”As Jerry absently ate his stew, Bill watched his father with concern. One of the things his father had drilled into him was that when you worked wi...th tools, you needed to pay attention to what you were doing. It didn’t look to Bill as if his father would be able to concentrate. He asked, “Are you sure that you want to work on the waterfall tonight?”Realizing that he had zoned out, Jerry looked up at Bill and said, “Well, I might not work that much tonight, but I’ll definitely talk to. I decided this wasn't all bad, as I wanted to talk to him as well."I guess it's just you and me for a while," I said to Alan as I sat down opposite him in our living room."Looks that way," he replied."How was your morning with Jason?" I asked."Good. We had a good time. How about you and Meg?" Well, interesting," I replied."Oh ... you were having, 'the talk', weren't you?" 'Fraid so, Honey. I couldn't wait on it." I figured as much." Are you upset? You seemed pretty tightly wound about it last. .. geeky," Julie finally said.Karen just stared at her for a minute before speaking."Yeah, how's that geek, non-geek thing working for you, anyway?" she said, not giving Julie a chance to answer before turning to me. "I forgot to tell you, when I first talked to Julie about this, the first thing she said to me was, 'You go out with Jason Thompson, right? I mean, he's kind of cute, but isn't he a little... geeky?' So what did you think of geeky, Pinsky?"Her eyes wide, Julie looked over at my. I had to work extra hard to finish in time to repaint my nails before Stephanie got home. Stephanie was good for her word, she collected the Polaroids and inspected my fingers and toes with a magnifying glass. After that, she inspected the house and then we ate dinner. In the evening she made me redo her nails. We repeated these events every day. Soon they became normal. At first I hated the idea of painting my nails. I felt humiliated and embarrassed. But after awhile, it just seemed like one.