Blood Lust by J. P. Bowie

about it.”
    “ If you tell them about it…” Roger gave him an exaggerated stare.
    Tommy immediately closed his eyes, tight. “Oh no you don’t! You’re not gonna do any of that vampire voodoo on me!”
    Micah chuckled. “How are you going to drive that big Harley of yours with your eyes closed?”
    “Come on guys,” Tommy whined, not opening his eyes. “No fair!”
    “If you knew how dumb you look right now.” Roger sighed loudly. “Everybody’s staring at you, Tommy. Give it up.”
    “We won’t zap you,” Micah said.
    “Promise?” Tommy opened one eye carefully.
    “Promise, now come on…” Roger grabbed him by the arm “We’re going back to my place and Marcus will fill you in on what they’ve discussed.”
    “I’ll ride with Tommy,” Micah said.
    “Okay.” Roger grinned at them both. “Guess I’ll just have to fly home alone.”
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    “See you later.” Tommy fell in step alongside Micah. “Sure you want to take the long way there?” he asked.
    “I love motorbikes,” Micah told him, “and it’s not often I get the chance to ride one.”
    “You wanna drive?”
    “No, no, I’m happy riding pillion.”
    Tommy handed Micah the passenger helmet from the top box then sat astride his black Harley. “I know you guys don’t really need one, but…”
     
    Micah grinned. “I know. I don’t want to get you pulled over.” He settled himself behind Tommy and placed his hands on either side of Tommy’s waist. He hoped Tommy wouldn’t wonder why he was holding on. He had no need to out of safety, but for what he had to do, he needed the contact.
    Fortunately, Tommy didn’t seem to notice, even yelling “Hold on!” as they cruised out of the parking garage. So Micah held on, inching closer so that his chest was pressed to Tommy’s back. He rested his chin between Tommy’s shoulder blades and initiated a subtle thought transference.
     
    By the time they reached Marcus’ home up in the hills, Tommy had completely forgotten the reason for Andrew being there, but he did remember with a start that he’d promised Alex he and Andrew would be at the Blue Moon so Alex could finally meet Andrew.
    “Shit,” he muttered, glancing at his watch. Almost ten. “Uh, Marcus, this is going to sound rude…” His host smiled at him while Andrew and the others waited for him to continue. “Uh, I kinda promised Alex—you know, the guy I work with at the station—that we’d meet him at the Blue Moon. He’s been buggin’ me forever about meeting Andrew and now if we don’t show he’s going to be royally pissed, so would you mind if we, uh… left?”
    “Not at all,” Marcus said, gracious as ever.
    “Hey, why don’t we all go?” This from Roger, and Tommy could see right away he had devilment in his eyes.
    “Uh well,” Tommy muttered, hedging, “Alex is kinda shy. I don’t know, all of you at once…” He knew his excuse had sounded lame but hoped they wouldn’t see through the lie.
    Alex was anything but shy!
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    “Shy, eh?” Roger was laughing. “You’ll have to do better than that, Tommy.”
    Damn . This is right up Roger’s alley. He’s gonna tease the hell out of Alex and he won’t have a clue what’s happening—or will he? The thought of Alex actually realising that Tommy’s boyfriend and the other guys there were vampires made his blood run cold and his face flush with heat.
    “Roger…”
    Marcus to the rescue, thank God …
    “I think for Tommy’s friend’s first meeting with Andrew it should be as low key as possible,” Marcus said in a tone firm enough to bring even Roger to heel. “Don’t you agree?”
    “I suppose so.” Roger’s pout brought chuckles from the others. “Marcus, you really are a party-pooper at times.”
    “Some would see it as diplomacy, Roger, and perhaps even tact.”
    “ Whatever …” Roger shrugged. “Well, have a