Chapter Ten: A Boat

A/N: I'm really sorry about the delay. I've got seven stories, five of which I have to write on. It's taken a while to get back in the mood to write this one. For those of you who are wondering, yes Ria is based off me.

Gabriel's dad had dropped them off at the restaurant. They were currently sitting at their table, waiting for their orders to come. They were actually finding some pretty interesting things to talk about. One such topic was, and I-being the narrator- quote, " If you were stranded on an island and could only have five things, what would you have?"

Gabriel's answer was logical, as always. He said he would like a life's supply of water bottles, seeds so that he could plant a garden for food, a laptop that never lost its charge, a phone, and a suitcase full of clothes.

" Yeah, that would probably be good. But I can give you one thing that would be better than all of those." Gabriel doubted it.

" Like what?" Gabriel was slightly annoyed by her smirk.

" A boat."

Gabriel and Ria were having dessert. On Ria's part it was lemon meringue pie. On Gabriels it was chocolate cake. They were taking a leisurely pace with it, not really wanting to have to go outside, where it was getting colder.

Ria laughed at something Gabriel had said, causing him to grin. Then it started.

The door flew open and in stormed the Dobinski twins.

" Oh, just wonderful" Gabriel muttered under his breath. Of course, on his first date one of his enemies had to show up.

Ria looked at him, a little bit puzzled. Then she seemed to realize who the new duo were. A look crossed her face that Gabriel couldn't quite identify. Worry? Annoyance?

The she- devils walked over to the pairs table.

" Looks like you finally got out, clothes boy." One of them snarled.

Then something seemed to happen. Both girls started turning blue. And not that weird shade of blue that you get when you get blueberry juice on your fingers, no this was a cobalt blue.

" W-w-w-w-w-w-what's h-h-h-h-happening-g-g-g-g?" One of the twins exclaimed through chattering teeth. Why chattering? Because of the extreme cold that had invaded them.

Ria seemed to be looking out the window. Gabriel followed her gaze and saw a man clothed all in black, standing in the light of the streetlamp.

" The same one" she murmured, unaware of the chaos erupting around her. She looked across the table to Gabriel, and then, finally, to their surroundings.

" Shall we leave?" She asked him quietly. He nodded and they walked out of the restaurant. He looked across the street, but the man was gone.