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“We really are… I don’t even get to leave for another….” He paused, checking the clock. “Seven hours? So about ten at night…” Eddie let out a soft little whine, just wanting badly to go home. “Hey now, you know I’d die for you any day, but especially right now.” His stomach seemed to grumble almost automatically right after he spoke, placing one hand over it. “Perfect, I’ll be out in a second!” He moved out of his seat before heading over to his boss and telling her he was taking his break since it was slower right now. He then headed outside, plopping down right across rom his adopted daughter.

Eddie couldn’t help but laugh when Ziggy actually called him out. “Sorry, autopilot. Robin’s actually currently on maternity leave, so… They had me pick up the load big time. you know how it is.” He teased playfully, then perked up when he heard the word lunch. “I would absolutely die for you right now, I hope you know that.” The librarian practically purred at the thought of food before making grabby hands at it. “I’ll go tell my boss I’m taking my break, and we can go outside in the shade and eat this. Sound good?”

Sheppard had left rehearsal and gone straight to the workshop to work on sets for the better part of the day.  While he was tired himself, he still felt like he hadn’t done enough to be able to complain in comparison to what her day was.  “You know I can’t resist the call of food and drinks.  Besides, you still owe me from that bet we had earlier this week.”

Cami looked at her, offended. “Excuse you?! Do you know how many notes I need to take a day?! This is why they invited this shit!” She glanced down at her phone, chuckling as she saw a confirmation. “Nah. The twins are old enough they can watch themselves. If anything, Dakota goes and finds Nathan to get into trouble and Jordan hides at the library with Eddie. I’m just offering my driving services and use of my car while one of my moms’ cars is in the shop.” 

“Ziggy, you know I’ll never say no to drinks with you. What’re you craving?” Eva replied with a chuckle. She’d met the other through a dance class a co-worker dragged her to and the two of them hit it off pretty well. “As long as you let me buy this time. I still haven’t forgiven you for paying the tab when I went to the ladies’ room last time.”

“I mean…” Cami hesitated for a moment.

 She too had a long day, but she also, despite being almost 30, still held a little extra responsibility. “You know what, fuck it. And don’t judge me for what I’m about to do.” She pulled her phone from her pocket, finding the text message to her sister and hitting the microphone button. “Change of plans period. You’re picking up the twins period. I’m going out.” Tapping the screen she shoved her phone back into her pocket. “Let’s go.” 

Howdy there [DOVE CAMERON]! Oh, no, you’re just [ZIGGY BENNETT], the [28] year old [FEMALE], who is a(n) [MUSICIAN/ACTRESS]. Sorry, pal. I heard you’re [STUBBORN] and [IMPATIENT], but I’ve also heard you’re [CARING] and [LOYAL] and I hear you’ve been here for [THREE YEARS]! I hope you’re settling in well here!

It seemed like a fairly normal day at the library; people coming in asking for different books, people using the computers for research.. Every once in a while there would be a kid that would throw a tantrum or just be a bit too loud and he’d hear their mom or dad try and hush them. This felt like heaven to Eddie, just being surrounded by the sound of pages flipping and the smell of old and new books floating around in the air. He was taken out of his little daydream when he heard the phone ring, which sounded ten times louder than what it should have due to the silence. “Hello, Chicago public library, Eddie Mainland speaking! …Oh! Okay, what books are you looking for? … Perks of being a Wallflower, The Grapes of Wrath, and…. Ruthless Gods… Okay, uhhhh, I think we have all of them in here! Would you mind holding really quick? Thank you!”

He politely put the phone on hold, moving to search through the directory on the computer. Eddie grabbed the phone once more, taking it off of hold. “Hi! Thank you so much for holding. We have all three in stock! …You’ll come by later? Sounds perfect! We’re open until 7 pm! See you then!” He hung up the phone just in time to see someone coming in. “Hi! Welcome to the Nashville Public Library! How may I help you?”