Stopping the car outside the building, I walk inside. Alaric is leaning against the desk talking to someone so I wait for him to finish. I watch as he stands and notices me standing waiting.
"You could have said you were here."
"You looked busy." After his message, he had said to meet him here when I was free, so I came straight after class.
"Right, let's go sit through that side and eat." He walks through to the restaurant side, and I follow. Sitting at the table, I look at him. He seems more relaxed and less stressed today. "You need to eat, so pick what you want."
Nodding, I look at the menu. "Aren't you worried Jake will set fire to your kitchen or starve to death?" I smirk at him.
"He knows not to f*****g cook. He will be fine." His eyes roll, and I watch the woman walk over and
