing at me. I thought I had the key I swear. That means Lucy must have it and she wont be home for hours.

"I…I seem to have misplaced it." I said nervously.

"I see." He said in a calm tone. "That means we have problem now don't we." I just nodded my head.

"Would you like me to rent you a room." He offered generously.

"That would be very nice of you but, you see I don't like to stay by myself at night. I always have had Lucy with me." I explained to him. I saw him thinking for a moment but I knew he couldn't think of anything else suitable.

"Well, Miss Murry the only other option I can come to claims with is allowing you to bed at my home, but I do not believe that will sit well with most people" he said carefully.

"Mr. Grayson, when are you going to learn that are minds are alike" I said pausing.

"Are they?" he replied squinting his eyes at me. "Yes, I. Just. Don't. Give. A. Dam."

He fixed a heated gaze on me before answering me, "Then Mina, I believe I have a bed to show you too." He said motioning me back in to his carriage. Blushing crimson from head to toe I entered the carriage and resigned in my previous seat. Missing the exchange between Mr. Grayson and his so loyal assistant.

AN: I hope you all enjoyed. If you want me to continue please review.

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