Fortunately, the subject was one Tommy could approach enthusiastically. Grinning at her question, he helped himself to some food as he spoke. "My folks? They're amazing. My dad and I are real close. He's an architect, does government work. County stuff mostly, there's actually a few things back home in Brooklyn and in Vegas that he's done. He just did do some work on this big thing that's going up near the Monte Carlo and the Bellagio...it's his first private job. Gonna be some kinda time share, condo deal. New fire department, too, all glass."
He paused, silently motioning for Zee to pass him the dolmas. "Mom's a podiatrist. Boring, I know. We fight a lot, but at the end of the day? She's always got my back. Like with school...she didn't want me to study art. We barely spoke my freshman year, but my sophmore year? She shows up at the apartment I'm sharing with Ben and lectures us for two hours on how we're living...for the record, the place looked fine. But that was her way of being there...stayed for a week, did all kinds of cooking and housecleaning, and in the middle of it all we cleared the air. She still ain't happy with me, but she did pose for me. Got an A on the assignment, and last I saw? She had the sketch framed in her office at work."
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Date: 2008-09-03 05:08 pm (UTC)He paused, silently motioning for Zee to pass him the dolmas. "Mom's a podiatrist. Boring, I know. We fight a lot, but at the end of the day? She's always got my back. Like with school...she didn't want me to study art. We barely spoke my freshman year, but my sophmore year? She shows up at the apartment I'm sharing with Ben and lectures us for two hours on how we're living...for the record, the place looked fine. But that was her way of being there...stayed for a week, did all kinds of cooking and housecleaning, and in the middle of it all we cleared the air. She still ain't happy with me, but she did pose for me. Got an A on the assignment, and last I saw? She had the sketch framed in her office at work."