Megan still had Cristian’s words ringing in her ears as she entered the restaurant and looked around for her brother.  Despite giving herself extra time at the end of her shift she was still five minutes late as her last patient had proven difficult and her stomach churned as she made her way over to the table, not at all sure what state Thomas was really going to be in.

“Hi, I’m so sorry I’m late.  My clinic has just been a nightmare today,” she said as she leaned in to hug him.  “I hope you haven’t been waiting for too long.”

Megan finished her shift but rather than head home she made her way to the surgical offices in search of her brother.  One advantage of her siblings both working in the hospital was that they were usually quite easy to track down although she was hoping that Thomas hadn’t just started a three hour surgery or anything like that.  Thankfully she found him in his office and with a quick knock she let herself in and sat down to wait until he had finished whatever notes he was writing.

Megan finished her meeting with her boss at the hospital and drove home to give herself a bit of time to collect her thoughts and change before she went to see her brother.  They hadn’t spoken in weeks and while she had caught glimpses of him at the Easter Egg Hunt she didn’t actually speak to him then and hadn’t stayed all that long.

Parking up she rolled her eyes as she caught sight of his motorbike, she was never going to be truly happy about him riding that and headed to his door.  “Hi,” she said softly with a smile as the door opened.

Thomas hadn’t really wanted to go to Megan’s house. He didn’t want to talk about everything—why he had done what he’d done, how he was feeling, and how everything was going to spiral out of control. Shaking his head, he had limped to the car—he was off work of his own choice, using some of his accumulated time off to try to get himself back in order. He couldn’t believe he had hit a submissive. He couldn’t believe he had let Mateo get under his skin. But he supposed it had just been the final straw.

He hadn’t had time to get a new cane yet, so he relied on his pain medication and beer to manage. Though, he hadn’t been drinking today. He didn’t want to see Megan while drink. Now, he took a car as he had been told. He didn’t have the patience for the motorbike at the moment.

Thomas ended up lingering on the porch for a long moment, steeling himself. Shaking his head, he knew he couldn’t avoid it forever. So he forced himself to knock.

Megan didn’t know how she was feeling about everything.  Her own emotions were already stretched with the last few days events and then to hear about her brother on top of it all had her head reeling.  Ironically her thoughts kept turning to Oz and what he would say to her about it all and she had to push those musings aside, a fact which was ridiculously  challenging.

She sat on the couch working on a paper she was due to present to the hospital board in a few days though she was really listening out for the telltale roar of Thomas’ motorbike and mentally gearing up to berate him about riding that when he wasn’t fit.  Caught by surprise when she heard the knock she realised that he had, for once, actually listened to her. 

“Hi,” she said with a rather forced smile as she opened the door and ran her gaze up and down the tall Dominant.  “Come in, do you want a drink?”  

Tuesday morning stretched in to Tuesday afternoon but finally it was Megan’s last appointment of the day which also just happened to be her big brother.  “Thomas Capulet,” she called in the waiting room just to amuse herself looking around though she knew he wouldn’t be hard to spot.  “How are you this afternoon?” she asked as he reached her door.

It was a huge relief to actually be sitting in a restaurant opposite her brother and not feel like she was being watched.  She finally felt normal again after so many days of shadows and while she knew Thomas had selected their table for it’s safety it ultimately was just them.  Oz had practically handed her over to Thomas which made her laugh somewhat but having already ordered and the wine poured she decided she was getting in first.  “Have you heard from the hospital?  When am I going to run into your ugly mug strolling past my office door?” she teased, all too easily able to slip into annoying little sister mode.

Megan got home from meeting Drew and quickly showered before she dressed in leggings and a long sweater.  Pulling her hair back into a ponytail she headed into the kitchen to prepare the salad and lay the table for dinner but everything else would really have to wait until Thomas actually arrived.  She was tempted to pour herself a glass of wine but didn’t want that lecture again so instead she settled for a glass of water and curled up on the couch with one of her new medical books to wait for her brother.