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So," Beth said, as the two of them had their lunch break. It had been another slow day, mostly just updates about political stuff and whatnot. Beth was eating as she talked while Vittoria sat there, no food in front of her. "Did you hear about this big charity party that's the talk of the city?"

Vittoria felt her heart, if she even had one, stop. "No, have you?"

"Mhm, Mick mentioned something about it. Apparently his friend is throwing it," Beth said, taking a forkful of salad into her mouth.

"Really?" Vittoria said, acting as if she had no idea what she was talking about when this subject was the only thing she had thought about all day. "Who's his friend?"

Beth finished chewing before she answered, swallowing loudly. "Josef Kostan."

"So when Mick 'mentioned' this to you, was that an invitation?" Vittoria said, ignoring the mention of the cause of her annoyance… well, most of it.

Beth blushed. "I thought we agreed to not use his name for the rest of the day."

"Fine, so when Xy&z mentioned this to you, was that an invitation?" she said, using a filler as Mick's name.

"Unless there was a secret message in that sentence, then no he just mentioned it," she said, picking at her salad.

Vittoria rolled her eyes. "He will or I'll make him. You can't just mention the biggest part this year to a girl and expect to not take her. It's like, the way of life."

Beth sighed. "I'll probably end up going, maybe with him but not with him with him, you know? We'll be the losers who go as friends."

"At least you'd be there," Vittoria pointed out as Beth took a large swing of her water.

"Hey, maybe I could get him to give you an invite," Beth said, her tone of voice more excited than it was moments before. "Then at least I won't suffer alone."

Crap. "Oh, no it's alright. Really. I'd just be a third wheel."

"Not if you get a date, which I'm sure, looking like you, won't be a problem at all," Beth said, obviously not wanting to spend any more alone time with Mick than was humanly necessary.

I can't tell her that I already have a date. Especially when the date is the one throwing the party. "Well, I guess I could get a date. I'm sure Lisa would make me go. Don't worry about it."

"Are you sure?" Beth asked, sounding a little bit confused.

"Totally, don't worry about it," Vittoria assured her. She felt somewhat bad for throwing the topic away when she mentioned it but, at the same time she was happy that the attention was off her.

Beth's phone rang, giving her yet another distraction from the previous topic. She glanced down at the number and her eyes widened.

"Is it…?" Vitoria asked, eyeing Beth in a somewhat concerned way. She had yet to move or inhale as she listened to the phone ring and ring. "Well, answer it!"

Beth managed to get enough sense, or sanity, to answer. "Um, hello? Yeah, give me a second."

She then left the room with a file and her phone in hand, leaving a very annoyed Vittoria to wait for her return and details about this phone call.

Josef Kostan sat in his office after just ending a meeting. The people were too curious but straight-forward. The curiosity was always an issue, seeing as curiosity killed the cat… or the human.

His secretary, Brenda, walked down the door after holding it open for the leaving men. "Mr. Kostan? Mick St. John is on line one, he says it's important."

"It always is," he muttered under his breath as Brenda closed the door behind her. Josef sighed before reaching for the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Josef, it's me Mick. Do you have a minute?"

Josef rolled his eyes. "If I didn't, do you think I would have answered the phone? So what is it this time? Did you accidentally kill Beth? Did you, God forbid, tell her your feelings?"

"You're a riot, or maybe just an ass."

"If I liked a girl, I would tell her. Simple as that," Josef responded, rushing off the insult as if it was nothing, "so, how did last night go?"

"Not as good as I would have liked it to. I opened the door and she basically attacked me with, um, her lips."

He bit back a smirk. "Her lips? And this is a bad thing because?…"

"Beth was drunk."

"You're point?"

"She didn't know what she was doing."

Josef rolled his eyes, something he usually does when he talks to Mick. "You think way too much about this. All this shows is that she likes you to. So, boy likes girl, girl likes boy. Add in some sex or alcohol, it doesn't matter. They all go the same way."

"No, they don't all go the same way. Sometimes the boy likes the girl and the girl likes the boy but then the girl didn't really like the boy and he just got mixed signals from her and he's heartbroken…"

"Mick, I have a feeling that you are having abandonment issues," Josef said, ignoring Mick's curses, "we're all here for you, buddy."

"I'm not having abandonment issues! I'm not going to ruin Beth's life or put her in danger!"

"Well, then you know what you're gonna do. I won't interfere, but you are going to the party this Saturday, right?" Josef said, spinning in his chair.

"I don't have a date."

"Mick, that's easily the worst excuse I've heard in quite some time," Josef snorted. "Date or no date, I could care less."

"What about you, Mr. Big-shot? Who are you taking to this gala event?"

Josef found himself grinning wider then he had meant to. "Don't you worry about me, silly little Mick. I always have a date. Some are just more… willing to be my date than this one."

"She hates you? Why are you going with a girl who hates you?"

"Because, it makes the game more fun," he said, shrugging even though he knew he couldn't see him.

"The game? What game?"

"I would love and talk about our issues," Josef said, shaking his head in disappointment. Mick was extremely clueless at time, it was a wonder women found him attractive and even more of a wonder that he managed to bag someone like Coraline as his wife. "Unfortuneally I've got things to do, people to meet, morons to kill. I'll talk to you later."

Josef hung up the phone before Mick had any chance to respond. He hated when he acted like this, all Mr. Noble and what not. If Beth liked him then he might as well just do whatever humans do with relationships. At least it would give him some peace of mind.

But, like usual, Josef had better things to think about then Mick and his disability with the women in his life. He could be thinking about business or blood or the party or blood. The word 'party' brought to mind another topic that had been running in and out of his mind for the past couple of days. He had to find a way to get Vittoria to tolerate him. Unfortuneally, that was like getting an elephant though a mouse hole. She, for the lack of a better word, hated him.

Actually, it was more like annoyed. Josef noted that she would roll her eyes and scoff when she was around him. Was it the money? Or was it just his nature that annoyed her?

Josef found himself stuck, at a dead end. He wanted to get her to play his game, not him playing her game. In order to do that, he had to get the upper hand. What could he do? Flowers? No, she already rejected that gift. Chocolate? No, she's a vampire, she can't eat chocolate. Blood? No, too creepy.

Well, at least he managed to get her to accept his offer as his date to the party. That was easily the biggest and most successful deal he's ever made. Now she would have to spend time with him, but after the party, she could go on and avoid him permanently.

I have to find a way to get her to tolerate me before the end of the party, he thought to himself, spinning in his chair once again. Human women are so much easier to deal with. Flowers, chocolate, dinner. That's really all it takes but these damn vampire women…

The thought of vampire women and human women sparked a memory in his brain. Mick mentioned something about her being friends with Beth, didn't he? Beth's her friend which means if he helps Beth with Mick, maybe she'll help him with Vittoria.

"I'm awesome, I really am," Josef said to himself, grinning proudly.