Hello my lovelies. I would like to thank rainystv for the lovely review.
I am sorry for the long time until this update, I have had a case of writers block with this story. I know where it's going, just how it's going to get there got me a little suck. But here we go, the next chapter I hope you like it.
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Gabriel realised he had done enough procrastinating, it was time to take the bull by the horns as it were. As such he made the arrangements so that the Bakery was covered for a few days and he could go to New York and talk to all the people he needed to discuss things with. But begin as he was Gabriel he kinda decided against mentioning theses plans to... well anyone. Oh he had his reasons, if he had told Kali she would want to come with him, if he'd told Cassie he would have worried about him. So, no instead when he woke at stupid o'clock on the morning of his departure he kissed the top of Kali's head and he pulled himself from her arms and his bed got dressed and collected his already packed bag, leaving a note for the love of his life explaining where he had gone and what he was going to do. (Really Gabriel? Don't you ever learn?) Said note was placed on the table by the door propped up against the wall at the back. And when he closed the door behind him a small breeze blew through the apartment, knocking said note so it fell down behind the table, between it and the wall. Destined never to reach or be read by its intended target. (Bloody typical.)
Gabriel's journey up to New York was uneventful, which gave him time to think and plan what he was going to do and say and to whom. His first stop was to check into the hotel. Once done he decided that he should probably do some shopping, he was going to need some slightly smarter clothes than those he owned for his meeting tomorrow. As such he went to 5th Avenue and Broadway to pick himself up a new suit as well as little nick knacks for Kali, Castiel and Dean. Well he might as well get them some presents while he was here. It had been quite a while since he had been in the city but everything was as he remembered it and he soon got back into the flow of being a New Yorker.
His first appointment was that evening and for that he knew he could just wear his regular clothes. Though he wanted to be smart-ish, especially if he was meeting his soon to be employees. Not that they would know that. The best way to find out about a restaurant in Gabriel's experience was to go there and try it out as a customer first. As such he had booked a table for himself at Shiva's signature restaurant. Time to see what talent he was going to have to work with when he took over the empire. Because that was one of his reason for coming here, to accept the job that Shiva offered him, though it was only one of the reasons, it was still kind of a major one. (True enough.)
Making his way through the door of the restaurant he looked around. It was pleasantly full for this time of the evening and the atmosphere obtained was the one he remembered. It was relaxing and peaceful, as well as being cheerful. Yes it was a warm welcome. He could see why people liked to come here, and he definitely wanted to make sure that he didn't lose this feel when he took aver.
He waited while the hostess made her way to him with a welcoming smile upon her lips.
"Welcome to Shiva's. How can I help you?" She said as she came up to him.
"I have a table booked under the name Loki." Gabriel replied with a winning smile of his own. Oh he had the ability to charm. (Yes I'm sure you do.)
"Of course, if you'll follow me." She replied and turned to lead him through the restaurant.
With that the hostess took him over to his table which while being hidden at the back gave him the perfect view of the rest of the restaurant. Smiling at her he sat, taking the menu to peruse while watching all the action front of house out of the corner of his eye. It really was a well-oiled machine.
Having placed his order, a section of the different dishes on the menu to see the range of the kitchen staff, he sat back and relaxed as his mind went back to the other issues he was here to deal with. He was obviously going to have to talk to Shiva later, he was planning on going to see him once he had had his 'dinner'. Then tomorrow he was going to have to sort his family. Oh the joy, he was so looking forward to that (ah the sarcasm). He just had to come up with the right way of putting across his requests with Michael tomorrow. And of course by request he meant demand. Oh yes that was sure to be a really fun meeting. But that train of thoughts was starting to piss him off. As such he decided to think about a much more enjoyable topic, namely Kali. Just thinking her name made him smile. God he loved that woman. And once all this stuff in New York was sorted then they would be able to start their life together. Yes definitely the best thing to think of. With the he reached into his pocket to pull out his cell phone, so he could look at the sappy pictures of him and Kali he had on it only to find that it wasn't there. Damn it. He must have left it in his hotel or something. Oh well he wasn't here to think about his love, but to study his soon to be new place of work.
Shiva had arrived at the restaurant before it opened to check the bookings and the menus and staff for that evening. He wasn't working in the kitchen himself, he had some of the best head chefs in the world working for him, he just came up with the ideas. But he did like keeping his finger on the pulse of his main restaurant. So looking over the bookings his eyebrows rose when he saw a table for one booked for Loki. Because it couldn't be, could it? (Yes.) And if it was then why was he here, alone? (Good question.) And why hadn't he told him? (Cos he's Gabriel.) Hmm, well only one way to find out. With that Shiva decided to stay around that evening, just to check that it really was Gabriel, and if it was, to get answers to the questions he had.