"You were jealous," Lex concluded with a sense of finality, smiling as if he were so proud of himself. He had to admit, it<span style="font-style: italic">was</span>flattering. He couldn't attest to what he looked like nowadays, but Lex had always considered himself to be fairly good-looking. He probably looked like ass<span style="font-style: italic">now</span>, but in his heyday, he was at least above average. Even still, nerdy science-types generally weren't the ones that the fairer sex flocked to. Jenessa had been his first and last serious commitment, and given how that wound up turning out, he couldn't say that he was disappointed.<br/><br/>At Blue's astute observation, Lex laughed to himself under his breath. Even with such light laughter, the way his body racked made his lightheadedness worse. "Please don't tell me that you can't hold your liquor," he joked, letting his head fall back to rest on the cushions. "I thought that you pretty, rich girls were all supposed to get wild and party constantly." He couldn't even say that he was surprised though, because even he felt tipsy. And if there was one thing that Lex was uncomfortably familiar with, it was tolerating alcohol.