Author's Note: Thank you everybody for the kind reviews. I am trying to update as much as possible, and I promised I will not abandon this story but the updates might be slow coming. Currently I am doing both a summer course and working.
Chapter 20
Just as Spencer checkmated him for another time, as he had been doing for the past week, Dave declared, "Don't know how much competition I am but we can play again later but now we have to get ready to go the doctor's office. Your appointment is right after mine, so bring some of your study material to work on while I am with the doctor."
"Okay Dad. I'll take some of the SAT practice questions to work on." Spencer responded, moving to the stairs.
Spencer was oddly quiet on the way over to the doctor's office, which immediately altered Dave that something was wrong with his son.
"Buddy, it's going to be okay. It's just a routine check-up to make sure everything is alright for both me and you. If you want me there I can be with you and the doctor or I can be in the waiting room. It is your choice, but I need you to tell me."
"Could you be with me?" Spencer posed,
"Of course Spencer. Dr. Adams is great and I'm sure you'll love him, or at least like him. He's an old friend of mine and has been my doctor for most of my life."
"I know it is not an intelligent thought but I am still having it—" Spencer started,
"Just because you have a high IQ, does not mean you have to act in a certain way. You are still a ten year-old boy. Now what is the thought you are having" Dave reasoned with his son,
"What if the doctor finds something wrong with me? Will you still be able to adopt me? What if the doctor finds something wrong with you?" Spencer rambled out,
"If the doctor finds something wrong with you, which I highly doubt, we will deal with it and get you better. You are my son now, nothing is going to change that, and I mean nothing. The paperwork for guardianship has already gone through, and the adoption paperwork and the name-change paperwork are already in motion. If the doctor finds something wrong with me, which I again doubt will happen, we will deal with that."
"Okay Dad" Spencer replied,
Soon they were their and Dave got them checked in at the doctor's office and they sat down in the waiting arena. The original appointments were set up with Dave first but when he checked them in he arranged for Spencer to go first, trying to make it easier on his son.
They didn't have to wait long before the nurse called Spencer in, and the boy followed nervously.
As it turned out Spencer had no reason to be worries. Dr. Adams allowed him to ask all the questions he wanted, and with this free reign Spencer's wealth of knowledge came out as the doctor quietly checked him over.
"You are quite healthy Spencer" the doctor concluded as he finished his examinations, "A little on the thin side but I'm sure your old man and Mama Rossi will fix that."
Dave spoke next, "Why don't you work on one of your practice tests in the waiting area and I'll be out in a bit and we can go get ourselves some ice cream."
"Okay Dad" Spencer responded, hopping down from the exam table and grabbing his books before exiting.
Once Spencer had left Dr Adams told Dave, "That's quite a boy you've got there."
"That he is" Dave replied, before submitting to the doctor's exam.
Soon he was out of the room and getting Spencer to go get the promised ice cream with his son.
As they were sitting on the bench outside the ice-cream parlour Dave turned to his son and asked, "Are you excited for your school summer session?"
"Definitely, it will be a great to have an educational experience with individuals with a similar intelligence to my own. Though the SAT practice material has not provided a sufficient challenge as of yet for me but I need the highest score possible."
"Highest score possible for what buddy?" Dave quizzed his son,
"To get into Cal-Tech, that is California Institute of Technology, as well as to receive admission into a masters or doctoral program as quickly as possible."
"I have no doubt you will do that Spencer. I have a feeling Cal-Tech, along with many other Universities will be taking notice of you."
Spencer paused before asking his dad, "What education do I need to get into the Bureau, Dad?"
"The Bureau hires people with all educational backgrounds, though mostly people with psychology and criminology backgrounds. But Spencer I want you to go for whatever education and knowledge you desire, whatever program and speciality you want." Dave counselled his son, allowing a few minutes of silence before continuing, "Why don't we head home and we can cook dinner together and then you can beat me at chess for the hundredth time."
Spencer chuckled, following his Dad to the car, "Not quite the hundredth time Dad but close."