BORED I really hate being bored cause then I do nothing but think of what I can do but really don't want to do. Kinda how I felt when I tried to start this. I wasn't fully sure where to send this chapter but I figured it out. And I think saying Gabriels affection rating went up would be very accurate. She jumped from a four to a five to I say a six in the last chapter, Now while there are smooching lets continue.

They stood lips locked in the middle of the quiet plaza. Gabriela was the first to pull away as she moved to stand flat footed once more. She looked up to him under his hood, his golden eyes looking out to her. His hands had slid to rest on her hips when she pulled back. They stood a moment longer lost in each other's eyes before she finally came out of her daze. And with out warning her hand came whipping across his face and she took off running.

Ezio was left standing in the middle of the plaza alone his cheek growing red and burning. Reaching up slowly he only smirked and shook his head. Grabbing his small pouch he tucked it to his belt and quickly took to the roof tops. He was heading home though he was going at a rather lazy pace easily reveling in what just happened. Gabriela watched him climb high before she took off back to Tiber Island wanting to get there before him.

Gabriela flew in to the main door or Tiber Island tower slamming the door shut. She walked through the main hall seeing Machiavelli and Catarina talking. Machiavelli looked up and as did Catarina, with a bit of a coy smile seeing Gabriela's red face. Steeling herself Gabriela walked through the room her head held high waiting to be stopped. Nothing was said to her as she moved through the door way to the stairs as she was going to her room. She stopped when she heard the main hall door open and close again and she knew that was Ezio.

"Where are you been?" Machiavelli questioned.

"We all have our secrets" Ezio spoke dark and playful tone.

"I took the liberty of setting up a means of communications with your recruits." Machiavelli made sure to emphisis the your in his sentence. "We send orders via carrier pigeon"

"Thank you, Machiavelli" Ezio was greatful and made sure it was know that he was very thankful with his tone.

"Bartolomeo Sends his apologies." Volpe's voice sounded and Gabriela looked around the corner seeing him and a younger girl with him. "The French have doubled their assault."

"Claudia" Ezio spoke with a sour tone to the woman.

"Ezio" the woman responded dryly leaving Gabriala to questioned their relationship.

"All right. I have a plan to deal with the Borgia." Ezio spoke rather triumphantly

"we can either go after Supplies or Cesare's followers" Machiavelli spoke up with the options.

"My plan is to attack both." Ezio was very confident in his plan. "If we cut off his funds, Cesare will lose his army and return with out his men, SO I ask you, where does he get his money? Volpe?"

"Agostina Chigi is the Pope's Money-lender, but Cesare does business with someone else. As of now, all we know is that he is called the Banker." Volpe spoke of what he knew from his men which was very little. Gabriela bit her lip wondering if she should tell them more but that could put her in to questioning as to how she knew that. But her info would be very helpful.

"I know someone who owes The Banker money. Senator Egidio Trache coems in all the time and complains." The woman spoke up quickly and that allowed Gabriela a way to keep hiding though she knew the same man and had collected from him a few times. He knew her face.

"Bene." Ezio nodded "I will follow up on that lead."

"French Soldier's are guarding the road back in to the Castello. Once Cesare arrives you will never get to him." Machiavelli chimmed in again with more bad news making himself seem more and more like the leak in Ezio's group of assassins.

"I Intend to kill the French General. With him Dead, Bartolomeo will have the Frenchmen on the defensive and they will abandon their posts on the Bridge." Ezio shop back his answer to that problem like he knew it was there before it was even mentioned.

"Even with those Troops gone, the Papal Guard will continues to protect the inner gate." Catarina spoke up knowing all to well the guarding on the insides of the Castello.

"There is a side entrance. Lucrezia;s Latest plaything, Pietro has a key." Volpe smriked almost having forgot that bit of info himself.

"He was at the Castello" Ezio nodded remembering the poor man.

"Come see me later, I will have my thieves ascertain his location." Volpe nodded and bowed heading out his eyes glancing to Gabriela as he passed back to leave.

The other nodded and left as well. It was late and everyone was heading out to get some well needed rest. Gabriela turned her gaze as Machiavelli helped Catarina from her chair and Ezio nodded heading to the stairs. Jumping up and leaping two steps at a time Gabriela ran up the stair and down the hall in to her room. She sighed as the only light was that from her fire place. She moved to sit on her bed let that meeting roll around in her head a bit wondering what she would have to do.

She thought a moment longer and laid back on her bed sighing heavily. She kicked the floor a bit and reached her hand down pulling the laces of her boots before relaxing and closing her eyes for the moment. When she opened her eyes again the sun was up and she was laying under her blankets nice and warm. She curled up tightly then stretched out as far as he body would allow her before sitting up her mind hazy of the night before. Looking to her arm her gauntlet was off and her boots had been removed. Getting up and quickly gave the room a look over and found her choke wire wrist guard on her night stand and her boots sitting next to the bed. She lifted her guard up and a small pouch sat under it and the smell of chocolate hit her nose.

"Ezio." She smiled and sat back on the bed lifting the pouch kind of feeling bad that she slapped him the night before."I should apologize to him."

"Apologize to who?" Catarina stood at her door walking in as she had just scared Gabriela. "I knocked."

"Ah Catarina, you scard me." She smiled softly "I need to apologize to Ezio."

"For what?" Catarina walked over slowly and sat down on a chair having used a cane to move.

"I slapped him last night and ran away from him." She looked down to the pouch again.

"That explains the red face I saw on you and the hand print on his face."Catarina chuckled softly "What did he do to deserve your wrath dear girl?"

"He kissed me." Gabriela looked over and saw a stunned look on Catarina's face.

"He kissed you and you slapped him thats not the first time that had happened to him." the woman chuckled loudly. "I thought he did something horrendous."

"Not just that, I let him, I enjoyed his lips on mine. When I pulled back it was the first thing I could think of doing" Gabriela dropped her head "So I did. I still haven't told him my secret and I do not know how to tell him. I am afraid to tell him actually, and thats becaues I do not know how to tell him."

"Be blunt with him" Catarina smiled. "Ezio as complex as he may come off, he is a very simple guy. Just say you need to talk to him and just tell him straight out. The longer you push this off the higher of a chance he finds out the wrong way and then there is a huge problem for you."

"You are right. But when do I tell him? He just got rather busy as did I with the new recruits. Training and missions" Gabriela looked down before her head shot up. "I can tell him right after we get rid of The Banker! We will need to lay low for a while it will be perfect"

"Good now make sure you tell him." Catarina got up "I am heading back to Froli. I am useless here and I need to get back home to my children. Best of luck."

The woman left leaving Gabriela to think a bit more before getting dressed in her full robes today. It was a cloudy day which meant a chance of rain, and a really soul sucking day. She finished dressing and sat on her bed once more for a bit before doing a once over making sure she had everything. She was going to have to head up to deal with Cesarre soon but had to get away from Ezio and any spying eyes to do so. Volpe men were good as seeing and Claudia's women were good at listening. This would be harder then she would have wanted.

"Vittoria agli Assassini!" Gabriela heard from outside and saw Catarina ride off away from Ezio who looked alittle sad to see the woman go.

Ezio looked up to the window seeing Gabriela looking out he waved to her and called her down with a simple motion of his hand. He waited outside as she came out and looked to him. She had her hood up and her head down she kind of still felt bad that she hit him. Though She wasnt sure why she felt so bad about it. She had hit other men even killed them with out feeling so guilty.

"Come, we are going to the brothel to get some more information." Ezio spoke sternly and headed off quickly not giving her a chance to argue.

"Ezio..."She kept behind him as she spoke up.

"What?" he grumbled looking back sounding very upset.

"I am sorry for last night." She looked up to him and saw him glance back his look a little cold. "I shouldn't have slapped you. It was wrong of me especially after you were so nice."

"Yea, you should be sorry." He spoke up a bit harshly which stunned Gabriela because the stories she had heard of him from Catarina and even Leonardo never put him in this kind of negative light. "You slapped a face of perfection leaving a bright red mark on my cheek. You almost ruined it and all the ladies around would have had to hate you for your discretions" He looked back with a smirk on his face as his voice got more playful and jokey.

"You are a brat" Gabriela spoke punching his arm making him laugh. "I honestly felt bad and you make a giant joke out of it.

"Sorry Bella. You are not the first to slap me, nor will you be the last." He chuckled putting an arm around her shoulder in a half hug before letting go "But I do forgive you and lets hurry the faster we get that info the faster we can get this Banker"

They walked through the boring street quietly as the morning sun started to burn away the gray clouds in the sky. They turned a few corner and ended up near a river and soon to a large building covered in flowers and banners. The sweet smell of flowers was everywhere choking those not used to the strong ouder. Ezio pointed to the building and they walked ever closer as scantly dressed woman waved at Ezio and giggled.

As the entered they were engulfed in another strong scent of perfumes and incence. Gabriela raised her hand to her nose to fend of the strong oder as it was already making her a little ill and dizzy. Going to the main desk She saw Ezio remove his hood and smile very warmly to an older but still very beautiful woman with dark hair and dark eyes. He watched the woman when she walked over and spoke very kindly to the woman.

"Buongiorno, Mother" Ezio's voice was warm and respectful

"Ezio." The woman threw her hands down as she spoke very upset "Thank you for coming to see me."

"What troubles the Courtesans?" Ezio knew that tone fom his mother all to well.

"The old proprietor of this brothel, Madonna Solari was a cheat and liar. Her ties to the church have been uncovered. Worsem several of those who work for us sleep with the enemy still" The woman was very upset and that rage actually made gabriela step away in fear she get yelled at. The power of an angry mother.

"I will find them." Ezio nodded to the woman.

"Visit the girls I trust, they will help you. Grazie Ezio." The woman gave him a warm and thankful smile.

"Where is Claudia?" Ezio asked and was pointed to the other side of the brother and he only nodded and walked over. His heavy booth steps getting the younger womans attention.

Gabriela followed Ezio over and saw the woaman. She was the same woman she saw at Tiber Isle the night before. She was curious of her relationship to Ezio still but was starting to get a feeling it was not that of lovers or friends.

"What do you want?" The woman spoke with a very sad voice when she looked up to Ezio

"You spoke of a senator at the meeting." Ezio's voice had a bit of an edge like he wanted nothing but business with this woman unlike his tone with his mother.

"Find him on the Campidoglio, you do not need me." Claudia crossed her arms and frowned at Ezio looking very hurt.

"Once I kill the Banker, your girls must take his money back to the underground." Ezio was ordering her to get this done rather then asking and this made Gabriela a bit upset that he was being so cruel.

"Fine" Claudia nodded weakly her shoulder dropping.

"Stay alert" He snapped at her before he spun and left.

Gabriela looked to Claudia with an expression of apologies. She felt bad that Ezio treated her like that but knew she coudlnt do any thing to stop him. Claudia waved it off and shook her head before giving a soft smile to Gabriela and made a shoo motion with her hand so she didn't fall behind with Ezio. Gabriela moved quickly to leave with him and looked up to him and frowned needed to figure out his problem with that girl.

"What is your problem with Claudia? Was she an ex-lover or something?" Gabriela asked making sure she got his attention.

"Dulce, she is not, and never will be a lover of mine." Ezio was very quickly to inform her of that. "She was my sister"

"Was your sister. Either she is or she isn't" Gabriela gave him a rather pointed stare.

"She. She Did something that I told her not to do even after I said she would be doing it alone." He sighed as he walked and looked down."And she made it very clear she didn't care what I thought and what people thought of her."

"She took charge of the brothel even though you said no?" She looked up to him getting a nod.

"We needed the brother open yes but I could have found snother person." Ezio looked up to the sky.

"But you didn't and she is helping you the best she can by keeping that place open even at the cost of her own apperence. I think you should say thank you rather then staying mad at her." Gabriela took his hand. "Honestly I would have been mad to but what she had to give up to further you does outweigh your pride as head of the family."

"Dulce, You are right. I will go back once we get the Banker." Ezio smiled and started to run his finger wrapping Gabriela's hand as they had places to be.