"Hey, sorry I'm late. Do you have any mouthwash?" Cissnei asked giving Elena's door a quick knock but letting herself in.

"Yeah it's…in the cabinet above my bathroom sink." Elena said.

"Great!" Cissnei said taking off for Elena's bathroom. Elena had a strange look on her face. She heard Cissnei turn the water on and walked back toward her.

"What have you been doing that makes you need mouthwash so urgently?" Elena asked her fastening a necklace around her neck. She followed Cissnei into her bedroom that connected to her bathroom. Cissnei spit in the sink and turned the water off. She wiped the back of her hand across her mouth.

"Angeal Hewley." She answered smiling all over. Elena's face hit her palm.

"Cissnei! It's 7:00 in the evening!" Elena scolded her.

"I know! I'm just getting warmed up. He was shockingly the absolute worst blow…" Elena cut her off as she hid her face in her hands.

"Stop…stop…my god please…stop talking. I thought you were gonna back off after this whole thing with Zack." Elena mumbled into her hands.

"Well, I had to blow the mentor since I fucked the student! I can say I will never blow him again! No wonder he's single. Can I have some lipstick. Oooh I want this one." Cissnei said.

"That's fine go ahead…I'll just…burn that tube later." Elena mumbled.

"And by the way, I told you to wear something slutty!" Cissnei said.

"This is slutty! Look how short it is!" Elena defended herself.

"Oooh yes. The middle of your thigh is sooooo slutty." Cissnei said rolling her eyes as she shoved Elena's lipstick into her purse. "Look at my dress, this….is short." Cissnei demonstrated. "Your dress is way classy and tasteful. Okay, where are those shoes?" Cissnei asked in anticipation. Elena smiled and pulled her extravagantly priced shoes out of the closet for Cissnei. It had been a long Friday and these two were headed for a night out to one of the local bars that was also a favorite hangout for many Shinra employees. It had become a favorite spot because of the Shinra employee discounts.

"Just so you know, I drank apple-tini's with you on Monday I am not getting hammered tonight." Elena warned her.

"It's half-price shots. You have to do half-price shots with me and Kunsel. Kunsel will be there. He's always freakin' there." Cissnei said. "I'm ready. Let's go." And so they were off to Goblin's Bar in Sector Eight. It was actually a short train ride from where Elena lived. "Now, I know last Friday you were busy being underneath one of the finer things life has to offer but you'll have to come back down to earth this weekend." Cissnei told Elena.

"Hush…" Elena told her. She couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh sorry, you were on top weren't you? I bet you were on top. God! In either case you're so lucky." Cissnei persisted. "Okay, so tonight…I say we start with vodka shots." Cissnei announced.

"Fine but just like….you know three tops." Elena warned her as the boarded the train.

"Six." Cissnei argued.

"Okay, four." Elena insisted.

"Four and split a pitcher of daiquiris with me." Cissnei said. Elena sighed. There was no winning this.

"Fine." Elena gave in. "You mentioned Kunsel, have you slept with Kunsel too?" she asked out of nowhere.

"Are you kidding! He was like…the first one down there that I went down on!" Cissnei said.

"Thank you for practically screaming that throughout this train." Elena said. It was only two train stops to Goblin's Bar but finding a seat on the train was impossible. Elena and Cissnei had to squeeze themselves in toward the overhead bar to find a place to hang on until their stop arrived.

"Next stop, interior plate sector 8." The train's automated informant said. The train took off quickly and arrived at the next stop within three minutes. There were many people that exited the train at this stop but just as many more poured in. "Next stop outer plate sector 8." The automated system announced before the doors closed. From the outer plate stop, Cissnei and Elena would make their way down the stairs and toward Goblin's. The outer plate stop was a mere minute away. The stops were purposely so close together because of the residents who often got off the trains at the inner plate and the people who were headed for the sector eight attractions. The best part about sector eight was the fact that there was everything to do there. Once the train stopped, Cissnei and Elena filed out the doors quickly. Once down the staircase that lead to the sector eight fountain, they crossed the street in the midst of traffic toward Goblin's. There was a small crowd in front of the bar. It was likely an indicator as to how packed Goblin's would be tonight. Once inside, it was obvious that Goblin's was indeed the hot spot tonight. There wasn't even a table open that they could see, but that didn't matter. If Cissnei could find Kunsel, a table would be close by.

"My god, this place is…"Elena didn't get her sentence out.

"I know can you believe this crowd? Come on let's get to the bar. We have shots to do!" Cissnei said grabbing Elena's hand and wading through the crowd. Elena had never been to Goblin's before, in fact she had barely been in a bar since her days of working behind one. Cissnei on the other hand knew most of the bartenders that worked here. Once she and Elena had finally gotten a spot around the bar she had the first round of shots coming in no time. "Check it out! Okay, here's to the end of a hellish paperwork filled week!" Cissnei said raising her shot glass.

"You didn't tell me these were going to be double shots!" Elena said holding her shot glass up with Cissnei.

"Oops." Cissnei said smiling. And thus the first shot of the night was swallowed. There were three more double shots sitting on the bar counter behind them. Elena turned around and picked up the next one. "Yes! See, that's the way, Elena!" Cissnei said praising Elena for picking up the next one without bitching about the amount or something. "Oh! I see a table! You order a pitcher of daiquiris or something and I'm going to go get that table before it's gone." Cissnei said swallowing her last two shots like it was nobody's business.

"You swallowed that like water!" Elena said savoring her last on a bit more than what Cissnei had.

"Lots and lots of practice swallowing, Elena. Lots of practice." Cissnei said as she hurried over to the open table before someone else swooped it up. Elena shook her head and got the bartender's attention. She waited there for the pitcher.

"Hey, hey you!" a voice called to Elena. She turned around but didn't recognize who it was.

"I recognize you. SOLDIER, 2nd Class. You're a Turk aren't you? The one who saved Rufus Shinra from a sticky situation? Damn, you're cool. What are you drinkin'?" he asked her. Elena nervously shoved her hair behind her ear and stared at the bar counter.

"Oh, I'm…I'm waiting on a pitcher. You're SOLDIER, you probably know Cissnei. I'm here with her." Elena said.

"We love Cissnei and not just because she's smokin' fine either. Well, uh. Nice seein' ya. Oh and, you're not hard on the eyes either." He left Elena at the bar as she blushed all over. Thank goodness that pitcher was ready. She grabbed the pitcher and the two glasses that the bartender had left and pushed some money towards the bartender. She joined Cissnei and they noticed that the bar had actually cleared out a little now that they had a table. There must have been a late show or something that lured some of the crowd away.

"I just saw one of your SOLDIER friends over there." Elena said sitting across form Cissnei.

"Yeah? Who was it?" Cissnei asked.

"He didn't say, just SOLDIER 2nd Class." Elena said.

"I think you were right about me swallowing those shots too fast. I'm starting to feel 'em a little bit." Cissnei said. She and Elena sat there and worked on the pitcher. Kunsel eventually found them much to Cissnei's delight. She knew he would be here tonight. Elena could tell by the way Cissnei flirted with Kunsel and the way he flirted with her that indeed these two had been much more than mere SOLDIER Floor acquaintances. Kunsel didn't stay around too long, he had his own rounds to make tonight.

"Will you get mad at me if I go home with someone tonight?" Cissnei asked now that she and Elena were halfway through this pitcher.

"I won't get mad at you but…shouldn't you take a break? Remember Cissnei…two words: Zack Fair." Elena tried to bring Cissnei back to reality here for a minute.

"I know, I know, I know…you're right. I think I've been trying to convince myself that I didn't fuck everything up. I honestly think I'm kinda' trying to sex my mistakes out of my system." Cissnei admitted. At least she was honest.

"You do realize that's what got you in to this mess." Elena reminded her.

"I know it did! Wish I coulda' been with Rufus instead. God, I wouldn't be here tonight. I'd be sipping champagne in black lingerie and watching Rufus take off his expensive mother-of-pearl inlaid watch." Cissnei said. Elena laughed at her.

"You really have that mapped out well." Elena told her.

"Honey, I have been thinking about…" Cissnei gasped. She didn't finish her sentence. "…oh my god…look what the summer air blew in here. How long has he been over there!" Cissnei said.

"What?" Elena looked around.

"Right there…" Cissnei pointed and Elena turned around in the direction she was pointing. Elena gasped.

"Noooo!" Elena said.

"Yes!" Cissnei said excitedly.

"No!" Elena shook her head.

"Yes!"

"Oh my god I've had four shots and a half pitcher of daiquiris!" Elena squeaked.

"Oooh yes you have!" Cissnei had a horrible smile over her face. "Go over there! Go over there and say, hey Tseng what's goin' on! So, you wanna have sex or what!"

"Let's talk about how I'm NOT gonna do that!" Elena said finishing off her daiquiri.

"What? The sex part or the going over there part? I wonder why he's here alone?" Cissnei wondered. Now that she had spotted Tseng she wanted to watch him. She watched him turnaround from the bar, his back to the counter. "He just caught sight of us. Just sit there, don't turn around!" Cissnei said like a junior high school girl. She continued to watch him, making sure not to make eye contact and give her mock aloofness away.

"What are you looking at now?" Elena asked.

"Your man. I don't understand why he's here alone. He usually goes out with Reno, or Rude…or Reno and Rude or worse…Rufus. He's with Rufus a lot. You better be glad he's not standing there with Rufus right now or you would have a hell of a problem on your hands." Cissnei said.

"Tell me about it…" Elena said pouring a half-glass of daiquiri. Cissnei watched as Tseng turned around toward the bar again. Cissnei looked at Elena. She sighed a bit and suddenly her eyes wandered in a different direction.

"I might be back…I just saw something I'm interested in." Cissnei said.

"Wait…what are you gonna go?" Elena asked with extreme skepticism in her voice.

"Nothing, I swear! He knows we're here….but he doesn't know that we know he's here. You wait…when I leave this table…he'll come over here." Cissnei said filling her glass with what was left in the pitcher before leaving an empty seat across from Elena. Cissnei only partially lied to Elena. Indeed she caught sight of a SOLDIER, but she had a stop to make before going for her own pursuits first.

"Hey." Cissnei said losing herself in the crowd and sneaking up behind her boss. She scratched her fingernails on Tseng's shoulder. He gave Cissnei a quick once over.

"You really shouldn't be wearing a dress like that. It sends the wrong message."Tseng reprimanded her.

"Oh and your stupid vertical striped gray shirt sends the right message? God, Tseng you look like you're going to a freakin' job interview between that and your stupid black pants. Anway, Are you here alone? Where's your boy with the cash?" Cissnei asked as she watched Tseng. He didn't answer right away. He was looking over Cissnei. She looked in the direction he was looking. "You got your eye on somethin' boss. I'll give you fifty gil right now if you take your eyes off of her." Cissnei said with confidence.

"And if I can't?" Tseng asked knowing what Cissnei was referring to.

"Then you give me fifty gil 'cause I could use it." Cissnei said. Tseng didn't flinch. He jammed his hand into his pocket and pulled out his wallet without letting his eyes wander. He handed a bill over to Cissnei.

"Shit, that was easy. I shoulda' asked for a hundred. Look, let me tell you something Tseng. I know what you think…and she doesn't want Rufus. In fact…Tseng stopped her.

"You don't know that." He said.

"Shut up, I'm talking and believe me Tseng…I have information that you want to hear. Elena isn't with Rufus. She slept with him for reasons I have my own theory about. But…she wants you. She wants you bad. She wants you to fuck her the way Rufus couldn't. She can't get you out of her head…ever. When she was with Rufus she faked it because she knew she would scream your name if she didn't…that's right Tseng…you heard me . Elena faked it with Rufus Shinra because she was picturing you…the whole…time." Cissnei paused. Tseng's eyes were burning in to hers. "If this place had a back room…Elena would take you there and blow you. Believe me…she wants to get her hands all over you and she wants your hands all over her. You want her otherwise you wouldn't have told me to take care of Rufus from now on. I'm leaving her alone at that table over there. But I'm telling you Tseng, if you don't go over there and take her home with you…she will settle for Rufus. She looks beautiful on his arm...or under him...and you know that. She doesn't want that…she wants this." Elena said running her hands down Tseng's arms. Whatever it is that you want with Elena you can have it. But you gotta go over there first. I don't know how long it's been since you've actually been with a woman but I have a feeling it's been a while." Cissnei paused again. "Here's your fifty gil back. You've been starin' at me for a good thirty seconds and my god I've never seen you this pale and colorless." Cissnei was getting ready to walk away. "Oh, here. This is 'cause I like you and I like Elena…and she deserves to have the real thing instead of a fake. No pressure, boss." Cissnei had discreetly shoved three condoms into his hand. One thing was certain about Cissnei, she always went everywhere prepared. "So are you going to say anything or are you going to keep staring at me like that? Because I am in hot pursuit of some hot SOLDIER.

"I think…I'm gonna need another drink." Tseng mumbled.

"Mmm…good! Go have it with Elena. Then take her back to your place and really have it with her. "I gotta go. You know what to do." It was the last thing Cissnei said before disappearing for the rest of the night.