#devinzhang

THYMIAN- “Devin, I am so happy for you!!  Congratulations!”

DEVIN- “It’s a great day, but bittersweet, Ty.”

THYMIAN- “ Bittersweet?  Why do you say that?”

DEVIN- “I am moving to Parisims, and you will be going to Alexandrian soon, Starting our lives in worlds apart.”

THYMIAN- “Not to worry, Devin, we will always be a phone call, or plane ride away...”

THYMIAN- “Riya, congratulations, everything was just perfect, and you are so beautiful...and very lucky to catch this guy!”

RIYA- “Thank you Ty, you made all this possible. Thank you for helping me get this wedding off the ground...and for introducing me to this amazing man!”

THYMIAN- “Maybe someday, when I ever decide to get married you can return the favor!”

DEVIN- “I Devin Ezra Zhang, take you Riya Goldman to be my wife, my partner and my one and only from this day forward, as long as we both will live...”

(And you thought he was marrying Thymian? Nope, but she was in attendance. Along with her boyfriend Graham. Also attending were his adoptive parents, Ava and Spencer and his brother Nico and brother-in-law, Lennon Goth. But it is no surprise that his wife to be resembles Thymian, very much!)

THYMIAN- “It’s kind of awkward talking to you about this...but, like most teenage boys he of course flirted all evening, and then propositioned me.”

DEVIN- “Figures, that’s pretty typical for a teen boy, I’d say.”

THYMIAN- “Yeah, but honestly, I don’t think he really was hoping I would accept...I mean I didn’t...of course, but to be honest, I think Graham is a really nice guy behind that mask he puts on.  It’s like he is trying to be this tough, street wise guy, but I think it’s because he thinks that is how he is supposed to act.  He really isn’t that guy.”

DEVIN- “Well you of all people should be able to read through all of that.  I mean, I don’t like the idea of you getting involved with a Bachman, but if you like him, and think he is someone else than who he really is, maybe you can help him with that.”

DEVIN- “So, what did you think of Pepsi?”

THYMIAN- “I really liked her.  She is brilliant.  I love her ability to make the piano feel like it is an instrument of the heart instead of a string instrument!!”

DEVIN- “So did you get to play for her?”

THYMIAN- “I did.”

DEVIN- “And??...did she like it?”

THYMIAN- “She didn’t really say actually.  But she accepted me into her class, I start next Saturday.”

DEVIN- Oh, she like you then...so how was your Homecoming Dance, and your date with the Bachman boy?”

THYMIAN- “It was okay. I mean, not being in a school setting, I am having a hard time adjusting to high school teen life.  I have been around adults all my life, not my peers. It was okay though. Graham is different than most of the other teenagers I have gotten to know.”

DEVIN- Hey, Nico...I thought I would take Thymian to Windenburg today to meet Pepsi Schumer.  She is a music theory professor at Windenburg University and teaches piano on the weekends.”

NICO- “Oh, I see, that sounds good. Thymian is already pretty good, having some formal lessons will just make her even better.”

THYMIAN- “Yeah, I thought so too, and this lady is really good from what Devin says.”

NICO- “Good luck, how about when you guys get back, you stay for dinner, Devin? I wanted to talk to you about an investment I was thinking about.”

DEVIN- “That’s not my expertise, as I have accountants do all of that for me, but I can at least maybe give you some advise.”