Underline one sentence that shows Clayton's mom is serious about her son visiting his grandpa. "He has a soccer meeting at school this afternoon, so you'll be by yourself with Grandpa today, you should be happy because it'll give you a chance to get to know each other better, Mom answered. What am I
going to do? Will we just sit there and stare at each other for two hours?
This is going to be so awkward.

"Mom, I don't think I can do this by myself—will you stay with me, please, just this once?" I pleaded.

"Clayton, I know that you don't know Grandpa well since he moved here just last year, but your grandfather wants to get to know you, and he's an interesting man. You'll find plenty of things to talk about, I promise," Mom answered in a tone that seemed impossible to argue with.

When Mom pulled up our car in front of Grandpa's apartment building, all I could do was get out of the car reluctantly, look toward the old, stone building with its revolving door and sigh. "See you in a couple of hours," Mom called cheerfully, as she swung the care into
reverse. Well, here goes nothing-two long hours of nothing.