Meet the Parents
Brooke sent a video from her flying drone on Max and Warren coming back from their trip. Brooke was able to hack into the school's personal database to get the contact information on Max's parents. She even texted them along with the video that Max went to the trip with Warren.
After Max and Warren returned, they watch some TV in Warren's dorm room. Warren has a television in his room with a few channels and a DVD player connected to the television. Warren brought it from his home when he moved in here. They are sitting on Warren's bed and watching Dragon Ball Z episodes on Warren's DVD player.
They are not doing homework since they have no homework for the week since all classes were canceled for the week because of the shooting and Mr. Prescott has been arrested and the Everyday Heroes Contest for Blackwell is cancelled so no one won.
Everything is going fine until… Max's phone rang. Max checks her phone and it is her father's phone number.
Warren turns the TV on mute so Max can answer it. "Hello dad?"
"Hello Max… I just got this video from an unknown person about you and a boy arriving at school today. Did you just went this trip alone with a boy?" asked Max's father.
"Oh shit!" Max's eyes widen and realize she is in trouble and she has trouble answering with the exception of her repeated "ums" and "ahs".
"Honey… I knew you were going with a friend, but why didn't you tell me you were going with a boy?" asked Max's Father.
Max just lowers her head down in shame that she just got caught. Warren just looks at her and he can tell from her expressions and jesters that things are not looking too good.
"Sorry dad… I didn't think you would help us with that discount if you knew I went with my new boyfriend," answered Max.
"I just want you to be honest with me from now on young lady," warned Max's father. "I will let it slide this one time. I would like for your mom and I to meet with your new boyfriend when we come down next weekend." Then they said their goodbyes before hanging up.
"That didn't look good," said Warren.
Max shook her head no. "That was my dad… he just found out that I went on this trip with you… with a boy," explained Max. "And when they come down next weekend, they would like to meet you."
Warren then takes a deep breath of fear, thinking meeting her parents could end their relationship. Max's could see Warren is scared of her parents, because it is her parents and they could have the final say in her relationship like any typical parents and boyfriend storyline goes.
"My parents are not that bad. Just be yourself and behave like you always do… just cut down the jokes and we will be fine," says Max, but in her mind at the end of that sentence… "Hopefully".
Now that Max feels that her time with Warren has been spoiled and not confortable being with Warren for the moment so she returns to her own dorm room in shame.
"How did my parents found out about Warren and me?" Max is thinking of a hundred possibilities. Victoria could be a culprit to her since she did it to Kate and almost her if she didn't comfort her for Victoria's paint incident. She thought Nathan could be the culprit, but he is prison so how could he do it.
Then she thought, "Could it be Brooke. I remember yesterday she had the eyes of a killer when I'd walk passed her. Even she is the one; I don't want to accuse her without evidence. It would be best we don't talk about it now that my parents know I am dating Warren… what worse she could do to me?"
Throughout the week all classes resume lectures, even the art and photography class resume with a substitute teacher. The substitute teacher is nowhere good as Mr. Jefferson, but it keeps the class going.
Everyone, even Victoria is being concern and supportive for Max since her best friend died… well everyone except Brooke. Brooke has becoming more distant and less friendly to Max and it isn't hard for Max to figure out why.
Every night throughout the week, Max has been sneaking into Warren's dorm room and sleeping with him.
On Thursday, a day before her parents come… she and Warren went on a date at the Two Whale Diner. There they are surprise to see Joyce back at work.
"How are you two kids doing?" asked Joyce.
"We are good Joyce thank you. How about you?" asks Max.
"I'm doing better. I feel going back to work would help me recover faster." Then she gets out her pad. "What you kids like to have tonight?"
Max orders a turkey burger and Warren orders spaghetti with meatballs. Before Joyce leaves the table, she gives Warren some warning eyes; "Warren, you should feel very lucky and blessed for having someone like Max. You better take really good care of Max."
Both Warren and Max are blushing red.
"I guess it is that obvious now,"
"I will Joyce," Warren promised.
They are even sharing a large strawberry milkshake, which Joyce finds it cute.
Max does have mixed feelings coming to the diner since the last time she came here it was… "Come to think of it… the last time I was here that tornado was tearing up the whole town. I had to drive here to get Warren's photo and then use it to save Chloe once more. That is when I kissed Warren for the first time. That is when I began to realize I was falling in love with him".
Max even told Joyce that her parents are coming on Saturday to pay their respects to Chloe and they want to meet Warren for the first time. Her parents haven't seen or spoken to Joyce in five years.
"My last memory with my parents and Joyce and William being together is when Chloe and I spilled wine all over the carpet when we tried a sip. They told my parents what happened and I was grounded for two weeks for trying to drink underage. Chloe got three weeks."
Two days has passed and now it is Saturday. Max and Warren are waiting nervously for Max's parents to arrive at any moment now since Max's mother text her that they just arrive at the town and they are three minutes away from the school. Warren is dressed nicer than his geeky clothing; he is dressed in nice Michael Kors casual clothing.
"I know the weather is around 60 degrees today and a bit windy, but I do feel the weather is over 200 degrees. I feel so nervous. I hope my parents approves of Warren".
A familiar SUV to Max comes up in the school parking lot. It is her parents and once they park, they come out. Her mother comes out from the driver's side, the closest to where Max and Warren are waiting.
"There is my girl," shouted Max's mother, Vanessa with full of excitement and she comes at Max fast. "Hello mom, I missed you," said Max.
Max's father, Ryan comes out the passenger's seat from the other side of the car and walks to Max at an even pace. Max hugs her father second. "How is my girl?" asked Ryan. "I'm doing fine dad," Max answers with smiles.
Then they turn to Warren. "Mom… Dad… this is Warren, my boyfriend," introduced Max.
"So you must be Max's new boyfriend," applied Vanessa.
"Hello Mr. and Miss. Caulfield. It is a great pleasure to meet you," said Warren.
"Please, call me Vanessa," suggested Max's Mother.
"Thank you Vanessa and Ryan," Warren added.
"No, you call me Mr. Caulfield," Max's father addressed in a stern tone.
Everything just became awkwardly silent for both Warren and Max. Warren's eyes widen and in his mind, he just fucked this up in the first two minutes of their meeting. Then Max's father has an evil looking smile on his face… "I am just kidding". Both Max and Warren let out a big breath of relief.
After their exchange meeting, Warren leaves them be and he will meet them again at the Two Whale Diner for dinner. The Caulfields stop at a flower shop in town before making their way to the cemetery to pay their respects to Chloe. They spent almost two hours there before having dinner at the Two Whale Diner. Max's parents and Joyce are excited to see each other again. However, both Max and Joyce figured out they are here to find out more about Warren.
The two couple sat down at the far end of the diner. "So Warren, I heard you are a 4.0 student?" applied Max's Father.
"Yes… I have been a 4.0 all my life except in 7th grade where I had the flu during midterms," Warren acknowledges. Warren has no idea why he had told the about his 7th grade incident other than he wants to be honest as possible without spilling too much information like what exactly happened in the hotel room at Newberg.
Warren continued about his academic achievements and plans, "I was nominated for the Oregon Brain Prodigy Award last summer, but sadly I didn't win. I already got scholarships to colleges like Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Yale, and University of Washington."
"So Warren… what do you want to do after college?" asked Max's father.
Warren just then realized he really didn't think much about his future after college. His parents want him to be a brilliant doctor or scientist, but Warren has little passion for those careers and might pursue something else. So what is he going to do?
Meanwhile Brooke sneaks into Max's room to find something that would humiliate her in front of the whole school. However, she found something better… Max and Warren's photo of them naked in bed together. She is so furious to see Max and Warren being naked in bed together, but at the same time she sees this as an opportunity to do more than just humiliate her… this could get her expelled.
"Finally Max Caulfield, you will soon be out of my way forever and I can have Warren all to myself since there will be no more competition," thought Brooke.