p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"strongChapter 7: Some Things Never Change/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"strong2035-College-20 yrs old/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Up next, the latest scoop on Governor Knope and Congressman Wyatt's….um…..weird…embarrassing….I don't even know what to call it…..Up next on The Today Show."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Good lord, what have mom and dad done now," Sonia complained with Wesley joining her during their triplet three way call, "Or is this about something from the past coming out?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I long for the days when mom and dad's embarrassing behavior was only covered by the local news whether it be the Pawnee Sun, Perd Hapley, or Juan Callamezo."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I thought when we all went our separate ways for college and left home that we'd have distance from our parent's embarrassing ways but no. Matt Freaking Lauer is talking about it on The Today Show."/p
p class="MsoNormal""That dude is almost 80 years old and he's still on tv. Way to go Lauer," Stephen stated./p
p class="MsoNormal""Once again you're missing the point Stephen," Sonia and Wesley shouted over the phone at the same time./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh, terrific. After the commercial break a marriage counselor is explaining why mom and dad have a great marriage and how their embarrassing scandals keep it fresh," Sonia explained. /p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay, those are all positive words but you don't sound happy about," Stephen commented./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm being sarcastic. Yes, it's great mom and dad "keep it….fresh" but I don't want to hear about it while I eat my cereal shake I've lived it."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I agree Sunny,"Wesley concurred./p
p class="MsoNormal""I just feel like, mom and dad's marriage has taught me what a marriage should be like. And I weirdly aspire to have a marriage like theirs one day but at the same time they really gross me out."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Amen sister."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you have anything special going on today Stevie?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, I gotta test in Computer Science, communications class and English Lit, and after I'm gonna reward myself with a McRib. It's back. I've never had it before because it hasn't been "back" since before I was born. Apparently, they just figured out how to make it taste like it use to taste. They had a hard time because it's made from healthy free range meat now. Did you know our food supply use to be disgusting and so unhealthy? Anywhoo, I'm gonna see what all the fuss is. Uncle Andy told me it's amazballs."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Wow. And yeah, Stephen you should pay more attention in history class."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What about you Sunny?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well, I have an exam in my accounting class, a project due in my coding class, a college model UN meeting, tennis practice, I have to make some crafts for Galentines Day, practice for Debate, the professor in my history class is starting a lecture on The New Deal today, Mandarin class, and book club. You Wes?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Um, I gotta check on my experiment in lab, astronomy class tonight, I'm signing up for an archeological dig this summer, I gotta study for Mandarin class tomorrow, and I have back to back history and art history today."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll all talk tonight? 7:30 work for you Sonia, 6:30 central for you Stephen?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yep. I miss you guys."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Miss you too."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh, here's the story about mom and dad."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What, did they just say…."/p
p class="MsoNormal""They did…."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Good Lord," the three shouted out in shock./p
p class="MsoNormal"Some things never change./p
p class="MsoNormal"The End: Please review: What was your favorite chapter? Did I miss any scandals?/p
p class="MsoNormal"strong2035-College-20 yrs old/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal""Up next, the latest scoop on Governor Knope and Congressman Wyatt's….um…..weird…embarrassing….I don't even know what to call it…..Up next on The Today Show."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Good lord, what have mom and dad done now," Sonia complained with Wesley joining her during their triplet three way call, "Or is this about something from the past coming out?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""I long for the days when mom and dad's embarrassing behavior was only covered by the local news whether it be the Pawnee Sun, Perd Hapley, or Juan Callamezo."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I thought when we all went our separate ways for college and left home that we'd have distance from our parent's embarrassing ways but no. Matt Freaking Lauer is talking about it on The Today Show."/p
p class="MsoNormal""That dude is almost 80 years old and he's still on tv. Way to go Lauer," Stephen stated./p
p class="MsoNormal""Once again you're missing the point Stephen," Sonia and Wesley shouted over the phone at the same time./p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh, terrific. After the commercial break a marriage counselor is explaining why mom and dad have a great marriage and how their embarrassing scandals keep it fresh," Sonia explained. /p
p class="MsoNormal""Okay, those are all positive words but you don't sound happy about," Stephen commented./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'm being sarcastic. Yes, it's great mom and dad "keep it….fresh" but I don't want to hear about it while I eat my cereal shake I've lived it."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I agree Sunny,"Wesley concurred./p
p class="MsoNormal""I just feel like, mom and dad's marriage has taught me what a marriage should be like. And I weirdly aspire to have a marriage like theirs one day but at the same time they really gross me out."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Amen sister."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Do you have anything special going on today Stevie?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, I gotta test in Computer Science, communications class and English Lit, and after I'm gonna reward myself with a McRib. It's back. I've never had it before because it hasn't been "back" since before I was born. Apparently, they just figured out how to make it taste like it use to taste. They had a hard time because it's made from healthy free range meat now. Did you know our food supply use to be disgusting and so unhealthy? Anywhoo, I'm gonna see what all the fuss is. Uncle Andy told me it's amazballs."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Wow. And yeah, Stephen you should pay more attention in history class."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What about you Sunny?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well, I have an exam in my accounting class, a project due in my coding class, a college model UN meeting, tennis practice, I have to make some crafts for Galentines Day, practice for Debate, the professor in my history class is starting a lecture on The New Deal today, Mandarin class, and book club. You Wes?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Um, I gotta check on my experiment in lab, astronomy class tonight, I'm signing up for an archeological dig this summer, I gotta study for Mandarin class tomorrow, and I have back to back history and art history today."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll all talk tonight? 7:30 work for you Sonia, 6:30 central for you Stephen?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yep. I miss you guys."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Miss you too."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Oh, here's the story about mom and dad."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What, did they just say…."/p
p class="MsoNormal""They did…."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Good Lord," the three shouted out in shock./p
p class="MsoNormal"Some things never change./p
p class="MsoNormal"The End: Please review: What was your favorite chapter? Did I miss any scandals?/p