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Ray had glanced over at Alex was a smirk before taking his serving of food. He was silent then as he began to eat, savoring the flavor and looking as he enjoyed more than Alex.

Alex was silent also, not sure how to make conversation with how he felt sitting next to Ray. He just stared at his food as he ate, trying not to think of anything else.

"I love this food," Alex said as he looked up at Haven. He ate a little more and Ray seemed to be a bit motivated to come up with a better compliment after that.

"I have never had anything that is this delicious before in my life," Ray said with a smile that looked more like a smirk. "It's heavenly."

"It is like the nectar of the gods upon my lips," Alex said trying to bring reference of Greek mythology in to impress her. He ate a little and smiled as he chewed the food. He could feel his strength regaining and if he had to, he would launch himself at Ray to make the jerk shut up.

"Better than the God's nectar, it is far too holy to be deemed of the gods," Ray said with a smirk as he too took a bite. "But come to think about it, these are not as great as we make them out to be. I've had better, I think the mix was off or you put too much of something in it." Ray made a disgusted expression as he quit eating the pancakes if only to provoke Alex.

Alex was ready to punch Ray at this point and his anger was evident. He was glaring at Ray but at the same time realized that Ray had gotten the attention successfully. Alex looked defeated after a moment. "Don't listen to him Haven," he said after a moment. "Ray just doesn't know what he's talking about."

Ray smirked slightly but saw Haven's expression. He could tell he had hurt her and now he regretted what he had said. He could have attracted her attention in a different way, but insulting her was beneath him. When Alex spoke he felt even more embarrassed but it didn't show.

Alex stood up quickly and left the room. He was trying hard to contain his anger and the only way he could keep himself from punching Ray in the face was if he wasn't looking at him. He'd eaten enough though so he was satisfied. He sat outside the door that led into the kitchen, listening just in case Ray tried anything.

After Alex left Ray relaxed a little. He didn't feel the impending threat now. He picked up the rest of the plates from the counter and brought them over to Haven. "Do you need any help with cleaning up." he asked with an attempt to make up for blatantly insulting her.

Alex listened closely to what they were talking about but he found it difficult to do that. Ray had almost moved her out of the way but he just handed her the next plate when she needed it. There was no need for him to do it though and in a sense he was just in the way.

((cliche! it totally never happens in real life))

Ray hadn't been expecting to actually seem to push her out of the way but when she fell he reached out to catch her. A dish had fallen and somehow miraculously had not broken. Alex entered soon after looking a bit peeved by what Ray was doing. "Will you just stop flirting with her," Alex snapped after a moment. "You're just making it more complicated." He almost slapped his hand over his mouth as he looked away, trying to hide how he was really feeling.

Alex looked wounded for a moment. After Ray had stepped away from Haven for a moment, Alex lunged at him, slamming him into the ground. He'd been angry at this guy since he'd woken up with the wound. He'd said he'd helped but all he'd done was attempt to flirt with Haven or manage to do so. He felt hurt, he felt like Ray was taking his place and that eventually she would stop wanting to be around him.

"What is your problem," Ray said as he blocked Alex's hand from ramming into his face. "All I did was kiss her, it's not like I did any serious 'damage.'"