One More Task (tags: OPEN TO ALL!)

Alice looked up startled when she heard someone behind her and almost dropped her basket, thankfully however she managed to recover herself. "Do you always sneak up on people like that?" She demanded as she set her basket down carefully. It was hard to look at him...he reminded her so much of well her twin and it was more then a little eerie. However she also knew that Jean would have her head if she so much as disrespected any of the clients, she made a face. "I suppose it is...better then the rest of the place." She admitted reluctantly.

Alice thought about what he said and then rolled her eyes, "I'm not really someone who lives dangerously." She said carefully, a total lie after all danger was part of what she had done for a living before all this. Alice had a sneaking suspicion however that his idea was much different then her own, she shivered just a little bit as his hand grazed her own. She blinked in surprise when he suddenly disappeared, and jumped when she felt him right behind her. He had his hands covering her eyes and Alice wasn't really paying as much attention to his words then as she wondered wildly what he had in mind for her. Alice slowly breathed out in some relief when his hands fell away from her face, her heart hammering as he leaned in and whispered in her ear. "Yes." She said quietly, his words making her remember other times, with another person...her face turned a bright red at the memories that came to her then.

Alice wiped at her eyes, realizing that she had over reacted and mentally cursed she really hadn't meant too but it was so hard. She glanced up at him and sighed "I'm sorry I over reacted." She apologized and meaning it. He was one of the only nice clients she had met here and she had lashed out at him for next to no reason really.  She felt ashamed for her outburst and hoped her expression conveyed that to Drake.  "He is." She said with a small smile as she thought of Thomas, "You could pass for his double in some ways." Alice added a little laugh escaping her. At his other question she bit her bottom lip, "I think so...but we couldn't be together, no matter how much we loved each other." She stated sadly.  She gently shrugged his hand off her head, lightly squeezing his hand before releasing it. 

Alice gave him a sad smile, "Hopefully he's still home...but I wouldn't blame him if he ever decided to move on." She added after a moment. How could she expect someone to give up their daily lives when she had been here for so long anyway? She studied Drake thoughtfully, "What about you? Was there someone you loved once?" She asked gently, torn between wanting to know and hoping that she wasn't being too forward. It was odd just how comfortable she felt talking about her life with Drake...she had never felt like that here before.