I saw Julia looking at me ... then her. She looked ... uncomfortable and maybe a little jealous. I can’t say I wasn’t amused ... I was. I reached ...ver and kissed my date. From her view, Julia could plainly see her stocking clad foot rubbing my leg while we kissed. BAM! ... wasn’t long before they left without eating. Life goes on.Jack and KristiAndy notices Kristi is in some serious thought and knows she has something on her mind so I said, “Ok, Kristi, spill it. What’s going on?”“Dad, I. Are these the drapes your mother said you'd sewn?"Blushing, I admitted it.In my bedroom, I blushed even more. Like an idiot I had left the apronsI had made my choice from, lying on top of the bed. She pursed her mouthin silent approval, picked up one of the filmier ones and put it againsther body. Checked her reflection in the mirror. "This is reallygorgeous! Would you... I mean, would you mind... Could you make me onelike this? I'd pay you of course...?"And I blushed at her compliments.. "The portable tape machine will be the same way when it gets built. I have quite a few patents to prepare for that. One is a new circuit to reduce the hiss I mentioned before. I want to make new heads which will allow a greater density of information on the tape."John said, "So you are telling me, Jeff, that you only have one new invention and that is the tape itself?" He smiled at me and added, "You're slacking off."Corinne was watching us intently and I said, "Well not exactly. Instead of. But ultimately it is your Mom you have to impress and satisfy. And she is hard to impress.’‘I will, though, b**st. I will. Thank you.’She kissed him on the head, turned and bumped into me. I smiled at her. I said bye to everyone and took Alex by the hand and asked her to walk me out. Along the way I said, “Alex, b**st is right. This will be a very big and serious next step.” I stopped and turned to her, “But you need to know something. I am hard to impress. I have competed with males all my.