Alpin's Chambers

She laughed at his defense and shook her head at his words that followed. "Me? You're the one that started all of this," she'd responded before flipping him over onto his back. When he stared at her in disbelief she tossed her head back and laughed at the expression on his face. Of course he should have known that something like this would happen, but she didn't blame the man for being too distracted to predict it. Honestly, if she hadn't been the one to be doing the distracting she likely would have fallen for it just the same. "It serves its purpose," was all she said in response to his question. "Nay, my lord. I'm a bit craftier than you are," she said with a wink as she leaned to one side slightly so that she could grab the basket and tug it closer to herself. She reached around inside of it until she pulled out two separate berries, popping one into her mouth before pressing the other against his lips with a small smile. However, instead of letting him take it from her fingers the way that she had his, she squeezed a small amount of the juice onto his lips before she leaned down and licked it off his lips.

She laughed at his remark about her being able to focus on something other than him, but him not able to focus on something other than her. "That, love, is because men have one too many heads, and can only think with one at a time," she teased with a wink. When he held her in place to kiss her passionately she moaned softly against his lips and returned the kiss with just as much passion. She, too, was breathing heavily by the time the kiss was finished and her laugh in response to his statement was a short one. "I'm going to have to agree with you on that one," she giggled and returned the second kiss as well. Then she pulled his hand away so that she could lean back up and fish around in the basket for something else. She found some cheese and broke a piece of it off to pop into her mouth before offering him a piece of his own. Okay, so she couldn't do the same thing with the cheese that she'd managed to do with the berry, but she was still a bit hungry, and knew he had to be even more hungry than she was. Even if he wasn't all that focused on his stomach at the moment.

She laughed when he agreed with her and shook her head. However, she did smile and lean against him a bit when he sat up. She returned his kiss and smiled softly. "I love you too," she said happily. When he rested his forehead against hers she would sigh contently and press a kiss to his cheek when he moved to grab something else from the basket. She shook her head at his offer, though. "I think I've had enough food for now," she said with a soft laugh. She moved so that she was no longer straddling his waist, but still sitting in his lap and leaned her head against his shoulder for a moment. She chewed on her lower lip thoughtfully and smiled at him as an idea struck her. It was summer, and rather warm enough for it; so why not? Rather than inform him of what she was about to do she pressed a quick kiss to his lips before she moved from his lap. Her feet were already bare, so she didn't have to kick off her shoes before she could wiggle out of the kilt that she was wearing, pulling off the shirt as well before darting over to the creek in her under garments. She stuck her toes in the water to test the temperature and shrugged when she realized it wasn't too cold. She waded out into the water, which really only came up to mid-thigh, but it was enough to get wet. Without a second thought she sat down on the bottom of the creek before closing her eyes and holding her breath to go under the water.

She absolutely loved the expression on his face when he'd watched her wiggle out of her clothes before going to the water. It had been priceless. However, she couldn't help but watch when he pulled off his own clothes to make his way to the water and join her. "Of course I am, and you wouldn't have it any other way," she teased. When she resurfaced she noticed that his hair was wet and couldn't help but flash him a grin. She shifted her position in the water so that she could "walk" over to him on her knees and not have to get up out of the water too much to get there. "Hmm. I think I like this look on you," she teased as she ran her fingers through his wet hair to adjust it a little bit. She pressed a soft kiss to his lips and scooted back a bit. The water was just shallow enough that she could sit comfortably on her bottom without it being too high for her comfort. Mischief danced in her eyes for a split second before she let one of her feet move out underneath of the water to brush against his lightly, hoping to startle him into thinking that there was something in the water.

She literally pouted when he asked what she would do it he just cut it all off. "Not that I don't think you would look just as good with shorter hair, but I like the length it is now," she said as she crawled back towards him, thoughts of messing with him leaving her head. She pressed a kiss to his lips and smiled when he asked if she liked swimming. "I love swimming, though it's probably a bit more fun when the water is deeper," she admitted with a giggle. "It's also really fun to take horses swimming, but I haven't done that in years," she admitted on a frown. "Al and I used to take our horses out to the pond at Sunil and swim them for hours. I remember the look on my mother's face the first time she caught me jumping off my horse's back into the water. I think I about gave her a heart attack with that one," she giggled at the memory. "Al taught me how to do it, so needless to say he was the one on the receiving end of that tongue lashing," she said as she shook her head. She and her brother had put each other through hell as kids, and it was part of why she still loved him. It was also part of why it bothered her so much that he'd done what he had.

She laughed at his comment about his daughter. "I suppose if I was a mother, I could have seen it from that perspective," she said with a laugh. "As it was, all I saw was that it was fun." When he asked if she would like to visit her brother she starred at him incredulously for a moment or two before she leaned in to place a passionate kiss to his lips. "And the fact that you would be willing to let me visit him, even given what he did," she said after she finished the kiss. "I absolutely adore you, and yes I would love to visit my brother and Sunil in general, though you don't have to go with me," she added hastily. "I know you dislike him, and he is a complete asshole, but he is still my brother," she said on a sigh. "And I get the feeling that he might have just over reacted to everything," she said with a shake of her head. "Al, for all his flaws, does love me..Even when he would rather I was just as miserable as he is," she said with a laugh. "I know you probably don't believe that, but it's just kind of the relationship I have with him."