Chapter 251: A little dinner get together. A debrief of sorts
"So? How was everything?" Kim asked, excited. Andrew was still feeling pretty okay. He’d been to several houses, he’d traveled a lot and was stressed a lot. He’d even been in a shop with a bunch of other people and had behaved himself, so he was pretty confident that he could handle one more location before he needed to go home and recover.
That meant, instead of meeting at the coffee shop or wherever Maxwell’s parents and the Proctor’s had been hiding while they toured, they met at a restaurant. Of Thomas’ choosing, since Andrew had no preferences, nor did Maxwell.
They ended up at a restaurant Andrew had never heard of, but Maxwell and everyone else had, in a private room, with a huge table. The table was big enough that it had Andrew tensing. It was even set for more people then he anticipated, but Thomas had clarified for him so that Andre wasn’t surprised.
Surprises weren’t exactly the best thing for him right now.
"May called and asked if it was okay if her daughter and her partner came for dinner as well. I said yes, thinking you wouldn’t have any issues with it." Thomas said. He could feel how everyone else was watching him. They all knew Rose and Jordan from the celebration party of his enrollment in medical school, and his pass of the exam. Andrew, thankful it wasn’t anyone strange, relaxed.
"Ah. She probably just wants to check on me." Andrew muttered, and Maxwell squeezed his hand as everyone found their seats. It was only after everyone had sat that Kim began her line of questioning.
Andrew had barely settled in, the waiter hadn’t been by to get an order for drinks, and The Gates family was still on their way. Maxwell chuckled.
"Kim, we should wait for everyone else. I doubt we have the energy to repeat it twice and get asked the same questions. Andy has been doing well today, but I’m not a monster. I’m not going to push him in ways I don’t have to." Maxwell said, smiling, but the warning was heard and received. Kim pouted, but sighed, nodding her head.
"Sorry. You’re right. I’m just so excited I just want to know everything now." Kim apologised. She was sitting at the end of the table, Jenny across from her. Jenny was sitting next to Maxwell, and Andrew next to him, and across from him was Thomas and Luis.
"Exactly, You know that May and Ford would be upset if we started this discussion without them around." Luis said, shaking her head and Kim sighed again.
"Alright. I get it. I understand I’m in the wrong here." Kim said, and Maxwell chuckled again, his hand sliding to Andrew’s thigh and Andrew stiffened.