Page 45 of The Vampire and the Barista

CHAPTER 15

Jamie was just taking his apron off when Ivan, Kitty and Olly arrived.

“Hubba hubba,” Sarah muttered, catching sight of them.

“Put your tongue back in,” Jamie joked.

“But look at them.”

“The only one I’m looking at is my man. See you in a couple of days,” he teased, as he picked his bag up and hurried around the counter and straight over to them.

“This is a nice surprise,” Jamie said to Kitty.

“I wanted to see where you worked.”

Jamie waved his hand. “Well, there it is,” he said, looking at Ivan. “Hey, handsome.”

Ivan leant in and kissed him. Jamie happily kissed him back until he remembered they were in the library and then pulled back.

“So, that’s our patrons getting a free show,” Max said laughingly.

“I hope they enjoyed it,” Jamie replied. He looked for Kitty.

“She’s sat with Olly, Gavin and Hunter,” Max told him, guessing who he was looking at.

“Thanks, Max,” Jamie said, as the three of them walked over to the table. He glanced at Sarah, who grinned and held up both thumbs. Jamie chuckled.

“How’s your day going, Hunter, Gavin?” Olly asked them.

“Good, we popped in to see if there were any more books we could look through, and then we were picking up lunch for everyone,” Hunter replied.

“And instead you’ve been babysitting me, sorry guys,” Jamie said.

Gavin started signing.

“Gavin says, family looks after family,” Max translated.

Jamie nodded. “We do. But we’ll let you get back to your day. Thanks for staying.”

“Always,” Hunter said. “I might talk to Gio about actually having some defence lessons.”

“Jessamy is teaching us. You can join our lessons if you want,” Kitty offered.

Hunter smiled at her. “Thanks.”

“Right, we’re off back home, see you both later,” Ivan said, after a quick goodbye and Gavin hugging Jamie and Jamie hugging Max, the four of them left the library.

“What’s Karl up to, do you know?” Jamie asked Kitty as they walked towards the car.

“Doing push-ups and stuff with Spencer and Jack, I left them to it.”

“I don’t blame you,” Jamie commented. “While we’re here, do you need anything?”

Kitty shook her head. “Whoever packed our stuff, packed all our clothes, so we’re sorted.”

“What about for your room, princess?” Ivan asked.

Kitty leant into him and took his hand. “I don’t need anything; we have more in our rooms now than we had at home.”