Gabriel wasn't ready for the hug, and sort of awkwardly accepted it. When she was finished, Gabriel could tell she was embarassed, as was evident in her red cheeks. Gabriel snickered to himself. "Don't apologize. It's alright. I might just... Not smell very nice. You should probably take a shower now." he grinned at her, sort of teasing about the showering part.
"Alright... Take care, Vanessa. I'll be here at 10 tomorrow, wether the others say yes or no." he says, smiling.
He then left, and took a walk around his territory. He could feel the stench of the Up-town pack around his territory. They were closing in, and he didn't like it.
Getting back home, he called for a meeting. The others were nervous at first, but they soon noticed Gabriel was in a good mood. They joked about him seeing Vanessa, but he gave them a look and they'd lay off.
He told them about her offer, and gave Conrad his 20 bucks, which he of course wanted to share with everyone and was overjoyed about. After a few minutes of debate, the group agrees to travel to Vanessa's old house. Some were sceptic, but nobody saw a reason to doubt Vanessa after she had saved Gabriel and patched him up.
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They slept well that night. All except Gabriel. He couldn't escape the smell of the Up-town pack running aroudn his territory. His dreams reminded him of Vanessa, and his past. Could the girl from back then be Vanessa? It didn't bother him as much as it did earlier, but... Her scar... He remembered where he hurt the girl from his past, how he had slashed her chest. It was too similar. Her scent was almost the same. It was... Strange.
He got up in the night, without waking the others. He made his way to the edge of his territory again, patrolling or some such thing he told himself. Eventually, he arrived at Vanessa's apartment building. It was late at night, probably 1 or 2 am... He didn't have a watch.
He remember her mentioning she was keeping her door unlocked, and he suddenly realized his folly. She can't keep the door unlocked, the up-town pack was probably onto her! That's why their scents was all over his territory - they were trying to throw him off while they got to her!
He ran carefully across the street, making certain nobody followed him. He makes it into the apartment building and up to where he remembered her apartment was. He froze. It was dead silent everywhere. He couldn't smell the up-town pack here. They hadn't found her yet. But what if they had found him? They might've followed him here. They could be anywhere.
He was suddenly nervous.
He put his hand on Vanessa's door handle and opened it slowly. Once standing in the hallway, he closed the door silently. He stood in the dark.
Looking around, he found a small tablelamp, lit it and sat down. If Vanessa had heard him enter, she could come and call him out on it. If not, he would wait here to keep her safe from the up-town pack through the night. He wouldn't wake her... Although he kind of hoped she had awoke.
He sat down, and waited. Ears perked, nose ready for any others in the area...