"This is it.  Must be the place."<br/><br/>Talking to himself was a bad habit, but after driving alone with nothing but the roaring wind scraping against his stubble, darkly tanned cheeks and ears to keep him company after he pulled up in the driveway with a red convertible, he couldn't help but say something.  The radio didn't help.  After the first dozen times scanning all bands he realized nothing could distract him.  But damn, the house was something else - fancy, expensive, and so worth a night or two debased with debauchery.  Looking around as he turned the engine off, he wondered if he was the first to arrive - the thought weirdly excited him.  He knew better of course, but it almost felt like he'd won something.<br/><br/>Calm down.  Just because it's just your second time doing something like this doesn't mean you can still fidget like a kid about to lose his virginity.  But he remained nervous.  It had taken some doing, but Daelen managed to convince Sabre in joining him in a special party.  A new pet of his he'd never met - he usually didn't want to being new to this scene.  But the pictures he was slipped from time to time - a tight gray dress, soft angle shots never showing more than a curve here or flush lips there.  This would be the first time he'd meet this Zipporah, and though he'd seen so many pieces he couldn't wait to see it all come together.<br/><br/>Stepping out the car and letting it lock with the telltale beep, he walked up to the front door and rang the bell.  On the porch he stood tall and once-well-dressed in a disheveled business suit.  The front was still buttoned down but the dress shirt had its collar open.  His silk tie had been stuffed into a duffel back he slung over his shoulder like he had just finished work for the week and ready to wind down and undress.  This time in the company of others.<br/><br/>Ah, damn, what if they didn't like his short cropped haircut?  He didn't know how these two were like together, but maybe he was invited only because he'd been approved by her.  The picture used probably had his black hair a bit longer, but he didn't tell Daelen about his haircut he had yesterday.  Would that matter?  Damn it, just calm the fuck down.