Flipped(怦然心动)：Chapter11

Chapter11 The Serious Willies

第十一章  极度紧张

Realizing that my father had the same sense of humor as Garrett gave me the serious willies.

我发现爸爸对幽默感的理解力与加利特差不多，这让我陷入了极度紧张中。

I had the hardest time just looking at my dad, let alone speaking to him. But at about five o'clock Friday afternoon I agreed with him about one thing—we should've barbecued. A barbecue is more, you know, low-key. Instead, my mom was flying around the kitchen, slicing and dicing and barking orders at Dad and me like the president was coming to dinner.

只要看到爸爸，我就坐卧不安，更别提跟他说话了。但是在星期五下午五点钟左右，我至少在一件事上和他达成共识——我们还不如组织一次烧烤。烧烤给人的感觉会更加，嗯，非正式。可惜，妈妈正在厨房里煎炒烹炸，忙得团团转，指使爸爸和我做这做那，仿佛即将来用餐的是总统大人。

We swept the floor, put an extra leaf in the table, brought in five more chairs, and set the

table. We set it all wrong, of course, but all my mother had to do was shuffle things around to make it right. It looked the same to me, but what do I know?

我们擦了地板，给桌子多加了一张活动面板，搬进五把椅子，还摆了桌子。当然，我们摆得错误百出，可是妈妈也不过是把所有的东西重新折腾了一遍。对我来说，这没什么不同，不过反正我什么也不懂，对吧？

She put out candlesticks and said, “Rick, can you load the dishes and run them? I'd like a chance to get cleaned up. After that you can change. And Bryce? What are you wearing?”

她拿出几座烛台，说：“瑞克，你能不能帮我装盘上菜？我想抓紧时间去冲个澡。做完这些你就可以换衣服了。还有布莱斯，你穿的这是什么？”

“Mom, it's the Bakers. Are you trying to make them feel totally worthless?”

“妈妈，不过是和贝克一家吃饭。你想让他们觉得自己一文不值吗？”

“Trina and I agreed on a dress-up, so — ”

“特瑞纳和我约定要正装出席，因此——”

“But why?”

“但为什么要正装？”

My dad put a hand on my shoulder and said, “So we can all feel equally uncomfortable, son.”

妈妈把手放在我肩膀上说：“为了让我们感到一样的不自在，孩子。”

Women. I looked at her and said, “Does that mean I have to wear a tie?”

女人哪。我看着她说道：“这是否说明我得打上一条领带？”

“No, but some sort of button-down instead of a T-shirt would be nice.”

“不用，但至少换下T恤衫，穿件带纽扣的上衣。

I went down to my room and ripped through my closet looking for something with buttons.

我回到自己的房间，在衣柜里巡视着，想找到一件带纽扣的。

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