care to make a wager? for watchmakersboy

[its_notluck]

She had warned him that she was going to come over and "get him".  He had said that he was going to watch his back but she had a feeling that he wasn't really expecting her to come over to actually look for the books even though they made a wager.  So after she was done work at the store, she waved goodbye to her coworkers and the guys who usually

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[fromheavencame]

No, Gabriel definitely hadn't thought that she was actually going to come over to wrestle or look for the books. He did however decide to hide them, just in case next time she did come over for a visit they wouldn't just be sitting there plain as day. Her coming and trying to find the books was something that could lead to a potentially fun time, so he was careful where he hid them. One simply went into a drawer, to give her the idea that they would be easy to find, the rest however, they were hidden with more care. One went into a pot that he hardly ever used and that she would have to lift the lid off of to find, another into the far back of the freezer, because really, why would she look there? And the last, and the most difficult to find he decided to, for a laugh, tape to the back of the toilet, because if she found that one? Then he would go down on one knee and ask her to marry him right then and there. Okay, maybe not, but he would do whatever she wanted him to do.

He was sitting at his desk reading a different book when the knock came on his door, and he frowned slightly as he most definitely wasn't expecting any company. He huffed and stood up, and then drained the contents of his wine glass in a swig before going to the door and looking through the peephole, his brow furrowing when he saw Claire, because of course their earlier conversation was forgotten, and he thought that perhaps something had happened to her.

He scrambled with the locks and got the door open in a hurry. "Claire? Are you okay? You're not hurt are you? Or, someone in your family?" he asked quickly, not letting her get a word in as he stepped aside so that she could enter. "You look okay, did someone break in to your apartment or something?"

[its_notluck]

Claire figured that he would learn eventually that if she said she was going to do something, even something as simple as just having some fun, she was probably going to do it. Plus it gave her a reason to go and see him, not that she needed a reason but she wasn't sure that she was at the point where she could just show up unannounced and whenever she wanted. Not that she thought he would mind, he was very sweet that way but she didn't want to impose quite yet. She wondered if maybe he had hid the books and somehow she wasn't surprised to imagine that he had but she wondered how hard he would make it for her to find them.

As soon as the door opened and he started firing rapid questions at her, she blinked in confusion. "I...what?" She stared up at him, a little lost as she cocked her hips to the side just a bit. Why was he asking if something happened to her or her family? Was he that surprised by her showing up?

She cleared her throat, chuckling softly, "No, no I'm fine. I just got off work and well, I brought ice cream." She lifted the bag that had the small tub of ice cream, holding it up in front of him as she tilted her head to the other side. "Plus, I came book hunting." A light smirk now.