Drake felt a little watched right now but he keeps it to himself as he was starting to see that Gabe was not going to be an easy man to fool. How annoying. It wasn't common knowledge but Drake had dabbled quite a bit in magic and had a talent for it as a human and now used the vampiric energy to enhance the spells but the study of practice of it was something that deeply appealed to his nature and there were certain areas of spells he had gotten damn good at. Drake was well read and could speak, write, and ready enough different languages that it had even baffled Kane but the vampire had simply told him that people told him he wouldn't get anywhere in his education so it made him try harder.<br/><br/>It seemed it was going to be a battle of wits and for once Drake wasn't sure he was going to come out on top which was a touch unnerving but what choice did he have? He tried not to dwell on it since he always tended to get antsy about being cornered. When Kane revealed it was Iris and Ryan coming to see him the vampire visibly perked up. "May I go to the store before they arrive Sir?" He asked Kane which sounded odd in the light of day but Drake wanted the other to know he wasn't going to run off. He told Kane could put a tracker on him if he wanted but the demon declined. After breakfast Drake quickly cleaned up his own dishes now distracted with the exciting thought of seeing the kids.<br/><br/>Getting back from the store Drake had a bag with him and looked rather excited if not a little anxious. It had been a long time since they have seen each other but he didn't need to worry since when the twins showed up together Ryan all but tackled him and Drake wrapped his arms around the much taller man.<br/><br/>"Uncle Drake!" Iris even managed a smile and when Ryan let go Drake went over and hugged her, much to everyone's surprise she accepted the gesture. They said hello to Kane and Abbaddon but it seemed their real focus was the long lost 'uncle'.<br/><br/>"It's good to see you." She said to the vampire who was grinning from ear to ear by now,<br/><br/>"Right back at you, I feel like you grow taller every time, going to dwarf me soon." He teased as the two chattered Drake pulled out the bag from the store.<br/><br/>"Now I hope that means you're not all too fancy to indugle." He pulled out a pint of ice cream and Ryan laughed,<br/><br/>"Orange sherbert, I should have known you would get my favorite." Iris shook her head and Drake tsked, "Don't think you can escape either." He pulled out the mint chocolate chip and the stern demon cracked a smile.<br/><br/>"Not if I want it to go straight to my hips." She replied but Drake waved the answer off. It felt like he had all but forgotten about the others around in the excitement of seeing his favorite 'kids'.<br/><br/>"Thick thighs are all the rage with the youths nowadays even an old man like me knows that! Come now let's go hang out someone where a little more quiet with some CSI playing." He said to the two who were happy to do so.