hoping it goes like i planned it, 'cause i understand it

Number one rule of the Sycamore household: expect the unexpected.

At least, that's what Tony wishes he'd told his parents, in some elegant, stuffy fashion or another. If he'd told them, then maybe he'd have remembered to believe it for himself.

Alice is...oh, she's wonderful. She's just about the best thing he could have expected out of a beautiful house of beautiful nuts like that. She's smart, and she's stubborn, and she's braver than he is. She'd slap both his parents, if it came down to it.

So she might slap him, but he's ready for it. Cheeks girded.