Marie and Stephen: 16
Amelia: 13
"Daddy you have to sign this permission slip" Amelia said while they were waiting in the car outside the high school.
"When do you need it by?"
"Tomorrow. I was supposed to give you since Tuesday but I forgot it in my bag."
"Fine. Give it to me when we get home." He looked out the window and saw children leaving but Stephen and Marie were nowhere in sight. "Where are they?"
"I see Marie" Amelia said pointing to a group of girls leaving the field in deep conversation. Marie spotted the car and waved and turned to talk to her friends once more. "Doesn't she see us here waiting" Amelia said, "By the way daddy, can you check my math when we get home"
"What's wrong with it?"
"We got this new teacher and he said I didn't do it correctly. But I know its correct. So I want you to check it, so when I show it to him, he'll know I'm right."
"Your mother doesn't approve when we do things like that" Sheldon said, "So, while she's cooking dinner, we'll go to the living room and look it over."
"Thank you daddy". She turned her head to see Stephen finally walk out of school. He lifted his head and pushed up his black rim glasses. As soon as he spotted the car he came over, unlike Marie. He climbed in the passenger seat, "Hey dad, hey Lia. Where's Ree?"
Sheldon huffed and pointed towards the field. Stephen snickered and leaned over and pressed the car horn, causing Marie to turn. She hugged her friends goodbye and jogged to the car. She opened the door, "Daddy, where's the towel?"
"I put it in the trunk. I don't know why you insist on leaving it below the seat."
Marie had decided to play soccer; which Sheldon could not understand why she would want to subject herself to that torture. It didn't stop him from going to every game though. He only had one rule, if he came to pick her up from practice and she didn't change or shower, she had to sit on a towel. He may love her, but he couldn't afford to have her sweat and dirt all over the car seat.
"What took you so long?" Sheldon asked as he drove home.
"We were going over some last minute details for the dance next week" Marie was head of the planning committee. As well as the debate club, and she was class president. Sheldon would have been worried how she would keep up her grades, but she was the only one who inherited his eidetic memory.
"You couldn't ask that before we came?" Amelia asked
"It was something I just thought of. Speaking of the dance, are you going to ask Adena to come with you Stephen?" Marie asked pushing her body between the two seats.
Stephen blushed slightly and looked out the window, "I don't know what you're talking about"
"You're too smart to play dumb Venny. I see you guys together in the library."
"Who's Adena?" Sheldon asked
"Stephen's new girlfriend"
"She's not my girlfriend. We just use our free period to study in the library together."
"How does she look" Amelia asked
Marie took out her phone and showed a picture to her sister. Stephen was saying something, while a girl with what Raj would describe as caramel brown skin, laughed. "Where did you even get a picture?"
"I took it one time. You guys didn't even notice I was there. You wanna see her dad?"
"I'm driving Marie"
"Not anymore. We're at a red light. Just a quick peek" she said showing him the phone
"Okay. Do you like her Stephen?"
"We're just friends."
"She may want to go to the dance with you. I asked her today"
"You did what?!" Stephen said turning to look at Marie, "Why? Why would you do that?"
"I just wanted to know. She didn't really give a yes or no answer. It was like a maybe."
"Why would you do that Marie? Why can you never keep my personal life personal?"
"I just was giving you the extra push"
"I didn't ask for it Marie!" he shouted back
Amy was on the couch when she heard the front door slam and heavy footsteps through the hall. A few seconds later the door reopened, "I'm sorry Venny" she shouted at his retreating form.
"My name is Stephen!" he shouted from the stairs. Amy knew Stephen was upset, that was the only time he corrected his sisters' nickname for him.
A couple minutes later Sheldon and Amelia entered the house, "what happened?" she asked them.
"Stephen has a girlfriend" Amelia said nonchalantly, as she took off her shoes by the door.
After the shouting had died down, Amy made her way upstairs. She knocked on Stephen's closed door.
"Go away Marie"
"Baby, its mom. Can I come in?"
She heard him sigh, "Its open"
She opened the door to see him lying in a starfish position on the bed. "You want to talk about what happened today?" she said coming to sit on the foot of his bed.
"Nothing happened"
"It sure didn't sound like nothing. Amelia said its about a girl, is that true?"
Stephen didn't reply, "You know you could talk to me right?" she said touching his leg. She was about to get up when Stephen rolled around in bed so his head could rest in her lap, "She's not my girlfriend"
"No one said she was baby"
"She's just a girl who happens to be my friend"
Amy chuckled, "That sounds similar to the words your father used to describe me when we first met."
"Really?" he said nuzzling her lap. Amy understood his signal and started running her fingers through his hair. "Why don't you tell me about her? Tell me what's she like?"
"Her name is Adena Benjamin. Her family moved here from Texas at the beginning of the school year. She likes physics"
"A girl from Texas that likes Physics?" Amy asked. She and her son seemed to have a type
"Yeah. She has the cutest accent" he said with a sigh. He didn't even realize he said it. "Her favorite color is purple. Her glasses have purple on it and so do her braces. Her hair is always in this afro unless she holds it up. She likes playing music when we study, she says it helps her remember. She always hums when she packs up her bag." Amy smiled as she listened to him finish his list.
"So why don't you just ask her to the dance?"
"What if she doesn't like me" he mumbled
"Why won't she like you?"
"I don't know. She just might not and decide to go with someone else."
"Trust me she would like you. She sounds like she already likes you"
"I guess" he said with a shrug
"You know your sister meant well, she just needs to work on her delivery"
"I know" he said sitting up, "I can't wait till she gets a boyfriend so I could torment her"
Amy laughed, "Don't let your father hear you say that. Come on lets go down for dinner"
*A few days later*
"They always take so long" Amelia complained from the backseat
"I know Lia, just be patient for a few more minutes" Amy said
The school doors opened and Stephen walked out with a girl next to him
"Who is that?" Amy asked
"That's his girlfriend"
Amy laughed, "stop teasing, it looks like they're coming here."
Stephen opened the door with a smile, "see I told you"
"Oh my God. You weren't lying" she said with an obvious Texan accent, "You don't know how long I've wanted to meet you Dr. Fowler. You're my absolute idol. I can't believe she's your mom" she said turning to Stephen, "I would love to pick your brain about some things about your super asymmetry paper."
"Sure that would be fine"
They all heard a horn from behind them, "I'm sorry that's my dad. I gotta go. I'll see you at the dance Stevie." She said leaning over to kiss his cheek before running off. Stephen climbed into the car blushing slightly.
"So I take it she said yes" Amy said. Stephen only nodded
"So she could call you Stevie but we can't call you Venny" Amelia asked
"It's different when she does it" he said blushing more