2 weeks until Christmas Vanguard Advertising Agency For the past week Brian had been thinking of what he could get Justin for Christmas and in his heart he already knew that he wanted to surprise Justin by proposing to him in front of their family and friends. So he finally decided that he would talk to both of Justin’s parents and ask for their blessing in asking for their son’s hand in marriage. During his lunch break Brian decided to call Jennifer. “Hello.” Jennifer said as she answered the phone after it had rang three times. “Hello Mrs. Taylor.” Brian said as he now got along with Justin’s parents. “Why how are you doing Brian.” Jennifer asked as she had started to actually accept Brian as her son’s boyfriend. “I’m doing fine Mrs. Taylor.” Brian said as he still called her that even though she’s told him to call her Jennifer. “Brian you know you can call me Jennifer.” Jennifer said, as she knew something was up because Brian sounded a little nervous. “I’m sorry Jennifer I keep forgetting.” Brian said, as he knew that he normally called her Mrs. Whenever he was nervous. “That’s ok Brian. So what can I do for you?” Jennifer asked while she went to sit down in her living room. “I was calling to ask if I could come over tomorrow afternoon to talk to both you and Mr. Taylor about something?” Brian said while hoping that she would say yes. “Of course you can come over.” Jennifer said, as she officially knew something was up but yet she knew it was a good thing. “Great I’ll just take off of work about 2 p.m. tomorrow so that I can drop Justin off at the comic book store so that he and Mikey can work on the next issue of Rage.” Brian said as he wrote something’s down. “That’ll be fine Brian. Is there anything else you need?” Jennifer asked, as she knew that he needed to get back to work. “No I don’t think so but if I do I’ll be sure to call you.” Brian said as he started thinking of how lucky Justin was for having a mother like Jennifer. “Ok we’ll see you tomorrow Brian.” Jennifer said as she was also thinking how lucky Justin was for having Brian in his life. “Bye Jennifer.” Brian said he waved Cynthia into his office. “Bye Brian.” Jennifer said while she was smiling from ear to ear. Brian had Cynthia sit down so that they could go over a few things before he would talk to Vance about leaving work early today and tomorrow. “So what were you and Justin’s mom talking about?” Cynthia asked while she was still sitting down in Brian’s office. “I just wanted to ask Jennifer if I could come over to their house tomorrow to ask them something without Justin being there.” Brian said as he signed a couple of contracts. “Oh! So what are you going to ask them?” Cynthia asked because she knew it must have been important or he and Justin would go over there together. “If I tell you then you have to promise not to tell Justin or anyone else for that matter.” Brian said as he looked up towards her. “I promise that I won’t tell a soul Brian.” Cynthia said, as she couldn’t stop smiling. “Well the reason why I’m going over to their house tomorrow is because I’m going to ask them for Justin’s hand in marriage.” Brian said, as he already knew that Cynthia was ready to bounce off the walls. “Oh Brian that’s absolutely wonderful. I’m so happy for you.” Cynthia said as she stood up to give Brian a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. “Thank you Cynthia. Now just remember that you promised not to tell anyone.” Brian said as he returned the hug and kiss. “I won’t forget Brian.” Cynthia said as she left his office.