Title: Drinking Habits
Word Count: 645
Genre: Humor/Crack
Rating: PG-13. Yay innuendo!
Pairings: Shhh, it's a surprise
Characters: Vermouth, Gin and Vodka

Challenge: #4- Alcohol

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She had started drinking more martinis lately; perhaps subconsciously- perhaps not. Either way, Vermouth couldn't help but smile languidly as the meld of vermouth and gin swirled down her throat. It was a warm night- and she was quite certain she'd rather be making a very special kind of martini than drinking one.

The clock's hand finally reached eleven and her two 'guests' arrived. They wouldn't speak, at least not aloud, but they still met and passed information in the darkness of this bar. It would be far too suspicious if a lovely and known lady such as herself was seen speaking to two shady men in black clothing.

Gin sat down first, taking off his hat and sitting it on the counter.

"Good evening, Vermouth. Still no sign of the target." The signal read.

She popped a stray olive into her mouth and licked her lips.

"If you aren't busy tonight then, perhaps we should go somewhere else?" She proposed.

Vodka sat down then, whispering to his companion. Vermouth tried to listen in, but the crowd at the bar that night was a little too lively to permit much eavesdropping. Pouting a bit to herself, she picked up the small umbrella from her drink and twirled it between her fingers.

"At least give me some sort of answer, Gin." The parasol's positioning signaled him.

The long-haired man casually coughed and moved his hat a slight turn on the counter.

"No."

Vermouth sighed, watching aimlessly as the two in black ordered their drinks.

"And for you, sir?" The bartender asked, turning his attention from Vodka to Gin.

"I'll have what he's having," He replied, motioning to his partner.

The young man behind the counter nodded and began to gather the ingredients for the requested drink. Finding that with Gin still signaling 'no' that she had not much else to do, Vermouth watched the bartender instead.

Quickly his hands worked, adding in each element to the concoction to create the perfect alcoholic buzz.

Sipping her martini, she observed- mentally recording each ingredient.

"One shot Southern Comfort. One shot Galliano. Orange juice. Sloe Gin and...Vodka?" She raised an eyebrow as her prior joking echoed in her mind.

Certainly, she wasn't the only one amongst the organization that had made a pass at someone using their names as innuendo.

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"So what about tonight? Want to make some martini?" She'd proposed.

"Martini?" Vodka had piped in.

Coyly, she'd replied, "Don't you know? It's Gin and Vermouth mixed."

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Shaking the past from her mind, and assuring herself that there was no way that Gin was turning her down for...someone else, Vermouth casually called over the bartender.

The young man hastily delivered the two drinks to Gin and Vodka and walked down to where Vermouth hailed him from.

"Yes Miss?"

"Just a bit curious, what's the name of the drink those two men just ordered?"

The bartender flushed, obviously a bit apprehensive about saying the name aloud to such a beautiful woman. Clearing his throat, he leaned closer to her and whispered it into her ear.

Vermouth's eyes shot wide open.

"Oh..." She heard her voice faintly murmur.

"Are you all right, Miss?" The bartender asked on seeing her pale.

"Yes...yes, but perhaps could I have something stronger?" Vermouth recovered, sliding the half-full martini glass across the bar, "Something...very strong."

"Um sure, I'll see what I can do."

As the young man scurried off to mix her a new drink, Vermouth glared towards the black hat and its signal that still said 'no.' Distantly, she acknowledged the bartender returning with her drink and she quickly downed it. She wanted that alcohol strong and vile- enough to make her forget...

"I see now, Gin. Vermouth and Gin just makes a 'dry martini' but if you put together Gin and Vodka... heh, that's 'a long slow comfortable screw against the wall.'"

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Author's Notes: I blame this entirely on Vermouth's 'martini' pickup line on Gin from Volume 29, File 3 of the manga. And the fact I found out there was a drink that used both Gin and Vodka called "A Long Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall." XD;;