The Start of Something [Ray Cozart]

[Ray Cozart]

He struck his chest, above his heart, with a closed fist. "I promise I'll help you." he swore to her. "Whatever you need, just say the word. Heh, I do kind of owe you for breaking your wall with my head."

[Alex Faith]

A smile spread across her face. "Thanks Ray. Not often I meet a person like you, especially not a guy. People usually won't even talk to me with out a bad motive." She said, happy to finally be able to help someone, and get help finding her dad. "Now, uh, if you don't mind watching for the furniture people, I'm going to go change out of my pjs." Without awaiting a reply, she turned and went up to her room.

[Ray Cozart]

"No problem." he nodded and stepped outside of the house through his 'door.' He summoned the Kingdom Key and began to flip it around as he waited. After a few minutes he saw a van begin to drive up. He desummoned the weapon as he headed over to join them.

[Alex Faith]

Eventually the brunette came back downstairs. Her hair was pulled back in to a freshly washed, neat ponytail. The black jeans and white spaghetti strap tank top matched her every curve. When she noticed that the furniture people were here, she went outside to join them. "Hey guys. I need just a couple of you to help me get the furniture in, I need the rest of you to fix the wall. Yes, I'll give you a bonus for doing that."

[Ray Cozart]

"I'll help fix the wall guys. I mean, it is kind of my fault." He followed the men who were 'volunteered' for the repair. Before starting, Ray removed his jacket and shirt, as he was a heavy sweater and didn't like having his top clothing sticking to him, revealing his well toned mid-section. He also tied back his hair, keeping it out of his face. After his 'preparations' they began their task.

[Alex Faith]

A little bit later, the group doing the furniture got done and split up. The wall was over half finished and Alex saw no need for her to be in the way. So she went to do what she does best, cook. Baking to be exact. Brownies to be even better. Right after the brownies were done, she went out to see if the guys needed anything, not recognizing Ray at first. "Hey you guys can take a break, I've got brownies in there cooling and if you want something to drink just say so."

[Ray Cozart]

Ray stood back up and turned toward his hostess. "I'd like some water and possibly a towel." He dripped with sweat as he turned, accidentally sending salty droplets in the direction he moved. What little bangs he couldn't get into the ponytail were matted to his face.

[Alex Faith]

Alex had to do a double take. She, unfortunately, had seen a lot of shirtless men, but none came close to the standards Ray just set. He was tone, but not grossly over-muscled. Alex could help but stare for a moment before she shook her head and finally answered. "Um, Yeah. Water and a towel. Got it." With that she took off, returning soon with what he requested. Now her gaze met his eyes once more (OoC - Damn XD). "Brownie?"

[Ray Cozart]

He downed the water and did a quick once-over on his head, soaking up much of the extra perspiration. "Sure." he said happily from under the towel. He took one hesitant bite, and after a quick gulp, he swallowed the rest of it. "Best. Brownie. Ever." He moved the towel behind his head and rested it on his neck.

[Alex Faith]

"Glad you like it. Feel free to have another." She offered. Yeah, she knew her cooking was good, but it was always nice to get a compliment from someone other than Kaylee. The rest of the guys started back on the wall after sitting down for a moment. "Already getting back to work? Geez, ya'll must really be want your munny." She joked.

[Ray Cozart]

"Greedy bastards." he joked as he handed the towel back to Alex, making sure she would grab the only dry corner. He quickly got back to work. After another hour and half, the wall was finally back to its old self. Well, more or less.

[Alex Faith]

Alex thanked the other men and gave them their munny. They all stared at it like she had just given them the Mona Lisa and left without a word. Then she turned to Ray. "Thanks for helping with the wall. You didn't have to. Here, I want you to take this for helping." She said, handing him a bag. It was pretty heavy, but that's what happens when you have a bag full of munny up in the six digits.

[Ray Cozart]

"You're welcome, and no thank you." He pushed the bag away with his hand. "I was simply helping fix what I broke. But if you really wanted to 'pay' me, you'd be awesome and tell me where the nearest shower is. I'm sure I stink to high heaven."

[Alex Faith]

"Well fine." She laughed. "Fine, you can use the master bathroom then. Second floor, second door from the end. I'll warn you now, that thing is bigger than most houses." After she finished, she sat down on the couch and stared at the TV again.

[Ray Cozart]

He simply nodded a response and followed her directions. He stopped several times along the way, looking at the paintings on the walls. "Hmm, there's no pictures of her family or anything here." he thought, but he simply shrugged it away. He finally made his way into the bathroom and proceeded to get a shower. It felt good to actually bath again. He began to think of his hostess. He tried to shake the thought from his mind before it went too far, but it didn't work. "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Ten, nine, eight..." he continued that for a minute or two until the thoughts were banished. He ended the shower and dried himself off. When he redressed he let the towel sit on his head, allowing it to soak up any extra moisture. He walked out of the bathroom and stood in the bedroom, just looking around. "This place is crazy huge"