A/N: I've had two reviews to keep this going so here's ch 2! Enjoy.
Oh, one more thing, it doesn't belong to me. ^_^
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Sara opened her eyes to see Gabriel sitting next to her on the couch.
"What time is it?" she asked as she sat up.
"It is 5:30 in the morning." he smiled, "You fell asleep around 1 am and after you told me about not sleeping I didn't have the heart to wake you."
"Did I drop off while we were talking?" Sara rubbed her eyes and tried to remember when she had fallen asleep on Gabriel's couch.
"I got up to toss the fast food containers away and when I came back you were out."
"I'm sorry, Gabriel." Sara felt slightly embarrassed.
"Nothing to be sorry about." he handed her a mug of coffee, "I had fun driving around with you. I was annoyed that only one place was open so late but I still had fun."
"Your face was quite funny when you saw the lady at the drive through." Sara laughed at the memory.
"She was scary." Gabriel protested, "I'm never going there at night agian."
Sara took a sip of the dark liquid in her cup and sighed, "I didn't even want to remember the day I had had yesterday and yet you managed to get me to tell you about it all." taking another sip she asked, "How do you do that?"
"It's a gift." he ducked as Sara swung playfully at him, "No. Really?.. I have no idea. I guess you just wait till they want to talk."
"But I didn't want to talk."
"You did." he smiled, "You just didn't know it."
"I have to get back to my appartment." Sara said as she checked Gabriel's watch, "I have to go to work."
"Well, just so you know," Gabriel grinned, "You're always welcome to crash on my couch."
"I'll remember that." Sara shook her head with a smile and stretched, "What are you doing today?"
"Um...I have a client coming by this morning but I believe that's it, why?"
"Would you like to have lunch or something?" Sara asked as she pulled on her coat.
"Sure." Gabriel shrugged, "You don't have to twist my arm to get me to spend more time with you."
"Oh, Really?" Sara smirked.
"Yeah." he said seriously, "Besides if you hadn't asked I was going to."
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"Are you feeling well, Pez?" Jake asked when Sara declined a fourth cup of coffee.
"I'm fine, Jake. Why?" Sara asked, looking up from the paper work she was trying to finish before lunch.
"I don't know." Jake shrugged as Danny gave him a questioning look, "It's just that you seem to be in a better mood than you have been for the past few weeks."
"You also didn't dump coffee in your lap today." Danny leaned back in his chair, "What's up, Sara?"
"Nothing's up, Danny." Sara laughed, "I just got some sleep for once, that's all."
"How much sleep?" Jake asked.
"What difference does that make make, McCartey?"
"Just a question." Jake shrugged.
"About four hous. Maybe a little longer."
"Hey, chief." all three detectives turned to see Gabriel walk into the office, "Am I interupting something?"
"No, Gabriel, you're not." Sara shot a look in Jake's direction, "But you're early."
"Oh, I know." Gabriel began digging in his coat pockets, "You left this." he held out Sara's cell phone, "I found it about ten minutes ago. I thought you may need it."
"I didn't even realize that it wasn't in my coat." Sara smiled weakly, "I'll be out in 5 minutes."
"I'll be by the car." Gabriel nodded to the two guys in the room then smiled at Sara before leaving the room.
"When did you leave your cell there?" Danny asked, one eyebrow raised, "And why is he waiting for you?"
"You don't mind if I go to lunch early, do you?" Sara avoided the questions.
Danny just looked at his partner before sighing, "Go. Have fun."
"Thanks, Danny." Sara beamed at her partner, "You're great."
"Yeah, yeah. Now get out before I change my mind." Danny tried and failed to hide his smile as Sara turned and snatched up her jacket on her way out.
"She didn't even answer your questions and you let her go." Jake watched as Sara exited the station.
"Sara can take care of herself. Besides, if she wants to tell me then she will but there's no point in pushing it. A cornered Sara is a mean Sara."
"Yeah, I guess." Jake agreed.
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The wind was cold but the sun shone bright enough for Sara to want her sun glasses. Squinting up at Gabriel, Sara asked where they were going.
"Tola Mi." Gabriel answered "It's just a small little place. I go there often. My cousins Rachell and Chris work there, but only nights. So, I thought it'd be safe to go there."
"What do you mean by safe?" Sara asked as she barely avoided being run over by a big man pushing a cart.
"Meaning, if they're not there, then they can't tell mum that I've been out with a female." he smiled, "If they are there, then we can just go next door to a sub shop."
"Sounds like a plan."
Tola Mi was indeed small but just standing outside the door had Sara's mouth watering. The smell was delicious.
"I'm gonna go check." Gabriel said as he stepped in through the door, "I'll be right back."
Sara stood off to the side of the waiting area and looked around at the paintings that hung on the walls. They were good and not your usual cheap copies. There was one of a tall stone Keep or Castle that caught Sara's eye. It was so realistic that it made you feel like you standing on the lush green hill looking up at the real thing.
A tap on her sholder caused Sara to jump.
"Intersting painting?" Gabriel asked with a smile.
"Yea." Sara blushed, feeling her vision shift.
"We can sit." Gabriel took Sara's arm when she swayed, "Are you ok?"
"Just a bit dizzy." Sara held onto his sholder, "Where's our table?"
Once seated Sara felt a better but her vision still seemed somewhat off. Every now and again she would she a shadow pass just beyond her range of view but when she turned there was nothing there.
'Insane.' Sara thought as she redirected her attention down to the menu on the table, 'I'm deffinately there.'
About half way through her chicken pasta dish something caught Sara's attention. It was another shadow but only this one was satying in one spot. Turning, Sara saw nothing, but looking back down at her dish she could just barely see it off to her right.
"Gabriel, do me a favor." Sara said quietly, "Keep your eyes on me and see if you can see a shadow off to you r left, by the entrance."
Gabriel didn't ask questions and soon he turned to look at the spot full on, "Nothing." he said, "I didn't see anything."
Feeling a bit light headed, Sara drooped her gaze down and immediately saw that the Witchblade was glowing dully.
'Damn you.' the thought was directed down at the glowing stone, 'You're the reason I'm seeing them aren't you?'
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A/N: I may have found a plot! Yip-ee! ^_~ He,he. Tola Mi is fictional. It was the first thing I thought of.~shrugging~ There will be more relationship 'stuff' to come.
Oh, one more thing, it doesn't belong to me. ^_^
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Sara opened her eyes to see Gabriel sitting next to her on the couch.
"What time is it?" she asked as she sat up.
"It is 5:30 in the morning." he smiled, "You fell asleep around 1 am and after you told me about not sleeping I didn't have the heart to wake you."
"Did I drop off while we were talking?" Sara rubbed her eyes and tried to remember when she had fallen asleep on Gabriel's couch.
"I got up to toss the fast food containers away and when I came back you were out."
"I'm sorry, Gabriel." Sara felt slightly embarrassed.
"Nothing to be sorry about." he handed her a mug of coffee, "I had fun driving around with you. I was annoyed that only one place was open so late but I still had fun."
"Your face was quite funny when you saw the lady at the drive through." Sara laughed at the memory.
"She was scary." Gabriel protested, "I'm never going there at night agian."
Sara took a sip of the dark liquid in her cup and sighed, "I didn't even want to remember the day I had had yesterday and yet you managed to get me to tell you about it all." taking another sip she asked, "How do you do that?"
"It's a gift." he ducked as Sara swung playfully at him, "No. Really?.. I have no idea. I guess you just wait till they want to talk."
"But I didn't want to talk."
"You did." he smiled, "You just didn't know it."
"I have to get back to my appartment." Sara said as she checked Gabriel's watch, "I have to go to work."
"Well, just so you know," Gabriel grinned, "You're always welcome to crash on my couch."
"I'll remember that." Sara shook her head with a smile and stretched, "What are you doing today?"
"Um...I have a client coming by this morning but I believe that's it, why?"
"Would you like to have lunch or something?" Sara asked as she pulled on her coat.
"Sure." Gabriel shrugged, "You don't have to twist my arm to get me to spend more time with you."
"Oh, Really?" Sara smirked.
"Yeah." he said seriously, "Besides if you hadn't asked I was going to."
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"Are you feeling well, Pez?" Jake asked when Sara declined a fourth cup of coffee.
"I'm fine, Jake. Why?" Sara asked, looking up from the paper work she was trying to finish before lunch.
"I don't know." Jake shrugged as Danny gave him a questioning look, "It's just that you seem to be in a better mood than you have been for the past few weeks."
"You also didn't dump coffee in your lap today." Danny leaned back in his chair, "What's up, Sara?"
"Nothing's up, Danny." Sara laughed, "I just got some sleep for once, that's all."
"How much sleep?" Jake asked.
"What difference does that make make, McCartey?"
"Just a question." Jake shrugged.
"About four hous. Maybe a little longer."
"Hey, chief." all three detectives turned to see Gabriel walk into the office, "Am I interupting something?"
"No, Gabriel, you're not." Sara shot a look in Jake's direction, "But you're early."
"Oh, I know." Gabriel began digging in his coat pockets, "You left this." he held out Sara's cell phone, "I found it about ten minutes ago. I thought you may need it."
"I didn't even realize that it wasn't in my coat." Sara smiled weakly, "I'll be out in 5 minutes."
"I'll be by the car." Gabriel nodded to the two guys in the room then smiled at Sara before leaving the room.
"When did you leave your cell there?" Danny asked, one eyebrow raised, "And why is he waiting for you?"
"You don't mind if I go to lunch early, do you?" Sara avoided the questions.
Danny just looked at his partner before sighing, "Go. Have fun."
"Thanks, Danny." Sara beamed at her partner, "You're great."
"Yeah, yeah. Now get out before I change my mind." Danny tried and failed to hide his smile as Sara turned and snatched up her jacket on her way out.
"She didn't even answer your questions and you let her go." Jake watched as Sara exited the station.
"Sara can take care of herself. Besides, if she wants to tell me then she will but there's no point in pushing it. A cornered Sara is a mean Sara."
"Yeah, I guess." Jake agreed.
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The wind was cold but the sun shone bright enough for Sara to want her sun glasses. Squinting up at Gabriel, Sara asked where they were going.
"Tola Mi." Gabriel answered "It's just a small little place. I go there often. My cousins Rachell and Chris work there, but only nights. So, I thought it'd be safe to go there."
"What do you mean by safe?" Sara asked as she barely avoided being run over by a big man pushing a cart.
"Meaning, if they're not there, then they can't tell mum that I've been out with a female." he smiled, "If they are there, then we can just go next door to a sub shop."
"Sounds like a plan."
Tola Mi was indeed small but just standing outside the door had Sara's mouth watering. The smell was delicious.
"I'm gonna go check." Gabriel said as he stepped in through the door, "I'll be right back."
Sara stood off to the side of the waiting area and looked around at the paintings that hung on the walls. They were good and not your usual cheap copies. There was one of a tall stone Keep or Castle that caught Sara's eye. It was so realistic that it made you feel like you standing on the lush green hill looking up at the real thing.
A tap on her sholder caused Sara to jump.
"Intersting painting?" Gabriel asked with a smile.
"Yea." Sara blushed, feeling her vision shift.
"We can sit." Gabriel took Sara's arm when she swayed, "Are you ok?"
"Just a bit dizzy." Sara held onto his sholder, "Where's our table?"
Once seated Sara felt a better but her vision still seemed somewhat off. Every now and again she would she a shadow pass just beyond her range of view but when she turned there was nothing there.
'Insane.' Sara thought as she redirected her attention down to the menu on the table, 'I'm deffinately there.'
About half way through her chicken pasta dish something caught Sara's attention. It was another shadow but only this one was satying in one spot. Turning, Sara saw nothing, but looking back down at her dish she could just barely see it off to her right.
"Gabriel, do me a favor." Sara said quietly, "Keep your eyes on me and see if you can see a shadow off to you r left, by the entrance."
Gabriel didn't ask questions and soon he turned to look at the spot full on, "Nothing." he said, "I didn't see anything."
Feeling a bit light headed, Sara drooped her gaze down and immediately saw that the Witchblade was glowing dully.
'Damn you.' the thought was directed down at the glowing stone, 'You're the reason I'm seeing them aren't you?'
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A/N: I may have found a plot! Yip-ee! ^_~ He,he. Tola Mi is fictional. It was the first thing I thought of.~shrugging~ There will be more relationship 'stuff' to come.
