Listening to what Riley had to say about her partner, he smiled, impressed if he could say the least. "Sounds like he's doing really well for himself." Alex looked to Riley and grinned, "Hopefully he's going to fighting for the right side of the law." He teased, joking at Riley and Oliver's expense. Alex thanked her when she took the plate and stood up to and help her but realized there wasn't much for him to do in that line. He scratched the side of his head while he waited for Riley to finish rinsing the dishes and occasionally sipped on the wine, every time scrunching his face a little less.

[i] "Come, look at some of my paintings."[/i] Riley had chirped. Alex smiled thinly, nodded and followed her lead over to the easel and the stack of canvasses, eagerly awaiting to see Riley's works of art.

Alex stared at the painting, he hadn't recognized right away what it was but then it clicked. He smiled, running the fingertips of his right hand along the canvas. [i] "It was the first one I painted- when I first moved here."[/i] He listened to her, nodding his head. "You're talented." He replied, he'd never been a huge fan on art but here he could show appreciation. "It's great." He added, carefully moving the canvas and leaning it against the wall. "What else you got?" He teased and sipped from the wine glass he had brought with him from the counter. Alex had noticed one thing with wine, even a bad wine starts to taste okay after the first few sips. This definitely wasn't a bad wine but for Alex it was becoming more palatable.