Chapter 7

After lunch, Teddy goes to his room and unpacks everything while talking to Sylvester. "...Jesus, we're trending on Twitter, and there are several memes, I hate some of these angles," said Teddy. "babe, focus we got other things to worry about," said Sylvester unpacking as well. "you worried about a dinner with our parents, it should be fine, they love us without meeting each other, it should be fine," said Teddy. "If you say so, I just hope my mother doesn't come up in the conversation, also my brother is joining us," said Sylvester. "Wait, Sevyn is home?" asked Teddy. "yeah, Dad told him about our accident and he took the semester off," said Sylvester. "wow, sounds like he got over the thing with your mom," said Teddy. "I hope so, I'm waiting for the shoe to drop," said Sylvester. As Teddy sat on his large soft bed that hung from the ceiling, he signed as he scrolled through his phone. "I think if we keep the heroes separate from us, it will be better to not judge ourselves so much," said Sylvester feeling the distress his boyfriend is experiencing. "I think your right." said Teddy closing his phone and walking to his personal bathroom. "what are you going to wear?" asked Sylvester. "you'll just have to wait and see," said Teddy with a smirk. "C'mon don't tease me like this," said Sylvester whining almost. with the sneaker sound coming from Teddy's mouth, Sylvester knew he would win this fight.

Soon beautiful sun fell and welcomed the moon introducing a navy blue sky. Teddy and his parents dusted their beautiful custom glass table and laid out their gold silverware and white marbled plates with black folded napkins resting on top. Soon a bell rang, causing Teddy to rush to the elevator doors and adjust himself to play the perfect boyfriend and host. Soon the elevator doors open and Sylvester, his father, and older brother grew a smile once they saw Teddy's welcoming face. "Hey Babe, you look nice," said Teddy to Sylvester giving him a hug. "Hey Sevyn, Mr.Grey, Welcome to my home," said Teddy hugging them as well. "Woah Teddy your place is stunning," said Sevyn studying the interior of the Mayz Penthouse. "Thank you Sev, My parents are multi-talented they designed the enter penthouse not including my bedroom, I did that," said Teddy leading his guest to the dinner table. while seating Sylvester's family, Teddy noticed Sylvester's eyes shifting. "Sly fix your eyes...are you nervous?" asked Teddy using his telepathy. With a quick breath, Sly's reptile-looking eyes returned to his normal ones. "So Sevyn, Mr.Grey I would like you to meet my dad's Larenzo and Tre'von Mayz," said Teddy smiling as he sat at the table between them. "I'm Stephan Grey and this is my eldest son Sevyn, we're so happy to be here to finally meet you guys, we just love Teddy, especially Sylvester," said Mr.Grey smiling sincerely but moving his head a little too much. "oh please its a pleasure to you, we were wondering when we would get to meet the father of such an amazing young man," said Tre'von tossing his locks behind his shoulders. "So now that the introductions are out the way I would like to present dinner, for tonight we'll have Lasagna with Ceasar salad and homemade toasted sourdough bread with sweet and savory butter spread," said Tre'von removing the lids of the dishes.

Through dinner, the parents discuss careers, religions, politics, and finally their children's relationships. They eventually loosed up and got along, no judgments were made and no disrespectful comments were made. it was looking to be a nice night. "That's so Teddy," said Larenzo laughing with the rest of the table. "I don't think it's that funny Papi," said Teddy taking a sip of his soda served in a wine glass. "if everyone is done with their food we can move to the living room and I'll refill any drinks" offered Tre'von. with that idea, everyone wiped their faces or hands and sat in the living room. Teddy's parents sat cozy together in one of the love seats just as Sylvester sat on the sofa Teddy beside him with his legs stretched across Sylvester's lap. "Has anybody heard about our new superpowered team?" asked Larenzo sipping on his second glass of wine. "yeah, I don't know how to feel," said Stephan. "It's interesting to me because they're like teenagers no, and how did they get these powers?" asked Tre'von. "Maybe it's one of those genetic defects or a toxic waste from the fringe," said Sevyn. "don't even get me started on that place. I hope the new mayor fixes that place, there's a lot of gems there, it's just not safe to live anymore" said Stephan looking at Teddy and his son. "I know it's all very crazy, but back to the heroes, I have just one message for them. Good luck and you have my prayers because if there's one thing about Mayor Dixie, he will do anything to stay mayor it's disgusting" said Tre'von. after that comment, Teddy and Sylvester share a look of understanding as if they're accepting the advice and hope. As the night went on the city of velvet fell asleep so they could welcome a new day.

The following morning was Teddy and Sylvester's first day back in school, Lucky for them they had more time in the year to complete assignments so everything was pushed to break. "I'm sorry but I don't like sympathy of this magnitude," said Sylvester. "I agree, the whole day was filled with Are you okay? can you tell us what happened? do you have a bullet wound?" listed Teddy. "Did they let you keep the bullet?" added Sylvester. Soon the two laughed at each other and found their eating spot. "dinner went well last night" said Sylvester. "I told you it would, now my dad loves your dad," said Teddy taking a bite out of his pizza. soon their phones began to ring in unison. "Hope you had a good day at school because we got work to do, come to HQ right after school," said Jesse. hanging up after. "Finally I was getting a bit bored," said Sylvester. "only you would be happy to punch something," said Teddy smiling.