Alex is just going to fix him with a look at him not looking for fights. Because in her opinion, he seemed to be almost looking for a fight right now. But she knew that he'd hate how she'd needed to get accustomed to this place, so it wasn't surprising to her in the slightest. But fighting the place where you were living wasn't something that was healthy, in her opinion, and believing was always easier for her than it was for him, but she was also quite worried that he was going to be in for a rude awakening when he started interacting with people who were more than just someone who understood him.

Him teaching was going to be a beautiful clusterfuck, and she was going to need to make sure that she took some time out of her work schedule to just come in and wash. Especially if he ended up with someone like Chase in his classroom. Yep, that was going to be a disaster to watch and to hear about.

But there was another subject that Alex honestly did feel like they needed to talk about, and it didn't have anything (hopefully) to do with the fact that he thought she was being delusional along with everyone else who happened to be here. "Okay, so unrelated to everything about being here, Richard..." Alex's voice was soft, but she didn't look away from him. "But we're holding hands, and you made me dinner, and I kissed you. I've realized something in the time I've been here..." An Alex pause, and she's not going to bring up how she realized it in the middle of a fight with a friend, "and you don't have to agree or feel the same way. I just want to know, I suppose. No. I need to know."

A beat and her voice dropped down to a whisper, "I love you, Richard, and I have for a long time. It's okay if you don't love me back, I just need to know."