Chapter 34 – Jed Meets the Parents
After work the next day, Jed and Charlotte headed over to her parents house. Jed was a little nervous, as was Charlotte. When they got there, Jed parked the Tahoe in front of the garage, helped Charlotte out of the truck, and together they walked up to the door. This time, Charlotte knocked and dad answered the door and greeted them. He led them into the kitchen where mom was making dinner and introduced Jed to her. Mom greeted Jed with a smile. Charlotte gave mom a big hug. The funny thing was, mom was making spaghetti just like Jed’s mom had made. They sat at the table and mom served dinner. Dad started the conversation.
“So, you’re a heart surgeon Jed”, dad stated.
“Yes, I am, what do you do Mr. McLean?”, Jed asked.
“I’m an electrician at the Chevy Truck Plant here in Flint”, Dad replied.
“Wow, that’s an interesting field. What does that entail”, Jed commented and then asked.
“I mostly am responsible for keeping the line moving at all times. I repair the electrical parts of the assembly line and different machine throughout the plant”, dad responded proudly.
“Dad’s a great electrician”, Charlotte chimed in.
“Aren’t you afraid of getting electrocuted?”, Jed asked.
“No, we have several lock out procedures in place to prevent that from happening”, dad replied.
“That’s good”, Jed replied back.
“How are your parent doing?”, mom asked trying to join the conversation.
“My mom is doing real well. My dad died when I was young”, Jed replied.
“Does she live around here?”, mom asked.
“Yea, she doesn’t live too far away”, Jed replied as he finished his spaghetti.
“That’s good, at least she’s close”, mom stated.
“Jed is also a pilot dad”, Charlotte said proudly, “he even let me fly the plane”.
“Do you own your own plane?”, dad asked politely as he finished his spaghetti too.
“Yes, it’s a Cessna 172SP. It’s a small four seater. It fits my needs for now”, Jed stated proudly.
“What else do you do for fun?’, mom asked.
“We’re looking at getting a condo up in Traverse City. We went a couple of weekends ago and just fell in love with the area up there”, Jed replied.
“That is a very nice area to visit”, dad chimed in to the conversation.
“It’s so beautiful up there, and the people up there are real friendly”, Charlotte added as mom got up and took dad’s plate.
“Let me help you with that mom”, Charlotte volunteered as she stood up and took Jed’s plate. Charlotte went in to the kitchen and started doing the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen. Mom washed the dishes, and Charlotte dried. Jed and her dad went out and sat in the living room and talked about the weather and little about politics. When the women were done with the kitchen, they joined the men in the living room. Charlotte told mom that they had better get going because they had to work the next day. Jed nodded in agreement. They got their coats on and headed for the door. Jed thanked them for dinner. Charlotte hugged her mom and dad bye and then led Jed out the door. On the way home, Jed told Charlotte that he thought her parents were nice. She said she was glad that mom had come around. Jed agreed and thanked her for letting him meet them. When they got home they quickly went to bed and again fell asleep in each others arms.
