In the pitch of night: When He Finds You

Chapter 12

Waking to clanking noises coming from the kitchen Maxius didn't know what was going on. He also didn't have a warm female in his arms either. What the hell. He was in shock. What the hell could they be up to. Getting up he went into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and took a quick shower. While he was in the shower he heard a loud squeak. Rushing he jumped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist and ran to the kitchen.
What he saw when he busted through the opening to the kitchen made him smile. It looked like Thalia was trying to cook food for those silly imps. They were both sitting on her shoulders. Thyme was on her right and Tryx was on her left. They were trying to tell her how to use the stove. It looked like there was lumpy pancake batter in a bowl on the counter. There was even clumps on the counter.
"What do you guys think you are doing? Well besides making a mess." Maxius said with a laugh.
Thalia spun around quickly and looked guilty. She had pancake batter on her face. That just made him laugh even harder. She had no idea what she was doing. He wondered how the two imps convinced her to cook for them. She never even ate. So how would she know how to cook. It's not like she had needed to learn.
"Uh, I would say it isn't what it looks like. However it is what it looks like. It is a failure. I do not know how to cook. But they were hungry. Plus they said it was easy and they would teach me how to cook." Thalia said exasperatedly. "They lied. This is not easy."
She looked absolutely adorable. At least she tried. She could have just waited for him to wake up.
"Why didn't you wake me up. I could have done this." he said waving at all of the mess with a smile.
"Well they said they wanted to teach me. Plus when they came into the room I was already awake and figured you would want more sleep. How could I not come and help them. Could you imagine the mess if I wouldn't have."
That was true. They would have tried to do it themselves if she wouldn't have come and helped. He couldn't believe they weren't trying to help.
"Thyme, come here."
When Thyme turned to look at him she had pancake batter on her too. What the hell had they been trying to do. It even looked like Tryx had some on his wings. What the hell. This is such a mess.
"Yes the Maxius." Thyme said.
"Were you trying to help cook? You have batter on you."
"Nope." Thyme said covering up her face peeking out between her spread fingers. "I wouldn't do that. But the Tryx. The Tryx tried to help."
When Tryx turned around he was covered in batter. From head to foot. Like he had faced planted it into the bowl. More like someone had pushed him into it. He'd bet that Thyme had pushed him into the bowl of batter. That is when he realized that those weren't clumps on the counter they were footprints from Tryx.
"What happened Tryx?" Maxius asked.
"Well the Thyme pushed me when I was trying to stir the batter. I kind of fell into the bowl. The Thalia saved me. She pulled me out."
"Now Thyme why did you do that for?"
"He was in the way. The Tryx wouldn't move. So I pushed the Tryx. He was making a huge mess."  she said, spreading her arms.
"You two go get cleaned up in the sink we have company coming over. Now Thalia." he said walking up to her and placing a kiss to her forehead. "You need a shower too. Our company will be here in an hour."
"I tried. I really did. What a mess I made. I will help clean it up. But they are still hungry. We never made it past making the batter."
"I will take care of that when you are in the shower. Cassara and Vander will be here in about an hour. So go get cleaned up."
Watching Thalia take off for the bathroom. He laughed at the mess Thyme and Tryx was making in the kitchen sink. They had just got in the water fully clothed. They were standing under the faucet letting the water run down them.
"We are the sorry the Maxius. We are the sorry. We didn't mean to make the mess. We were just the hungry." Thyme said.
"Yea we just the hungry the Maxius." Tryx said.
"You guys go get on clean dry clothes and bring your dirties back out. I will wash them later."
After they were out of the sink he made some soap water. Then he went and dumped the pancake mix in the trash. After that he started to wipe down all of the counters. Then he washed the bull. Then he put up all of the mixes and utensils they had out that they didn't use. The mess wasn't too bad. But it was still a mess and Tryx and Thyme knew better than to make a mess.
After he got it all cleaned up he went to get dressed himself. He couldn't wait for the company to show up in just a towel. When he was in his bedroom he pulled out a pair of worn in jeans and a black t shirt. Then he got dressed and waited for Thalia to get done in the shower and dressed.
While he waited he wondered what she would think of Vander and Cassara. They were really good people. Well vampires. The couple had been together for fifty some odd years. They were some of his best friends. He had trusted his life to Vander a time or two. They had been friends for over seventy years. He could trust that he would help keep Thalia safe.
When Thalia came into the bedroom she was already dressed. She was in a pair of skinny jeans and a black tank top. On her feet she had her combat boots on. She looked like the ass kicker she was. She had her long black hair pulled away from her face in a tight high ponytail.
"Come here my Thalia. Come here." he growled.
With a laugh she went running into his arms. "I take it my outfit is acceptable?"
"More than acceptable. You look edible." leaning down he leaned down and nipped her on the side of the neck.
"Will you ever do that for real? Like feed from me just once. I want to know what it feels like. I have never been bit before."
"Maybe one day my Thalia. Maybe one day."