"Come on, come on!" the small boy insisted his light up shoes blinking on the dark sidewalk outside the family home as he bounced impatiently.
"Hold your little horses there son, I can only carry this telescope so fast." Jack replied shifting the large box in his equally large hands. "Unless you want to carry it?" Jack offered jokingly.
Missing the sarcasm, the boys eyes lit up, "Yeah! Then we'll get there super quick, cuz I wore y fast shoes!" he said bouncing more to light his shoes again making his backpack rustle against himself.
"Oh well look at that, we're already to the RV, how about you speed over and open the door for your father, Danny?" Maddie said as she unlocked the doors.
"OK!" Danny eagerly responded jumping to reach the handle but not quite making it.
"Here you go little brother." Jazz gave her brother the needed boost, then they were all piling in themselves.
"Hurry were gonna miss it!" Danny bounced and swayed his legs the excitement almost too much for such a small body.
"Don't you worry we'll be there in no time!" Jack promised as he started the ignition. "Wouldn't let you miss this for the world."
Danny hugged his backpack, which now sat on his lap, a little tighter as he grinned. A muffled sound came from the bag and Danny quickly released his grip, "Sorry." He muttered to the contents of the bag.
His sister cocked a brow, "What did you even bring?"
"Just Buzz. But Mom wanted me to have my hat and gloves. Which is weird right? Cuz it's not even winter."
"But Danny," his mother replied, "It's cold in space. Why do you think the astronauts wear those big puffy suits?" then added. "Well that, and to keep the oxygen in..."
"Oh..." he nodded while he slowly unzipped his pack and started putting on his gloves.
It took a few minutes, even with Jack's incredibly fast driving, to clear the lights of Amity Park, but soon they were unpacking what they brought and themselves from the large RV. Maddie got to finding a nice place for them to set up, directing where the telescope should go and which way to point it for the best view and then laying out their checkered picnic blanket to keep them comfortable and dry.
The young boy ran around the open dewy field his sneakers lighting up like the fireflies around him as he flew his space commander Buzz, miss-saying the signature phrase, "To in-fifty-ty and beyond!" followed by plenty of space action noises.
"Danny come here sweetie, it's about to start." His mother called knowing she wouldn't have to say much else to get his attention. He arrived as fast as his little feet would carry his and he wasn't a second too late.
The Meteor shower had begun.
