"And pickings have been slim, let me tell you," Gabe said with an easy smile. She really was cute as a button, but he still had William's voice in the back of his head calling her a tiny red-haired devil, and Gabe had sort of been looking forward to reconciling those two. "I've had to startle fourteen students and someone's cat just to get you." He shifted against the wall, turning to lean his back more against it and slump down a little, feet braced on the floor. "Why aren't you snooping, anyway? Isn't that what you're here for?"