All Good Things: Part Four
Paul was playing in the TV room and Tif was just arriving when the phone rang. I picked it up.
"Hello, Lou? This is Marshall, from the Piper Museum."
"Hi, Marshall," I said. "What can I do for you?"
"The board took our vote by mail. The votes are in. I wanted to let you know that you've been elected to the Piper Board of Directors."
I smiled.
"Thank you," I said. "I'm delighted. I'll be at the next meeting."
I hung up and set down the phone. Tif said,"How's it going, Dad?"
"It's good," I said. "I just got word from Piper. I'm on the board."
"Way to go," she said.
"Da-ee!" said Paul.
"Hi, Lou," Stacey said when I walked in the door down at Piper. "How are you doing?"
"Pretty good," I said. "Marshall called. I'm on the board."
She grinned. "I'd heard. Congratulations. You have someone waiting for you."
It turned out to be Fin, waiting in the couch area. Wearing what appeared to be a denim jacket with sparkles on it, the LHPS pin I'd given as a gift, and the word "QUEER" emblazoned on the back. I grinned and joined my new friend.
"Hey! Thanks for coming."
"Thanks for inviting me. This place is cool." Fin had already been down once, and was wearing a Piper cap from the gift shop.
"I designed the Giwoggle shirts."
"I've already ordered one, in fact," I said. "I'll tell everyone where I got it. Maybe we can start a new trend in local tourism."
"That's awesome. So you're on the board here?"
"As of today, I am. We can use volunteers. The Fly-In is coming up next week, and we need some people to help cover the place."
Fin shrugged. "Sure. Pencil me in."
"Stacey," I said,"Will you find out what hours we need? Come on, Fin, let me show you around."
We walked down the hall, and down the catwalk stairs to the hangar. We walked among the planes, with me pointing out what I knew.
"That's a Tri-Pacer. That one's an Aztec. That's a J-3 Cub, the state plane, and that one's the L-4 Grasshopper, the military version."
"I know nothing about planes," Fin said.
"I'm still learning," I admitted. "Most of it, I've picked up from hanging around here. If you like, I can teach you about document and artifact preservation, and you can help me out in the archives."
"Oh, yeah. I'd like that."
I nodded.
"We're gonna have some fun together."