This is going to be so weird. We were at a restaurant that was practically next to the White House in Washington DC. It had kind of a hunter's cabin theme to it. I can't remember what its called, uh, something grill? I don't know. We explained what we wanted the waitress to do when the people got here. She would take them to our table, then take them to one of the reserved tables. None of us were hungry.
The first one entered it was Megan's dad. He came to us, looking a bit confused. Dear Lord, he is huge! I thought that one of the local prisons were missing a prisoner. Megan looked at us for one last time. We smiled and said, "Good Luck". They went to the table behind us, and started talking.
Jazz was next, She had her dad's brown eyes, and her mom's blond hair, Jazz looked almost exactly like her sister. The only difference was that Jazz was dressed like a tomboy, and she was dressed like she was the teen queen. They went to the table just in front of us.
Viktor was next. The Father had a lady close by his side, she could be Vik's sister. He looked like he had a bear belly. The mother was close behind and had a expression that was a mix of anger, confusion, and sadness. She looked like a secretary, especially with those glasses. They came here and got Viktor and sat down at a table.
Since Sara and Magnet are just kids I need to stay with them and explain things to the parents. I was wrong. Sara's family came in here. There wasn't enough room in the booth we were sitting in. Sara put a hand on my shoulder. Don't worry, I can explain it just as good as you can. I smiled at her. My brave little soldier. I let her out and they went to a table.
Magnet was the last one. He said, "Cyrus?" "Yeah, bud?" "I'm scared." I nodded. "Me too, bud. Me too."
We sat in silence until Magnet's family came around. The older sister looked bored until she saw me. I introduced myself to them and we sat down. I explained the basics, they seemed mortified by everything, the girl seemed more sorry/interested then mortified. I finished it up with, "Well, those are the facts. There's one more family on the guest list. I need to go meet them." They nodded like they understood. I turned to Magnet. "Behave yourself bud, and....be careful." He nodded and gave a nervous smile.
I went to the last reserved table. My hearts are working together to beat there way out of my chest. I sat down and tried to calm myself. How is this going to work? I was rubbing my face to wake myself up, when I heard a woman's voice. "Uh, Hello?" I looked up to see they were here. The woman was very pretty. She had hair so blond it was almost bleached. She had her son with her. He reminded me of, well, me. The way he stood there, protecting his mother. This was going to be very, very strange.
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