Rayven woke with a start, inhaling softly as her eyes adjusted to the light. She sat up slowly, then, feeling an arm close over he waist, shrieked.
"Sshh!" Alec sat up next to her, pressing his warm hand over her mouth and his cold on to her arm. "It's okay, it's just me."
Rayven's heart was racing and Alec leaned over her and flicked the lamp on. Her eyes followed the dull outline of his body as he leaned over her and then blearily back to where he'd been sitting as her eyes adjusted to the new light. She looked from his face to his bare chest and gasped softly, her eyes lighting up.
Her eyes shot back up to Alec's face and she blushed lightly, about to say something, before she realized that Alec's lips were on hers, touching lightly and expertly.
Like he's had millions of years to practice.
She shook the thought away and slid her arms around his neck, getting into the kiss. His skin was cold to the touch, but the longer they kissed, the warmer it seemed to get. She figured it was just that fact that they were both sitting half naked in his bed, making out. Then she wondered how she knew all of that. She pulled away and looked up at him. Alec's eyes were alight with desire and Rayven couldn't help smiling. She hadn't had a man look at her like that in years.
She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut her off.
"I love you, Rayven." He voice was filled with sincerity.
Rayven looked at him silently for a moment, her heart racing and her breathing quickening. She knew she was going to say it, whether she meant it or not, she just didn't know why. She truly couldn't control it. Then her heart told her to run. She was ready to follow that instinct. Her muscles tensed up and she could feel her body getting ready for the flight feature of life. Then she remembered what Alec had said.
"And above all else, never, ever listen to what your heart says. That's why I'm here, love, to lead you."
Rayven nodded slightly then said, "I love you, too."
Alec smiled at her. "Good." He leaned down and kissed her forehead, then got up and left the room. Rayven looked around at the room she undoubtedly knew was Alec's. It was like she had memories of being here, even though she never had. She slowly climbed out of the bed, not really caring that she was in her underwear. She approached the only mirror in the room and stared at her reflection. She always forgot about that hideous freckle until she looked in a mirror. It was her worst flaw. Then was her hair. It was too light, then her body. So she wasn't obese. She still could loose a good 10 pounds.
Rayven figured she should stop trashing herself and find a bathroom so she looked over to the door on her right. It was a big white door, like the rest of the doors in the room, but that part that surprised her was not the fuzzy white doorknob, but the fact that she knew she already knew what it felt like, and she knew that she should not under any circumstances-
"Go in there." Alec's voice came from behind her. She looked over her shoulder, realizing that, again, she had moved without her awareness of it. She looked back at the door.
"Yeah…I won't do it again." She looked at the door in confusion, wondering why she'd said 'again'.
"I know you won't love." Alec slung his arm over her shoulders and pulled her to his side. "I made breakfast. Come on."
Rayven nodded and watched the mystery door over her shoulder as the walked away. After breakfast she'd have to check it out.