Gabriel and Lisa

Gabriel and Lisa is an occasional friendship seen in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Gabriel and Lisa is a rare but genuine friendship between Gabriel Simons and Lisa Parker seen mostly in Gabriel's route, but occasionally other story routes as well. Both Gabriel and Lisa play very big parts in Gabriel's route so the two not having a lot of interactions together is a little shocking seeing that he gets along better with her than he does with Matt Ortega, Cassidy Sparke and sometimes even Mark Leviels.

The two aren't actually friends as they don't hang out together outside of a work setting, but are mutual acquaintances through work and through the players. But whenever they do have interactions they are pleasant and kind, and the two clearly have respect for each other and almost never argue or bicker. Gabriel seems to trust Lisa with her work ethic and with her friendship with the player and is glad the player has someone to hang out with (that also isn't Matt).

Lisa is also the reason why Gabriel and the player are still together. In season 1, the player had a hard time believing if Gabriel was telling the truth about Cassidy, because he had slept with her before he met the player and she wasn't sure if he was cheating on her or not. It was Lisa who confirmed that Gabriel was telling the truth by looking at the picture of Gabriel and Cassidy making out and she was able to tell that he was telling the truth because it had to have been taken 3 months before Gabriel had met the player. After Gabriel found out about this, Gabriel seemed to be very grateful to Lisa for saving his relationship with the player.

Gabriel decided to fully pay for Lisa's birthday vacation at Atlantic City with hotel expenses and flight tickets for her, Matt and the player. Gabriel mostly did this for the player but he also did it to make Lisa happy and was glad that she was excited and thankful to him paying for it. Lisa decided to spend the night with the player one night and the next morning Gabriel showed up, unaware that Lisa was there, and began to get romantic with the player and take his shirt off.
Lisa walked in on him with his shirt off and the two seemed to be embarrassed about what was happening but played it off cool, and that's where Lisa thanked him for paying for her birthday and Atlantic City. Before Lisa left the apartment, she was checking Gabriel out which shows that Lisa does think Gabriel is attractive but it's unknown if the feeling is mutual.

Later on in the story, Lisa was upset about a guy and needed a drink and Gabriel overheard it. He offered to buy her something of whatever she wanted like something fruity and said that he doesn't understand how people can like that stuff. Lisa said that she needed something stronger and Gabriel seemed pleased and offered to get her whiskey, which she laughed at and said she doesn't like whiskey and doesn't understand how people can drink it and then walked away.

There isn't that much to their relationship since they keep things strictly professional. One thing that is shocking though is that the two had never hooked up or flirted before Gabriel met the player. Gabriel was notorious for being the office womanizer and hooking up with many of the women that worked at Carter Corp. Lisa is considered very attractive and she clearly does find Gabriel attractive, so him never hitting on Lisa in any of the story routes is quite shocking. It's possible that he did prior to some story events but nothing was thought of it and not brought up again since Lisa hasn't shown much interest in him.

In Jake Stewart's story route, Gabriel replaced Matt as the male best friend and the player was still very close to Lisa, so the two still not having scenes together is once again jarring, but Gabriel was mostly associated with Ashton Darrow so it isn't too shocking.

It's possible that the writers just don't want them to interact that much so there's no confusion about their relationship given that they have similar pasts of being serial romanticists and do have quite a few things in common in terms of personalities, family pasts, interests and even their looks as the two could probably pass for siblings. Lisa has been paired up with quite a few men in the Is it Love? stories so her possibly dating Gabriel in a story route one day isn't far fetched at all and could possibly work out since they can be similar sometimes and have common ground.

Gabriel and Lisa are more or less friends and get along fine and respect each other, there isn't that much to their relationship other than being work colleagues and both being close to the player. But it's the fact that there isn't much to their relationship that is shocking seeing that each have been in every season of every story route in Carter Corp.

Gabriel does not have a lot of friends, so Lisa becoming a real friend to him one day could be good for Gabriel since he'll finally have someone to hangout with that he isn't dating or sleeping with as it's very clear that Gabriel needs a companion that isn't just the player.

It's possible that Lisa doesn't want to be friends with Gabriel out of respect for her friend Matt though, as Matt does not like Gabriel which could make things awkward, as seen in Gabriel's route between Gabriel, Matt and the player. Or that neither of them are interested in hanging out. What's known about this relationship is that there are more known possibilities rather than more known outcomes.

## Trivia

* Lisa was the first female character you meet in the Is it Love? series and Gabriel was the first love interest you meet.
	+ They are also the first male and female characters with blonde hair that you meet.
* As stated above, they both have issues with their fathers, are serial romanticists and share a similar physical appearance. The two actually have a lot in common and can be considered as the fe/male counterparts to each other.
	+ Their biggest difference is their relationships with Matt.
* They are both 2 of the 8 original Is it Love? characters.
* They can both be considered as the unofficial third "love interests" in another characters story route. (Gabriel in Jake Stewart's and Lisa in both Gabriel's and Adam Peterson's.
* Neither of them get along with Cassidy Sparke.
* Due to them both being original characters, they (along with Matt) were the first characters ever advertised in the Is it Love? series.