Kissing him practically was the best thing ever. Lenore had thought so many times that Alec was going to leave her and run away from all this. He hadn't signed up for this. She'd even tried to push him away a few times, given him permission to give up on her. But he wasn't going to. He was sticking by her through all of this bullshit and being patient and nice and caring and the perfect guy he really could be. And he had been like this since before they became exclusive. He had been there for her, regardless, because he cared. Even if he hadn't wanted to admit that before. He did care, and that meant everything to Lenore. It's what made her happy and kept her going at all. If all of this shitstorm had rained down on her and there was no Alec, Lenore would not have made it. She would never have been able to hold on the way she was.
Another laugh was brought to her lips when Alec made note that she probably shouldn't confess anything like that. But, well, that's how it was going to be. She had been feeling it for a while, but was ignoring it as best she could. Hiding that emotion and shoving it down into the deep recesses of her heart and mind because that was a scary thing - she had tried to love Connor, really thought she did love him, even, and that had failed. And everyone she had ever loved before had failed her. The only person who hadn't was Maddie, and she was gone. It was like she was cursed. Everyone she loved turned against her in some way or had something bad happen to them, or both. But she... she couldn't hold it in anymore.
"I'll keep that in mind." She said, a small smile crossing her features, the movement from her lips felt clearly against his chest. She didn't want to look at him for this, but she didn't want to be a coward either. She lifted her face from it's current spot and though she kept her eyes mostly down, she did peek up at him a little. "I think, maybe, I kind of..." She hesitated again, chewing on her lip as the blush in her cheeks rose just the slightest bit. "Am sort of falling in l- love with you." She stopped for a moment, peeking up at him still. "Like I think I probably love you."