Suzanne sat on the rooftop of her apartment building, looking over the city lights of New York. To her, while it wasn't the stars of the skies, it was still a pretty sight. She moved to the city to experience something new. Though, here she was, questioning her decisions. She sighed as she kept thinking about her sudden move from Virginia to New York. Mostly she was thinking about her recent breakup with her ex-boyfriend. She couldn't believe how worked up Gabriel had gotten. He wasn't going to leave her be. Though, she admitted that, out of all of her recent choices lately, that was the best one so far. He was a real comfort to her. She leaned back and looked at the sky and could see very few stars.

"How I would love to go somewhere far from the cities lights and just gaze at the stars." She muttered to herself.

Back in her apartment, Loki had entered the small flat rather easily. He always checked to see if she would lock her door. He worried about her constantly because he didn't want to lose her, she was vital to his plans. "This is odd. I wonder where she is." He mused to himself as he took her spare key and locked the door as he closed it.

"From up here the city lights burn, like a thousand miles of fire, and I'm here to sing this Anthem, of our dying day." Loki stopped for a moment as he heard the words sung. It was a female voice that much he could tell. He heard it again.

"The stars will cry, its blackest tears tonight…" He picked up the pace looking for the sweet voice. He realized that he was close to the roof of the apartment building. 'This is odd, I never took Suzanne for doing something like this.' He thought quietly to himself.

Suzanne was startled as the door opened. She turned swiftly and sighed in relief when she saw her friend. "Gabriel, I didn't expect to see you tonight." She smiled at him.

"Suzanne, there you are. You left your apartment door unlocked. I was worried." He stated as he walked towards her. He sat down next to her and looked into those light brown eyes of hers. "Did you hear someone singing by any chance?"

She turned away thankful that it was dark out so he couldn't see her blush. "N-no, I didn't." She lied. She was able to lie pretty good but, Loki was starting to know her well enough to know that she was hiding something but, he wouldn't press it.

"Oh, that's a shame, it was really good." Suzanne felt her heart skip a beat. She hasn't sung in years, well not where people could hear her anyway. She didn't say anything for a while. Loki sighed and looked at her.

"Why are you up here by yourself?" He looked at her with an expression that showed concern.

She looked at him for a moment but then looked away. She wasn't sure but it felt like those eyes of his were pulling her in. Trying to trap her into an abyss that she never comes out of, no matter how hard she would try. "I-I just wanted some time to think and this seemed like a good spot." She was being honest. Loki just smiled and shook his head.

"It's late out Suzanne. You really should be getting to bed." She yawned proving his point, but she still protested.

"I'm fine Gabriel, honestly." She tried not to show any signs of being tired. Loki stood up and held his hand out for her.

"No, you are not fine. You are tired now do not protest and come with me." His voice was steady and gave off a tone that said 'I'm not in the mood to fight'. Suzanne sighed and took his hand. He helped her up and she almost fell over. "See? Now come along, lean on me if you must." She did just that. She yawned again and looked up at him with a sleepy look in her eyes. "Why can't you be more like normal girls and just go to bed when you're tired?" He pondered out loud.

"Maybe I don't want to be like other girls." He smiled at this. "I want to live my life the way I want to. I will let no one dictate it for me." Loki's mind twisted a bit. 'Oh darling, if only you knew how much I would dictate it. Would you hate me or love me once I do though?' Once they reached her front door, he took the spare key out of his pocket and opened the door. He led her in and to her bedroom where he had her lay down immediately. He told her not to worry about her clothes and that he would stay the night to watch over her. He had not seen her tired before and figured it was from all of the studying she's had to do. Her summer finals were soon he knew this. Once she was asleep, he magically had her clothes change into her night time clothes and then turned to leave her room so she could sleep.

He sat on the couch for a moment pondering many things. He was acting strange, this he knew. Was it really Suzanne doing this? Or was it some mechanism in the back of his mind trying to make himself seem more like a mortal so that she wouldn't suspect anything? He wasn't sure. He was becoming more and more confused and he barely knows this girl!

He sighed. "Why do I find myself so concerned for this girl? Her well being is easily explainable. But, why doesn't she come to me with her problems? Wait, what am I thinking? She doesn't know me that well." He started to pace the living room. He was flustered by this. He then heard a sound coming from her room. He stopped and looked in the direction of her bedroom. Suzanne popped out.

"Hey, Gabriel, how did I get into my sleep wear?" She questioned sleepily. He smiled sweetly.

"You must have put them on. I've been out here since putting you to bed." He said to her simply. She nodded, taking the answer. She was just so tired. He walked up to her and hugged her.

"Go back to bed love. You look like death has warmed over." He led her back to her bed and had her lay down again. Before he could walk away this time though, she grabbed his dress pant leg. "What is it?" He questioned concerned.

"Thank you. For everything." With that she fell asleep again, letting go of him in the process.

He smiled again and figured that it would be worth it. He went to the guest room and sat on the futon and picked up one of her books from her shelf. As he started reading, he heard that voice again.

"Now, if there is anything that'll drive me insane, it'll be that voice." He muttered to himself. He didn't want to wake Suzanne so he stayed put and kept reading, listening to the voice. Though, he couldn't make out the lyrics.

Suzanne has a habit of singing in her sleep and sang a sad song. "Time, is dead and gone….show must go on…." The song of the Circus Monster was sung for a bit as she fell into a deeper sleep.