Nothing Can Touch Me Now

Alec nodded at her question, noting the confusion in her features. But then was once again lost for words for a few moments at her next question. “Well, no, I can’t speak for her so I don’t know if that’s what she wants… And we’ve got bigger things to worry about than that anyway, so even if we did…” He shrugged, hoping the blonde would let it go. “Sexual chemistry?” He was almost amused by that one. Granted, he couldn’t completely disagree with it either, he just wasn’t aware it was obvious beyond their private conversations. “I can assure you, we’re not.” He wondered how Tavia would have reacted to this conversation – the thought caused a small smile to pull on his lips.

“You don’t want it to be more?” She quizzed him, curiosity getting the better of her. Tilting her head slightly she began to think about Octavia as she began to wonder how the brunette felt about the male. Was she as oblivious to the sexual chemistry the pair shared? “Hmm.” She mused with a shrug. “You two work too hard, maybe having a date wouldn’t be such a bad idea whether that’s together or separately.” 

Alec’s eyes widened slightly at her comment, certainly not expecting it. “No.” Was the first thing out of his mouth, almost too enthusiastic. “We’re not. It is strictly business – a business relationship.” He paused for a moment before asking: “Why do you say that?” 

Sasha raised a brow not quite believing the male. “Seriously?” She asked confused, he seemed shocked that the thought had even passed her mind, was he really that oblivious to the chemistry they both gave off? “But you both want it to be more, right?” The blonde questioned trying to figure their situation out. “Well other than suffocating in the sexual chemistry you both give off, it kind of just seemed like the two of you were some kind of item.” 

“You should count yourself lucky. Most of the people here are boring as hell.” He said with a shrug. “But, of course, you’ve hit the jackpot.” A smirk curled on the corners of his lips. He nodded in acknowledgement of her agreement. “How long did you say you’d been here?” He asked, knowing full well she had not stated.

A laugh fell from her lips. “Wow, someone thinks highly of themselves but I get an interesting vibe from you so we shall see.” The female mused shrugging. “Oh, erm, I think it’s been like two weeks now.” She replied uncertainty lacing her tone. “How about you, are you from around these parts?”

“Just don’t dwell on it too much.” Alec told her with a small smile. “She doesn’t like to have more than two people on her friend’s list at once, and gets grouchy when that rule isn’t properly maintained.” 

The blond nodded, though a pout could still be seen on her face. “Two? Hell, I thought it was just one. I’ve never seen her friendly with anyone other than you and that’s only because the two of you are banging.” 

“Is this your way of suggesting we get to know each other a little better?” He asked, a smirk forming on his lips as he met her gaze. “It’s important to be honest, don’t you think?” 

Sasha gave a light laugh. “I mean no, but I wouldn’t mind it. I don’t really know anyone around here, I could do with making some friends.” The blonde nodded with a smile, it was refreshing to hear someone say that. “Yeah, I do.” 

Alec nodded in understanding. “We’ve not got anything truly substantial from it yet. But we have it, and that’s what matters.” He told her – though the answer was decidedly not very informative. Granted, it was true that they were still working on piecing their plans together. Alec couldn’t help the amused smile that found its way to his lips at her comment. “Sometimes I don’t think she’s too fond of me, either. Don’t read too much into it.” 

Sasha nodded already losing interest due to the vagueness of his answer. “There’s a difference Alec, she’s only like that with you sometimes but she’s always been funny with me.” She gave a sigh crossing her arms.

“Eh, I don’t think so.” Zach shrugged and met her gaze, face straight. “And why aren’t you used to it?” He waited for a response. “I’ve been told.” A light laugh left his lips. “I wouldn’t say save, necessarily. But, it’s not out of the equation… I just think I could have made things a little more interesting for all parties.”

“Fair enough.” She replied with a smile. “You’re a curious bee, aren’t you. Well, if it’s all the same to you I’d rather not discuss my life story with a stranger.” Sasha gave an apologetic smile as she began to fiddle with one of the rings on her fingers. The blonde tilted her head curiously. “Hmm, at least you’re honest.” 

“Why could anyone possibly need boring?” Zach asked, clearly in an attempt to pry information. “I’m already disappointed enough I missed this one, you won’t catch me on vacation for the next. Oh, it would have been so much better if I was there.” He said, just thinking about the chaos that could have occurred. It was a shame, really. 

Sasha gave a shrug, not really wanting to share too much information about herself. “Boring can be good sometimes, especially if you’re not used to it.” She doubted the male would agree but it wasn’t like she cared what he thought anyway. The blonde gave a light laugh. “You’re crazy.” She stated, shaking her head with half a smirk. “Really? That is a big statement. How would it have been different? Would you have saved the day?”

“I thought you didn’t want to be directly involved?” Alec questioned, raising a brow slightly. “Tavia is just being cautious – for your sake as much as ours.”

“I don’t. I was just, I dunno, curious -- I guess?” She gave a shrug. If she was honest she was beginning to feel as if she was guilty, like they all suspected she wasn’t being sincere. “Please, save me the bullshit, she just doesn’t like me.” 

“We know one thing they were after at least. And they didn’t get it. I am not sure if they were after anything more.” He couldn’t think of anything they would be after in other locations and was fairly certain it was just a distraction, but he couldn’t be certain.

“And what was that? I tried speaking to Octavia but she wouldn’t tell me anything.” 

“Maybe this town just seemed that boring. But if you’d like to throw yourself into more for the name of entertainment, then that wouldn’t be too bad.” That would make things slightly more interesting. “Well, that is disappointing.”

“Well, I won’t disagree there but I feel like a bit of boring is probably what I need in my life right now.” She replied with another shrug. “I mean, considering I was in the last one how about you take a turn?” Sasha suggested with a small smirk. “Oh, well I am sorry.” 

“I’m sure you could but we’ve honestly got it covered here. Maybe next time?” There obviously wouldn’t be a next time but Octavia tried to look sympathetic as if she genuinely felt bad. “Your skills could be put to use in some other situation. Why don’t you go and ask Elsie if there’s anything she needs help with?”

The blonde took a deep breath trying to control her emotions. It was obvious that the brunette didn’t like or trust her and was holding out on her. “So, you’re just going to keep me in the dark?” She asked tucking her hair behind her ear. “Like what?” As far as she was aware there wasn’t much else that needed doing. “Elsie? Come on, you’re kidding me, right? Elsie isn’t even apart of this. I wanna help out Octavia. Y’know the same sort of stuff you and Alec do.”

Zach nodded, catching the sarcasm in her voice but smiling anyway. “It’d definitely make the conversation more entertaining.” He listened intently, tilting his head to the side. “But no one did anything stupid?” He asked with a frown.

“Man, am I that boring that I have to put myself in dangerous situations to come across as interesting?” She joked before shrugging. “I don’t know. Not that I personally witnessed.” 

“The Mayor’s office… you’re right, that was probably the least interesting scenario.” A small frown found its way to his lips. “What was it like?” He asked, clearly hoping to find entertainment through her account.

Sasha rolled her eyes. “Oh, well I am sorry. Next time I’ll try and be in the more dangerous one so I have a more interesting story to tell.” She replied sarcastically. The blonde shrugged. “Chaotic. Scary. I don’t know. It was just stressful and really tense. I was scared someone would do something stupid and we’d all end up getting hurt.”

“It’s nothing you need to worry about, we’ve got this handled.” Tavia gave a fake reassuring smile as she moved to stand in front of the screen.

Sasha frowned slightly, somewhat annoyed with the female. “Come on Octavia, I might be able to help somehow if you just gave me the chance.”

“Come on, then, what was your story?” He asked, raising a brow.  

“I was at the Mayor’s office which perhaps arguably were one of the better places to be.”