Backstory WHO: Mable & Brand Gardner WHEN: Friday, April 8th 2016 WHERE: Brother's Pizzeria in Queens, NY SUMMARY: Getting dinner together before May leaves WARNINGS: Just sibling stuff!
"You know the pizza in California isn't gonna be this good," Brand pointed out mid-chew. He swallowed down his latest bite and fixed May with a sad smile.
They were at their favorite table at their favorite pizza place, probably for the last time for a while. Brand was proud of May, he really was, but knowing her time in New York now came with a countdown clock made everything bittersweet. She was leaving this weekend for the trip to Hamnet Island, but after that she would be moving all the way across the country. And sure, Brand would visit her the first chance he got, but it wouldn't be the same. In a way, he felt kind of like a parent. He'd practically been an adult when May was born, so he watched her grow up and now he was about to feel a version of empty nest syndrome. It sucked, but May was an adult and she was finally able to make her own decisions for herself. Brand wasn't going to take that away from her. That was, unfortunately, their parents' job.
He was going to do everything he could to make sure they cut her some slack after they found out about May's plan to ditch her Columbia scholarship. That was his duty as her brother.