Who's ready for another bonus scene!?? Ready for round three? Also...some adult content trivia below... just be aware...
"In round three we will be testing general intelligence." Kathleen motioned for Noah. He jumped up and set two buzzers down in front of them. "First one to answer the question correctly wins a point."
"Everybody in the family got to pick one trivia question for you guys, and we got a few more from Google," Noah explained.
"Clear on the rules?" Kathleen asked the twins.
"Yep."
"Yeah."
"Okay, then we will get started." Kathleen divided a small stack of notecards between Noah and herself, and nudged him to start.
"First question." He smiled wide. "This was submitted by Kieran." Kieran beamed with pride. "What color is sonic the hedgehog?"
Dickie slammed the buzzer without hesitation. "He's blue," he answered with ease.
Lizzie huffed, "I knew that one."
"I thought you had faster reflexes," he teased.
"Shut up." She rolled her eyes with exaggeration.
"Mark the score Noh," Kathleen motioned towards Noah who was keeping score in a spiral notebook sitting open on the counter.
Noah nodded and scribbled down a tally mark.
"Okay, Next question." Kathleen drew a notecard from the stack at random. She laughed out loud and placed it face down on the table behind her. "Should have screened these ahead of time…" she mumbled.
Elliot reached out and snatched the card before Kathleen could slap his hand away. He snorted out a laugh. "Yeah Katie, uh maybe check all of Noah's stack please." He glanced around the room at the adults harshly.
"Oh shit, good idea." She groaned and lifted her hand to stop mama Mo from scolding her. "Sorry I know, language."
Noah obediently handed Kathleen the notecards and she flipped through them quickly. She rolled her eyes and pulled one from Noah's stack and two from her own. "Seriously guys? You knew there would be kids here…" she glared pointedly at the computer screen.
"Hey! Only one of mine was iffy!" Eli defended himself from the computer.
"Uh huh." Kathleen rolled her eyes again and handed the stack back to Noah. Olivia watched Elliot hurry and grab the other cards before Kathleen could trash them.
Olivia leaned over his shoulder to peek at what Kathleen determined inappropriate.
In what month do most Americans lose their virginity?
"Flip it," she laughed quietly. "I kind of want to know the answer."
"Benson!" He scolded her mockingly.
"Oh come on, what's your guess?" She grinned.
"Umm February," he guessed.
"I think June…"
"What are you talking about?" Noah called from the other side of the room.
"Nothing baby!" Then she turned back to Elliot, "flip it. I want to know the answer."
Elliot obediently flipped the card. June. "Damn Benson. How would you know that?"
"Later." She smiled.
Kathleen cleared her throat and everyone's eyes shot back up to her.: "Next question," she said loudly. "What is the tiny piece at the end of shoelace called?"
Dickie leaned his chair back and huffed. "How would anyone know that?"
"An aglet?" Liz asked without confidence.
"That's right actually!" Kathleen exclaimed.
"Seriously?" Liz said. "I thought I read that somewhere before…"
"Okay okay," Noah was anxious to move on. He marked the score and pulled up the next card. "This one's for ll you old people out there," Noah teased.
Elliot scoffed in mock offense.
"What year did they launch Facebook?"
"How old am I don't know the answer to that?" Elliot whispered to Olivia.
She laughed and kissed his cheek. "Older than me…obviously," she teased.
He groaned and wrapped his arms around her, preparing to say something witty, but the sound of the buzzer drew both of their attention back to the game.
2004!" The twins said simultaneously.
"Tie," Noah called. "How bout a follow up?" He grinned. "What year for Instagram?"
The question took a little more thought, but Dickie blurred out, "2009!"
Noah continued to grin, "Nope!"
"2010," Lizzie said firmly.
"Correct!" Noah sounded exactly like a game show host.
"Next time bro," Liz teased.
"Ha.ha." He returned with snark.
Kathleen and Noah continued to trade off questions and when they reached the final question the score was tied.
"For the win!" Kathleen said enthusiastically. She read the card to herself. "This sounds like another Kieran and Seamus submission." The boys beamed and Olivia wondered how many of their submissions they had encountered. After taking out the adult trivia questions they were left with a higher amount of juvenile trivia.
"What was name of the first Pokémon Ash Ketchum ever captured?" Kathleen read the question like it was a foreign language.
Lizzie smacked her buzzer but then started snapping her fingers. "Shit I know this!"
She didn't notice Maureen's glare, because Dickie hit his buzzer multiple times. "Dickie?" Kathleen asked.
"That would be Caterpie. Boom!"
"I'm not sure you should be proud of yourself for knowing that," Lizzie teased.
"Hey. Pokémon is where it's at."
Noah stepped up in front of the group. "We will be taking another brief intermission before the final round." He waved for Maureen's boys. "Let's try out your nerf guns outside."
The boys rushed to their feet and hurried to the guest room where Elliot kept the kids toys. They came out with the nerf guns and all three boys scurried away to the back patio.
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Once the kids shut the back door Elliot pulled the notecards from his pocket with a smile.
"Yes!" Liv laughed. "We gotta read the rest of these."
"Wait for me!" Dickie bounded towards the couch where Liv and Elliot sat. He obnoxiously wiggled himself between them.
Olivia just laughed and scooted over, but Elliot looked flat out offended. "You know most people would feel uncomfortable reading sex trivia questions while sitting between their father and his girlfriend."
Dickie blew off the thought. "Piff, I'm not Eli."
"What?!" Eli's voice echoed from the laptop speakers as he was facing the wrong direction. "Hey! Turn me around!"
"Plus," Dickie added, while ignoring the complaints coming from the laptop, "you've made us all wayyyy more uncomfortable."
"What when?" He asked the question incredulously
"Come on Dad, I don't want to embarrass Liv." He shot Liv a charming smile.
Olivia couldn't help but love the guy. He was an obnoxious ass, but he was funny as hell. "I have pretty thick skin," Liv dropped in. "I think I'll survive. She was curious about what Dickie was implying.
"You're not as subtle as you think you are…" he grinned mischievously. "Let's just say….earlier in the bathroom? When you were canoodling?…. " Dickie's eyes danced with mischief.
Just then Liz sat on the arm of the couch. "Whatcha talking about?"
Dickie grinned. "I was just telling them about the time you came over and promptly left…after you heard them…"canoodling" in the shower."
"Stop using the word canoodling," Elliot snapped.
Olivia groaned and covered her face. She wasn't hiding in shame, but she was hiding her tears from laughter. God it was embarrassing, but it was also damn hilarious. Once she could breathe past the laughter she patted Lizzie's leg. "I'm SO sorry!"
Lizzie shrugged and blushed. "My own damn fault really. I shoulda knocked. I wasn't planning on saying anything…" she glared pointedly in Dickie's direction.
He held his hands up defensively. "Look. I'm just reminding Dad that there have been situations where we have been way more uncomfortable than this."
"You're such an ass," Lizzie rolled her eyes and chuckled.
"So I've been told," he grinned arrogantly. He tapped on the cards in Elliot's hand. "Read 'em Pops."
Elliot rolled his eyes, but returned his attention to the handful of cards in his hand.
"How fast does a man's heart beat on average during sex?" Olivia smirked when she noticed the red flush creeping up his ears. Dickie might not be uncomfortable but Elliot sure was.
"Mmm 125?" Dickie guessed.
"Wouldn't it depend on the person?" Olivia asked.
"On average," Elliot reiterated, his eyes still studying the question on the card.
"I want to know who performed this study…" Olivia continued thinking out loud.
"I sure as hell don't wanna know." Liz laughed. "I'm guessing 145."
"135," Olivia piped in.
"I'm going with 140." Elliot guessed and flipped the card over.
They all erupted when the answer on the back of the card read 140bpm.
Dickie smacked his father's shoulder. "How's you know that?"
Elliot tapped his fitness watch, and Dickie groaned. "Why do I ask questions I don't want to know the answer to!?!"
"Because you are an ass and an idiot," Liz quipped.
"Love you too," Dickie responded with snark.
Lizzie leaned over and kissed her brother's cheek. While there she snatched the remaining cards from Elliot's hand. "I'll read the next one." She sat back on the arm of the couch. She laughed out loud before she read the card. "How long is the average male orgasm?"
"Six seconds," Olivia said without hesitation, leading the males she sat next to eye her strangely. "What?"
"Nothing. Uh. I'm not sure I want to guess…" Dickie rubbed the back of his head.
"What Dickie, worried you might be inadequate?" Lizzie teased.
"Fine." He acted grumpy but they all knew he loved the banter. "Eight seconds."
"Ten." Elliot guessed next.
"I'm going to go lower. Four seconds maybe?" Lizzie flipped the card. "Oh," she said with surprise. "Our winner is Liv. Average male orgasm is six seconds." She lifted an eyebrow in Olivia's direction. "Dare I ask how you know that?"
Olivia felt her cheeks flush a bit, "it's probably better that you not ask that."
"Now I'm really curious," Dickie nudged her and Elliot flipped the back of his head.
"Read the last one Lizzie," Elliot spoke over the top of Dickie's head.
"Okay," she agreed and pulled the last "inappropriate" card from the stack. "A study found that having sex at least once a week boosts what?"
"Immune system," Dickie answered easily. All eyes were on him. "Hey.'I'm thinking endorphins equals better mental health equals better immune system."
"I think he's right," Olivia agreed.
"I was going to guess mental health," Lizzie said. "What about you dad?"
"Um. I would say immune system too, but I'll guess happiness."
Dickie gagged at the lovelorn look his father tossed in Olivia's direction. It earned another flick to the back of the head. "God, stop it dad."
Lizzie ignored them and flipped the card. "Immune system," she said with a smile.
Dickie lifted his hand for a high five which Olivia returned. "Cool." He pushed himself out from between her and Elliot. "I need a drink," he said before wandering towards the kitchen.
Elliot shook his head and chuckled. Olivia moved closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. He dropped a kiss on her hair. "Should I worry that you seemed to know the answer to most of those questions," he asked with a laugh.
"I would blame a career in sex crimes, but you spent a lot of time there too…" she hedged. He leaned down and kissed her lips quickly. "You know what? Maybe I don't want to know."
She lifted a hand to his cheek, "Good," she teased before pressing her lips to his. She intended it to be a quick kiss, but he chased her movement when she pulled back. She let her hand drift to the back of his head, and caressed the skin there. Just as she felt herself losing herself in the moment a voice yanked them apart.
"Oh come on guys. This time you know I'm literally sitting right here!" Lizzie complained.
"Sorry!" Olivia called over her shoulder before dropped her forehead against Elliot's chest and laughed. "She just so damn quiet," she laughed again.
Dickie's booming voice echoed as he teased Kathleen in the kitchen. Elliot chuckled in response. "Well…at least I got one quiet one."
"One out of six." She lifted her head. "Nice job Stabler."
He looked as if he was going to argue with her but his eyes suddenly softened and his voice dropped so only she could hear. "I love you."
She patted his chest and returned a quiet, "I love you too."