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A/N: I know it's not Halloween anymore but who says you can only write Halloween fics on Halloween?

For those of you who are worried about my track record (or lack thereof) with updates, fear not I have already finished this, I just need to type it up, edit and post. Updates should be every couple of days :)

Something More

"Oh Riley there you are" she turned at the sound of her partner's voice and slowed her pace so he could catch up. Although Cyber Command wasn't overly busy a few people lingered here and there but they paid the two agents no heed. Gabriel sent her one of his infamous charm smiles, dimples and all a sure sign he was in a good mood which was either really good very bad (the latter often leading to trouble) depending on the situation. Since she didn't know which and simply asking usually only resulted in a wise-ass comment she tried a different tactic.

"What's up?" she hoped it came out sounding casual. He was bubbling with energy and last time that happened well...it wasn't pretty.

"It's Halloween this week" he replied, sending her a cheeky grin (God he really was all smiles today, wasn't he?) It took a moment for her to get past the grin, which affected her more than she would care to admit but once she did the words sunk in and everything clicked into place. Last October they had been away on a mission and completely missed the entire thing so she didn't know what Halloween traditions had found their way into Cyber Com but if the look on his face was any indication she probably wasn't going to like it.

"So?" she questioned, hoping her expression hadn't given away her thoughts. He stopped suddenly, his expression transforming into a wide eyed look which , if he wasn't such a pain in the ass she may have found cute.

"So? What do you mean so? Riley it's Halloween" he dragged out the last word, as if that all made complete sense. Since that didn't exactly give her any more information she was at a loss as to what it meant. Gabriel looked a bit like a kid on Christmas (well ok a man-child) and she had to admit she was glad to see him so happy even if it was at the expense of being dragged into one of his shenanigans. Well ok maybe she wouldn't go quite that far but the point remained.

"Ok?" She questioned, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. Surely Lillian wouldn't allow anything dangerous.

"Candy, costumes, parties, candy" his eyes lit up and she tried to hide her smile. Sometimes the man drove her absolutely crazy and other times, well he could be rather sweet when he wanted to be (not that he would ever admit it, male pride and all.) What really sent her head spinning was that he could go through all of these things in under three minutes, it was hard to keep up at times.

"Sounds fun" she still wasn't sure where all this was heading so she started to walk away, knowing he would follow her and hopefully get to the explanation. His footsteps sounded behind her and moments later they fell into step. He remained silent for the next few minutes and eventually her usually-patient exterior cracked.

"What is it?" He turned to face her, halting their progress and for a second she wondered if she had been too harsh. They were within earshot of the lab-Nelson's territory which could get dangerous at times (she was pretty sure this is where several rumours had originated) and Gabriel lowered his voice when he spoke, sounding almost...nervous?

"I wanted to ask if you would like to go to the Halloween Bash with me?" Wait, what? She must have looked confused because he quickly elaborated.

"Every year we, meaning Cyber Com host a Halloween Bash which is kind of like a ball. Basically we dress up, dance and eat candy all whilst rubbing shoulders with sponsors in the name of charity. It's really just an excuse to have a party." Ah, that made a lot more sense (and explained his overly jubilant attitude.)

"Um, yeah I guess so" her voice came out uneven and she inwardly cursed herself. This is Gabriel, why was she suddenly nervous? Her answer caused his face to light up and there was no stopping her lips from tugging upwards in response.

"Great! We could co-ordinate costumes and..."

"No" she cut off his excited rant and his eyebrows drew together in confusion so she quickly explained "there are enough rumours about us as is."

His face fell and she was very temped to relent but thinking back to all of the times she had been called into Lillian's office because their boss happened to overhear one of the rumours was just too much.

"Sorry Gabriel, but it's not happening."

"Fine" he whined and if she didn't know any better she would say he had started to sulk. Wow Halloween really had turned him into a child.

"At least wear something sexy" and then there was that. The smirk was back, the one that he knew annoyed her and she was torn between wanting to slap him and kiss it off his face. Wait, kiss where the hell had that thought come from? He was her partner for goodness sakes, that was not appropriate. Yeah ok she found him attractive but so did every other woman at Cyber Com, it meant nothing. By the time she looked back up Gabriel was gone, leaving her standing there alone. She shook herself out of her thoughts, deciding that it was just a lack of sleep causing her to temporarily lose control of them. Making her way towards sea-dock she allowed them to drift over to costume ideas.