A Nice Turn of Events by Tom Hilker

Author:Tom Hilker [HILKER, TOM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-08T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

A couple days passed and Jim had not heard from Steve. He began to worry that maybe he was having second thoughts. Things had seemed to go well at the dinner the other night and Steve seemed to like Jason. Jim decided he was probably being silly and needlessly worrying about a problem that didn’t exist. He had not been home from work more than ten minutes when the phone rang.

“Hello, this is Jim.”

“Well, hello yourself. Sorry I haven’t called sooner but things have been crazier than usual at the station and I’ve been getting home really late every night. Didn’t want to take the chance on waking Jason. The reason I’m calling is I’d like to take you and Jason out for dinner and a movie on Saturday.”

“Gosh, that’d be great. What did you have in mind?”

“Minions is opening at the Cineplex on Friday and it’s gotten terrific reviews. Sounds like a great animation for kids, but with enough adult humor thrown in to where we’ll all have a good time. How does that sound for Jason?”

“Oh, he’ll love that. I won’t tell him anything until Saturday or he’ll not get anything done at school the entire week. He’s going to be so excited.”

“Great. I’ll get tickets in advance so we’ll be sure to have a seat. Thought we’d make it real fun for him and get hotdogs and soda at the movie. That okay with you?”

“I don’t know about that. I try to keep him away from junk food as much as I can and don’t want him to develop a soda habit.”

“It’ll just be this once. You’ve got to let him be a kid sometimes, Jim. Promise I won’t make a habit of it, but I think it would be great fun for him and us.”

“Okay, you’ve twisted my arm. Just don’t think you’re gonna have your way all the time. Well, maybe in the bedroom I wouldn’t mind. What time on Saturday?”

“Movie starts at five-fifteen. I’ll pick you guys up around four-thirty and that’ll give us plenty of time to get the food and be settled in our seats before the show starts.”

“Thanks. Can’t wait to see you again.”

“Same here.”

When Jim finally told Jason about the plans for that evening he began jumping up and down.

“I’m gonna see Minions?! That is so cool, Daddy. They make me laugh and I can’t wait. When we going?”

“Steve will be here soon. We’re going to have hotdogs and a Coke at the movie.”

“Wow! That gonna be so cool. I wish it was time to go right now.”

“Won’t be long, so let’s go get ready. Steve will be here in thirty minutes.”

The movie was even better than what they had heard and they all laughed their heads off. Jason was in heaven as he munched away on his hotdog and drank his cola. Steve even bought him a small bag of popcorn, much to Jim’s chagrin.

On the way home all Jason could talk about was how great all the food was and how funny the characters in the movie were, especially Stuart the one-eyed minion.

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