He had just gone in because he needed to clean up a bloody nose after one of his staff accidently hit him in the face with the broken freezer door. Normally he either would have dodged or turned his nose to steel for a moment, but he hadn't been paying much attention due to all the things that needed to be done…

And then the bathroom in the back was occupied and he'd knocked…

But as the door to the lady's room shut behind him, he stared in absolute silence as he tried to burn the image of the woman of his dreams standing by the sink, her shirt soaking under the sink, standing there in a bra covered in little bunnies.

"I'm so sorry!" He blurted before flying out of the door, his heart jack-hammering against his ribs, and more blood trickling from his nose into his hand.

Oh, right, he still needed to clean up. He quickly decided to try the back bathroom again and headed back towards the kitchen, spotting another red head dashing into the bathroom with a bag as he slipped back into the kitchen.

"Thought you were going to use the ladies room?" One of his chefs said.

"Occupied." He replied as he passed.

"Back bathroom is free, but Alex was just in there." His Sous Chef warned.

"My nose is bleedin', smells ain' somethin' I'm worried 'bout right now." He assured her as he passed them. The door was open and he leaned his head over the sink and turned on the water, his mind reeling as he rinsed off his hand and watched blood drip into the sink, grateful that his nose wasn't broken.

Yeah, 'An Hudson' was definitely 'Jade Enforcer'. He didn't need the info he and Larie gathered from the list of renters and the social media accounts the girls had to be sure of that. Although at the time, they were good ways to get information to confirm their identities… and he had no idea she'd be working with the film crew that would be coming today or he would have tried to just talk to her instead invading their privacy…

Anyways, it was obvious to anyone with eyes and ears that this girl was Jade Enforcer;

She had the same smile as the girl from the party. She had the same eyes, same voice, she was the same height. She had the same hairstyle and hair color, and she was very strong. Her lifting their heavy tables with ease like she had proved that easily enough.

And finally, the clincher; the tiny green crystals that were on the bathroom floor of the bathroom and the goop on her back.

The same stuff Jade Enforcer used to fight with last night.

Of course he'd go back and collect some samples for Larie later so they could compare them to the others they had from last night to make sure, but he knew it was her.

Part of him was proud that he'd noticed the crystals and goop while she had been standing there shirtless, but at the same time… the bra had some goop on it too so…

Yeah, he was still kinda a perv for staring.

'Least I didn't take off her shirt or somethin' like that. I just walked in thinkin' no one was there.' He reminded himself as he watched his nose finally stop bleeding and began washing his hands and face. When he was done, he saw that he'd gotten a bit of blood on his chef's coat.

He groaned, but he'd gotten blood on it before while preparing meat and… other things… As his powers allowed him to turn parts of his body into steel and sharpen like a sword and he'd had to cut more than one person who had invaded the base while his father and brothers were out…

But as for the small bloody problem at hand, a bit of scrubbing, some pre-stain remover and ammonia and it'd be clean as a whistle again. And it wasn't like he'd gotten so much blood on his clothes that he'd have to burn them, like they'd had too when they were just dripping with the stuff, but he could've avoided needing to do so much work on it if he'd worn his apron like he was supposed to, but he'd just gotten that cleaned up too!

He shook his head as he made his way back to the kitchen, where his staff was still going through their food stock. They'd used the food that they found was still good that morning to make lunch for the film crew, since even if it was good now, plenty of it wouldn't be good for long so they figured they should cook it as not to let any of it go to waste.

The thought of the lunch they'd made for the crew made him think about the beauty in the bathroom again. And how she'd felt as if she needed to sneak out to spare his feelings just in case one of her many allergens were in the food.

But despite all that…

"It was nice of you." She had said, smiling warmly at him.

Nice.

People had called him that before, but never really as a compliment. Usually it was a way to make fun of him for not wanting to be as violent as Larie could get or be as ruthless as Tee could be or just flat out implying that he was stupid.

And usually it came from the women that came around in hopes for his Dad to take them as his girlfriend…

No, not a girlfriend…

More like eye candy that hung off his arm.

But when An had said it, well, it made him feel good. It made him feel like he wasn't being called a sap or a softie, like he wasn't a wimp or worthless.

He was nice.

Like a person who does good things because they want to. They want to help others and treat people with warmth and kindness.

A superhero told him, a high-ranking member of a mafia family, that he was nice. And she had meant it as an honest compliment.

He felt his cheeks burn a bit, the women that hung around his dad were always making fun of him, or just being mean in general, they often laughed if they heard someone got hurt or threatened people over their phones. He never liked being around them and getting insulted when he was doing his work or just trying to relax after a long day. His brothers were often quick to get them to leave, giving their dad a hard time, and then leaving themselves, but often Jay just left without doing anything like that, usually asking a thug to instead escort the woman out and make sure she didn't come back instead.

The thugs were often happy to do so.

But it was starting to get to the point where he wondered if any women he'd met (except for the ones working for him here, for obvious reasons, and his mother) were not mean and rude like the ones that came around for his dad.

Then last night happened, even though An and the masked ladies with her had probably been there to take his Dad down, she had still been friendly enough. She introduced herself as 'Jade Enforcer' and said it was nice to meet him and that his Alias name was 'So cool!'

She did her best to keep the guys they had working for them from getting hurt and looked upset when they got hurt anyway. Her friend in red did too, but she didn't shout out apologies to those who were hurt, even though it had been their guys' faults for trying to fire their guns after she clogged them with those pretty green crystals of hers (and honestly, Tee and Larie shouted at the guys who got hurt using gunked up guns for being stupid later).

A pretty girl who made pretty crystals and who cared about the people around her, even if they were out to hurt her…

An was probably short for 'Angel'.

He finally made it back to the kitchen, stopping himself from nearly getting hit in the face again with the door again and noticing his face was flushed via his warped reflection in the metal door handle.

He felt his face grow redder from embarrassment as he struggled to regain any kind of composure he had before the door closed again.

The door closed and he began walking back towards the office, only to find his manager and head chef there, "Hey boss, we've taken care of the food in storage and I already made a call to our suppliers to let them know the situation while the repairs are going on." The manager told him.

"I thought it might be good to have a meeting in the kitchen while the repairs are happening, maybe change up the menu a bit, try a few new things." The chef piped in.

Jay smiled and nodded, "Sounds good, you all can head home early for the day, I'm going to stay back and see what the plumber and the repair guy say."

"You sure Boss?" The manager said.

"Yeah, I'll close up after those guys and the film crew leave." He said, "You all take the rest of the day for yourselves, okay?"

The two seemed a bit uncertain, but finally agreed after saying they would finish cleaning up the kitchen first and left the office.

He sighed and leaned back in his chair.

What a day.

Spend the wee hours of the morning trying to find the cute superhero you flirted with at your Dad's party trying to learn more about her, freezer breaks, plumbing goes haywire and the cute superhero he'd been trying to find last night turns out to be part of the film crew that is going to be filming here all week...

And as much as he'd love to keep an eye on her, he could use a nap.

He felt his eyes droop, yeah, a nap sounded pretty good right about now, but he still needed to call the companies they ordered supplies from for lists of new ingredients so they could use for a new menu.

He needed to sign for either new parts or a new freezer all together, make sure the men's room were clean after the plumber was finished, get those crystal samples from the women's room, contact all his chefs to be here tomorrow for a menu change meeting as well as help his managers with contacting wait staff and such.

Then there was making sure his hourly employees would be compensated so they could keep the lights on at their homes and… and…

His eyes finally closed and he felt his body finally start to succumb to exhaustion…

But before he could drift off to sleep, there was a knock on the door.

He immediately got to his feet. It could be the repair guy, or the plumber, or the director or one of his staff or…

He opened the door and was shocked to see a red haired woman standing there outside his door with An 'Jade Enforcer' Hudson curled up behind her as she peaked over her shoulder, looking uncomfortable and a bit embarrassed.

A flash of her standing by the sink in her bunny bra while holding her shirt flashed through his mind and he felt his face burn before he noticed that her eyes looked a little red and puffy.

Had she cried? Oh jeez, he didn't mean to make her cry!

"Uh…" He began, trying to think of

"Hi, I'm Karen." The other red head said before thumbing back towards An, "And this is An. She wanted to see if you were okay because she saw you bleeding earlier, but for some reason, she didn't want to check on you alone." The red head said in a flat tone, glancing back at the heroine behind her with an annoyed look.

"Um, I'm fine, thanks." He said, a bit out of sorts at the situation here, "And I'm sorry about before, I knocked, but you must not have heard me…"

The woman's eyes widened as she quickly turned to look at him, then the now blushing superhero behind her and back again before groaning, "Well, that explains why you threw your wet shirt at me when I came in…"

"Sorry!" He cried, "I should have knocked louder and I shouldn't made something that would make you spill stuff and have to wash your shirt!"

The two women's eyes widened before Karen blurted out, "An eats like a dog! Always makes a mess, don't worry about it!"

An nodded vigorously in agreement as she continued onto say that, "Well then, she knows you're okay and you said you're sorry. Why don't we just pretend that what happened never happened?"

Jay flushed and nodded in agreement, his lips pulled into a tight line to keep himself from saying anything stupid. Like how he'd gladly pretend he didn't see anything if the red head in the back would let him take her out to dinner as an apology, and maybe asking for a list of her allergies so he could make her something that she wasn't allergic to. If that didn't make him seem like a creep after he'd basically seen her topless…

"Okay, good." Karen said, the doorway filled with awkward tension, "So, we'll leave you to your work…" She said as she backed into An and then hissed at her to move as well, "Bye!" She said before whirling around and pushing An back towards the dining area.

"Uh, wait!" He said, the two women turning to look at him and make him flush, "Uh…" Think Jay think! Uh, something to stop stains-

Then it hit him, "Be right back!" he said, dashing into his office and grabbing his apron, which was still very clean from earlier, and brought it out and held it out to the females before him, "Here, so you don't have to worry about getting your clothes dirty!" He offered.

Karen looked at her fellow red head and An stared at it, surprised, "Isn't that yours?" she asked.

"Yeah, but I have a few of these and I'd rather you not have to go through something like this again, especially since I don't know when the plumbing in the men's room will be fixed yet!"

She seemed to take in his words for a moment, then quietly walked towards him and took it, "Thank you." She said before her friend repeated her words and gently tugged her back towards the door. An looked back for a moment and gave him a small smile and held up the apron before they passed through the door into the dining area.

He felt his cheeks warm and quickly retreated into his office, his tiredness suddenly gone as he sat back down in his chair, glad that he'd hadn't worn his apron today. He wondered if she'd want to keep it or if he could use it as an excuse later to see her…

He smiled broadly at the thought of being able to spend more time with an Angel.