Teal nodded as Lorraine wished his young kid a happy early birthday. Although he missed having a relationship with the kid in his life, he was pretty scared of having the kid come live with him now… hopefully Cy didn’t hate him by now. Teal gave Lorraine a slightly crooked smile as she mentioned helping him set up a birthday party for the kid, and that he needed to keep the same sense of security as he had with Meredith, which probably wasn’t much security in the first place.

“Thanks Lorraine, I’m not the greatest birthday planner.” He said with a wink, thinking back on the day he planned a surprise birthday for someone in the office; just to sum it up, it was the most dreadful birthday of the year to say the least.

Teal nodded as Lorraine said that he should get his application soon, he was planning on doing that right after he finished speaking with Lorraine. Knowing him, he was going to over think the whole process and write up some dreadful application. Good think he had Lorraine on his side, and with that thought he felt a warm sense of reassurance in the pits of his stomach.

“Yeah I’m about to head up to Level Eight and grab one. I think they’ll be due into that Department soon, so I need to get to work fast.” He said with a nod. “Honestly I think experience wise, I’m the best in the field. Work ethic is going to be a problem though. Hopefully Aricca puts a good word in for me.” He said furrowing his brow slightly in humor, thinking of his current Department Head. She was great, and he was surprised she was resigning.

Teal looked back up to Lorraine, and he suddenly thought of her feelings, what was going on in her life. So far today it seemed that had just been talking about him, and Teal couldn’t help but feel slightly selfish. He looked up into her eyes, pressing his lips tightly together, maybe she felt as lonely as he did outside of the workplace.

“So what about you? I know productivity on Level Six has been at its peak ever since you became Department Head.” He said with a small smile, “But what about outside the Ministry, I haven't seen you outside of work in ages it seems.” He said with a nod, that needed to change indeed. He missed Lorraine’s company more than he thought.