She quickly walks behind him as he reaches the door. She grabs his hand tightly.
"No, don't go."
With a reluctant sigh, he turns back to her.
"Dav, I scared the hell out of your mom...her heart was pounding. The last time someone was that scared was...when I tried to scare you away."
His hand slowly slides out her grasp as she reaches for his hand again but misses.
"Please stay, she's fine really."
She steps ahead of him, standing between Alec and the door. She lets out a fake sniffling sound, sticks out her bottom lip and looks up at him as he raises an eyebrow in response.
"Are you really giving me the puppy dog eyes?"
She quivers her lip slightly.
"Depends...is it working?"
He chuckles while shaking his head.
"Look, firstly I'm not disappearing forever I just don't w
