Everyone returned to the old City Sanctuary with the help of John's teleportation, Alex and Declan stayed behind in order to contact the staff and a contractor to get the place up and running again. Once the preparations are made they will join the others in their preparations for the inevitable attack. Alex has a super quick shower and changes into a pair of black jeans, a short sleeve purple blouse and a pair of flat black boots. She doesn't bother to dry her hair but does brush it. She grabs her head phones and pops them into her ears turning on some music on her phone before going to the main hall, grabbing a broom and starting to clean up the glass all over the floor, trying to make it a bit easier to walk. She is listening to a song from her former boyfriends band and jumps when she feels a hand on her shoulder, whirling around to find Declan standing there.
" Declan! You startled me!" She says pulling her ear buds out of her ears and tucking them into her pocket before clicking the music off on her phone.
" Sorry about that, didn't realise you had those in your ears." He responds pointing to the headphones.
" It's alright, did you get ahold of our contractor? " Alex probes leaning the broom up against the closest wall.
" Yes, I have a couple of the blueprints set out for him in case he doesn't have them. I'm ready to head to the Old City but i wanted to speak with you first." Declan requests stepping closer to her.
" Is this about the kiss?" she asks cautiously.
" Well that and all the things i wanted to say along with it." Declan confesses.
" I know my coma has prolonged this talk that you want to have, for that I am sorry. Unfortunately I can't give you the answers you're looking for right now." Alex admits.
" I understand, but i would like to say my piece and then i will give you all the time you need." Declan states stepping even closer to her brushing the hair out of her face and looking her straight in the eyes.
" Of course." She replies quietly keeping their eyes locked.
" It occured to me with everything going on, losing Dr. Watson and you being attacked by Ashley. I am only human, I am not going to live forever or look the same forever. You have longevity, someday i will be but a distant memory and you will still look as beautiful then as you do today. I decided i wanted to tell you how i feel, that i have felt for some time. I am crazy about you Doctor Alexandria Druitt, I would put my life on the line for yours, and I have a few times. I know you need time with everything else that is going on but try not to take too long, alright?" He confesses a small smile forming at the corners of his mouth.
Alex quickly pulls him into a hug for fear of kissing him and muddying the waters of her intentions. She was going to need to process this and along with her relationship with Henry. She pulls away and smiles. " Thank you for sharing your feelings with me. Declan, I care for you deeply but things are a bit to complicated for me to be able to give you and I a try right now. " Alex explains trying to be gentle.
Instead of answering her, Declan leans in and kisses her lips courtly but sweetly. " That one was free." He winks at her. " I will wait as long as you need. However i don't believe that the others will be able to wait so we should probably be going." He adds.
" Cheeky Monkey." She retorts.
" Alright Magnus. " He teases. " Now how does this work?" He asks.
" Well i just need to take off my bracelet and we can go." She explains taking the bracelet off her arm.
She can't help but smile at him, she reaches out touching his shoulder before closing her eyes and thinking hard about the other Sanctuary. When she opens her eyes, her cheeks become warm and red as they are standing in her childhood bedroom, instead of the library that she had intended to teleport to. He says nothing but thinks it's kind of cute that she is blushing over getting their destination location wrong. They head off together in search of the others and the game plan for the next and last attack.