AN-Sorry I'm kind of going out of order with this story line, but like I've said; I do the requests in the order I get them. Anyway, this is a sequel to chapter 185, where Emma goes out on her first date with Chase.

Aging

"Okay, where are they?" Freddie frowned, looking at his watch.

"Dude, relax," Sam said, rolling her eyes.

"I will not relax!" Freddie snapped. "I told that stupid Chase to have Emma home by ten thirty and it is now-"

"Ten thirty-three," Quincy said, looking up from his laptop at the coffee table, where him and Ashton were watching a video on Splashface.

"Thank you," Freddie said. "They're three minutes late!"

"So maybe traffic was bad," Sam said. "I'm sure they're almost here."

"Oh man, I can feel myself aging from this," Freddie said, still pacing across the living room. "Have you seen my fancy stress ball, Sam?"

"Nah, you lent it to Gibby, remember?" Sam replied. "You know, when he was going through that rough time when Annie James got kicked off of America Sings? You want me to get it back for you when I drop Quincy off?"

"Yes!" Freddie said. "Yes, get it so I can pretend it's Chase's head!"

"Okay, you're being crazy," Sam said, getting to her feet. "You ready to go, Quincy?"

"Yup," Quincy nodded, closing his laptop. "See you, Ash."

"Bye, Quince," Ashton said.

"Hey, Ashton, try calling Emma," Freddie said as Sam and Quincy headed out the front door. "I know she won't pick up if I try calling her."

"Okay, daddy, you're starting get scarier than mom," Ashton said. "Seriously, the movie probably ran a few minutes later than they thought; that's all."

"Maybe," Freddie nodded. "Yeah…maybe you're right…"

"Or," Ashton said. "Maybe they've actually been home for awhile now and have just been standing on the front porch making out."

"What?" Freddie exclaimed. "Ashton!"

"Night, daddy," Ashton said, turning to run upstairs.

"Ashton!" Freddie called after her. "I-You-You're grounded if that's true, young lady!"

He quickly ran over to the front window and looked out, relieved to see that his daughter was not, in fact, making out with Chase there.

Freddie sat down on the couch. He could just feel his blood pressure rising with each passing minute.
Finally, at around ten thirty-eight, he heard the key turn in the door, and Emma walked in.

"Oh, hi dad," Emma said, spotting her father. "Where is everyone?"

"Your mom took Quincy home, and Ashton and Tyler are upstairs," Freddie replied. "You're late, by the way. By eight minutes."

"Oh…sorry?" Emma frowned.

"Just don't let it happen again," Freddie mumbled. "There's some popcorn in the kitchen, by the way."

"Sweet," Emma said, heading in to get the food.

Freddie sighed as he picked up the remote. Well, maybe a little Galaxy Wars could make him feel better…

"Hey, is that Galaxy Wars?" Emma asked, walking back into the room with the popcorn.

"Yeah," Freddie nodded. "It's Episode IV: New Desires."

"That's my favorite!" Emma said, sitting down next to him.

Freddie couldn't help but smile. Emma and Jason were the only two of his kids who shared his love of the Galaxy Wars movies. Ashton hated science fiction, and Tyler claimed he didn't get the point of a bunch of space robots chasing each other through space.

"You gonna watch it with me?" Freddie asked.

"Shoosh yeah, I am!" Emma nodded.

Freddie looked over at Emma as she intently watched the movie. Her and her sister both looked a lot like Sam; blonde hair, relatively short (although they did inherit his brown eyes). Emma, however, also seemed to have gotten Sam's attitude, save for her hatred of Galaxy Wars, of course. Sometimes Freddie would find himself wondering how it was possible for two personalities to be so similar…

"So," Freddie said. "Did you have fun with Chase tonight?"

"Yeah," Emma nodded. "We had fun. We saw that new spy movie; it was pretty lame, but the suckish acting actually made it sort of funny."

"And Chase was…nice to you?" Freddie asked. "Because you know if he ever does anything to you, all you have to do is tell me, and I'll make him regret it."

"Yeah, right," Emma laughed. "Like you could beat Chase up better than I could."

"Good, you're back, Em," Sam said, walking back into the house. "Because you were giving your dad heart palpitations while you were gone."

"I wasn't that bad," Freddie said.

"Sure," Sam said, rolling her eyes. "So how was your date, Emma?"

"Good," Emma replied. "You know they brought back those fancy churros at the movie theatre?"

"The ones with extra fat?" Sam asked excitedly.

"Uh-huh," Emma nodded. "I ate five."

"Well," Sam said, turning to Freddie. "You know where you'll be taking me tomorrow night."

"Whatever you say," Freddie said.

"Oh God, are you guys watching Galaxy Wars?" Sam asked, looking at the screen.

"Heck yeah," Emma said. "Oh shhh! This is the best part! Lou Groundrunner is about to find Tobi Quan!"

"And I'm out of here," Sam said, thumping Freddie's head as she left.

"What was that for?" Freddie called indignantly after her.

"For ruining my kid!" Sam called back.