Around 5:30 P.M. Boyd is getting nervous since it’s only 30 minutes left now before the meeting. He is back home already and he’s now sitting at the kitchen counter, eating some carrots so that he won’t be super hungry during the session. His father joins him in the kitchen and sits down next to him.

“So where do you want to do it? We can sit in my study if you would like that.”

“That sounds great since that is the most natural space here.”

“Well, finish your snack and then we will set up everything in my study.”

In record time, Boyd finishes his carrot and he goes upstairs; his dad follows him. Boyd goes to his room and his father to the study already. Boyd decides to change his shirt since it’s an old one. He picks a polo and puts it on as fast as he can. He picks up his laptop and the charger just in case it’s nearly empty and goes to his father's study.

“Boyd, it looks like you just came out of bed, your hair is all messy. Give me your laptop I’ll start it and then you can go fix your hair.”

“Thanks.”

Boyd hands over his laptop and sprints to the bathroom. He grabs some of his mother's hair products and puts it in his hair to fix it. When it’s fixed, he hurries back towards his father study, he checks the time on his phone and sees that he has ten minutes left. He sits down next to his father and opens up his skype.

When the sound of a skype call rings through the room Boyd nervously presses on the accept button. When the screen pops up it is black for a few seconds before who he assumes is Maxwell Lewis and his kids appear. The small boy is waving and Boyd nervously waves back.

“Hello, I’m Maxwell Lewis.” The older male smiles, his British accent heavy.

Boyd is starstruck by the older male, he could see from the pictures that he is a handsome male but seeing him through the skype session is different. Maybe because he is as handsome as shown on his pictures without editing.

“Hello, I’m Boyd. It’s nice to meet you mister Lewis.”

“My name is Darryl and this is Zachary.” The older boy says as he’s pointing at him and his little brother.

“Hello, Darryl and Zachary. It’s nice to meet you.”

“It’s nice to meet you too, this must be your father with you. Mister Davis, right?”

“Yes, it’s nice to meet you too mister Lewis.”

“So, well we’re having this session of course because Boyd is interested in becoming the au pair of Darryl and Zachary. I’ve got a few questions for both of you. Since I’ve asked Boyd a few questions through mail already why don’t I start with you mister Davis.”

“That’s alright with me.”

“So, Boyd did mention that you’ll be the one to check all the legal papers and such. I assume you work as an attorney or something else.”

“You’re right. I work as an attorney and I’d like that everything is legally correct for my son. I think you can understand that too.”

Maxwell nods in reply and he looks at his boys.

“It’s for a longer period, you know that already. So, I’m wondering how you feel about not having your son around for such a long time.”

“It’ll be hard, especially at the start. Because he does a lot for the family. As it is his wish, I accept it and fully understand the decisions he made. I’m glad he’s choosing for himself. Of course, I’ll be keeping in contact with him and if we can I’d like to visit him during the holidays so we can see him.”

Boyd is glad that his father can talk this easily. It makes it a little easier for him to relax too. Because well his dad is giving all the right answers in his opinion.

“What I understood from Boyd is that he helps around at home a lot. So, it means he has experience in taking care of kids and probably helping with the housework. Can you tell me something about it and how you experienced it? Even though he is your son.”

“My wife and I have experienced it as very pleasant. Because we are both busy with work it is a relief to know our other two kids are in good hands. Boyd knows what he is doing and can handle well in all kinds of situations. It’s nice that he knows how to cook too because with that he has helped us out plenty of times already.”

“That’s good to know. I’m happy to hear that you are happy with his help around the house and with his siblings. Because it’s important for me that he knows what he does and it seems like he actually does know.”

“Yes, he does. He also likes to research before he starts something. So, he has taken long enough to educate himself about being an au pair before he took the steps to come in contact with the family.”

“That’s also good to hear. Well, Boyd for you I also have a few questions to ask. Mostly about you. Since the questions, I asked over the mail have been directed a lot towards taking care of the kids and such.”

“That’s fine with me,” Boyd says with a small smile.

“What do you like to do in your free time?”

“Well, I love nature. So, I’d love to go out and explore, doing things like taking walks into parks and such. I also love to read books, so when I can’t go out that’s what I usually do. I’m not much of a gamer so that’s not something I’d easily do. I do enjoy a good movie or series so sometimes I do that too.”

“Well, England has a lot of bad weather.” Maxwell chuckles. “Anyways, you’ve mentioned before that you’re taking a break from college and you’d like to enroll again sometimes. I don’t mind that and if you’d like to enrol when you’re here we can see what we can do.”

“Yes, that’s right. If I know what I want for the education I’d like to enrol again. Maybe if it’s possible in England and otherwise I’d do it when I’m back in Canada again.”

“Mmmhmmh. Well, you’ve also told a bit about your family already. I’ve never heard you about any relationship. Do you have one and if so, what does your lover think about you leaving for such a long time?”

“I don’t have any relationship right at this moment. So, I don’t have any lover that has to worry about me leaving the country.”

“Well, Darryl also has questions.”

“Well, he can ask away.”

Darryl and Zachary look up when one of their names is mentioned. They were not even paying much attention to what was happening. But now one of them is mentioned they show interest.

“Boyd, would you go to the park with us?” A cheeky smile is on Darryl his face.

“Of course, I love the park so I’d take you guys there whenever you guys want.”

“Do we have to eat our veggies?” The younger of the two asks.

Boyd laughs softly at the question and nods slightly. “

“Sadly, yes you do need to eat your veggies. Because if you eat your veggies you’ll grow into a strong big boy.”

Zachary pouts at that answer but he goes back to what he was doing when he hears that he’ll be a strong big boy if he eats his veggies.

“Will you be playing games with us, and do crafts?”

“I’d play games with you guys and help you with the crafts whenever you need help with them.”

“Thank you, Boyd,” Darryl says. “Papa I have no questions anymore.”

“Well, then I guess we are done for now. I’ve talked with the other person before I had this talk with you. I’ll see what the boys prefer and what I think is the best option for them. I’ll let you know through the mail this weekend. There will be a chance that you’ll get it later during the day. It was nice meeting you mister Davis and Boyd. Have a nice evening.”

“Thank you. It was also nice meeting you mister Lewis, Darryl, and Zachary. I hope to hear from you soon.”

The call gets disconnected and Boyd let go of a big sigh he has been holding or a while now.

“That went well Boyd, don’t worry about it.”

“Thanks for being here with me, dad.”

“No problem. Shall we go downstairs for dinner?”

Boyd nods and turns off his laptop. He’ll put it away after he had dinner.