AJ and Tenn were in the green house, AJ watered the plants as Tenn harvested them. AJ was lost in his thoughts for a while, about Clementine and Louis. Tenn glanced at him from across the green house.

"Are you okay?" Tenn asked.

"I saw Clem and Louis... Kissing. Why would they do that?" Tenn chortled and set down the basket of berries.

"Well, it just means when two people in the same age group love each other."

"Like when Clem tells me she loves me?"

"Uhh, no, that's not quite the same, she loves you like a brother or a son, she raised you, right?"

"Yeah, Clem has always been like my mom... Does that mean Louis will be like... A dad?" Tenn shrugged at the boy, he wasn't sure what to tell him.

"That seems like a question for Louis, but they usually call those types of situations, step dad's, so just word your questions really carefully." AJ nodded and continued his chores. After about an hour, Tenn and AJ were done with green house duty and they decided to wander outside, they sat at a near by table and started playing tic tac toe. Clementine and Louis come back with a 13 gallon garbage bag of meat, Louis placed the bag near the fire pit where Omar would be cooking soon. AJ paused him and Tenn's game of tic tac toe and stood to approach the couple.

"Can I ask you guys some questions?" AJ politely questions. Louis and Clem share a glance and nod in agreement, they head to a nearby corner.

"What's up, goofball?" Clementine questions.

"Clem, are you like my mom?" Clem froze up for a moment and shrugged at him.

"I've told you before about your mother--."

"I don't mean by blood, you raised me, so, that makes you kind of like my mom." Clem shrugged once again.

"I guess, kind of, I get where you're coming from, I've always thought of Lee as a father."

"So if you and Louis love each other, wouldn't that make him like, a step dad?" Clem's eyes widen and she started chortling.

"Well, we just got together, kiddo, that's more of a very future question, do you have anymore questions?" She was beginning to feel very uncomfortable.

"Nope... Why are you being weird about this?"

"Uh... I'm not being weird, I just never expected these questions from you before, I'm gonna go skin that meat for Omar." Clementine excused herself and walked over to the fire pit. Louis stayed behind and kneeled to AJ's height.

"Yes, AJ, one day I'll be your step dad, I don't know how comfortable that makes you feel, but, I'd be honored to be that, only with your blessing."

"My... What?"

"One day, I'll ask Clementine an important question, that is if everything goes to plan probably a few years from now, but one day that question will come, but I need your say so if I can ask it or not."

"Well... It just seems like a question, what's the big deal about it?"

"Well, it involves love, it's like taking steps on stairs, you keep on going up and up until you're at the top, once you're at the top, you love that someone so much that you want to spend the rest of your life with them, do you know anything about marriage?"

"Yeah, I think I know the question you're talking about, Clem use to make me read these love books and they said it was called p-proposy?"

"Proposal."

"Yeah, that!"

"So, one day... Would I be able to ask that question and become your step dad?" AJ grinned widely and shook his head in agreement, he wrapped his arms around Louis, hugging him, he hugged back. "Thank you, Alvin Junior."