A/N : I do not own American Dragon . Any Characters that are made by me are not in the show, just this fanfic.

Jake woke with a yawn and ran a hand through his black and green hair. He hauled himself out of his bed and walked over to his desk and sat down.

"Better check my e-mails." He thought, as he pulled up his email account. He casually read through the names on the list.

"Lets see, one from Spud, junk mail, contest junk…huh?" Jake blinked a few times and reread the small new message.

Dear Jake:

How are you? It's been a while since I wrote to ya last. Been so busy here it ain't even funny. Dad got a promotion and we are busy packing right now. Last I heard was that you got the job of being the family dragon guardian. Congrats to ya. Well Tenderfoot, you ain't gonna believe this… Dad and me are moving to the NYC! Dad finally got the position he wanted in the company, and he said we won't be moving till after my senior year of high school. Plus I am going to be attending Millard Fillmore Middle school. Can't wait to see you and Haley again cousin.

Signed

Your loving cousin

Ashley

Jake sat there for a moment as he slowly absorbed this information, then slowly a smile formed. He printed out the email and then shot down the stairs giving a almighty yell.

"MOM, DAD, HALEY YOUR NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS!" he shouted down the hall as he bolted into the kitchen. His father and sister were at the table while his mother was at the stove. His father looked up from his paper and smiled.

" What's got you so excited there Jaker's?" he asked. Jake just smiled and tried to not yell at the top of his lungs out of his excitement.

" I just got an email from Uncle Justin and Ashley. Your never gonna guess what they wrote."

" What?"

" Their moving here to New York! And their gonna stay for good this time. How awesome is that!" He said.

His dad , mom and sister looked at him like he was insane, then they all smiled. With the exception of Haley of course. She frowned.

" Who's Uncle Justin?" she asked. Jake frowned then groaned as he remembered that Haley had very few memories of their eccentric Uncle before since he and Ashley had moved away when she was a few months old and he himself was a mere seven years old. Jake sighed.

" He's mom's older brother. He moved away a few months after you were born, his daughter is our cousin. You'll see when they get here." He explained as he began to head back up stairs to get ready for school.

Rose sighed as she watched her crush walk down the hallway towards his locker. She smiled and walked purposefully towards him.

" God he is so CUTE!" she thought. She remembered when she had first met the young Asian-American skater on her first day of school. She asked her friend Courtney the next day who he was. After she finally got a name to put with the face she was determined to get to know him better. For the last few months she had been trying to get him to ask her out, only to be interrupted by either the local village idiot Brad Harrison, or by her duties with the Hunts clan. But this time for sure she would get him to hang out with her at the least. As she walked closer she noticed the extremely happy grin on his face as he opened his locker as he talked to his two best friends. Then she managed to hear the last part of the conversation they were having.

"yo so Jakey what's with the smile? You got Rottwoods class today remember?" Trixie said in her somewhat sassy way.

" Yeah bro, what's going on?" Spud asked as he used his yo-yo. Jake just smiled and then finally spoke.

" Ashley's back!" he said, trying hard to control his excitement. Trixie and Spud just stared.

" You mean your cousin who dresses like a guy?" Spud asked. Jake frowned. He hated it when people talked about how is cousin liked to wear shirts and baggy jeans instead of dresses or other girly stuff.

" She hates dresses, and yes that's her. She's gonna start school here tomorrow and I promised I'd spend the whole week showing her around. Besides I haven't seen her in seven years. She's my best friend….I'm mean you guys are to, but well she's family so…" Jake began getting flustered. Finally Trixie spoke up with a smile.

" Forget it Jakey, we know what ya meant. We still cool." She said. Jake gave a relived sigh. Then he turned around and nearly bumped into Rose, who had just walked up to him.

" Oh, Hey Rose. What's up?" he asked, far to happy to be nervous at the moment.

Rose grinned when Jake finally noticed her.

" Oh, Hey Rose. What's up?" he asked her.

" oh, I just wanted to ask if you wanted to hang out with me tonight, Courtney had to bail out on me tonight, so I was hoping you'd like to go?" She asked hopefully.

"please say yes, please say yes." She chanted in her mind. She watched as Jake's smile turned into a slight frown.

"oh,….well…I'd love to…" he began. Rose felt her heart beat faster.

" Great…" she began.

"but, I can't." Jake finished. Rose felt her heart break a bit.

"oh, why?" she asked , her feelings slightly hurt by his reply.

" Well, my best friend just moved back here and I promised I'd hang out with her the whole week until she got settled. Maybe some other time?" Jake said. Rose smiled and shrugged.

"yeah, sure, I understand." She said. " I guess I see you later then."

" yeah, uh….s-see ya." Jake replied. He then turned, shut his locker and headed off for class.

The Next Day:

Jake stood patiently in front of the school. His cousin had asked him to meet her there at exactly 7:30am. He looked at his watch: it was nearly eight now! Where was she? Suddenly two hand covered his eyes as a familiar voice spoke.

" Guess who!"

Rose was walking towards the schools entrance when she saw her crush hugging a girl. Rose felt her blood boil at the sight. Who did this girl think she was? This girl wasn't even nice looking. The girl had short dirty blonde hair, bright blue eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses and a filthy old ball cap on her head. She had on a grey t-shirt that had the words " I'm not a morning person" in bright red letters, and she had on a rather ratty and worn looking pair of jeans. Around her waist was a grey sweatshirt, and around her neck was a small pendant in the shape of a Chinese dragon.

Rose narrowed her eyes and stormed over to them. Then in her most calm voice that she could muster she spoke.

"Morning Jake." Jake turned around and smiled.

" Oh, morning Rose. Didn't see you over there." He said. The girl behind him raised an eyebrow and snorted at him. Rose ignored her and decided to get some answers'.

" So, is this your girlfriend?" she asked silently begging for him to say no. What she got however shocked her. Jake gave her a look that said " Seriously?", then he began to laugh.

Rose frowned.

"What? What's so funny?" she asked slightly offended. After a few minutes Jake finally calmed down and spoke.

" Rose why in the world would I ever even consider dating my cousin?" he asked. Rose felt a wave of relief hit her first, Jake was still single, and then she was hit with a HUGE wave of embarrassment. She looked to the ground to avoid his gaze.

" Oh…..well….I …." She muttered. Jake was about to speak when his cousin decided to speak up.

" hey don't sweat it , it's not the worst thing to assume. So you must be Rose, My name Ashley, Ashley Drake. Jake's my cousin. His Mom is my aunt. Nice ta meet ya." Ashley said while sticking out her hand. Rose smiled and shook it. Ashley smiled and gave a chuckle.

" Well, best be off. Got ta get my schedule and find my classrooms. Come on Tenderfoot , we'd best get a move on. It was nice meeting ya there Rosie. See ya around." Ashley said as she grabbed Jakes arm and hauled him into the building.

Rose was starving when the lunch bell finally rang. As she entered the cafeteria she saw Jake and Ashley sitting at a table nearby. They were laughing about something. Just as she was about to go over to their table she saw Brad walk towards them with his gang of groupies.

" uh oh, this isn't going to be good." She thought. She managed to finally get close to the table when she heard Brad speak.

"Hey Jerk Long, what's wrong to lame to ask a real girl out? Hahahahah." Brad said. Jake scowled and retorted angrily.

" Hey Brad isn't dangerous to use your entire vocabulary in one sentence?" he snapped back. Ashley snickered and tried to not laugh, but failed miserably. Brad snarled.

" What you just say you little freak?" Brad growled, but before he could even say another word a fist came into contact with his chin. Brad fell back with a yelp. Ashley had shot out of her seat and had sucker punched him as hard as she could.

Ashley grabbed the collar of his shirt and hoisted him up. She snarled.

" Listen you little piece of shit, if you EVER insult MY COUSIN again, I will rip out your eyes, shove them down you god damn throat so you can watch as I tear your stinking carcass apart with my bear hands got it?" she said in a very dangerous tone. Brad nodded.

" Good. Now get out of my sight, or else." Ashley growled, then she quite literally threw Brad a few feet towards the door. She whirled around and saw the rest of Brads group stare at her.

"What? You got something to say?" she asked. Brads gang all but ran out the door.

Ashley smirked and sat back down. Jake smiled and shook his head.

" You never were the one for talking things out." He said.

" Nah, talking is a waste on that worthless bimbo. Besides the asshole asked for it. Nobody insults my family and walks away with out a fight." Ashley said with pride.

Jake simply laughed.

Rose felt a knot rise in her throat. If Ashley could do that to Brad without fear, who was to say she wouldn't do the same to her? Rose shook her head, she was Hunts girl, not a cowardly little girl who cried at the drop of a hat.

Besides Jake was worth it.