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Part One

A/N:This is a companion piece to Love Now Known. It will be a two-shot.

Leyla Mir entered Jake's and took a seat at the bar,slumping in her seat and putting her elbows on the counter. "I'd like a vodka.' she said in a voice scratchy from crying. Usually she wouldn't be here but tonight was a special occasion,considering she had just broken up with her boyfriend. As soon as Coleman placed the drink infront of her,she took a swig. The liquid burned her throat all the way down. Flipping her long,dark hair over her shoulder,she looked around the room. She didn't see anyone from the hospital there,thank god. The last thing she wanted was to play twenty questions.

Waving the bartender over to pour her another drink,she thought miserably of her break-up with Spinelli. It shouldn't have come as such a huge shock to her.She'd known how Spinelli felt about Maxie before they had even begun dating. She guessed that she had hoped he would give up on Maxie and then she would have his heart,but that hadn't happened. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't hear someone sit down at the bar beside her until they turned to ask her why she looked so upset.

She looked over at the figure beside her as she brought the glass of vodka to her lips. She groaned and rolled her eyes,sitting her drink down. It was Milo Giambetti,a bodyguard for the mob. "None of your business." She whined in irritation. The last thing she wanted was to be interrogated.

"I just asked,no reason to bite my head off. You just seemed upset." Milo defended,holding his hands up,slowly. "Does this have anything to do with Spinelli?" He asked her,tilting his head to the side to scan her profile.

Leyla dropped her eyes and stared down at her hands,clasped around the glass. "I don't want to talk about it." She said softly,not meeting his eyes.

Those words and actions confirmed for him that she was here drinking because of her boyfriend. "What did he do?" He asked,hesitantly placing his hand over hers.

She finally looked at him,"I broke up with him." she said,in a whisper. Milo had to pratically lean in to hear.

"I'm sorry." He said with a frown. The times he'd seen them together at the coffee shop or the penthouse,they had seemed so happy.

"Don't be. It was my own fault,really. I knew how he felt about Maxie,I knew he loved her an yet I wanted him for myself. So I ignored the way he looked at Maxie,I ignored the way his face lit up when someone mentioned her,an I ended up getting hurt because of it.' Leyla said,looking at him with eyes that shone with tears.

Milo didn't say anything. He kind of figured Spinelli cared for Maxie as more than a friend.

"I see that it doesn't really shoock you." She commented,looking straight at him. "I suppose the whole town knows." Leyla drank the last of her drink and stood,intent on going home to her apartment. She stumbled.

Milo caught her in his arms quickly,standing up and steadying her with his arm around her waist. "I should take you home. Your too drunk to get there on your own." he said,reaching into his pocket to get money out of his wallet. He promptly threw the money onto the counter and led Leyla to his van.