-Sang's POV-

Gabe came back to Nathan's house with me after school. Nathan and Kota had to help Mr. Blackbourne with something, so it was just the two of us. Gabe was sitting on the couch and I was curled up next to him. His arm was around my shoulder with his hand drawing little circles on my arm.

"Do I really have to wait until tomorrow morning Meanie?"

"You bet Trouble. I already have it fucking planned out so you won't get me to budge. Just trust me that it will be worth it."

I made a sound of frustration that was similar to a growl. Gabe stopped drawing circles and squeezed my arm. "O Trouble, please don't fucking make that sound."

"Sorry Meanie, I didn't mean it, I am just excited to get the last clue."

"I know, and I am super fucking excited to give it to you, but you still have to wait."

Nathan came back just as Gabe and I were finishing up dinner. "Peanut, do you want to race me on the Xbox?"

I looked at Gabe to see if he wanted to play too. He winked at me "Go on Trouble, I'll clean up and then play the winner."

I felt my phone buzz and I pulled it out of my bra. I looked up to see if Nathan and Gabe were looking but they were looking at their phones too. I looked at the text message that had just come through.

Kota: Make sure you finish your homework before playing any games.

"How does he fucking do that? We should call him Kota the fucking ninja." Gabe put his phone back in his pocket and started clearing the table.

"Come on Peanut, we will do our homework as fast as possible and then play."

Luckily we didn't have a lot of homework, so we were all done pretty quickly. We spent the rest of the night playing a racing game and a fighting game. Finally I popped up from my seat and stretched. "I am going to bed."

"It is still early Peanut, are you that tired?"

I looked at Gabe, I was a little tired, but really I wanted to go to sleep so I could wake up and get the next clue. Gabe must have realized what I was thinking because he laughed and stood up too. "Now that you mention it, I am pretty tired too."

I felt the bed shift and my left side suddenly get cold. I tried to open my eyes, but I was still too lost in sleep. I moved closer to my right side where I could smell Nathan's comforting scent and snuggled into his warmth.

I woke up to something touching my foot. I moved my head just enough so I could see the end of the bed, and saw Gabe standing there.

"Morning Trouble. Time to get up if you want to get your last clue before you have to get ready."

I rolled away from Nate, trying not to wake him. Before following Gabe out into the kitchen I grabbed one of Nathan's sweatshirts and pulled it on as I walked out.

I stopped as soon as I entered the kitchen. Laid out on the table was the first three puzzle pieces that Gabe had given me. He must have taken them out of my backpack. Next I saw three round silver serving lids, like the ones you would put over a plate. Was there food underneath each one?

"For your last clue Trouble you need to play a game with me. It will also tell you what we will do for our date."

I moved closer to the table, excited to see what kind of game we would play. Gabe lifted the first lid. There was a small tube with a cork stopper. Gabe took the topper off and handed the tube to me. "This is an easy one, what do you smell?"

I brought it up to my nose and inhaled. I smelled something soothing and almost warm. "Lavender?"

"Correct Trouble. Now the next one." He picked the second lid up and revealed a second tube. He took the topper off the tube and handed it to me.

I inhaled the scent. It smelled like a forest, with something else, something uplifting. "Rosemary and…oranges?"

"Rosemary and Citrus, one of my favorites actually. Reminds me of…well doesn't matter. Did you know that a scent can help you recall memories? The right scent can relax you, give you energy, or even help you gain people's trust?"

"I know scents are powerful, but I didn't know all of that."

Gabe lifted the third lid and placed it to the side. Underneath was the fourth puzzle piece, on it was the same pink and orange pattern with the words 'With Me?'. I picked it up and fitted it to the rest of the pieces, now forming the question 'Will You Go Out With Me?'. Even though I knew what it would say, actually reading it sent a tingle all over my body. I looked up at Gabe and he was smiling widely and his eyes were sparkling.

"Yes, Meanie! Of course I will go out with you." I jumped up and down on the balls of my feet in excitement. "What will we do? Shopping?" I know there is a lot more to Gabe than shopping, but that is just what I think of when I think of doing something with Gabe.

"Well, you know that I fucking love shopping with you, but I actually have something else in mind. There are other things I like to do you know." He winked at me before continuing. "I was thinking you could help me come up with some new colognes and perfumes."

"You want me to help you?"

"Of course. Mr. B mentioned that you have a special skill of sorts. You are a scent ninja."

My eyes grew wide, did Mr. Blackbourne actually call me a scent ninja? I don't even know what that is.

Gabe let out a loud laugh. "Well he didn't use those words exactly. He did say though that you have a fucking extreme sense of smell. He said that in a pitch black room, you knew it was him just by his scent."

I recalled that night at Victor's house. Other than when he asked me how I knew it was him, he never seemed to take more interest in my ability to detect scents. Can't everyone do that? They all had a very distinct scent.

"He told us to keep it to ourselves for now, no need to fucking broadcast it to the world that you are a scent ninja. I thought that you and I could have some fun with it though."

"I am still not sure what a scent ninja is, but it sounds exciting. When could we do it? Where do you do it? Do you have like a lab or something somewhere?"

"Whoa, slow down Trouble. I do have a lab, but it is at the Academy and Mr. B said I can't bring you there, not yet at least." I sighed, it always hurt a little when they say there is something I can't do or know because it is Academy related.

"I know Trouble, don't worry about it though. I have a travelling kit of sorts. I use it when I want to play around at home or at Victors. I will bring it here. And as for when, we can do it this weekend sometime."

I smiled up at him and he moved around the table to wrap his arms around me. "You and me Trouble, we will make a fucking awesome team." I giggled at that.

"Now, on to my next question." He had something else to ask me?

"Nathan told us that he showed you how to add your dates to the calendar on your phone." I nodded not sure what he was getting at. "Would you mind if I synced up to your calendar so that I could see when your dates are? That way I know when you will need me to help you get ready, plus then I can plan when our date will be."

"Can you do that?"

"Yes, we can do that. Even if it wasn't something a regular phone can do, Victor can make fucking anything happen when it comes to electronics." I hesitated, not because I didn't want to share, I didn't have anything to hide, but because it felt unreal that Gabe was still so willing to help me. After what happened with Nathan, I thought maybe he would steer clear of helping me for a while. He must have misread my reluctance to say something because he said "We don't have to Trouble. Or if there is anything you don't want me to know about I can show you how to make it private. Then the details won't sync up, it will just say you are busy."

"No Meanie, it's not that. We can do that if you want, I don't have anything to hide. It's just that…I mean after what happened with Nathan, I thought you would…I thought you would want to stay away from helping me…and getting hurt again."

His expression became serious. "Trouble, I will never fucking stay away from you. Plus, what happened with Nathan was an accident. He reached his limit and I didn't handle it the right way. We are all figuring out our feelings for you and for this relationship; I can't fault Nathan for what he did, because it was partly how I felt too. I was just able to hold it in. I promise we are all working on this for you, for us. We all want this Trouble."

"Thank you Meanie." I leaned in to him again and let him wrap his arms around me. He always knew what to say and what I needed to hear.