The day we met again

4- Reunion

EVERYONE FINALLY SITS down around the big table. To be more accurate, we had to assemble three tables of four together in order to get everyone in. Lucas and Annie are seated together, Joshua is right beside. Pooja sets Krish on her left as Kartik holds a tiny chicken wing in front of her face. She bites in it and smiles at her husband. They are so sweet, they could give me diabetes. On my side, I am seated in front of baby Krish with Connor on my right. On my left, Shankar is concentrated on his wings. Danny faces Joshua as Gabriel and Charlotte are seated at the end of the table with Shae. Joshua is openly flirting with Danny using his fluent french. 

"Hey, fey me me," Connor starts with his mouth full of food, "afosh foo fogedder?" I arc an eyebrow at him and sneer. He smiles, chews down his food, takes a sip from his coke and smiles again. Creepily. "I meant to ask if those two were together." he points his two greasy fingers. I follow the direction and my eyes land on Annie and Lucas. Sensing our gaze on them, they in turn look in our direction. Annie raises her eyebrows, the way she does when she asks a question. I lift my bangs up and wiggle mine. My smirk explains the whole situation. She then whispers something into Lucas's ear and he smiles sliding an arm around her shoulders. Smooth. "So are you?" Connor insists.

" What do you think, whore?" Annie asks him with a huge grin on her face. I chuckle and turn to face Connor. This is a moment i don't want to miss.

"He's gay." Connor's eyes go big as he forces a smile. Not that he discriminates them but the last time he got in contact with a male homosexual was during that time and the TU rebel wanted to make him dance naked. Preferably on his bed. Although he doesn't show it, he is pretty shy about it. Not to forget his little ego that tells him that any living being in his entourage will fall for him. "Don't worry, you're not his type." I tell him in a serious tone.

"So are you a bottom?" Curiosity has always nearly killed Connor. Which as usual makes us whip our head towards him. Shankar and Joshua are sporting the look. I remember the boys having made a joke about how Connor would be a perfect bottom in a same sex relationship. Guess it got to him more than it should. "No seriously, tell me. Do you find me...." he leaves the last word out but I can definitely hear it. Attractive....

"That's a good one." Charlotte points out. We all laugh as I turn my gaze towards Lucas just in time to see him do his infamous "pedo smile". He pushes his chin back and grins before licking his lips and wiggling his brows. I hear the faintest gasp coming from Connor as his attempt to force a smile fails. I can almost see the blood draining from his face. Poor child, his shyness and curiosity are such a wild mix.

"So he's a top?" He asks again making me laugh.

"Do you want to know?" Shae says suggestively. Kartik laughs. Her words seem to have an impact on Connor as he immediately gets up and goes towards the door as quickly as he could without seeming like he was running away. Shyness 1, curiosity 0. His actions make me burst into a huge fit of laughter. The others join in. He's so- CRACK. THUD. That's all I hear before I realize I am on the floor with my chair. I keep laughing as I feel Shankar's touch on my back patting it gently. He then passes me a drink. I take a sip from it and look up to see Lucas do his "pedo smile" again. My laughter which was dying down comes back fill force and I choke on the drink. An uncontrollable cough takes hold of me.

"Calm down, Isha, breath." Shae laughs with the others. 

"Okay, I think we've been inside for too long, we're going to get some fresh air." Shankar declares picking me up. Hovering me over his shoulder, he makes towards the exit.

"Yeah, excellent idea!" Danny snorts. I smile and look up to see Kartik shaking his head in pity as if this occurs too often. Seriously, the last time I laughed like this, was when I made them believe the whole army thing was a joke. I raise my head slightly as Shankar moves. Connor comes back and taking a seat looks around wearily. Charlotte tells him something which makes him settle down more comfortably.