Alex just smirked at the confession, and then he held up a hand defensively. "Hey, I didn't say it was crazy." He wouldn't have judged her for her job. Everyone did things that might not be the best thing in the world in order to survive. He wasn't exactly proud of some of the things he had doone for money in his life, so he sure wasn't going to judge someone else or treat them differently for doing what they had to do. This world wasn't always an easy one to get by in.

He had never seen someone get so excited about a cigarette being offered. It made him smile. And he just thought about something, just then, that wasn't exactly crappy about Serena being away. He could smoke in his apartment whenever he wanted to now. It wasn't exactly worth giving up his sister for, but maybe it would help him to look on the bright side of the situation instead of being angry and hurt about it, or only angry and hurt about it.

"Yeah. I think so." He smiled. "Been there a couple of months." He wasn't sure how much longer he would be there but the lease was for a year. As much as he didn't want to be here at the moment, he didn't want to screw his sister's stuff up by not keeping the place for that long. He was a sucker and he cared too much. "Alex." He said, and then he glanced down at the blood. "I'll give that a shot." Now that he had to learn how to do laundry.

"So uh.. did you wanna go in?" It was a decent night out, but still, it was night, and he didn't want the guy to decide to come back around with some friends and find them still standing here.