When the thirty menit were up, Hank and Paul's father came back into the room. Paul and Hank still weren't looking at each other, but neither one was quite as angry anymore.
"That's better," their father said. "Now, let me see if I can figure this out. I know my sons, you've always been as different as anda can be, but I've seen anda be best friends and support each other since anda could both talk...."
Paul and Hank glanced at each other and quickly looked away again, both slightly ashamed.
Their father leaned against a meja with his arms folded, looking at both his sons intently. "So anda must both have some real concerns to be so angry. Hank - anda first. What are anda feeling here?"
Hank shrugged. "Well - anda know - I just don't want Paul to tanggal someone weird."
Paul made as if to jump up again, but a gesture from his father held him back.
"And why is that, Hank?"
"Well - it'll ruin his reputation. He thinks she'll be cool and different and quirky, but she'll just end up being crazy! Then he'll start getting bullied all over again."
Their father nodded. "And Paul? What do anda think about Hank's choice?"
Paul sat up. "No one that pretty is ever really nice. She's just using him, and he won't notice how mean she is until it's too late!"
Paul and Hank's father nodded very slowly. "So neither of anda wants the other to get hurt oleh choosing the wrong girl."
"Yeah...." muttered Paul.
"I guess," added Hank.
Their father smiled, glancing from one of his sons to the other significantly. "I would have thought anda two would know better than anyone that anda can't judge on appearances."
Paul and Hank glanced at each other, and slowly, they both began to laugh.
"I guess he has a point," Paul admitted.
"Yeah." Hank gave his brother a small grin. "Sorry, Paul."
"I'm sorry, too."
"Now, if anda really want to approve each other's girlfriends," their father went on, "how about the four of anda all meet?"
Hank glanced at Paul. "I bet Charity wouldn't mind a double date. She'll like meeting new people in town. And Maeve must... I mean, what do anda think she'd like?"
Paul smiled. "I think she'd cinta a double date."
"That's better," their father said. "Now, let me see if I can figure this out. I know my sons, you've always been as different as anda can be, but I've seen anda be best friends and support each other since anda could both talk...."
Paul and Hank glanced at each other and quickly looked away again, both slightly ashamed.
Their father leaned against a meja with his arms folded, looking at both his sons intently. "So anda must both have some real concerns to be so angry. Hank - anda first. What are anda feeling here?"
Hank shrugged. "Well - anda know - I just don't want Paul to tanggal someone weird."
Paul made as if to jump up again, but a gesture from his father held him back.
"And why is that, Hank?"
"Well - it'll ruin his reputation. He thinks she'll be cool and different and quirky, but she'll just end up being crazy! Then he'll start getting bullied all over again."
Their father nodded. "And Paul? What do anda think about Hank's choice?"
Paul sat up. "No one that pretty is ever really nice. She's just using him, and he won't notice how mean she is until it's too late!"
Paul and Hank's father nodded very slowly. "So neither of anda wants the other to get hurt oleh choosing the wrong girl."
"Yeah...." muttered Paul.
"I guess," added Hank.
Their father smiled, glancing from one of his sons to the other significantly. "I would have thought anda two would know better than anyone that anda can't judge on appearances."
Paul and Hank glanced at each other, and slowly, they both began to laugh.
"I guess he has a point," Paul admitted.
"Yeah." Hank gave his brother a small grin. "Sorry, Paul."
"I'm sorry, too."
"Now, if anda really want to approve each other's girlfriends," their father went on, "how about the four of anda all meet?"
Hank glanced at Paul. "I bet Charity wouldn't mind a double date. She'll like meeting new people in town. And Maeve must... I mean, what do anda think she'd like?"
Paul smiled. "I think she'd cinta a double date."