Chapter 4: Jacks POV

Sadly putting action to words was much harder than the three of them had originally thought, although Z and Sydney were friends they didn't really talk much about their personal taste in men so they had no idea if Sydney would even consider seeing Cruger as more than their commanding officer let alone as a potential boyfriend, so they figured the best way to get the two together would be to make sure the two would run into each other and be alone together as much as possible and hopeful allow Sydney to either fall in love with Cruger or given Cruger the chance to work up the nerve to tell Sydney how he feels about her himself.

The problem was trying to figure out when the two would 'accidently' run into one another and stay together for at least an hour or more….the answer came from a surprisingly helpful Felix.

"I may not be Kat but I'm good with computers." He said. " Just have them get on the same elevator and make sure there alone in there."

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Sydney POV

My heels clicked loudly against the tile floor as I made my way towards the elevators, I was dressed in a tight fitting black knee length dress that hugged my body in all of the right places without seeing to slutty but not too much either. I knew I looked good and judging by the feel of everyone's stares and whispered comments they thought I looked good to, clicking the button for the elevator I watched as it opened to reveal the man of my dreams standing allow in the elevator, I froze for a second….he was alone just standing there looking as powerful and commanding as ever.

One of the many reasons why I had secretly fallen for this man was his presence, he could simply glance at a person and either make them believe in him or fear him because they know to cross him is to loss everything in one simple blow, this was a man you couldn't fuck with and come out the winner and that simply did it for me.

Forcing myself to step inside the elevator, I moved as far away as I could get without is seeming obvious.

"Commander." I greeted respectfully as the doors closed behind me with a binging sound.

"Cadet Drew," He greeted beck as his eyes wandered over me but unlike most men I couldn't tell if it was because he was checking me out or because he was just observing me like he did with everything and everyone else.

"You look…nice." He said after a moment of silence.

In nodded and forced myself to seem like my normal bubbly self.

"Thanks I'm meeting with my parents for dinner tonight." I said and it wasn't a lie, I was actually meeting with my parents for dinner but I knew that dinner wasn't the only thing that was going to be discusses tonight, I was 22 years old now and in the world of wealthy N.T.C circles I was going to be considered an old maid if I didn't marry some wealthy guy soon or at the very else start dating someone seriously. In the grand scheme of things I didn't really need another man's money because I had inherited my grandparents fortune after they had died when the war had officially started, then over time I had invested it very well in the import and export businesses as well as the stack market, plus having a full time job didn't hurt either.

So money wasn't the problem but reputation was.

The Drew family had always been then exhibitionist of the first community and that reputation had been increased when my parents had sent me to the SPD academy then allowed me to join the SDP ranks full time when I had been 18, instead of marrying me off as per the norm but I had known four years ago that my parents holding off on any marriage contracts was due to them wanting to seem as even bigger exhibitionist.

Legal since I was an adult my family couldn't force me into any marriage contracts or arrange any marriages, but they could cut me off and that was something I wanted to avoid.

"That sounds lovely." He said and then the elevator jerked so hard that I almost fell with the force of the shock.

"What the fuck!" I said out loud, and then the emergency lights turned on casting the two of us into almost complete darkness, save for a small red light coming from a small blub mounted on the left hand wall.

"Son of a bitch just what I need today." I snarled as I straightened up.

Anubis let out a long sigh but said nothing as we stood there in almost pitch darkness, I stood there and tried hard not to say anything because what was there to say? Anubis and I didn't speak much to one another outside of work and even then it was mostly with the others all around us, that and I was pretty sure he saw me as everyone else saw me as everyone else saw me as, daddy's spoiled little rich princess.

Suddenly there was the crackle of the speakers then Kat's voice coming over the intercom.

"Guys we seem to be having a technological problem with the elevator router….this is going to take at least two hours to fix." Kat said and I groined. "Just sit back and hang tight while I fix this."

"Well there goes dinner." I said out loud and pulled out my phone….then cursed. "Fuck there isn't any signal in here."

Grate, prefect now I got to deal with long speeches about arriving on time and that there was no excuse for being tardy to a family events.

"I'm sorry." Anubis voice cut threw my mental ranting so fast that it took me a few seconds to comprehend what he had just said.

"Um….why? It's not your fault we got stuck in the elevator." I said and stared at the outline of his body leaning against the opposite wall, I could feel him staring at me.

"Still, I'm sorry you're going to miss time with your family." He said and I felt my cheeks start to warm up.

"Um…thank you sir." I finally said then add. "Sorry if you are missing a meeting or anything."

He nodded then fell silent again and for some reason I wanted to reach out and touch him…biting my lip I watched him from underneath my eye lashes. I couldn't see him but I didn't need to, I had studied him from a distance often enough that I could probably find him in the dark without any effort.

"So I heard you had a meeting with commander birdie earlier…how did it go?" I asked and I heard him let out a long sigh which was answer enough.

General Birdie was a pain in everyone's ass and no one liked him, because he was a pompous arrogant asshole that had kissed enough ass to get where he was now, it was common knowledge that Anubis hated Birdie with a passion and vice versa.

"As good as to be expected when it comes to General Birdie," he said and I could see that he was frustrated at whatever had been said between him and Birdie.

"He can't accepted that your better then him." I said without thinking.

"What do you mean?"

I blushed harder and prayed to god that he couldn't see it.

"Birdie can't accepted that you're better than he is. Everyone here would follow you into hell and back if you asked, no one in the Miami sector would do that for Birdie and he knows it."

Silence.

"Put that way…I have to agree with you." He finally said then added.

"I just don't understand why he isn't…." he started to say then trailed off.

"Like you. " I finished and at his nodded continued.

"Birdie leads from the back and when things get tough for him, he isn't afraid to throw someone under the bus to save his own skin. You lead from the front and will fight to the death to protect every one of your troops. Put simply Bridie is a cowardly, manipulative, ass kissing bitch who has gone as far as he can without putting in real effort and he knows it; he also knows that you'll most likely outrank him one day soon and he hates the thought of being below someone he considerers not good enough." I said with the knowledge of past experience.

Before he could reply the elevator lights blinked on and we began to move downward, our time together had come to an end. When the doors to the elevator opened on the ground floor I stepped out then checked my phone to see five missed calls and six texts form my parents probably demanding to know where the hell I was, I slid the phone back into the small black clutch I had and wondered if any of the local restaurants I preferred wouldn't have a long wait time for a table, I was starving and since I was dressed to kill anyways I might as well go out.

"Sydney."

I paused in the act of pulling out my phone again to see Anubis had moved to stand in front of me is expression was empty of all emotion and for a second I wondered what I had done wrong.

"I'd like you to come have dinner with me." He said and I blinked.

'Oh my god…is he asking me out?' I thought to myself and figuring I had nothing to lose figured I might as well ask for clarification.

"Are you asking me out on a date…commander?" I asked raising a single perfectly plucked brow.

"Not a date per say….just dinner amongst two coworkers."

'Just dinner amongst two coworkers.'

"Okay." I said without thought.

He nodded.

"Come."