Here's another chapter! Now that Lily has a budding social life, how will Sheldon handle Lily taking one of her relationships to the next level?

Lily ran up the stairs as fast as her legs could carry her. She couldn't believe that just happened! She just had to tell her mom! She ran into 4A to her mother cooking dinner.

"Is Dad here?"

"No, sweetie. He's caught up at work today."

"Good."

Amy turned around in confusion.

"Good?"

"Yeah, guess what?"

"What?"

"Gary asked me out!"

Amy gasped.

Lily had been crushing over Gary for years. They met when she was in second grade, and bonded over their intelligence. Lily told her about her growing feelings for Gary about a year ago, and Amy had been nothing but supportive to her daughter.

"Oh my gosh! Lily I'm so happy for you!" She pulled her daughter close and hugged her. "I hate to ruin the moment, but you do know that means we have to tell him, right?"

Lily broke the hug and stared at Amy.

"No we don't!"

"Lily, he's your father."

"Exactly."

Over the past year, Gary had been a secret kept from Sheldon. He had no clue that his daughter was even interested in anybody.

"Lil…"

"Mom, you know Dad's going to flip out over this. It's going to be so embarrassing!"

Amy realized her daughter brought up a valid argument. If she were in her position, would she tell Sheldon she was going on a date with a boy he didn't know? No way!

"I'll help you, and if he still is against it, I'll talk to him."

"Thanks Mom."

Right on cue, Sheldon came through the door.

"Hi honey," Amy said a little too enthusiastically.

"Hello," Sheldon said slightly taken aback as he gave Amy a kiss.

"Hi Daddy!"

"Hey Lil, how was school today?"

"G…Good." She glanced at her mother for support.

"Actually, it was better then good. Lily, don't you have something you want to tell your father?"

"So Dad, there's this boy in school. His name's Gary, and…well…" She glanced at Amy who gave her a reassuring nod. "He asked me whether I wanted to go to the movies with him tonight."

"How many people are going?"

"It's…umm…it's just us."

Sheldon froze. The two of them? At the movies? Alone? That could only mean one thing.

"Lily, are you trying to tell me that this Gary fellow is asking you out on a date?"

Lily nodded.

"Absolutely not."

"Dad!"

"Sheldon!"

"You're fifteen years old, Lily. You can date when I believe you're old enough."

"And when's that?"

"When you're 30."

Amy had enough, and it was time for her to intervene.

"Lily, could I speak to your father in private, please?" Lily nodded as she stomped to her room, hoping her mother could knock some sense into him. "Sheldon, she's going on that date."

"Amy, she's fifteen years old!"

"Which is a perfectly normal age to start dating…plus she really likes this guy."

"You knew about this?"

"Yes, I didn't tell you because I knew this was going to happen! You were going to just freak out instead of letting your daughter have an actual social life!" Sheldon crossed his arms, looked at the floor, and mumbled something. "What, Sheldon? I can't hear you."

"I just don't want to see her get hurt."

"She won't. She's a smart girl, plus you taught her your 'Stranger Danger' thing."

Amy heard a knock at the door, and opened to see a very attractive boy on the other end with a flower in his hand. He had wavy brown hair, and was wearing a nice button down shirt. She approved.

"You must be Gary!"

"Hello, Dr. Fowler. It's an honor to meet you."

"Oh please, call me Amy. Lily will be here in a moment. You're welcome to have a seat!"

"Yes Gary, please have a seat." Gary turned around to see what he had been dreading for hours.

"Dr. Cooper! A pleasure to meet you, sir!" He stuck out his hand for a handshake, which Sheldon just stared at, as he slowly made his way to his spot.

"Have a seat," Sheldon said as he patted the white chair next to him. Gary was visibly shaking as he sat in the chair. "So Gary, you're sixteen, correct?"

"Y…Yes."

"Tell me Gary…do you always find yourself going for younger women?"

"Sheldon!" Amy hollered from the kitchen as Sheldon huffed.

"Well, do you have any idea what you want to study in college?"

"Yeah, actually I…I want to become a scientist. I literally think science is the coolest subject on Earth."

"First of all, flattery will get you nowhere, young man. Second of all, the word 'literally' was completely unnecessary given the context of your sentence."

"Oh…um…no Dr. Cooper, my whole family is into the sciences. You're someone I admire greatly. My father may have different opinions, but I truly believe you are one of the greatest minds of our generation."

Sheldon stared at Gary for about ten seconds. For Gary, it felt like Dr. Cooper was staring into his soul. He knew the great Dr. Sheldon Cooper wouldn't let his only daughter go out with just anyone, but he had to prove himself worthy.

"How is your academic standing?"

"I'm currently in the top ten of my class."

"Your extracurricular activities?"

"I'm on the debate team, president of the science club, and I write for the school newspaper."

"Star Trek or Star Wars?"

"Definitely, Star Wars."

"Babylon 5 or Firefly?"

"Firefly by a landslide."

Sheldon took a deep breath. This kid was good…unfortunately.

"Ok Gary, you've passed the test. I only have one more thing to say…if this is some sort of joke and it is revealed you are using my daughter, you'll have to answer to me."

"I assure you Dr. Cooper, Lily is no joke to me."

"Hi Gary!"

Lily came out wearing a black dress with a jacket with her hair down and just enough makeup.

"Hi Lily! You look great."

"Thanks!"

The way they looked at each other reminded Amy of the way she and Sheldon looked at each other. It said so much without saying a word.

"Well you guys have fun," Amy said as she hugged her daughter.

"You have money for your tickets and popcorn," Sheldon asked.

"Don't worry Dr. Cooper. It's my treat!"

Sheldon nodded at Gary with approval. He actually liked this Gary kid. They turned to the door and Sheldon remembered he didn't have a crucial piece of information from Gary.

However, they had already left.

"Kinda reminds you of us. Don't you think?" Amy said as she smiled up at her husband.

"I never drooled over you like that!"

Amy smirked.

"You may think you didn't…"

"I never even got his last name, Amy. This boy could be a maniac for all we know!"

"Hold on, Lily left up her Facebook. I'm sure she's friends with him." Amy went over the computer. She searched Gary's name, and got a result. Then, her eyes widened as she glanced at the computer and then at Sheldon. She quickly closed the computer. "You know what Sheldon? It doesn't matter. He seemed like a fine young boy. I'm sure-"

"Nope. I'm finding out this Gary's identity right now."

He opened the computer to see Gary's picture along with his full name. No. It couldn't be! For next to his profile picture, were two words that killed Sheldon's soul.

Gary Kripke

Kripke. Gary Kripke. He just allowed his own daughter to go out with his enemy's own flesh and blood! He sat there in his spot just watching the clock tick, his daughter's voice echoing in his mind. So Dad, there's this boy in school. His name's Gary, and…well…he asked me whether I wanted to go to the movies with him tonight. The car keys were rattling in his fidgeting hands.

"Sheldon? SHELDON?"

"What," Sheldon asked as he was taken out of his trance.

"I asked what you wanted to do for dinner tonight?"

"Actually, I think I'm going to get Lily." He stood up quickly and made his way to the door.

"It's 7:30. The movie just started."

"Oh, I'm not going right there. I was going to stop for gas, maybe get something to eat…"

"Uh huh."

"There's bound to be traffic too."

"Yeah ok."

As Sheldon closed the door, Amy shook her head. He just couldn't let go.

"Hi, can I help you?"

"Yes, one ticket please."

As Sheldon made his way to an empty seat, he glanced from the balcony to the bottom floor to see Gary and Lily sitting together. He was about to sit down when he noticed a familiar face sitting next to him.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, if you must know Coopa, I'm making sure this movie is appwopwiate fow ow childwen!"

"It's rated G, Kripke."

"Pwus I could ask you the same question."

"Father of the daughter always arrives early for pickup, everybody knows that." Sheldon was distracted as he looked down to see Gary stretching his arm up. "Oh no!"

"What?"

"Penny warned me about this! Your son is harassing my daughter!"

"He's just stwetching Coopa, chill out."

"No, no. He's subtly putting his arm around her in some sort of affectionate way."

"Gawy would do nothing of the sowt."

"That brings me to my next order of business. Could you not think of a more original name for your own offspring?"

"Hey, what I name my son is iwwelevant."

"Your son is a pile of raging hormones that is brainwashing my daughter!"

"Well, at weast my son will fowow in my footsteps as he excews in science. Unwike Wiwy, who's excewing in…ENGWISH!"

At this, Sheldon tackled Barry to the ground creating a scene causing quite the commotion on the balcony. They each had an usher holding them as they lead them out of the theater. The last thing Sheldon saw were Lily's heartbreaking eyes looking up at him before she buried her face in her hands.

Lily came storming through the door.

"Hey honey, how'd it…go?"

"Dad was totally spying on me!" On cue, Sheldon slowly walked through the door with an ice pack on his head. Lily turned to him. "You ruined everything!"

Lily ran to her room, and slammed the door with enough power to shake the apartment. Amy looked at her husband who refused to meet her eyes. She gave him a hug.

"I told you, the closer you hold her, the more she'll want to pull away."

Sheldon nodded. He couldn't even imagine the embarrassment he put Lily through tonight, but all he was trying to do was protect her. He wanted Lily to be independent and free to make her own choices. He wasn't one of those hovering parents, right? Or was he?

Poor Sheldon! He's just can't let his little girl go! What did you guys think of Gary? Thought that was a fun twist! Keep those reviews coming!