A couple months pass and her birthday rolls around. Another birthday means another party. A party means dressing up. The girls are mortified when they discover the birthday girl hasn't got anything to wear, and drag her out shopping.
Said birthday girl is now wearing the dress they helped her buy. She's also very mad at a certain Russian teenager.
'You can't vear zat to ze party!'
'Why not?'
'Eet...eet is inappropriate!'
She glances down at the dress. It's knee length and doesn't reveal any more than her uniform. It's sleeveless, but she's sixteen, and she thinks it's perfectly appropriate.
'No it's not!'
'Kirk and his friends vill be zere! You know vat zey are like! You are too young!'
She rolls her eyes. Yes she knows, but she's pretty certain that none of them would go after a barely 16 child genius.
'You're being ridiculous Pavel, I can look after myself.'
He continues to protest and she snaps.
'You're not my father Pavel, why do you even care?'
'Because you are my friend.'
When the entire story is related by a furious Ellen to Laura and her friends, they think it's adorable. Apparently, he's just jealous and overprotective. He insists he's not.
But that doesn't stop his blood boiling when James Kirk stops by to wish the birthday girl 'Happy Birthday.'
