He seemed genuinely surprised in a way after her words to him, but Alexis only gave her honest opinions when it came to her older neighbor. Despite the headbutting at times, and them having to act upon neighbor's complains, the blonde girl did not really see him as a bad guy or anything like that. Just like how she had said, they never really had an opportunity to have a small talk so something like this was rather welcomed by her, and she actually find herself enjoying the little chat they had since they greeted each other at the entrance.<br/><br/>He then continued to respond to her, now answering about the girlfriend matter and she winced slightly, somehow understanding what he had went through. "I had heard that it is really not a good idea to bring your work to a relationship, like, dating your co-worker or anything like that. Never really works, but, well, I don't really have a boyfriend myself. The last time I did, we realized we do not have much in common, and also he dumped me for a hotter girl." She shrugged her shoulders, as if not really caring that had happened or accepted it. In truth, she really was not surprised when it occurred. From then, she wasn't really interested in forming relationships and really, she was more absorbed in her studies and also, being a part-time heroine with her closest friend.<br/><br/>When he began to open the door, Alexis was expecting for Marcus to just take the bag from her and thanked her before refusing her little offer of entering into his apartment. But seemed like he was more friendlier today, as he began his invitation and the young blonde stared at him for a short moment before nodding her head quickly, and then entering into his apartment while smiling gratefully to him. Moving over to the couch, she placed the duffel bag there and then realized on her shoulder feeling slightly sore. But she felt it was quite worth it in a way, since now she and her neighbor seemed to be on friendly term.<br/><br/>"The bag was kinda heavy, but well, I do need the workout anyways, so it's okay. Glad I could help," Alexis replied to Marcus and turning to him with a wide, friendly smile on her face. Turning her head back, she did noticed a particular flipped magazine upon the arm of the couch. When she had entered, she was not surprised to see some of the magazines lying about, though now it was quite neater than the previous time she had entered into his apartment. But she really did not remember seeing this particular one before. Looking closer, she had noticed the female models were wearing a common theme - superheroine costumes, to be in fact.<br/><br/>Raising an eyebrow, she glanced towards Marcus for a moment before hearing his words. She should not be too surprised, because really, some men do actually had their odd fetishes and kinks. But still, she could not help but feel very curious as she picked that specific magazine up and showed it to Marcus, "Can I... just flip it through? Just really curious on what else is there inside." Perhaps it could be strange for her to be wanting to glance through, but the book seemed more... tame than his other magazines. Well, that was her assumption when she had glanced at the two pages she initially saw.<br/><br/>Once she was granted permission, the blonde girl did turned the pages and had to hide her embarrassment when she saw some other pictures which were very revealing to her. Wanting to put a front, she tried not to look very embarrassed as she flipped the pages rather quickly until she stopped at one page. "<em>..... I should not be surprised, but <strong>what the hell</strong>?</em>" That was what rang in her mind, as she looked at one page, which showed a model dressed as Buster, though... looking skimpier with a tighter shirt and having such a low V-neck cut. "<em>.... Not surprised to see a porn star dressing up as Buster here.. But wow, seriously, <strong>even me</strong>?</em>"<br/><br/>Looking over to the next page, she could clearly see a porn model dressing up as Cyshield, though the suit was more of a down-grade version - like a leotard with robotic armor pieces onto some parts of the body, but still having the helmet on the head. She had to chuckle slightly, when there was another picture, with the helmet off and the model having a mask over her eyes but the model's hair was black. "<em>Haaahhhh, got the hair colour wrong, but good try at least.</em>"<br/><br/>She then moved her attention to Marcus as he began to speak again, and thanking her for her help. Blinking her eyes, she was slightly speechless for him to say like so and a soft flush touched her cheeks, looking a bit embarrassed and somewhat shy but she then broke into a wide smile towards him, "It's the least I could do, like really, Mr. Keegan. No biggie. And thanks for offering like so. I would keep that in mind, if I need any help." Moving herself away from the couch, and closing the magazine as well, she walked over to Marcus with her smile unwavering. "But I am hoping you are not trying to butter me up," she started to stay, trying to feign like she was mad but it was apparent that she was playing with him.<br/><br/>"I still have to come over when the neighbors complain or anything like that. You know, being one of the helpers to Mrs. Hale, the sort of thing," she further explained to him, not even having the slightest idea that he might even try to bed with her or anything like so. Glancing over to the magazine she was scanning through earlier, she then picked up a subject, just mostly wanting to chat a bit more with him though having a nagging feeling she should head back to her own apartment. She really did not want to make Lana wait for too long for her.<br/><br/>"I should really head back. I know Lana might be worried, but uhmm.. I could not help but notice about that magazine — I mean, yeah, I did asked to look through, but well.." It was clear in a way that the blonde seemed slightly nervous for some reason, a bit more shy but she then cleared her throat slightly and returned back to her perky self, "I know you mentioned you like the uniforms. I'm actually quite a big geek fan when it comes to superheroes.. Fiction or non-fiction. For me, I really like Buster and Cyshield, even though they are still quite new. But I think they are very cool. Just wondering on which heroines you favor? Or perhaps you like either Buster.. or.. Cyshield, maybe?" Despite she might had wanted to continue with their little chat, the young woman did started to move towards the door but stopped a short distance away from it to hear what Marcus have to say or if he needed her for anything else.