"Cassie Gutierrez"<br/>Location: The GPC<br/>Tag: Arthur Connington<br/>Time: mid to late evening<br/><br/>Cassie was on cloud 9, her heart was fluttering.  She heard his voice, firm now.  His place.  She smiled and went with him directly to the elevator .  Maybe it had been a short night but that didnt mean it was over they would hve some drinks up there too, right?  She was not really nervous, in fact she was anxious to try this.  She just didn't want to rush it. On the other hand, Arthur seemed ready and she knew she was ready.  She wanted to see what happened<br/><br/>When the elevator dinged she was surprised for a moment and she took his hand and pulled him onto the elevator with her.  She leaned against him in the elevator, not grossly grinding herself or the like, just pressing against him a little.  She heard the elevator music, and wondered what the Girl from Ipanema actually looked like and if she herself looked anything like that girl.  Of course by now, that girl would likely be collecting Social Security.<br/><br/>She encouraged Arthur on the way up, looking up into his eyes a few times and squeezing his hand .  She kept telling herself 'we are both adults.  we are both adults'  In her case it was more a technicality , she was 19.  But 19 was sort of an adult, right?"  She wished she had told him earlier but she didn't want to mess anything up.  Of course things like this always got messed up by something.  In fact that reminded her of something she wanted to say<br/><br/>"i was just thinking, of how many unhappy people there are in the world, lonely, and i think it is because they choose to be afraid, not to allow themselves to be happy when opportunity comes around.  People are always sabotaging themselves when they shoud be celebrating themselves"<br/><br/>Once they got there, she directly followed Arthur  out of the elevator and towards his place, hoping neither of them pulled defeat from the jaws of Victory