His Nerd

Thirteen

Carlee walked with Van holding his hand. Cheyenne wasn't too happy as Carlee was trying to reassure her husband. "I will help you study, Van and you will get to play football again."

Van looked at his wife and kissed her. "Thank you, baby."

They walked in as Brock was upset with Steven. "Van didn't do good either, but I will work on it with him. Don't put him down." She tells them. "Van is smart, he just didn't study and put his best work in it."

"Carlee, they are star football players. Do they expect the boys to be a brain surgeon too?"

Van covered his wife's mouth as he knows how she can be. Since she's pregnant with twins, Carlee can lose her temper faster than Cheyenne. Reba watched as he dragged her out of the kitchen till she heard her father. Moving her husband's hand, Carlee looked at her dad. "No. Van will prove that he can do this without you trying to step in. The history teacher told him if I work with him and he gives it his all, then he will be able to play again." She tells him. "Van can do things without you stepping in and Cheyenne needs to worry about her husband, not mine."

"Come on, baby. I have a lot of studying to do."

Reba sighed as she watched Carlee and Van leave. "We need to get you relaxed and then we will work together on this."

"I love you, baby."

"I love you."

Steven looked at his wife. "Why can't you be like Carlee?"

Cheyenne rolled her eyes.
~~~
Carlee was working with Van as her dad and Cheyenne were working with Steven down stairs. Reba wanted to see how she was teaching Van and saw how he was actually studying. Carlee wasn't asking one question after another. Reba shook her head as she couldn't believe how her oldest was managing to help her husband as the other one was pressuring her husband.

Walking downstairs, she saw them. "How's it going?" She asked.

"It's going good. Right, Steven."

"No more questions." He tells them.

"Okay, I think it's time for a new approach."

Carlee and Van walked downstairs. "Now, that we studied a little bit. Let's go for a walk and clear our minds. It always helped me." She tells him.

Steven looked at them as Reba was going to work with him. He looked at his mother in law as he knows that she might help.
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"Van, I want to say that even though we are studying, you have a phobia of tests. Don't think too much because you are very smart. I didn't say anything when we were going over things because I seen how you answered them all. You just need to not think about this as a test and don't ever doubt yourself." She tells him as she touched his face. "You are Van, my goofy husband and best friend and an amazing father." Van smiled. "I love you."

"God, baby, I love you." He tells her. "Let's go home and go over some more. I'm a little bit more relaxed."

"I think I know what will help you relax more." She says with a smile.

Van smiled as he picked her up. "Let's go."
~~~
The next morning, Van and Carlee didn't eat at home as Van left to get the make up over again. They ate at a cafe to help him focus. "No pressure from dad." She tells him.

"Nope." He says as she was rubbing his shoulder. "I think I'm ready for this test."

"Let's go."

Van kissed her causing her to smile. He was going to do past this test with no pressure. Just the faith he gets from his wife.
~~~
Carlee stood outside of the room as she heard the others and knew that they weren't helping him at all. "Ignore them, Van." She mumbles. "Please ignore them."
~~~
Carlee went home to wait on Van. She smiled as she was fixing home made cookies. "Ohhh. Make enough for Bryan."

"Bryan? What am I missing, Kyra?"

"He's just a boy from band." The blonde nodded. "And mom is not helping."

"Sure. I promised to make some for Van. I hope he passes. I have faith in him."

Van walked through the door and over to his wife giving her a big kiss causing Kyra to stare in shock. Reba wondered why he walked in and just kiss her like that as Steven walked in from behind Brock upset. Carlee pulled away. "What was that for?" She asked him.

"Because of you, I passed, baby!"

Carlee screamed in excitement as she hugged him.

"How did it go, Steven?" Brock asked.

"I got my a double s kicked."

Carlee looked at her brother in law. "Too bad it wasn't a spelling bee."

"Mom, you're not helping him."
~~~
Van leaned against the door. "Would you still have married me if I wasn't a football stud?" He asked her.

She looked at him as she laid her book down. "Of course I would have. I love you, Van and I would never looked at you different." She says as her mom walked by. "I mean, you gave me twins, but I would never make it look like I married you because I was pregnant. That is something that Cheyenne would do."

"That's why I feel in love with you, baby. You mean everything you say and don't throw in that you had too." He says as he sat down beside her. "What would I have done if I never met you?'

"Good question, but then again, I think that would be something I could never think of because I love how things are going." She tells him. "You are perfect to me."

"You are perfect to me, baby."
~~~
"Mom, stop spying." She says. "Kyra is nothing like us two. She's too stubborn."

Reba looked at her eldest as Van walked in and kissed her head. "I have us dinner reservations tonight. Just you and me."

Carlee smiled as her dad walked in. "One minute." She tells him as she looked at him. "Why the hell are you pressuring Steven, dad? He is already upset because he can't pass the test and you are not helping and neither is Cheyenne. Just because he is your other star player. Doesn't give you rights to pressure him." She looked at her sister. "And you need to stop being self centered about what people think about you at school and think of Steven. You didn't marry him because of your baby, but you point that out all the time." She looked at her husband. "Let's go have dinner, honey."

"Let's go."
~~~
At dinner time, Carlee and Van were enjoying their dinner without anyone's opinions. Just them and this night. "I'm having a great night."

"So am I. I love you."

"I love you."