Her hand shook as she placed it on the wrist of the hand that cupped her cheek, closing gently around it as his mouth moved slowly against hers, giving her an opportunity to pull back if she wished to do so. Her eyes shook as they closed, her mouth gently, unsurely, starting to move back against his. Slowly, he released her wrist, her fingers lacing through his, gripping tight enough to break bones had they both been human.
Olivia could feel the knot in her chest growing, knowing that had she of been human, tears would be trickling down her cheeks thick and fast. She squeezed her eyes shut, willing the lump in her throat to disappear as she moved her lips slowly against the ones pressed against them. It was a strange sensation, to say the least. Their skin pressed against each other felt like silk, and she knew that while to humans they were freezing, like a statue made of ice, but his mouth pressed against her own felt like larva was scalding her skin.
He was the first to pull back; her lashes brushed his cheekbones as she blinked, ruby red irises flickering upwards to look at him as he watched her too. She exhaled softly, closing her eyes once more before reopening them, looking at him through vulnerable eyes. "How long?" She whispered, and he was silent for a moment before he answered. "A while," he murmured.
She exhaled again quietly, blinking as though tears were gathering behind her eyes. The lump was growing in her throat. "These feelings aren't out of pity from what happened, are they?" She asked quietly and he pulled back a little, shaking his head. "No, they aren't. What happened has nothing to do with how I feel about you." He answered smoothly, staring at her, his eyes unwavering in their sincerity.
Her bottom lip was sucked into her mouth as she chewed on it anxiously. "And what happened to me, to how they defaced and destroyed my body in the worst way possible, doesn't give you second thoughts? I also highly doubt your sister is appreciative of these affections of yours." She pressed.
Alec shook his head. "No. I don't care about scars, Olivia. I have numerous ones myself from training newborns and I've seen them before, remember, some of them. They bother me in the fact they occur at all, but not to the point where I find you repulsive. I haven't had second thoughts for years since I've been trying to figure out how to tell you."
A smirk suddenly spread across his face. "Jane has known for a while too, a long while. While she isn't the most avid supporter of this, if it makes me happy, then she accepts it, to an extent, although her feelings towards you won't change."
Olivia gave a small, wry smile that just gently tugged at the corners of her mouth. "I didn't expect them too. We aren't exactly best friends of the century, now are we?" She asked back and he chuckled. "No, you aren't." He agreed.
She then chewed on her bottom lip again, closing her eyes and exhaling softly before she spoke. "But I don't understand. How can you want me? I saw them all in the ballroom, all of those female vampires who want you, and some of them are much, much more appealing to the eye than I am, so I truly, honestly, don't understand how you can just want me. Eternity is a long time, you know. You sure you want to just stay with me? What if someone else comes along that appeals more to you than I do? Then I'm devastated."
He shook his head. "Not going to happen." He moved his hand to her face, his other hand coming up to trace the outline of one of the scars that could be seen just above her high collar, eyes focussed on it for a moment before they moved up to her eyes. "I'll wait until you're ready for such things, Olivia. I'm not like those who did this to you. I won't force you, I would never do that. We can keep it between ourselves until we're ready to let everyone else know. Those two, sister and Master Aro know, but outside them, you don't have to let anyone else know if you don't want to."
Olivia was silent for a moment before she shook her head, placing her own hand over the one that cupped her cheek. "No," she whispered, a part of him wondering if this was how she would've been had what happened not occurred. He watched as she shook her head again. "No more secrets. Everyone could know and it wouldn't change a thing." She breathed.
A wide grin crossed his face -a rarity- and she gave a small smile as his mouth descended down upon her own once more, her eyes falling shut, unaware of the trio watching from the castle behind them, their milky red eyes watching the duo closely as they thought the latest revelation over.