"Bring me the girl and I'll tell you a little something." Hazel Eyes looked to have calmed himself down and he leaned back into the chair, then proceeded to put his filthy boots on top of the table.
                          
"No."
                          
"Hey, I'm being lenient. I'm telling you I'm willing to talk to someone." A scheming smile appeared on his face. "Just not you."
                          
"No."
                          
The smile grew bigger. "Bring her, and I'll tell you something really interesting."
                          
*
                          
I parked my car in the garage and sat there for a moment, wondering how I should approach this new problem. The issue was that sooner or later, Vita would find out. Since we grew up together, I could read her very well but that meant she could also read me.
                          
She'll know soon enough that I'm hiding something from her. Though, this wouldn't be the first time.
                          
I walked out of my car and got out of the garage to get some fresh air. Taking off my tie completely and unbuttoning the first few button of my dress shirt, I rubbed my temples.
                          
I didn't want to go inside and face Vita so I stayed out for a while longer before I had to face the inevitable.
                          
*
                          
Walking inside through the front doors, seeing Vita at the bottom of the stairs, leaning on the railing puzzled me. I walked over towards her cautiously and bent down to her eye level.
                          
Frowning at her state, I wondered what happened to her in the time span I wasn't home.
                          
"Wh-"
                          
Vita cut me off by placing a finger on my lips and her eyes were half open as she gazed into mine. I felt her fingers lightly trail from my cheekbones to my jaw. She looked at the fingers trailing down my face, as if fascinated by my features.
                          
"I despise you," she whispered, slightly slurring over her words so quietly that I almost didn't hear her.
                          
I softened my expression upon seeing the vulnerability in her light blue eyes and I immediately felt guilty.
                          
Vita slid her arms her arms to lie on top of my shoulders.
                          
"But," She held the back of my neck to pull me closer and I let her. Looking into my eyes as if mesmerized, there was a quick flash of what seemed to be longing in her eyes.
                          
"I missed you, too," she told me quietly and I froze in shock.
                          
Words I wanted to say were caught in my throat as she leaned in closer and the soft scent of her floated lightly around me.
                          
"Angel, are you drunk?" I matched her soft voice and questioned, absolutely baffled by her uncharacteristic behavior.
                          
Out of nowhere, I felt her chomp down on the side of my neck and I winced just slightly from the sudden, sharp pain.
                          
I quickly removed her limp arms from around my neck and tried to tug her away from me. Unfortunately, she bit down even harder.
                          
"Hell, Vita," I grumbled.
                          
She was acting even worse than the last and only time she'd gotten drunk a few years ago.
                          
"How'd you get drunk?"
                          
Vita unclamped her mouth from my neck and her body slumped over mine, her head landing into the crook of my neck. "Juice."
                          
I cringed when I realized she must have mistaken the alcohol in the sealed juice container.