Doug basically had it made. His girlfriend was beautiful, his inlaws were somewhat tolerable, and he had a great job. It was all working out for him. Ever since the first day he met Lynn's family, he knew he loved her. They had been going out for about 3 months now, she had met his family the week before. He first met Lynn's very attractive, young teenager sister, Brenda.
His first impression was that of attractiveness. She was beautiful, no doubt. She seemed to be the usual ' whatever ' teenager, but he could tell she had a better side. He then met Bobby. Bobby took an immediate liking to Doug, although it was probably the fact he had two older sisters and no brothers. He had told Doug a lot, one of the stories in particular was one time he found a bag of pot in Brenda's closet.
Bobby and Doug grew close, like family should. Next, Doug was introduced to the pets of the family, Beast and Beauty. He thought the names were unique, and he liked that. The german shepards were very friendly. Finally, the parents. Ethel was warm and greeting, but Bob Carter, former detective, the first words out of his mouth were, " You being good to her? " Big Bob was always tough on Doug, for the next 12 months that he dated Lynn.
In the period of those 12 months, Bobby had come to like Doug a lot, and Doug even started letting the teen help him out at the store, giving him a small profit. Though Bobby didn't know a lot about cell phones, he knew enough to give the customers a decent deal. Brenda was halfway on getting to like him, she thought he was doing an ok job with Lynn, and she thought Lynn was crazy for dating him this long, but Lynn completely ignored her.
Doug and Ethel got along fine, but Doug and Bob had trouble. Once, when Bob and Doug were shopping together, the tire on the SUV went flat, and Bob told Doug to change it. Doug didn't know really how to, and Bob snapped at him with remarks such as, " You can operate a cell phone of the next generation, but can't change a damn tire on a '91 SUV? " Doug ultimatley walked home.
Big Bob felt he had to be tough on Doug. The man was young, and was dating his daughter. Bob knew he could be hard at times, but he figured if this man continued dating his daughter, he should learn. Truth be told, Bob didn't think Doug was so bad. He never really showed it to the man, but he enjoyed Doug's company.
Eventually, when Doug was visiting the Carter family, he and Lynn were now living together. He caught Bob alone, and sat down next to him while he was watching the news on their TV. He switched it off, and turned to Doug. Doug stuttered over his words, " Big B-Bob...I want your permission to marry your daughter. " Bob immediatley turned, and sent off a few smart ass remarks, Doug ultimatley left.
Doug decided to tell Bobby, whom listened with interest. " Just do it man. Who cares? " he asked, " Oh, and tomorrow's my birthday. You can come hang out all day if you want. I rented a movie, got some new Cd's, we could have some fun. " he said. Doug nodded, but decided he could trust Bobby with a secret. " Bobby? " he asked. Bobby turned down the stereo that was blasting hard rock music, seeing Doug was serious. " Yeah? " he replied. " Lynn's pregnat. "