Gabriel Lockheart

I spent two hours trying to figure out what to wear after I had a shower and shaved, this wasn't normal for me. I always knew what I was going to wear, hell I had my whole week planned. That was the thing about being in the high ranks, you learn to be proficient. But it seemed that all that proficiency flew out the window as I looked at the four outfits that laid on my bed. This should of been easy, I was a guy after all, this was what women did not men. But it seemed that I was stuck in this indecision. Did I want a full suit? A suit without a jacket? Jeans with a nice shirt and jacket? or just jeans and a nice shirt? Why was this so hard?! Rolling my eyes I grabbed my third choice, it was comfortable but looked well put together.

I quickly threw on my clothes and looked at my gold watch to see what time it was, [i]I better hurry, I don't want to be late.[/i] I thought as I grabbed my car keys as I headed to the door, but I did a quick stop to look in the mirror before leaving and locking up my place. [i]Man, I am such a girl.[/i] I thought, though I wanted to make a good impression. I didn't date vary often, well rarely, as I only had an eye for one young woman. Plus I knew that I would be paired with a genetically good match, though that didn't mean that I would love that person. I knew this could end in heart break for the both of us, but there was a saying 'It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all." A good saying though there would still be pain, I just hoped that if things went well with Louisa I could get the officials to match us. I knew that could be done, I have seen it be done.

I pulled myself out of my thoughts as I pulled up to Louisa's house, my nerves spiked as I got out of my car and walked up the steps. I took a deep breath as I rang the door bell, I waited feeling nervous. But as the door opened my nerves melted away as I saw Louisa, she looked gorgeous and I am sure I had a big goofy smile on my face but she was stunning and I didn't care. "Hello Louisa, you ready?" I asked as I handed her a single rose that I picked while leaving my place. I waited as she grabbed her things and walked her to the car and opened the door for her. I knew I was pulling out all the stops for being a gentleman, but I wanted to impress her.

It wasn't a long drive to the high class restaurant that I was able to get a table for. Most people had to wait ages to get in but being one of the top people within the security office I got special benefits. I parked and quickly got out to open the door for miss Louisa, then offered her my arm as I smiled at her. "Let me escort you my lady." I said as we walked to the restaurant.

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Kassie Lovelace 

I was putting on some makeup when Ven came by my room, well it was more of a cubby than anything. We didn't have real rooms in the underbelly of this shit hole of a place, well the Boss's did and anyone that was of higher rank. "What do you want?" I asked as I watched Ven through the mirror, he smirked as he watched me. I suddenly felt uneasy with him watching me like that, as if he wanted something. Most men down here expected to have their 'needs' cared for and it was easy to break into these rooms, I usually kept my door open since I had nothing of value. But this made it easy for men to steal into my room at night, though it was rarely done since I was like the Boss's daughter. 

"Did you hear?" He asked as he came up behind me and played with my hair a little before smelling it. I roll my eyes and turn to look at him, "What?!" I asked though my words were harsh.
"Oh come on babe, don't be mean. I have important news"
"Fine....... Please tell me what's up." I said sweetly though it was mocking sweet. Ven smiled as he took some of my hair in his hand again, before looking at me in the eyes. I really hated when he did that, it made me feel vary uncomfortable. 
"The bombing is tonight, so I wouldn't go out tonight. You should stay here with me." He said before grabbing the back of my head and forcing his lips onto mine. I was shocked at first but quickly pushed him off and scratched his face. He hissed then looked at me with angry eyes but the anger left his eyes as he smiled at me. "Oh what a sassy thing you are. Have fun...... and don't get caught!" He growled the last part as he left.

I felt like there were bugs crawling all over my body after encounter with Ven, but I didn't want to think about that as I made my way to the club. I just wanted to drink, dance and forget about the evening. I just hoped that Enrick was already there, I needed a drinking buddy. I just hoped he up for getting drunk, I currently didn't care if the city was going to be shut down. I didn't want to go back to the underbelly or back to Ven, I knew he would be waiting for me, he always waited for me.

I walked into the club and looked around, there wasn't many people yet but that was okay. It made it easy to scout out Enrick, but before I did that I went to the bar and got some rum and coke. [i]I just want to forget.[/i]