Viper - Day After the Date

I'm kind of posting these in reverse order, which I guess since this thing posts the most recent first, it'll be in all the right order. So yeah.

PS - Alex = Viper
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Alex's phone rang a quarter after one in the afternoon as he was standing in line to get lunch.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Derek."

A smile crept across Alex's face. "Hey." He paused. "Sorry I left so early this morning. I got a call from work."

"It's cool," Derek answered easily. "I understand. And... I would love to take you up on an offer."

"Really?" Alex didn't mean to sound so surprised.

"Yeah."

"Okay, good. I'll pick you up at seven?"

"Sounds great. I can't wait." Derek actually did sound excited. "I totally didn't mean for that to rhyme," he chuckled embarrassedly.

"No problem. I'll talk to you later."

"Definitely. Later."

They hung up and Alex realized that Daniel was giving him a seedy grin.

"Who's the lucky girl?"

Alex frowned.

"Oh, come on..." he pushed. "Is she hot?"

"Yeah, actually," Alex snapped. "He's gorgeous."

The look on Daniel's face would have been priceless if it hadn't been so offensive.

"So, you mean you're -"

" - gay? Yes. Do you have a problem with that?"

Daniel's mouth opened and closed like a goldfish for a moment before he finally answered. "No! No, we don't. I don't."

"Good." Alex turned around and made his way to the counter to order.

Daniel was a tool. But Alex smiled inwardly knowing that he'd get his at the meeting later that afternoon.