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Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her as long as you do not look at anything below the neck. If you cannot keep your hands or your eyes off my daughter's body, I will remove them.
Not two weeks later, Sophia had another date planned and Aaron was dreading what the afternoon would bring to his door step. Sophia had already warned Aaron that she told this kid to ring the doorbell, but that certainly didn't mean Aaron wouldn't be nit picking every other little thing he did.
Aaron walked into the kitchen to make himself some lunch when he saw Sophia standing there in her bikini and a crochet white dress that seemed entirely pointless, as it covered up nothing.
"No way in hell, you are not going out like that." Aaron warned.
"Dad we're going swimming, I have to wear a swimming costume!" Sophia protested.
"What is even the point of that dress Sophia, nothing is covered?"
"MOM!" Sophia bellowed as Emily came quickly into the kitchen.
"What's going on?" Emily asked.
"Dad thinks this isn't appropriate attire for swimming." Sophia said.
"Oh come on Aaron, what else is she supposed to wear? She looks cute!" Emily said gaining a satisfied smirk from Sophia.
"She also looks cute in a jumper and coat zipped up to the neck." Aaron replied.
"You promised you would stay out of this!" Sophia protested.
"I also told you that I would have a few simple rules." Aaron responded.
"Fine. If I put this shawl on, will that satisfy you?" Sophia asked lifting the shawl from the table.
"... I suppose that's the best I'm going to get." Aaron responded to which Sophia glared.
The doorbell rang soon after and Emily and Aaron held back while Sophia went and answered the door. The watched as a tall figure with dark hair and dark sunglasses covering his eyes hugged Sophia, with his hands awfully close to her butt.
"You look smokin hot Sophia" the boy said to which Sophia giggled and said thanks.
Emily pushed Aaron out into the open, bringing Aaron out of his moment with his fists curled and teeth clenched.
"Soph, are you going to introduce us?" Emily asked as the boy wrapped his arm around Sophia's waist and pulled her close to him.
"Yeah, mom, dad, this is Brody, Brody, my parents." Sophia introduced, looking up at the boy, but all Aaron could see was him looking at her chest, even through his sunglasses. Brody. His name even made him sound like a douchebag.
Brody's attention diverted from Sophia's chest when he saw Emily. He took his glasses off and smiled. "Man Sophia, I now see where you get your good looks from." he said.
Aaron furrowed his eyebrows in disgust. Of course his wife was hot, she was the hottest person on the planet, but only he was allowed to say that.
"Yes, Brody, my wife is beautiful but you can keep those opinions to yourself just like you can stop slowly, but surely, moving your hands closer and closer to my daughter's butt. If you think that's going to be difficult for you then I will happily remove the offending body parts." Aaron said with a smirk at the end as Brody gulped and took a step back.
"Uh... yes sir..." Brody said stumbling over his words; "I'll meet you in the car Sophia" he finished before rushing out the door.
"Are you kidding me dad?!" Sophia immediately shouted; "Are you trying to ruin my life?"
"No I am trying to make sure that you are respected Sophia, that kid had no desire to actually get to know you, he couldn't keep his hands to himself!" Aaron defended.
"Ok, enough shouting!" Emily said stopping the pair. "Sophia, your dad is only looking out for you, and he's right, you should be with someone who respects you." Sophia huffed as she crossed her arms and pouted. Before a satisfied smirk could cross Aaron's face, Emily turned to face him; "and you, Aaron, you did not have to threaten the kid! He's a teenager, of course he's going to be a bit horny, but Sophia is no fool and she knows her boundaries."
Aaron too huffed slightly as Emily looked between the two. "Now that that is sorted, Sophia, go enjoy your date, here is a 20." Emily said reaching for Aaron's wallet and handing her daughter some money.
"Thank you. Bye!" she said as she quickly left the house.
Emily and Aaron stared at each other for a moment before Aaron broke the silence. "You know, the kid was right about one thing"
Emily smirked, knowing exactly where he was going with this. "And what would that be?"
"That you are smokin hot" Aaron replied as he walked closer to Emily and towered over her.
Emily chuckled; "Why don't you settle the girls down with a movie upstairs in the den and I will crack open a bottle of wine?" Emily suggested.
"I'm on it." Aaron said as he quickly darted upstairs taking two steps at a time.
He quickly gathered Charlotte, Annabelle and Emma and sat them down on the sofa in the den.
"Why are we in here? Charlie and I were plotting on how to get Sophia and her date when they get back home." Annabelle said as she folded her arms, annoyed that their plans were being foiled.
"As much as I am all for your plotting Annie, you did make a promise to your mother not too... so we've got to keep you out of trouble. What movie do you want to watch?"
"Cinderella!" Emma exclaimed.
"No Emma, Cinderella is for babies." Charlotte said.
"No it's not!" Emma shouted as she smacked Charlotte.
"Hey!" Charlotte shouted as she hit Emma back, resulting in a wrestling match that Annabelle was happy to get in on.
"Girls! Stop it! Right now!" Aaron said, quickly breaking them apart as he held Emma under his arm and forced the twins to opposite sides of the sofa. Aaron looked at his three girls as they huffed around him. They were all firey girls and he wouldn't want them to be any other way, he wanted them to stand up for themselves, to know their worth, to not shy away from intimidation.
As frustrating as them fighting with each other could be, he thought about Sophia on her date with Brody. Emily was right, Sophia was no fool, she knew her boundaries, she could stand up for herself, and Aaron smiled in that moment, proud that he had raised a strong and fearless girl.
Half an hour later, Emily wandered upstairs wondering what had happened to Aaron. She opened the door to the den and saw Aaron with Emma in his lap and Annabelle and Charlotte snuggled into his side, watching Mulan, their favourite Disney movie.
"Momma come join!" Annabelle said as Emily sat down beside them.
She turned her head to Aaron and whispered; "you ok?"
Aaron nodded; "Yeah, just happy to spend time with my girls."
A few moments later, the door to the den opened again and Sophia walked in.
"Hey honey, we didn't expect you back so soon." Emily said as Sophia sat down beside her and Emily wrapped her arm around her daughter's shoulders.
"Yeah well, Brody is a bit of a douche. He invited all his friends on our date and they were all acting like idiots... and they way they talked about girls? It was disrespectful. I didn't really want to stay for that so I said I felt sick and came home." Sophia said as she reached for the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table. "Oo I love Mulan" she said as she snuggled into her mother's side.
Emily looked over at Aaron and winked. They had raised a strong girl indeed.
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