Scene XVII: Audrey and Walter, later that night.
(Audrey and Walter
are busy getting ready for bed.)
Walter: I can't
believe you didn't say anything else tonight at dinner!
Audrey: Well what was I supposed to say? "Josh go to your room"? This is foreign territory to me.
Walter: I suppose you're right. Plus its not like we expected Josh to be a young father, if anyone I would've expected it from Drake.
Audrey: Walter, I wish you wouldn't talk about Drake like that. Although I suppose it isn't exactly a lie.
Walter: I can't believe my son is going to be a father. What was he thinking?
Audrey: I'm sure he wasn't thinking.
Walter: My son is responsible, though. This is completely irresponsible behavior. This is not Nichols behavior.
Audrey: Well what do you propose we say to him? I don't have all the answers. I don't know what you are supposed to say when your son gets his girlfriend pregnant. I've never had to deal with it before!
Walter: I don't know. I've never had to do this either. But we can't let him think we're perfectly fine with it!
Audrey: I know. We'll have a talk with him about it tomorrow.
Walter: Have a talk with him? Don't you think we should punish him at all?
Audrey: Maybe. But how?
Walter: Maybe we should ground him. Or make him do community service. Feed the hungry at the soup kitchen?
Audrey: Walter, he does that kind of thing already. He just sent cans to the food bank yesterday. I guess we should ground him for a month or so. All I know is that we can't just not be supportive at all. Mindy's parents already kicked her out. They wont be able to make it without any parents.
Walter: You're right about that, I suppose. So it's settled? We'll ground him. It's kind of weird though. We're grounding our son yet he's going to be a father. I just can't wrap my head around that.
Audrey: Me neither.