She sipped a bit more of her drink with it already at her lips, her brows raising in surprise.<br/>"You're saying this is my fault?" she said, he voice raising a little.<br/>Barely a moment passed before she put her drink down, holding both her hand over her eyes, arching her back excessively with a sigh.<br/>"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't mean to seem to be taking it out on you, I just... Ugh, this isn't real. This kind of shit doesn't happen outside of movies, y'know?"<br/>She ran her fingers through her hair until they caught in the loose pony tail she had not tended, quickly pulling and shaking it free, tossing the scrunchy in a random direction as her hands clawed through it. Her elbows met the counter again, sounding another deep breath before finishing off the gin in a single gulp.<br/>"I can't believe that something like this would actually happen again. He can't-"<br/>"Surprise!" Scotch bursted through the door.<br/>He kicked it in, bouncing off the corner of the shelf behind, making Tequilla jump and tip over her empty glass. She caught it before it rolled over the edge, gritting her teeth and the continuing unfortunate events.<br/>"How's e'ery body?" he smiled playing a thick accent, "Hey, what happened? What's wrong?"<br/>His humor faded with the distress falling all over Tequilla's face. Her hands covered her eyes once more, peeling away only to wave them slightly as she passed him setting the paper grocery bags on the counter. He scooted them enough to keep them from falling and grabbed her shoulder to keep her from skating by with a small shake as he had before.<br/>"Hey, tell me what's wrong."<br/>"I can't, I just - ask Derek. I just can't right now."<br/>She lifted her arms and evaded his grip as she bounded up the stairs, Scotch left with his arm out and an open mouth, finally turning towards their guest.<br/>"Dude, when I left you guys were having a great time? What's her deal?"<br/>Her stepped forward and pushed the bags a little more securely on the counter, beginning to unload them with an assortment of fruits, vegetables and necessary home products. It was only then did he see the elusive bottle next to her empty glass. Another step and he swiped it up, looking it back and forth, behind hip towards the stairs and back down at the bottle.<br/>"We never get into this stuff unless we need to forget." he muttered.<br/>His gaze then rose to Derek, devoid of all humor and carefree air he'd held.<br/>"What happened?" he said sternly, now full of concern.