Chapter 2 "The Wall of Maturity"

By the end of the second week, each of the brothers and sisters had settled comfortably into The Centre. The awkwardness of first impressions had lifted and the group decided to break bread over conversations about their lives and what led them to dedicating this season to The Father in far away fields. However, before stories could be shared, Flex and Cappy were eager to play a game they had made up, The Wall of Maturity. May had expected such a game from Flex, but she had not quite figured Cappy out yet. Flex stood at about 5’9” with a slender build. He wore his medium length curly hair well. He was seen as the cheerful, life of the party and his smile turned gloomy rooms sunny. Flex was found to be candid and sincere in their first few interactions. The Sisters also noticed the joy he had for talking about himself. The “Wall of Maturity” was typical of Flex’s character.

A scale was constructed on the wall and each participant was obligated to place a post-it of their age in maturity somewhere on the scale. After each person proposed their age, the rest of the brothers and sisters would articulate their thoughts on the individuals age of maturity. An average would be tallied and written on a post-it on the wall. As one would imagine, a couple of the brothers and sisters were more then a little off on their thoughts of their age of maturity. Flex and Cappy were deep into this silly game as May noticed the clock ticking away and hoped the game would end in order stories could be shared. She found Lanky’s reaction to his brother’s game amusing, he went over to the couch and laid down waiting for it to be over, every now and again adding some insight to each person’s maturity.

May did not expect such a game to be Cappy’s forte. Her impressions of Cappy were only half accurate and his personality seemed to be more a mystery after the game then before. He was authentic with a vast taste in music and literature. He was intellectual and deep. May had heard of his ingenuous personality long before they had met. The Wall of Maturity game proved he was a little on quirky side and she found that charming. He was the tallest of the brothers. His long sandy hair brushed up against his spectacles, that left indents on temples of his slightly freckled face. At 22 years he seemed to have an aged, sweet, spirit.

May found Lanky to be quiet. He seemed the deeper type, the theological type, and full of wit and sarcasm when he spoke. The Father had not ordained many conversations between the both of them. Naturally, she was not sure what else to think of him. He, like the other brothers, was tall and slender. He was the first of the brothers to cut his strawberry blonde hair short resulting in his sharp blue eyes being revealed. He was musically inclined with a beautiful voice and exceptional guitar skills. He, like the other brothers, wore his pants low, tightened around the hips with a colorful belt most of the time.