Chapter 378: Dinner with family
Kellen made sure he messaged Rhys, letting him know of his plan, and also messaged Taylor. He wasn’t asking her to join him, and was instead checking in with her. This was the time that he normally went for his observed guiding sessions with her and Rhys, but for the next month, they were dropping it down to once a week.
One, Taylor hadn’t seen much changes in the results she was getting recently, and two, she had a lot on her plate right now. She was helping with the human trial side of things, or so he was told. Kellen hadn’t known that they were moving into human trials, but it felt too soon. Maybe they were just making sure that they had all of their ducks in a row so that they could transition into that easily.
Kellen didn’t know, nor did he think it would do him any good to know. So, he just didn’t care about it. But that didn’t mean he wasn’t worried about Taylor overworking herself.
Gwen peered over his shoulder in the elevator as he texted her.
"Who are you texting? Is it...Taylor?" She guessed, her expression brighter after they had hugged for another ten minutes. Kellen nodded, looking up once the doors opened for the cafeteria and Kellen was faced with the fact that it was more empty compared to before. He swallowed his feelings down and answered Gwen as they stepped out of the elevator in unison.
"Yeah. Just checking in on her. It’s a little strange to not have to see her today." Kellen admitted and Gwen smiled.
"You could still go see her everyday if you wanted to." She suggested and Kellen chuckled.
"I think she’s too busy for that now." Gwen, who didn’t know what was going on in the Guild frowned, obviously worried that Kellen had come to that conclusion on her own. She grabbed a couple of trays, assuming that Kellen would need more than one as they got into line for the cafeteria.
"Kellen Woods." She started, ready to lecture him, and Kellen let out a soft chuckle.
"It’s not my brain this time. She is genuinely busy this time. I can’t say the specifics, but yeah." Kellen said, and Gwen deflated. Kellen finished his text, sent it off, and tucked his phone into his pocket. He took the two extra trays that Gwen had picked up and nodded his thanks.
"Well good. Or not so good. I was working up a really good lecture this time. It was going to involve making Captain Thatcher feel bad." Kellen smirked, snorting, before he started laughing.