Steve watched the door for nearly an hour and a half, it was driving him crazy as to what was going on in there; Steve was about to sneak up to the door and listen in when his Farnsworth went off.
He only let it ring once before answering it "Yeah?" he asked.
"Hey, Jinksy!" Claudia said with a smile.
Steve motioned for her to be quiet with his index finger on his lips, still having a panicked look on his face.
Claudia lost her smiled "What's wrong?"
Steve turned to the door before going back to Claudia "Okay, Harper threw a tantrum because I wouldn't let her go down to the Warehouse, and it started to get ugly, so I put her in time out. When I did, Mrs. Frederic turned up and then took her to the spare bedroom and closed the door behind them. It's been an hour and a half and they still haven't come out yet!"
Claudia looked at Steve fearfully "Steve." She muttered.
Steve sighed as he looked at Claudia, unable to make words come out of his mouth when the bedroom door opened.
He turned to see Mrs. Frederic and Harper leave the bedroom together, he panicked as he turned back to his Farnsworth "Claudia, I'll get back to you!" he said before hanging up his Farnsworth.
"Everything alright?" Steve asked, getting up from his seat.
Mrs. Frederic smiled at Steve "Yes. Everything is fine." She said.
Harper refused to make eye contact with Steve who crossed his arms and looked down at his daughter "Anything to say to me?" he asked.
"I'm sorry." Harper muttered.
"Look at me, Harper." Steve instructed.
Mrs. Frederic smiled as he watch Steve be a tough enforcer as Harper reluctantly looked up at Steve.
"Anything to say to me?" he asked again.
Harper sighed "I'm sorry." She muttered.
Steve sighed heavily, his chest puffing up as he looked down at Harper "Go face the corner, I'll tell you when your done." He said before turning to Mrs. Frederic.
Mrs. Frederic smirked "So stubborn at that age." She said.
Steve shrugged.
"Listen, we need to talk, it's about Harper; however, I'd rather if both you and Claudia were here so I'll wait for her return." Mrs. Frederic said.
Steve swallowed hard before nodding at Mrs. Frederic "Of course." He said.
Mrs. Frederic walked past Steve and disappeared, leaving Harper and Steve alone once again.
After thirty minutes Steve let Harper out of time out, she remained in the bedroom with Trai, and her teddy bear once Steve gave him back, when his Farnsworth went off.
Steve answered it to see Pete and Myka together on the screen "Hey, guys." He said.
"Hey, Steve, our best friend in the whole wide world." Pete said, sounding iffy as Steve raised an eye brow.
"What's going on?" Steve asked.
Pete chuckled "What's going on? Oh…THIS is what's going on!" he said, showing Steve the image of Pete and Myka merged together at the hip.
Steve gasped "HOLY COW! You guys need some time apart." He said before letting a chuckle out.
Myka faked a laugh "So funny, Jinks. But seriously, help us!"
Steve nodded off as he began to punch numbers and calculations into the machine while Harper stepped out of the bedroom with Trai as she watched her father work.
"I'm looking, give me a second." Steve said as he continued searching for information.
Harper looked at the dog as she held her teddy bear tight while Steve finally found a merging artifact that had yet to have been found before hanging up his Farnsworth and taking a sigh of relief.
Steve turned his chair over to Harper who was leaning against Trai, he sighed as Harper stared Steve down.
"Alright," he said, getting up from his seat and walking towards Harper "Nap time." He announced as picked Harper up and walked back into the bedroom.
"Nap time?" Harper muttered.
Steve nodded "Yes, you take a nap, and I get a break. That's how nap time works." He said as he laid Harper down on the bed.
"Mommy doesn't make me take a nap." Harper said.
Steve sighed "Well, I do. So lets go."
Harper pulled the sheets back before getting under the covers; Steve gently tucked her in before instructing Trailer to watch her before he left the room and back into the office.
The silence was sweet as Steve went back and forth on the Farnsworth between Pete and Myka, who were still attached at the hip, and Artie and Claudia, who were having a hard time agreeing on anything.
Steve felt a tugging on his sleeve; he turned to see Harper rubbing her eyes "I'm hungry." She muttered.
"Ok. How about Peanut Butter and Jelly?" Steve asked.
Harper shook her head "I'm tired of Peanut Butter and Jelly."
Steve nodded "Okay, well what sounds good?" he asked.
Harper shrugged "I don't know."
"How about Chinese?" he asked.
"I don't like Chinese." Harper said.
Steve huffed "Have you ever had it?" he asked.
Harper shook her head.
Steve smiled "Okay, how about we go downtown and go to that little diner Uncle Pete is always talking about, and you can have whatever sounds good. How does that sound?" he asked.
Harper nodded "That sounds good." She said in return.
Steve watched as Harper ate her fries, she looked around the diners and the passerbys before she looked at her father.
"So what did you and Mrs. Frederic talk about?" Steve asked.
"I'm not supposed to talk about it." Harper said, eating another fry.
Steve cocked an eye brow "Why not?"
Harper looked at her father "Because I'm not supposed to."
"Well, what is it that you can't talk about?" Steve asked.
Harpers' eyes darted away from her father, looking at the other customers and ignoring Steve as he continued to call her name.
"Harper, look at me." Steve instructed her.
Harper looked at her father "Mrs. Frederic said she would talk to you about it when mommy came home." She muttered.
Steves' stomach dropped as Harper uttered the same words Mrs. Frederic did, his patience to know was running thin as he began to count the minutes until Claudia came home.