Alec

When Alec and Ink God were done talking, Alec turned and looked for me but when he found the girls in my place, he smiled. It wasn't a suggestive smile either it was a polite smile.

"Hey ladies."

"Hey," four voices sang in unison.

Fucking bitches.

"Have you seen my girlfriend?" Alec asked.

My eyebrows jumped up to my hairline.

"Girlfriend?" the girls repeated dolefully.

Each girl looked around then and their eyes soon landed on mine, they looked at me with me envy... and I liked it.

"I'm here," I said, waving to Alec who looked over the girls and to me.

He smiled and held out his hand. "What are you doing back there? Come on, you wanted to come into the room while I get this done, right?"

I nodded my head and got up from the settee. I walked towards Alec and was surprised when the four girls separated and allowed me to walk through them.

"Me legs got tired," I said when I took his outstretched hand and interlocked it with mine.

"I'm not surprised, they probably weigh her down."

I felt my jaw drop open as I let go of Alec and spun around.

"Which one of you said that?" I snapped and took a step forward only to be lifted backwards when arms closed around me.

"Easy, kitten."

I struggled in Alec's arm as he turned and walked off into the back of the parlour with me in his arms.

"Don't tell me to take it fuckin' easy, she basically just called me fat!"

"And it was a stupid thing to say considering you aren't fat. If you were fat I wouldn't be able to carry you."

"Bullshit! You have arms the size of a tank, you can easily lift heavy things."

Alec laughed. "Okay, that's true, but I can't hold them for long periods of time and I'm perfectly fine with carrying you right now."

I grunted and gently smacked at Alec’s arms and it caused him sigh and set me down on the ground like I wanted.

"Fat or not, what one of those slappers," I shouted the word 'slappers' loud so said slappers could hear me, "said was just uncalled for, and fuckin' mean. I would never call somebody names like that."

"You called me names when you first met me."

I screeched and pushed on his shoulders. "You were a pervert and you baited me! Wait, whose fuckin' side are you on here anyway?"

Alec grinned mischievously. "Yours, always yours."

I regarded him. "Good answer."

Alec bit down on his lower lip, grinned then leaned down to kiss me. I allowed him to do so because I wanted to kiss him again, but as his lips touched mine he made his eyes cross and it caused me to burst out laughing.

"Do you take anythin' serious?" I asked.

Alec snaked his arm around my waist and used his free hand to grab my behind.

"You."

I cast my eyes downwards as a sly smile curved around my mouth.

"Why do you take me seriously, Alec?"

Alec squeezed me. "Because you're my girl."

I bit down on my lower lip so hard that it hurt, I did that so I wouldn't smile with delight at hearing Alec call me his girl. It made me happy, and it shouldn't. We weren't a real couple, and we both had to remember that.

"I can see you fighting a battle against me in your head and I'm putting a stop to it right now. What do you say to this; instead of us being fake let's be real, okay? Let's really be a couple for this vacation and feel whatever we feel."

I laughed. "Are you serious?"

"Serious as a heart attack."

I looked up into Alec's blue eyes and focused. "Is this another ruse to get into me knickers?"

"No."

I smiled, hoping to draw out a laugh from Alec indicating he was playing with me but he face remained expressionless.

"You really are serious, aren't you?"

"I said I was a serious as a heart attack, how much more serious can I be?" he asked.

Wow.

"I don't know what you want me to say."

"Say you'll be my girlfriend."

"Have you ever asked someone to be your girlfriend before?"

"No, I've never had a girlfriend."

I swallowed. "And you want me to be your first?"

Alec laughed. "Yeah, I want you to be my first. Will you be my girlfriend?"

This felt weird, not bad weird, but not good weird either.

I wanted to shoot him down and say no, but I thought about what Aideen said to me on the phone and realised she was dead right. Alec was here to help me so I should let him and for him to help me I'd have to bend - not literally - to him and meet him half way.

"Okay."

"Really?"

"Yeah, really."

Alec furrowed his eyebrows. "Who are you and what have you done with Keela?"

I laughed. "I'm not goin' to fight you on this."

Alec raised his eyebrows then glanced around the room. "Am I being punked?"

I laughed. "No, I'm just agreein' to be your girlfriend."

"For real, no joke?"

"No joke."

Alec looked liked he was both happy as well as confused.

"Well, okay then. We're a couple."

"We're indeed."

"Will you let me get to second base before we go to bed now that we're dating for real?"

I rolled my eyes. "Just go get your tattoo before I change me mind, you dirty fuck."

Alec waggled his eyebrows. "I'd give you a dirty fuck, kitten."

I grinned. "I don't like bein' dirty, I'm clearly a good girl."

Alec snorted, then turned around and walked in the direction of the room Ink God disappeared into. He stopped by the door though and looked over his shoulder as he said, "There is no such thing as a good girl, kitten. Good girls are just bad girls who haven't been caught."

He disappeared into the room and left me staring at the spot where he stood moments ago. I licked my lips, balled my hands into fists and forced myself to ignore the shivers that Alec's words caused to shoot up my spine.

I hated that a simple sentence from him could cause me to overthink and feel so... turned on.

"Are you coming, kitten?" Alec called out, his tone welcoming.

Well, fuck.

If he wanted to mess with my head with his alluring voice and body, damn him I would do the same!

"Yeah," I replied with a firm nod, "I'm comin'."

"I lost Alec."

"How the fuck can you lose a six foot four God?" Aideen asked me, her tone bemused.

I could imagine her confused face as I switched my phone to my right ear.

I shrugged my shoulders as I walked in the direction of my hotel. "We were in a tattoo parlour and he was gettin' inked and it took ages, a lot longer than the tattoo man said. I got bored and decided to go out to the market to have a look around but when I got back to the parlour he was gone. The man who tattooed him said Alec had finished getting his tattoo and went to look for me. I couldn't find him when I went back to the market so figured I'd go back to the hotel, and we'd meet up when he comes back."

Aideen clicked her tongue. "You can't ever sit still, can you?"

I scrunched my face up in annoyance. "Eh, hello, it was borin'! I was just sittin' there while Alec was gettin' a tattoo so sue me for goin' for a walk. I told him I would be back soon so technically it's his fault for not stayin' put."

"You'd say anythin' to put the blame on him."

I felt my jaw drop open.

What was she, Alec's cheerleader?

"Either you're hard up for me fella, or you are sidin' with him to piss me off."

"Your fella? Since when is he your fella? I thought all this was fake, or was there another reason you have been stressin' that fact since he agreed to help you?"

I rolled my eyes. "Who pissed in your cornflakes? He is me fella since an hour ago when he asked me to be his girlfriend for real. It might only last until we get back home but he asked me and I said yes, so there you go."

"Are you jokin'?"