Baze waited patiently in the car outside his daughter's school. He couldn't believe that it had only taken a month to get into a comfortable father-daughter routine. He had gone from getting to bed 6 to waking up at 6. Every morning he took Lux took school and picked her up in the afternoon. Cate, Lux's mother, allowed her to spend every other weekend at his apartment as long as she didn't hang out in the bar.
He had been so deep in thought that he hadn't noticed Lux approaching the car. Baze quickly snapped out of this thoughts.
"How was school?" he asked as she settled herself in the passenger seat.
"It was school," said Lux as she propped her feet on the dashboard. "I can't wait til tonight!"
"What are you doin tonight?" questioned Baze.
"Bug is taking me out for our anniversary," said Lux.
Baze grimaced at the mention of his daughter's boyfriend. He was surprised how fast the fatherly instincts had come on. He'd always thought that he would be very cool about his kids dating. "Does Cate know about this?"
"No…." said Lux slowly. "I was hoping that you would talk to her….maybe tell her that I was going to have dinner with you."
Baze raised his eyebrows and looked at Lux. "I'm not lying for you, Lux. I can't believe that you would even ask. Cate is already nervous about you spending every other weekend with me. I'm not going to risk that by letting you go out with some punk."
"He's not just 'some punk!'" said Lux in an exasperated voice. "Maybe I won't want to come over if you won't help me."
As soon as Baze pulled up to Cate's house Lux jumped out, slammed the door and ran into the house. Baze sighed and followed her with his hands stuffed in his pockets.