He saw different fabric swatches, was measured and it took a couple of hours. Dan was well and truly pissed off and made no bones about it at the end ...f the first hour.Greg looked at him in the mirror and said, "You pissed? Don't see us making any progress in dumping some lard?"Dan's face flushed and Greg said, "Oh come on Dan. You gonna run home to Mommy the moment the nasty man says something you don't like? I warned you this would be hard. I'm gonna be an evil bastard – I'm telling you that. She was smart, cute, funny, quick witted, and, when she smiled (a smile that she favored me with frequently), both her face illuminated, and the surrounding environment became so much brighter.We had taken a few more field trips together, including introducing her to the metropolitan park system. For some reason, she had not made them part of her summers, and, when I took her on my own picnic to one, at Sussex Lake, well, you would have thought I had shown her the walkway to paradise.After we. I was just joking about beingprom queen, but it made me mad to be told I couldn't. I fumed about it allday. Now I had to be prom queen just to piss him off.When school was over, Bob and I headed for his truck to head home. He had abig double cab duel wheeled truck from the 70's. It wasn't much, but it wasroomier than most cars. It had big bench seats front and back. With lots ofleg room. It was like a go anywhere shaggin' wagon.Bob could see something was bothering me so he parked out in the. "The house will be big enough you could stay with us," said Bob."You two going to have any kids?" asked Tom."Well sure," said Bob, thinking about the fact that he hadn't yet told his parents there was a baby on the way. Baby steps. Things were already in enough upheaval. Once his mother got used to the idea she was going to have a daughter-in-law, then he could tell her about the baby."I haven't been in the grandfather business for long," said Tom, "but I suspect I'm going to want to be able to.