Mario had the good grace to look slightly taken aback with Jake\'s forthrightness. Vampires, in his experience, rarely shared this much with near strangers.
"If you want to tell me, you can," he put forth uncertainly. "Usually you guys don\'t share much. I\'m a little surprised, honestly."
It was true. Mario hated how secretive vampires tended to be. Jake\'s upfront attitude almost made Mario feel that he\'d offended the other man somehow, though. It was so uncharacteristic of his type...
"Do you have any children?" The waitress topped off their water pitcher from a full one in her hand, splashing Mario\'s hand with a stray droplet of freezing water. A plastic grin and a glance at their plates, and she whisked off from whence she came.