Alexandria was worried now when her hand dropped to his chest and she felt his heartbeat. Part of her wanted to jump up and scream at his face for being an idiot and not minding his own business, while Marcus was clearly trying to aggravate her and not him. But she was too tired to give him a lecture now. There would be a better time and place for constructive talk on what had just happened, although Alexandria had a terrible feeling that that time and place would arrive sooner than she'd like to. Tomorrow morning would be interesting.<br/><br/>"Of course I'm fine. Marcus and I have known since we were kids. He'd never raise his fist against me, because of my father." Alexandria explained. "He once punched Enoch when I was in middle school and my father put his family through hell. He knows not to mess with me, being the only daughter I am. And eldest child." She smiled slightly, stroking his face and placing gentle kisses on his jawline in hopes to soothe him. When he said he didn't know what happened, she considered the moment again and spoke: "You have a lot of bottled up feelings, don't you, Keith? I think some of them just came out."<br/><br/>She shook her head. "Don't apologize. You surprised me. My hero." Alexandria chuckled and pressed her face into the nape of his neck, breathing in his scent. "Guess you shouldn't be angered. How come you didn't beat me up when I treated you like trash on your first day?" She arched a brow.<br/><br/>A terrible feeling settled in her stomach. What was the cost of angering someone like him in the end? What would happen on the day her plan, that one plan she regretted ever beginning, would be completed? Although Keith had already said he would be with her, even if she broke him and tore him apart, she doubted the extent to which her cruelty could go. She doubted he had even met the other Alexandria yet, the one who walked with her chin low, a snarl on her lips and fire in her eyes. The one who had nothing to lose and everything to gain.<br/><br/>Alexandria pushed these thoughts out of her mind. Not now. Not today. Right now all she wanted was to be with him.