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One shot, Two Shot, Six shots?

I was leaning back in my seat at the booth we were all in. We had been at the bar for about an hour now and Luca already convinced me to have well over six shots. It'd been this way for three days not three days of non stop drinking at this bar with the two assholes.

"Fuck Vito you feeling alright?" Carlo's voice pushed its way into my thoughts as his blurry face came into my line of vision.

"Yeah dude, I'm m..more than fine.." I tried to push him away before clumsily standing up using all of my focus to try not to fall as the room seemed to spin.

"Ha he's fucking shit faced" Luca's loud voice yelled out as he chuckled obnoxiously from another seat where he had been making out with some broad.

"No..no I'm fine just need to breathe" making it towards the door I stepped outside and leaned my body against the wall breathing.

"Hey.. you're Vito right?, Vito Michael" My head snapped up as I heard that angelic voice I had tried my hardest to stop thinking about over the past few days.

"Y-yeah, Adriana right?" I mumbled trying to come off as sober as possible while maintaining distance so she didn't smell the alcohol on my breath. I loved the way her name sounded and felt as it rolled off my tongue.

"Are you drunk Vito?" she asked arching an eyebrow. I looked her over and she seemed to be wearing some type of doctors lab coat.

"You a Doctor?" I ignored her question hoping she'd forget it although I knew already she was too smart for that.

"Yes  I am a pediatrician at the hospital around the corner, now are you drunk Vito?" Her voice hardened and honestly it turned me on a bit no woman other than my mama was ever stern with me.

"I may have had one shot, two shots, okay maybe around six.." I waved my hand trying to be nonchalant about it before almost falling forward on her.

"Okay I'm taking you home did you come here alone? you'll just have to come get your car tomorrow" she grumbled as her much smaller frame struggled to hold up my 6'4 frame.

"No, no Carlo and Luca..inside" I protested trying to stand on my own again before reaching for the bar door and yanking it open looking inside for them.

"If that's them in the corner they seem like they'll be fine" she pointed a delicate finger towards the two meat heads making out int the booth with some girls.

"Okay fine take me.." I frowned before following her slowly to her car.

"So, if you don't mind me asking what it is that you do exactly for a living if you're at a bar at 3:30 pm getting shit faced" she commented as she helped me get into her Porsche SUV.

"I can't tell you that" I chuckled as I was beginning to sober up slowly. Leaning my head against the head rest I closed my eyes.

"Okay fine 'Mr. Mystery' where am I taking you?"

"1850 James Place and I'm not a mystery, it's just not safe." Actually I was just scared of what she would think I mean I am the man that beat the shit out of her daddy for a dirty deal with the mob.

"Um okay then and oh that's not far from where I stay" she commented as I could feel her eyes on me I slowly opened mine.

She was truly stunning and in the simplest of ways. Glancing at her hands I noticed a ring on her left hand and instantly my infamous temper took hold of me.

"You're engaged." my jaw locked as this weird feeling of disappointment washed over me.

"Yes I am.." her voice fell quiet as she hid her left hand from my view almost as if she was upset that I saw it.

"Just let me out here..Take care Adriana" The light was red and I took the opportunity to get out of the car quickly. Sobering up fully but now needed another drink as I walked off the opposite direction of her car not looking back as she called my name out.

I kept walking and eventually wound up home my navy blue suit drenched from the sudden down pour of rain. Why was I so upset? 'She isn't yours Vito you just met the broad.' Her face kept taunting my mind as I made my way to my apartment I quickly sat in my living room hugging a bottle of Jack as I drank myself to sleep.