After Alice had lead Vincent to the table I stood up to greet him. Shaking his hand, I put on a fake smile. However I could tell by his grip and by the look in his eyes that he had the same distasteful feelings about me. I really couldn't blame him though, I am the guy who tried to turn his friend into a bloodwhore because of my hatred for myself.
We all sat down; did he have to sit so close to her? Alice did a lot of the talking and catching me up on how she knew Vincent, who prefered Vince.
"Vince and I have known each other since, well, since I was born really," Alice had said, "He was born a few months before I was. I don't really have a clear memory of when we became friends."
Alice continued to speak but it seemed Vincent had blocked her out in favor of giving me disgusted looks. I should say I was the bigger man and paid attention to Alice. I paid attention enough to hear what she was saying but a childish though came to mind and without really thinking I went for it. I used my magic to pull the Dr. Pepper from Alice's cup and hit Vincent in the face with it. Alice stopped talking. I was honestly expecting the brunette to chastise me but instead she just laughed and handed Vincent a napkin. He wiped off his face. Now I don't know if it was his royal blood or that that he had more self control than I did but he didn't use his magic. Come to think of it I didn't know what his magic was. He was either probably either a Spirit user or a Fire user since the queen used spirit and Lord Ozera and his family were mostly fire users.
"I brought you two here to make a new friend, not to fight over me," Alice teased, catching both of us off guard.
I kept my mouth shut about my feelings for her, besides if I waited another two years… or a year and some months depending on when her birthday is, I could ask her out without it being illegal. Even if it was 3 or 4 years difference I didn't want to risk anything. People already looked at me like I was a monster still.
Vincent on the other hand was so open that I wanted to drown him, "Hey, you're the one who lost feeling for me, not the other way around."
The words stuck with me a moment before realization hit me. They had been involved… it seemed as if they'd only just broken up recently too with how Vincent was acting.
Alice seemed to be caught off guard by his response, she blushed but didn't say anything to him. Instead she waved out waitress down and asked for another Dr. Pepper.
After that Vincent ordered his own food. We were all pretty quiet after that, aside from Alice attempting to make small talk to try to lighten the mood but that didn't seem like it was going to happen.
When our food arrived, Alice of course had gotten the most with how her metabolism worked. She had at order 3 burgers and some fries while Vincent had ordered just some fries. I had gotten a burger and fries. They were letting me see a feeder now but not as often as I needed so I had to keep my energy up somehow.
Alice had had to leave because she received a call that the guardians had some task they wanted her to do. She told us both to play nice while she was gone and gave each of us a hug. The warmth of her body had felt really nice even though it really shouldn't.
She then left Vincent and I alone. If the tension of seeing Alice had been thick after I was transformed back, then I have no words to describe the thickness of tension between Vincent and I.
Not only was he her friend and charge but also her ex, he had multiple directions to come at with with his anger. I had really nothing, I was the one in the wrong here.
Finally Vincent spoke up, "I don't like you."
Talk about blunt, well he wasn't just the queen's son. He was also an Ozera, that had to be where he got it from.
"Look I understand… After what I did to Alice if the roles were reversed I wouldn't like you either," I said calmly.
"But you don't like me either," Vincent said, brushing his bangs from his eyes. He got up after throwing what he owed onto the pile Alice had left, "You think you can handle paying?" Without much time for me to answer he was headed toward the door.
Damn royal pain, my eyes narrowed as I added what I owed go the pile before taking it up to pay. Of course they were apprehensive at first but they took the money anyway when they realized I was the only one left.
As I walked outside I wondered how Vincent had been able to tell how I actually felt about him, I thought I did a damn good job at keeping my feelings hidden.
As I walked passed the courtyard I noticed Alice was there doing some garbage clean up. I frowned, maybe she would be a better guardian if they didn't have her do such mediocre tasks. She needs to learn better fighting skills not clean up after disrespectful tourists and royals. That was janitor's job.
When she seen me she smiled and waved at me, I felt myself start to blush when she did so. Hopefully she or no-one else could see.
Alice put down her bag and jogged over before hugging me, "Hey! Didn't think Vince would have given up on you so quickly!" She laughed at her statement.
"You knew he wouldn't like me?"
"Vince doesn't like any guy I hang out with that's family, mine or his. Also with our past he's going to hold a grudge even if I say I forgive you. He's very protective and not as forgiving," She explained, before looking back when someone called her name, another guardian. She blushed when she realized she'd been caught, "Talk to you later, Draven."
She jogged back over to where she had been before I distracted her. I hope no one noticed that I stared at her a little longer than I should have.