It's Wednesday. Tim would be making his singing debut at the Sourdough Saloon tomorrow night. He was a nervous wreck. He and the band had been working hard and had everything planned out. But would the crowd accept him as Carrie's replacement?

He sat at his keyboard working on a new song. He had learned years ago that when his anxiety level rose, that writing was his best way of dealing with it.

Adam was in their bedroom collecting the clothes he would be wearing to work. His phone signals a text. He smiles as he reads it. He gives a quick reply before heading to the living room.

The blonde didn't want to interrupt or break Tim's focus, so he quietly walks up behind him. Leaning over he kisses his lover's cheek.

"I'm going to go take a shower." He whispers softly.

"Okay." Tim nods as he gives him a quick smile before returning to his work.

"Be back in a bit." He says with a slight smirk as he turns and walks out of the house.

Tim sings softly to himself as he plays what he had written so far. He stops and starts to write the next line just as there is a knock on the door.

"It's open!" He calls out, thinking it was one of their friends, he continues to write.

He gives an annoyed huff as there is another knock. 

"What the hell. I'm trying to work here." He grumbles as he pitches down his pencil and lays his glasses aside. Maybe Adam had accidentally locked the door when leaving. He gets up from the piano stool and goes to open the door.

"SURPRISE!!!"

"Mom?" His startled expression was quickly replaced with a smile as he sees his mom and sister standing on the front porch. Adam was standing behind them with a huge grin on his face.

"Hey, Sweetheart." Dena says as she throws her arms around her son's neck.

"What are y'all doing here? How did you find the place?" Tim asks as he leans down to hug his mom.

"You can thank your boyfriend for that." Emily smiles as she takes her turn at hugging her brother. 

"He called us about a week ago and told us about you getting a singing job in town. We couldn't miss out on your big debut." Dena adds as she slips her arm around his waist.

"Wow, this is quite a surprise." Tim chuckles as he runs a hand through his hair. 

"I hope you don't mind me inviting them." Adam says as he stood behind Tim's family, still holding his change of clothes.

"No, not at all. Thank you, Baby." Tim smiles as he hugs his lover.

"This is some place you have here." Emily says as she looks around their little community. "It's beautiful."

"And this house, is it made of bottles?" Dena asks as she steps closer to get a better look.

"Strangely, yeah." Tim chuckles.

"Sweetie, I'm going to take my shower now. You can give your mom and sis the grand tour." Adam says, giving Tim a quick kiss before walking away.

"Y'all come on in." Tim says, finally stepping back into the house.

"Oooo, I love this." Dena says as looks around.

"We chose the house we wanted. Adam fell in love with this one so here we are." Tim says, glancing around the room. "It's only one bedroom but that's all we needed."

"It's cozy." Emily says as she makes her way into the small kitchen. 

"It's nice and cool in here considering how hot it is outside." Dena comments.

"There's no power run here so Adam and I bought a generator to run the things we really needed. His dad gave him the air conditioner."

"You guys need to go grocery shopping. Your fridge doesn't have much in it." Emily says as she grabs her a bottle of water from the appliance.

"Emily!" Dena scolds.

"We buy groceries, Squirt." Tim laughs at his little sister helping herself. "We do all the cooking at the train station. Come on, I'll show you and introduce you to some of the others. Most of them are at work though." He takes another bottle of water from the fridge and hands it to his mom.

"Oh, my lord." Dena breathes as she sees the huge greenhouse.

Tim opens the door to the greenhouse and allows the two ladies to enter.

"Wow." Dena says as she looks around at all the vegetables that were inside.

"Somewhere in here, you'll find our two gardeners." Tim chuckles. "HEY GUYS??!"

"OVER HERE." A deep voice calls out from somewhere amongst the tall tomato plants.

"Mom, this is Avi and somewhere around here is Chris, Adam's half brother." Tim says. "Avi, this is my mom and little sister."

"Wow, we don't get visitors around here very often. Well, practically none." Avi chuckles as he shakes the ladies' hand.

"Hi, I'm Chris." The bald-headed, cap-wearing man smiles as he removes his gloves to shake their hands. 

"I feel like I already know you all considering how much Tim talked about you after coming out of his coma." Dena says. "These vegetables are beautiful."

"Thank you. It takes a lot of work considering how dry it is here." Avi replies.

"Y'all wanna go check out the kitchen/dining room/bathroom/laundry room/storage area?" Tim chuckles.

"Don't forget the shower room." Avi says.

"Well, I would but Adam is taking a shower right now." Tim laughs. "But, I guess I can show you the ladies shower area."

"This is so cool." Emily says as they walk up on the large porch of the station.

"So who lives where?" Dena asks as she stops and looks around the property.

"Chance and Sami lives there (Tim points). Unfortunately, they're both at work right now but you'll get to meet them tonight. Over there is Austin and Olena's house. That is Jenika and Avi's mansion." Tim chuckles as he points to the small bordello. "And that is Chris and Nate's house."

"Who lives there?" Dena asks as she points to an unclaimed building.

"That's the guest house. That's where you guys will be staying." Tim smiles.

"Oh, that's sweet. I thought we would have to try and find a hotel." Dena replies.

"I'll show you what all is in here then I'll help you get settled in." Tim says as he wipes the sweat from his forehead. "How long do you plan on staying?" He takes his mom by the hand as they enter the station.

"Well, I want to see your shows this weekend and maybe do a little touring. It's absolutely beautiful around here. So, maybe a week." Dena answers.

"Yes! I was hoping we could do some sightseeing." Emily says as she does a fist pump.

"This young man sitting here looking through the help wanted ads, is Austin." Tim says as he pats Austin on the back.

"You must be Tim's mom." Austin smiles as he stands to shake her hand.

"I am. It's finally good to put faces to all the names." Dena says.

"Wow! This place is massive!" Emily says, looking around. "And the architecture is so amazing."

"This is sort of our hangout place/community living room." Tim motions around him. "In here, is the kitchen/dining room."

"Oh, my heavens! Look at the size of this kitchen!" Dena says, her jaw dropping as she takes in the humungous room. "A walk-in freezer? And this pantry is as big as my living room." Both areas were completely stocked with food.

"Yeah, it takes a lot to feed ten people." Tim chuckles. "This is our storage area." He opens a door revealing racks and racks full of supplies. "We buy in bulk." Tim adds with a chuckle.

"Gees, y'all thought of everything." Emily says as she looks over the supplies.

"Well, we had ten people thinking of things we needed." Tim says as he leads them down a hallway. "Down here are the showers."

"So what are you thinking of our place so far?" Adam asks as he meets them in the hallway.

"Mind blowing." Emily giggles.

"I guess it's safe to go in here. All the girls are at work." Tim chuckles as they walk into the ladies' shower room.

"Daaannngggg. Look at all these showers, bathroom stalls, and the size of those bathtubs." Emily says, looking around in awe. Sinks lined one of the walls with well lite mirrors for each sink.

"In here..." Tim opens the door to another but smaller walk-in storage room. "Towels, washcloths, shampoo, condition, toilet paper, and, uh, feminine products."

"You're blushing, brother dear." Emily laughs.

"And further down the hall..." Tim says, ignoring his sister, as he walks out into the hallway and to the men's shower room. 

"Is it safe to go in?" Dena giggles.

"Yeah, it's just me, Adam, Chris, Avi, and Austin here right now. Everyone else is at work." Tim answers as they walk in.

The room looked similar to the ladies room except urinals lined a wall and no bathtubs.

"The final place of the station is the laundry room in the basement." Tim says as he leads the way.

"We try to have specific laundry days for each couple." Adam adds as he follows closely behind Tim.

"It looks like a small laundromat." Emily says. "Mom, look at the size of these washers and dryers."

"And in here..." Adam says as he opens a door to another storage area. "Detergent, bleach, fabric softener, and anything else you might need."

"That's awesome. Where to next?" Emily asks.

"The guest house." Tim answers as they head out of the station.

"Rob and his wife Kelsey actually furnished the guest house because they plan on taking some trips out here." Adam says.

"There is a generator so they have air conditioning." Tim says as he opens the door.

"Oh, my lord. This is beautiful." Dena says softly.

"Needless to say, Kelsey has an expensive taste in things." Adam laughs.

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