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team. Nora was fascinated by the coronation of the king and queen and her attendants during half time. She had never been to the Homecoming game before. Their team lost the game by two points.
    They got in the car to leave. Jeremy was thinking, I hope I can get the mood right to ask her if she will wear my ring.
    N ora was thinking of Danny wanting to play football. “You just wait until Danny plays football in high school. He’ll win the game!” Nora claimed with confidence.
    “ You go, girl. I hope we get to watch every game together when he plays.”
    “ I wonder,” Nora became serious while she thought out loud. “Will I be a doctor by then?”
    “ Nora,” Jeremy said to her as they drove out of the football parking lot, “if you want to be a doctor, you will be a doctor. Have no doubt about it.”
    “ There is something I have been wondering about.”
    “ Okay.” Jeremy questioned, “What would that be?”
    Nora shook her head; we seem to be having another serious conversation. Feeling encouraged she asked, “What have you decided to study? Do you plan to go to college?”
    “ There is no doubt that I will go to college. My dad would have a cow if I didn’t.” He ran his hand through his hair. “That’s what my working in his law office is all about. He wants me to see all sides of being a lawyer, especially the paralegal part. He wants me to get enthused about researching old cases and finding answers to help solve cases.”
    “ How do you feel about doing that kind of work?”
    “ I don’t like being boxed up in library all day long looking through a bunch of books. After a while I feel like I can’t breathe and I want to go outside.” He shook his head, “That sounds childish, like I want to go outside and play.”
    “ You know,” Nora said thoughtfully, “maybe that’s just not for you, so to speak. Something inside you yearns for a job that fulfills you and makes you happy. Doing research is not your thing. What have you done that you enjoyed so much you didn’t want to stop even for lunch?”
    Jeremy drove into the Dairy Mart. He ordered two hamburgers and two cherry limeades. Now, maybe, we can get a romantic mood .
    “ Nora,” he began with a serious frown on his face, “I have seriously given some thought to your question and I’m sure that I have the answer. You make me happy. I could spend the rest of my life holding you hand, kissing you, smelling of your hair, and adoring your beautiful face. I could make you my occupation.” He reached for her hand and gave a husky laugh.
    “ Jeremy, I was serious!” she exclaimed exasperated.
    He brought her hand up and gave it a kiss as he continued to tease her. “ Sweetheart, I feel very serious.”
    Their hamburgers and cherry limeades came and they ate hungrily. When they finished, Jeremy continued. “ Other than the fact that I can’t get you out of my head, and would like to have you as my occupation, the flowers at our house are there because I planted them. I enjoy working among the plants. Remember when you were at our house and my mom made reference to the flower beds?”
    Nora nodded.
    “The reason she mentioned me is because I designed them and did most of the work. My parents didn’t make me; I wanted to make the flower beds.”
    “ They are beautiful. So do you think you would like to work in your mom’s business?”
    “ I think so, but I can’t.”
    “ Why?
    “ My dad has a problem with it. He says that I would be working as a day laborer making pennies a day. I should go to college and make something of myself. I really don’t know what to do. I do know that I don’t want to be a lawyer, but I would break his heart and make him really mad at me.”
    Nora sat and frowned. Jeremy really had a problem and she could tell tha t he was upset. Every son wants his father to be proud of him, but Jeremy needed to be happy, too.
    “ Jeremy,” Nora scooted over close to him, “I will give this some serious thought.